Post by Alex Efasteyo on Jan 23, 2011 4:45:28 GMT -5
Apologies for the Subject/Title vagueness, but as I went to post this I noticed we're missing a Session. At any rate, while several of you were partying in NYC, we had the following session (slightly cleaned up)...
[22:52] <griffinguy24> I've had some ideas for solos/fewer parties on the back burner... so let's kick this pig! Let's see, let's make this the Friday night before Dr. Lord's "special training session" he has planned
[22:54] <griffinguy24> Lessee, Alex and Jahi are walking home from the library after doing some hardcore research into creating a new language. They'd still be there, but the librarians shooed them out, and no one messes with librarians
[22:55] <Jahiera> Jahi's busy giggling at just how they got thrown out.
[22:56] <griffinguy24> Suddenly, out of nowhere, a guy riding a bicycle screeches to a halt in front of the two. "Alexander Efasteyo?" he asks
[22:57] * Alexander_Efasteyo looks closely at the guy
[22:57] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "That's me, do I know you?"
[22:57] <griffinguy24> (roll Per + Awareness)
[22:57] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 6 dice:
[22:57] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 1 1 7 7 9 1 :: Success -> 4 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[22:57] <griffinguy24> [[what's Jahi's dicepool, I'll roll]]
[22:58] <Jahiera> [[6 + 2 auto suxx]]
[22:58] <griffinguy24> Rolling 6 dice:
[22:58] <griffinguy24> :: 3 7 8 3 9 8 :: Success -> 6 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[22:59] <griffinguy24> [[See, thousand percent better]] You both see the messenger for who he really is, a man wearing a toga, with a winged helmet and sandals. This is Hermes.
[23:00] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Um...wait...you're...Hermes?!"
[23:01] <Jahiera> Jahi blinks, this is the second she had met a god, she gives him a small bow, "Oh hello."
[23:02] <griffinguy24> "Guilty!" Hermes grins, taking out a cylindrical cardboard tube from his messenger bag, "Normally, I wouldn't do this for just anyone, but your dad said this was REALLY important, and I was in the area anyway... Here ya go!" he places the tube in your hands and, as soon as you blink, he's gone
[23:03] * Alexander_Efasteyo looks around to make sure there aren't any mortals watching us
[23:03] * Jahiera raises an eyebrow in amusement.
[23:03] <griffinguy24> The campus is seemingly empty
[23:03] <Jahiera> "A little too late for that? You could have asked me you know..."
[23:03] * Alexander_Efasteyo examines the cylinder
[23:04] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[does it open like the ones used to store maps/blue prints?]]
[23:04] <griffinguy24> [[it does, in fact, this IS one used to store maps/blueprints]]
[23:05] * Alexander_Efasteyo opens the cylinder and takes out the contents to examine it/them
[23:05] <griffinguy24> [[You opening it?]]
[23:06] * Jahiera is nearby, but won't do anything until Alex asks.
[23:06] <griffinguy24> You see a series of blueprints, all of which are written in a language you cannot identify at first
[23:06] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[23:07] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "What have we here?"
[23:07] <griffinguy24> The drawings, however, indicate some odd varieties of engine... as well as what appears to be some walking tripod thing ala the War of the Worlds
[23:07] <Jahiera> [[Would Jahi know anything about how the lettering looks? I'm relying on Know-It-All]]
[23:08] * Jahiera raises her eyebrow...
[23:08] <Jahiera> "Umm...are we gonna be building a dooms day device?
[23:08] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Hmmm...I would have expected Greek writing...but maybe...could it be...Martian?"
[23:08] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "It's a shame the library is closed"
[23:09] <Jahiera> "Nah uh, the writing, it's...close to Ancient Greek...but not quite..."
[23:09] <Jahiera> She grins, "And who says the Library is closed to us?"
[23:09] * Alexander_Efasteyo laughs
[23:10] <griffinguy24> You're heading back then to break in?
[23:10] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Well, I am pretty good at sneaking, but I taken apart more locks than picked them"
[23:10] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Do either of us recognize the language?]]
[23:10] <Jahiera> "Liam's been teaching me a few things..." [[and yes]]
[23:11] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[23:12] <griffinguy24> [[You don't, she does, sorta]] So, you have these blueprints, what's step 2?
[23:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "I can't read this, can you Jahiera?"
[23:13] <Jahiera> She frowns, pursing her lips, "I can't...like I said, it's close to Ancient Greek....very close, but..."
[23:13] <Jahiera> "Wait...."
[23:14] <Jahiera> "Do you know anything about Archimedes and his code?"
[23:14] * Jahiera has a wide grin now.
[23:14] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Um, was that using a cylinder?"
[23:15] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "One of the types that had to be wound on the right size cylinde to be read?"
[23:15] <Jahiera> "Nah, there was another one using a mirror...."
[23:15] <griffinguy24> Guys, roll Wits + Awareness
[23:15] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 4 dice:
[23:15] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 3 2 4 10 :: Success -> 3 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[23:15] <Jahiera> [[6 + 1 auto]
[23:16] <griffinguy24> [[+2 due to Subliminal warning
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[23:16] <griffinguy24> Rolling 8 dice:
[23:16] <griffinguy24> :: 9 1 1 2 7 9 6 8 :: Success -> 5 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[23:16] <Jahiera> [[woot!]]
[23:17] <griffinguy24> [[Alex, you get nada]]
[23:18] * Jahiera 's eyes narrow, she looks around (Penetrating Glare)
[23:19] <Jahiera> "So...we go to the library?"
[23:19] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Well, maybe some place more secure if we have to study this"
[23:20] * Jahiera swears under her breath and whispers in hebrew...
[23:21] <Jahiera> {"We need to get some place secure...now."}
[23:22] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Let's go back to the dorm," I reply in whispered hebrew
[23:24] * Jahiera nods...
[23:24] <Jahiera> {"Wait...fuck...cyclops"}
[23:26] <Jahiera> {"Any suggestions if we're in a fight with these things? They're in every doorway I can see..."}
[23:27] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Sure," I whisper, "You keep the plans safe while I kill the cyclopes."
[23:28] * Jahiera blinks at Alex...
[23:28] <griffinguy24> As soon as Alex says that, a young man enters, wearing an eyepatch, not as large as Alex, but clearly NOT a cyclops. He looks at Alex, and holds up a white flag
[23:28] * Alexander_Efasteyo armor and cestus appear
[23:29] * Jahiera frowns.
[23:29] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "What do you want?" I ask in Greek
[23:30] * Jahiera shoots Alex an annoyed look, but keeps her peace.
[23:30] <griffinguy24> "Son of Hephaestus, we will have words now, or this place will become wreathed in fire. We come to discuss the slaughter of our brothers"
[23:31] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[how many of them are there?]]
[23:32] <griffinguy24> [[You can't see any]]
[23:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Whispering to Jahi in hebrew, "How many of them are there?"
[23:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "I'm listening," Alex says in Greek
[23:34] <Jahiera> {"I count six...there may be more..."}
[23:36] <griffinguy24> "When our brothers aided the Gods against the Titans, they did so with the promise that they would be welcomed in the World with open arms. The Gods betrayed them and put them in chains, forcing them to work as slaves under your father."
[23:37] * Jahiera nods to herself...she knew the story well...
[23:37] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Do you have any kids? Would you think it's fair to blame them for what one of their parents did?"
[23:40] <griffinguy24> "Have you endured slavery? Have you been placed in chains to work, without even the comfort of death to look forward to?" He shakes himself, "Your father has tried to corral our brothers since the Sundering of Tartarus. We have rebelled, but we are weary of the conflict, and we demand satisfaction..."
[23:41] <griffinguy24> "We are willing to overlook you, entirely, if you surrender those documents"
[23:42] * Jahiera steps back, hiding the documents behind her back.
[23:42] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "For your sake, I hope you have a better offer"
[23:44] <Jahiera> {"I don't like how this is sounding Alex..."}
[23:44] * Alexander_Efasteyo transforms the cestus to lethal form
[23:44] <Jahiera> {"...or looking for that matter."}
[23:44] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "It's starting to sound like clobbering time," Alex whispers in Hebrew without taking his eyes off the guy with the patch
[23:45] <griffinguy24> He laughs, "You believe yourself to be the superior force in this combat. You believe yourself in the better position. Did you really think that we would send our best warriors against a mewling little Scion who wasn't even aware of his nature? The ones sent to take you were newborns"
[23:46] * Alexander_Efasteyo sighs
[23:47] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Ever heard the expression, 'Mess with the best, die like the rest?' - because you look like you're about to learn all about it"
[23:47] * Jahiera whispers in ancient egyptian, Miyet appears next to her, as a silver lioness.
[23:49] <griffinguy24> "It is thus: We receive those documents, you never see us again, and this campus isn't burnt to cinders..." To punctuate this, a door burst open, and a cyclops undoes a jar, setting a nearby tree on fire
[23:50] * Jahiera eyes narrow in anger as she glares at the jar
[23:50] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Cool, how about you give me that jar and I let you get out of here alive?"
[23:53] <Jahiera> Her bow appears in her left hand, she doesn't bother to hide her voice anymore, "Byzantine fire...just when I thought I saw everything."
[23:53] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Are you sure that's not Greek fire?"
[23:53] <griffinguy24> The eyepatched man sighs, "How tiresome, you insist on brute force... very well..." he claps twice... and disappears. Suddenly, six cyclopes are now out of the buildings and on the campus, each looking at you hungrily
[23:54] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Hey, you can walk away unharmed if you want, it's your choice"
[23:54] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[and with that...]]
[23:54] <Jahiera> She shrugs, notching a nemean arrow, "Whatever, keep them off of me while I shoot the pyromaniac down."
[23:55] <griffinguy24> The nearest cyclops responds by ripping the burning tree out of the ground and brandishing it as a weapon
[23:55] * Alexander_Efasteyo springs at the man with the eyepatch, hoping to surprise him
[23:55] <griffinguy24> [[eyepatch man is gone... utterly gone]]
[23:55] <Jahiera> [[Did I mention she's carrying her messenger bag with her? The one with the nemean arrows?]]
[23:56] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Coward," I shout in Greek as I close on the nearest cyclops
...note small amount missing due to PC locking up and needing to reboot...
[00:02] <griffinguy24> [[One cyclops then ripped out the burning tree and brandished it. Roll Join Battle
[00:03] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[screw it, I'm going first with a point of legend and Opening Gambit, gimee tick 0 ;-) ]]
[00:04] <griffinguy24> [[Got it. Tick 0: Alex. Tick 1: Jahi/Miyet. Tick 4: Cyclopes
[00:05] <griffinguy24> [[Begin, good sir
[00:05] * Alexander_Efasteyo launches a fierce blow at the cyclops
[00:06] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 12 dice:
[00:06] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 2 2 7 2 9 5 9 2 9 1 1 3 :: Success -> 6 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[00:06] <Alexander_Efasteyo> (note the fierce blow makes that effectively a 5)
[00:07] <griffinguy24> 4 threshold successes
[00:08] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but that is what I'd get for attacking a DV = 1, so are you sure?]]
[00:08] <griffinguy24> Dude's holding a burning tree, he's not going for defense
[00:09] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Come on you stupid one eyed freaks, let's see what you're made of!" I shout in Greek
[00:09] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 12 dice:
[00:09] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 3 2 4 8 2 1 1 7 9 9 4 6 :: Success -> 6 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[00:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[wait]]
[00:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[00:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 2 dice:
[00:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 2 6 :: Success -> 0
[00:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[never mind]]
[00:12] <griffinguy24> [[Well, ya tried]] The cyclops takes 2L Damage and drops his burning tree on the ground
[00:14] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[hate to do this to myself, but generic giants have 5 lethal soak...so doesn't this cyclops have the same?]]
[00:15] <griffinguy24> [[generic giants have a listed legend of 3... these guys have 2]]
[00:15] <griffinguy24> [[So, less 1 dot Epic Stam, less 1 soak
[00:15] <griffinguy24> [[I'm not that cruel]]
[00:16] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[thank the gods and goddesses]]
[00:16] <griffinguy24> [[And it's your/Miyet's turn
[00:17] <Jahiera> [[rubs hands, hey is the cyclops with the greek fire still around?]]
[00:17] <griffinguy24> [[He is, is he your target?]]
[00:18] <Jahiera> [[yuppers...]]
[00:18] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[wasn't he the one that picked up the tree?]]
[00:19] <griffinguy24> [[Nope, that was another one... Tree guy, jar guy, and the rest]]
[00:19] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[ok, got it, thanks]]
[00:21] <griffinguy24> Jahi? Your move?
[00:22] * Jahiera runs right behind Alex, diverging a little as she keeps her eyes on the cyclops with the greek fire as Miyet keeps running after Alex. Finding a good spot to unleash her arrow to protect the campus, she lets her hope fly...right through the falling burning tree from Alex's target and towards the cyclop's single eye. Miyet, leaps over the flames, her jaws wide open to finish what Alex started.
[00:23] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[nice description!]]
[00:23] <griffinguy24> [[Jaw drops to the floor]] Hokay, thaaaaat's a +2 stunt die for both you AND the kitty
[00:24] <Jahiera> [[Jahi: 9 + 2 auto]] [[Miyet: 8]] [[Thankies ^^]]
[00:24] <griffinguy24> Rolling 9 dice:
[00:24] <griffinguy24> :: 10 9 9 7 7 7 7 6 4 :: Success -> 10 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[00:24] <griffinguy24> Rolling 8 dice:
[00:24] <griffinguy24> :: 5 8 1 1 5 4 4 6 :: Success -> 1
[00:24] <Jahiera> [[Oh! The Gods have blessed...err...nvm ^^;;; ]]
[00:25] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[yeah, I was gonna ask Griff to roll for me - until I saw Miyet's roll]]
[00:25] <Jahiera> [[lol!]]
[00:25] <Jahiera> [[Oh, Ghost Love Score = Kickass bgm]]
[00:26] <griffinguy24> [[Well, one of ya at least. Jahi gets 6 threshold on jar guy, Miyet gets... NO threshold on tree guy
[00:27] <Jahiera> [[Miyet would like to reroll that ^^;;;; ]]
[00:27] <griffinguy24> k
[00:27] <griffinguy24> Rolling 8 dice:
[00:27] <griffinguy24> :: 9 2 5 7 2 4 4 1 :: Success -> 2
[00:27] <Jahiera> [[As for Jahi: 16]] [[*shrugs* Hey threshold is threshold ^^]]
[00:28] <griffinguy24> OK...
[00:28] <griffinguy24> Rolling 16 dice:
[00:28] <griffinguy24> :: 4 1 8 9 10 3 9 4 7 7 7 8 5 3 6 10 :: Success -> 11
[00:28] <Jahiera> [[*jaw-drop* and that's with a nemean arrow....]]]
[00:31] <griffinguy24> The cyclops holding the jar takes a whopping 8L damage [[the nemean arrow piercing his Epic Stamina soak]] and can no longer see. The cyclops that held the tree bats away Miyet... who returns to her feet... and begins to glow
[00:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[00:34] <griffinguy24> [[Thought it was tick 5... wasn't it a fierce attack, or am I stupid?]]
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[it was, I didn't see it slowing it down though]]
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> FIERCE BLOW
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> This special attack increases the attack's dificulty
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> and DV penalty by one. The character attacks all-out,
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> trying to inflict the most damage possible. The raw
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> damage of the attack increases by +3B or +2L/A (based
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> on the attack'ss normal damage type).
[00:36] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[or did I miss something?]]
[00:37] <griffinguy24> [[OK then]] Tick over... as the Cyclops, enraged, begin to close in (Tick 2), suddenly the two of you have a feeling of ick wash over you. Suddenly, one of the cyclopes screams like a little girl and runs away. The two of you turn to see what happened... Lionel is standing behind you, mace in hand
[00:37] <griffinguy24> [[Dreadful Mien right there]]
[00:40] * Alexander_Efasteyo attacks with another fierce blow shouting "Hah! You cyclopes are all cowards!"
[00:40] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 12 dice:
[00:40] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 7 5 10 9 2 7 2 5 1 9 6 7 :: Success -> 9 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[00:40] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[effectively an 8]]
[00:40] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[does he still have a DV of 1?]]
[00:41] <griffinguy24> Tree guy's at full DV now, so 4 Threshold successes
[00:41] <Jahiera> [[I'm seriously gonna be away for a bit...griff you can control jahi and miyet however way you wish]]
[00:41] <griffinguy24> [[k]]
[00:42] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[gonna burn a point of willpower and add Valor]]
[00:42] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 16 dice:
[00:42] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 3 1 6 1 7 9 8 9 4 5 6 7 4 7 9 7 :: Success -> 10 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[00:42] <griffinguy24> [[Go for it, Valor adds to both accuracy and damage, remember
[00:43] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[00:43] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[or do I get to add another 4 dice to my accuracy too?]]
[00:43] <griffinguy24> [[yes, you do. My spin on it... sorry, thought you knew]]
[00:44] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[no, when I did it before, I used willpower for both...but Dr. Lord restored all of my willpower so it never mattered much]]
[00:44] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[so 4 extra accuracy...]]
[00:44] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 4 dice:
[00:44] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 1 10 4 8 :: Success -> 3
[00:45] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[and 3 extra threshold...]]
[00:45] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[oops, and again forgot the 2 extra for fierce blow...so 5 extra...]]
[00:45] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 5 dice:
[00:45] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 1 8 2 8 1 :: Success -> 2
[00:45] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[for 12 successes total]]
[00:45] <griffinguy24> So 8L Damage total
[00:46] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[sweet :-)]]
[00:46] <griffinguy24> The tree cyclops staggers backwards at the blow, now looking much worse for wear.
[00:47] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[yeah, I think I took him to where he has penalties now]]
[00:48] <griffinguy24> [[I've decreased the health levels (you're outnumbered) so, yeah]]
[00:49] <griffinguy24> Now tick 4... revenge of the cyclopes...
[00:49] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[so the cowardly cyclopes get a chance, any of them "man" enough to attack Alex?]]
[00:51] <griffinguy24> Try ALL of them... two of the still-healthy cyclopes pick up the tree and the jar. You're beset on all sides by five cyclopes.
[00:51] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[bring it on!]]
[00:51] <griffinguy24> One opens the jar and unleashes fire on you [[He doesn't know you have fire immunity]]
[00:53] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[but if he missed, he might start a building on fire...or are we too far away?]]
[00:53] <griffinguy24> But still, with five opponents, you have a DV of zero. the three others (including the two injured ones) attack, then a healthy one bashes you with the burning tree
[00:54] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[00:55] <griffinguy24> [[Sorry, combat's new to me]] Ya know what, I'm gonna simplify this... What's your soak again?
[00:56] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[17 versus Bash...and I think I could take them all unless they get a lucky roll or two]]
[00:56] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[00:57] <griffinguy24> The attack is instantly coordinated as they act as one... dealing 20 Bashing damage... you soak most of it, but still take 3
[00:58] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Huh??]]
[01:00] <griffinguy24> [[Like I said, I'm simplifying this... Added up their total Accuracy, and the penalty dice, and just gave the lump sum. This is narrative damage, not combat damage]]
[01:01] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[ok, but I'll be dead in two more hits like that]]
[01:02] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[or knocked out, I guess, since it's bashing]]
[01:02] <griffinguy24> [[understood]] Just in time, Jahi!
[01:03] <Jahiera> [[<.<;; Alex needs help I take it?]]
[01:04] <griffinguy24> Yes, but more than that, you just arrived on your tick!
[01:04] <griffinguy24> Lionel and Jahi are going on the same tick... I'll start with Lionel, who activates his Dreadful Mien on ANOTHER Cyclops, driving it away... as a shadow appears above the skies. It's an enormous winged lion with the head of a man, the lamassu that is Lionel's statue
[01:07] * Jahiera looks up and grins...
[01:07] <griffinguy24> It dives on the healthy cyclops that took the jar from the one Jahiera damaged...
[01:07] <griffinguy24> Rolling 9 dice:
[01:07] <griffinguy24> :: 1 10 8 3 3 9 2 4 6 :: Success -> 6 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[01:07] <Jahiera> "Wow..."
[01:07] <griffinguy24> Rolling 13 dice:
[01:07] <griffinguy24> :: 6 8 8 7 6 7 1 6 7 9 10 6 7 :: Success -> 11 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[01:09] <griffinguy24> The once-healthy cyclops succumbs to the lamassu's flying strike, dropping the jar of Greek fire
[01:09] <griffinguy24> Jahiera, your turn
[01:10] <griffinguy24> 4 Cyclopes now, 3 are damaged, one is still healthy (Healthy one's got the tree)
[01:12] * Jahiera pulls back her empty bow string, only for it to have an obsidian arrow fill it.
[01:13] <Jahiera> "Mother, guide my arrow!" [[Activating my virtue: conviction]]
[01:13] * Jahiera and lets it fly to the cyclops wielding the tree.
[01:14] <griffinguy24> [[Got it, pool?]]
[01:14] <Jahiera> [[Jahi: 10 + 2 auto]]
[01:14] <Jahiera> Miyet's sprinting for the Jar.
[01:15] <griffinguy24> Rolling 10 dice:
[01:15] <griffinguy24> :: 2 6 3 5 6 9 4 7 10 2 :: Success -> 6 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[01:16] <griffinguy24> [[2 Threshold, pool for damage? (remember to add conviction to Damage, too)]]
[01:16] <Jahiera> 13
[01:16] <Jahiera> *wait
[01:16] <Jahiera> 15
[01:16] <griffinguy24> Rolling 15 dice:
[01:16] <griffinguy24> :: 3 9 7 5 6 6 1 8 3 9 6 4 2 4 9 :: Success -> 5
[01:17] <griffinguy24> ...
[01:17] <griffinguy24> Rolling 15 dice:
[01:17] <griffinguy24> :: 9 8 1 8 7 9 3 3 7 7 5 4 1 5 10 :: Success -> 9
[01:18] <griffinguy24> You hit the healthy cyclops for 5L damage, causing him to reel backwards, but not drop his tree.
[01:19] <griffinguy24> Miyet leaps towards the jar of alchemical fire (Dex + Athletics...)
[01:19] <griffinguy24> Rolling 7 dice:
[01:19] <griffinguy24> :: 6 7 5 6 9 7 5 :: Success -> 4 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[01:20] <griffinguy24> Miyet successfully grabs the jar in her mouth and leaps out of the way before any of the cyclopes can react
[01:20] <griffinguy24> Alex, your turn
[01:23] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[gonna try something new here...hang on a sec, please]]
[01:23] <griffinguy24> K
[01:25] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[ok, gonna burn another willpower to channel valor again, and...]]
[01:27] <griffinguy24> [[Drum roll...]]
[01:27] * Alexander_Efasteyo Alex charges the most wounded looking cyclops and launches himself into the air kicking the one eyed beast in the head and using the head as like a stepping stone to dive towards the cyclops nearest that one delivering pile priver blows to its head
[01:27] <Jahiera> [[O______O]]
[01:28] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[this is a multiple action, but should allow me to attack two cyclopes in the same tick...but slows me as the kick is not with my cestus]]
[01:28] <griffinguy24> [[.... OK, that's a plus 2... plus two SUCCESSES]]
[01:28] <Jahiera> [[It doesn't matter if that doesn't work, well done Alex, Jahi's officially in love]]
[01:29] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[01:29] <griffinguy24> True, but still, + 2 automatic successes
[01:30] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[so kick was first, I assume it's a heavy unarmed attack since my full body weight is obviously in it, speed 5]]
[01:30] <griffinguy24> Yup, roll heavy unarmed
[01:32] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[um, not quite sure what bonus you gave... that's 2 successes per roll to hit, right?]]
[01:32] <griffinguy24> OK, for every roll you make this tick, add 2 to your automatic successes (Yeah, it was THAT good)
[01:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[oh, shiny]]
[01:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 14 dice:
[01:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 1 5 4 5 6 9 1 2 1 7 4 6 10 8 :: Success -> 9 , including 4 Automatic Successes.
[01:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [minus 4 is 5 on accuracy]]
[01:33] <griffinguy24> Yup, 5 threshold
[01:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 13 dice:
[01:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 2 6 6 8 8 1 1 6 2 1 6 6 4 :: Success -> 6 , including 4 Automatic Successes.
[01:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[legend to reroll]]
[01:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 13 dice:
[01:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 5 10 6 5 10 4 5 9 8 2 4 7 2 :: Success -> 11 , including 4 Automatic Successes.
[01:34] <griffinguy24> No need
[01:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[unless 2 bash could knock it out, then I like my reroll]]
[01:35] <griffinguy24> Ignoring the legend to reroll... You just killed the cyclopes you kicked
[01:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[okey doke]]
[01:36] <griffinguy24> (yeah, it was THAT injured)
[01:36] <griffinguy24> Now for your cestus punch
[01:36] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 16 dice:
[01:36] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 1 7 3 1 8 4 6 9 7 8 2 7 5 7 6 5 :: Success -> 11 , including 4 Automatic Successes.
[01:36] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[minus 4 is 7 to hit]]
[01:37] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[threshold?]]
[01:37] <griffinguy24> 5
[01:37] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[so that's 2 threshold success or wounded so it is 5 threshold successes?]]
[01:37] <griffinguy24> 5 threshold successes
[01:38] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 17 dice:
[01:38] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 3 10 4 10 8 6 7 10 4 6 6 6 2 5 10 5 2 :: Success -> 14 , including 4 Automatic Successes.
[01:38] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[damn, that would have about killed an unwounded one]]
[01:39] <griffinguy24> As a matter of fact, as a stroke of Fate, you just killed both the most wounded AND the least wounded cyclopes
[01:41] <griffinguy24> And here's a visual sidenote I just about forgot... remember that one of the cyclopes opened the Greek fire on you to no effect?
[01:41] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[yep]]
[01:41] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Am I running around on fire?]]
[01:41] <griffinguy24> Yeah, you just killed one Cyclops by jumping on its head as a stepping stone to kill another one WHILE ON FIRE
[01:42] * Jahiera stops and stares, her mouth open wide in amazement as the juggernaut she called Alex did his thing, a small predatory smile soon spreads across her face as she purred in satisfaction. Only one thing was on her mind, [Mine!]
[01:42] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[sweet! But it makes me think grappling might be pretty effective too ;-) ]]
[01:43] <Jahiera> [[Alex is on fire! And hot! Is it just me or is getting steamy out here...Jahi's got ammo for a month. XD]]
[01:45] <griffinguy24> Tick 8: Lionel, seeing easy prey in the remaining two cyclopes, grins sadistically. "Die! Die for my father!" he swings his mace, activating its hunger for blood (Lethal damage)
[01:45] <griffinguy24> Rolling 10 dice:
[01:45] <griffinguy24> :: 9 8 1 5 1 4 1 7 1 2 :: Success -> 4 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[01:45] <griffinguy24> Rolling 12 dice:
[01:45] <griffinguy24> :: 3 2 6 7 7 6 5 2 10 7 2 10 :: Success -> 8 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[01:46] <griffinguy24> The skull of the cyclops he attacked bursts open like a watermelon
[01:48] <griffinguy24> [[Moving this to narrative]] the remaining cyclops, deciding the scrawny boy might make an easier target, tries to atack him, but Lionel's mace parries the blows. Before anyone can react, Lionel's Lamassu crushes the last remaining cyclops, ending its misery
[01:49] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Damn, I was gonna see if we could knock it out and question it before killing it]]
[01:50] <griffinguy24> [[wanna say that to Lionel?]]
[01:50] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Why, it's a little late now, isn't it?]]
[01:51] <griffinguy24> []
[01:51] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[nah, done is done, no big deal anyway]]
[01:51] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[but speaking of Lionel...]]
[01:51] <griffinguy24> [[Basically, I realized their ticks would happen before Jahi's, and that there was no way it would survive... ]]
[01:51] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Um, nice timing on your arrival, Lionel, thanks for the help"
[01:52] <Jahiera> Snapping herself out of her Alex-induced stupor, she looks over at Lionel and grins, "Thanks for the help." Miyet saunters by Jahi and places the jar by her.
[01:52] <griffinguy24> Lionel looks at the carnage, grinning, then turns to Alex, "You sure know how to party... I'm so very thankful I decided to follow you tonight"
[01:53] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Must've been boring watching us research languages"
[01:53] <Jahiera> She blinks, "So....all things strange aside, let's get back to the dorms, before anything else happens...."
[01:53] * Alexander_Efasteyo suddenly looks all around the area, searching...
[01:54] <griffinguy24> "I can deal with boredom... I've ample idle time since I lost the need to sleep... which reminds me, the reason I followed you. You've been spying on me, Alex."
[01:54] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[any sign of Dr. Lord?]]
[01:54] <griffinguy24> [[Nope]]
[01:54] * Jahiera picks up the jar and pets Miyet, who's now a cat.
[01:55] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Not exactly"
[01:55] <Jahiera> She mutters to herself, "I just had to open my big mouth..."
[01:58] <griffinguy24> "You bugged the room. I don't know how long you've done it for, but I found out today. You've been watching me. I want this to be perfectly clear: I will never invade your privacy as long as you never invade mine. My lamassu will assure I am protected. You have no such insurance."
[01:59] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Hey, the bugs should have only been on my side of the room, even if they did show the whole room...so he'd have to have been on my side and messing with "my things" to know about this]]
[02:00] <griffinguy24> "I've done my best to accomodate you, Alex. Don't take that for granted," with that, Lionel walks off [[See, he just bought his first dot of Epic Perception... He just now learned there was someone else watching]]
[02:02] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "I've only been watching the room," Alex calls out after Lionel. "Nothing done other than what you or your lamassu can do when you're in the room."
[02:03] <griffinguy24> The lamassu turns to Alex, and says in a deep booming voice "I knew you meant no harm... That is why I did not tell him. But... he does not trust people. He has reason not to."
[02:04] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Um, nothing wrong with a little suspicion...but I never followed him or did any sort of checking up on him specifically. Just the room as I said."
[02:06] <Jahiera> A sigh Jahiera, "What's done is done, those are his issues to speak or deal with, right now, lets go...I'm really getting nervous out here."
[02:06] <griffinguy24> "I know. I have lived a long time. I can appreciate the difference between harmless surveillance and malicious interloping. He has never experienced that difference." With that, the lamassu disappears. You suddenly hear a slow clap. The
[02:07] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "OK, Jahiera, let's go back to the dorm"
[02:07] * Alexander_Efasteyo looks for the source of the clapping
[02:07] * Jahiera growls as she turns to the source.
[02:08] <griffinguy24> You see the eyepatched man. He laughs giddily, "Oh, what a delight. You ARE the one we've been searching for. This is SUCH a relief!" He laughs like a hyena before dissipating into fog
[02:09] * Jahiera blinks as she backs up.
[02:09] <Jahiera> "Let's go...now."
[02:09] <griffinguy24> And with that, as it's late, the session is over.
[02:10] <griffinguy24> Trophies: Jar of Greek Fire, Eitr from 4 Cyclopes
[02:10] <griffinguy24> Plus, Miyet leveled up with Epics
[02:11] <griffinguy24> Someone please post this on the board. We need this to be shared
[22:52] <griffinguy24> I've had some ideas for solos/fewer parties on the back burner... so let's kick this pig! Let's see, let's make this the Friday night before Dr. Lord's "special training session" he has planned
[22:54] <griffinguy24> Lessee, Alex and Jahi are walking home from the library after doing some hardcore research into creating a new language. They'd still be there, but the librarians shooed them out, and no one messes with librarians
[22:55] <Jahiera> Jahi's busy giggling at just how they got thrown out.
[22:56] <griffinguy24> Suddenly, out of nowhere, a guy riding a bicycle screeches to a halt in front of the two. "Alexander Efasteyo?" he asks
[22:57] * Alexander_Efasteyo looks closely at the guy
[22:57] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "That's me, do I know you?"
[22:57] <griffinguy24> (roll Per + Awareness)
[22:57] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 6 dice:
[22:57] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 1 1 7 7 9 1 :: Success -> 4 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[22:57] <griffinguy24> [[what's Jahi's dicepool, I'll roll]]
[22:58] <Jahiera> [[6 + 2 auto suxx]]
[22:58] <griffinguy24> Rolling 6 dice:
[22:58] <griffinguy24> :: 3 7 8 3 9 8 :: Success -> 6 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[22:59] <griffinguy24> [[See, thousand percent better]] You both see the messenger for who he really is, a man wearing a toga, with a winged helmet and sandals. This is Hermes.
[23:00] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Um...wait...you're...Hermes?!"
[23:01] <Jahiera> Jahi blinks, this is the second she had met a god, she gives him a small bow, "Oh hello."
[23:02] <griffinguy24> "Guilty!" Hermes grins, taking out a cylindrical cardboard tube from his messenger bag, "Normally, I wouldn't do this for just anyone, but your dad said this was REALLY important, and I was in the area anyway... Here ya go!" he places the tube in your hands and, as soon as you blink, he's gone
[23:03] * Alexander_Efasteyo looks around to make sure there aren't any mortals watching us
[23:03] * Jahiera raises an eyebrow in amusement.
[23:03] <griffinguy24> The campus is seemingly empty
[23:03] <Jahiera> "A little too late for that? You could have asked me you know..."
[23:03] * Alexander_Efasteyo examines the cylinder
[23:04] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[does it open like the ones used to store maps/blue prints?]]
[23:04] <griffinguy24> [[it does, in fact, this IS one used to store maps/blueprints]]
[23:05] * Alexander_Efasteyo opens the cylinder and takes out the contents to examine it/them
[23:05] <griffinguy24> [[You opening it?]]
[23:06] * Jahiera is nearby, but won't do anything until Alex asks.
[23:06] <griffinguy24> You see a series of blueprints, all of which are written in a language you cannot identify at first
[23:06] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[23:07] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "What have we here?"
[23:07] <griffinguy24> The drawings, however, indicate some odd varieties of engine... as well as what appears to be some walking tripod thing ala the War of the Worlds
[23:07] <Jahiera> [[Would Jahi know anything about how the lettering looks? I'm relying on Know-It-All]]
[23:08] * Jahiera raises her eyebrow...
[23:08] <Jahiera> "Umm...are we gonna be building a dooms day device?
[23:08] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Hmmm...I would have expected Greek writing...but maybe...could it be...Martian?"
[23:08] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "It's a shame the library is closed"
[23:09] <Jahiera> "Nah uh, the writing, it's...close to Ancient Greek...but not quite..."
[23:09] <Jahiera> She grins, "And who says the Library is closed to us?"
[23:09] * Alexander_Efasteyo laughs
[23:10] <griffinguy24> You're heading back then to break in?
[23:10] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Well, I am pretty good at sneaking, but I taken apart more locks than picked them"
[23:10] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Do either of us recognize the language?]]
[23:10] <Jahiera> "Liam's been teaching me a few things..." [[and yes]]
[23:11] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[23:12] <griffinguy24> [[You don't, she does, sorta]] So, you have these blueprints, what's step 2?
[23:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "I can't read this, can you Jahiera?"
[23:13] <Jahiera> She frowns, pursing her lips, "I can't...like I said, it's close to Ancient Greek....very close, but..."
[23:13] <Jahiera> "Wait...."
[23:14] <Jahiera> "Do you know anything about Archimedes and his code?"
[23:14] * Jahiera has a wide grin now.
[23:14] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Um, was that using a cylinder?"
[23:15] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "One of the types that had to be wound on the right size cylinde to be read?"
[23:15] <Jahiera> "Nah, there was another one using a mirror...."
[23:15] <griffinguy24> Guys, roll Wits + Awareness
[23:15] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 4 dice:
[23:15] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 3 2 4 10 :: Success -> 3 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[23:15] <Jahiera> [[6 + 1 auto]
[23:16] <griffinguy24> [[+2 due to Subliminal warning
)[23:16] <griffinguy24> Rolling 8 dice:
[23:16] <griffinguy24> :: 9 1 1 2 7 9 6 8 :: Success -> 5 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[23:16] <Jahiera> [[woot!]]
[23:17] <griffinguy24> [[Alex, you get nada]]
[23:18] * Jahiera 's eyes narrow, she looks around (Penetrating Glare)
[23:19] <Jahiera> "So...we go to the library?"
[23:19] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Well, maybe some place more secure if we have to study this"
[23:20] * Jahiera swears under her breath and whispers in hebrew...
[23:21] <Jahiera> {"We need to get some place secure...now."}
[23:22] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Let's go back to the dorm," I reply in whispered hebrew
[23:24] * Jahiera nods...
[23:24] <Jahiera> {"Wait...fuck...cyclops"}
[23:26] <Jahiera> {"Any suggestions if we're in a fight with these things? They're in every doorway I can see..."}
[23:27] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Sure," I whisper, "You keep the plans safe while I kill the cyclopes."
[23:28] * Jahiera blinks at Alex...
[23:28] <griffinguy24> As soon as Alex says that, a young man enters, wearing an eyepatch, not as large as Alex, but clearly NOT a cyclops. He looks at Alex, and holds up a white flag
[23:28] * Alexander_Efasteyo armor and cestus appear
[23:29] * Jahiera frowns.
[23:29] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "What do you want?" I ask in Greek
[23:30] * Jahiera shoots Alex an annoyed look, but keeps her peace.
[23:30] <griffinguy24> "Son of Hephaestus, we will have words now, or this place will become wreathed in fire. We come to discuss the slaughter of our brothers"
[23:31] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[how many of them are there?]]
[23:32] <griffinguy24> [[You can't see any]]
[23:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Whispering to Jahi in hebrew, "How many of them are there?"
[23:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "I'm listening," Alex says in Greek
[23:34] <Jahiera> {"I count six...there may be more..."}
[23:36] <griffinguy24> "When our brothers aided the Gods against the Titans, they did so with the promise that they would be welcomed in the World with open arms. The Gods betrayed them and put them in chains, forcing them to work as slaves under your father."
[23:37] * Jahiera nods to herself...she knew the story well...
[23:37] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Do you have any kids? Would you think it's fair to blame them for what one of their parents did?"
[23:40] <griffinguy24> "Have you endured slavery? Have you been placed in chains to work, without even the comfort of death to look forward to?" He shakes himself, "Your father has tried to corral our brothers since the Sundering of Tartarus. We have rebelled, but we are weary of the conflict, and we demand satisfaction..."
[23:41] <griffinguy24> "We are willing to overlook you, entirely, if you surrender those documents"
[23:42] * Jahiera steps back, hiding the documents behind her back.
[23:42] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "For your sake, I hope you have a better offer"
[23:44] <Jahiera> {"I don't like how this is sounding Alex..."}
[23:44] * Alexander_Efasteyo transforms the cestus to lethal form
[23:44] <Jahiera> {"...or looking for that matter."}
[23:44] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "It's starting to sound like clobbering time," Alex whispers in Hebrew without taking his eyes off the guy with the patch
[23:45] <griffinguy24> He laughs, "You believe yourself to be the superior force in this combat. You believe yourself in the better position. Did you really think that we would send our best warriors against a mewling little Scion who wasn't even aware of his nature? The ones sent to take you were newborns"
[23:46] * Alexander_Efasteyo sighs
[23:47] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Ever heard the expression, 'Mess with the best, die like the rest?' - because you look like you're about to learn all about it"
[23:47] * Jahiera whispers in ancient egyptian, Miyet appears next to her, as a silver lioness.
[23:49] <griffinguy24> "It is thus: We receive those documents, you never see us again, and this campus isn't burnt to cinders..." To punctuate this, a door burst open, and a cyclops undoes a jar, setting a nearby tree on fire
[23:50] * Jahiera eyes narrow in anger as she glares at the jar
[23:50] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Cool, how about you give me that jar and I let you get out of here alive?"
[23:53] <Jahiera> Her bow appears in her left hand, she doesn't bother to hide her voice anymore, "Byzantine fire...just when I thought I saw everything."
[23:53] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Are you sure that's not Greek fire?"
[23:53] <griffinguy24> The eyepatched man sighs, "How tiresome, you insist on brute force... very well..." he claps twice... and disappears. Suddenly, six cyclopes are now out of the buildings and on the campus, each looking at you hungrily
[23:54] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Hey, you can walk away unharmed if you want, it's your choice"
[23:54] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[and with that...]]
[23:54] <Jahiera> She shrugs, notching a nemean arrow, "Whatever, keep them off of me while I shoot the pyromaniac down."
[23:55] <griffinguy24> The nearest cyclops responds by ripping the burning tree out of the ground and brandishing it as a weapon
[23:55] * Alexander_Efasteyo springs at the man with the eyepatch, hoping to surprise him
[23:55] <griffinguy24> [[eyepatch man is gone... utterly gone]]
[23:55] <Jahiera> [[Did I mention she's carrying her messenger bag with her? The one with the nemean arrows?]]
[23:56] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Coward," I shout in Greek as I close on the nearest cyclops
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[00:02] <griffinguy24> [[One cyclops then ripped out the burning tree and brandished it. Roll Join Battle
[00:03] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[screw it, I'm going first with a point of legend and Opening Gambit, gimee tick 0 ;-) ]]
[00:04] <griffinguy24> [[Got it. Tick 0: Alex. Tick 1: Jahi/Miyet. Tick 4: Cyclopes
[00:05] <griffinguy24> [[Begin, good sir
[00:05] * Alexander_Efasteyo launches a fierce blow at the cyclops
[00:06] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 12 dice:
[00:06] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 2 2 7 2 9 5 9 2 9 1 1 3 :: Success -> 6 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[00:06] <Alexander_Efasteyo> (note the fierce blow makes that effectively a 5)
[00:07] <griffinguy24> 4 threshold successes
[00:08] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but that is what I'd get for attacking a DV = 1, so are you sure?]]
[00:08] <griffinguy24> Dude's holding a burning tree, he's not going for defense
[00:09] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Come on you stupid one eyed freaks, let's see what you're made of!" I shout in Greek
[00:09] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 12 dice:
[00:09] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 3 2 4 8 2 1 1 7 9 9 4 6 :: Success -> 6 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[00:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[wait]]
[00:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[00:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 2 dice:
[00:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 2 6 :: Success -> 0
[00:12] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[never mind]]
[00:12] <griffinguy24> [[Well, ya tried]] The cyclops takes 2L Damage and drops his burning tree on the ground
[00:14] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[hate to do this to myself, but generic giants have 5 lethal soak...so doesn't this cyclops have the same?]]
[00:15] <griffinguy24> [[generic giants have a listed legend of 3... these guys have 2]]
[00:15] <griffinguy24> [[So, less 1 dot Epic Stam, less 1 soak
[00:15] <griffinguy24> [[I'm not that cruel]]
[00:16] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[thank the gods and goddesses]]
[00:16] <griffinguy24> [[And it's your/Miyet's turn
[00:17] <Jahiera> [[rubs hands, hey is the cyclops with the greek fire still around?]]
[00:17] <griffinguy24> [[He is, is he your target?]]
[00:18] <Jahiera> [[yuppers...]]
[00:18] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[wasn't he the one that picked up the tree?]]
[00:19] <griffinguy24> [[Nope, that was another one... Tree guy, jar guy, and the rest]]
[00:19] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[ok, got it, thanks]]
[00:21] <griffinguy24> Jahi? Your move?
[00:22] * Jahiera runs right behind Alex, diverging a little as she keeps her eyes on the cyclops with the greek fire as Miyet keeps running after Alex. Finding a good spot to unleash her arrow to protect the campus, she lets her hope fly...right through the falling burning tree from Alex's target and towards the cyclop's single eye. Miyet, leaps over the flames, her jaws wide open to finish what Alex started.
[00:23] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[nice description!]]
[00:23] <griffinguy24> [[Jaw drops to the floor]] Hokay, thaaaaat's a +2 stunt die for both you AND the kitty
[00:24] <Jahiera> [[Jahi: 9 + 2 auto]] [[Miyet: 8]] [[Thankies ^^]]
[00:24] <griffinguy24> Rolling 9 dice:
[00:24] <griffinguy24> :: 10 9 9 7 7 7 7 6 4 :: Success -> 10 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[00:24] <griffinguy24> Rolling 8 dice:
[00:24] <griffinguy24> :: 5 8 1 1 5 4 4 6 :: Success -> 1
[00:24] <Jahiera> [[Oh! The Gods have blessed...err...nvm ^^;;; ]]
[00:25] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[yeah, I was gonna ask Griff to roll for me - until I saw Miyet's roll]]
[00:25] <Jahiera> [[lol!]]
[00:25] <Jahiera> [[Oh, Ghost Love Score = Kickass bgm]]
[00:26] <griffinguy24> [[Well, one of ya at least. Jahi gets 6 threshold on jar guy, Miyet gets... NO threshold on tree guy
[00:27] <Jahiera> [[Miyet would like to reroll that ^^;;;; ]]
[00:27] <griffinguy24> k
[00:27] <griffinguy24> Rolling 8 dice:
[00:27] <griffinguy24> :: 9 2 5 7 2 4 4 1 :: Success -> 2
[00:27] <Jahiera> [[As for Jahi: 16]] [[*shrugs* Hey threshold is threshold ^^]]
[00:28] <griffinguy24> OK...
[00:28] <griffinguy24> Rolling 16 dice:
[00:28] <griffinguy24> :: 4 1 8 9 10 3 9 4 7 7 7 8 5 3 6 10 :: Success -> 11
[00:28] <Jahiera> [[*jaw-drop* and that's with a nemean arrow....]]]
[00:31] <griffinguy24> The cyclops holding the jar takes a whopping 8L damage [[the nemean arrow piercing his Epic Stamina soak]] and can no longer see. The cyclops that held the tree bats away Miyet... who returns to her feet... and begins to glow
[00:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[00:34] <griffinguy24> [[Thought it was tick 5... wasn't it a fierce attack, or am I stupid?]]
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[it was, I didn't see it slowing it down though]]
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> FIERCE BLOW
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> This special attack increases the attack's dificulty
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> and DV penalty by one. The character attacks all-out,
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> trying to inflict the most damage possible. The raw
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> damage of the attack increases by +3B or +2L/A (based
[00:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> on the attack'ss normal damage type).
[00:36] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[or did I miss something?]]
[00:37] <griffinguy24> [[OK then]] Tick over... as the Cyclops, enraged, begin to close in (Tick 2), suddenly the two of you have a feeling of ick wash over you. Suddenly, one of the cyclopes screams like a little girl and runs away. The two of you turn to see what happened... Lionel is standing behind you, mace in hand
[00:37] <griffinguy24> [[Dreadful Mien right there]]
[00:40] * Alexander_Efasteyo attacks with another fierce blow shouting "Hah! You cyclopes are all cowards!"
[00:40] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 12 dice:
[00:40] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 7 5 10 9 2 7 2 5 1 9 6 7 :: Success -> 9 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[00:40] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[effectively an 8]]
[00:40] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[does he still have a DV of 1?]]
[00:41] <griffinguy24> Tree guy's at full DV now, so 4 Threshold successes
[00:41] <Jahiera> [[I'm seriously gonna be away for a bit...griff you can control jahi and miyet however way you wish]]
[00:41] <griffinguy24> [[k]]
[00:42] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[gonna burn a point of willpower and add Valor]]
[00:42] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 16 dice:
[00:42] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 3 1 6 1 7 9 8 9 4 5 6 7 4 7 9 7 :: Success -> 10 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[00:42] <griffinguy24> [[Go for it, Valor adds to both accuracy and damage, remember
[00:43] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[00:43] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[or do I get to add another 4 dice to my accuracy too?]]
[00:43] <griffinguy24> [[yes, you do. My spin on it... sorry, thought you knew]]
[00:44] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[no, when I did it before, I used willpower for both...but Dr. Lord restored all of my willpower so it never mattered much]]
[00:44] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[so 4 extra accuracy...]]
[00:44] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 4 dice:
[00:44] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 1 10 4 8 :: Success -> 3
[00:45] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[and 3 extra threshold...]]
[00:45] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[oops, and again forgot the 2 extra for fierce blow...so 5 extra...]]
[00:45] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 5 dice:
[00:45] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 1 8 2 8 1 :: Success -> 2
[00:45] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[for 12 successes total]]
[00:45] <griffinguy24> So 8L Damage total
[00:46] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[sweet :-)]]
[00:46] <griffinguy24> The tree cyclops staggers backwards at the blow, now looking much worse for wear.
[00:47] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[yeah, I think I took him to where he has penalties now]]
[00:48] <griffinguy24> [[I've decreased the health levels (you're outnumbered) so, yeah]]
[00:49] <griffinguy24> Now tick 4... revenge of the cyclopes...
[00:49] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[so the cowardly cyclopes get a chance, any of them "man" enough to attack Alex?]]
[00:51] <griffinguy24> Try ALL of them... two of the still-healthy cyclopes pick up the tree and the jar. You're beset on all sides by five cyclopes.
[00:51] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[bring it on!]]
[00:51] <griffinguy24> One opens the jar and unleashes fire on you [[He doesn't know you have fire immunity]]
[00:53] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[but if he missed, he might start a building on fire...or are we too far away?]]
[00:53] <griffinguy24> But still, with five opponents, you have a DV of zero. the three others (including the two injured ones) attack, then a healthy one bashes you with the burning tree
[00:54] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[00:55] <griffinguy24> [[Sorry, combat's new to me]] Ya know what, I'm gonna simplify this... What's your soak again?
[00:56] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[17 versus Bash...and I think I could take them all unless they get a lucky roll or two]]
[00:56] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[00:57] <griffinguy24> The attack is instantly coordinated as they act as one... dealing 20 Bashing damage... you soak most of it, but still take 3
[00:58] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Huh??]]
[01:00] <griffinguy24> [[Like I said, I'm simplifying this... Added up their total Accuracy, and the penalty dice, and just gave the lump sum. This is narrative damage, not combat damage]]
[01:01] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[ok, but I'll be dead in two more hits like that]]
[01:02] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[or knocked out, I guess, since it's bashing]]
[01:02] <griffinguy24> [[understood]] Just in time, Jahi!
[01:03] <Jahiera> [[<.<;; Alex needs help I take it?]]
[01:04] <griffinguy24> Yes, but more than that, you just arrived on your tick!
[01:04] <griffinguy24> Lionel and Jahi are going on the same tick... I'll start with Lionel, who activates his Dreadful Mien on ANOTHER Cyclops, driving it away... as a shadow appears above the skies. It's an enormous winged lion with the head of a man, the lamassu that is Lionel's statue
[01:07] * Jahiera looks up and grins...
[01:07] <griffinguy24> It dives on the healthy cyclops that took the jar from the one Jahiera damaged...
[01:07] <griffinguy24> Rolling 9 dice:
[01:07] <griffinguy24> :: 1 10 8 3 3 9 2 4 6 :: Success -> 6 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[01:07] <Jahiera> "Wow..."
[01:07] <griffinguy24> Rolling 13 dice:
[01:07] <griffinguy24> :: 6 8 8 7 6 7 1 6 7 9 10 6 7 :: Success -> 11 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[01:09] <griffinguy24> The once-healthy cyclops succumbs to the lamassu's flying strike, dropping the jar of Greek fire
[01:09] <griffinguy24> Jahiera, your turn
[01:10] <griffinguy24> 4 Cyclopes now, 3 are damaged, one is still healthy (Healthy one's got the tree)
[01:12] * Jahiera pulls back her empty bow string, only for it to have an obsidian arrow fill it.
[01:13] <Jahiera> "Mother, guide my arrow!" [[Activating my virtue: conviction]]
[01:13] * Jahiera and lets it fly to the cyclops wielding the tree.
[01:14] <griffinguy24> [[Got it, pool?]]
[01:14] <Jahiera> [[Jahi: 10 + 2 auto]]
[01:14] <Jahiera> Miyet's sprinting for the Jar.
[01:15] <griffinguy24> Rolling 10 dice:
[01:15] <griffinguy24> :: 2 6 3 5 6 9 4 7 10 2 :: Success -> 6 , including 2 Automatic Successes.
[01:16] <griffinguy24> [[2 Threshold, pool for damage? (remember to add conviction to Damage, too)]]
[01:16] <Jahiera> 13
[01:16] <Jahiera> *wait
[01:16] <Jahiera> 15
[01:16] <griffinguy24> Rolling 15 dice:
[01:16] <griffinguy24> :: 3 9 7 5 6 6 1 8 3 9 6 4 2 4 9 :: Success -> 5
[01:17] <griffinguy24> ...
[01:17] <griffinguy24> Rolling 15 dice:
[01:17] <griffinguy24> :: 9 8 1 8 7 9 3 3 7 7 5 4 1 5 10 :: Success -> 9
[01:18] <griffinguy24> You hit the healthy cyclops for 5L damage, causing him to reel backwards, but not drop his tree.
[01:19] <griffinguy24> Miyet leaps towards the jar of alchemical fire (Dex + Athletics...)
[01:19] <griffinguy24> Rolling 7 dice:
[01:19] <griffinguy24> :: 6 7 5 6 9 7 5 :: Success -> 4 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[01:20] <griffinguy24> Miyet successfully grabs the jar in her mouth and leaps out of the way before any of the cyclopes can react
[01:20] <griffinguy24> Alex, your turn
[01:23] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[gonna try something new here...hang on a sec, please]]
[01:23] <griffinguy24> K
[01:25] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[ok, gonna burn another willpower to channel valor again, and...]]
[01:27] <griffinguy24> [[Drum roll...]]
[01:27] * Alexander_Efasteyo Alex charges the most wounded looking cyclops and launches himself into the air kicking the one eyed beast in the head and using the head as like a stepping stone to dive towards the cyclops nearest that one delivering pile priver blows to its head
[01:27] <Jahiera> [[O______O]]
[01:28] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[this is a multiple action, but should allow me to attack two cyclopes in the same tick...but slows me as the kick is not with my cestus]]
[01:28] <griffinguy24> [[.... OK, that's a plus 2... plus two SUCCESSES]]
[01:28] <Jahiera> [[It doesn't matter if that doesn't work, well done Alex, Jahi's officially in love]]
[01:29] <Alexander_Efasteyo> []
[01:29] <griffinguy24> True, but still, + 2 automatic successes
[01:30] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[so kick was first, I assume it's a heavy unarmed attack since my full body weight is obviously in it, speed 5]]
[01:30] <griffinguy24> Yup, roll heavy unarmed
[01:32] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[um, not quite sure what bonus you gave... that's 2 successes per roll to hit, right?]]
[01:32] <griffinguy24> OK, for every roll you make this tick, add 2 to your automatic successes (Yeah, it was THAT good)
[01:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[oh, shiny]]
[01:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 14 dice:
[01:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 1 5 4 5 6 9 1 2 1 7 4 6 10 8 :: Success -> 9 , including 4 Automatic Successes.
[01:33] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [minus 4 is 5 on accuracy]]
[01:33] <griffinguy24> Yup, 5 threshold
[01:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 13 dice:
[01:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 2 6 6 8 8 1 1 6 2 1 6 6 4 :: Success -> 6 , including 4 Automatic Successes.
[01:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[legend to reroll]]
[01:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 13 dice:
[01:34] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 5 10 6 5 10 4 5 9 8 2 4 7 2 :: Success -> 11 , including 4 Automatic Successes.
[01:34] <griffinguy24> No need
[01:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[unless 2 bash could knock it out, then I like my reroll]]
[01:35] <griffinguy24> Ignoring the legend to reroll... You just killed the cyclopes you kicked
[01:35] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[okey doke]]
[01:36] <griffinguy24> (yeah, it was THAT injured)
[01:36] <griffinguy24> Now for your cestus punch
[01:36] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 16 dice:
[01:36] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 1 7 3 1 8 4 6 9 7 8 2 7 5 7 6 5 :: Success -> 11 , including 4 Automatic Successes.
[01:36] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[minus 4 is 7 to hit]]
[01:37] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[threshold?]]
[01:37] <griffinguy24> 5
[01:37] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[so that's 2 threshold success or wounded so it is 5 threshold successes?]]
[01:37] <griffinguy24> 5 threshold successes
[01:38] <Alexander_Efasteyo> Rolling 17 dice:
[01:38] <Alexander_Efasteyo> :: 3 10 4 10 8 6 7 10 4 6 6 6 2 5 10 5 2 :: Success -> 14 , including 4 Automatic Successes.
[01:38] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[damn, that would have about killed an unwounded one]]
[01:39] <griffinguy24> As a matter of fact, as a stroke of Fate, you just killed both the most wounded AND the least wounded cyclopes
[01:41] <griffinguy24> And here's a visual sidenote I just about forgot... remember that one of the cyclopes opened the Greek fire on you to no effect?
[01:41] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[yep]]
[01:41] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Am I running around on fire?]]
[01:41] <griffinguy24> Yeah, you just killed one Cyclops by jumping on its head as a stepping stone to kill another one WHILE ON FIRE
[01:42] * Jahiera stops and stares, her mouth open wide in amazement as the juggernaut she called Alex did his thing, a small predatory smile soon spreads across her face as she purred in satisfaction. Only one thing was on her mind, [Mine!]
[01:42] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[sweet! But it makes me think grappling might be pretty effective too ;-) ]]
[01:43] <Jahiera> [[Alex is on fire! And hot! Is it just me or is getting steamy out here...Jahi's got ammo for a month. XD]]
[01:45] <griffinguy24> Tick 8: Lionel, seeing easy prey in the remaining two cyclopes, grins sadistically. "Die! Die for my father!" he swings his mace, activating its hunger for blood (Lethal damage)
[01:45] <griffinguy24> Rolling 10 dice:
[01:45] <griffinguy24> :: 9 8 1 5 1 4 1 7 1 2 :: Success -> 4 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[01:45] <griffinguy24> Rolling 12 dice:
[01:45] <griffinguy24> :: 3 2 6 7 7 6 5 2 10 7 2 10 :: Success -> 8 , including 1 Automatic Successes.
[01:46] <griffinguy24> The skull of the cyclops he attacked bursts open like a watermelon
[01:48] <griffinguy24> [[Moving this to narrative]] the remaining cyclops, deciding the scrawny boy might make an easier target, tries to atack him, but Lionel's mace parries the blows. Before anyone can react, Lionel's Lamassu crushes the last remaining cyclops, ending its misery
[01:49] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Damn, I was gonna see if we could knock it out and question it before killing it]]
[01:50] <griffinguy24> [[wanna say that to Lionel?]]
[01:50] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Why, it's a little late now, isn't it?]]
[01:51] <griffinguy24> []
[01:51] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[nah, done is done, no big deal anyway]]
[01:51] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[but speaking of Lionel...]]
[01:51] <griffinguy24> [[Basically, I realized their ticks would happen before Jahi's, and that there was no way it would survive... ]]
[01:51] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Um, nice timing on your arrival, Lionel, thanks for the help"
[01:52] <Jahiera> Snapping herself out of her Alex-induced stupor, she looks over at Lionel and grins, "Thanks for the help." Miyet saunters by Jahi and places the jar by her.
[01:52] <griffinguy24> Lionel looks at the carnage, grinning, then turns to Alex, "You sure know how to party... I'm so very thankful I decided to follow you tonight"
[01:53] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Must've been boring watching us research languages"
[01:53] <Jahiera> She blinks, "So....all things strange aside, let's get back to the dorms, before anything else happens...."
[01:53] * Alexander_Efasteyo suddenly looks all around the area, searching...
[01:54] <griffinguy24> "I can deal with boredom... I've ample idle time since I lost the need to sleep... which reminds me, the reason I followed you. You've been spying on me, Alex."
[01:54] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[any sign of Dr. Lord?]]
[01:54] <griffinguy24> [[Nope]]
[01:54] * Jahiera picks up the jar and pets Miyet, who's now a cat.
[01:55] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Not exactly"
[01:55] <Jahiera> She mutters to herself, "I just had to open my big mouth..."
[01:58] <griffinguy24> "You bugged the room. I don't know how long you've done it for, but I found out today. You've been watching me. I want this to be perfectly clear: I will never invade your privacy as long as you never invade mine. My lamassu will assure I am protected. You have no such insurance."
[01:59] <Alexander_Efasteyo> [[Hey, the bugs should have only been on my side of the room, even if they did show the whole room...so he'd have to have been on my side and messing with "my things" to know about this]]
[02:00] <griffinguy24> "I've done my best to accomodate you, Alex. Don't take that for granted," with that, Lionel walks off [[See, he just bought his first dot of Epic Perception... He just now learned there was someone else watching]]
[02:02] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "I've only been watching the room," Alex calls out after Lionel. "Nothing done other than what you or your lamassu can do when you're in the room."
[02:03] <griffinguy24> The lamassu turns to Alex, and says in a deep booming voice "I knew you meant no harm... That is why I did not tell him. But... he does not trust people. He has reason not to."
[02:04] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "Um, nothing wrong with a little suspicion...but I never followed him or did any sort of checking up on him specifically. Just the room as I said."
[02:06] <Jahiera> A sigh Jahiera, "What's done is done, those are his issues to speak or deal with, right now, lets go...I'm really getting nervous out here."
[02:06] <griffinguy24> "I know. I have lived a long time. I can appreciate the difference between harmless surveillance and malicious interloping. He has never experienced that difference." With that, the lamassu disappears. You suddenly hear a slow clap. The
[02:07] <Alexander_Efasteyo> "OK, Jahiera, let's go back to the dorm"
[02:07] * Alexander_Efasteyo looks for the source of the clapping
[02:07] * Jahiera growls as she turns to the source.
[02:08] <griffinguy24> You see the eyepatched man. He laughs giddily, "Oh, what a delight. You ARE the one we've been searching for. This is SUCH a relief!" He laughs like a hyena before dissipating into fog
[02:09] * Jahiera blinks as she backs up.
[02:09] <Jahiera> "Let's go...now."
[02:09] <griffinguy24> And with that, as it's late, the session is over.
[02:10] <griffinguy24> Trophies: Jar of Greek Fire, Eitr from 4 Cyclopes
[02:10] <griffinguy24> Plus, Miyet leveled up with Epics
[02:11] <griffinguy24> Someone please post this on the board. We need this to be shared
