>>3550734
It's time

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The Fulminous Dragon is dead.

The cybernetic monster has been destroyed, and along with it, the Scavs' attempt to control the golden age tech of the universe-breaching gravity furnace. The xenos have retreated in ignominious defeat, and the Machine City is human territory once more. A coalition force of Knights and Mages has moved in, the Knights digging in to garrison the city against further xeno incursions while the Mages begin their study of the fascinating trove of technology found within. Meanwhile, your company withdraws back to home base for a well-deserved rest.

The Priests have already derived some fascinating theories from their remote readings of the information contained in the dragon's explosive death throes. They're collaborating with the Alchemist and the Blacksmith on interpreting the data to produce practical results, which has already led to significant improvements to the team's armor plating, synthfiber networks, and energy sources.

Dragon's Soul research results:
>All classes' base stats are improved!

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>>3550741

With the company's great feat comes both renown and change. The unit is hailed as heroes, and the dragon kill has massively boosted your stat numbers on the ongoing inter-company scoreboard. Glory, honor, bragging rights, whatever you call it, it's yours. The civilian settlements are abuzz with stories of the battle, and Freelancers from other companies clap you on the shoulder and congratulate you on a battle well fought. It feels good to remember your victory. But it's also hard to forget what the mission cost. Shimmer. Rook. Scorch. Names erased from the roster to be written on the memorial wall, along with the others. Faces never to be seen in the halls of Echo Base again. A small price to pay, perhaps, for the scale of your accomplishment. But a painful one nonetheless.

Major Stonebreaker, the battalion commanding officer, died leading from the front in the diversionary assault that kept the majority of Scav forces off your backs while fighting the dragon. So his position is vacant. The other company COs unanimously vote to promote The Captain to his position. That means she'll no longer be company commander, much to the chagrin of some of the veterans who have become used to her strong, self-assured presence. For now on she'll be giving orders from battalion headquarters, where she'll be in charge of deployments for the company along with the Murderhobos, Mysterious Strangers, and of course, the Rainbow Unicorns. "Kinda wish Snow had let those Thanes kill me," she grumbles after ending a comm with the Unicorns' CO.

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>>3550754

Her chosen replacement to take up the mantle of company captain is Graves, to nobody's surprise. He gruffly rebukes any questions of reform. "If it was good enough for the Captain -- I mean, the Major -- it's good enough for me. Just do your jobs out there like you did before."

"Should we finally give ourselves a funny name?" Snow asks, deadpan but for a small wry quirk of the mouth. "How about Graves' Growlers? Or maybe The Graveful Dead?"

"Shut it, you," Graves says.

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>>3550777

The company is given some time to rest, recover and rebuild after their harrowing but victorious raid. Days pass by without much to do except bullying the new recruits. Some Freelancers continue to train relentlessly in their off-time, not halting in their duties even for a moment. Others take full advantage of the rare opportunity for leisure, in company or solitude depending on their temperament. The sun shines on the fields of green grass around the base, and peaceful birdsong fills the air. One could almost believe for a moment that they weren't at war. Almost.

Choose and describe what you do for your short holiday. This has no gameplay effect, it's just for fun.
>Rigorous training
>Extreme sports
>Intellectual pursuits
>Creative expression
>Take lots of naps
>Other (say what)

>>3550789
>Myopic Moping About The Current Existential Crisis That Is His Life
Ein needs a friend.

>>3550789
>Pursuit of Faith

In the peaceful fields around the base, Smokes will practice lightly with his equipment. But primarily he will meditate looking up to the sky. He wasn't a Priest, but he had a strong faith in the satellites. Specifically, the one that oversaw the data of those that passed. After using the worm biology infused weapon he felt strange when looking at the dead. And as useful as the weapon was he wanted to commune with the Satellite as best he could away from the armory.

>>3550789
>Extreme Sports

Dozer finally had time to introduce the Freelancers to an old Red Skin tradition. It was similar to the 'wrestling' as the humans had called it, but involved batons and knuckle dusters that were thrown into the ring by whoever was watching, if they so felt like it. The Winner is decided by tap out only. When Dozer used to do this with his clan, he wasn't too bad, only tapping out to his brothers and sisters, but here... the story was different...

>>3550789

>Creative expression
Thoth rambles to anyone who'll listen about the fine art of wood carving, something Cillian picked up after he quit the force. He also produces a number of fine examples, shaped like staghs, from god-knows-where, gifting one each to every member of the company, claiming each time that it was 'just a few to his favourites'. He never worked up the nerve to actually give Snow hers in person though, so he just left one outside her door with a note. He made sure to put lots of smiley faces at the end of it.

>>3550789
>Incredibly Uncomfortable Social Interaction
Hiram, used to spending most of his time tinkering with his gear and only really talking to his squad mates under the affects of copious amounts of alcohol cut with paint thinner or being shot at, decides to spend most of his break walking around the base and attempting to have pleasant conversations with anyone who didn't look busy enough. Truly, a greater hell than fighting the Scavs.

>>3550789
>Creative expression

Solaaris used the downtime to attempt to connect more with its sentimental side and to ameliorate its understanding of complex human emotions.
It did its best at writing a short poem:

>A rookie from Freelancer corps
>was feeling quite terribly sore.
>He looked down to see
>a Scav blade in his knee
>and in his chest, a Worm carnivore.

Proud of its work, Solaaris felt a little better while relaxing until the next mission.

>>3550865
Let's all pretend I wrote 'stags', instead of inventing a new thing called a stagh.

>>3550865
"Thanks Thoth, but why stags of all things?"

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>>3550789

Patch 1.10 notes:

Lots of power buffs! Make sure to read your class powers to see what's new.
Knights, Drifters and Hunters now have starting moves.
Another Backstab buff.
Shadow Cloak stealth is now an active ability.
Smoke Grenade defense bonus increased, duration reduced.

>>3550789
>Rigorous Training
Lots and Lots of running.

>>3550865
>>3550877
Solaaris was confused as to what the carving was supposed to represent but was eternally grateful nonetheless.

"Thank you very much Mr Thoth, I am humbled that you would offer me such a fine handcrafted gift."

It took it back to the lab for further examination.

>>3550789
>Dealing with the Voices in His Head

The new recruit, Flic- no, Shi-, no, Flare, sits alone at a random table. Everything around the base feels so familiar, and yet unfamiliar at once.

"FUCK, this is embarassing!" the girl standing next to him screams. "How could I have been weak enough to die on my First mission!?"

Flare does his best to ignore the yelling. It's all in his mind, anyway. RIght? He also tries to ignore the figure leaning against a wall, watching everything with a strange, indescribable mix of smugness and sadness.

>>3550885
"I just think stags are a really evocative image, and they've got a lot of history behind them. Other-me knew a lot about them. Or knows, since he's me? I'm still not used to the tenses and persons involved in that. There were probably more relevantly meaningful things I could've depicted, true. Maybe next time. Hmm... a crowned man with a datapad in one hand and a gun in the other, for you?"

>>3550900
Just posting this so I can grab it when I need it.

Name: Thoth
Class: Mage
Level: 7
Spells: Channeler, Arcanery, Mirror Image (Two Images), Voidcaller, Surge (Two Charges), Echo (Two Charges), Artillery, Deadeye
Weapons: Scout Rifle (Damage 2, Range 25, +1 to hit, Break 1), Bonnie (Damage 4, Range 10, Break 1, +1 Crit Range, Holding Aces) OR Magnum (Damage 3, Range 10, +1 Crit Chance, +2 Crit Damage, Break 1)
Gear: Mana Grenade (Damage 2, Arc 15, Break 2, Area 2, Destructive), Flame Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Burn, Break 2, Area 2, sets fire to area), Acid Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Break 3, Area 2)
Health: 6/6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3/3

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>>3550900
Sorry folks, no exotic weapons for the PvP thread. Next time, though, you may have a new one.

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>>3550789

>Rigorous training


Some more training is always needed : be it shooting, using the hammer or the jumppack. It can be fun too. Especially when it ends on top of a facility like this. A nice view .... and a good position for see some of the strange activities of the veterans. Perhaps is helmet could have taken some pictures of them. They where all filled with energy and joy, and with that distance no one could have object. ......


//////

>>3550922
"Yeah, I guess Stags are pretty distinctive. Hmm...I wouldn't exactly consider myself a king but it would make a striking image."

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>>3550935
Dash defense bonus and knockdown defense penalty adjusted from 4 to 2. Stay Down sets your cover bonus to 6 rather than giving it +4.

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>>3550935
Whoops, here's Gear 10 with the adjusted cloak and smoke grenade.

>>3550900
Name: Einherjar Enhet-To
Class: Knight
Level: 3

Powers:
-Titan Plating (1/2 Break, Pierce)
-Steadfast (No Knockdown, Knockback 1)
-Vanguard (Block 1, Action, +2 Acc and Luck on next melee attack)
-Riposte (When attacked by an adjacent enemy, interrupt with a preemptive attack)

Weapons:
-LMG (Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive)
-Shield (Armor +1, Knockback 1)
Gear:
-Charged Vest (+1 HP, +1 Barrier, Immune to burn, freeze, shock)
-Deployable Wall (A, C1)

Health: 9/9
Mobility: 5
Armor: 3/3
Barrier: 1/1

>>3550900
Name: Dozer
Class: Knight
Level: 4
Health: 9/9
Barrier: 1
Mobility: 7
Armour: 3

Disciplines
- Titan Plating: Hardened
- Rocket Charge [2 charges]
- Vanguard
- Steadfast

Tricks
- Run and Gun [3 charges] (Multiclass)

Spells
- Mirror Image - 2 image remaining (Legacy of Gallows)

Weapons
- Shield
- Shotgun

Gear
- Phase Boots
- Charged Vest

Name: Flare (legacy of Flicker)
Class: Mage
Level: 1
Health: 6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3
Spells:
- Channeler
- Mirror Image
- Deadeye
Weapons:
- Sword
- Shotgun
Gear:
- Mana Grenade
- Grapple Hook
- Storm Rune(Shotgun)

>>3550900


Name : Valdus Mihr
Class : Knight
Level 2

Heath : 7 (+ 1 Biotic Vest)
Mobility : 5
Armor : 2


Start :
Titan Plating (Break and Pierce halved)

Disciplines :

-Smash [A, C 2]
-Rocket Charge [A, C 2]

Weapons :

-LMG: Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive
-Hammer: Damage 3, Melee, Knockback 3, Destructive

Gear :

-Jump Pack (you may jump when moving)

-Biotic Vest (+1 Health, Immune to Infest. Regen [S, C2] Heal 2.)

>>3550900
Name: Hiram
Class: Mage
Level: 5
Spells: Channeller, Shadowstep, Arcanery, Echo, Voidcaller, Trip Mine (Multiclass)
Weapons: Scout Rifle (+1 Break), Shotgun
Gear: 1 x Mana Grenade, 1 x Incendiary Grenade, Acid Rune (Scout Rifle), Charged Vest
Health: 7/7
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 4

>>3551030
Correction

Health : 8 (+ 1 Biotic Vest)

>>3550869
Yes. I too am good. I feel pleasant. The weather is the right temperature for the body that I have. I t o o enjoy partaking in beverages. I am a person with hobbies and interests which I have that I do. My favorite hobby is having an interest in my hobbies. My favorite artform is punching. Yes Hiram I too sometimes listen to music. I do not know what is up I think it is the SKY IT IS THE FETHING SODDING SHINING SCREAMING SKY YOU---

Why yes Hiram I would like to discuss the weather some more while sipping a liquid.

>>3551198
"Yes indeed, the weather is quite nice this season. It almost makes me want to wear something other than these safe and familiar robes. Uh...one second." Hiram turns around, removes his tablet from his robes, and quickly flips through the pages of his copy of "Social Ritualism: A Mage's Guide to Interacting With Your Peers." "Ok next it says to...offer and listen to work gripes." He turns around again. "Man that dragon sucked didn't it? Not only did he summon lightning, which I hate, he also used his time magic to fill my helmet with cheap cigar smoke."

>>3551232
"Time magic is the worst. The worst. I spent half a thin slice of infinity in a dress at a ball as a socialite dancing with this charming, handsome version of Smok...ooor...gho..ba..vic? Yeah. Yeaaaah. And anyway, ever since then I've had this song in my head an the inescapable urge to waltz. "

Phaws shakes her head to hide any suggestion of a smile and in the same movement as heavy gauntlets crush a empty can, the parabolic arc of an over-the-shoulder toss turning complex when it bounces off of the far wall and ricochets...

"Aaaanyyywaaaay. You know how everyone always talks about the weather but no one ever does anything about it?" Phaws slams her hands together, smearing a scar of vibrating energy across the air for a moment.

" Oh right yeah also that happens sometimes and occasionally my shadow spits out violin chords. Look doesn't matter, point is, Hiram, you've got chops. So how about I do what I promised and teach you how to punch through a wall?"

Phaws waits a beat. Sticks her hand forward like a lance stabbing into a target.

" It's funny because you don't actually get to say no come on! "

>>3550789
>Extreme Sports: Finally get time to teach Hiram how to use Voidcaller to punch through walls

{later, among drifting flecks of building material}

"SO NEXT TIME SOMEONE ASKS YOU HEY HOW'S THE WEATHER YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY: I CAN PUNCH HURRICANCES"

>>3550789
>>Intellectual pursuits
CORAX spends time going through the archives of the base, looking into answers about his own creation. Hints to other robots made by the same hand, mechanisms with the same signature. He finds little, but what little he finds opens up new avenues of discovery.

>>3550900
Name: Corax
Class: Drifter
Level: 6
Health: 7/7
Mobility: 7+2
Armour: 1

Tricks
-Deadeye
-Powershot (2/2)
-Run and Gun (3/3)
-Richochet (2/2)
-Low Profile
-High Noon (1/1)
-Guncaster

Wepaons:
-Sniper Rifle (sharp)
-LMG (+1 Break)

Gear
-Phase Boots
-Acid Rune (LMG)
-Sharp Rune (Sniper Rifle)

>>3551258
"Sounds like you got a worse deal on time magic exposure than I did, I still don't quite remember all that happened with that. Other than I find my eyes drawn to the few Golden Age Economic Treatises we have the library for reasons that still escape me."

Hiram throws another punch, blasting down the last of the hastily assembled shed. "Gotta say this is a hell of a party trick, if a little taxing." Hiram massages his scuffed gloves, still sparking raw aether. "In hindsight, it should have been quite a bit more obvious that we'd have a much better time talking if it was about magic."

Hiram's eyes suddenly light up. "Oh! Speaking of magic and property destruction, I've been talking to some Drifters on errands to base, and based on some of their personal modifications to their gear playing around with a way to turn my grenades into timed charges. That's actually playing dividends and I've about got it consistent. Occasionally they end up air bursting and almost crisping me, but that's just how all spells are in the end."

>>3550789
>Rigorous Training
What else besides better oneself to the martial arts. To push beyond past limits and grow ever stronger. Exercising till the body is numb. Sure. I am changed but its not because I have grown overall stronger that I should slack off. This only invites future enemies to strike at my unpreparedness. To strike at my opening like that dragonpriest did. If it wasnt for the Phoenix engine in the suit. I'd be dead. Lets attempt to learn from that past mistake. The mock combat shall be proof of my new learnings...

>>3550900
>>3550930
>Respec and all the level and stuff

Name: Raiden
Health= 7/7
Mov: 9 (+2 =11)
Armor: 1
Class: Hunter
Level: 3
Exploits:
-Blink (S,C3: Teleport Mobility-2)
-Blademaster (Melee +1Acc, +1 Dmg)
-Smash (A, C2, 3DMG, autohit, knockback 1, knowdown)
-Deflect (R, When attacked, block half the damage)
Weapons:
Axe (Dmg:3(4) Melee, Break 2, +1 Crit)
Scout Rifle (Dmg:2-Rng:25, +1ACC)
Gear: Charged Vest (+1 Health, +1 Barrier, Immune to Burn, Freeze, Shock) and Phase boots (+2 Mov, Move through enemies)

>>3550900
Name-Dawn
Class- Priest
Level- 7
Barrier-3/3
Armor-1/1
Health-6/6
Mobility-6
Powers-
Medic Protocol: +1 medkit slot, X5 medkit range, goes around obstacles
Field Medic: +2 Medkit Slots
Biotic Specialist: Medkits heal for +2hp and can overheal up to 1.5X Health
Aegis (R), When you or a chosen ally withing 10 spaces takes damage from an attack, prevent 1 damage.
Force Shield (S, C2): You or an ally within 10 heals 1 and gains 2 barrier
Security Protocol(A, C3) Range 20, 2 damage, piercing, autohit
Smash: (A, C2): Target a 3X7 area. 3 Damage, autohit, knockback 3, knockdown, destructive.

>>3551527
Gear- Medkit (S, C4), Biotic Vest
Weapons- SMG, Shield

forgot my kit

>>3550789
>Pursuits: Research Worm activity.
The Hunter has a promise to keep. Those taken by the worms will be given rest. Tracking them down is only the first step of the Hunt.

>>3550865
"I prefer to work with other materials. But, should I encounter Prey made of wood, I shall seek your advice when working it. Please, accept this in exchange." Leopard gives Thoth one of its trophies; a horn delicately engraved with a scene of a verdant lakeside.

>>3550900
Name: Leopard
Class: Hunter
Level 10
>Hp 7/7 (6+1)
>Mob 13 (9+2+2)
>Armor 1/1
>Barrier 0
>Exploits:
-Blink [S, C3/3]
Alacrity (Move after [A]).
Deflect [R] (1/2dmg from an attack)
Phantom [S, C3/3] (Gain Stealth)
Blink Strike [A, C2/2] (Teleport Mob line, Melee enemies in line)
Agility (+2Mob)
Rogue (+2Backstab)
Blademaster (+1Hit & Dmg with Melee)
Remnant (S, return to teleport start, current & next turn. 2Dmg in 2Area at Origin and Return)
Omnislash [A, C2/2] (Attack all enemies in Reach4]
>Discipline
Pheonix [C1/1] (resurrect at 1/2 hp)

Weapons
>Axe: 3+1dmg, Break2, +1CritDmg
>Dagger: 2+1dmg, 2+2Backstab, M/Rng10
Gear
>Phase Boots: +2Mob, Pass through Enemies
>Biotic Vest: +1Hp, Infest Immune, Regen: [S, C2/2] Heal 2

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>>3550900
Name: Rector
Class: Drifter
Health:6
Mobility: 9
Armor: 1

Powers:

Blink ([S, C3] Teleport mobility-2)
Rogue (+2 Backstab)
Phantom ([S, C3] Gain Stealth)

Weapons:

Dagger [Storm Rune] (Damage 3, Melee/ Range 10, Backstab 4)
Sniper Rifle (Damage 3, Range 10, +1 Crit Chance, +2 Crit Damage)

Gears:

Storm Rune (+1 Crit Chance)
Shadow Cloak (+1 Evasion, start mission in Stealth)

"Greetings, I- we are Rook. Or at least I'm... we are supposed to be. Rook's virtual mindstate was damaged in the fight against the Dragon. I- ARGH! [i]WE[/i]! We are what's left of him, salvaged among broken pieces of alternate timeline memories, personas and egos. Pieces of Rook makes up our Assembly, yet the core remains dead. We are but shards copied from the infinite multiverse made into one being. We... are Rector."

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A Freelancer is powerful. Their growth in combat potential is incredibly rapid. But there are limits to just how much energy they can contain. At a certain point the rapid accumulation begins to spiral out of control. The grind of combat becomes too much for them to handle. And it's time for them to move on in some way.

After this mission, the Retirement rule will take effect.

When you reach level 10, it's time to begin a new phase of your life. Choose one of the following:

>Apprentice
Take on a young apprentice and teach them what you know. Create a second character at level 2, who knows one of your previous character's moves as their Legacy. You control both characters at once in battle, but only the apprentice gains levels. While you control two characters, they will have increased targeting priority due to your renown amongst the alien forces.
>Prestige Mode
Start again as a new class at level 1, retaining the starting power and one additional power from your previous class.
>Promotion
Become an NPC in the Freelancers setting. Choose one: Gain a promotion to NCO, specialist, or support staff for the company; return to your faction to work there as an officer, researcher, or other roles depending on your class; or fight solo and become a legend, striding off into the stories to fight the aliens on your own.
>Pasture
Your war wounds or Infusion mutations have become severe enough to force your retirement, or perhaps you've just had enough of war. Hang up your blade and gun, and leave the fight behind, bringing with you only a collection of scars and a handful of medals. Attempt to live life as an ordinary person, and perhaps even find some form of happiness. Of course, at some point in the future, you might be persuaded to come out of retirement for one last job.

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>>3550900
=== Solaaris | Priest | Lvl 6 ===
Health: 7 (Chrg Vest)
Mobility: 8 (Phs Boots)
Barrier: 4 (Chrg Vest)
Armor: 1 (Shield)

Prayers:
>Medic Protocol: +1 kit Slot. Kits have 5x range and go around obstacles.
>Security Protocol (A, C3): Range 20, 2 pure damage.
>Orbital Judgement (A, C1): Range any, Area 2, 3 pure damage, Ignite.
>Force Shield (S, C2): You or an ally within 10 heals 1 and gains 2 barrier.
>Field Medic: +2 kit slots.
>Aegis (R): When you or a chosen ally within 10 spaces takes damage from an attack, prevent 1 damage.
Multiclass (Knight):
>Shieldwall (A, C2): You and 2 allies within 5 gain 2 barrier.

Weapons:
>Greatsword: Damage 3, Melee. Cleave 3. +2 crit damage.
>Shield: Armor +1. On attacks against adjacent enemies, add knockback +1, and after the attack, you may move into their former space.

Gear:
>Medkit x1 (S, C1): Range 10. Heal 4. (Medic Protocol)
>Stimkit x2 (S, C1): Range 5. Target removes all negative status and may immediately attack as a free action. (Medic Protocol)
>Phase Boots: +2 Mobility, move through enemies.
>Charged Vest: +1 Health, +1 Barrier. Immune to Freeze, Burn, & Shock.

===

"Solaaris reporting in. Ready for deployment."

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>>3550900
Name: Smokes
Class: Hunter
Level: 9
HP: 6
Mobility: 11
Armor: 1
Evasion: +1

Exploits / Prayer:
L1- Blink: Teleport Mob-2 [S, C3/3]
L1- Blademaster: +1 Hit and Damage with melee
L2- Deflect: Half damage from first attack. [R]
L3- Alacrity: You may use movement after your actions.
L4- Field Medic: +2 Kit slots
L5- Agility: +2 Mobility
L6- Omnislash: Attack all enemies within 4 spaces [A, C2]
L7- Blinkstrike: Teleport Mobility in a straight line. Attack each enemy you pass through.
L8- Phantom: Gain Stealth [S 3/3]
L9- Rogue: +2 Backstab

Weapons:
Dagger: +1 Hit, Damage 4, Backstab 4, Melee or Ranged 10
Sword: +2 Hit, Damage 4, Crit on 9, Melee

Gear:
Stimkits x2: Range 1. Remove negative status and make free attack. [S 2/2]
Storm Rune (Dagger): +1 Damage, Shock on 10
Shadow Cloak: +1 Evasion, Gain Stealth [S 1/1]

>>3551611
Let's have a good hunt. This might be the last time we're on the same field.

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>>3550789
>>3550900

After a week of off-time, the base stirs to life like engine switched on. There's news of action. At first the team is wondering if this means they're going onto the front lines again, but soon Graves tells the company that he's booked an Arena for a match. "Because it'll keep you lot in fighting shape," he says when pressed for his reasoning. "The Arenas are a place you can temper yourselves, push each other to become better. Can't ask for a better challenge to keep your skills up. Plus you might even enjoy yourselves."

Everyone knows about the Arenas, even civvies. Isolated, hidden locations, often beyond the frontiers of alliance territory. Ruined cities, shadowed canyons, abandoned xeno strongholds. Now turned into fields for gladiator bloodsports where Freelancers run live-fire exercises against each other, honing their skills in combat and familiarizing themselves with potential battlegrounds. Ostensibly for training purposes, the competition often gets heated, and sometimes the matches are even beamed as live entertainment to faction holdings, Freelancer bases, and even civilian settlements. Everybody's seen matches played out on the screens between famous warriors. The Seven Swords against Enigma Praxis at Twilight Tower. The Merry Fellows against Edge of Darkness in the Grand Garden. And now it's your turn. The newly famous dragonslayers in an intrasquad match. This should be interesting.

Smokes and Phaws have been registered as team captains, heading Red Team and Blue Team respectively against each other. This much is known. But there's more. A rumor is going around that Graves has set it up this way to determine who gets the promotion to his old spot as commander of section one. He'll be watching this match closely to evaluate their command skills, or so the rumor says, and whoever's team wins will be the new section commander. Everybody heard it from somebody else, nobody knows if there's any truth to it.

"Section command?" Phaws says, incredulous. "I can barely command myself not to chew on interesting looking alien fungal blooms! Impossible. If I were promoted I would know that hyper-reality beam had punched me into the next universe and this, THIS, was incontrovertible proof."

"Take Graves' old spot? Mmm." Smokes mutters, and coughs, emitting small clouds of grey smog. "Not my thing. Too big. Squad leader is fine. Section? No thanks. I mean, if they ask me. Maybe. But it won't happen."

"Who gave you that idea?" Graves asks, angry. "Get the hell outta here and go get ready for the match. As if I don't have enough to do without listening to this."

>>3552849

Somebody needs to replace Graves. But if not Smokes or Phaws, then who?

Leopard? Too focused on the hunt for anything else. Dawn? Kind and helpful, certainly, but no-one would call her brave. Thoth's too unstable. Snow's too antisocial. The only one who even wants the job in the first place is Gryphon, and despite her loud and repeated insistences, that's not happening anytime soon.

Of course, Graves could always promote somebody from the second section and move them over here. Everyone knows the members of section two, sure, even if they're usually out on other assignments. They're usually kept under-strength to make sure section one is ready to handle whatever crazy shit is coming their way, and in the meantime handle garrison duties and secondary objectives. They don't get thrown into the meat grinder on a regular basis like section one, which results in fewer opportunities for glorious renown or horrible death. But they still see their fair share of action. You found out after the citadel assault that they got hit hard while playing rearguard for your attack. Word has it that two of them were cut in half in one swing of a Thane's axe. The berserking Thane was only stopped when the section two commander took him on 1v1, and came out on top.

So in addition to fighting in front of a live audience, there's the ongoing question of who will be the next section command. No pressure or anything, though.

"All right, so where are we headed?" asks someone.

"Funny you should ask that," Graves says. "Let's say that it's a place you'll get a new perspective on things."

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>>3550900

>Isolating myself with a surplus of alcoholic beverages

Does this even need explaining?

Name: Arbiter
Class: Priest
Level: 5 (Legacy)
HP: 7/7
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 4
Armor: 1
[RESIST STATUS]

Powers:
Medic protocol (+1 Medkit. Medkit range 10 and bypasses cover.)
Field Medic (+2 Medkit)
Biotic Specialist: Medkits heal +2 HP. Kits overheal up to 1.5X Health.
Purification (Medkits deal 2 Pure damage to enemies within Area 2 of the heal target)
Smite [S, C3] Your next attack has +1 damage and Electrify
Deadeye (Attacks have +1 Accuracy and +1 Luck. Multiclass)
Alacrity (You may move after actions. Legacy)

Weapons:
Storm Auto Rifle
(Damage 4, Range 20, +2 Crit chance, +1 Accuracy, Shocks on 10)
Shield (+1 Armor)

Gear:
Biotic Vest (+1 Health, +1 Barrier, Immune to Shock/Burn/Freeze.)
Shock Rune (+1 damage to Auto Rifle, on a 10, the target is shocked.)

Medkits: 3

===

"Right, what's this about an exercise? I haven't heard anything about a deployment."

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>>3552851

"Get it?" Graves asks in the shuttle upwards into orbit. "A new perspective? Ehh?"

A promotion hasn't changed Graves' terrible sense of humor.

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>>3552868
They wanted her to be a what? To (maybe) determine the (possibility of) doing what? And this was meant to happen where? After being teamed up with who? And why was there always three socks post-wash when you started with one? Questions!

Phaws ran shaking hands over the soft, comforting cloth of her stained, scorched and acid-marked ruffle. She had worn it since the base defence. Tried to be better. The Unicorns, inspiring, arriving right on time to save everyone. Something worth modelling. In the rumbling, shifting shuttle hurtling towards a geosynchronous orbit blood sport arena, thoughts of them fighting off worms were hard to hold on to. It seemed long ago, vivid blood smears fading the maybe-possible of reconstructed memory. And the ruffle was just cloth, half tearing from old sprays of chemical and odder flits of ash and acid. Phaws wrapped a thread around her finger, pulled it, winced as something else split. Maybe holding on to old garments forever just wasn't how it worked. Suppose you could only take so many close-range blasts, crack that many ribs. Treads started fraying. Maybe you woke up one fine grey-mist morning and decided drinking half a gallon of base brew rotgut was a bad way to start the day. Started carrying a medkit, hearing Diplomat's voice when you restocked it.

She'd run out of table for the Can Cathedral after the fifth new wing and the twisted dragon-scalespire. But then there hadn't been a new can for a while. Had started needing the almost-focus of not-quite-sobriety. And what did it mean, anyway, then the Thralls screamed? It--

" Oh Sats, " said the alternative slipstream hallucinatory version of herself currently doing a handstand on Rector's knees.

" Look! No hands! Woie, I'm glad a psychosis induced hallucination and not you, you glum moose. Look, I bet I can stick my entire hand through Corax' faceplate - watch - wiggle wiggle wiggle I've got fingers in his circuits "
"Cut that out, me" Phaws said
"Ooobbiidoopiee, look, I'm Raiden now. Let me Axe you a que"
"-- Cut that out. You know, me, I kinda like these assholes. They're not half bad company and besides, almost friends. So could you stop pretending that guy is your hand puppet? It's disrespectful to my... friends"

Phaws blinked, looking around at other faces as her hallucinatory-double duly accepted the chastisement and popped like a soap bubble.

"What? Shut up. I wasn't talking to you lot"

>>3552921
"Auditory and visual hallucinations. Statistically common in Mage class Freelancers"
"negative quality for leadership role"

>>3552927
"IFF Glitch. Rebooting"

>>3552868

You exit the dropship's hatch into the station hangar. It feels a bit strange to be politely disembarking instead of dropping to the ground in combat formation.

A priest in a white and blue staff uniform is there to greet the team. "Welcome, everyone, to Starsong Arena! Here at Seraph-216 station we provide the best in arena support services. Be aware that our dedicated flash shield support teams will preserve you from life-threatening danger. Their success rate is 100%," she coughs and mumbles something that might be "rounded up," then smiles kindly. "So rest assured you have absolutely nothing to worry about! On the arena floor, when you would otherwise take a fatal wound, our casters will preserve your life and transmat you from the battlefield. After a short time in the respawn zone, they will send you back to your team's starting position with full health, armor, and shielding. They will also fully recharge exactly one item or power of your choice. Do not ask for more than one or you may find your stay in the respawn zone ... extended." The smile intensifies. "We hope you find your games at Starsong pleasant and exciting!"

>>3552927
>>3552931
"Hm." Phaws tilts their head, long and slow, one green eye closed against the world and black hair floating odd in the gravitational environment of Seraph-216.

"Hey, Me"
"Yes?"
"Go stick your hand back Corax' robo-spine"

>>3552921
== Phaws, Mage 10==
Health 6 of 6
Barrier 3
Mobility 6
[Mage] Channeler, Arcanery, Artillery, Brilliance, Voidcaller, Echo (2), Energy Drain (3), SpellVamp, Shadowstep(2), Surge(2), Crash Shield [R]

Shotgun, D4 R10 B1 Destructive
Sword, D3 +1Luck/Acc

[Gear]
3xSmoke Grenade, A3 D1 B1 P1 Def+4
1xMana Grenade, A2 D1 B1 Destruct

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>>3552936

"Gooood evening sports fans! Have we got a rough and tumble rumble for you today! Live from the Starsong arena in Seraph-216 station, we've got the strike team that just took down the Fulminous Dragon in an intra-squad 3CP dominion match! Oh yeah baby! As always I am Braddock-9 bringing you the play-by-play from ringside, and today we've got a special guest from the Drifters, the legendary Sally Twoshot! Sally, I understand you're friends with this unit's CO?"

"That's right, Braddock. She and I go way back. If I know her she's turned out a half-decent team of fighters, so I look forward to watching them in action and seeing what they can do."

"Faaantastic! Now let's take a look at our starting lineups for today's head-to-head battle!"


Red Team

Team Captain: Smokes, Hunter 9
Vice Captain: Thoth, Mage 7
Dozer, Knight 5
Corax, Drifter 6
Raiden, Hunter 3
Flare, Mage 1
Solaaris, Priest 6

Blue Team

Team Captain: Phaws, Mage 10
Vice Captain: Leopard, Hunter 10
Einherjar-3, Knight 3
Valdus, Knight 2
Rector, Hunter 2
Hiram, Mage 5
Arbiter, Priest 6

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>>3553411

Stand on control points to capture them. Staying on already captured points gives extra score and heals you by 1 at the start of your next turn. Control points with fighters from both sides standing on them are contested and won't earn points or be captured.

Scoring:
Kill: 1 point
Control: 2 points per turn held, +1 per ally on the point.

Blue Team wins the coin toss. They go first.

Sirens wail. The force fields containing the contestants fizzle and dissipate. Audience members cheer and holler. The match begins!

>>3553483
Name: Einherjar Enhet-To
Class: Knight
Level: 3

Powers:
-Titan Plating (1/2 Break, Pierce)
-Steadfast (No Knockdown, Knockback 1)
-Vanguard (Block 1, Action, +2 Acc and Luck on next melee attack)
-Riposte (When attacked by an adjacent enemy, interrupt with a preemptive attack)

Weapons:
-LMG (Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive)
-Shield (Armor +1, Knockback 1)
Gear:
-Charged Vest (+1 HP, +1 Barrier, Immune to burn, freeze, shock)
-Deployable Wall (A, C1)

Health: 9/9
Mobility: 5
Armor: 3/3
Barrier: 1/1

"... Thoth, Raiden, I'll try and keep the roughhousing to a minimum. Wouldn't want you too trashed for our next deployment."
>Dash, 5 W, 2 S, SW 2, W 1

>>3553483

>Jump, Up 1
>Move, 4 W
>Dash, 5 W
>>3552983
"Captain, taking the initiative like Sir Ein. Waiting for your orders."
-------


Name : Valdus Mihr
Class : Knight
Level 2

Heath : 7 (+ 1 Biotic Vest)
Mobility : 5
Armor : 2


Start :
Titan Plating (Break and Pierce halved)

Disciplines :

-Smash [A, C 2]
-Rocket Charge [A, C 2]

Weapons :

-LMG: Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive
-Hammer: Damage 3, Melee, Knockback 3, Destructive

Gear :

-Jump Pack (you may jump when moving)

-Biotic Vest (+1 Health, Immune to Infest. Regen [S, C2] Heal 2.)

>>3551611
Leopard, catch that red point directly south of here, please.

>>3553801
>>3551030
Valdus, Ein, stick together and try to hold up the middle.

>>3551642
Rector, you’re on overwatch. Try to move up now into a position to lock down lanes of approach.

>>3551306
Hiram, Dear, stick with Valdus and Ein in the centre and then go socialise.

>>3552867
Arbiter, you’re a crack shot too. Take the centre with Hiram, Valdus, Ein and Rector.

I will be... right back once I’ve tapped that blue point far west.

Now, c’mon kids! I’m counting on you not to let me get too busted up! Remember! They’ve got medics! Extra rations to everyone who punches one of them!

>>3553483
>—Take a deep breath
>—Crack Knuckles {Surge Self}
>Dance 7SW, 6S, 13SW{ShadowStep+Surge+Dash}
>End with +4Def!
>Tap control point centre to blue team.

>>3553483
>{A+M}Dash 4SouthWest 22South
>{s}Blink 9South
>Point Secured
>{R} Deflect

Name: Leopard
Class: Hunter
Level 10
>Hp 7/7 (6+1)
>Mob 13 (9+2+2)
>Armor 1/1
>Barrier 0
>Exploits:
-Blink [S, C2/3]
Alacrity (Move after [A]).
Deflect [R] (1/2dmg from an attack)
Phantom [S, C3/3] (Gain Stealth)
Blink Strike [A, C2/2] (Teleport Mob line, Melee enemies in line)
Agility (+2Mob)
Rogue (+2Backstab)
Blademaster (+1Hit & Dmg with Melee)
Remnant (S, return to teleport start, current & next turn. 2Dmg in 2Area at Origin and Return)
Omnislash [A, C2/2] (Attack all enemies in Reach4]
>Discipline
Pheonix [C1/1] (resurrect at 1/2 hp)

Weapons
>Axe: 3+1dmg, Break2, +1CritDmg
>Dagger: 2+1dmg, 2+2Backstab, M/Rng10
Gear
>Phase Boots: +2Mob, Pass through Enemies
>Biotic Vest: +1Hp, Infest Immune, Regen: [S, C2/2] Heal 2

>>3552775
"I have [0] records of Prey more challenging than a Freelancer Pack. It shall be an honor to Hunt you, my friend."

>>3554156
"Acknowledged, Captain."

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Name: Dirtnap
Class: Drifter
Level: 2
Powers:
- Deadeye: Attacks have +1 Accuracy and +1 Luck
- Run and Gun (A, C3): Ranged attack. Move up to your Mobility before or after the attack.
- Ricochet (A, C2): Ranged Attack which bounces to a second target, up to 5 spaces away and in line of sight of the first target.

Weapons:
- Shotgun: Damage 4, Range 10. Destructive
- Shield: Armor +1. On attacks against adjacent enemies, add knockback +1, and after the attack you may move 1 into their former space.

Gear:
- Phase Boots: +2 Mobility. Move through enemies.
- Toxic Rune: Add +1 Break to Shotgun

>Health: 7
>Mobility: 7 (9)
>Armor: 1 (2)

>Seems like I was a little late this time. Just staking my spot for the earliest convenience.

>>3554156
"Got it, moving out."
>>3553483
>Move 3S, 2W
>Dash 6W

Name: Hiram
Class: Mage
Level: 5
Spells: Channeller, Shadowstep(2/2), Arcanery, Echo(2/2), Voidcaller, Trip Mine (Multiclass)
Weapons: Scout Rifle (+1 Break), Shotgun
Gear: 1 x Mana Grenade, 1 x Incendiary Grenade, Acid Rune (Scout Rifle), Charged Vest
Health: 7/7
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 4

>>3554156
>>3553483

Interesting. Understood commander, let's clean house. Moving Into position to receive our guests.

>Move 5SW, 1W
>Dash 6W

Name: Arbiter
Class: Priest
Level: 5 (Legacy)
HP: 7/7
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 4
Armor: 1
[RESIST STATUS]

Powers:
Medic protocol (+1 Medkit. Medkit range 10 and bypasses cover.)
Field Medic (+2 Medkit)
Biotic Specialist: Medkits heal +2 HP. Kits overheal up to 1.5X Health.
Purification (Medkits deal 2 Pure damage to enemies within Area 2 of the heal target)
Smite [S, C3] Your next attack has +1 damage and Electrify
Deadeye (Attacks have +1 Accuracy and +1 Luck. Multiclass)
Alacrity (You may move after actions. Legacy)

Weapons:
Storm Auto Rifle
(Damage 4, Range 20, +2 Crit chance, +1 Accuracy, Shocks on 10)
Shield (+1 Armor)

Gear:
Biotic Vest (+1 Health, +1 Barrier, Immune to Shock/Burn/Freeze.)
Shock Rune (+1 damage to Auto Rifle, on a 10, the target is shocked.)

Medkits: 3

===

>>3553483
>>3554156
Name: Rector
Class: Hunter 1 (Legacy)
Health:6
Mobility: 9
Armor: 1

Powers:

Blink ([S, C3] Teleport mobility-2)
Rogue (+2 Backstab)
Phantom ([S, C3] Gain Stealth)

Weapons:

Dagger [Storm Rune] (Damage 3, Melee/ Range 10, Backstab 4)
Sniper Rifle (Damage 4, Range 40, Cannot move and attack)

Gears:

Storm Rune (+1 Damage. On a 10, target is shocked)
Shadow Cloak (+1 Evasion, start mission in Stealth)

>Move SW2, S5, W1
>Overwatch Sniper Rifle

"This one will seek the enemy."

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>>3553483

"Aaand here we go! Blue Team's Number Two is off to a bold start with a mad dash to the southeast point! Looks like their captain had a similar idea in mind, but instead made the very close acquaintance of a platform wall!"

"Happens to the best of us, Braddock. Pretty sure the Infusion process fries the part of our brains that knows left from right. It's not a real Freelancer battle until somebody runs face first into an inanimate object."

Red Team turn 1 starts now!

Rolled 9, 1, 2 = 12 (3d10)

>>3555077
"target acquired. Eliminating High priority target"

>High noon- All 3 into Leopard (+1 to hit, Crit on 6+. 4 dmg)

Name: Corax
Class: Drifter
Level: 6
Health: 7/7
Mobility: 7+2
Armour: 1

Tricks
-Deadeye
-Powershot (2/2)
-Run and Gun (3/3)
-Richochet (2/2)
-Low Profile
-High Noon (1/1)
-Guncaster

Wepaons:
-Sniper Rifle (sharp)
-LMG (+1 Break)

Gear
-Phase Boots
-Acid Rune (LMG)
-Sharp Rune (Sniper Rifle)

>>3555085
"Reboot IFF transponder"

>>3555077
"Check your fire Corax. And keep raining fire on them. They can't capture points if they aren't technically alive."

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>>3555077
>Stimkit (S) -> Corax
>Move N7, NE1
>Orbital Judgement (A) -> N1 of Einherjar
>Aegis (R) -> Solaaris

=== Solaaris | Priest | Lvl 5 ===
HP: 6
MOB: 8
BAR: 3
ARM: 1
[IMMUNE: BURN, FREEZE, SHOCK]

>Prayers
- Medic Protocol
- Security Protocol (S, C3)
- Orbital Judgement (A, C1)
- Force Shield (S, C0)
- Field Medic
- Aegis (R)
>Multiclass
- Shieldwall (A, C2)

>Weapons
- Greatsword
- Shield

>Gear
- Medkit (S, C1)
- Stimkit (S, C2)
- Phase Boots
- Charged Vest

===

"I do not believe you have grasped the meaning of 'spreading out'. Maybe this will teach you a lesson."

Solaaris pointed at the sky with his Greatsword held up high and cast down fury from the heavens.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>3555077
Stim effect:
>Fire on Leopard(+1 to hit, Crit on 6+. 4 dmg)

>>3555077
>Move North West 2, North 5,
>Rocket Charge 10 North

Name: Dozer
Class: Knight
Level: 4
Health: 9/9
Barrier: 1
Mobility: 7
Armour: 3

Disciplines
- Titan Plating: Hardened
- Rocket Charge [1 charges]
- Vanguard
- Steadfast

Tricks
- Run and Gun [3 charges] (Multiclass)

Spells
- Mirror Image - 2 image remaining (Legacy of Gallows)

Weapons
- Shield
- Shotgun

Gear
- Phase Boots
- Charged Vest

"Keep it up Rax. Solaaris, rocket coming through. We're gonna be pushing up. Keep moving and watch out."

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>>3555077
>>3555077
HP: 6
Mobility: 11
Armor: 1
Evasion: +1

L1- Blink: Teleport Mob-2 [S, C3/3]
L1- Blademaster: +1 Hit and Damage with melee
L2- Deflect: Half damage from first attack. [R]
L3- Alacrity: You may use movement after your actions.
L4- Field Medic: +2 Kit slots
L5- Agility: +2 Mobility
L6- Omnislash: Attack all enemies within 4 spaces [A, C2]
L7- Blinkstrike: Teleport Mobility in a straight line. Attack each enemy you pass through.
L8- Phantom: Gain Stealth [S 3/3]
L9- Rogue: +2 Backstab

Weapons:
Dagger: +1 Hit, Damage 4, Backstab 4, Melee or Ranged 10
Sword: +2 Hit, Damage 4, Crit on 9, Melee

Gear:
Stimkits x2: Range 1. Remove negative status and make free attack. [S 2/2]
Storm Rune (Dagger): +1 Damage, Shock on 10
Shadow Cloak: +1 Evasion, Gain Stealth [S 0/1]

>Swift Activate Cloak
Hidden Movement

>>3550900
So how about it, is it too late?

Name: Fortune
Class: Drifter
Level: 1

Powers:
-Deadeye: +1 Acc and +1 Lck
-Boomstick: S,C3 (+1 DMG, +5 KNB, + Knockdown)

Weapons:
-Mangum: (3DMG, 10RNG, +1 CRT chance, +2 CRT DMG)
-Sniper: (4DMG, 40RNG, +1 CRT)

Gear:
-Smart Rune (Mangum +1 ACC)
-Charged Best (+1 HP, +1 BRR)

Health: 7
Mobility: 7
Armor: 1

>>3555077
.... this isn’t the one where I can walk through walls. Yes, right, yes.

>>3555077
"So...what's up Danger..."
>-Simple: Blink 9 Northeast
>Move: 3 NE, 1 N, 4 NE, 1 N, 2 NE (Careful here Raven)
>Dashing: 3 E, 3 N
>--Reaction: Deflect (Can I even deflect Grenade explosions...ya right. Like thats going to happen)

Name: Raiden
Health= 7/7
Mov: 9 (+2 =11)
Armor: 1 Barrier: 1
Class: Hunter
Level: 3
Exploits:
-Blink (S,C2: Teleport Mobility-2)
-Blademaster (Melee +1Acc, +1 Dmg)
-Smash (A, C2, 3DMG, autohit, knockback 1, knowdown)
-Deflect (R, When attacked, block half the damage)
Weapons:
Axe (Dmg:3(4) Melee, Break 2, +1 Crit)
Scout Rifle (Dmg:2-Rng:25, +1ACC)
Gear: Charged Vest (+1 Health, +1 Barrier, Immune to Burn, Freeze, Shock) and Phase boots (+2 Mov, Move through enemies)

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>>3554412
Welcome back, Dirtnap. I have some ideas on how to get latecomers involved, so keep checking back, I can probably get you onto the field soon.

>>3555171
>>3555289
I didn't realize we had another new arrival! Turns out it will be soon!

>>3555077
Name: Flare (legacy of Flicker)
Class: Mage
Level: 1
Health: 6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3
Spells:
- Channeler
- Mirror Image
- Deadeye
Weapons:
- Sword
- Shotgun
Gear:
- Mana Grenade
- Grapple Hook
- Storm Rune(Shotgun)

>Move 6NE, 5E, 1NE

>>3555077
>Surge on Self
>Dash 6 North East, North 13

Name: Thoth
Class: Mage
Level: 7
Spells: Channeler, Arcanery, Mirror Image (Two Images), Voidcaller, Surge (Two Charges), Echo (Two Charges), Artillery, Deadeye
Weapons: Scout Rifle (Damage 2, Range 25, +1 to hit, Break 1), Bonnie (Damage 4, Range 10, Break 1, +1 Crit Range, Holding Aces) OR Magnum (Damage 3, Range 10, +1 Crit Chance, +2 Crit Damage, Break 1)
Gear: Mana Grenade (Damage 2, Arc 15, Break 2, Area 2, Destructive), Flame Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Burn, Break 2, Area 2, sets fire to area), Acid Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Break 3, Area 2)
Health: 6/6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3/3

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>>3555077

"Yeouch! Blue Two just barely survives an intense barrage from the enemy sniper! He hangs on long enough to capture the point for his team. Meanwhile Red 5 makes a bold play for the center point. Can his team back him up in time to hold it?"

Dirtnap and the new recruit Fortune are transmatted into the arena on Red and Blue spawns, respectively. "And we've already got reinforcements activating! Another Drifter for each team brings some extra firepower to the field. Things are about to heat up out there!"

Blue Team turn 2 begins!


Status Report

Blue Team
Blue 2, Leopard: HP 2/7, Armor 1
Blue 3, Einherjar-3: HP 7/9, Armor 3H
Blue 4, Valdus: HP 6/9, Armor 2H, Burning
Blue 7, Arbiter: HP 4/7, Armor 1, Barrier 1

>>3555826
Excellent work, people!

Lets see if we can scrape Raiden there off of the middle now they’re over-extended. Push down, Block that line and there we are! Just punch him really hard! ( Sorry Raiden )

Leopard, any chance you can hunt for points by taking cover? Let me know!

Also spread out a tad if you can. The Orbital isn’t the problem, the problem is the high velocity triple backstab Smoke follow-up.

>>3555826
>>3555963
No one move yet, I'll use a regen kit and we'll top off as we move out.

Phaws Is right though, If smokes Is allowed to he'll get In a hit against us all at once.

>>3556219
What's that? I'm being told X-nay on the Regenkit-A.

Seems I've neglected the fine print. No heals for you all.

Carry on and try not to die.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>3555826
Man, I was kind of hoping I could keep all this as a big surprise but sure.

Leeeeetsss find out what Raiden tastes like. HEY RAIDEN, HANDSOME

I’m going loan, like, 4 quarks of your innermost essence okay?

>Rebound off of the wall and dash again! {Surge}
>ShadowStep: 1E, 6S, 13SW, 3W
>Energy Drain Raiden, 3D, 1B, +3 Barrier
>{R} Crash Shield, +4 Base Def from Shadowstep.

= Phaws, Mage 10==
Health 6 of 6
Barrier 3
Mobility 6
[Mage] Channeler, Arcanery, Artillery, Brilliance, Voidcaller, Echo (2), Energy Drain (3), SpellVamp, Shadowstep(1), Surge(1), Crash Shield [R]

Shotgun, D4 R10 B1 Destructive
Sword, D3 +1Luck/Acc

[Gear]
3xSmoke Grenade, A3 D1 B1 P1 Def+4
1xMana Grenade, A2 D1 B1 Destruct

>>3555826

>Move 5 W
>Stay Down
>Use 1 time Biotic Vest


"Taking some time in the ground, for avoid to be eaten by this flames."
-------


Name : Valdus Mihr
Class : Knight
Level 2

>Burning
Heath : 6/9
Mobility : 5
Armor : 2 / 2H


Start :
Titan Plating (Break and Pierce halved)

Disciplines :

-Smash [A, C 2]
-Rocket Charge [A, C 2]

Weapons :

-LMG: Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive
-Hammer: Damage 3, Melee, Knockback 3, Destructive

Gear :

-Jump Pack (you may jump when moving)

-Biotic Vest (+1 Health, Immune to Infest. Regen [S, C 1/2] Heal 2.)

>>3555826
"That could have gone better...continuing to move."
>Shadowstep 12W
>Move 2W, 2S

Name: Hiram
Class: Mage
Level: 5
Spells: Channeller, Shadowstep(1/2), Arcanery, Echo(2/2), Voidcaller, Trip Mine (Multiclass)
Weapons: Scout Rifle (+1 Break), Shotgun
Gear: 1 x Mana Grenade, 1 x Incendiary Grenade, Acid Rune (Scout Rifle), Charged Vest
Health: 7/7
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 1

>>3555826
Name: Fortune
Class: Drifter
Level: 1

Powers:
-Deadeye: +1 Acc and +1 Lck
-Boomstick: S,C3 (+1 DMG, +5 KNB, + Knockdown)

Weapons:
-Mangum: (3DMG, 10RNG, +1 CRT chance, +2 CRT DMG)
-Sniper: (4DMG, 40RNG, +1 CRT)

Gear:
-Smart Rune (Mangum +1 ACC)
-Charged Best (+1 HP, +1 BRR)

Health: 8/8
Barrier: Yes/Yes
Mobility: 7
Armor: 1

"Hope you guys don't mind, but ah'm gonna try to skirt the sides 'ere."

>Movement SE 2, S 5
>Dashing S 7

>>3555826
Name: Einherjar Enhet-To
Class: Knight
Level: 3

Powers:
-Titan Plating (1/2 Break, Pierce)
-Steadfast (No Knockdown, Knockback 1)
-Vanguard (Block 1, Action, +2 Acc and Luck on next melee attack)
-Riposte (When attacked by an adjacent enemy, interrupt with a preemptive attack)

Weapons:
-LMG (Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive)
-Shield (Armor +1, Knockback 1)
Gear:
-Charged Vest (+1 HP, +1 Barrier, Immune to burn, freeze, shock)
-Deployable Wall (A, C1)

Health: 9/9
Mobility: 5
Armor: 3/3
Barrier: 1/1

>Dash S 8, E 1

>>3555826
>{M}Move 2E
>{A}Stay Down (+6Def)
>{s}Regen (+2hp)
>{R}Deflect

Name: Leopard
Class: Hunter
Level 10
>Hp 4/7 (6+1)
>Mob 13 (9+2+2)
>Armor 1/1
>Barrier 0
>Exploits:
-Blink [S, C2/3]
Alacrity (Move after [A]).
Deflect [R] (1/2dmg from an attack)
Phantom [S, C3/3] (Gain Stealth)
Blink Strike [A, C2/2] (Teleport Mob line, Melee enemies in line)
Agility (+2Mob)
Rogue (+2Backstab)
Blademaster (+1Hit & Dmg with Melee)
Remnant (S, return to teleport start, current & next turn. 2Dmg in 2Area at Origin and Return)
Omnislash [A, C2/2] (Attack all enemies in Reach4]
>Discipline
Pheonix [C1/1] (resurrect at 1/2 hp)

Weapons
>Axe: 3+1dmg, Break2, +1CritDmg
>Dagger: 2+1dmg, 2+2Backstab, M/Rng10
Gear
>Phase Boots: +2Mob, Pass through Enemies
>Biotic Vest: +1Hp, Infest Immune, Regen: [S, C1/2] Heal 2

>>3555826
Name: Rector
Class: Hunter 1 (Legacy)
Health:6
Mobility: 9
Armor: 1

Powers:

Blink ([S, C3] Teleport mobility-2)
Rogue (+2 Backstab)
Phantom ([S, C3] Gain Stealth)

Weapons:

Dagger [Storm Rune] (Damage 3, Melee/ Range 10, Backstab 4)
Sniper Rifle (Damage 4, Range 40, Cannot move and attack)

Gears:

Storm Rune (+1 Damage. On a 10, target is shocked)
Shadow Cloak (+1 Evasion, start mission in Stealth)

>SW3, S6
>Dash SW6, W1

>>3555826
>3SW, 3W
>Dash 5S, 1SE
>Medkit Overheal self to 11

Name: Arbiter
Class: Priest
Level: 5 (Legacy)
HP: 11/7
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 1
Armor: 1
[RESIST STATUS]

Powers:
Medic protocol (+1 Medkit. Medkit range 10 and bypasses cover.)
Field Medic (+2 Medkit)
Biotic Specialist: Medkits heal +2 HP. Kits overheal up to 1.5X Health.
Purification (Medkits deal 2 Pure damage to enemies within Area 2 of the heal target)
Smite [S, C3] Your next attack has +1 damage and Electrify
Deadeye (Attacks have +1 Accuracy and +1 Luck. Multiclass)
Alacrity (You may move after actions. Legacy)

Weapons:
Storm Auto Rifle
(Damage 4, Range 20, +2 Crit chance, +1 Accuracy, Shocks on 10)
Shield (+1 Armor)

Gear:
Biotic Vest (+1 Health, +1 Barrier, Immune to Shock/Burn/Freeze.)
Shock Rune (+1 damage to Auto Rifle, on a 10, the target is shocked.)

Medkits: 3

===

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>>3555826

"The battle for the central point begins with a fierce fight between mage and hunter! As we all know, these two factions hate each other for claiming to have the coolest fashion, so this duel is personal! It's the clash of capes versus coats! Meanwhile Blue Two has a firm hold on the southeast point and has ducked out of line of sight of that enemy sniper. Unless somebody from Red can get up there soon, he'll start racking up points!"

Status Report:
Red Team
Red 1, Smokes: HP 6/6, Armor 1
Red 2, Thoth: HP 6/6, Barrier 3, Images 2
Red 3, Dozer: HP 9/9, Armor 3H, Barrier 1, Images 2
Red 4, Corax: HP 7/7, Armor 1
Red 5, Raiden: HP 7/7
Red 6, Flare: HP 6/6, Barrier 3, Images 2
Red 7, Solaaris: HP 7/7, Armor 1, Barrier 4
Red 8, Dirtnap: HP 7/7, Armor 1

Blue Team
Blue 1, Phaws: HP 6/6, Barrier 6
Blue 2, Leopard: HP 4/7, Armor 1
Blue 3, Einherjar-3: HP 7/9, Armor 3H
Blue 4, Valdus: HP 5/7, Armor 2H
Blue 5, Rector: HP 6/6, Armor 1
Blue 6, Hiram: HP 7/7, Barrier 1
Blue 7, Arbiter: HP 10/7, Armor 1, Barrier 1
Blue 8, Fortune: HP 7/7, Armor 1

Red Team turn 2 begins!

Solaaris was in position waiting on orders from Smokes when Dirtnap joined the fight.
It diagnosed the comms link but it seemed that Dirtnap was not connected to the same frequency as the rest of the team.

>>3554412
"Mr Dirtnap!" Solaaris called out from the top of one of the nearby structures to spawn.
"You must keep your comms connected at all times to be updated with the squad's strategy!"
Red Team needs you, join the discord: https://discord.gg/4p9mmau

>>3559142
Assuming direct control

Name: Thoth
Class: Mage
Level: 7
Spells: Channeler, Arcanery, Mirror Image (Two Images), Voidcaller, Surge (Two Charges), Echo (Two Charges), Artillery, Deadeye
Weapons: Scout Rifle (Damage 2, Range 25, +1 to hit, Break 1), Magnum (Damage 3, Range 10, +1 Crit Chance, +2 Crit Damage, Break 1)
Gear: Mana Grenade (Damage 2, Arc 15, Break 2, Area 2, Destructive), Flame Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Burn, Break 2, Area 2, sets fire to area), Acid Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Break 3, Area 2)
Health: 6/6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3/3

>Surge Dozer
>Move 6 Northeast, 2 North
>Mananade 9 East, 1 South

>>3554412
"Welcome to the Squad. Move where you want, I'd suggest Blue or Middle, but so long as you're keeping someone busy I don't really care."

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>>3559142
"Oh now your just being nasty"*Laughs*
>(M): Move 2 East
>(A): [Smash] Phaws direction North West,= 3Damage, Knockback 3, Knockdown, Destructive
>(R): Deflect

Name: Raiden
Health= 7/7
Mov: 9 (+2 =11)
Armor: 0/1 Barrier: 0/1
Class: Hunter
Level: 3
Exploits:
-Blink (S,C2: Teleport Mobility-2)
-Blademaster (Melee +1Acc, +1 Dmg)
-Smash (A, C2, 3DMG, autohit, knockback 1, knowdown)
-Deflect (R, When attacked, block half the damage)
Weapons:
Axe (Dmg:3(4) Melee, Break 2, +1 Crit)
Scout Rifle (Dmg:2-Rng:25, +1ACC)
Gear: Charged Vest (+1 Health, +1 Barrier, Immune to Burn, Freeze, Shock) and Phase boots (+2 Mov, Move through enemies)

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>This could help

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>3559142
"switching targets. Prioritizing Mage Phaws"
>Move 1 NW, 6N, 2NE
>Snipe Phaws (+1 to hit, Crit on 6+, 4 dmg

Name: Corax
Class: Drifter
Level: 6
Health: 7/7
Mobility: 7+2
Armour: 1

Tricks
-Deadeye
-Powershot (2/2)
-Run and Gun (2/3)
-Richochet (2/2)
-Low Profile
-High Noon (0/1)
-Guncaster

Wepaons:
-Sniper Rifle (sharp)
-LMG (+1 Break)

Gear
-Phase Boots
-Acid Rune (LMG)
-Sharp Rune (Sniper Rifle)

>>3559735
*Using run and gun

>>3559735
(the use is already subtracted, so there's proof It was always meant to be used)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>3559142
HP: 6
Mobility: 11
Armor: 1
Evasion: +1

L1- Blink: Teleport Mob-2 [S, C3/3]
L1- Blademaster: +1 Hit and Damage with melee
L2- Deflect: Half damage from first attack. [R]
L3- Alacrity: You may use movement after your actions.
L4- Field Medic: +2 Kit slots
L5- Agility: +2 Mobility
L6- Omnislash: Attack all enemies within 4 spaces [A, C2/2]
L7- Blinkstrike: Teleport Mobility in a straight line. Attack each enemy you pass through. [A C 2/2]
L8- Phantom: Gain Stealth [S 2/3]
L9- Rogue: +2 Backstab

Weapons:
Dagger: +1 Hit, Damage 4, Backstab 4, Melee or Ranged 10
Sword: +2 Hit, Damage 4, Crit on 9, Melee

Gear:
Stimkits x2: Range 1. Remove negative status and make free attack. [S 2/2]
Storm Rune (Dagger): +1 Damage, Shock on 10
Shadow Cloak: +1 Evasion, Gain Stealth [S 0/1]

Thrown Dagger w Backstab: +4 hit, damage 7, Pierce 4

>Move East 2, Northeast 8, North 1
>Dagger throw Rector
>Activate Phantom

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>3559142
>Move 2 North, 7 North East, 2 East,
>Activate Run and Gun
>Fire Upon Phaws after she's been smash across the ground
>Run and Gun Move 5 North, 2 North West, 5 North

Name: Dozer
Class: Knight
Level: 4
Health: 9/9
Barrier: 1
Mobility: 7
Armour: 3

Disciplines
- Titan Plating: Hardened
- Rocket Charge [1 charges]
- Vanguard
- Steadfast

Tricks
- Run and Gun [2 charges] (Multiclass)

Spells
- Mirror Image - 2 image remaining (Legacy of Gallows)

Weapons
- Shield
- Shotgun

Gear
- Phase Boots
- Charged Vest

"Hello there love. Blue's a nice colour, but Red's where it's at. I would know. My skin's red. I'll be taking that objective now."

>>3559142
Did you forget my vest bonuses or did I forget something?

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>>3559142
Name: Dirtnap
Class: Drifter
Level: 2
Powers:
- Deadeye: Attacks have +1 Accuracy and +1 Luck
- Run and Gun (A, C3): Ranged attack. Move up to your Mobility before or after the attack.
- Ricochet (A, C2): Ranged Attack which bounces to a second target, up to 5 spaces away and in line of sight of the first target.

Weapons:
- Shotgun: Damage 4, Range 10. Destructive
- Shield: Armor +1. On attacks against adjacent enemies, add knockback +1, and after the attack you may move 1 into their former space.

Gear:
- Phase Boots: +2 Mobility. Move through enemies.
- Toxic Rune: Add +1 Break to Shotgun

>Health: 7
>Mobility: 9
>Armor: 2

With a crackle of red lightning, another contender appeared on the battlefield, arms spread wide as Dirtnap soaked up the attention of the televised audience. Completing a quick spin, the red streamers tied to the sleeves of his jackets rippling along with the motion, he picked a camera at random before drawing a finger-gun at one of the orbitting cameras and pantomiming shooting it out of the sky.

"Copy that Solaaris, adjusting comm frequency now. Apparently it's not a mission until this helmet fritzes out on me." he said, punching the side of his helmet for emphasis. "Moving to support Flare."

Dirtnap clicked his heels together, red lights along the soles of his Phase Boots sequencing up and following the grooves up to his calf, leaning into a run as the kinetic accellerators as he burst into a sprint. The twitchy, stutter-stepping motion he'd had on his inaugural mission had already smoothed out into something sure and powerful as his scarf fluttered in the wind of his motion. This wasn't the time for shooting, his late start meant he had to make up some distance.

Dashing through the open space along the back of the arena, Dirtnap unlatched a shield from it's carrying spot on his back, locking his arm and holding it in front of him to serve in lieu of a shield. With his other arm, he unslung a shotgun, a heavy drum of ammunition fed into it, caustic green light shining through the grooves in the gun's frame to betray it's enchantment. On the last mission, Dirtnap had geared himself up as a light skirmisher. Here, in the arena, with the eyes of the unimbued watching, it seemed like he'd decided to come ready for a brawl instead.

>SPRINT: NE 2, E 16

>>3559142
>Dash (A) N1, NE12, E2
>Force Shield (S) -> Raiden
>Aegis (R) -> Raiden

=== Solaaris | Priest | Lvl 6 ===
HP: 6
MOB: 8
BAR: 4
ARM: 1
[IMMUNE: BURN, FREEZE, SHOCK]

>Prayers
- Medic Protocol
- Security Protocol (S, C3)
- Orbital Judgement (A, C0)
- Force Shield (S, C1) [Consumed]
- Field Medic
- Aegis (R)
>Multiclass
- Shieldwall (A, C2)

>Weapons
- Greatsword
- Shield

>Gear
- Medkit (S, C1)
- Stimkit (S, C1)
- Phase Boots
- Charged Vest

===

"Nice work on removing the main centre threat!" Solaaris said as it vaulted over cover towards the middle capture point, getting into position to help out a brave hunter.

>>3559693
"Thank you, Mr Raiden, for holding the cap. This should help you out."

>>3559142
Name: Flare (legacy of Flicker)
Class: Mage
Level: 1
Health: 6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3
Spells:
- Channeler
- Mirror Image
- Deadeye
Weapons:
- Sword
- Shotgun
Gear:
- Mana Grenade
- Grapple Hook
- Storm Rune(Shotgun)

>Move 2NE, 10E
>Grapple 9E, 1NE

posting in case of the very real possibility our good qm posted too early.

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>>3559142

"And first blood is drawn! That'll be an extra point to Red Team!"

"Is that a rule you didn't tell them about?"

"There's a lot of rules we didn't tell them about, Sally. It's all part of the fun!"

Red Team
Red 1, Smokes: HP 6/6, Armor 1, stealthed
Red 2, Thoth: HP 6/6, Barrier 3, Images 2
Red 3, Dozer: HP 9/9, Armor 3H, Barrier 1, Images 2
Red 4, Corax: HP 7/7, Armor 1
Red 5, Raiden: HP 7/7
Red 6, Flare: HP 6/6, Barrier 3, Images 2
Red 7, Solaaris: HP 7/7, Armor 1, Barrier 4
Red 8, Dirtnap: HP 7/7, Armor 1

Blue Team
Blue 1, Phaws: Respawning
Blue 2, Leopard: HP 4/7, Armor 1
Blue 3, Einherjar-3: HP 7/9, Armor 3H
Blue 4, Valdus: HP 7/9, Armor 2H
Blue 5, Rector: Respawning
Blue 6, Hiram: HP 7/7, Barrier 1
Blue 7, Arbiter: HP 10/7, Armor 1, Barrier 1
Blue 8, Fortune: HP 8/8, Armor 1, Barrier 1

Blue Team turn 3 begins!

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>3560462
Name: Einherjar Enhet-To
Class: Knight
Level: 3

Powers:
-Titan Plating (1/2 Break, Pierce)
-Steadfast (No Knockdown, Knockback 1)
-Vanguard (Block 1, Action, +2 Acc and Luck on next melee attack)
-Riposte (When attacked by an adjacent enemy, interrupt with a preemptive attack)

Weapons:
-LMG (Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive)
-Shield (Armor +1, Knockback 1)
Gear:
-Charged Vest (+1 HP, +1 Barrier, Immune to burn, freeze, shock)
-Deployable Wall (A, C1)

Health: 9/9
Mobility: 5
Armor: 3/3
Barrier: 1/1

>E 1, S 4, Fire at Raiden.

"I can't believe that I liked this when I was human. Indicative of the society we live in, really."

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>3560475
... well that isn't the right die.

>>3560462
Aw, my head!

Hey Team, you know Smokes can’t move after stabbing right? Maybe drop a few grenades on that spot he’s totally trying to hide in

>>3560508
In fact, Hiram and Valdus...

>>3560462
Though not really at risk of being shot this turn (I -think-), I'd like to point out that I'm actually at Armor 2.

>>3560519
"With pleasure. Hey Smokes, ready to live up to your name!?"
>>3560462
"This isn't going to bring him out of stealth, so someone else might want to lend some more artillery to finish him off."
>Move 2E, 2S
>Throw Mana Grenade 15S

Name: Hiram
Class: Mage
Level: 5
Spells: Channeller, Shadowstep(1/2), Arcanery, Echo(2/2), Voidcaller, Trip Mine (Multiclass)
Weapons: Scout Rifle (+1 Break), Shotgun
Gear: 1 x Mana Grenade, 1 x Incendiary Grenade, Acid Rune (Scout Rifle), Charged Vest
Health: 7/7
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 1

>>3560475
Name: Fortune
Class: Drifter
Level: 1

Powers:
-Deadeye: +1 Acc and +1 Lck
-Boomstick: S,C3 (+1 DMG, +5 KNB, + Knockdown)

Weapons:
-Mangum: (3DMG, 10RNG, +1 CRT chance, +2 CRT DMG)
-Sniper: (4DMG, 40RNG, +1 CRT)

Gear:
-Smart Rune (Mangum +1 ACC)
-Charged Best (+1 HP, +1 BRR)

Health: 8/8
Barrier: Yes/Yes
Mobility: 7
Armor: 1

"Speak fer yerself, you jumped in 'ere. Saw a few other lancers lounging 'round fore I walked in 'ere. Don't worry friend, I can't wait to put a few of 'em in front 'a mah sights either."
Assuming I can ever get a shot off.

>Move W 3
>Stay Down

Idk how effective ow is so don't hate me for keeping my head safe

>>3560462

>1 up Jump
>4 SW
>4 S

"Moving near"
Name : Valdus Mihr
Class : Knight
Level 2

>Burning
Heath : 7/9
Mobility : 5
Armor : 2 / 2H


Start :
Titan Plating (Break and Pierce halved)

Disciplines :

-Smash [A, C 2]
-Rocket Charge [A, C 2]

Weapons :

-LMG: Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive
-Hammer: Damage 3, Melee, Knockback 3, Destructive

Gear :

-Jump Pack (you may jump when moving)

-Biotic Vest (+1 Health, Immune to Infest. Regen [S, C 1/2] Heal 2.)

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>3560462
>{A}Throw Dagger at Flare. 2dmg
>{s}Phantom
>{M}Go nowhere
>{R}Deflect

Name: Leopard
Class: Hunter
Level 10
>Hp 4/7 (6+1)
>Mob 13 (9+2+2)
>Armor 1/1
>Barrier 0
>Exploits:
-Blink [S, C2/3]
Alacrity (Move after [A]).
Deflect [R] (1/2dmg from an attack)
Phantom [S, C2/3] (Gain Stealth)
Blink Strike [A, C2/2] (Teleport Mob line, Melee enemies in line)
Agility (+2Mob)
Rogue (+2Backstab)
Blademaster (+1Hit & Dmg with Melee)
Remnant (S, return to teleport start, current & next turn. 2Dmg in 2Area at Origin and Return)
Omnislash [A, C2/2] (Attack all enemies in Reach4]
>Discipline
Pheonix [C1/1] (resurrect at 1/2 hp)

Weapons
>Axe: 3+1dmg, Break2, +1CritDmg
>Dagger: 2+1dmg, 2+2Backstab, M/Rng10
Gear
>Phase Boots: +2Mob, Pass through Enemies
>Biotic Vest: +1Hp, Infest Immune, Regen: [S, C1/2] Heal 2

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>>3560462

"And a second capture point goes to Red Team! They've made a strong run to come back after Blue 2's quick starting capture, and have now taken the lead. The Blues are hitting back, but maybe not hard enough. Let's see if Red can solidify their control over the field while they have a chance.

"Now Sally, I notice we have a couple Drifter recruits who just joined the fray. What can you tell us about them?"

"Well, one thing about us Drifters, we don't talk much about ourselves, or what we been before. Where a man comes from is his own business. But I can tell you what I do know ..."

Dirtnap, Fortune, feel free to pick one of these backgrounds, or make up your own:
>Lawman
>Bounty Hunter
>Outlaw
>Other

Red Team
Red 1, Smokes: HP 5/6, stealthed
Red 2, Thoth: HP 6/6, Barrier 3, Images 2
Red 3, Dozer: HP 9/9, Armor 3H, Barrier 1, Images 2
Red 4, Corax: HP 7/7, Armor 1
Red 5, Raiden: HP 7/7, Barrier 2
Red 6, Flare: HP 6/6, Barrier 3, Images 2
Red 7, Solaaris: HP 7/7, Armor 1, Barrier 4
Red 8, Dirtnap: HP 7/7, Armor 2

Blue Team
Blue 1, Phaws: Respawning
Blue 2, Leopard: HP 4/7, Armor 1, stealthed
Blue 3, Einherjar-3: HP 7/9, Armor 3H
Blue 4, Valdus: HP 7/9, Armor 2H
Blue 5, Rector: Respawning
Blue 6, Hiram: HP 7/7, Barrier 1
Blue 7, Arbiter: HP 10/7, Armor 1, Barrier 1
Blue 8, Fortune: HP 8/8, Armor 1, Barrier 1


Red Team turn 3 begins!

>>3563705
>NE7
>Shieldwall (A) -> Smokes, Raiden, Solaaris
>Force Shield (S) -> Smokes
>Aegis (R) -> Smokes

=== Solaaris | Priest | Lvl 6 ===
HP: 6
MOB: 8
BAR: 4
ARM: 1
[IMMUNE: BURN, FREEZE, SHOCK]

>Prayers
- Medic Protocol
- Security Protocol (S, C3)
- Orbital Judgement (A, C0)
- Force Shield (S, C0) [Consumed]
- Field Medic
- Aegis (R)
>Multiclass
- Shieldwall (A, C1) [Consumed]

>Weapons
- Greatsword
- Shield

>Gear
- Medkit (S, C1)
- Stimkit (S, C1)
- Phase Boots
- Charged Vest

===

Solaaris moved up to the capture point to join Raiden and Smokes.
It kneeled down, placing it's greatsword's tip on the ground. Solaaris' sword pulsated with blue light as it recharged the Barrier of the nearby red team.

"The situation is looking optimal, I have good faith in you all. We shall win this together."

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Rolled 7, 8, 5 = 20 (3d10)

>>3563705
HP: 6
Mobility: 11
Armor: 0
Evasion: +1
Barrier: 4

L1- Blink: Teleport Mob-2 [S, C3/3]
L1- Blademaster: +1 Hit and Damage with melee
L2- Deflect: Half damage from first attack. [R]
L3- Alacrity: You may use movement after your actions.
L4- Field Medic: +2 Kit slots
L5- Agility: +2 Mobility
L6- Omnislash: Attack all enemies within 4 spaces [A, C2/2]
L7- Blinkstrike: Teleport Mobility in a straight line. Attack each enemy you pass through. [A C 1/2]
L8- Phantom: Gain Stealth [S 2/3]
L9- Rogue: +2 Backstab

Weapons:
Dagger: +1 Hit, Damage 4, Backstab 4, Melee or Ranged 10
Dagger with Backstab: +5 Hit, Damage 8, Pierce 4
Sword: +2 Hit, Damage 4, Crit on 9, Melee

Gear:
Stimkits x1: Range 1. Remove negative status and make free attack. [S 2/2]
Storm Rune (Dagger): +1 Damage, Shock on 10
Shadow Cloak: +1 Evasion, Gain Stealth [S 0/1]

>Move 1 East, 4 Northeast, 6 North
>Blinkstrike through Valdus & Hiram with Dagger
>Stim, Slash Hiram with Sword
>Ready Deflect

>>3563705
Name: Flare (legacy of Flicker)
Class: Mage
Level: 1
Spells:
- Channeler
- Mirror Image
- Deadeye
Weapons:
- Sword
- Shotgun
Gear:
- Mana Grenade
- Grapple Hook
- Storm Rune(Shotgun)
Health: 6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3

>Move 2E, 4NE
>Throw Mana Grenade 1NW, 1N

Flare blinked as the opposing hunter vanished from sight. Trying not to panic, he threw a grenade in hopes of catching his opponent.

>>3563705
>Artillery Echo mana grenade 10 North East, 5 East
>Overwatch with Scout rifle

Name: Thoth
Class: Mage
Level: 7
Spells: Channeler, Arcanery, Mirror Image (Two Images), Voidcaller, Surge (Zero Charges), Echo (One Charges), Artillery, Deadeye
Weapons: Scout Rifle (Damage 2, Range 25, +1 to hit, Break 1), Magnum (Damage 3, Range 10, +1 Crit Chance, +2 Crit Damage, Break 1)
Gear: Mana Grenade (Damage 2, Arc 15, Break 2, Area 2, Destructive), Flame Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Burn, Break 2, Area 2, sets fire to area), Acid Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Break 3, Area 2)
Health: 6/6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3/3

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>3563705
>Still Surged
>Move 4 East, Jump 6 East, Move 2 North East
>Fire on Arbiter

Name: Dozer
Class: Knight
Level: 4
Health: 9/9
Barrier: 1
Mobility: 7
Armour: 3

Disciplines
- Titan Plating: Hardened
- Rocket Charge [1 charges]
- Vanguard
- Steadfast

Tricks
- Run and Gun [2 charges] (Multiclass)

Spells
- Mirror Image - 2 image remaining (Legacy of Gallows)

Weapons
- Shield
- Shotgun

Gear
- Phase Boots
- Charged Vest

The Magitech in his armour was still buzzing after Thoth had overcharged it. Looking across to the platform overlooking the middle point, he watched as a lonely priest gets blasted with mana. The gap between the platform was large, but with the energy coursing through his suit, Dozer's felt it was a good time to be a Knight. "Ay Arbiter Mate, good to see you!" Dozer says as he bounds off the light cover.

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>>3563705
Name: Dirtnap
Class: Drifter
Level: 2
Powers:
- Deadeye: Attacks have +1 Accuracy and +1 Luck
- Run and Gun (A, C 2/3): Ranged attack. Move up to your Mobility before or after the attack.
- Ricochet (A, C2): Ranged Attack which bounces to a second target, up to 5 spaces away and in line of sight of the first target.

Weapons:
- Shotgun: Damage 4, Range 10. Destructive
- Shield: Armor +1. On attacks against adjacent enemies, add knockback +1, and after the attack you may move 1 into their former space.

Gear:
- Phase Boots: +2 Mobility. Move through enemies.
- Acid Rune: Add +1 Break to Shotgun

>Health: 7
>Mobility: 9
>Armor: 2

Dirtnap grit his teeth as he watched Flare's grappling hook snap her up towards the scoring platform. The echoing shapes of his Mirror Images might give him the appearance of a small squad ascending, but Leopard was sharper than the average Scav. He was going to want support of a more material sort up there.

The sweet kick of the Nanomachines boosting his performance hit him like a wave of euphoria, stored oxygen hitting the bloodstream, a tingle in his scalp and down his spine telling him his synaptic accelerators were online, the red lights embedded in his armor streaked behind him as he thundered up the ramp. Once there, however, the platform appeared empty. The scoring panel was still lit though, the Hunter would be close.

"Come on out, Spots." he said, sweeping his shotgun across the panel, checking for movement, "The folks at home are expecting a show, and I'm not one to disappoint."

>Move: 9 East
>Run & Gun: 6 East, 2 NE, 1 N
>Overwatching with Acid Shotgun

>>3563705
A background huh, anything important we should know about the world or can we just go at it?

Rolled 6 + 1 (1d10 + 1)

>>3563705
>{M} 11 North-West
>{S} Blink 3 North-West, 2 West
>{A} Fire Scout Rifle at [Arbiter]
>{R} Deflect

Name: Raiden
Health 7/7
Mov: 11
Armor: 0/1 Barrier: 4/1
Class: Hunter
Level: 3
Exploits:
-Blink (S,C2: Teleport Mobility-2)
-Blademaster (Melee +1Acc, +1 Dmg)
-Smash (A, C2, 3DMG, autohit, knockback 1, knowdown)
-Deflect (R, When attacked, block half the damage)
Weapons:
Axe (Dmg:3(4) Melee, Break 2, +1 Crit)
Scout Rifle (Dmg:2-Rng:25, +1ACC)
Gear: Charged Vest (+1 Health, +1 Barrier, Immune to Burn, Freeze, Shock) and Phase boots (+2 Mov, Move through enemies)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>3563705
>Snipe Arbiter (4dmg, +1 to hit, crit on 6+)

Name: Corax
Class: Drifter
Level: 6
Health: 7/7
Mobility: 7+2
Armour: 1

Tricks
-Deadeye
-Powershot (2/2)
-Run and Gun (2/3)
-Richochet (2/2)
-Low Profile
-High Noon (0/1)
-Guncaster

Wepaons:
-Sniper Rifle (sharp)
-LMG (+1 Break)

Gear
-Phase Boots
-Acid Rune (LMG)
-Sharp Rune (Sniper Rifle)

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>>3563705

"Oooh! And over half of Blue Team has been blasted into respawn limbo! They're having a rough go of it out there, Sally."

"That they are, Braddock. With Red firmly in control of the center, a Hunter taking down the enemy back lines, and a Drifter hunkered down in a sniping position, Blue Team is going to have to re-organize and battle back soon."

"Good thing our completely, utterly, absolutely fair and balanced arena has its own ways of compensating for such things. It's time for things to heat up out there! Let me hear you, arena fans!"

The crowd chants. WALL! WALL! WALL! The chants become cheers up as an orange force field sizzles into being around the edge of the arena, and begins to slowly contract. The fields snap and hiss as they pass over the terrain of the arena. They're passable, but going into the orange zone clearly would be extremely painful for you.

In addition to this, several hatches open in the floor of the arena, and from each a dais rises, bearing ... something?

"Red Team," Corax transmits. "A strange rainbow-colored box has materialized next to my position. Please advise."

"It's an item box," Solaaris replies, wise in the ways of Priest cults. "According to legend, they were ritual objects from the first virtual entertainment systems on Old Earth."

"What do we do with them?" Raiden asks. "How do we use them to kill things?"

Typical Hunter, Solaaris thinks. "Open it up and use whatever's inside," he says out loud. "The box has a fabmat that prints a random item on the spot. Problem for us is, if I remember the Arena system's hidden rulesheet correctly--"

"Hidden rules?" Dozer asks sourly. "Ain't they supposed to explain this shit to us BEFORE the match?"

"The place is run by Priests, remember?" Raiden says.

"Point taken."

"As I was saying," Solaaris continues, feeling something akin to irritation. "The farther a team is behind, the higher their chances of finding something incredibly dangerous. As we are currently in the lead, that is to our disadvantage. Whatever blue team loots, beware."

>Stand next to an item box, use (S), and roll d10 to pick up something useful!


Red Team
Red 1, Smokes: HP 6/6, Barrier 5, stealthed
Red 2, Thoth: HP 6/6, Barrier 3, Images 2
Red 3, Dozer: HP 9/9, Armor 3H, Barrier 1, Images 2
Red 4, Corax: HP 7/7, Armor 1
Red 5, Raiden: HP 7/7, Barrier 5
Red 6, Flare: HP 6/6, Barrier 1, Images 2
Red 7, Solaaris: HP 7/7, Armor 1, Barrier 7
Red 8, Dirtnap: HP 7/7, Armor 2

Blue Team
Blue 1, Phaws: HP 6/6, Barrier 3
Blue 2, Leopard: HP 3/7, stealthed
Blue 3, Einherjar-3: HP 7/9, Armor 3H
Blue 4, Valdus: Respawning
Blue 5, Rector: HP 6/6, Armor 1
Blue 6, Hiram: Respawning
Blue 7, Arbiter: HP 10/7
Blue 8, Fortune: HP 8/8, Armor 1, Barrier 1

Blue Team turn 4 begins!

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>3565761
Name: Einherjar Enhet-To
Class: Knight
Level: 3

Powers:
-Titan Plating (1/2 Break, Pierce)
-Steadfast (No Knockdown, Knockback 1)
-Vanguard (Block 1, Action, +2 Acc and Luck on next melee attack)
-Riposte (When attacked by an adjacent enemy, interrupt with a preemptive attack)

Weapons:
-LMG (Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive)
-Shield (Armor +1, Knockback 1)
Gear:
-Charged Vest (+1 HP, +1 Barrier, Immune to burn, freeze, shock)
-Deployable Wall (A, C1)

Health: 7/9
Mobility: 5
Armor: 3/3

>W 1, S 2, SW 2, 5 S
>Open Box

>>3565761
See, I was kind of expecting this. Oh well.

>Artillery a managrenade 15W
>Echo a managrenade 15W
>—D3, B2, A2, Spellvamp
>[R] Crash Shield

>>3565761
Name: Fortune
Class: Drifter
Level: 1

Powers:
-Deadeye: +1 Acc and +1 Lck
-Boomstick: S,C3 (+1 DMG, +5 KNB, + Knockdown)

Weapons:
-Mangum: (3DMG, 10RNG, +1 CRT chance, +2 CRT DMG)
-Sniper: (4DMG, 40RNG, +1 CRT)

Gear:
-Smart Rune (Mangum +1 ACC)
-Charged Best (+1 HP, +1 BRR)

Health: 8/8
Barrier: Yes/Yes
Mobility: 7
Armor: 1

>Move S1, SW 4, into cover
>Head down

>>3565794
"Hey, watch yerself, don't you think yer goin a little too far afield! Wait fer everyone else"

>>3568725
Fortune, dear, maybe it would be possible to use that sniper rifle of yours to fire at targets to pin them down.

When you spend multiple actions staying down in cover while possessed of a weapon that has enough range to outshoot the arena you’re making a minor mistep, okay? And trying to dip into cover does nothing when you fight people that can get you out of it with grenades and other things that won’t miss. Its literally wasting your actual time and, what with this being a bit of a team-slug fest, therefore also the time of the team.

You want to talk about your strategy some more? Indicate your thoughts? Your current approach is very confusing.

>>3570137
I wanted to do exactly that, but then the walls showed up, and I'm kinda thinking they're there so we can't camp all day like corax has. I mean, if ask me to I'll stay and just use my sniper until something happens, but I also don't know if I can undo my turn.

>>3570309
>>3570137
Yeah my plan was to get up in position to shoot some dudes, but it looks like the wall is gonna start sweeping in a little bit, at least that's what I think. So if I can undo my move I will just stay and shoot, if not, I'm gonna die in front of Ein and blame him.

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Einherjar-3 arrives at the rainbow-colored box. He reaches out and opens it, not knowing what to expect, grunting with surprise as a glowing cluster of programmable matter swarms out of the box and across his arm. The tiny machines quickly build themselves into some kind of mechanism overtop Ein's gauntlet. [SUPER GRAPPLE!] His HUD lights up in colorful text. [Works as both a Grapple Hook and Harpoon with Range 20 and unlimited uses! Expires in three turns! Have fun!]

"Red Team is racking up quite a lead," calls the announcer. "But with a wave of respawns about to hit the field and an item box on their side, it could be that -- what the hell? Uhh -- okay, hold on a second, folks." The broadcast mic clicks off.

In the station control room, the announcer android Braddock-9 swivels with some annoyance. "Do you harpies mind?" He barks at the cluster of Priests whispering urgently to each other and gesturing at their wrist-mounted holo-screens. "Some of us are trying to work here! Why are you interrupting us?"

Sally Two-Shot knows trouble when she sees it. "What's wrong?"

"Very strange readings," one of the Priest says, concerned. "Very strange. Outside. Heading towards us."

"Blowback from the southern aurora," a second Priest insists. "Nothing to worry about."

"Any anomaly," the senior Priest states with finality. "Is something to worry about. We are not Mages. Unusual spacetime phenomena are not curiosities. They are dangers. Sound the alert."

A big holographic warning sign appears on the eastern flank of the arena.

>>3572250

Status Report:

Red Team
Red 1, Smokes: HP 6/6, Barrier 2
Red 2, Thoth: HP 6/6, Barrier 3, Images 2
Red 3, Dozer: HP 9/9, Armor 3H, Barrier 1, Images 2
Red 4, Corax: HP 7/7, Armor 1
Red 5, Raiden: HP 7/7, Barrier 5
Red 6, Flare: HP 6/6, Barrier 1, Images 2
Red 7, Solaaris: HP 7/7, Armor 1, Barrier 7
Red 8, Dirtnap: HP 7/7, Armor 2

Blue Team
Blue 1, Phaws: HP 6/6, Barrier 5
Blue 2, Leopard: HP 3/7, stealthed
Blue 3, Einherjar-3: HP 7/9, Armor 3H
Blue 4, Valdus: Respawning
Blue 5, Rector: HP 6/6, Armor 1
Blue 6, Hiram: Respawning
Blue 7, Arbiter: HP 10/7
Blue 8, Fortune: HP 8/8, Armor 1, Barrier 1

Red Team turn 4 begins now!

>>3572250
The walls didn't even move, i feel so betrayed

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>3572250
>Move 2 E, Jump gap 5 E, 2 NE
>Simple action, open box
>Move 2 E, Jump gap 4 NE, 1NE

Name: Corax
Class: Drifter
Level: 6
Health: 7/7
Mobility: 7+2
Armour: 1

Tricks
-Deadeye
-Powershot (2/2)
-Run and Gun (2/3)
-Richochet (2/2)
-Low Profile
-High Noon (0/1)
-Guncaster

Wepaons:
-Sniper Rifle (sharp)
-LMG (+1 Break)

Gear
-Phase Boots
-Acid Rune (LMG)
-Sharp Rune (Sniper Rifle)

>>3572250
Dawn pops the lid of her Medic Box. "Ill uhm... Keep an eye out..."

The short barrel of her SMG peaks out from the top of the box. "Go team..."

>>3572250
>SE3, E1
>Overwatch (A, R)

=== Solaaris | Priest | Lvl 6 ===
HP: 6
MOB: 8
BAR: 4
ARM: 1
[IMMUNE: BURN, FREEZE, SHOCK]

>Prayers
- Medic Protocol
- Security Protocol (S, C3)
- Orbital Judgement (A, C0)
- Force Shield (S, C0) [Consumed]
- Field Medic
- Aegis (R)
>Multiclass
- Shieldwall (A, C1) [Consumed]

>Weapons
- Greatsword
- Shield

>Gear
- Medkit (S, C1)
- Stimkit (S, C1)
- Phase Boots
- Charged Vest

===

"Freelancers, redirect your attention towards the anomaly. These readings are a problem we cannot ignore."

>>3572469
Correcting Lack of IFF

Name: Dirtnap
Class: Drifter
Level: 2
Powers:
- Deadeye: Attacks have +1 Accuracy and +1 Luck
- Run and Gun (A, C 2/3): Ranged attack. Move up to your Mobility before or after the attack.
- Ricochet (A, C2): Ranged Attack which bounces to a second target, up to 5 spaces away and in line of sight of the first target.

Weapons:
- Shotgun: Damage 4, Range 10. Destructive
- Shield: Armor +1. On attacks against adjacent enemies, add knockback +1, and after the attack you may move 1 into their former space.

Gear:
- Phase Boots: +2 Mobility. Move through enemies.
- Acid Rune: Add +1 Break to Shotgun

>Health: 7
>Mobility: 9
>Armor: 2

>>3572250
>Move South East 5
>Overwatch with Shotgun

Name: Dozer
Class: Knight
Level: 4
Health: 9/9
Barrier: 1
Mobility: 7
Armour: 3

Disciplines
- Titan Plating: Hardened
- Rocket Charge [1 charges]
- Vanguard
- Steadfast

Tricks
- Run and Gun [2 charges] (Multiclass)

Spells
- Mirror Image - 2 image remaining (Legacy of Gallows)

Weapons
- Shield
- Shotgun

Gear
- Phase Boots
- Charged Vest

Dozer's bloodlust faded when Solaaris pinged the anomaly on screen. Whatever was coming was bad, and incredibly rude. "Moving to overwatch. Let's make sure these gatecrashers understand the consequences of interrupting a good bloodsport."

>>3572251
Psst - Smokes takes 6 damage total, ends at 5 HP after 5 barrier is lost.

>>3572250
Name: Flare (legacy of Flicker)
Class: Mage
Level: 1
Spells:
- Channeler
- Mirror Image
- Deadeye
Weapons:
- Sword
- Shotgun
Gear:
- Mana Grenade
- Grapple Hook
- Storm Rune(Shotgun)
Health: 6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3

>Move 4NW, 1W
>Overwatch

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>3572250
HP: 5
Mobility: 11
Armor: 0
Evasion: +1

L1- Blink: Teleport Mob-2 [S, C3/3]
L1- Blademaster: +1 Hit and Damage with melee
L2- Deflect: Half damage from first attack. [R]
L3- Alacrity: You may use movement after your actions.
L4- Field Medic: +2 Kit slots
L5- Agility: +2 Mobility
L6- Omnislash: Attack all enemies within 4 spaces [A, C2/2]
L7- Blinkstrike: Teleport Mobility in a straight line. Attack each enemy you pass through. [A C 1/2]
L8- Phantom: Gain Stealth [S 2/3]
L9- Rogue: +2 Backstab

Weapons:
Dagger: +1 Hit, Damage 4, Backstab 4, Melee or Ranged 10
Sword: +2 Hit, Damage 4, Crit on 9, Melee

Gear:
Stimkits x1: Range 1. Remove negative status and make free attack. [S 2/2]
Storm Rune (Dagger): +1 Damage, Shock on 10
Shadow Cloak: +1 Evasion, Gain Stealth [S 0/1]

>>3572460
"Thank you Solaaris. Would have been sent to respawn if not for the extra shield."

>Blinkstrike to North of Item Box next to Blue Spawn
>Open it
>Move 7 East, 3 South
>Ready Deflect

"Let's take a break from the blood game. We should take care of the anomaly first." Smokes coughs and weezes. "Perhaps dealing with it can even grant points."

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>3572250
"Never been great at Mario Party type games...lets see what we get."

>Move 4 South, 3 South-East, 3 South, 1 South-East
>{S} Open Item Box
>{Dash} 5 South-East, 2 East

Name: Raiden
Health 7/7
Mov: 11
Armor: 0/1 Barrier: 5/1
Class: Hunter
Level: 3
Exploits:
-Blink (S,C1: Teleport Mobility-2)
-Blademaster (Melee +1Acc, +1 Dmg)
-Smash (A, C1, 3DMG, autohit, knockback 1, knowdown)
-Deflect (R, When attacked, block half the damage)
Weapons:
Axe (Dmg:3(4) Melee, Break 2, +1 Crit)
Scout Rifle (Dmg:2-Rng:25, +1ACC)
Gear: Charged Vest (+1 Health, +1 Barrier, Immune to Burn, Freeze, Shock) and Phase boots (+2 Mov, Move through enemies)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>3572471
(Argh, tried to delete both posts last night so I could combine them, but 4chan was giving me grief. I woke up this morning and just the action was gone)

"Alright, Spots, if you're not gonna come out and play, I'm gonna have to ask you to get out of our scoring zone!"

>Move: 1N, 6NE, 2N
>Shoot Acid Shotgun 1 NW into Leopard (who should then be visible to me).
>Shield Bash him out of the scoring zone, do not step into his space.

>>3573008
Psst - How do you execute a shield-bash after a turn ending attack action?

>>3572787
>>3572460
Oh hush you lot, we coming around for the back swing any moment now!

>>3570361
Good plan! I see what you were thinking, now.

>>3573076
Shield Adds Knockback 1 to any attack against an Adjacent Target. It's not a separate action, it's added on to the Attack Action.

At no point is it specified that the attack needs to come from a melee weapon either.

>>3573095
.... So you're using a shotgun to knockback with a shield and this doesn't strike you as oddly unreasonable?

>>3573102
Having seen many action movies? The notion of a point blank shotgun blast blowing people off of their feet seems perfectly cogent to me.

>>3573104
I mean, if you prefer the fiction of body-checking him with the shield and then pulling the trigger as he staggers back off balance, that's fine too.

>>3573104
>>3573118
You do you, Dirtnap. I just don't think it works like that.

>>3573118
>>3573120
That idea is you smack or blast the target with your weapon and then, while they are off balance, you bash them with the shield, forcing them back. So yes, it's just added on to an attack action, you just say something like

>Attack with Shotgun + Shield Bash

>>3573076
It was* a good plan, sadly it's gone right down the shitter, good luck to the other 2 active members of blue.

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>>3572250

In the control room, the Priest monitoring the outside scopes says, "What the hell is THAT?"

"It's coming straight for us--"

"Holy satellites--"

"Brace yourselves!"

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>>3577513

Something huge and heavy impacts the side of the arena, sending the lighter Freelancers off balance. A bright blue grid appears on the wall, scything through and dismantling the alloys within seconds with a high powered lasers. An explosion then blasts the shards of metal outwards, clearing that entire area. Fortune ducks away from the blast behind the arena cover, while Ein stands steadfast -- Knights do not duck for mere trifles such as explosions.

Haze and smoke clear away from the disintegrated section of the wall to reveal a Scav boarding party, who confidently stride onto the station with their weapons at the ready. [Retribution has come, foolish humans!] a Dragonpriest announces in Scavspeak, standing at the center of the group with an energy lance held high. [Did you think you could strike down our lord and god, he of the hallowed fulminations, and escape without vengeance? Now you will -- uhhh -- wait, hold on --] The Dragonpriest pauses as Flare guns down a thrall next to him. He hesistates, looking around at the heavily armed Freelancers everywhere. He steps back and whispers urgently to a nearby witch. [You told me this was a medical station and they'd be helpless! Why are they all fully armed in combat gear?!]


Red Team
Red 1, Smokes: HP 6/6, Barrier 2
Red 2, Thoth: HP 6/6, Barrier 3, Images 2
Red 3, Dozer: HP 9/9, Armor 3H, Barrier 1, Images 2
Red 4, Corax: HP 7/7, Armor 1
Red 5, Raiden: HP 7/7, Barrier 5
Red 6, Flare: HP 6/6, Barrier 1, Images 2
Red 7, Solaaris: HP 7/7, Armor 1, Barrier 7
Red 8, Dirtnap: HP 7/7, Armor 2

Blue Team
Blue 1, Phaws: HP 6/6, Barrier 5
Blue 2, Leopard: Respawning
Blue 3, Einherjar-3: HP 7/9, Armor 3H
Blue 4, Valdus: HP 9/9, Armor 2H
Blue 5, Rector: HP 6/6, Armor 1
Blue 6, Hiram: HP 7/7, Barrier 4
Blue 7, Arbiter: HP 7/7, Armor 1, Barrier 4
Blue 8, Fortune: HP 8/8, Armor 1, Barrier 1

Smokes has opened the item box to find a shotgun that's ludicrously short, barely a foot long. It's the same width as usual, but barely long enough to grip with both hands. [SUPER SHORTY!] His HUD informs him. [Range 5, Damage 4, can be fired with (A) or (S), no charge limit, lasts 3 rounds!]

[IRON PROPHET!] Raiden gets, finding a gigantic magnum revolver, feeling like a kid holding an oversized toy. [Range 10, Damage 4, on a kill targets explode! Last three rounds!] The gun speaks in his hands. "I forsee explosions! Fire and screams! Yeeess!"

Freelancer Turn 5 begins now!

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>>3577545
Corrected map. Corax gains [CLUSTERBANG], a grenade that's actually three grenades all fired at once, targeted separately!

>>3577666
"By the Void I have grown sick of being stabbed to pieces by invisible people and aliens alike. Speaking of, something I can take my frustrations out on. I propose a truce, since these Scavs insist on making us do our job."
>Recover Mana Grenade
>Shadowstep
>Move 11S, 1E
>Throw Incendiary Grenade 12S, 1E


Name: Hiram
Class: Mage
Level: 5
Spells: Channeller, Shadowstep(0/2), Arcanery, Echo(2/2), Voidcaller, Trip Mine (Multiclass)
Weapons: Scout Rifle (+1 Break), Shotgun
Gear: 1 x Mana Grenade, 1 x Incendiary Grenade, Acid Rune (Scout Rifle), Charged Vest
Health: 7/7
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 4

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>3577666
Name: Flare (legacy of Flicker)
Class: Mage
Level: 1
Spells:
- Channeler
- Mirror Image
- Deadeye
Weapons:
- Sword
- Shotgun
Gear:
- Mana Grenade
- Grapple Hook
- Storm Rune(Shotgun)
Health: 6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3

>Fire Shotgun at Witch 1

>>3577720
"Oh no, we should just keep trying to kill each other and do the scav's job for them" Flare replies with biting sarcasm.

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Rolled 6, 1, 1, 1, 3, 8, 7, 7, 7 = 41 (9d10)

>>3577545
>>3577666
HP: 6
Mobility: 11
Armor: 0
Evasion: +1
Bar: 2
L1- Blink: Teleport Mob-2 [S, C2/3]
L1- Blademaster: +1 Hit and Damage with melee
L2- Deflect: Half damage from first attack. [R]
L3- Alacrity: You may use movement after your actions.
L4- Field Medic: +2 Kit slots
L5- Agility: +2 Mobility
L6- Omnislash: Attack all enemies within 4 spaces [A, C1/2]
L7- Blinkstrike: Teleport Mobility in a straight line. Attack each enemy you pass through. [A C 1/2]
L8- Phantom: Gain Stealth [S 2/3]
L9- Rogue: +2 Backstab

Weapons:
Dagger: +1 Hit, Damage 4, Backstab 4, Melee or Ranged 10
Sword: +2 Hit, Damage 4, Crit on 9, Melee
Super Shorty: Range 5, Damage 4, can be fired with (A) or (S), no charge limit, lasts 3 rounds!

Gear:
Stimkits x1: Range 1. Remove negative status and make free attack. [S 2/2]
Storm Rune (Dagger): +1 Damage, Shock on 10
Shadow Cloak: +1 Evasion, Gain Stealth [S 0/1]

>Move 1 West, 10 South
>Blink 5 South

"Welcome to the games, Scavs."

>Omnislash with Sword. (Priest, Witch, Raiders, Thralls. Highest to lowest numberwise if multiple.)
>Ready Deflect

Rolled 9, 8 = 17 (2d10)

>>3577666
Name: Dirtnap
Class: Drifter
Level: 2
Powers:
- Deadeye: Attacks have +1 Accuracy and +1 Luck
- Run and Gun (A, C 2/3): Ranged attack. Move up to your Mobility before or after the attack.
- Ricochet (A, C2): Ranged Attack which bounces to a second target, up to 5 spaces away and in line of sight of the first target.

Weapons:
- Shotgun: Damage 4, Range 10. Destructive
- Shield: Armor +1. On attacks against adjacent enemies, add knockback +1, and after the attack you may move 1 into their former space.

Gear:
- Phase Boots: +2 Mobility. Move through enemies.
- Acid Rune: Add +1 Break to Shotgun

>Health: 7
>Mobility: 9
>Armor: 2

"Naw." Dirtnap said, bracing against the low wall atop the scoring platform as he brought his shotgun to bear underlit by the flames of Hiram's grenade, "Welcome to the Smokehouse."

>Move 5N
>Ricochet (C 1/2): Corrosive Shotgun into Witch, Rebound into Priest

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>3577666
Name: Einherjar Enhet-To
Class: Knight
Level: 3

Powers:
-Titan Plating (1/2 Break, Pierce)
-Steadfast (No Knockdown, Knockback 1)
-Vanguard (Block 1, Action, +2 Acc and Luck on next melee attack)
-Riposte (When attacked by an adjacent enemy, interrupt with a preemptive attack)

Weapons:
-LMG (Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive)
-Shield (Armor +1, Knockback 1)
Gear:
-Charged Vest (+1 HP, +1 Barrier, Immune to burn, freeze, shock)
-Deployable Wall (A, C1)

Health: 7/9
Mobility: 5
Armor: 3/3

>5 E
>Shoot DP with LMG, Shield Bash, Follow up step

>>3577959
"You know, you overgrown lizards need to learn your fucking place. In the dirt, under my boot."

Rolled 3 + 1 (1d10 + 1)

>>3577666
>>3577545
Manual Control Established

Name: Thoth
Class: Mage
Level: 7
Spells: Channeler, Arcanery, Mirror Image (Two Images), Voidcaller, Surge (Zero Charges), Echo (One Charges), Artillery, Deadeye
Weapons: Scout Rifle (Damage 2, Range 25, +1 to hit, Break 1), Magnum (Damage 3, Range 10, +1 Crit Chance, +2 Crit Damage, Break 1)
Gear: Mana Grenade (Damage 2, Arc 15, Break 2, Area 2, Destructive), Flame Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Burn, Break 2, Area 2, sets fire to area), Acid Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Break 3, Area 2)
Health: 6/6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3/3

>Move South 1, East 4, Southeast 1.
>Scout Rifle Raider 3

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>3577545
>Move South East 4, East 3
>Fire on Raider 3

Name: Dozer
Class: Knight
Level: 4
Health: 9/9
Barrier: 1
Mobility: 7
Armour: 3

Disciplines
- Titan Plating: Hardened
- Rocket Charge [1 charges]
- Vanguard
- Steadfast

Tricks
- Run and Gun [2 charges] (Multiclass)

Spells
- Mirror Image - 2 image remaining (Legacy of Gallows)

Weapons
- Shield
- Shotgun

Gear
- Phase Boots
- Charged Vest

"Ruining a Bloodsport? To think you would be so stupid to get in between an elder and his fun."

Rolled 1, 7 = 8 (2d10)

>>3577666
"Engaging with third party targets. All Freelancer Assets focus on eliminating Dragon Priest and Witch hostiles"
>Fire sniper rifle at Raider 2, ricochet into DP (+1 to hit, crit on 6+, 4 dmg)


Name: Corax
Class: Drifter
Level: 6
Health: 7/7
Mobility: 7+2
Armour: 1

Tricks
-Deadeye
-Powershot (2/2)
-Run and Gun (2/3)
-Richochet (1/2)
-Low Profile
-High Noon (0/1)
-Guncaster

Wepaons:
-Sniper Rifle (sharp)
-LMG (+1 Break)

Gear
-Phase Boots
-Acid Rune (LMG)
-Sharp Rune (Sniper Rifle)

"Red, try to leave Blue out of any fire. We-" Smokes stops to cough as he is burning from running into Hiram's flames. "We should take these Scavs down. And if I go down Dozer can give orders."

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>3577666
>>3577545
"Ya'll almost got it, unFORTUNEately, wrong is still wrong. Let's show'em how hard freelancers play, boys."

Name: Fortune
Class: Drifter
Level: 1

Powers:
-Deadeye: +1 Acc and +1 Lck
-Boomstick: S,C3 (+1 DMG, +5 KNB, + Knockdown)

Weapons:
-Mangum: (3DMG, 10RNG, +1 CRT chance, +2 CRT DMG)
-Sniper: (4DMG, 40RNG, +1 CRT)

Gear:
-Smart Rune (Mangum +1 ACC)
-Charged Best (+1 HP, +1 BRR)

Health: 8/8
Barrier: Yes/Yes
Mobility: 7
Armor: 1

>>3578029
"Oh? Blue 1 ain't sayin the same, maybe we're the type that can't bear ta lose."

>Blast Raider 1 (Mangun: +2 Accuracy, +1 Crit Chance, +1 Luck, +2 Crit Damage)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>3577666
>Move 1 South, 10 East
>Blink 1 SouthEast, 8 East
>Fire the [IRON PROPHET] at Witch 1
>Ready Deflect

Name: Raiden
Health 7/7
Mov: 11
Armor: 0/1 Barrier: 5/1
Class: Hunter
Level: 3
Exploits:
-Blink (S,C0: Teleport Mobility-2)
-Blademaster (Melee +1Acc, +1 Dmg)
-Smash (A, C1, 3DMG, autohit, knockback 1, knowdown)
-Deflect (R, When attacked, block half the damage)
Weapons:
Axe (Dmg:3(4) Melee, Break 2, +1 Crit)
Scout Rifle (Dmg:2-Rng:25, +1ACC)
Gear: Charged Vest (+1 Health, +1 Barrier, Immune to Burn, Freeze, Shock) and Phase boots (+2 Mov, Move through enemies)

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>3577666

>Move 5 S
>Fire with LMG at Dragon Priest 1

"Commander, waiting for orders while we clean this scum. Are the civilians or the priests under attack ?"
Name : Valdus Mihr
Class : Knight
Level 2

>Burning
Heath : 9/9
Mobility : 5
Armor : 2 / 2H


Start :
Titan Plating (Break and Pierce halved)

Disciplines :

-Smash [A, C 2]
-Rocket Charge [A, C 2]

Weapons :

-LMG: Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive
-Hammer: Damage 3, Melee, Knockback 3, Destructive

Gear :

-Jump Pack (you may jump when moving)

-Biotic Vest (+1 Health, Immune to Infest. Regen [S, C 1/2] Heal 2.)
Name : Valdus Mihr
Class : Knight
Level 2

>Burning
Heath : 7/9
Mobility : 5
Armor : 2 / 2H


Start :
Titan Plating (Break and Pierce halved)

Disciplines :

-Smash [A, C 2]
-Rocket Charge [A, C 2]

Weapons :

-LMG: Damage 3, Range 15, Break 1, Destructive
-Hammer: Damage 3, Melee, Knockback 3, Destructive

Gear :

-Jump Pack (you may jump when moving)

-Biotic Vest (+1 Health, Immune to Infest. Regen [S, C 1/2] Heal 2.)

>>3578657
no burning condition

>>3578657
and i have copy my stats two times.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>3577666

>Dash SE2, E5, SE1, E5, SE2, E1
>Greatsword + Shield Bash -> Raider 4
>Aegis (R) -> Solaaris

=== Solaaris | Priest | Lvl 6 ===
HP: 6
MOB: 8
BAR: 4
ARM: 1
[IMMUNE: BURN, FREEZE, SHOCK]

>Prayers
- Medic Protocol
- Security Protocol (S, C3)
- Orbital Judgement (A, C0)
- Force Shield (S, C0) [Consumed]
- Field Medic
- Aegis (R)
>Multiclass
- Shieldwall (A, C1) [Consumed]

>Weapons
- Greatsword
- Shield

>Gear
- Medkit (S, C1)
- Stimkit (S, C1)
- Phase Boots
- Charged Vest

===

Solaaris was conflicted. The Scavs were interrupting the training session, however they did make good practice dummies.

"You should not have come here, but it seems as though it is too late for you to heed my advice." it said as it charged at a very underprepared Raider.

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>>3577666

"For fuck's sake will you turn off the zones? Initiate override shutdown procedures!"

"I can't! The Scavs have us locked out of our own systems. We can't shut off the game."

"Really it's to their benefit -- the item boxes -- and our Priest shield teams haven't been attacked yet. The save and respawn system is functioning."

"Then --"

"Let them play," the head priest says, watching the carnage. "They appear to be enjoying themselves even more now."

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>>3580652

The two Raiders, only surviving members of the initial strike craft, bravely prepare to stand their ground. Unfortunately for them, they don't know about the slowly advancing wall of death. It zaps them to oblivion, leaving only smouldering armor plates and charred lizard bones.

Status Report:

Red Team
Red 1, Smokes: HP 6/6, Barrier 1, Burning
Red 2, Thoth: HP 6/6, Barrier 3, Images 2
Red 3, Dozer: HP 9/9, Armor 3H, Barrier 1, Images 2
Red 4, Corax: HP 7/7, Armor 1
Red 5, Raiden: HP 7/7, Barrier 5
Red 6, Flare: HP 6/6, Barrier 1, Images 2
Red 7, Solaaris: HP 7/7, Armor 1, Barrier 7
Red 8, Dirtnap: HP 7/7, Armor 2

Blue Team
Blue 1, Phaws: HP 6/6, Barrier 5
Blue 2, Leopard: Respawning
Blue 3, Einherjar-3: HP 6/9, Armor 3H, Burning
Blue 4, Valdus: HP 9/9, Armor 2H
Blue 5, Rector: HP 6/6, Armor 1
Blue 6, Hiram: HP 7/7, Barrier 4
Blue 7, Arbiter: HP 7/7, Armor 1, Barrier 4
Blue 8, Fortune: HP 8/8, Armor 1, Barrier 1

Freelancer turn 6 begins now!

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>3580666
HP: 6
Mobility: 11
Armor: 0
Evasion: +1
Bar: 1

L1- Blink: Teleport Mob-2 [S, C2/3]
L1- Blademaster: +1 Hit and Damage with melee
L2- Deflect: Half damage from first attack. [R]
L3- Alacrity: You may use movement after your actions.
L4- Field Medic: +2 Kit slots
L5- Agility: +2 Mobility
L6- Omnislash: Attack all enemies within 4 spaces [A, C1/2]
L7- Blinkstrike: Teleport Mobility in a straight line. Attack each enemy you pass through. [A C 1/2]
L8- Phantom: Gain Stealth [S 1/3]
L9- Rogue: +2 Backstab

Weapons:
Dagger: +1 Hit, Damage 4, Backstab 4, Melee or Ranged 10
Sword: +2 Hit, Damage 4, Crit on 9, Melee
Super Shorty: Range 5, Damage 4, can be fired with (A) or (S), no charge limit, lasts 3 rounds!

Gear:
Stimkits x1: Range 1. Remove negative status and make free attack. [S 2/2]
Storm Rune (Dagger): +1 Damage, Shock on 10
Shadow Cloak: +1 Evasion, Gain Stealth [S 0/1]

>Activate Phantom
>Hidden Movement

>>3580666
Name: Thoth
Class: Mage
Level: 7
Spells: Channeler, Arcanery, Mirror Image (Two Images), Voidcaller, Surge (Zero Charges), Echo (One Charges), Artillery, Deadeye
Weapons: Scout Rifle (Damage 2, Range 25, +1 to hit, Break 1), Magnum (Damage 3, Range 10, +1 Crit Chance, +2 Crit Damage, Break 1)
Gear: Mana Grenade (Damage 2, Arc 15, Break 2, Area 2, Destructive), Flame Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Burn, Break 2, Area 2, sets fire to area), Acid Grenade (Damage 1, Arc 15, Break 3, Area 2)
Health: 6/6
Mobility: 6
Barrier: 3/3

>Move West 6
>Dash West 1, Northwest 2, North 3

>>3580666
Name: Fortune
Class: Drifter
Level: 1

Powers:
-Deadeye: +1 Acc and +1 Lck
-Boomstick: S,C3 (+1 DMG, +5 KNB, + Knockdown)

Weapons:
-Mangum: (3DMG, 10RNG, +1 CRT chance, +2 CRT DMG)
-Sniper: (4DMG, 40RNG, +1 CRT)

Gear:
-Smart Rune (Mangum +1 ACC)
-Charged Best (+1 HP, +1 BRR)

Health: 8/8
Barrier: Yes/Yes
Mobility: 7
Armor: 1

>Move 1SW, 6S
>Dashing 7S into cover