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This place is an old farmhouse, defensible. Our haggard company can hole up here for now, seeking shelter.

We may need it.

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of... ?
==Equip==
Hand1:
Hand2:
==Kit==
* Something
* Something
=Tricks=
!Something
!Something

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And the night, as always, brings horrors in abundance.

>There's a discord for skirmishy stuff?>https://discord.gg/BvydtkD

>There's some other threads, if you're interested. They aren't required reading in the least
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=art%3F

>>3403357
>Tricks with Minor/Major in the description require activation? All others are passive/conditional?
>Dancing Steps: does it convert Speed if unused, partially used, or always?
>Is preparing gear a minor, major, or free(ish) action?
>3d6, roll under?

=Persipience=
AP 6 Vit 12/12 Focus 12/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Dagger-11
Gear-12/12
==Equip==
Hand1: Misericorde: 1d6cut, [FollowUp: +1hit/3margin] [Ghostcut: -2, dmg Acc]
Hand2:
==Kit==
* 3/3t, 2/2b, 2/2s
* Multitool
* Jaws Of Steel
* DashSystem [Fuel6/6. Boost3]
=Tricks=
!Flickerdance: (Minor) +1React/Hit
!Dancing Steps: Speed converts to Aim

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>>3403347
Big confusion, but I'll catch on.
What are we supposed to do right now though? Where do we start?

>>3403363
Never tried one of these. I think I get it. When does the game start?
Picking spear, two tricks shardsoul and dancing steps. two kit bulwark and field kits and one shard slot from shardsoul. Is that right?

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Spear-11
Shield-12
==Equip==
Hand1:Spear
Hand2:Shield
==Kit==
*Bulwark
*Field Kits
*Gleamsprite
=Tricks=
!Shardsoul
!Dancing Steps

>>3403613
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Spear
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Spear
==Kit==
* Belt Lantern
* Both Hands
=Tricks=
!Grace
!Twinblade

>>3403363
Unz hate dark!
Unz kill what Unz hate!

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7-2 DR 2
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Mace-11+2
==Equip==
Hand1: Two-handed mace (2d6+2 blunt)
Hand2:
==Kit==
Both hands!
Massproduced Plate
Mutlitool
3x torch
2x bandage
2x salt bag
=Tricks=
Whallop
Dancing Steps

>>3403648
That’s right.
And don’t worry about lack of experience. You pick it up quick.

>>3403564
Yes they do. Others have no cost and are passive, but it’d be nice if one was informed of their use.

It converts 1:1. You can pick. Maybe step a little, maybe stab a lot.

Its minor to prepare.

Its 3d6.

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. . . The fading light from outside illuminates this little farmhouse. We hustle inside, check our gear, prepare. A stench hovers in the air, ingratiatingly sweet yet with a gentle mix of decaying flesh. No inhabitants greet us and the place is cold and silent.

Spritelings haunt these woods and this place. Weakened in the day, they grow stronger with the advance of Darkness. The sunlight fades far too hastily behind us.

Dispatched on a routine investigate our small band have clashed with the Spritelings again and again. Flares have illuminated the sky for hours now - other groups in other places fighting loses skirmishes. Something has upset a Hive of grand proportion. If we keep up a headlong rush into the waiting Isvind woods, we will never escape the trees.

The Captain debates. Considers.

We will have to make a stand here, for now.

[ LIGHT PHASE. Wander around, consider, ask questions, check your gear. ]

>>3403793
Unz wonder if food left here. Or pretty things.
Unz like pretty things. Food too.

>Move 1111 2
>Search the closet 2

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7-2 DR 2
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Mace-11+2
==Equip==
Hand1: Two-handed mace (2d6+2 blunt)
Hand2:
==Kit==
Both hands!
Massproduced Plate
Mutlitool
3x torch
2x bandage
2x salt bag
=Tricks=
Whallop
Dancing Steps

>>3403793
Careful, friends.
They grow stronger in the dark.
Stick close, and do not let your guard down.

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

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>>3403793
Isn't there supposed to be two of me?

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |

--

Unz stomps across the creaky floorboards and flings open a cabinet. Inside is the sundry of daily life, bits and pieces of some someone's interrupted existence. On the second shelf, some dried meat packed for long storage.

Delicious, for later.

There are also some rope here, a few odd metal pieces, some inscrutable blades that look dull and in the corner, oh, interesting...
>The Cabinets allow you to restock a bit of Gear, should you expend some.

>>3403839
Not quite yet. You'd have to make it so! To be clear, Gleamsprites are little fickle things to bend the world without breaking. You can decide to split your AP between 2 copies of yourself.

Right now you have 6 AP. You split up 4, get a bonus of 1.5, and now one copy has 2 AP and one copy has 6 AP. Which is the real you? Who could say?

But the more you try to push yourself in different directions, the higher odds you have of accidentally suffering a dismaying disjunct curtsy of a stab-wound.

>>3403854
So by converting 3HP then splitting 2AP, there would be two of us, one with 4AP and one with 5AP and both with 9HP?

>>3403872
Clever lantern, you.

>>3403854
Dry meat, hard to chew. Leave for later.

Now go kill Gaunt!

>Move 5555 6666 7

Come at Unz!

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7-2 DR 2
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Mace-11+2
==Equip==
Hand1: Two-handed mace (2d6+2 blunt)
Hand2:
==Kit==
Both hands!
Massproduced Plate
Mutlitool
3x torch
2x bandage
2x salt bag
=Tricks=
Whallop
Dancing Steps

>>3403854
Hark! A foe!
>move 776
>open the door
>block 6
More than I'll certainly be here soon.
This is going to be a very long night.

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>>3403347
>>3403854

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of The Axe-11
==Equip==
Hand1: Dane Axe [1d6+2 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: Dane Axe
Shard: Leviathan Scale -11
==Kit==
* Massproduced Plate [+2 Armor, -2 Reaction]
* Both Hands! [Add 1/2 Grit to Dmg/Acc]
* Multitool
* 3 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 2 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Steel Skin [1/2 Armor pen] [+1 Armor]
!Shardsoul

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |

--

A lonely ghast claws its way closer, sniffing, scratching, skittering. It peeks at the farmhouse with head bent and fangs barred.

One is not so dangerous as all that. But it shows a disconcerting lack of concern. It should be more worried, outnumbered six to one.

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

Rolled 4, 3, 1 = 8 (3d6)

>>3403966
Come at Unz, not at fence! Bad Gaunt!

>Move 4 55
>Aim x3
>Smash Gaunt (vs14, 2d6+2+Whallop)

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7-2 DR 2
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Mace-11+2
==Equip==
Hand1: Two-handed mace (2d6+2 blunt)
Hand2:
==Kit==
Both hands!
Massproduced Plate
Mutlitool
3x torch
2x bandage
2x salt bag
=Tricks=
Whallop
Dancing Steps

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meanwhile, in another world.
aren't we happy we have easily readable icons, not these... paperdolls of death?

>>3403966
Its only one? Hmm...
Someone go check out that shed to the north, before we’re overrun.
>move 6
>command dog: where are the other gaunts hiding? find ’em!
>block 6

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

Rolled 4, 6, 1 = 11 (3d6)

>>3403966
"Mount will guard here, make sure we are not encircled."

>Move 2
>Open Door
>Move 2
>Overwatch in case something awaits outside as is within range

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of The Axe-11
==Equip==
Hand1: Dane Axe [1d6+2 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: Dane Axe
Shard: Leviathan Scale -11
==Kit==
* Massproduced Plate [+2 Armor, -2 Reaction]
* Both Hands! [Add 1/2 Grit to Dmg/Acc]
* Multitool
* 3 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 2 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Steel Skin [1/2 Armor pen] [+1 Armor]
!Shardsoul

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |

--

Big Unz walks up and lines up a hammer blow, taking the Ghast in the side with a crunch. The deadly blow depletes the Ghasts vitality instantly, and maims it, shattering an arm!

[ REACTION ]

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |

--

The wounded Ghast lets out a keening wail as it drips black ichor and flickers to the side, but its claws are are deflected by Big Unz plated armor. It is grievously wounded but not yet dispatched !

In the distance, faint, Big Unz hears scuttling paws...

--

Dog (Who might want a name) barks once in acquisence and pads towards the other exit, scenting for a trail.

--

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

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>>3404019
Ah, that sometimes happens. The world uploads as you post.

Feel free to mentally move yourself 22 and act from there, Mount. We'll adjust your position!

You see nothing threatening on this side yet...

Rolled 6, 2, 4, 4, 1 = 17 (5d6)

>>3404026
Why mace not stun? Seller promise mace stun!

>Smash Gaunt (Dancing Steps, vs14, 2d6+2+Whallop)
>Parry

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7-2 DR 2
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Mace-11+2
==Equip==
Hand1: Two-handed mace (2d6+2 blunt)
Hand2:
==Kit==
Both hands!
Massproduced Plate
Mutlitool
3x torch
2x bandage
2x salt bag
=Tricks=
Whallop
Dancing Steps

>>3404026
>Deploy.

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
Leader-11
==Equip==
Hand1:Bow
Hand2:
==Kit==
* Wind Soul
* Belt Lantern
=Tricks=
!Stand Against- Major, Shrug off Terror
!Leader- Major, Margin/3 +HT in 1 AOE, may also inspire allies

>>3404052
Did we just cross dimensions?
Anyway, I'll go northwest then.
> Move 888
> Step 88
> Notice, listen out for sounds of gaunts outside

>>3404054
We can find if its needed by searching the thread. If anything changes, it's helpful to note.

As long you note what you're doing in your post then don't worry about it.

I'd like to primarily have the little

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

in your post, just because it may need to be referenced. It also varies a bit wit how you write things:

Example:

>I go here
>I search

Here you haven't written your search skills or your speed in your post, so I need the sheet to check your skills. That's easier if you just post the sheet with the thing.

>I go here (3 Speed)
>I search (12 notice)

Here you have the ranks in the post so I don't need to find your character sheet to cross reference and you don't need to post it.

>>3403347
Halvar, Soul of Crimson.
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12
==Equip==
Hand1:blade 1d6+2,cut
Hand2:blade
==Kit==
*both hands
*Field Kits
*Dog
=Tricks=
!beatdown
!ineffable edge

Rolled 5, 5, 3 = 13 (3d6)

>>3404026
Were they here before?
>the dog is now etzk
>move 444 44
>look out into the distance...

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>>3404068
It's ust when I read these things in the past it was a big pain in the ass scrolling past the character sheets on my iphone. Alright I'll do the last one from now.

>>3404063
It works like this:

Accept a -2 Penalty on your to hit and you can now [Stun], with a mace

There are also other Iron Circle tricks. You could:

Trade 1 Skill for 1 Damage
Trade 2 Skill for 1 Step
Trade 3 Skill to aim at a specific target
Trade 4 Skill to swing twice.

You could be really, really advanced and trade 6 skill to add +4 damage and Stun.

>>3404074
Yeah, it is. And it also clutters up the actual information? This is why I use names, so I can ctrl+f the information. So if you don't post your sheet, I can find things snappish.

Basically don't worry about it, and don't feel you have to, but if something is really important to note

> I AM ON FUCKING FIRE ( 1d3 )

I'd like it in there. I trust your discretion!

Some people like to update it every post. It's a preference thing.

>>3404076
Unz accept -2 both times! That's why vs14 and not vs16
Unz even say "Smash" instead of "attack"

Rolled 3, 2, 4 = 9 (3d6)

>>3404052
"There is something in the air..."

>Roll Notice [10]

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 1 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of The Axe-11
==Equip==
Hand1: Dane Axe [1d6+2 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: Dane Axe
Shard: Leviathan Scale -11
==Kit==
* Massproduced Plate [+2 Armor, -2 Reaction]
* Both Hands! [Add 1/2 Grit to Dmg/Acc]
* Multitool
* 3 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 2 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Steel Skin [1/2 Armor pen] [+1 Armor]
!Shardsoul

>>3404081
Well, Command figured "Smash" was "Big Mace Man Talk" for "Beat the ever loving crap out of this thing".

Apologies Unz, that happens. But you'll be glad to know the problem is moot as you have turned the Ghast into paste.

>>3404088
Liquid Gaunt - good Gaunt.

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |

--

More of the Company rouse themselves from where we fell to catch our breath and catch our rest in heedless flight from bigger hordes.

Etzk the dog lets out a sharp bark, twice. it seems to have found skulkers sneaking close.

Moke hears something, too, scratching at the walls, but more imminently, spots sign of gruelling struggle in this little place.

Outside, Mount catches sight after peering into the gloom of a spray of blood that someone shed here. We have not seen another living soul in this place yet, but if someone out there bleeds, surely it is our duty to help them?

--

>When You Do Stuff, you get experience
>Right now, Mount has gained +1 Notice. This is permanent.
>Whenever you slay a Ghast, or other, you may take a point of Memory. When you have enough points equal to a new skill rank, you can simply spend Memory to gain that rank. So if one wanted to learn Axe 12, one would need 12 Memory.

>Stats are a little harder to raise, so don't worry about that for now.

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

>>3404131
Good dog! Find enemy!

>Move 33 4444
>Parry

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7-2 DR 2
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Mace-11+2
==Equip==
Hand1: Two-handed mace (2d6+2 blunt)
Hand2:
==Kit==
Both hands!
Massproduced Plate
Mutlitool
3x torch
2x bandage
2x salt bag
=Tricks=
Whallop
Dancing Steps

>>3404131

>Spawn

"Late again. Where am I?"

I hope I did this right.

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Axe + 11
==Equip==
Hand1: Killjoy [1d6+4 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: also Killjoy
==Kit==
* Both Hands! (Bigger weapon adds 1/2 Grit to Dmg / Acc)
* Massproduced Plate (+2 Armor, - 2 Move)
* Multitool (Build and Destruct 1:1)
* 3 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 2 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Ineffable Edge (Crits are Better. Minor)
!Deadly (Called Shots get +1 -2 -4 -6)

Rolled 1, 1, 3 = 5 (3d6)

>>3404131
"Let us hope that this bleeder is man and not beast!"

>Move 332
>Break down the Cabin door with axe

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 1 Gear [12]
Armor 3
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-11
Path of The Axe-11+2
==Equip==
Hand1: Dane Axe [1d6+2 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: Dane Axe
Shard: Leviathan Scale -11
==Kit==
* Massproduced Plate [+2 Armor, -2 Reaction]
* Both Hands! [Add 1/2 Grit to Dmg/Acc]
* Multitool
* 3 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 2 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Steel Skin [1/2 Armor pen] [+1 Armor]
!Shardsoul

>>3404131
>move 444 222
>block
Sneaky bastards...
Friends! We need to set up a perimeter afore they surround this place and press us to a wall!
Get out here and get fighting, or get busy.

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>>3404131
>move 2,2,8
>move 8,8,8, 2,2,2


Note command, marked little friend as dog in sheet, mixed slotshot with ineffable edge

Halvar, Soul of Crimson.
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12+2
==Equip==
Hand1:blade 1d6+2,cut, bleed, 3-6 crit
Hand2:blade
==Kit==
*both hands
*Field Kits
*Dog
=Tricks=
!beatdown
!Slotshot

>>3404131
Moke keeps his shield up, stepping slowly around the corner into the kitchen? Why hadn't they searched the cabin before falling asleep?
> Block (Shield-12)
> Step 68 (can I face towards 1 so I can't be flanked from 2?)
> Look more closely at what is in the room (Notice-10)

>>3404159
How about you check that other room? Just in case there are more surprises here.

>>3404131
Excuse me Company Command, but when a trick Is listed with 'Minor' next to It that means you need to spend a Minor Action (1AP) to use It, correct?

Just making sure I understand my own strengths.

>>3404216
Yes!

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

Mount swings a heavy axe and it bites deep into the wood of the shed, both the bar and the door all but shattering. From within, a shrill scream rings out! Mount can spot someone in the corner, huddled, bleeding, a human - a young... something, it's too dark to tell for sure.

The sound of running feet attracted to the sudden noise fill the are!

[ DARK PHASE ]

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

Etzk the Dog snaps at a sprinting scout Ghast, as it speeds towards the source of the noise. A quick glance to either show shows Mount that they're quite surrounded.

Seeking, probing claws run edges across the walls near Moke, who keeps his shield up facing the empty room. A dropped something sparkles in the carnage, beneath a spray of wooden debris. Claws on the walls outside hint at intruders who want very much to get in.

>Deciding a facing as you move is perfectly acceptable! And will likely keep you alive, at that.

--

They're coming closer now, Company. Probing and prodding ...

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

>>3404238
>>3404238
>>3404231
>Multitool deconstruct table 8 of me Into boards
>Step 5,5 and shut door
>Step 4
>Lock (If possible) And barricade door

"This place Is a deathtrap. We should set about fixing that."

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Axe + 11
==Equip==
Hand1: Killjoy [1d6+4 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: also Killjoy
==Kit==
* Both Hands! (Bigger weapon adds 1/2 Grit to Dmg / Acc)
* Massproduced Plate (+2 Armor, - 2 Move)
* Multitool (Build and Destruct 1:1)
* 3 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 2 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Ineffable Edge (Crits are Better. Minor)
!Deadly (Called Shots get +1 -2 -4 -6)

>>3404238
Okay, this room is clear. I'll barricade the doors.
> Use the gleamsphere, split like I mentioned here >>3403872
> Mooke steps 22
> Moke steps 8

Mooke
AP 5 Vit 9 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

Moke
AP 4 Vit 9 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

Rolled 4, 4, 5 = 13 (3d6)

>>3404238
>move 4,4,2
>Step 2,2 face 8
>Attack enemy to 8
>-use an ap for slotshot
Halvar, Soul of Crimson.
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12+2
==Equip==
Hand1:blade 1d6+2,cut, bleed, 3-6 crit
Hand2:blade
==Kit==
*both hands
*Dog
=Tricks=
!beatdown
!Slotshot

Rolled 4, 4, 2 = 10 (3d6)

>>3404238
>Step 3
>Aim twice
>Fire my bow(11) at the Gaunt visible through the door, aiming to cripple. -2

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

Rolled 2, 2, 2, 4 = 10 (4d6)

>>3404238
"VILE BEASTS!"
(Just noticed that on the map my Armor DR is 2, shouldn't it be 3 thanks to Steel Skin?)

>Move 7,8 [1AP]
>Aimx2 [2AP]
>Attack Gaunt on 8 [3AP] [vs15, 1d6+2+2]

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 1 Gear [12]
Armor 3
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-11
Path of The Axe-11+2
==Equip==
Hand1: Dane Axe [1d6+2 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: Dane Axe
Shard: Leviathan Scale -11
==Kit==
* Massproduced Plate [+2 Armor, -2 Reaction]
* Both Hands! [Add 1/2 Grit to Dmg/Acc]
* Multitool
* 3 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 2 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Steel Skin [1/2 Armor pen] [+1 Armor]
!Shardsoul

>>3404238
Voice in Unz's head went to sleep. Bot Unz if needed.

>Move 888 888 123 into the house.

>>3404238
Some help up north here, brothers? Hold them back until we can drag this screamer inside!

Rolled 6, 6, 2 = 14 (3d6)

>>3404238
>move 222
>thrust! (3ap vs11)
>block
Wary of the southwards, friends, but some help here would be nice.

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

Mount and Halvar step up and swing wide weapons in a gruelling take. Between the two of them, there is only so much left of the first Ghast to cross the company on this side of the farmhouse. Excellent work! Teliel plants an arrow, to ensure the demise of the beast.

[ DARK PHASE ]

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

Strong skin and stout armor see off the rush of the Ghast response and the only one who suffers is Spot, the poor dog, who takes a raking set of claws down an unprotected side.

But we are surrounded now! Be vary, Lanterns!

on their own, the lesser Ghasts, the Gaunts, are no great threat. But they SWARM and so, for each ally in melee, they gain a striking bonus! If you are swarmed, you will be dragged down beneath a tide of talons and terror!

--

Etzk the Dog lunges forward and clamps jaws on one of the Gaunts arms, grabbing it. It is a rather useful opening!

--

Moke and Mooke both hear the sound of hammering on the door, big blows, heavy blows - someone outside wants to get in.

--

The unwatched front of the Farmhouse has absolutely nothing happen. Of this we are ... certain?

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

>>3404276
Yes it rather should. Let us fix!

Dark in 15 minutes

Rolled 3, 5, 4, 6, 4, 2 = 24 (6d6)

>>3404346
"Damnable beasts! Brother mount, keep hacking at that shack so we can return to shelter!"

>attack gaunt hurting spot
>attack gaunt to 4, iron circle to strike it twice for -4 accuracy

Halvar, Soul of Crimson.
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12+2
==Equip==
Hand1:blade 1d6+2,cut, bleed, 3-6 crit
Hand2:blade
==Kit==
*both hands
*Spot, a very good girl.
=Tricks=
!beatdown
!Slotshot

Rolled 6, 5, 1 = 12 (3d6)

>>3404346
"I AM THE MOUNTAIN!"

>Aim x3 [3AP]
>Use Iron Circle [+Damage] [-1 next attack]
>Cleave the Gaunts on 4 and 5 [3AP] [vs15 1d6+2+2]


AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 1 Gear [12]
Armor 3
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-11
Path of The Axe-11+2
==Equip==
Hand1: Dane Axe [1d6+2 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: Dane Axe
Shard: Leviathan Scale -11
==Kit==
* Massproduced Plate [+2 Armor, -2 Reaction]
* Both Hands! [Add 1/2 Grit to Dmg/Acc]
* Multitool
* 3 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 2 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Steel Skin [1/2 Armor pen] [+1 Armor]
!Shardsoul

>>3404386
>Attack should be vs13 actually, forgot to count the -2 from Cleave.

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Hello? I-is someone there?

P-please, I c-can't find my brother and the Smiling Hounds bit me --- it's a bastard of a wound

>>3404395
"A survivor with a bite here captain, do we take them in?"

>>3404346
Moke shares a look with his uglier half, Mooke. Mooke nods. Moke readies his weapon and calls out, "Hello?"
> Moke steps 7 and watches the door (Spear-12?)
> Sparing a glance for the weapon on the floor (Notice-10)

Mooke drops his weapon and lights a torch
> minor action to drop the spear, major action to light a torch?

>>3404401
Yes.

Gaunts are not infectious. Some Ghasts are, but not these.

But the poor addled fool likely can't move on their own. It would be churlish to leave them in the shed.

Get them inside!

>>3404346
>Pour Salt around the barricaded door
>Step 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2 face 8
>Overwatch an attack, (Spending one focus, I believe)

"If you slackers keep standing there drooling I'll pick you up and feed you to the Gaunts myself."

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 11
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Axe + 11
==Equip==
Hand1: Killjoy [1d6+4 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: also Killjoy
==Kit==
* Both Hands! (Bigger weapon adds 1/2 Grit to Dmg / Acc)
* Massproduced Plate (+2 Armor, - 2 Move)
* Multitool (Build and Destruct 1:1)
* 3 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 2 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Ineffable Edge (Crits are Better. Minor)
!Deadly (Called Shots get +1 -2 -4 -6)

>>3404350
Questions for Command. A knowing Lantern Is a statistically proven higher rate of survival Lantern.

Do we need to roll for Overwatch or do you roll?
My axe Is calculated as 1d6+4 due to Both Hands correct?
How does my Cleave work? Do I need to take a penalty of -2 to hit an extra tile near my initial target?
Focus Is effectively Bonus AP correct?
Can I bot people that haven't specified allowance of botting If they've been gone for awhile?

Rolled 4, 3, 3 = 10 (3d6)

>>3404346
>Reload with FIRE ARROW
>Fire FIRE ARROW at the new Gaunt that conveniently stepped into view of the doorway.(Roll vs 11, Burning 3 Focus.)

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

>>3404441
Why?

You reload with X arrow, then fire the arrow. This is 3 AP. Your Focus is unspent!

>>3404346

Botting Big Unz.

You lost your voice? That's okay. I W I L L B E Y O U R V O I C E

>Move 2,2,2,2
>Descontruct table Into boards
>Move 2,2
>Decontruct the rest of the table Into boards


AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7-2 DR 2
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Mace-11+2
==Equip==
Hand1: Two-handed mace (2d6+2 blunt)
Hand2:
==Kit==
Both hands!
Massproduced Plate
Mutlitool
3x torch
2x bandage
2x salt bag
=Tricks=
Whallop
Dancing Steps

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

Mooke strikes a torch and drops their spear, the ghost-copy fading away in the light. In the blooming minirature dawn, Moke spots a BLOODSTAINED KEY on the ground, beneath the debris, of the type that would open a locked chest or heavily barricaded door. But what might it lead too?

he takes up a watchful position against the dark

--

Outside, Mount and Halvar, back to back, swing their weapons in scything cleaves that cut through the soft skin of the Gaunts. One loses an arm, another bleeds and the third stumbles back just in time to take an arrow in the eye. If they seek to swarm us, we will make them pay for every little step. Good work!

[ DARK PHASE ]

>>3404451
Because I'm not all that clever.

They just listen to me because I wear this lantern.

>>3404470
Moke is reassured that he is probably not the illusionary copy this time. Still, he tightens his grip on his spear, to make sure it isn't going to fade too.
(and spear is 11, my mistake)

>>3404427
"Aye, captain."

"Speak your name, stranger, where is your brother, does he drink with your ancestors?"

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

Reaving claws scrabble at the door and the poor thing breaks beneath the onslaught but the opening is just wide enough that Moke can lash out with a weapon, spearing the first Gaunt to try the light inside.

--

To the north, the weakened runts collapse, Spot ending one and the other feeling the acute loss of ichor that sustains it from a telling wound. Their final mate runs towards the south. Looking for reinforcements.

Scrabbling claws in the dark circle the Farmhouse. They're here in earnest now, numerous as the stars in the sky.

[LIGHT PHASE]

>>3404457
Don't worry about botting things or straining yourself. Allies without... voices.... will take care of themselves if there is a need.

>>3404432
For questions:

For Overwatching, give me the Target Number and the roll will happen once the attack is needed.

Your Axe should be 1d6+4 smash damage, yes. Incidentally, Smash is extra damage on shields and other breakables.

Cleave is -2 to your skill roll and the attack now "Swings wide", hitting another tile. You could take this further. You only make ONE ROLL, and it applies across the line. This is different from "Extra Attack, -4", in that there, you would roll multiple times. This makes Cleaving more reliable at higher skill and allows you to benefit from such things as might increase the effect of single attacks (like damage).

Focus is effectively AP and Health.

>>3404499
I don't know! He disappeared when the Smiling Hounds dragged him into the n-night and, well, I was rather occupied.

He'll be fine, the oaf. I hope.

I j-just can't move. I snuck in here to hide but... heh, this hasn't been my day

Rolled 2, 1, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 5, 5 = 34 (9d6)

>>3404505
>Move 222
>Reload(-1 AP)
>Fire at one of the Gaunts to the 8
>Reload(-1 AP)
>Fire at one of the Gaunts to the 8(-2 Focus)
>Reload, and fire a third time at one of those gaunts to the 8(-4 focus, total -6 focus.)

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

>>3404505
>ORDERS FOR MOUNT
>MOVE 788
>CLEAVE GAUNTS
>CLEAVE GAUNTS

>>3404510
I see, If I can not Direct Them for The Greater Good then I will simply Improvise.

>>3403564
>>3403678
>>3403722
"You three! Set about deconstructing those tables and then go and back up Moke! Do It! Please?"

>>3404532
That'll do it.

>>3404527
As a Leader, I'm sure Mount will do as you ask.

>>3404505
>move 111
>block 5
>poke 43
More coming around!
Friends. It will soon no longer be safe to stay outside.

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

Rolled 2, 5, 1 = 8 (3d6)

>>3404505
Moke aims, then stabs the gaunt again. Was Scryansi right about them being stronger in the dark?
> Attack the wounded Gaunt with reach 2 (Spear-12, 1d6+1)

Mooke waits at the door, listening for fighting outside.
> Move 1
> Listen and wait to see if Halvar and Mount will attack the three gaunts
> If they do, open the door.

>>3404563
We should stay out as long as we can, I reckon, fall back inside only when we need to! Out in the open, it's easier to meet them.

>>3404505
>>3404505
>Step 8,2,2,3,3,2 (Into the hut) (Burn focus If I need to move farther In the hut to reach them)
>Grab the Child, carry them if need be
>(Only If I've got the child) Step, (If I burned focus before to reach them, burn It again to reach the exit of the hut) 6,7,7,6,6,5 to return Inside
>Set them down

>>3404516
"Don't be afraid little one, we're here to get you out, let me help you. What's your name?"

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 11
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Axe + 11
==Equip==
Hand1: Killjoy [1d6+4 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: also Killjoy
==Kit==
* Both Hands! (Bigger weapon adds 1/2 Grit to Dmg / Acc)
* Massproduced Plate (+2 Armor, - 2 Move)
* Multitool (Build and Destruct 1:1)
* 3 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 2 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Ineffable Edge (Crits are Better. Minor)
!Deadly (Called Shots get +1 -2 -4 -6)

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

Moke lashes out and and also opens as door tto the fray outside, where Mount and Teliel attempt to see off the advance pack. The flickering torchlight and the lanterns bathes the Gaunts and they hiss in their sibilant tongue against the encroachment of the light.

It weakens them, burns at their essence, enough that their attacks are dulled and their reflexes slowed.

Jal kicks through the scrapped remains of the door and enters the shed, rooting in the dark for a child...

[ DARK PHASE ]

>>3404516
"Come now, inside everyone!"
"Come spot, come girl"
>move 6,6,6
>step 4
>overwatch a strike towards the door, add slotshot and bleed


Halvar, Soul of Crimson.
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12+2
==Equip==
Hand1:blade 1d6+2,cut, bleed, 3-6 crit
Hand2:blade
==Kit==
*both hands
*Field Kits
*Dog
=Tricks=
!beatdown
!Slotshot

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

Jal finds not a child, but a bedraggled looking woman in travelling gear, slight, yes, but more diminished from anaemic lack of blood than years. She collapses gladly inside and holds up a hand, that shakes, then mutters her name.

--

One wounded Gaunt falls back from Moke's deadly jabs and spits as a glob of ichor through the opening. It sizzles against the back wall, smelling of the sweet cloying rot that follows the Gaunts.

Scryini is less lucky in the blocking, and takes a sting of ichor. This burning thing claws sinew and eats at nerve. Scryini HAS NO SPEED THIS TURN!

A small pack of Gaunts round the wall and spot the spear-warrior in their rooted trouble, then pick up speed.

--

Moke sees a pair slam against the door. Little more now and it will break and they will come in. Mooke also sees a waving Gaunt outside the circle cast by their burning torch. It hates the light. For now, that is enough to see it off.

For now.

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

Halvar steps inside in time to wince in sympathy as a Gaunt finds a gap in Mount's armor.

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

>>3404571
Moke has a point, Company. If you give them too much ground they will surround you from all sides.

And Halvar has a point. If we concentrate our strength, they will break like waves upon a rock.

So there is a balance, there.

>>3404574
Thank the Stars. I t-thought I was going to d-die there, in the... dark. Say, other than being rather brawny, you wouldn't happen to have a bandages, Ser Lantern?

It seems someone has rather... gone and ripped me something sore. I'd prefer n-not to bleed to death.

>>3404636
St...
Stay back!
>light torch, throw 5
>block 5

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
Memory 2
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
Shield-12
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
3x torch; 2x bandage; 2x salt
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>>3404636
>Orders for Mount again.
>Cleave Gaunts
>Cleave Gaunts
>Move 555

Rolled 2, 1, 5 = 8 (3d6)

>>3404636
>Reload.
>Aim twice.
>Fire Bow at remaining gaunt to 8.
>Move 66

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 6/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

>>3404672
What? You're leaving Scryansi to die!

>>3404681
Scryinsi.

>>3404683
Right, that's what I said. If they close that door, you're trapped out there.

>>3404687
If it means the rest of you are safe inside, then it is worth any sacrifice.
Living, though... would be nice.

>>3404681
Trying to avoid letting us get surrounded.
I want to help Scryansi, but getting everyone else killed doesn't really accomplish that.

>>3404648
Halvar flicks his bloody blade onto his shoulder before opening his satchel.
"You should speak of why you are here. In these dark lands, with just a sibling?"


>>3404636
>use a gear to give the civvie a bandage
>wait for others trying to get into the door
>move 8
>use a gear to throw a bottle of flashfire at the shack


Halvar, Soul of Crimson.
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 11
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12+2
==Equip==
Hand1:blade 1d6+2,cut, bleed, 3-6 crit
Hand2:blade
==Kit==
*both hands
*Dog
=Tricks=
!beatdown
!Slotshot

>>3404689
>>3404681
He's a capable brother, we buy him time, but let's do it smart, aye?

>>3404636
>>3404636
>Give 1 Torch to Gerean
>Step 1,2,2,8,8,1
>Overwatch facing 8, Cleave (Target # Is 11 Because of way of the Axe right? Numbers to roll Is 1d6+4 Smash)

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 11
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Axe + 11
==Equip==
Hand1: Killjoy [1d6+4 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: also Killjoy
==Kit==
* Both Hands! (Bigger weapon adds 1/2 Grit to Dmg / Acc)
* Massproduced Plate (+2 Armor, - 2 Move)
* Multitool (Build and Destruct 1:1)
* 3 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 2 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Ineffable Edge (Crits are Better. Minor)
!Deadly (Called Shots get +1 -2 -4 -6)

>>3404636
Let them in, they'll be weakened by the light. Behind me!
> Moke steps 2 and faces 7
> Moke readies their shield (Shield-12)
> why didn't that gaunt die when it ran out of HP? (Understanding-10)

> Mooke closes the door and braces against it

>>3404648
Seeing Halvar already step In and offer his Bandages, he only offered a torch.

"If we don't mount a proper defense, we'll have more to worry about than mere bloodloss. If you have any scrap of strength left, prepare youself. Take this and use It as a ward"

>>3404636
>Move 5
>1Ap: Pierce a peephole in the door [MultiTool]
>-Convert 2spd to trap's Aim
>5Ap: [Jaws of Steel] Construct Bladespray Trap:
5ap=5d3. Convert 1d3 to +AoE to Cone out the peephole, include FollowUp trick, Proximity Trigger (front of door), 4d3dmg? +2 tohit.
>Do I have this correct?

=Persipience=
AP 6 Vit 12/12 Focus 12/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Dagger-11
Gear-12/12
==Equip==
Hand1: Misericorde: 1d6cut, [FollowUp: +1hit/3margin] [Ghostcut: -2, dmg Acc]
Hand2:
==Kit==
* 3/3t, 2/2b, 2/2s
* Multitool
* Jaws Of Steel
* DashSystem [Fuel6/6. Boost3]
=Tricks=
!Flickerdance: (Minor) +1React/Hit
!Dancing Steps: Speed converts to Aim

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

Jal strides confidently forward to relieve the pressure, while Gerean adjusts their bandages and grips the torch with a determined hand.

--

Scryini throws down a small flickering beacon against the encroaching dark and the Gaunts pause, striding at the edge, wondering which of them will be the first to stride through the circle of light.

--

Moke thinks - these things are not quite like you and me, not human, and once their VITALITY is DEPLETED by DAMAGE, they fade and flicker until they finally fall, leaking ichor, but until they do so, they are still dangerous foes. Once their VITALITY hits 0, they can still act, but they suffer damage and wounds and maiming, much like you and I. They are not dangerous combatants if Broken like this, but they should not be under-estimated.

For us, we face the same problem. Once our Vitality is gone, further wounds are Critical and Cruel, and often leave Scars and Broken Bones and, finally, Death.

[ DARK PHASE ]

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

A trio of Gaunts pounce on Jal, weighing down his arms and biting, clawing, inching closer to tearing vitals veins and connections.

>You Are Grabbed! They roll vs 10. Highest Margin Wins, you roll Brawl.

--

Scryini sees more damned reinforcements inch their slow way towards him and then, like one mass, they boil forward. Some try to extinguish the torch but miss, luckily.

--

Moke holds up their shield as Ngiervos jabs over shouder, piercing the first Gaunt to clamber through the open door way.

They're here now! Hold on, Company!

--

[ LIGHT PHASE]

>>3404751
You have the right of it, yes.

Rolled 2, 1, 4 = 7 (3d6)

>>3404816
>Move 333
>Reload twice
>Aim once.
>Fire twice at the closest gaunt to the 5(-4?)

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 6/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

>>3404816
>Orders for Mount
>Move 11
>Cleave Gaunts
>Cleave Gaunts

>>3404708
Yes, my brother. They... dragged him off, earlier, in the skirmish. We c-came here to rest. I don't know what happened to the original family, Ser Lantern.

As for my business, I'm courier. I have... urgent news of business to take to Isfelt, for the mercantile house of Devalliers. You'd... understand if I don't exactly s-share the specifics. It's a coin thing.

It is not curious for a messenger to be here. But it is rather passing strange for one to be found in a shed that was barred from the outside

Rolled 5, 3, 2 = 10 (3d6)

>>3404816
Two... four... too many. Too many.
I need to go.
>stab 66 and 55 (+attack, vs 7)
>move 288 888


AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
Memory 2
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
Shield-12
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
3x torch; 2x bandage; 2x salt
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>>3404816
"Move, you damn fools, MOVE."
>move 8, 2
>use a gear to throw a bottle of flashfire at the shack
>Overwatch attack to 8 area


Halvar, Soul of Crimson.
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [11]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12+2
==Equip==
Hand1:blade 1d6+2,cut, bleed, 3-6 crit
Hand2:blade
==Kit==
*both hands
*Field Kits
*Dog
=Tricks=
!beatdown
!Slotshot

>>3404816
Good hit, but more are coming!
> Moke keeps the shield up (Shield-13)
> What is the salt used for? Someone put it at a door as a ward, does that work? (Understanding-10)

Two more out there, at least!
> Mooke improvises a barricade, snatching up the key

Rolled 5, 2, 5 = 12 (3d6)

>>3404816
Let's see If I do this correctly.

Rolling Brawl - 10

>>3404816
>Boost! Spd=6
>Move 333 33
>3Ap: [Multitool] Construct Murder-hole in wall 4
>-1spd to 1aim on trap
>3Ap, 3Focus: [Jaws of Steel] Build Flamesplinter Trap, pointed out of Murder-Hole:
3d3 fire dmg, 1d3Line 4ward, 1ap to Invert Flickerstep (penalty to target's React/margin?), FollowUp trick. Use 1 Torch for Fire effect. 1d3 to Duration. Delay trigger to start of [Darkness Phase]

=Persipience=
AP 6 Vit 12/12 Focus 9/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3(6) Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Dagger-11
Gear-12/12
==Equip==
Hand1: Misericorde: 1d6cut, [FollowUp: +1hit/3margin] [Ghostcut: -2, dmg Acc]
Hand2:
==Kit==
* 2/3t, 2/2b, 2/2s
* Multitool
* Jaws Of Steel
* DashSystem [Fuel5/6. Boost3]
=Tricks=
!Flickerdance: (Minor) +1React/Hit
!Dancing Steps: Speed converts to Aim

Rolled 6, 3, 2 = 11 (3d6)

>>3404881
soulscrap soulscrap soulscrap soulscrap

Rolled 2, 5, 2 + 4 = 13 (3d6 + 4)

>>3404881
>Burn 2 focus to pass Brawl
>Retrieve SALT
>Pour Salt all over the fiends
>Attack the fiends with my axe (Do I need to burn focus? If I do burn focus.)

"Help! Get off, off you bastards I'll rip you to pieces, Aeeirrgh!"

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 9
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Axe + 11
==Equip==
Hand1: Killjoy [1d6+4 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: also Killjoy
==Kit==
* Both Hands! (Bigger weapon adds 1/2 Grit to Dmg / Acc)
* Massproduced Plate (+2 Armor, - 2 Move)
* Multitool (Build and Destruct 1:1)
* 2 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 1 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Ineffable Edge (Crits are Better. Minor)
!Deadly (Called Shots get +1 -2 -4 -6)

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

Against the ever-encroaching dark, why would we struggle? It is easier to accept...

But, well.

Not worth the doing.

The jagged claws that tear at Jal are frayed by the arrival of Mount who swings his axe and then, Jal has an opening to use one of the precious bags the quartermaster has prepared for this occassion.

Moke remembers - Salt wards against the encroachment of the Ghasts, it Wards and they are ill-willing to pass it. And when thrown against them it burns them, eating at their essence. It devours the magic that sustains them. Good proof against their work or their blasted Darkwhispers but ... ever in short supply.

One could make a warding line that, unlike Torches, is harder to extinguish. One could use it as a weapon, actively. Or one could season food. That's a rather useful boon.

[DARK PHASE]

>>3405004
okay I'm kinda falling asleep on my feet here

>Standing orders for myself: get back inside, INSPIRE THE TROOPS

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

A ragged troop of Gaunts dash off into the falling night, leaving a few vanguard to fight. The rest... we don't know quite where they are.

--

Sinking fangs into their fallen kin, they drag their bounty out of reach from Mount and Jal, snapping all the while. One with more precocious foresight than its kin dig claws into the available meat.

--

Moke wards off a flurry of blows as Ngiervos helps hold the door. Mooke flips a table. A useful barricade, for now.

--

In the hounding dark all around, howls echo. The Gaunts, calling out available prey.

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

>Accidentally nudged the Permanent Effects layer
>The Entrance Barricade is place

>>3405057
How long do we have to hold out, until morning?
They... will... leave at dawn?

>>3405099
The dawning Sun should see them on their way. But their attacks will grow bolder throughout the night.

>In Actual Turns, we'll do maybe 1-2 more, then we'll go to nicely relaxed slow phases.

>>3405057
>move 444
>block 4
>overwatch 4
We can hold from back here.
So long as the barricade is in place...

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
Memory 2
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
Shield-12
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
3x torch; 2x bandage; 2x salt
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>>3405057
Halvar walks into the house and whistles to spot, snapping his fingers and pointing at the stranger, instructing spot to sit near
"Come, let me look at those wounds, girl, so many of these beasts spread blackblood through their bites, many die of fever from the infection

>Move 6,6,4
>"check" bandages on stranger, examine wounds to see if they're bites and claws, or marks from blades and axe, Roll notice? Use 2 focus to buff the margin
>do an understand check for iron circle skills techniques unique to greatswords, use 2 focus to buff the margin

Halvar, Soul of Crimson.
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 8
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [10]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12+2
==Equip==
Hand1:blade 1d6+2,cut, bleed, 3-6 crit
Hand2:blade
==Kit==
*both hands
*Field Kits
*Dog
=Tricks=
!beatdown
!Slotshot

Rolled 6, 5, 3 = 14 (3d6)

>>3405113
Okay. I'll do this one then pass out. Someone else take over if they can. The line will hold!

Moke swings his spear around to slash across the gaunt with the tip
> Stepping 6 and striking with spear (Spear-11, 1d6+1)

Moore calls out to Halvar to catch (throw the key next turn please)
> Mooke moves 6654
(was his torch extinguished?)

Rolled 2, 1, 5 = 8 (3d6)

>>3405057
>Light a torch
>Throw Torch 8,8,8,8
>Step 4,4,4,6,6,6,8,8,8
>Check cabinets for anything of use (Rolling If needed)

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 9
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Axe + 11
==Equip==
Hand1: Killjoy [1d6+4 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: also Killjoy
==Kit==
* Both Hands! (Bigger weapon adds 1/2 Grit to Dmg / Acc)
* Massproduced Plate (+2 Armor, - 2 Move)
* Multitool (Build and Destruct 1:1)
* 2 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 1 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Ineffable Edge (Crits are Better. Minor)
!Deadly (Called Shots get +1 -2 -4 -6)

>>3405147
Yes. They hate the light.

>>3405155
Bugger

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

We reconnect inside, to catch our breath and listen to the scratching in the walls.

--

Halvar investigates the wounds that Gerean has bandaged and, hm - there are bite marks here, so she did encounter a Ghast but... that cut down her leg is nothing a Ghast would inflict, and the bandage wrapped around her arm from some earlier scrap is holding back clean wounds. There's no smell of sweet ichor here. Whoever truly aggravated this woman so was wielding blades.

[ DARK PHASE ]

>>3405057
Sure I do.
>3Ap, 2Gear: Extract and Activate Glowstone
>3Ap: Ensure splinterline is Burning
>Move 218

=Persipience=
AP 6 Vit 12/12 Focus 9/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3(6) Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Dagger-11
Gear-10/12
==Equip==
Hand1: Misericorde: 1d6cut, [FollowUp: +1hit/3margin] [Ghostcut: -2, dmg Acc]
Hand2:
==Kit==
* 2/3t, 2/2b, 2/2s
* Multitool
* Jaws Of Steel
* DashSystem [Fuel5/6. Boost3]
=Tricks=
!Flickerdance: (Minor) +1React/Hit
!Dancing Steps: Speed converts to Aim

>>3405198
You really don't want do that without {Shardsoul}.

Trust the Captain on this.

>>3403793
Damn.
Went to bed literally ten minutes before the game started.

>>3405216
That happens sometimes. Apologies. If it's any consolation, Command took a nap about twenty minutes after making the thread.

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

Halvar recollects that there are many techniques to use with a Greatblade, but that one would have to advance in Blades to learn them. Earning a Memory per slain Ghast and other Events, this should be readily possible soon.

Gerean thanks Halvar for the inspection of her wounds then gets to her feet, clutching the torch in her hands. She shakes her head, wonders if we hear them scrabbling at the walls outside.

We do. It is hard not to.

--

Scryinsi sees one wounded Scout suicidally turning around the corner and lashes out, spearing it. The Lesser Ghasts are really just fodder and spawns for the Leaders. They run on predacity and animosity towards life. Something draws them here.

The night fills with the soft sounds of bones breaking as the Gaunts fall upon their fallen, gorging themselves. Sometimes, in a flickering of Shadow, they're reborn anew, remade in the image of their Icon.

They have us surrounded now, testing the walls and the doors.

Moke hears one whisper outside, gently beckoning...

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

>>3405220
There's no need to apologize man.
Also, will the game be continuing or will it be wrapping up now that day has broken?

>>3405205
>confused glowstone with other things.
No, I just want a glowing object. Perhaps some moss, or a fungus

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>>3405233
"Day has broken"

Very good joke, Lantern. It's going to get so, so much worse before it gets better.

>>3405231
Halvar picks up the key, eyeing Gerean as he clicks his tongue at spot.

"Who are the smiling hounds? I've never seem a gaunt smile, let alone cleave legs with ironforge, or lock people inside shacks."

>move 7
>Pick up key
>move 6,5
>Step 5,5,4

>>3405231
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Spear +11
==Equip==
Hand1: Two-handed Spear (1/2)
Hand2: Two-handed Spear (2/2)
==Kit==
* Belt Lantern
* Both Hands
=Tricks=
!Grace
!Twinblade
> (Move) 6
> (Notice) Listen to the sounds outside through the wall.

>>3405231
>COMMAND: Etzk, drag the gaunts back into the house
>overwatch 4
It's probably important that they don't eat each other, friends.
Halvar! Make that dog of yours useful, will ya?

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
Memory 3
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
Shield-14
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
3x torch; 2x bandage; 2x salt
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>>3405297
Bark.

>>3405231
>1ap: Move Chair on top of Table 6
>3spd: Climb table and chair to reach Cieling
>4Ap: [Multitool] Build Trapdoor in cieling
>1Ap: Climb out trapdoor

=Persipience=
AP 6 Vit 12/12 Focus 9/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3(6) Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Dagger-11
Gear-10/12
==Equip==
Hand1: Misericorde: 1d6cut, [FollowUp: +1hit/3margin] [Ghostcut: -2, dmg Acc]
Hand2: Glowing Mosses/Fungi
==Kit==
* 2/3t, 2/2b, 2/2s
* Multitool
* Jaws Of Steel
* DashSystem [Fuel5/6. Boost3]
=Tricks=
!Flickerdance: (Minor) +1React/Hit
!Dancing Steps: Speed converts to Aim

>>3405318
Straining to escape the confines of the landscape you are in, Lantern?

Admirable, but dangerous.

>>3405231
>Step 7,7
>Deconstruct the rest of the table Into boards
>Step 7,7,8
>Board up that door
>Step 3,4,3

"Somebody pour some salt by this door here will you? I'm low"

>>3405355

My stats, my apologies.

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 9
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Axe + 11
==Equip==
Hand1: Killjoy [1d6+4 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: also Killjoy
==Kit==
* Both Hands! (Bigger weapon adds 1/2 Grit to Dmg / Acc)
* Massproduced Plate (+2 Armor, - 2 Move)
* Multitool (Build and Destruct 1:1)
* 2 Torches
* 2 Bandages
* 1 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Ineffable Edge (Crits are Better. Minor)
!Deadly (Called Shots get +1 -2 -4 -6)

>>3405318
"Are you- are you sure you want to let them In through *another* hole?"

>>3405335
>inb4 the roof collapses

>>3405365
Hopefully not.

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

Most Materials have differing values. Tough walls such as these are hardy. Not unbreakable, but hardly .They have 20 HP and 10 DR per "Wall", and so resists blows quite well.

Lucky for us.

Should we wish to carve an alternative escape path, it may take some doing and some teamwork.

--

Etzk drags in a corpse, safe with us even though the cloying smell stings our nostrils. We know that can we hide them like this, bar them with light or salt the corpses and they should be harder for the Ghasts to feed on in their eternal circle.

--

Ngiervos hears heavy footstep soutside the walls. Not Gaunt feet, these, but... something delibrate. It is followed by almost imperceptible soft pings, someone dragging metal across the wall. Who-ever is out there has a weapon. But Gaunts, lowly, only wield claws.

[ DARK PHASE ]

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
>5Spear | Scryinsi | MISSING
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

---

Lanterns work together, to keep the dark at bay. The shadows are many and best dispelled by torch, by lantern, by light, by friendship and camaraderie.

Scryinsi is missing.

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

>>3405413
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Spear +11
==Equip==
Hand1: Two-handed Spear (1/2)
Hand2: Two-handed Spear (2/2)
==Kit==
* Belt Lantern
* Both Hands
=Tricks=
!Grace
!Twinblade

> (Move) 5
> (Overwatch) 1

>>3405443
It may not be prudent at current, but just so you know, you can freely move up to your full SPEED and 1 per AP after that.

They may be gathering outside, but even Gaunts usually know better than to storm buildings.

Usually.

>For really strenuous movements, Focus is a spendable measure of AP that does not regenerate but gives you a lot of oomphf when you need it.

>>3405461
Alright. Noted.

>>3405437
>light a torch

Rolled 1, 5, 5 = 11 (3d6)

>>3405471

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Ghasts are one thing, but Nightgaunts, their blasted, corpse-gorged kin are like moving night, all skulking shadows and dirty tricks.

Terror claws at Scryinsi's throat, grabbed by multiple hands, taken in ambush from the direction no one was watching.

A torch sheds a little... light.

>>3405437
>tell spot to follow
>move 5
>open door (with key if needed, spending an ap to hack it open if also needed) and move 4,4
>use notice on room
Halvar, Soul of Crimson.
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 8
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [10
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12+2
==Equip==
Hand1:blade 1d6+2,cut, bleed, 3-6 crit
Hand2:blade
==Kit==
*both hands
*Field Kits
*Dog
=Tricks=
!beatdown
!Slotshot

>>3405437
>Step 5,6,4,3
>Bandage wounds
>Deconstruct both nearby chairs Into boards

"Scryinsi you out there? You still breathing?
........
........
SOMEBODY SALT THAT GODDAMN DOOR, SALT THAT GODDAMN DOORWAY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DIE!"

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 9
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Axe + 11
==Equip==
Hand1: Killjoy [1d6+4 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: also Killjoy
==Kit==
* Both Hands! (Bigger weapon adds 1/2 Grit to Dmg / Acc)
* Massproduced Plate (+2 Armor, - 2 Move)
* Multitool (Build and Destruct 1:1)
* 1 Torches
* 1 Bandages
* 1 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Ineffable Edge (Crits are Better. Minor)
!Deadly (Called Shots get +1 -2 -4 -6)

Rolled 1, 2, 1 = 4 (3d6)

>>3405497
guh-
>scatter salt around self (3ap, 3 focus, vs ?)
>move 88876 (3 move, 2 focus)

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
Memory 3
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
Shield-14
==Equip==
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
3x torch; 2x bandage; 2x salt
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>Move 222
>Spend Gear to prepare Salt.
>Salt the doorway. There's no overkill here.

>>3405437
If It wasn't clear by my post

>Give Mount an Order to SALT THE DOORWAY
>If Scryinji Is now Inside, tell him to SHUT AND LOCK THE DOOR.

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And inside, all we have to do is wait til morning.

Etzk licks Scryinsi and nuzzles their head against a slightly blood-stained leg.

-1 Terror.

>>3405544
It's...
It's Scryinsi.
>>3405554
I don't... friends.
Friends.
Do not go outside.

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

We safely nested behind stout walls and torchlight. This place is not big, but it is a passable fortification for now.

but we can hear them. And they want in.

-

Halvar opens a door that was locked with a blood-stained, and on the other side... How passing strange. A stain of blood. Scratchmarks from something heavy being moved. A chest - locked - and a... trapdoor?

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

>>3405562
If you wanted someone to get your name right then you should have had parents that didn't give you such a difficult name. Just be glad that you're still breathing Scryinzi I thought you were meat out there.

>>3405540
THANK YOU. Finally, someone that understands the value of not being eaten alive.

>>3405570
>Jump 55
>Remaining Ap:Assemble Bladespray trap out of murderhole. 2d3 convert to Cone, include FollowUp trick, Proximity Trigger (outside adjacent)
>-Uncertain of spd cost of elevation change

=Persipience=
AP 6 Vit 12/12 Focus 9/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3(6) Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Dagger-11
Gear-10/12
==Equip==
Hand1: Misericorde: 1d6cut, [FollowUp: +1hit/3margin] [Ghostcut: -2, dmg Acc]
Hand2: Glowing Mosses/Fungi
==Kit==
* 2/3t, 2/2b, 2/2s
* Multitool
* Jaws Of Steel
* DashSystem [Fuel5/6. Boost3]
=Tricks=
!Flickerdance: (Minor) +1React/Hit

>>3405570
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Spear +11
==Equip==
Hand1: Two-handed Spear (1/2)
Hand2: Two-handed Spear (2/2)
==Kit==
* Belt Lantern
* Both Hands
=Tricks=
!Grace
!Twinblade

> (Notice) Check whether the gaps in the door barricade are wide enough to jab a spear through.
> (Move) 8
> (Notice) Peer into the darkness beyond the barricade.

>>3405570
>Move 3
>6 AP: Multitool: Prep the door for being barricaded. Start by reinforcing the hinges. Most doors pop right off when you attack the hinges.

"What did we find over there?"

>>3405570
>move 3
>Loot chest (3ap?)
>open trap door (free?)
>light torch (3ap)
>use rest of move to descend


Halvar, Soul of Crimson.
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 8
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [9]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12+2
==Equip==
Hand1:blade 1d6+2,cut, bleed, 3-6 crit
Hand2:blade
==Kit==
*both hands
*Spot
=Tricks=
!beatdown
!Slotshot

>>3405570
>Take boards
>Step 3,3,3
>Barricade that door
>Create makeshift Incendiary bomb using GEAR

"Finishing touches here and we should be alright for a time."

AP 6 Vit 11 Focus 9
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Axe + 11
==Equip==
Hand1: Killjoy [1d6+4 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: also Killjoy
==Kit==
* Both Hands! (Bigger weapon adds 1/2 Grit to Dmg / Acc)
* Massproduced Plate (+2 Armor, - 2 Move)
* Multitool (Build and Destruct 1:1)
* 1 Torches
* 1 Bandages
* 1 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Ineffable Edge (Crits are Better. Minor)
!Deadly (Called Shots get +1 -2 -4 -6)

>>3405615
Erm, be sure not to bump

>>3405606

In my haste. Barricading Is Important work after all.

>>3405570
>hug etzk
I missed you too, buddy.
...
>move 565 556
Don't venture alone, now friend. Didn't we just learn this?

>>3405147
Hey Moke, can you or your uhhh- can one of you salt that doorway leading Into the main room here? It's probably more efficient than salting both doors.

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1Dagger | Persipience |
2Spear | Moke |
3Spear | Ngiervos |
4Mace | Big Unz |
5Spear | Scryinsi |
6Axe | Mount |
7Bow | Teliel |
8Blade | Halvar |
9Axe | Jal 'D' |

--

They scratch and claw and whisper at the walls. They want in. We want them out.

Our needs are not in alignment, as the mercantile guilds say.

--

Ngiervos spots - through a little crack one, could with violence, wrench a spear through - two fellow nightgaunts joining the one keeping an eye on the door. One has a blade and a crude looking shield. The other a staff. That one is hard to look at directly . . .

--

Halvar opens a chest and finds an assortment of leather bags, each seem full of coin. Minted in Isfelt, and good to buy all the sundries needs and follies a man could think to give in to. Quite a bounty, this.

Then Halvar jumps into the dark.

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

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it looks like someone carved out a bit of rock beneath this old farm-house. The shadows are thick and cloying. Sounds skitter erratically in the dark.

And there, on the crude wall - a handprint someone put there with their own blood as they stumbled forward.

it is dark down here. stay close to the light or stumble

[ LIGHT PHASE ]

>>3405701
>Move 788
>Search the cabinets. Full action.

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 6/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [11/12]

>>3405690
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Spear +11
==Equip==
Hand1: Two-handed Spear (1/2)
Hand2: Two-handed Spear (2/2)
==Kit==
* Belt Lantern
* Both Hands
=Tricks=
!Grace
!Twinblade

I don't think I can strike any of those Gaunts with my spear. They need to be within 2 tiles of me in one of the eight cardinal directions.

> (Move) 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2 [AP: 3/6]
> (Notice) Check contents of open wardrobe.
> If wardrobe is empty: Remove the shelves and the back of the wardrobe.

>>3405701
Scoot over a bit, I'm coming down too.
>jump down
>pick up torch
>block 2

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
Memory 3
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
Shield-14
==Equip==
Hand1: Torch
Hand2: Shield
Back: Spear
==Kit==
* Bulwark
* Little Friend (Dog)
1x torch; 2x bandage; 1x salt
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>>3405690
>6ap, 3spd: Move 67, 7×8

=Persipience=
AP 6 Vit 12/12 Focus 9/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3(6) Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Dagger-11
Gear-10/12
==Equip==
Hand1: Misericorde: 1d6cut, [FollowUp: +1hit/3margin] [Ghostcut: -2, dmg Acc]
Hand2: Glowing Mosses/Fungi
==Kit==
* 2/3t, 2/2b, 2/2s
* Multitool
* Jaws Of Steel
* DashSystem [Fuel5/6. Boost3]
=Tricks=
!Flickerdance: (Minor) +1React/Hit
!Dancing Steps: Speed converts to Aim

>>3405690
Was I able to get an Incendiary bomb using GEAR?

"What was that thud? Halivar?
....
What do you mean he fell down a hole, get him out! What do you mean It's a deep hole?"

>I guess he was daydreaming, MOKE, SALT THAT DOORWAY. YES, THE ONE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU.
>Step 4,4,4
>Deconstruct table and chairs Into a rudimentary ladder

AP 6 Vit 11 Focus 9
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
==
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Axe + 11
==Equip==
Hand1: Killjoy [1d6+4 Smash] [-2: Cleave -+1 Tile Struck]
Hand2: also Killjoy
==Kit==
* Both Hands! (Bigger weapon adds 1/2 Grit to Dmg / Acc)
* Massproduced Plate (+2 Armor, - 2 Move)
* Multitool (Build and Destruct 1:1)
* 1 Torches
* 1 Bandages
* 1 Bags of Salt
=Tricks=
!Ineffable Edge (Crits are Better. Minor)
!Deadly (Called Shots get +1 -2 -4 -6)

>>3405598
"I know I'm becoming a broken record, but would you salt that door? When those gaunts stop wanting to play you'll thank yourself."

>>3405701
>move 1,3
>(notice) inspect surroundings
>notice listen to sounds
>whistle for spot to come

>>3405725
>>3405690
My apologies, I meant to add

>Step 6,6,6,5,5,5

To that

>>3405725
Yes. You have a vial of Flashfire, at the cost of 1 point of Gear.