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I think the last marksman managed to puncture a lung. Might have hoped the Luperni hired hands were altogether less keen on doing such a damnable good job. I'm impressed with their professionalism, but I'd rather they put less effort into treachery and threats.

And now they're prowling the streets, hounding us. Tracking the blood, cutting off the avenues. The whistles of the search parties are too loud, too close. Calling this place a safehouse is starting to be decidedly optimistic. Time to move.

I need to make it to the dock.

Let's hope my hired hands and the few loyalists still in the city can keep the path clear.

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>>5602598
No, I got rather rapidly less assured of the brilliance of my plan by the time I lost a quart of blood.

See, the issue with trying to work out all the angles is you can bribe the right people, get to where you need to be, make it well past the walls and then some guy, probably new to the entire job, is sleeping with one of the maids and what star-struck good is all the careful, clever and cunning tricks when you open a door and find two people rapidly putting on their clothes after a tryst?

For a man with half his uniform on the floor he was really quite quick on the draw.

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Get to the docks. That's . . . That's the plan. Get to the docks. Give the signal, the boat comes in, and we're out. Clear. Clean. Quick. And then the ship surgeon can try to pry this arrowhead out of my lung. Now let's see what we're working with . . .

---

>Okay friend, this might get a little dangerous before it gets better. So let's get you up to speed.
>You pick a type, and a few stats. Then, get a role and some gear. Then . . Well, then, try to survive the night. That part might be the challenging part.


#callsign, role

RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 1 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 [Style]

Skill1-Rank, Skill2-Rank, Skill3-Rank...

!Perk1
1Perk2

[R]
[L]
[A]
[H]
[Tools]

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>Maybe you've tried this kind of thing before? Maybe the words "Pyther", "Trenchers" or heavens forbid, cerebovorando mean something to you. There's a lot of small little stories.

>https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=art%3F

>But you don't need to know them, nor do you need to spend all together too much time trying to understand everything. Still, if you're the clever sort, you might want to ask a few questions? I'm told there's a communication network for that kind of thing.

>https://discord.gg/WbSTwTXj

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>Of course, you might be the sort of soul inclined to worry and wonder. Look, this really is a lot less terror than it seems at first glance.

>You roll dice in the options field by typing dice+ydy. We use d10s, so you'd roll a lot of dice+5d10 and so on.

>In the broadest possible sense of the term, this is a turn-based action rpg with a smear of good humour and some scribbled sketches that represent your attempts at teamwork against various nefarious foes.

>You get a pool of 5 or so Stamina each turn, and 1 Stamina gets you a roll of up to 1d10 + up to 2 relevant dicepools. So you can stab a seeker with a Violence+Blades, and that might be 5d10 if you've got 2 in each. Because you get to add the Stamina, see. But don't feel constrained to the fine finite arts of murder, you can shout at people too, inspire teammates, and try to avoid falling into a pit. Most things are workable by treating them as dicepools - Authority + Blades could threaten someone by waving a sword in their face, or instruct a group of recruits.

>Of course there's fair odds you die quick. I'm told that's part of the charm.

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Oh, and before I forget (Sorry, the bloodloss makes the world a little harder to remember), you are . . . Trained in this kind of thing, right?

I'm sure the books and the barracks ought to have taught you something clever.

>Indeed, everyone does get a selection of skills and some early hazard pay.

>>5602608
Is boostgear an armor or tool?

#Jove, Striker (Stout, Wild)

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 Edge 2

Blades 2 Gearwright 1 Unarmed 1 Streetsmarts 2

!Deep Reserves
!Flourish

[R] Messer, OW, crits bleed
[L]
[A] Boostgear
[H] Pressed Helmet, Barrier 2
[Tools] 9 bits

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>>5602725
It sits comfortably along the joints and articulations in your armour - a long-term kind of installation wired, spun and geared into your clothes. consider it more a second little set of muscles, worn underneath your armour.

But at the core of it, it's a Tool. Albeit one that never occupies a hand. Since, well, properly installed, it'll... be a hand. Feel free to combine the stored potential with other tool-use. It swings a shovel /real/ well.

>>5602608
Fulton, Scavenger

Stout
Disciplined

>Total bits to spend: (7 + 1 (Authority)) * 2 = 16
>7 bits: A one-handed, penetrating, sharp, spear
>3 bits: A one-handed shield
>3 bits: Authority 2
>3 bits: Polearm Combat Skill

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 Focus 2

(Polearm Perk/Skill to be determined by QM)

[R] (Spear)
[L] (Shield)
[A]
[H]
[Tools]

Rolled 10, 10, 5, 3, 5, 5, 5, 8, 6, 3, 5, 2, 2, 10, 9, 9 = 97 (16d10)

#Cyrus 'Eventide', Scavager

> Stout: +1 Stamina
> Wild: +2 Edge
> Scavenger: ((7+1) x2 // 16) Bits
> +2 Streetsmarts

> Entomist - Buzzmind 3 (1 => 2 => 3 // 6 BIts)
> Stealth 2 (1 => 2 // 3 Bits)
> Edge 2 => 3 (2x3 // 6 Bits)
> Clay Urn stuffed with live moths (1 Bit)

---

RES 10
[STA 5+1] // [SPD 3]
[React 1] // [Resist 1] // [Rebuff 1]
[Sense 1] // [Authority 1] // [Cunning 1]
[Brawn 1] // [Manipulate 1] // [Wild: Edge 2+1]

{BuzzMind 3} // {Stealth 2} // {Streetsmarts 2}

!---

[R]
[L]
[A]
[H]
[Tools]

Here goes nothing.

>>5602754
>Also gain +2 Tactics

Fulton, Scavenger

Stout
Disciplined

>Total bits to spend: (7 + 1 (Authority)) * 2 = 16
>7 bits: A one-handed, penetrating, sharp, spear
>3 bits: A one-handed shield
>3 bits: Authority 2
>3 bits: Polearm Combat Skill

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 Focus 2

Tactics 2 (Polearm Perk/Skill to be determined by QM)

[R] (Spear)
[L] (Shield)
[A]
[H]
[Tools]

>>5602608
>Open-Minded
>Disciplined
>+2 Tactics
I feel like I am missing something...

#Max 'Breaker', Scourge (Open-Mind, Disciplined)

RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 1 Limit 4
Cunning 1 Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 Focus 2

Attune 2, Tactics 2

!Beacon
!Incant

[R] Shiv, 0P, Bleed 9+
[L]
[A] A thick robe
[H] Red Scarf
[Tools] Silver Needle Kit (Magnitude 1, 2+S Range) {FORCE}

Rolled 6, 7, 1, 7, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6 = 54 (13d10)

>>5602754
rolling
>7d10 for spear
>3d10 for shield
>3d10 for skill
I assume I don't need to roll for the stat increase?

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>>5602754
Ah, the cunning kind of scavenger is the one who looks in the Red Market for the sort of things that keeps a seeker alive for further riches.

Fine spear you have there, friend . . . Do you know how to use it? Ah, I see you do.

And you shield pairs with it well. Remember, you can block by raising your shield. That's how you get the front armour. ah, but I see you're well trained. Little known fact - when your shield is raised in a block, you can still strike out with your spear.

[Skyshear Spear]
2Sharp, Pen [2]
!crit puncture

[Strider's Redoubt]
Block 1, counter 1
Front Armour 2

+2 Spears
!Lashout, -2 but hit 2 tiles

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>>5602758
Oh, a whisper-friend. See, this is why I asked for an intelligence professional and not a glasshouse enthusiast who preferentially like speaking to all the beautiful things in the dirt and the dust.

But to be entirely clear, your help has rather come around and in handy. You might try to remember how to command your friends, but let's see if I can recall the right of it...

>Buzzmind 3
!Endless Eyes - You can [Sense] from Insects

>This is a system term - your skills work best in Sense range, around yourself. But as a cunning sort, you can now treat Insects as providing your Sense range. This means you need simply have friends /near/ something you wish to influence (You can innately alway sense the Insects, see, so...)

Are you the kind that changes the world?

!Molt: Roll Wounds+Buzz to generate Features
>Here, wounds accrued painfully pay for changes in yourself and your insectile kin. Sprout wings, grow scale, be more... but the blood cost, ouch.


or

!Ten Billion Friends: 1Sta to allocate Insects to Tiles
>Here, deft control allows you to move masses of insects easily to differing tiles. In your sense range, primarily.

--

+1 [Akotin Mothjar]
Holds [12+Buzz] Mothswarm
Illusion 1

Akotin Moths famously trick the eyes...

>>5602615
#Bloom, Steelsoul (Wily, Dangerous)

RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 2
Sense 1 Authority 1 Cunning 2
Brawn 1 Manipulate 2 Violence 2

Spear-2, Unarmed-2, Acrobatics-2, Stance-2, Streetsmarts-2

!The Flow
!Twisting River

[R] Strikepoint Spear, 2Hand, 1W, 1Reach
8 Bits

(this only took me two hours)

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>>5602765
That happens often around here - the perpetual sensation that you're one good plan off of the /right/ plan. I try not to let it get me down. I recommend you do too.

Am I to understand you're a military trained professional battle sigilworker? I'm impressed - don't think I'm not - I'm just trying to understand what deranged school of combatics would double-major their operatives in world-bending and terrain reading. Interesting.

You understand that your Limit is pooled across our whole little enterprise, yes? If you want to, you can help sustain the work of your peers, just as they can help sustain your work.

With [Force], which in the higher form calls the thing they somethings call Ashoniti, you imbue most well in a . . . Is the word hostile? I think the word is hostile way. Bound around allies, a Force sigil gives them hardened DR as it redirects force away. But twisted into hostiles, it worsen small wounds and impacts. Means people get knocked about, back, and around.

Of course I need hardly lecture a trained tactician-scholar such as yourself on the Eight Other Points! You'll figure it out!

>>5602758
>>5602725
Not a grander group of slackers and layabouts this side of the parliament wall, glad you both made it. Between the three of us, ain't no responsibility or obligation we can't dodge. Us? Prison? Those yellowcaps don't have a chance.

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>>5602781
Worry not, friend. Time taken is time well spent in interesting ways to learn valuable things. The truth is, you have enough of it. Dancer's heart, no?

I don't work with Steelsouls often. No slight, no slight, lower the spear, I mean it well: I'm not in the line of work that calls for your flavour of chaos all that often. Well. Disregard tonight's cavalcade of problems, I promise, it's not usually like this.

You'll be fine. Tonight we call for you speciality:

violence.

Roll Spear + Violence to hit things very very hard.

Roll Spear + Stance to adjust your stance, steelsoul. That means you try to a flourish to your strikes that trigger when you hit well. The most common one I'm aware of is the Raincatcher Stance. It'd work like this . . .

>1Sta: Spear2 + Stance2 to stance into Bleed [5d10]

and then your hits, up to your stance, would now add Bleed to your weapon strikes as you aim for vulnerable points. Of course, if you get knocked out of the dance, you lose concentration. Then you'll have to try again.

>Suppose you get 2 hits. Your weapon now inflicts bleed on 10 and 9. Worry not, we keep track of that.

>>5602777
#Cyrus 'Eventide', Scavager

RES 10
[STA 6] // [SPD 3]
[React 1] // [Resist 1] // [Rebuff 1]
[Sense 1] // [Authority 1] // [Cunning 1]
[Brawn 1] // [Manipulate 1] // [Wild: Edge 3]

{BuzzMind 3} // {Stealth 2} // {Streetsmarts 2}

!Endless Eyes - You can [Sense] from Insects
!Ten Billion Friends - Exert deft control over masses of insects. Directing them to tiles within [Sense] range.

[R]
[L]
[A]
[H]
[Tools]
(Akotin Mothjar) // Contains (12+Buzz) Mothswarm // Illusion 1

> Ready to deploy

>>5602791
I find myself in agreement (it might be the bloodloss talking).

Let's see what we've got here.

>>5602608
>Deploy
"The Master sent me. What is it that needs to be done?"

#Lamia, Scavenger(Stout,Energetic)
RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 [Energetic: Grace 2]

Wiredancer-3, Acrobatics-1, Throwing-1, Tactics-2

[R+L] [Phaseblades] (Force 2)
[Tool] [Sunwire Filaments] (Length 3,Energy 1)

Bits: 16 - 7(Sunwire) - 7(Phaseblades)- 1 (Acrobatics 1), -1 (Throwing 1) = 0

>>5602791
Ayep, ain't dereliction i' y'come back with the right 'eads bashed.

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The soft salt wind scours the streets and I've staunched some of the bleeding. I won't be much in a tussle, but that's not really my sport anyhow.

Good to have you here. I can hear them, out there - the hounds. . .

>>5602806
Ah. A Sunsparker. What needs to be done, friend, is our navigating this backalley sprawl of leans to, merchants manors and warehouses. Ahead: A boat, and freedom. Behind:

The Luperni have enough money to hire rather a solid class of pursuer. Let's not think too hard about who they might be sending out into the night...

Rolled 3, 2, 2, 2, 5, 1, 1, 10 = 26 (8d10)

>>5602810
> Enter Stealth (2Sta+2Stealth)
> Sneak Ex3 (3Sta)
> Release a moth to scout out the nearby alleyway and rooftops. Direct it to ascend and move 1 E. (1Sta+3Buzzmind)

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Rolled 8, 6, 3, 3, 8, 7, 6, 8, 1, 3, 5, 6, 6, 9, 4, 7, 3, 8 = 101 (18d10)

Sorry, sorry, the Masters sent you and they sent a -- what am I looking at -- no -- what -- /what/ --

Jove? Bloom? Fulton? You three get between me and this. I am thankful for the help and in awe of the dedication but there are some things too haywire heart to be within arms length. Just. . . Try not to make any sudden moves, friend.

Your wires coil and fling and arcs gracefully. Like snow. If snow could pierce solid steel. You swing them at Length 3 around others, or objects - then further actions can move, swing, pull or such the object. Or . . . cut it.

Your blades channel Force, and strike and guard.

Now, interestingly, your Wires are conducive to elements. That's what Energy 1 really means. If you spin them around something, you can use the connection and your Blades to channel force... or thermals... into the wires. cunning kind of trick, really.

>You'd roll Wire3+Kin3.

-----------

Right, friends, soft-souls and scavenger hearts. I hear the Hounds of Luperni and the boat in the distance. Listen, on the wind? You hear that? The soft footfall footpads. Lesser hunters, I think...

Total tactics pool....

Fulton, 2
Breaker, 2
Lamia, 2
Ink, 3

Total Streetsmarts

Eventide, 2
Jove, 2
Bloom, 2
Ink, 3

Rolled 7, 8, 3, 5, 6 = 29 (5d10)

I'll 'ave us a look. Anyone ain't lookin', get ready or do a bit o' shoppin'. Thought I smelled a bit o' old fruit about...

>>5602810
>1sta: move 111
>Medium: 3sta+2brawn +1boost: quietly jump up to the roof. 5 dice?
>1sta: dodge
>1sta: look around. Slackers should be especially obvious. sense+streetsmarts. 4 dice?

#Jove, Striker (Stout, Wild)

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 Edge 2

Blades 2 Gearwright 1 Unarmed 1 Streetsmarts 2

!Deep Reserves
!Flourish

[R] Messer, OW, crits bleed
[L]
[A]
[H] Pressed Helmet, Barrier 2
[Tools] Boostgear, 9 bits

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Okay, friends... I think we've got the lay of the land. Good use of smarts.

>3 hits tactics, 3 hits streetsmarts. Map updated!
>base information about hostiles acquired!

--

We need to move fast. The Luperni are few here, for now, but things will Escalate as they narrow the search and bring up their hunters. Every turn, Fate has it out for us and odds are they'll bring up more hired hands.

>Escalation dice are rolled at the end of player phase. A hit means a search party arrives. Escalation increases every time no hits are scored and when a turn passes.

Scare them out of the way, shove them aside or, if we have to, commit a slight amount of violence.

Don't think the lesser hired hands will put up much of a stern fight - if you wound them, they're apt to flee. No, it's the Houseguard Hounds we need to worry about. But if we luck are with us, we're faster than they're ferocious and by the time they arrive, we'll be miles out to sea.

I'll do my best to keep up. So don't worry overmuch. The arrowhead digs a mite, but I can mostly move. If you have an idea, SHOUT loudly and I'll hear it.

>Ink takes care of herself, but if you want her attention 1STA and a suggestion helps.

--

Remember, you can about move your SPEED with 1 Stamina. It'd take Acrobatics or Stairs to get up top to those rooftops. We have some ground to cover, so lets get moving.

>Please take your actions, or link to a previous action you'd still like to do!

>crew turn. . . BEGINS!

Rolled 9, 3, 2, 8 = 22 (4d10)

>>5602829
>>5602831
Forgot spotting dice

Something I'm not clear about: Since I always spend 1 stamina on a skill check, am I always rolling at least [skills]+1d10? Also, looks like it's 2 stamina to refuel boostgear by 1?

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>>5602831
"Agent, does this appear to be a traversable path?"

>>5602836
Right clear there, Jove. One always spends at least 1 Stamina so one always gets at least 1d10. You can accomplish quite a few things with just your bare brawn, some determination and a bit of the old Earnest Try. That said, secrets, skills and perks do help rather a lot.

As for your Boostkit, you're correct.

Once you spend some of the stored force, you'll need to wind up the gears by spending 2 Stamina. Now this might seem a poor trade, trading two d10s for 3d10s later. . . But I should remind you that the Boostgear does not provide you with additional dice, it provides you with additional outcome by unleashing the pent up force.

If you don't have the stamina to spare, you can also try to accomplish the same with a roll of Gearwright. But that's rather faster and so up to chance - with the possibility of overcranking the things too. On that topic, that's why you've studied some mechanics as well. You can attempt to modify the Boostgear using Gearwright. I don't much recommend doing this while engaged in ferocious duels, but it is possible to adjust the tensile strength and lock in a harder boost or a few other adjustments. Just. . . Be mindful of your limits.

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>>5602837
Let me see... It's a narrow enough alley, but... someone /slim/ could force it. I wouldn't want to be caught in there though, the walls are oppressively tight.

>>5602838
All right. In my case, I'm just using Boost as the basic thrust of the jump, not to add dice.

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I'd rather duck under these here planks and shuffle through the canvas up ahead. Or perhaps go over the rooftop. Mhm.

. . . no, I've got a prey's instinct that's how I attract my second arrow of the day...

Rolled 5, 7, 5, 3, 3 = 23 (5d10)

>>5602787
>>5602810
I wondered that too when they plopped me into that classroom too. But I never got my answer and I'm here now. Might as well see if I can make it work... something like this?

>1Sta, +2 Fatigue: Incant on next spell
>Focus Aim
>3Sta: Attune Fulton's Strikers Redoubt to [Push] a coming force upon impact [Attune 2+ 3 Sta]
>1Sta: Move 3,5

Rolled 10, 1, 8, 5, 2, 3, 5, 3, 6, 3, 5 = 51 (11d10)

>>5602831
>>5602837
"Perfect."

>[Stamina 1] Move 187
>[Stamina 3] Lengthen wire to 6
>[Stamina 2+Wiredancer 4] Send out a wire 111188 and pull the Slicedog by a limb into the alleyway.
>[Brawn 1+Kinetikos 3] Apply more force if he does not fit.

#Lamia, Scavenger(Stout,Energetic)
RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 [Energetic: Grace 2]

Wiredancer-3, Kinetikos-3, Acrobatics-1, Throwing-1, Tactics-2

[R+L] [Phaseblades] (Force 2)
[Tool] [Sunwire Filaments] (Length 3,Energy 1)

>>5602847
Whoops, ignore the extra die

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>>5602845
Ah, the tiny little rules of the world. Bending. Well done, Scourgeling!

You've remembered correctly: the Sigil is bound to the Shield, and it offsets incoming force. Your sigil is . . . Monstrously strong, though, with a total of 7 force. It'll fade over time down to your Limit unless you actively maintain it.

Good fortune though: you don't need to be right there to maintain it!

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Rolled 1 (1d10)

Ah, Jove has eyes above. Good instincts. It appears the Luperni don't have control over the territory just yet - they're still spreading out and not quite on their guard. Did you ten of them?

. . . Nine? Huh. Where did the last one g---

please excuse your narrator one must fight the urge to scream.

--

>Escalation Phase. . .

Rolled 9, 8, 3, 4, 1 = 25 (5d10)

>>5602831
>>5602831
Now then... we spotted you two clowns two blocks south. It'd really be for the best if you go home.

> 2STA: Move 553333 (can I go diagonal?)
> 2STA: Manipulate+Street, clear off you two, for your own good 1+2+2d10
> 1STA: Twisting River, deflect incoming 1+2+3d10
> Free: Unarmed+React, If someone gets close, trip them! then flow away 2+1d10

(captcha failed 9 times in a row)

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It is good to practice self control sometimes. I just need to unclench my jaw, breathe in and accept. Accept. Acceeept. . .

--

Jove, it looks like those three Slicers are looking for their missing Tenth. Never ask me what happened to him and I will never have to think about it again. Hmh. The canvas keeps up covered for now, but they'll find us soon. We could lay low and hope they pass, but time ticks away and I hear the footfalls of more footpads. Still, I'm none too keen on a bladed exchange.

--

Cyrus, in these early spring days the low canals are hunting grounds for small things and larger things still. If you're adjacent to a canal tile, it will add +1 hit to your Buzzmind. And that over there seems like a Antcolony, carving out under the stacked crates. They're none too strong or imperial, but they're there.

--

Ah, Bloom. Those two don't look like the bravest sorts...

>Update 1/2

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Not the hardest hired hands in the city, I see. Then again, Bloom does have a immaculately fierce glare.

It seems the way forward is clear, but I don't like the look of those Seekers Jove spotted left-side. They're watching the canal and cradling shortbows. I don't think they'll be wanting to get wet though, so if we can block their line of sight we can rush past. Or. . . If particularly acrobatic, maybe you can make it over the canal? Albeit, 3 on 1 is a patently unfair kind of thing.

--

>crew phase! You're doing well! Keep it up!

>Breaker's bound sigil degrades by 1, to a force of 6.

Rolled 5, 9, 3, 8, 5, 8, 5, 2, 5, 3 = 53 (10d10)

>>5602875
>Lamia hums a tune.
>Lengthen Wire to 5 (Stamina 2)
>[3+3] Send Sunwire 11112 into the Slicedog, immobilizing him. (Stamina 3 + Wiredancer 3) 6d10
>[1+3] Store potential energy inside the Slicedog. (Stamina 1 + Kinetikos 3) 5d10

#Lamia, Scavenger(Stout,Energetic)
RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 [Energetic: Grace 2]

Wiredancer-3, Kinetikos-3, Acrobatics-1, Throwing-1, Tactics-2

[R+L] [Phaseblades] (Force 2)
[Tool] [Sunwire Filaments] (Length 3,Energy 1)

Rolled 5, 10, 4, 5, 10, 8, 10, 5, 8, 9, 9, 8, 10, 4, 10, 3, 5, 6, 10, 3, 6, 2, 4, 2, 4 = 160 (25d10)

>>5602875
That sounds like a challenge! Let's see... something like:
> Push for 3 more Stamina, 3 Fatigue

> 2STA: Move 322333
> 1STA ... jumping powerfully to scale the crates faster! Acrobatics+Brawn 1+2+1d10
> Free ...vaulting the canal Spear+Acrobatics 2+2d10
> 2STA and kicking the first Seeker in the face Unarmed+Violence 2+2+2d10
> Free Flowing, stepping north after attacking
> 2STA Sweeping Seeker 2 into the canal with the spear Spear+Violence 2+2+2d10
> Free Flowing, stepping north after attacking
> 1STA Twisting River, repeat last hit on next Seeker

this?

Rolled 9, 9, 6, 9, 1, 4 = 38 (6d10)

>>5602897
and that last one looks like a dud, so Push again and Twisting River! 4 fatigue

>>5602897
That would be the more . . . Steelsoul solution to the conundrum at hand, quite.

As I said: I admire your talents. I just so very seldom get to see them in action. Did you just beat a man with another man's arm while fending off a knife? Look, I understand a spine is flexible sort of thing but I don't think its meant to bend that way.

>>5602901
I'm trying to go gentle on them, see. Don't want to get blood on my new scarf.

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>>5602906

I'm impressed by your restraint - although you did break the nose of that first one. Good avoidance on the blood-spray though. I think your robe is still pristine.

Rolled 9, 1, 8, 7, 4, 4, 2, 4, 8, 2, 6 = 55 (11d10)

>>5602875
Lamia, ech. Well... HRRRGNGNGNHGNGHGHHNHNHNRHRRRR

>1stam+2brawn+2authority: sound hungry and carnivorous to the guys down there
>move 33
>2stam+1gearwright+1cunning: optimize boostgear for running jumps
>2stam charge fuel
>1stam+1sense+2streetsmart: what do I see in the cages NW of me, and if nothing, what do I expect?

#Jove, Striker (Stout, Wild)

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 Edge 2

Blades 2 Gearwright 1 Unarmed 1 Streetsmarts 2

!Deep Reserves
!Flourish

[R] Messer, OW, crits bleed
[H] Pressed Helmet, Barrier 2
[Tools] Boostgear, 9 bits

Rolled 6, 6 = 12 (2d10)

>>5602912
missed two dice

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>>5602893
Bound up like that, he won't make it far. Your wires are coiled around him. He'll try to struggle out (and his allies aid him). If you . . . Pull. . . Now, you can slice into him. A bit more deft manoeuvring simply shifts your prey around.

>>5602912
Good eyes Jove. I don't see any cages myself, just crates and stall and a few forlorn looking fruit stands. Back alley merchandise, huh? Although. . . There, you see it? On the roof? It looks like someone's piled a lot of jagged rubble. Easy to cause a small avalanche with an arrow or thrown rock or some-such. I think the Luperni might have prepared the grounds. Or maybe it's a local gang that sets the roofs these ways. Anyhow, the pile of rocks can be pushed over - they'll fall on anyone below.

And ... Huh. That door. It's been busted down. See the woodsplinters. It looks like an office of some kind? Probably harbour related. We don't have a lot of time to investigate, but I'm always keen on mysteries.

--

>Bloom, Jove and Lamia have acted.
>Remaining crew feel free to act as per /this/ update. We'll give you about 8 hours or until a few more slink in. No rush. Maybe catch some sleep, soft-souls?

>>5602912
That scream frightened them something fierce. I think they'd flee, if one of them wasn't rooted to the spot.

>Terror impairs just as well as a knife, and sometimes, cuts deeper. Opponents struck with Terror treat it as a forced spend of their Stamina pool up until the Terror rating - They usually spend on it /running away/ or cowering.

--

Good adjustment. I think it's . . . Stable?

>You've performed a Gearmod! Good on you!
>As you can see on your status tracker, it says Gearmod 1{jump}. Your base boostgear has boost 3, but now it adds +1 to jumps. However . . . It is finnicky. And you can only crank the gears so far. Try not to exceed the base Boost rating in general. Once that happens, you've Overtuned your gears and they might be a little harsher on the body than is desirable.

>>5602926
>Part of Limit: Maintain Fulton's Siigil for free
>2Sta: Move 3,3,3,3,3,3
>2Sta: Attune to Imbue Break in Bloom's 1st Target 4 NE with Force
>1Sta: Attune to Strenghten Bloom's final strike against his enemy with Force

#Max 'Breaker', Scourge (Open-Mind, Disciplined)

RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 1 Limit 4
Cunning 1 Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 Focus 2

Attune 2, Tactics 2

!Beacon
!Incant

[R] Shiv, 0P, Bleed 9+
[L]
[A] A thick robe
[H] Red Scarf
[Tools] Silver Needle Kit (Magnitude 1, 2+S Range) {FORCE}

>>5602608
>>5602926
#Harry [Hart], Scourge
>Open-Minded
>Wild
>+1 Authority, +1 Sense
>+2 Academics
>!Beacon, !Conduit
>Silver Needle Kit attunement: [Woeheart]


>Deploy (around where everyone else first deployed, if I can specify where to deploy)
"Apologies for my tardiness, I thought I could get away with a quick nap..."


#Harry [Hart], Scourge

RES 10
STA 5 | SPD 3
React 1 | Resist 1 | Rebuff 1
Sense 2 | Authority 2 | Cunning 1
Brawn 1 | Manipulate 1 | Edge 2
Limit 4
[Type] Open-Minded
[Style] Wild

Attune 2, Academics 2

!Beacon (Add your Limit+Rank to any action as a third dicepool, but 1s now tick Backfires)
!Conduit (Take 1 Wound for +1 Magnitude on coming cast, or 3 Wounds for +1 AoE)

[R] Shiv (0P, Bleed 9+)
[L] N/A
[A] Thick Robe
[H] N/A
[Tools] Silver Needle Kit (1 Magnitude, 2+Sense Range, [Woeheart])


(Here's hoping you're actually accepting joins right now. Also, can I act out of a deployment, or do I gotta wait for next turn?)

Kierkegaard, Scourge (Open-Minded, Disciplined)

RES 10| STA 5| SPD 3
React 1| Resist 1| Rebuff 1

Sense 1| Auth 1| Cunning 1|
Brawn 1| Manipulate 1
Limit 2| Attune 2
!Incant
!Beacon

[R]: Shiv, 0P, 9+ Bleed
[L]:
[A]: A Thick Robe
[H]:
[Tools]: Silver Needle Kit (Magnitude 1, 2+Sense Range) {Fate}

>>5603010
(Don't forget that you can also add +1 to two stats, plus an extra bonus from paperwork (>>5602696).)

Rolled 6, 10, 7, 1, 5 = 29 (5d10)

>>5603007
>>5603016
Where do you see that you get +1 to two stats?

>>5602926
>3 Sta: Move 811 811 1
>3 Sta: Use Lashout to hit both enemies with my Skyshear Spear (3 Sta + 2 Spears + 2 Focus - 2 Lashout)
>1 Sta: Raise Shield
>Steady: Examine the weapons of the slicedogs, best to know the capabilities of our foes.


Fulton, Scavenger

Stout
Disciplined

>Total bits to spend: (7 + 1 (Authority)) * 2 = 16
>7 bits: A one-handed, penetrating, sharp, spear
>3 bits: A one-handed shield
>3 bits: Authority 2
>3 bits: Polearm Combat Skill

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 Focus 2

Tactics 2,

Spears 2:
!Lashout, -2 but hit 2 tiles

[R] Skyshear Spear
2Sharp, Pen [2]
!crit puncture
[L] Strider's Redoubt
Block 1, counter 1
Front Armour 2
[A]
[H]
[Tools]


I hope posting and processing 3 turns from 1-3 am won't be a regular occurrence or I suspect many of us are just going to die from inability to act. Please give us time to do things, this looks like a really fun game.

>>5603059
Accidentally posted my bit spends... I'll remove this from my sheet in future posts.

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>>5603059
>Now, individualize yourself a little and adjust 2 stats by +1

>>5603059
Also I miscounted my Stamina, I'd like to adjust the Lashout to use 2 Stamina instead of 3 if it isn't too late.

>>5603063
Oh I see, thank you

>>5603059
using my unused stat bonuses:
>Gain Resilience +1
>Gain Authority +1

Fulton, Scavenger

Stout
Disciplined

RES 11
STA 6 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 3 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 Focus 2

Tactics 2,

Spears 2:
!Lashout, -2 but hit 2 tiles

[R] Skyshear Spear
2Sharp, Pen [2]
!crit puncture
[L] Strider's Redoubt
Block 1, counter 1
Front Armour 2
[A]
[H]
[Tools]

Rolled 10, 6, 9, 8, 5, 8, 1, 2 = 49 (8d10)

>>5602926
> Release the remaining 14 Moths. Direct all 15 of them to use their {Illusion} quality to help conceal my presence. Shifting forward in a sweeping motion, Eventide silently proceeds into the suffocating ratsnest of sidestreets and alleyways. (3Sta+2Stealth+3Buzzmind)
> Sneak Sx1, Ex2. (3Sta)

>>5602988
Hey now, Breaker, this is the gentlemanly flank, the poor pureed cut throat flank was on the left this time. You can tell which one that is by which way Lamia goes.

I think with 3 escalation dice you have a 97% chance a real pursuer comes down that street behind you in just a minute. You might want to... turn around, and prepare something else.

>>5603010
>>5603007
Good to see both of you. I'm now officially more frightened for us than of the Hounds - Scourgelings, scourgelings as far as the eye can see... Let's get you up to speed...

You can generally take an action upon Deployment - it depends a little on the situation, so sometimes it won't be possible - but as we're leaving the safehouse and hitting the road, I serve as the rallying point. Uh. Hi.

That means you can on deployment take an action from my position. That is you can act from Ink's location as your deployment action.

>>5603064
Ah, I see you've remembered your training! Yeah, we put that in there to see who was paying attention. It'll make you miles better. . . And that bonus Authority scores you a Bonus Bit.

Which, due to the nature of temporal flow and time I'll add to the 5 you now owe a Red Marketeteer for increasing Authority to 2. But don't fret, I've got deep pockets - which is to say, enjoy your bonus!

>>5602926
>>5603138
(Well in that case...)
>[Attune 2 + Stamina 2] Attempt to {Knit} Agent Ink's wounds.
>[Attune 2 + Authority 2 + Stamina 3] {Command} the Slicedog next to the bound-up one to begin slicing into his allies.
(I may be misinterpreting how this thing's supposed to work, apologies in advance.)


#Harry [Hart], Scourge

RES 10
STA 5 | SPD 3
React 1 | Resist 1 | Rebuff 1
Sense 2 | Authority 2 | Cunning 1
Brawn 1 | Manipulate 1 | Edge 2
Limit 4
[Type] Open-Minded
[Style] Wild

Attune 2, Academics 2

!Beacon (Add your Limit+Rank to any action as a third dicepool, but 1s now tick Backfires)
!Conduit (Take 1 Wound for +1 Magnitude on coming cast, or 3 Wounds for +1 AoE)

[R] Shiv (0P, Bleed 9+)
[L] N/A
[A] Thick Robe
[H] N/A
[Tools] Silver Needle Kit (1 Magnitude, 2+Sense Range, [Woeheart])

Rolled 2, 5, 3, 7, 10, 7, 10, 8, 5, 10, 5 = 72 (11d10)

>>5603143
(Forgot that I should probably roll for it, oops.)

>>5603138
I'll lead my pair down this way, you keep yours over that side. As long as they can't all weave together, reality should be safe.
Did I really spend 7 stamina? I rolled dice for only 4. I think. I'm not good at counting. Maybe I'm just not as fit as I thought I was.

>>5603150
Scuffed the landing just a little. And they almost clipped you with that bow.

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These first few Hounds cannot bar our way anymore. Good work, softsouls. And then from here we'll --- OH STARS DAMNABLE SPIT SWORD STAB EYE TERROR YOU'RE JIGGLING THE ARROWHEAD YOU -- AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>1/2

Rolled 5, 8, 1 = 14 (3d10)

AAAHHHHHHH---

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Mother of a weeping child father of a nightgaunt endless chittering little eyes in the dark breathe breaethe---

Wheewwww. Okay, Hart. My man, my b u d d y , my f r i e n d, that almost worked but the arrow is a little too deep.

>1 hit vs . . . ? No dice! Sigil resisted!

Let me catch my breath and I'm up for trying again-- wait, no, no. I've just realised I'm not up for trying again. But I know there's painkillers and alleviates in the cache I prepared up ahead. Let me have some of those /first/ and then we can try to solve this the Special Way.

--

I see our first Hound have arrived from the main street. We're still in the clear and --- AH.

That's an Alarm Arrow. Look, the Seeker up there, by the roof. She's sending up a signal. That'll draw their attention but we have some time, still, before the louts arrive. I think we really rather ought to get moving.

Makes me think. These slicers are low class. Good men, I suppose, for brawny work and intimidation but the Houseguard who put an arrow in me had a certain panache. When they arrive, we'll be trouble. Let's try not to be here when they do.

>crew phase!

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Good to know you're moving. We're doing well. Navigating these alleys is the harder task tonight. Be careful not to fall in the canal.

Keep in mind, moving is a little less difficult than you might think.

You always get to move your full SPD with 1 Stamina. Heavy armour tends to reduce someone's speed. Probably why our Stalwarts are all arriving late.

One cardinal tile is 1SPD, but you might try to slip a corner in a diagonal way? That's a little harder and somehow, somewhy, it tends to tire people out and accrues +1 Fatigue. Something about Universal Rules or some-such. Point is, moving diagonally gets you somewhere faster but the Gods of the Angles tend to frown.

If you need to rush, remember you can Sprint - spend 1 Stamina to add +1 Speed. You also get 1 Fatigue.

Usually, this easier as a shorthand. Push and Sprint together. You'll take 2 Fatigue for +1 Speed. I wish I could do that but I'm worried if I jostle too much the arrowhead will poke things unfit for poking.

Rolled 3, 5, 2, 2, 2, 6, 9 = 29 (7d10)

>>5603190
> Sneak [3, 3]. (2Sta)
> Compel the nearby Ant colony to aggressively swarm the Slicedog @ [8, 1, 1] relative to my current position. (4Sta+3BuzzMind)

Rolled 2, 8, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 10, 6, 3, 4 = 64 (11d10)

>>5603190
>Push to gain 2 Sta
>7 Stamina: Skewer these two foes with Lashout (2 Spear + 2 Focus + 7 Sta)
>1 Sta: Raise Shield
>Steady: Operate with and exude an aura of cold intimidating professionalism. Make these punks realize they are out of their depth.

>>5603212
(It’s actually 9 dice from lashout, ignore the last two)

Rolled 8, 2, 9, 6, 8, 7, 10, 3, 10 = 63 (9d10)

>>5603190
Calm down, mate, just grab a hold of that boat. Tighter than an orphan with a free loaf. You'll be fine.

>>5603198
I did wonder earlier, thank you. I guess that's useful for not stepping on traps in cardinal directions, squeezing past corners, between enemies, or maybe if your SPD was 1? Can I step diagonally with Flow though, or does that cost fatigue?

> 1STA: Calm the Seeker. Manipulate+Street 2+1+2d10 (its kinda cajoling?)
> 3STA: Deep Breaths
> 1STA: Move 111
> Free: Make it fancy, Acrobatics+Steelsoul 1+2+1d10

>>5603214
Someone with the grace of steel and the soul of a dancer gets to step. . .anywhere.

Once saw a Steelsoul acrobatically step up and over small bar-top to win a very deadlocked argument.

And by argument I mean barbrawl.

>Flow gets you 1 step, any direction, including "up", "down", and over.

>>5603190
>Maintain Sygil on Fulton's shield
>2Sta: Move 8,1,7,7,7,7
>+Focus on next action
>2Sta: Attune Fulton's Spear! by Imbueing {Strenghten} on his {Lashout} Attack
>1Sta: Recover 1 Fatigue

#Max 'Breaker', Scourge (Open-Mind, Disciplined)

RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 1 Limit 4
Cunning 1 Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 Focus 2

Attune 2, Tactics 2

!Beacon
!Incant

[R] Shiv, 0P, Bleed 9+
[L]
[A] A thick robe
[H] Red Scarf
[Tools] Silver Needle Kit (Magnitude 1, 2+S Range) {FORCE}

>>5603198
What's the conversion rate on jump roll successes to distance possible?

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Rolled 6, 6, 4, 7, 4, 7, 8, 9, 4, 1, 10, 5 = 71 (12d10)

>>5603198
#Toby Lerone, Stalwart (Stout, Dangerous)

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 2
React 2 Resist 3 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 1 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 [Style]

Etiquette-Rank 3, Long Blades-Rank 2, Negotiation-Rank 2

Challenge
Mountain Motion

[R]Woodbreaker
[L]Fist
[A]Masscast Plate
[H]Nothing
[Tools] 7 Bits

>If Possible, Spawn the right side of where Breaker Spawned the first turn.
>Sprint
>Move 5,5,3
>Move 3,3,3
>"Have at you knave!" Challenge the slice dog
>Be Reckless!
>Bellow a Warcry! Authority 1+Stamina 1+Etiquette 3
>Charge! 1,1,1
>Cleave the Slice Dog in two Violence 2+Stamina 1+Long Blades 2+Brawn 2

Rolled 7, 10, 6, 3, 3, 5, 8, 8, 6, 5, 7, 5 = 73 (12d10)

>>5603190
>[3Sta]Use wires to climb up 8 onto the roof. (Acrobatics 1 + Stamina 3) 4d10
>[1Sta] Move 11
>[2Sta] Send wires to control the Slicedog 18, have him run into the slice dogs 333, weapon pointed forward.(Stamina 2 + Wiredancer 3) 5d10
>Put some force into his movement (Kinetikos 3)3d10

#Lamia, Scavenger(Stout,Energetic)
RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 [Energetic: Grace 2]

Wiredancer-3, Kinetikos-3, Acrobatics-1, Throwing-1, Tactics-2

[R+L] [Phaseblades] (Force 2)
[Tool] [Sunwire Filaments] (Length 3,Energy 1)

>>5603231
Boost 3 + 1 Jump = 4 tiles. And no reason to worry about /rolling/, Jove - you boostgear boosts. Gets you that far.

Otherwise one gets about 1 tile per hit, using Speed.

>>5603239
See, and I just finished saying the stalwarts were slow! Good to have you, metalman. If you clank loudly enough you'll get their full attention and I'm told that will certainly be glorious!

>>5603239
You actually have 8 bits, you get 7+Authority, which is 1

>>5603247
Do the cube gods tax me for diagonal flight?

Rolled 9, 3, 7, 1, 8, 4, 6, 7, 7, 1, 5, 4, 7, 10, 5, 8 = 92 (16d10)

>>5603190
>{Speed 3 + Stamina 1} Move 77
"...What even...? Nevermind, it doesn't matter."
>[Attune 2 + Authority 2 + Stamina 2 + !Beacon (Limit 4 + Rank 1)] Attempt to {Shape} the blood & viscera in the alleyway into a blade
>[Attune 2 + Authority 2 + Stamina 1] {Command} the bloodblade to crawl its way over to me. Like a creepy, bloody sword-caterpillar.
>{Stamina 1} Claim my blade.
(this is probably completely inefficient and potentially won't even work even with good rolls, but ssssssshhhhhhhhh)


#Harry [Hart], Scourge

RES 10
STA 5 | SPD 3
React 1 | Resist 1 | Rebuff 1
Sense 2 | Authority 2 | Cunning 1
Brawn 1 | Manipulate 1 | Edge 2
Limit 4
[Type] Open-Minded
[Style] Wild

Attune 2, Academics 2

!Beacon (Add your Limit+Rank to any action as a third dicepool, but 1s now tick Backfires)
!Conduit (Take 1 Wound for +1 Magnitude on coming cast, or 3 Wounds for +1 AoE)

[R] Shiv (0P, Bleed 9+)
[L] N/A
[A] Thick Robe
[H] N/A
[Tools] Silver Needle Kit (1 Magnitude, 2+Sense Range, [Woeheart])

>>5603252
Harshly, violently, in grand amounts. Well, in a sense. If you just "get" the effect (1 Step, 4 Boost, suchlike), you don't have to worry about due expense reports.

If you had unlocked the ability to fly and it was your normal movement, then diagonals would incur 1 Fatigue per.

>>5603239
Welcome to the civilized violence lane, I think you'll fit right in. Don't mind the moths, that's Eventide, they're around... somewhere.

Are those guys behind you with us too? You should tell them to take off their Luperni disguises, we're way p[ast that stage in the plan. Even I know that!

Rolled 2, 9, 8, 10, 7, 7, 6 = 49 (7d10)

>>5603259
Roight.

>>5603190
Oi, you. You was jus' thinkin' you'd like a load off that arm, wasn't you?

>Push2
>Move 331
>Boost 2222
>Move 111
>Boost 22211111
>Move 1
>Aimed 3stam+2blade+2brawn: Ruin seeker's bow. Or arm. Ain't fussed.
>2 Dodges

#Jove, Striker (Stout, Wild)

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 Edge 2

Blades 2 Gearwright 1 Unarmed 1 Streetsmarts 2

!Deep Reserves
!Flourish

[R] Messer, OW, crits bleed
[H] Pressed Helmet, Barrier 2
[Tools] Boostgear, 9 bits

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Rolled 9, 6, 3, 2, 10, 1, 3, 3, 4 = 41 (9d10)

Strikers. Always the fast sort. Speed makes up for a myriad of other mistakes, but be careful out there Jove. The Luperni must have more men in waiting. The whistles are getting louder . . .

--

What a pair of lungs on you, Tony! Yeah! Let's get them!

>Motivation! Free Stamina next turn!

>>5603214
How do you make simply climbing crates look so graceful?

>Acrobatic Prep - useful for a dodge or a roll or an advanced maneuverer. Treat it like a free roll at this value on your next turn.

--

Wait, I hear... something

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Ah. The Houseguard is here. That fighter is not like the Slicers or the Seekers, friends - that one is dangerous, well equipped and ill intentioned. We should get away from here, and rather fast too - where there is one, there will be more.

--

Fulton, good block - and the Sigil redirected the Force of that poor fool's strike. The rest is . . . Physics.

--

Lamia! Watch out! Those Seekers are crack shots and arrows, I'm a testament, hurt! You're bleeding! It's not so deep, though. Just be gentle...

>That guy got rebounded so hard he pulled you off of the roof. Ouch.
>You're BLEEDING. This is usually FAIRLY BAD.
>You take WOUNDS equal to you BLEED at the start of your turn unless you specifically take action to prevent this. Breathe in to apply your Resist to the Bleed, as DR, or try to Shake It Off to staunch the flow.

--

Jove? Does anyone have eyes on Jove? He's buried in a scuffle of maniacs with weapons. And those dogs look none too friendly.

>They're trying to break out their friend from your surprise grapple, and they almost got him. But he worked well as a human shield. Sadly, it looks like that dog got around behind you. Your vest took the worst of it, and your armor has decayed a little. Also you are . . .

>BLEEDING. THIS IS USUALLY REALLY BAD. At the start of your turn, unless you take an action to fight the bleed, you take Wounds equal to your Bleeding. You might try to staunch it, getting your Resist as DR per Stamina, but, uh, mild complication that you're engaged in a sword-fight. They'll see it as an opening!

--

Hart?

. . . Hart.

... Hart. What am I looking at?

>crew phase!

>>5603258
Some sort of ... creepy blood-sword caterpillar? By the Voidstar, Hematheurges get up to the strangest work. Smart use of material though.

It looks like your binding FAR exceeds your limit, so it will decay rapidly. But for now, it's quite strong. command your creation with a roll of Attune, and it will use its 8strength to carry out your will. If you leave it to its own devices it will use whatever rudimentary instincts it possess to safeguard you.

You can also maintain the sigilwork, of course, spending 1 STA per 1 above your Limit - it would be 4 Stamina to maintain the whole thing.

>>5603388
> Sneak [7, 1, 1, 1, 1] (5Sta)
> Snatch up the curved blade lying on the ground nearby. (1Sta)

Rolled 4, 4, 3, 8, 6, 3, 5, 5, 6, 7, 10, 3, 7, 4, 1, 8 = 84 (16d10)

>>5603190

# Rion 'Leone', Scavenger (Twitchy, Dangerous)

>Total bits (7+1*2=16)
>5 bits: Two-handed, Block, Clawed gauntlets
>2 bits: Throwing blades [tools?]
>1 bits: Hood
>1 bits: Cloak
>3 bits: Unarmed 2
>1 bits: Throwing 1
>3 bits: Unarmed Combat Skill


RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 1 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 Violence 2

Skills:

Perk: to be determined

[R] Gauntlets 2h
[L]
[A] Cloak
[H] Hood
[Tools] Throwing blades

>>5603405
Apologies.
This was me.

>>5603405
You understand you can move your full SPD, yes, Eventide? Even while being sneaky.

You can take it slow as you like, it's just, you do not have to.

Rolled 10, 10, 7, 4, 8, 5, 1, 10, 1, 2, 10, 2, 10, 8, 9, 9, 8, 9, 10, 10, 4 = 147 (21d10)

>>5603388
"Be still. To end your life takes no more than the effort needed to pluck the string of a lyre."

>Grab the Slicedog at 11 using wires and pull him in front of me to block further arrows. (Wiredancer 3d10)
>Dissuade the Slicedog against any unnecessary movements. (Authority+Manipulate 3d10)
>[2]Breathe in, resist 2 bleed.
>[4]Shake it off, use Sunwires to stitch up wounds. (Stamina+Resilience+Resist 15d10)

#Lamia, Scavenger(Stout,Energetic)
RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 [Energetic: Grace 2]

Wiredancer-3, Kinetikos-3, Acrobatics-1, Throwing-1, Tactics-2

[R+L] [Phaseblades] (Force 2)
[Tool] [Sunwire Filaments] (Length 3,Energy 1)

>>5603412
Ah.
For some reason I thought I only had 1 SPD.
I'll keep my current action as is, out of fairness. Though I'll pick up the pace next turn.
Thanks for informing me of this. Its painfully likely that I would have kept shuffling along at 6 tiles per turn if you hadn't mentioned it.

Rolled 1, 10, 8, 3, 9, 3, 3, 8, 2, 3, 1, 5, 9, 10, 9, 7, 6, 8 = 105 (18d10)

>>5603388
"Well this is certainly more than I expected."
>{Limit 4, Stamina 2} Maintain Hemotheurgy (6/8)
>{Fatigue +2} Push 2x (Stamina +2)
>[Attune 2 + Authority 2 + Stamina 1] {Command} the bloodblade to attack the Slicedog and Hound
>[Attune 2 + Authority 2? + Stamina 4 + !Beacon (Limit 4 + Rank 1)] Make the Hound {Bleed}


#Harry [Hart], Scourge
Hemotheurgy 8

RES 10
STA 5 | SPD 3
React 1 | Resist 1 | Rebuff 1
Sense 2 | Authority 2 | Cunning 1
Brawn 1 | Manipulate 1 | Edge 2
Limit 4
[Type] Open-Minded
[Style] Wild

Attune 2, Academics 2

!Beacon (Add your Limit+Rank to any action as a third dicepool, but 1s now tick Backfires)
!Conduit (Take 1 Wound for +1 Magnitude on coming cast, or 3 Wounds for +1 AoE)

[R] Shiv (0P, Bleed 9+)
[L] N/A
[A] Thick Robe
[H] N/A
[Tools] Silver Needle Kit (1 Magnitude, 2+Sense Range, [Woeheart])

Rolled 6, 6, 6, 9, 1, 1, 4, 10, 4, 8, 7 = 62 (11d10)

>>5603388
I saw where he went to... there! He's surrounded!

> Free Acrobatic Prep, pull up /and/ roll to my feet (Effect was 5? so 5-1d10)
> 1STA: Move 777
> Free ... and vault to the next rooftop Spear+Acrobatics 2+2d10
> 1STA: Move 111
> 2STA: Breathe In, -2 Fatigue
> 1STA: Twisting River, Redirect Incoming 2+3d10
> Steady? shout advice to Jove. Authority and Violence! 3d10

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>>5603409
Oh. I see we have a Moth School Graduate. I wonder how the Foreign Office retained your services. Very quiet there. Have you . . . Have you always been right there?

[Silkhand Gauntlets]
2Pain, 2Grab
Cling

>Stab them into things to hold on and wait there - like walls or the underside of a boat.
>2Grab works offensively . . . And defensively. It is /hard/ to catch a sword in your bare hands, but it is /possible/. Speed+Unarmed as a defensive roll.

[Bandolier of Rough Sharps]
Range [Sense+Rank] Ammo 6
Wound or Pin
Flurry: -1 Ammo for +1Hit
Restock 1

>Pin damages SPD, or locks things down.
>Restock 1 means it's patently easy to find a few more sharps. 1 Stamina restores your ammo by your restock value.

[Shadecloak]
+1 Dodge, Length 2

>very comfortable. And you'd be surprised how useful a length of cloak is - tie it to things, swirl it over someone..

[Mothmask]
10 Filtration
3x3 Smoke, 2 Ammo
>Never worry about blood, guts and gas!

+2 Unarmed
!Wetwork: Hits give Thrown bonus
!Nervestrike: Half hits, strike Cripples limb.

+1 Thrown
!Wetwork: Hits give Unarmed bonus
!Pocket Sand: Impair front-arc

Unarmed combat skill...

!Havoc: -2, hits also control target hands

>>5603433
I don't know what locking the dicepool means for Steady actions, I assume it means you can't use those pools for anything else that turn.

Get em, Jove!

>>5603424
Hart, that big armoured guy can take 2 fatigue, spend 1 stamina,body slam you through that stall, and he'd still have 4 left to repaint that lovely alleyway red again (with your insides this time). Push some more and run!

>>5603441
It precisely means that pool becomes unavailable for anything else this turn. And this effect is immune to clever timing - you can't strike with blades, threaten with blades, then steady action polish your blades. The blades get locked into the Steady acton!

>>5603450
Probably then means end of everyones turn for the effect and not the end of my one? So Jove gets my great advice next turn, and it doesn't help him /right now/.

this looks cool

Rolled 9, 5, 4, 6, 7, 2, 10 = 43 (7d10)

>>5603388
>Sprint 1
>Push 1
>1 Sta: Move 711, pick up blade off the ground and store it on my person
>1 Sta: Move 1111
>1 Sta: Move 11 and jump up and…
>3 Sta: Recklessly (1) stab that Seeker! (Spears 2 + Focus 2 + 3 Sta)
>1 Sta: Keep an eye out and reactively Raise my shield toward the first enemy that strikes me
>Steady: Take some deep breaths and try to recover some fatigue

(If any of this is too much for the Sta I put in, just add a Push to make it happen if I understand it correctly)

>>5603457
Ah, I'm a stickler for temporal causality but not to such a degree that we hurt and harm ourselves. If you can't guide you allies steadily through the storm, what good is it?

If you take supportive steady actions, we'll resolve them at the end of your turn. So you can Steadily apply First Aid to a bleeding ally. And then the Ally won't bleed when they take their turn.

>>5603460
That's the beauty of it, scar-soul. I do that by rote - it's why you sometimes see Fatigue incrementing even if you didn't realise you were pushing yourself!

>>5603459
Thank you, stranger. It's the result of ... Well. Best not worry too much about the source of all this, or we're apt to be shocked. You can actually give us helping hand, if you can think your way through the recruitment process. More souls generally make things merrier!

>>5603464
. . . Mind you, if you try to take a Steady action right where someone can punch you and stop you, what happens is the dogs and the damned and the doomed break the laws of causality and spend their Stamina during your turn to stop you. They don't get to act on their turn, since. . . They just did act . . . but it's a poor sort of fighter who calmly waits for their enemies to patch themselves.

So really, just try not to give someone emergency triage right where someone else can reach out and stop you. Or do so, but then do it behind Toby Lerone. Stalwarts have the heart to take it!

>>5603388
Ah yes [Reverb] that's a nice thing... but I can't help but feel like I don't remember totally what it was...

>>5603488
Maybe someone schooled in scholalistic academics can help? Or you can try to remember with your own . . . cunning.

Rolled 4, 8, 10, 6, 9, 3, 2, 9, 7, 3, 3, 10, 1 = 75 (13d10)

>>5603388
>Maintain Sygil on Fulton
>1Sta: Move 3,3,2
>-Focus
>2Sta: Attune door to {Break} itself apart upon an impact (Attune 2, Mani 1, Limit 4)
>1Sta: Kick door in with Inks help, "on the count of 1 kick the door in. Together...1!" (brawn 1+ stamina 1+ Tactics 2)
>1Sta: Breathe In
>>5603534
>1Sta: Cunning to try and remember what [Reverb] was about. Surely its on the tip of my lobe... (cunning 1, stamina 1)


#Max 'Breaker', Scourge (Open-Mind, Disciplined)

RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 1 Limit 4
Cunning 1 Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 Focus 2

Attune 2, Tactics 2

!Beacon
!Incant

[R] Shiv, 0P, Bleed 9+
[L]
[A] A thick robe
[H] Red Scarf
[Tools] Silver Needle Kit (Magnitude 1, 2+S Range) {FORCE}

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Lamia? Lamia, try to speak. Does it catch, or do you feel fine? Yes? I see you managed to shake it off. The arrow didn't gouge in too deep. Well done! Keep at it! Up and at them, huphaah!

>Lamia recovers, mostly - but after Shaking Things Off, you gradually accrue Exhaustion. This applies a penalty to all further rolls to try and Shake Things. Best get off the field to recover fully, friends!

>But with that many crits you're now MOTIVATED! Bonus Stamina on the coming turn.

--

Hart, that Slicer is taking a beating by your. . . I'm unsure. But the Houseguard looks to be made of far, far sterner stuff. And your powers are limited when he's not even Wounded. Poke a few holes in him first, it'll give you better access to his insides. Although we'll have to contest with his armor and skills. And he looks to be a dedicated sort.

--

Jove, duck, man!

>You're being [Guided] by an ally. Guidance is what keeps a team together. Guidance is treated as locked stamina towards some purpose, but uses your skills in general. In this case, 2 guidance for ... violence.

--

>half-crew turn. Any non-acting crew can act.

Rolled 6, 5, 2, 4, 4, 1, 9, 10, 8, 4, 5, 9, 2, 2 = 71 (14d10)

>>5603388
'ELL FOR LEATHEEER

>Push
>Release grapple
>Reckless 3stam+2brawn+1cunning+2guide: Use escaping seeker's momentum to bowl whole crowd down the stairs (4d each to seeker and nearest slicedog)
>Reckless 2stam+2brawn+2blades: Strike scragtooth, !Flourish. 6d
>Dodge
>-4d extra in case of explosions


#Jove, Striker (Stout, Wild)

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 Edge 2

Blades 2 Gearwright 1 Unarmed 1 Streetsmarts 2

!Deep Reserves
!Flourish

[R] Messer, OW, crits bleed
[H] Pressed Helmet, Barrier 2
[Tools] Boostgear, 9 bits

>>5603460
Ah, the Messer. It makes a Mess of things. These Slicers prefer the kind of weaponry to impart terror and fainting.

[Messer]
0W, critbleed.

It's good in a short fight, easy to wield and the Reikans produced thousands of them to export during the River Wars. A bit like home, isn't it? Where-ever you go, you can find a messer, a messhall and a murder.

Most were made with cast-iron or shoddy steel. This one is no exception.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>5603552
shameful display
>did not actually roll extra dice
>also add Boost to bowling attempt on seeker if allowed

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Breaker, Rion, lets move. Luckily I think the door is ---

---

---

Well it doesn't matter that it was unlocked. The Boot gets you through and through well enough.

--

Sweet moves, Jove. Wait, what was that sound?

>1/2

>>5603546

#Toby Lerone, Stalwart (Stout, Dangerous)

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 2
React 2 Resist 3 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 1 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 [Style]

Etiquette-Rank 3, Long Blades-Rank 2, Negotiation-Rank 2

Challenge
Mountain Motion

[R]Woodbreaker
[L]Fist
[A]Masscast Plate
[H]Nothing
[Tools] 7 Bits

>Run
>Move 1, Scale Eventide's Box, Move 1
>Move 1,1,7
>Move 1,7,7
>Move 7,1,7
>Breath in /then/ speak to Inks "*Huff* *Huff, When this is over I'd ask you to teach me your ways* Inks. Your dexterity and speed are legend amongst people."

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Rolled 10, 1, 6, 1, 8, 9, 5, 7, 8, 7, 9, 7, 10, 10, 6 = 104 (15d10)

ah. yes. well. It was a rather really good spot for an ambush.

Rolled 2, 5, 1 = 8 (3d10)

>>5603546

>sta3 move x3 813, 311, 111
>sta1 move 1, climb stall, climb to roof
>sta1 throw sharp at ground floor Scragteeth (Violence 2 + 1 Thrown)
>I'll move in to help with that larger scuffle but sorry for being late to arrive
# Rion 'Leone', Scavenger (Twitchy, Dangerous)

RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 1 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 Violence 2

Skills:
+2 Unarmed

+1 Thrown

Perk:
Unarmed combat skill
!Havoc: -2, hits also control target hands

[R] Silkhand Gauntlets
[L]
[A] Shadecloak
[H] Mothmask
[Tools] Bandolier of Rough Sharps

>>5603607
You would actually get 4 dice to throw the sharp, since stamina spent counts to the pool. I recommend rolling it, it looks like you need it.

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The. . . The Luperni prepared an ambush here with wires and gear-cunning and ha. Well. I did start today by lamenting the possibilities of planning.

--

Breaker, you're wondering about Breaker Sigils, Breaker? Breaker Breaker. You infuse an object with latent energy - kinetic damage to it gets free hits when the sigil is triggered. It shatters things mightily!

As for [Reverb], it's a cunning kind of play when it comes to Force. If you infuse weapons in the moment they're swung, you cascade the forces involved to vibrate higher and stronger. You benefit from the hits your allies scored on their attack... Or they benefit from yours? It's hard to say. Point is, if you imbue the moment of a weapon strike like with the LashOut, you add your hits to the hits already accrued by the attack. That's devastating.

--

I'll happily teach you to hustle, Tony, if you teach me to face dangerous odds in dire situations without flinching. Which I think we're going to need because the Houseguards have starting arriving in earnest. A small detachment was looking for me, no more than [10]. I hope. I pray. But if their Bannerblade is yet to arrive. And he's a frightening sort.

--

Fulton, you've taken the high ground! Good work! But be careful. Something about that area is a little strange. That Seeker looks to smug for someone leaking life by the litre.

--

Lamia, watch out! You've got a challenger right side!

--

>crew phase!

Rolled 9, 5, 6, 1, 3, 9 = 33 (6d10)

>>5603640
#Toby Lerone, Stalwart (Stout, Dangerous)

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 2
React 2 Resist 3 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 1 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 [Style]

Etiquette-Rank 3, Long Blades-Rank 2, Negotiation-Rank 2

Challenge
Mountain Motion

[R]Woodbreaker
[L]Fist
[A]Masscast Plate
[H]Nothing
[Tools] 7 Bits

>Sprint
>Move 7,1,1
>Move 1,1,3
>Move 1,3,3
>Move 3,3,1
>Move 1,1,1
>Roar! (Threaten) Violence 2+ Brawn +2 (To not blow out my lungs) + Stamina 1 + Authority 1 + 0 Etiquette and 0 Negotiation, there will be no courtesy nor will there be a negotiation. Run or die, those are the two options.

>>5603640
"OH."
>{Limit 4} Maintain Hemotheurgy (4/5)
>{Speed 3 + Stamina 1} Move 313
>{Stamina 1?} Pick up the bloodblade
>{Fatigue +2} Push 2x (Stamina +2)
>{Speed 3 + Stamina 5} RUN (111 117 111 111 771)


#Harry [Hart], Scourge
Fatigue 4 (2+2)/10
Hemotheurgy 5

RES 10
STA 5 | SPD 3
React 1 | Resist 1 | Rebuff 1
Sense 2 | Authority 2 | Cunning 1
Brawn 1 | Manipulate 1 | Edge 2
Limit 4
[Type] Open-Minded
[Style] Wild

Attune 2, Academics 2

!Beacon (Add your Limit+Rank to any action as a third dicepool, but 1s now tick Backfires)
!Conduit (Take 1 Wound for +1 Magnitude on coming cast, or 3 Wounds for +1 AoE)

[R] Shiv (0P, Bleed 9+)
[L] Bloodblade (???????)
[A] Thick Robe
[H] N/A
[Tools] Silver Needle Kit (1 Magnitude, 2+Sense Range, [Woeheart])

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>>5603668
Ahh I forgot my picture. I assume Inks will be moving out the way, even then she can just dodge... probably

Rolled 3, 3, 1, 8, 6, 2, 1, 9, 1, 4, 2 = 40 (11d10)

>>5603640
"You can have him."

>[2] Anchor the Slicedog to the Hound (2Sta + Wiredancer 5d10)
>[1] Anchor from Slicedog to the wall 65
>[1] [Thermal Haywire], superheat the sunwire (1Sta + Kinekitkos-3 4d10)
>[1] Tie off
>[3] Move 311 111 113
>Try to sense what is behind the door. (Sense 2d10)

#Lamia, Scavenger(Stout,Energetic)
RES 10
STA 6(Temporary 8) SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 [Energetic: Grace 2]

Wiredancer-3, Kinetikos-3, Acrobatics-1, Throwing-1, Tactics-2

[R+L] [Phaseblades] (Force 2)
[Tool] [Sunwire Filaments] (Length 3,Energy 1)

>>5603699
I'm lithe and you're wearing assault armour! I don't much mind being tackled by rugged strangers, but I prefer not to break a rib in the process. I'll move.

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>>5603671
You're right, Hart. This place seems much safer.

>>5603704
You can dodge that, you've dodged worst. I've seen you dodge death regularly in another life.

Rolled 2, 1, 10, 2, 1, 9 = 25 (6d10)

>>5603640
"!"
"The world will slip underneath you before you touch me!"
>!Beacon, [3STA]: Create a field of Bad Luck directly south. (1Limit)
>[3 Speed, 2STA]: Run North 5 squares.

Kierkegaard

RES 10| STA 5| SPD 3
React 1| Resist 1| Rebuff 1
Focus 2
Sense 1| Auth 1| Cunning 1|
Brawn 1| Manipulate 1
Limit 4| Attune 2
!Incant
!Beacon

[R]: Shiv, 0P, 9+ Bleed
[L]:
[A]: A Thick Robe
[H]:
[Tools]: Silver Needle Kit (Magnitude 1, 2+Sense Range) {Fate}

>>5603640
Say, how heavy do those rocks look? Look like something I could carry, or, I don’t know… throw?

>>5603722
You could pick one up and huck it readily. They're just rocks. You could also easily scoop up a few.

But the entire load look a little too much. It's piled bricks and ornamented gargoyles. You'd need a wheelbarrow for the whole lot!

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>>5603703
>>5603671
>Lamia peers through the keyhole...

" . . . Remarkably resilient. Fine structure. Your valves, friend, are well-made and fine-crafted. I applaud your designer.

Now, please, tell me the combination to this safe, yes? Let's try again... "

Rolled 4, 6, 10, 9, 2, 5, 10, 1, 2 = 49 (9d10)

>>5603640
>sta1: jump21, move 1
>sta1: attack ( 1+ Violence 2 + Unarmed 2)
>sta1: attack(dmg) (1+ Violence 2 + Thrown 1) ammo-2 for extra hit
>sta1: restock
>stamina + reaction dodge behind or next to enemy in case of attack
>slippery dogs... you ok in middle of that fight
# Rion 'Leone', Scavenger (Twitchy, Dangerous)

RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 1 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 Violence 2
Streetsmarts 2

Skills:
+2 Unarmed

+1 Thrown

Perk:
Unarmed combat skill
!Havoc: -2, hits also control target hands

[R] Silkhand Gauntlets
[L]
[A] Shadecloak
[H] Mothmask
[Tools] Bandolier of Rough Sharps 5/6

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Rion! That was . . . Remarkable. I didn't know the Moth School taught advanced dog handling!

Rolled 8, 2, 7, 5, 3, 10, 8 = 43 (7d10)

>>5603640
>Maintain Sigil on Fulton
>2Sta: Traverse Passage
>1Sta: Move 1,1,1
>1Sta: Move 1,8 atop crate
>1Sta: [Strenghten] Rion's Thrown Sharp/Make the wound worst for the Slicedog (Knife Spins within the wound!) {2attune+1mani+4limit}

>>5603753
>>5603640
(+2 Focus to the Attunement)

>>5603727
>>5603561
I want one of these dogs.

Rolled 8, 8, 8, 2, 2, 4, 6, 8, 5, 5 = 56 (10d10)

>>5603640
>1 Sta: Move 11, pick up a rock from the pile, temporarily replacing my spear
>2 Sta: Examine the rock pile just above the seeker and its immediate surrounds for either structural weaknesses or mechanism or wire that would cause the pile to fall (Sense 1 + Tactics 2 + 2 Sta)
>2 Sta: Throw the rock at the most applicable thing I identify from the previous action to cause the pile to fall (Focus 2 + Brawn 1 + 2 Sta) (free measured action)
>1 Sta: Raise shield and re-equip Spear

>>5603776
also
>Steady: continue trying to reduce my fatigue

Rolled 3, 4, 10, 1, 8, 3, 5, 6, 4, 5, 3, 3, 8 = 63 (13d10)

>>5603640
Eventide's falling behind, so I'll call for them to get it together, sharpish!
(should grant bonus STA for movement based on hits)

> 3STA: Authority 3+1d20 Move!
> 1STA: Move 117
> Free! ... then vault over diagonally, onto the storage building. 2+2d10
> 1STA: and assume River of Light stance! (Dodge) Stance+Spear 1+2+2d10

#Doc, Scourge (Open Minded, Focus)

RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 1 / Resist 1 / Rebuff 1
Sense 2 / Authority 1 / Cunning 2
Brawn 1 / Manipulate 1 / Focus 2

Limit 5 / Attune 2 / Academics 2 / Biology 2?

! Incant / ! conduit

[R] Silver Needle Kit, 1N, 4R, Woeheart / [L] Shiv
8 Bits - 3 for +1 Limit, -3 for +2 to Biology?

>>5603869
>>5603879
You can't spend bits until you get to the Market or downtime unless you're a scavenger

>>5603881
>>5603879
Alas, yes. Not much time for genial shopping when stalked by the nightterrors and the Luperni hounds.

What you can do, mind, is find Agent Ink (that's me!) yay about in the middle of this dockside town and take a turn from there. Maybe something useful, like checking the storehouse I cached earlier. Might actually be a thing or two in there that's mild some useful.

Rolled 5, 8, 1 = 14 (3d10)

I didn't actually roll those 3 dice.

>>5603907
Belay that, he's a friendly

>>5603912
>>5603910
That happens more often than you'd think. Good catch, though.

Rolled 9, 6, 10, 7, 3, 8, 9 = 52 (7d10)

>>5603640
>Stumble out of the storehouse
>Cut self with silver needle as part of a 3 wound AoE conduit action.
>Suck blood out of self to sweep all items from storehouse to self and scoop them up. Surely a little blood splatter won't reduce their value. [attune 1 + focus 2? +2 stamina + conduit AoE]. What is Pain?
>move in the 3 direction to get within range 4 of Jove
>Incant and Heal Jove with [Attune 1 + cunning 1+ 4]
------------------------------------------------------
RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 1 / Resist 1 / Rebuff 1
Sense 2 / Authority 1 / Cunning 2
Brawn 1 / Manipulate 1 / Focus 2

Limit 4 / Attune 2 / Academics 2

! Incant / ! conduit

[R] Silver Needle Kit, 1N, 4R, Woeheart / [L] Shiv
8 Bits

>>5603640
> Sneak [1, 1, 1, 7, 1, 1, 7, 1] (3Sta)
> Command 3 moths to split off and search the building for items of value to plunder. Exploit their small size to penetrate the tight, hidden spaces that humans cannot easily reach. (3Sta+3Buzzmind)

Rolled 1, 7, 7, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 2, 8, 10, 2, 4, 6, 3, 8, 3, 2, 2, 7, 2 = 97 (21d10)

Roight, Jove knows when e's beat-WAHEY, NO 'E DOESN'T, YA MUTT.

>>5603640
>Sprint
>1stam+1manipulate+1unarmed: Fake a retreat 7-ward to make scrag commit. 2d
>Twitch, 4d
>1stam+2blades+2brawn: !Flourish laming blow to scragtooth. 5d
>1stam+2blades+2brawn: !Flourish +def. attack scragtooth. 5d
>ditto

#Jove, Striker (Stout, Wild)
ftg 5 bld3 wnd5

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 Edge 2

Blades 2 Gearwright 1 Unarmed 1 Streetsmarts 2

!Deep Reserves
!Flourish

[R] Messer, OW, crits bleed
[H] Pressed Helmet, Barrier 2
[Tools] Boostgear, 9 bits

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>5604227
Wait, should be 3 dice on the fake attempt, so one more die is called for

>>5603891
I kinda want to dual-wield later. I realized that it'd be cheaper to dual-wield 2 different weapons though since for example you can get 4 dice in a single skill using 10 bits but you can get 5 dice from 9 bits.

eg

Longblades 1 = 1 Bits
Longblades 2 = 3 Bits
Longblades 3 = 6 Bits
Longblades 4 = 10 Bits

Longblades 1 + Short Axes 1 = 1+1
Longblades 2 + Short Axes 2 = 3+3
Longblades 3 + Short Axes 2 = 6+3

And the cost for different weapons just get cheaper the higher it gets.

Are you planning on balancing single weapon dual wielding with say the Spread rule where people can just spend two stamina to do Attack with Left Hand Longblade /and/ Right Hand Longblade? Are you planning on giving them penalties because the different weapons still get a lot more dice and a person only has so much Violence and Brawn to spread around?

>>5604337
>but you can get 5 dice for 9 bits for two skills.

>>5604337
It’s mildly intentional, and the hope is the balancing act has mostly been already achieved.

You see, Perks that boost skill use generally increase in utility with the rank of the skill and you’re mildly capped in the amount of Perks you can have at any one time based on your skill rank. In this way, Longblades 4 paired with {Fading Cut}: “Step 1/2 Rank, get half rank +Parry” competes okay with someone who has two skills. One is more broad.

Secondly, weapon hits treat their base as how much punch they pack. The longblade starts with 1Wound, boosted by hits. Roll 7d10, get 5 hits, whallop for 6 wounds! Ouch!

If we attacked someone with Axe3+Knife3 the system treats it as a 1 stamina action for a dicepool of 7 (you get 6d10 and the stamina). So far, so good, same same. But 4 of those dice are hits for 1 weapon and 3 of those are hits for another. So lets say you get 10 1 10 1 777

You don’t have 5 hits with both weapons for a total of 12 wounds! You have 2 crits with one and 3hits with another. And your opponent might be resisting. If your weapons have 1W your output is 3W +4W. That is 7Wounds, which is more than the Six from a longsword. Deadly.

But against armor, it’s two strikes that both deflect!

Dual wielding this way is tremendously valuable against lightly armored opponents or if you have Perks that combine well or two tools that have valuable combination. Imagine a stunning club and a serrated dagger. Someone you attack begins to bleed, and the stamina they need to stop it is drained by your stunning strikes. And there are some tricks you can do when you have two weapons at hand you can’t do with one.

But hope is that it should work as is.

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>>5604369
I see, I guess the resistance/damage reduction would be the biggest thing that affects using two different weapons right now. It doesn't seem like it'd be too big a deal since we're fighting a lot of lightly armored enemies but that might change in the future. You can also pick and choose where to put your secondary stats like Violence and Brawn to decide whether you want one good strike and one okayish strike or two good enough strikes yeah so even with Blades 3/Axes 3 a player can still bump another 2 or 3 dice from their other skills/attributes.

I guess weapon specialization Perks would probably balance out single weapons but I didn't see any perks in character creation that had specific weapons in mind. Good to know, I'll wait and see what the option are for weapon specialization perks later then but random thought being a weapon master using ALL the weapons at once would be kinda amusing lol. Pic related

Do those people that buy player skills still exist if I wanted to switch Longblades to Longaxes by the way? Axes are more my speed.

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Uh, Doc... Doc? No ! The STORES!

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Roll, man, roll --- aahhhh that jiggled the arrowhead --- awwwww aw aw aw aw ---

I keep flashbombs in there! Hey, you found the crate of painkillers. Thank the Stars, I'm going to need those.

>>5604390
With enough Violence and Brawn you can go anywhere, wield anything! Weapon skill, who needs it?

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well, we found the stores. Thank the Stars, again. And the flashbombs didn't cook! Hah!
Woosh.

Okay we have about five minutes before the fire spreads to the stores.

---

Fulton hears a click as he flings a rock right on the spot a trigger mechanism lurks. And then he hears a click. And a click. And a click. And a click. And a click. And a click....

>1/3...

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Rolled 9, 10, 6, 10, 6, 1, 5, 5, 4, 1, 10 = 67 (11d10)

Well, that was also a rather good place for an ambush. cough. Try n-not to breathe in the rockdust. That's . . . That's bad.

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Rolled 3, 10, 2, 9, 9, 1 = 34 (6d10)

I think the Luperni have stopped worrying about collateral. Did they just throw a gearwound cart at us? D-don't breathe dust, that's . . .That's bad.

>escalation phase!
>And a little event...

>crew academics:4
>crew negotiation:2

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>Academics [2]

. . . Whispermaket Operatives trade in secrets and signs. A sort of higher class mercenary, but we remind our readers that they're not hired simply for crass killing or havoc. The Whispermarkets, as covered in your Econotheocratic modules, operate on rumours secrets and knowledge. You hire an Operative if you wish something found out.

>Negotiation 1

This is a small office for an import business, manned by a single clerk (currently pinned against the wall, unconscious). The safe contains logs marking and measuring the flow of imports and exports. In a negotiation, knowing what your counterparty trades where and when is of exceptional value.

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Lamia watches the operative roll their shoulders, check the room and then look up at the sudden cracks in the ceiling. With a languid pace - but somehow far too quick - (s)he? strides towards the door and opens it.

A pair of remarkably green eyes peer out from a face otherwise so wrapped in bandages and cloth that discerning identity becomes impossible.

A pair of green eyes and a faint trace of citrus fruit.

Oh.

Hi.

Fine timing, stranger. You see the safe behind me? It is bound in Silver, and so, by Accord, I cannot touch it.

Open it for me. I'll pay you the contents of this room, but the papers I seek, and the answer to Three Questions besides.

Do we have a deal?

--

(Ink would note this intruder is unrelated to any business whatsoever of ours. A mere display of cosmic happenstance. What should we do?)

>>5604643
"So long as this is not detrimental to my own mission, we have a deal."

>>5604627
"Jeez Ink, what'd you steal or do for the Slicedogs to put in all this work?"

>>5604668
Weeeeelllllllllllll.... I stole a

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MONGRELS AND MANIACS, GIVE UP YOUR GAINS AND YOUR GROUND AND SURRENDER.

THE HOUSE LUPERNI WILL NEITHER FORGIVE NOR FORGET BUT WE MAY BE AMENABLE TO NEGOTIATION IF YOU BUT RETURN THE ATLAS.

>>5604668
>>5604727
... Key. I stole a Key. To the greatest unbreached Vault in the world, soft-soul. And you and I and all of us are going to be richer than the depraved dreams of all the merchants in the Reik and the peddlers elsewhere.

And it'll all be a side-effect too! Tell you all about it when we're on the SHIP

>crew phase!

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>>5604659
[Green] D E L I G H T F U L.

The combination is as well follows, but pay attention or you'll activate the failsafe. Haha, Vanadians, am I right?[/green]

He provides a long list of cyphers and weights for the safe. You'd be to be quite /cunning/ to get it just right.

Threshold 3.

You're the ones making a ruckus trying to away the braying of the Hounds? This is why I never take Luperni jobs myself. They just don't know when to quit. Word of advice, professional to professional, I saw them preparing ballistas on a cart down by the waterways earlier. If you're going out boat-wise, I'd make it quick or they might puncture your vessel.

Wphhehwwww, okay, that was good. I'm good. I'm loaded to the gills on painkillers and stimulants and the world is getting a bit blurry but that was GOOD.

Let's go Hart, let's do it, c'mon, do it, rip that arrowhead out of my lung now I can take it

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Rolled 8, 1, 7, 1, 3, 2, 10, 2, 2, 3, 2, 10, 9 = 60 (13d10)

>>5604627
#Toby Lerone, Stalwart (Stout, Dangerous)
RES 10
STA 6 SPD 2
React 2 Resist 3 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 1 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 [Style]
Etiquette-Rank 3, Long Blades-Rank 2, Negotiation-Rank 2
Challenge
Mountain Motion
[R]Woodbreaker
[L]Fist
[A]Masscast Plate
[H]Nothing
[Tools] 8 Bits

>-1 STA, Ask Inks to start looting the warehouse before it burns. We need the bits for later!
>Trigger Challenge Perk, feels like The Hound is Challenging me +1 STA?
>-1 STA, Move 1,3
>-1 STA, Move 3,1
>-1 STA, Move 1,3
>-1 STA, Bow to the Hound "I am Toby Lerone, The Mountain of Lerone. I accept your challenge Hound of Luperni. Have at you!" Authority 1+Manipulation 1+Ettiquette 3+Stamina 1 = 6 Dice, not sure what I'm aiming for it's for the honor of it.
>-1 STA Trigger Mountain Motion to add Resistance to Armor.
>-1 STA (If I don't get the challenge buff, Push to get +1 STA for +1 Fatigue.)Be Reckless, Attack the Hound with Wood Breaker. Longblades 2+Stamina 1+Brawn 2+Violence 2 = 7 Dice

>>5604235
>>5603727
>>5603764
"I ask you leave this hound to me."

Rolled 1, 5, 3, 5, 10, 10 = 34 (6d10)

>>5604743
"Well well, I guess we better not make the helm waiting. Lets see what we have here for now."

>>5604734
>1Sta: Move 5
>+Focus 2 on next action
>3Sta: Search pile of equipment (Cunning1+Sense2+Stam3)
>1Sta: Breathe In to recover fatigue

#Max 'Breaker', Scourge (Open-Mind, Disciplined)

RES 10
STA 5 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 1 Limit 4
Cunning 1 Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 Focus 2

Attune 2, Tactics 2

!Beacon
!Incant

[R] Shiv, 0P, Bleed 9+
[L]
[A] A thick robe
[H] Red Scarf
[Tools] Silver Needle Kit (Magnitude 1, 2+S Range) {FORCE}

>>5604796
>Bowing to the Hound
8, 1, 7, 1, 3, 2,

>Reckless Attacking the Hound
10, 2, 2, 3, 2, 10, 9

>>5604763
"Noted, By the way, might I ask what the failsafe is? Surely I could just tear open the safe door if pressed for time?"

>>5604796
Your attacking the hound should be 5 dice, you can only add two skills to a dice pool

>>5604734
I think I should be on 8 wounds this turn.

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>>5604811
A valuable thing to wonder, indeed. Their clerk was mum about it, but it's Vanadian design. So I take it some clever-cunning engineer has stuffed enough blackpowder near the springs to make a bit of a woosh. Get we the combination wrong, the insides are fire and ash. Tear we off the lid, it strikes the sparkers too. And we get ash. Shall we move the safe too much? Strikers, sparkers, ash. Fine work, for clockwork.

It won't hurt us at all, but it will dent the contents. And I rather need those.

So, the safe is Silvered, and by Accord, I cannot touch it. And should we get the combination wrong, we damage the insides a little.

If you rip the door off, it is Warded to resist. I see your Trueslivers can do fine cutting. Oh, and is ... Hm.

I could probably tell you how to use your Sunwires to do it. Might lead the energy of any failsafe elsewhere.

.

>>5604816
Associate Doc lived up to his name - he helped you before I had to tackle him away from about half a ton of cached utility.

>>5604830
If you know any Gearwrights, they could figure out he whole clicking thing. But as you can see I tend to deal in more malleble materials than metal.

Rolled 4, 5, 8, 6, 4, 3, 5, 6, 4, 1, 10, 6, 10, 4, 10, 10 = 96 (16d10)

>>5604763
>>5604830
"Very well. Keep watch to make sure this goes as smoothly as possible."

>[5] Use the list to open the safe under the guidance of the Operator (5Stamina+1Cunning+3Wiredancer 9d10)
>[1] Use wires to lightly probe the safe's mechanisms and kinetikos to redirect any extraneous mechanic's force.(1Stamina+3Wiredancer+3Kinetikos 7d10)

#Lamia, Scavenger(Stout,Energetic)
RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 1 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 2 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 1 Manipulate 1 [Energetic: Grace 2]

Wiredancer-3, Kinetikos-3, Acrobatics-1, Throwing-1, Tactics-2

[R+L] [Phaseblades] (Force 2)
[Tool] [Sunwire Filaments] (Length 3,Energy 1)

>>5604845
"Well..... I suppose it's fine to tear off the safe's door now?"

>>5603920
Cheers, Doc.

>>5604834
How soon in the turn do I have to stop bleed damage? Can I recover from terror first before rolling triage?

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>>5604845
>>5604852
Ah, that counterclockwise on the last . . .

Rolled 2, 8, 4, 1, 6, 6 = 27 (6d10)

>>5604743
>4 Sta: Move 533 333, jump down 1, 33 333
>1 Sta: Inspire my allies! Fear not! We are over half way there and are still healthy and hale! We will make it! (Authority 3 + Focus 2 + 1 Sta)
>1 Sta: Breathe in, recover 1 fatigue

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>>5604860

>>5604856
Bleeding[/b] happens at the start of your turn. If you take any action that's not a [free] one, you bleed. However:

If you attempt to Breathe In, you press down on the bleeding wounds and apply your resist as DR to the instant wound hit.

Meanwhile, if you attempt a Shake It Off, you roll. However, Bleeding counter-rolls, so it becomes opposed. Hence you have some options. Assume you're bleeding for 3. Your turn starts...

>Breathe in 3: Reduce bleed

3 Stamina, 3 Bleed blocked.

>Shake It Off, 1:

A roll of Resilience+Resist to recover, but the bleeding also rolls. With 3, it's not so bad, but it frays things. And remember, you still take 3 wounds!

>Breath in 2
>Shake It Off 1

A roll of Resi+Resist to recover, but the bleeding also rolls. But you're annulling 2 of it.

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>>5604868
Ah, d e l i g h t f u l. I see your wires conduiced the blowback.

Perhaps next time, remember to Anchor somewhere else first? Otherwise the blowback gets conducted right into you. Looks like you popped a rib. Painful, yes?

Ah but it seems my papers are in order if lightly scorched. As promised, you may have the full contents of this room! It looks like there's a gold bar or two in the safe. I congratulate you.

>>5604864
Also
>Steady: Search the stash for bits/items

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Allow me ...

Something inside Lamia shifts, clicks, reconnects, bends just so - - breathing easy again, muscles relaxed...

The rest you can manage on your own.

To my eyes I see about 17 Bits worth of detritus, Two Gold Bars, a Vanadian Shipping Manifest, the clerks Gearlock in the drawer of there and . . .The table is a little rustic for my tastes, but you might find some use for it.

Pleasure doing business with you.

Oh, and your Final Question?

>>5604916
Despite the extremely loud cracking of bone, Lamia shows no sign of being perturbed.

"I do believe I have asked all questions relevant for this task. My line of work is one where I mustn't ask more questions than is necessary. However, it seems you have knowledge in treating injuries that I may find useful, with how often I've been damaged as of late."

>>5604942
Ah, would you like to know to knit bones and mend flesh? This can be done! You need but . . . Ask and I will Teach.

>>5604949
"Yes. What is the method behind those techniques?"

>Steady: Grab the bits, gold bars, and Gearlock (And shipping manifest if that wasn't part of the documents the Operative was looking for).

Rolled 10, 8, 1, 6, 4, 6, 5, 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 9, 3, 9, 8 = 95 (16d10)

Yeh, yer 'ard, so bloody 'ard... Oi'll be back.

>>5604734
>1sta 1manipulate+2streetsmarts: Be distractingly petulant at Hound. 4d
>2sta Move 776 776
>1sta breathe in: terror
>Stop bleeding with the supplies (2d cunning roll? I don't want bits.)
>Shake Off Bleeding 11d
>Steady !Deep Reserves for 3

#Jove, Striker (Stout, Wild)
ftg 6 bld3 wnd5

RES 10
STA 6 SPD 3
React 2 Resist 1 Rebuff 1
Sense 1 Authority 2 Cunning 1
Brawn 2 Manipulate 1 Edge 2

Blades 2 Gearwright 1 Unarmed 1 Streetsmarts 2

!Deep Reserves
!Flourish

[R] Messer, OW, crits bleed
[H] Pressed Helmet, Barrier 2
[Tools] Boostgear, 9 bits

Rolled 1, 6, 9, 2, 4, 1, 10, 3 = 36 (8d10)

>>5604734

"Sorry Boss, you haven't a heart here. Now lets get that bit out of you and stich you up before you flow all over the place".

>Move adjacent to Agent Ink and Breaker
>Perform backstreet surgery on Agent Ink with both of the tools at my disposal, putting the arrowhead into my pocket and stitching Ink up with the silver needle, full of binding power. [Academics 2 + Focus 2 + 4 Stamina] Use Focus to make sure nothing is left behind.

"I could quench the fire's rage with hastily spilled blood, but I fret we haven't the time for such base alchemy".

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Doing good, people. I've got a bandolier refill here and this crosslock is workable. Anyone want a suit of armour? I got it for Toby and some of the others what haven't shown just yet. Mite heavy but it's good to--

>>5605004
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH---- And it doesn't hurt so much now. I think you got it? Doc, you're a lifesaver. Good work!

>>5604856
>>5604877
Sorry Jove. I'd stich you up but my needle's busy with a different hole. I'll try to get you next time.

Rolled 9, 8, 9, 3, 4, 2, 1, 6 = 42 (8d10)

>>5604734
There are two wolves within me, one wants to go fight that giant knight, one wants to pick over all this cool /stuff/. Ahh, but the handler with the whip says we need secure the route forwards.

> 1STA: Breathe In
> 2STA: Move 11 and vault! then move 7 1+2+2d10 Spear/Acrobatics
> 1STA:Move 111
> 1STA Redirect Incoming, there's three seekers that might shoot me.1+2+3d10
> Acrobatic Prep! 2+3d10 Acrobatics/Speed (dodge?)