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>>5787489
As the dawn breaks above, our company approaches Glimmervelt, a remote mining settlement nestled into the foothills.
Only a desolate husk remains, the blackened skeleton the town hall is silhouetted against the horizon.
The commander orders the men to a halt, the scouts are urged forward.

[WHILE WE WAIT, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF LANTERN]

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of __
=Equipment=
Hand1:
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- __
- __
=Tricks=
! __
! __

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>>5787490
A solemn silence pervades, briefly broken as the mellow whistle of the wind spins a meandering melody.

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

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

>>5787491

>spear
>dancing steps, impale

>dog, field kit

I have no idea if what I selected makes sense

>>5787490
"I'm Guang and I'm a [Blade-12] adept. This is not my first foray to bring the light and I hope it won't be my last."
>>5787491
>I use [Both hands] to wield mine. 'Too big' for some to even call it a sword. 'Heavy', 'Thick', 'Rough' even some called it a hunk of iron. But to the blacksmith who made it I called it a perfect blade for me to slay the evils in the dark.
>I also bring with me a [Belt Lantern] to make sure we don't lose our way.
"Anyone else?"
=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Blades-12
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of __
=Equipment=
Hand1: Wyrmkiller Sword
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
=Tricks=
!Counterthrust
!Ghoststeps

>>5787534

I’ll support this anon since he seems to know the system

>>5787570
>>5787508
Oh friend it's worse than that. So much worse. You see, in this sort of place, everyone picks . . . Their own sort of explorer.

Think of it as a sort of boardgames, where every player makes some choices. Here, you are monster hunters of a kind, chasing dread things in the dark. So while Guang-An Woo there appears to bring a sword, you might actually make a unit for yourself and bring a spear.

And then there'd be two of you, taking actions, planning things, getting murdered. That last part happens more often than one would think. We call it a Skirmish. It's a multiplayer quest! You'd take actions, and then the QM updates what is usually a map consistently, and the action plays out.

Now as for participating, let me see about finding myself a little as well. This looks ... interesting.

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>>5787508
Don't sweat it.
You did great, though you may want to choose a name for yourself too.

>>5787534
Ah, Excellent news..
Nasty looking chopper you have there Lantern.
I suspect you'll find work for it soon.

>>5787491
They call me the Boulder. I have not fought these shadows before, but they will fall like anything else that would try to block my path.
>Path of the Mace

>Steel Skin
>Shardsoul
>>Leviathan Scale

>Both Hands!
>Belt Lantern

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Mace
=Equipment=
Hand1: Giant Mace
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
=Tricks=
! Steel Skin
! Shard Soul
!! Leviathan Scale

>>5787599
Oh, I called Woo slowpoke when *obviously* the real prodder is someone else. I'm not even sure how to bandage a rock. Do you... Do you bleed dust or gravel or how does that square off.

>>5787604
Don't worry. I do not bleed.

>>5787605
Even better! And very impressive. I got stabbed once and I bleed a lot.

>>5787605
>>5787599
>>5787508
But it seems none of us have a shield. Is... Is that not a little unwise? You brought big hammer and large swords.

Okay, I get it: You three up front, I'll round up the rear with a torch. But not too far in the rear because frankly that seems dangerous too.

Hm, let me try something...

>>5787490
>>5787491
>Be me
>Study the Daggers
>Pick up a Shard (Shard Soul, and acquire a Gleamsprite with the Slot)
>Study how to Brawl, properly, like (Offhander)

For kit, here in Glimmervelt, I think I will pack . . .
>Field Kits
Because there might be survivors who need our help, and if Woo is up front, he certainly will need patching up! Don't get stabbed now, slowpoke!

The frontline is too dangerous, and the rear is too dark. So I will bring a Glowstone. I would bring mechanical equipment but I think the old multitools will serve fine to defuse the iron teeth someone else leaves lying about.

>Grab a Glowstone

... Oh I don't like how this feels when you have two of them so close to each other. It makes my teeth itch. Every time I blink I see sparks.

=Montosi=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10 - Brawl-10 - Notice-10
Way of Daggers-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Unlit torch
Hand2:
Belt: Daggers
==Inventory==
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Multitool
- Field Kit, Medicine 10
- Glowstone (Malf 17-18)
- Gleamsprite (Malf 17-18)
=Tricks=
!Offhander
!Shardsoul

>>5787613
A shield is softer than my skin. It seemed superfluous.

>>5787648
You do have a very gritty countenance, rock feet. I hope you've got the stones to match.

Sorry, I get droll when I get nervous and the blackened sites of former buildings make me lose my marbles. I mean. . . Some other non-rock based pun.

>>5787652
Eh, I've been around the block. Don't have a chip on my shoulders about it.

>>5787657
Well I guess the shadows will have one heck of a wall to fight today.

>>5787657
That's the spirit, flakefingers. Do you think it's bad out there? If they burned the town hall, maybe that distracted everyone and all the villagers made it to safety.

>>5787534
You've done this sort of thing before. How frightful is it going to get in the dark?

>>5787681
I certainly hope they got out. The shadows hate light, right? a large fire should have given them pause.

>>5787681
I suggest holding on to your lantern. Don't lose it. Though the dark is repulsed by the light they aren't afraid of it. Simply unsettled. Salt however. They are like slugs when that happens. But to actually answer your question. As long as we stick together and support each other. Slightly frightful. If alone though? 'Terrorizing' is the word I think.

>>5787687
>>5787696
There's a thought like a landslide. We should investigate the burnt ruins of the town hall. Maybe the village alderman or the mine foreman or someone set it alight to draw the Nightgaunts, then then buy their kin time to escape.

>>5787696
I only have a small lantern, with a flickering light. But I can hold a torch and throw salt with the best of them!

So it sounds like I'll be right behind you...

>>5787712
As long as you can cover my rear for anything that wants to slip a quick one in my back you are welcome to.

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>>5787624
What a marvelous trove of soul-stained curiosities you've amassed.
Uh, are they supposed to be vibrating and whining like that?
Ah, yes? Harmless? Just singing?
Are you sure? They appear to have escalated to sparking and flickering in out of reality?
Riiiight, well... I'll take this as my cue to stand over there - behind that rocky outcropping.

>>5787599
Quite the apt moniker, my granite-skinned friend.
You practically radiate with the impacable majesty of the fearsome Leviathans.
With you by our side the terrors of the night will scatter like errant dust before us.

>>5787745
The avalanche has already began. It is too late for the pebbles on the way.

>>5787745
>>5787749
Did you perhaps mean a landslide?

There are a bunch of terms in those pictures that have no definition. What is Force? Margin? Armor DR? Excess?
What is call supposed to be if you don't pick Deadly?
What"s with all these "minus 2" rolls in the paths section?

Also, why does every skirmish picture out there insist on handwriting things and making them harder to read? Must you absolutely cram it all into one page? Is there a dare, a prize perhaps? ^^
i may join this and bring the ol' sword and board, but I'll take a look at older threads and see how this even plays out first.

>>5787491
We fight together. We win together.
...
Friends... where are your shields? They're standard issue.

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
-Multitool
-3 Torches
-2 Bandages
-2 Salt
-Bulwark
-Massproduced Plate
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>>5787762
This is mostly because these are actual old sheets that have quite few informations either missing or not there yet. Not to worry! You will get answers soon. p.s. I do believe the one running this is not your usual CompanyCommand :)

No worries, you'll get your answers very soon.

>>5787759
Perhaps.

>>5787762
It won’t help, because for this particular little expedition the obscurantism is a stylistic choice - you learn how it works by interaction. I’m not saying this is an optimal way to do your rules, yet it’s how it works around here. Characters get a 1 AP “Understand” action to ask questions, which is how you pick things up quickly. You’re sort of supposed to operate under a veil.

That all said I think I get the hang of it, so what I can offer is this:

Force is physical force. It moves things and tends to knock stuff around.

Margin is margin. Err. Roll 3d6 vs 10? Get 8? You’ll have 2 margin positive. Get 12? Two margin negative. A lot of underlying systems stuff treats the margin as relevant for decisions and outcomes. It’s a lot worse to roll vs 6 and get 16, a failure by 10, than to roll against 15 and get 16, a failure by one.

Armor and DR knocks damage down. So DR 1, take 5, actual injury is 4. It has some other uses too, because obviously if an environmental hazard is 1 per tile you won’t notice in armor. It sometimes gets dangerous because it the DR acts as a penalty instead. Swimming in heavy armor is hard. Most basic attacks do 1d6 dmg, so a little armor goes a long way.

Excess is generally what’s left after something resolves to a minimum. If you attack someone with 6 HP, deal 10 damage, your excess is 4. This is kinda useful when dealing with crowds.

The Paths all allow flourishes, by taking a skill penalty. So Blade rolled at -2 is a cut that also inflicts Bleeding (Bleeding being a condition that hits people for more loss later). So you trade skill for flourish. Attack at 3d6 vs 12 or 3d6 vs 10, and inflict bleed.

Incidentally that’s how the basic Iron Circle works too. You can take a skill penalty to alter the attack. So it’s -2 to step and strike, -4 to step twice and strike, -6 to step, +2 dmg, bleed with a sword.

Which is why your AP can add +1 hit. So roll once against 15, or once against 12 but with +3 dmg. Or twice against 12 for 6 AP.

Higher skill and modifiers from morale and friends make you a lot deadlier. Someone with Blade 14 basically gets a “free” step contra someone with skill 12.

Oh, as for Deadly, it makes called strikes easier. It’s -3 to hit something small, like a hand. But it’s -2 if you’re deadly. And -6 for an eye. Or -4 if someone is deadly.

Usually stabbing things in the vulnerable spot multiplies damage or avoids their armor.

>>5787783
>-4 to step twice and strike
You can step more than once? Is there a max to this?

>>5787491
=Armee's Stats=
AP 6 | Vit 12 | Focus 12
Grit 4 | Reaction 7
Speed 3 | Gear [12]
=Armee's Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of The Spear: 1d6 Pierce, Reach 2
{Lunge}: -2 Penalty, +1 Reach
{Puncture}: -2 Penalty, Hit Reach Tiles
=Armee's Equipment=
Hand1: [Spear]
Hand2: [Multitool]
==Armee's Inventory==
- [Mutlitool]
- [3 Torches]
- [2 Bandages]
- [2 Bags of Salt]
- [Belt Lantern]
- [Dash System]
=Armee's Tricks=
! Slippery
! Grace

Be as intangible as light then burn as bright as it.
Pleasure to make your acquaintance, fellow Soldats.

>>5787771
Thank the Sun, someone with a shield! And a grasp of rudimentary tactics. Does it come with a helping of common sense? If so you might be my new favorite friend!

Let's see about this here scribe kit. We have . . .

=Little Lights=
1 - Guang-An Woo
- Blades, Both Hands, Lantern

2 - Boulder
- Mace, Both Hands, Lantern, Leviathan Scale

3 - Montosi
- Dagger, Field Kit, Gleamsprite, Glowstone

4 - Scrysoc
- Spear, Plate, Bulwark (Leader and Tactician)

5 - (___)
- Spear, Little Friend (Dog), Field Kit

>>5787791
How good is your footwork, and how worried are you about tangling yourself in the scrub, your cloak or your armor? I might be all sorts of wrong, but I don't think there's anything that impedes your ability to step more than once. Excepting that doing so and attacking and defending all in one flash of brilliance gets kind of complicated.

For a showing of 12 Skill, stepping twice is -4! You're rolling against 8. And do keep in mind that failing by a lot is ... Well it might mean you trip, I think. Or accidentally step in a malign direction, such as into a pit.

But as far as I know, the benefits of formation fighting, like hiding behind Scrysoc, is if you have a sword and he's in the way, you step - strike - step back as one action. You'd still be behind him. The attack is just so quick its easily warded off.

OH! And . . . Sometimes? Lanterns get cunning and try to do something that doesn't have a listed roll, and then giggle and think that they can step 6 tiles, and make no roll at -12, and thus sprint about the place. But that's actually one roll against your basic footwork skill from your Path, and failing it probably means you trip in your cloak. I wouldn't try it.

> way of the blade
> tenacity, hark!
> lantern, dashsystem
> con the quartermaster out of an extra sword

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand, Brawl, Notice-10
Way of the Blade-12
=Equipment=
Hands: Dual Curved Swords
==Inventory==
-Dashsystem
-Lantern
=Tricks=
!Tenacity
!Hark!

>>5787783
Reading the beginning twice, while I understand the need for obscurantism as a stylistic choice, the fact that this is a roll under system and not a roll above is not specified anywhere, I believe.
And DR means...?
Excess is just a fancy way of saying overkill/extra damage.

Oh, okay, called strikes are lifted from the Battletech stuff, where aiming for parts is important, right? I think i saw something like that one of the games.
So AP burn gives you best of two, not an extra attack?
I just deleted a line about called shots because I got confused by roll under, again. Why is it like that, anyway? Making things harder due to dice not being able to roll 0?

>>5787816
>roll under system
My understanding is that it's roughly based on GURPS, which is also a 3d6 roll under system.
>DR means
Damage resistance (or perhaps reduction?). It negates its value in damage, every time you get damaged -- very useful for not dying!
>called strikes
Aiming for parts is kind of important, in that it allows you to inflict injuries that reduce the combat effectiveness of your foes, but its not necessary. You can usually just whack things until they die.
(just use your best judgement when calling shots. aiming for legs harms their ability to run and dodge, aiming for arms harms their ability to attack and block, and aiming for the head leads to devastating strikes)
>AP burn
If you mean the iron circle maneuver, it really does give you an extra attack. Wow! This way you can apply your cool attacking effects to just one attacking instance and save your AP for what *really* matters (which is killing more foes).

>>5787816
DR is usually damage resistance, or who you'll need to visit once you get stabbed.

And actually AP burn would give you multiple attacks. Each attack costs 3 AP, so with 6 AP you can attack twice. But it's all sort of a personal choice? It ties in a lot to what you do and what you're up against. Because maybe you need to move, or run, or prepare something.

Let me maybe take a slide back and start from somewhere else.

You have 6 AP, and spend 3 to commit to an attack. So you roll against your Path skill. Sometimes this is modified by things being harder or easier to reach, or more or less in cover, or what have you.

Let's say you have a sword. You do one attack against 12 by spending 3 AP. But you could also do 1 attack against 10, and then your attack gets that Bleed modifier (which is at -2). Or you can spend 5 AP on the attack, because it's 3 to attack, 2 to add +2, then use Bleed at full skill. Sometimes you're struggling against many weak enemies, so one attack is plenty per enemy and you want to attack a lot. So you'd make multiple attacks. Some spritelings or monsters aren't individually that strong.

But maybe you're fighting against an enemy who has a shield, or perhaps heavy armor? So you spend 3 AP to attack. You still have 3 AP. You can attack again. That's two attacks this turn. Or you can spend your 3 AP to boost one attack. This is where we wander off into the space of it being a personal choice. Because maybe one attack against 12+3 = 15, is what you need. In a bad situation where there's maybe a penalty or two, you're almost guaranteed to hit, being about 90% accuracy. Maybe the enemy is weak, but really fast and hard to hit?

But maybe your target has heavy armor. Scrysoc there has plate, so he has 2 DR, right? If you hit him, there's a chance your attack will bounce clean off. So maaaayybeee you want to wind up, and use the iron circle to attack once against 9. Or put differently: 3 AP to attack once, skill 12, +3 damage for -3 skill, 1 roll vs 9.

On a normal turn you can do that two times. Because it's 3 AP per attack. But rolling against skill 9 on 3d6 doesn't always work so well, so maybe you want to spend your other AP to boost that. Or maybe you need to move to reach your target. But you'd also want to Defend, which costs 3 AP and makes sure you're a lot harder to kill.

Choices, choices.

But you might want to even be sort of clever? Maybe you make one attack against skill 12, and then one attack immediately against skill 9 where you try to stab someone in the leg (Called, Leg, -3). Maybe the beast you're fighting has a heavily armored body . . . Except for the leg? Maybe your first attack throws it off a little and gives you an opening. That happens.

It feels perhaps complicated, but it's rather easy to think of in the moment. And yeah, I suppose you might think of it as battle tech. Stabbing something in the leg also often slows it down, the arm can disable a weapon, all these little additionals.

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Hours slip by, the scouting party returns to camp leaden-faced and visibly tense.
With hushed hisses and agitated gesticulation, they privately convene with the Commander.
After a lengthy exchange, the company receives a formal address.
Glimmervelt lies empty. In disarray, yet unplundered and bereft of corpses.
Very few things could depopulate such a sizable township without leaving behind definitive traces, all of which the Lanternlights were founded to rebuff.
With sunlight in despairingly limited supply, Command has settled on performing an exhaustive search.
The Company will be split into squads which will comb the surrounding wilderness until nightfall whereupon they are advised to regroup at the encampment.
Of particular interest are the natural caverns which honeycomb this region, and the mineshafts for which the town is known.
Our mission is seek out and neutralize the cause of this calamity, and recover any survivors which may yet live.
Your squad is assigned to explore a winding series of mineshafts which by all indications was majorly trafficked and being actively exploited before the townspeople vanished.

[LIGHT PHASE, REFLECT, QUERY, PRODE AT THE DARK.]
[However. Time is not on your side. You have a job to do. Dread the night.]

[If you join late, you may act from the displayed position of any other player.]

Rolled 4, 5, 6 = 15 (3d6)

>>5787970
Ooh, that's dark. Give me a sec.
>3ap major: Swap spear with torch
Alright. Hustle up, we need to take up as much ground as possible before sunset.
If you've got a free hand, you can hold a torch. I'm talking to you, Armee, Ernhard, and, um... Dogface.
>move 222
>1ap minor + 2ap: hang on, do we even know what we're going up against? (10 understand + 2)


=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Leader-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Spear
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
-Multitool
-3 Torches
-2 Bandages
-2 Salt
-Bulwark
-Massproduced Plate
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

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

>>5787970
>5 AP: Move 1NW, 1N, 4NW
>1 AP: Keep my eyes open for anything that moves in the dark (10 notice)
"Stay behind me little people. I will protect you."

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 1 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Leviathan Scale-11
Way of the Mace-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Giant Mace
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
- Leviathan Scale
=Tricks=
! Steel Skin
! Shard Soul

>>5788034
Err, I meant
>5 AP: Move 1NE, 1N, 4NE
if I can fix my movement

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

>>5787970
>Move 222
>2AP: Move 22
>1AP: Look around a bit look for clue with my lantern (Understand-10)
>3AP: Major Ghoststeps Parry with Wyrmkiller direction 1

>>5787845
"Montosi? Can you light a brazier on our way so we don't get lost.?"

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Blades-12
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of __
=Equipment=
Hand1: Wyrmkiller Sword
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
=Tricks=
!Counterthrust
!Ghoststeps

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

>>5788026
I won't need to cut at anything, surely. I'll grab a torch as well. I'll be right by you, Scrysoc!

>>5788034
Right, dust step. Right behind you. You do your . . . big stomping stuff.

Scrysoc, Boulder, this path might veer off into smaller tunnels. If we're looking for something, it might be down them. Or we go in, and then they flank us. Don't get too far ahead. I think we can block off any tunnels that look awful. I just need time to work!

>>5787815
>>5787800
Armee, Ernhard, I have an idea. Can one of you get the boards into this mine wagon? If we light it on fire, then bring the wagon with us, we have more light for a short while.

>Move 222 (Speed 3)
>Minor: Pet dog 6. Good boy. You smell anything?
>Minor: Put a knife in my belt so I have a hand free
>Minor: Get a torch out with this hand

>Minor, Glowstone. Light torch (Skill 11, 1d3fire)
>2 Minor. Confer with the others. Is it likely something we seek hide in the side tunnels? What might we be up against? (Understand-11)

=Montosi=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10 - Brawl-10 - Notice-10
Way of Daggers-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Torch
Hand2: Dagger
Belt: Dagger
==Inventory==
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Multitool
- Field Kit, Medicine 10
- Glowstone (Malf 17-18)
- Gleamsprite (Malf 17-18)
=Tricks=
!Offhander
!Shardsoul

>>5788041
Just the very thought I had, Wyrmhunter. We'll pile the mining detritus in the shaft wagon, then I'll light it. It won't last forever, but it'll give us some light.

Maybe tell us if the miners left in a hurry.

Rolled 6, 5, 6, 6 = 23 (4d6)

>>5787491
Alright, sword and board it is and let's see where this takes us!
Not sure how much Focus matters. I saw some other sheets from the archived threads that let you convert it into AP or health, but not sure that applies here? On the other hand, I want to hold the line, and Terror would be an issue, no matter how rare. So I'll hold, though I do worry about staying power.

>>5787970
*Begin at Scrysoc's position*
>3 speed: move 112
>2AP: move 12
>1+1AP examine the junction through torchlight (minor)
>1+1 AP Brace with Bulwark in direction 1 (minor)
"Sword at his side in favor of a torch, and shield at the ready, Theudric ventures into the northernmost junction at a hastened pace. If there's company to be had, best ruin the surprise while they have plentiful torchlight."

I have no clue if my action economy is correct, but let's go! Also, should DR be included in the stats somewhere? Also, I have no clue how much one is supposed to roll, so I'll go with one dice per AP that wasn't spent on walking, since that seems unnecessary.

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12
Shield-14
=Equipment=
Hand1: Torch
Hand2: Bulwark Shield
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Mass-produced Plate
- Bulwark
- Broadsword
=Tricks=
! Tactician
! Stand Against

>>5788069
>I have no clue how much one is supposed to roll, so I'll go with one dice per AP that wasn't spent on walking, since that seems unnecessary.
It's 3d6 per action, roll under. So examining the junction would roll a 3d6 (and critfail with your 6,5,6) block wouldn't roll anything until you get attacked which might not happen. You're good though, you rolled enough dice anyway!

>>5788075
>critfail the first roll by being one point off the worst possible roll
Welp, might as well get this one out of the way now. I'm here to tank, not scout, apparently. Very glad I went shield.
Also, not my first Skirm, but possibly my first Company Command one.

Rolled 6, 4, 5, 1, 3, 2 = 21 (6d6)

>>5787970
=Armee's Stats=
AP 6 | Vit 12 | Focus 12
Grit 4 | Reaction 7
Speed 3 | Gear [12]
=Armee's Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of The Spear-11: 1d6 Pierce, Reach 2
{Lunge}: -2 Penalty, +1 Reach
{Puncture}: -2 Penalty, Hit Reach Tiles
=Armee's Equipment=
Hand1: [Spear]
Hand2:
==Armee's Inventory==
- [Mutlitool]
- [3 Torches]
- [2 Bandages]
- [2 Bags of Salt]
- [Belt Lantern]
- [Dash System]
=Armee's Tricks=
! Slippery
! Grace

>Step 6
>Move 6
>3 AP, Major: Grab a plank of wood
>Move 3, 3
>3 AP, Major: Drop the plank of wood into the wagon

>>5788045
Aye, a good idea.

>>5788100
Great work, Armee! I'll get that lit up right as we are.

>>5788080
>>5788069
I think the trick to Focus this time around is that it wards you passively against horrors. So you roll your Focus when something horrifying occurs. Everyone might have the same 12, but there's differences for how close you are to the horror and so on, how wounded someone is, all that.

I'm still fairly confident your Focus still allows you to push yourself by spending it for 1 AP. And I'm also fairly confident that you can Focus on a task as a minor or major action and then get a bonus to do it by rolling against your Focus. Sort of like Notice and Understanding but for zeroing in on something then doing it. But I think it requires a little gradual experimentation, potentially the blessing of the sun or the light. Maybe it only works in adrenaline soaked melee combat, of which we're finding little in these mines so far. Also I imagine if you do that, you won't be as able to do other things.

And the dice rolls are 3d6 per discreet action. Somewhat interestingly, you did in fact roll enough dice. Nice!

And another shield? Fantastic. How about I stay well behind you. Not having a shield make someone frightfully too easy to stab to death.

Rolled 2, 1, 2 = 5 (3d3)

>>5787970
I am yet a humble queen, but in the cold dark, I shall gather up my hive and find glory.

>Spawn on Scrysoc
>Move 22
>3 AP: Apply [tox] to Axe (3d3)
>3 AP: Block

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Axe
=Equipment=
Hand1: Axe
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
- Bulwark
- Beltlantern
=Tricks=
!Shardsoul
!!Wasphive - 11
!Sixth Sense

>>5788045
Don't think it's worth pushing this around, but let's set it up at the entrance here. We can light it if we need to run.

Let's set another pile up ahead! I think this'll do for here and I see barrels in the darkness.

> Minor, sheathe
> Move 1 and grab a double armful of wood
> Minor, dump it in the cart

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Findin', Fightin', Figurin'-10
Way of the Blade-12
=Equipment=
Hand1: Just One Straight Sword (sheathed)
Hand2: Sadly Empty
==Inventory==
-Dashsystem
-Lantern
=Tricks=
!Tenacity
!Hark!

>>5788195
I take your point. It would be a good guard for our backs. If this is indeed a central tunnel, with branching pathways, then a pile here and one deeper in would be quite useful.

I'll pile up some wood nearer the depth, then.

Ortus

>>5787970
>Deploy on Scrysoc
>move 1,2,2
>Major Action: Block (14) to the 2.
>Major Action: Invoke/Pray (?): Pray to the Sun to illuminate our foes that we might find them and gain Glory through vanquishing them.

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

=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear - 11
Way of the Shield - 14

=Equipment=
Hand1: Shield
Hand2: Spear

==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Bulwark
- Masscast Plate

=Tricks=
!Steel Skin
!Tactician

Rolled 1, 5, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6 = 38 (9d6)

>>5787970
>Erinas appears besides the nameless one. How long have they been there?

>{2AP} Think: Windsoul allows for extra attachments on my arrows. What kind of supplies did I bring for that...? (Meta questions: What sorts of things can be done with Windsoul's Major action besides the three listed? And does it require any actual resources, or is it just free?) [Understanding 10]
>{1AP} Think: What were they mining down here? It may be a problem if it's something flammable... [Understanding 10]
>{Speed 3} Move 33
(I really hope I'm doing this right.)


=Name=
Erinas
=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Greatbow (Bow + Both Hands!)
Hand2: {Occupied}
==Inventory==
- Mulitool
- Torch x3
- Bandage x2
- Bag of Salt x2
- {P}Both Hands!
- {P}Windsoul
=Tricks=
! Snipe
! Ineffable Edge

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

>>5788254

=Little Lights=
1 - Guang-An Woo
- Blades, Both Hands, Lantern

2 - Boulder
- Mace, Both Hands, Lantern (Shard: Leviathan Scale)
*Steel Skin, DR 1

3 - Montosi
- Dagger, Field Kit, Shard: (Gleamsprite, Glowstone)

4 - Scrysoc
- Spear, Plate, Bulwark (Leader and Tactician)

5 - (___)
- Spear, Little Friend (Dog), Field Kit

6 - Armee
- Spear, Lantern, Dash System

7 - Ernhard
- Blade, Lantern, Dash System

8 - Theudric
- Blade, Plate, Bulwark (Tactician)
DR 2

9 - Whitley
- Axe, Bulwark, Lantern (Shard: Wasp)

10 - Ortus
- Spear, Plate, Bulwark (Tactician)
*Steelskin, Plate. DR 3

11 - Erinas
- Bow, Both Hands, Windsoul

Well. I say.
With this many tactically minded lanterns stumbling in the dark, I think we well have local superiority. Perhaps we should pair up and check the side passages, when we find them.

>>5787970
>>5788261
(Edit: Movement should be 22. Oops.)

>>5787970
“Contingency planning is a go, boss.”

>Spawn anywhere with room and light
>Rig (but don’t place) a 6 AP Jaws of Steel trap, pressure trigger, set to disperse a bag of salt (-1 bag) and nasty sharps (Windsoul gear)

=Isol=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 10
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2: Bow
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 1 Bag of Salt
- Windsoul
- Jaws of Steel
- Salt + Ballbearing IED 6d3
=Tricks=
!Phantom Paths
!Dancing Steps

>>5787970
>Deploy on Armee
>3! Set Eager's behavior: Return to me if no task
>3! Tell Eager: Seek danger, bark at danger, do not bite danger
>Move 222

=Ready=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Windsoul
- Little Friend (dog), "Eager": Return if no task. Seeking, barking, not biting
=Tricks=
! Offhander
! Beatdown

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> Windsoul allows for extra attachments on my arrows. What kind of supplies did I bring for that...? (Meta questions: What sorts of things can be done with Windsoul's Major action besides the three listed? And does it require any actual resources, or is it just free?
The MAJOR action of Windsoul allows you to add 1 point of [anything] to your arrow for free. That’s its utility. Instead of spending gear you spend actions.
Maybe you tie a bell to the end to distract opponents.
Maybe you attach a small pouch of flour that’ll burst on impact.
Maybe you attach a high visibility marker to help allies spot the enemy in the dark.
Where did you get the bell, flour, or marker? Tricks of the trade. Don’t worry about it.
However, as a mechanical concession, none of these items can be retrieved. No infinite gear glitch, sorry.

>>5788981
At this junction, I should explain the terrain.
You may notice that some hexes have lines of dots along their perimeter, or that some hexes are innately darker than others (ignoring lighting effects).
The lighter a tile is colored the more elevated it is, the dot lines denote transition points between elevations.
In this map there will only be slopes, which is to say no tile will be more than 1 [level] higher than its neighbor.

> =What does this mean for me=
+ Firing a ranged weapon from elevation above your target grants an accuracy bonus equal to the difference in elevation between the two of you.
+ Walking down a slope does not cost movement (speed or AP) to do. It's free.
+ Walking up a slope costs 2 movement (speed or AP) to do.

>>5788887
Sorry for missing you.
Feel free to make your next action.
I'll shadow-process the one you've already made.

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

Ortus

>>5788981
>0AP - drop spear
>1AP - wield multi-tool
>3AP, 4 Focus - fashion an improvised torch necklace
>1AP - Holster multi-tool
>1AP - Retrieve Spear
>Move 2,1,1 into the dark

Ortus caught the hint of glory glinting in the darkness. Sadly, there was too much darkness and not enough light in this Sun-forsaken mine. To remedy this, Ortus pulled out his multi-tool, popped the top rims off of two of the barrels, and crimped them into a back mounted torch bracket.

Thus armed, Ortus advanced into the darkness.

"Could someone put a torch in the slot and light me up?".


-------------------------

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 8/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear - 11
Way of the Shield - 14

=Equipment=
Hand1: Shield
Hand2: Spear
Back Torch:
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Bulwark
- Masscast Plate

=Tricks=
!Steel Skin
!Tactician

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

>>5788981
Mmh. Dead end.
>move 6
>major 3ap: inspire allies (vs 11 leader)
Friends. Lanterns. Remember that in yon narrow path, a thousand may well be stopped by three. My eyes aren't quiite what they used to be, but I count well more than three among our ranks.
Understand? Of course. Now press on!
>move 61
>major 3ap: block facing 6
Someone cover the right side. With all hopes we can advance as a shield wall.


=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Shield-14
Leader-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Torch
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
-Multitool
-2 Torches
-2 Bandages
-2 Salt
-Spear
-Bulwark
-Massproduced Plate
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>>5789036
I think that might burn you terribly. I'll do it if you're certain, but I fear you're neither sun nor fireproof.

Also, mind the slopes everyone. It's apt that someone would tumble down it and have themselves a harder time getting back up.

Perhaps...

>>5788887
>>5788563
>>5788294
You three, windsteps. I wouldn't think we need it now. But your ropes? It could tie to a support and make traversing up the slope a little less problematic for any with a spare hand. Maybe there are worse slopes somewhere within. Mines have that. Slopes and slipperies.

I fear the soil in here might be loose and skid underfoot. It'd be just the thing to cause a worry.

>>5788195
>>5788100
Thanks for the help with this cart. Now we have a fallback, keep the opening clear. I think I have an idea for how to make it work in our favor, too.

We'll throw some oil on it. Then later, we need but add a match and it's a blaze! Anyone brought some lamp-oil?

( . . . I knew this whole thing was a speculative attack on the coal miner conglomerates. I bet its Union activity, and the whole thing is an attempt to rig the import business. What burns? Coal, fellas, and if you cut of Glimmervelt from supplying or devouring coal, you flood the market with cheaper produce. Someone, somewhere is trying to play chaos with commodities for coin! The most invisible of all threats is the hand of the market, I tell you! )

>>5789079
"I would choose the burning light over the cold darkness. So slot the torch, kindle the blaze, and put to the test that which I have forged. Let us advance together in this azure darkness.".

"Oh, and if you see any glittering like snowfall in moonlight, hit the ground. Could be coal dust which will burn and explode. Too fast to run away. All you can do is prostrate and pray".

>>5789098
" Explosions don't frighten me much, I've played cards with the quartermaster. Besides, I have pretty good reflexes. If it all goes woosh, I'll be *behind you*. You're a brawny sort, you can take it, surely.

I'll give you a hand, then. And rather conveniently I have a lit torch just here! "

>>5789107
Thank you soldier.

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

>>5788981
>Move 1
>1! Look inside barrels Ortus broke
>3! Prepare Bleeder arrow
>2! Peer 2-ward of the northmost pile of dirt. Is that a narrow passage? vs Notice 10+1

=Ready=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Windsoul
- Little Friend (dog), "Eager": Return if no task. Seeking, barking, not biting
=Tricks=
! Offhander
! Beatdown

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

>>5788981
>1 ap: Try to locate whatever moved in the dark again (Notice 10)
>4 ap: Aim and Throw a barrel at my best guess of that thing's location (Leviathan Scale 11)
>1 ap: Move 1NW 1N
"I am with you Scry. They will not get past us."

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 1 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Leviathan Scale-11 (Malfunction 17-18)
Way of the Mace-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Giant Mace
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
- Leviathan Scale
=Tricks=
! Steel Skin
! Shard Soul

>>5788981
>Move: 1, 2
>3AP: Light a torch and roll it down the slope (-1 Torch, 2 left)
>3AP: Ghoststeps parry facing the slope with Wyrmkiller

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Blades-12
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of __
=Equipment=
Hand1&2: Wyrmkiller Sword
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
=Tricks=
!Counterthrust
!Ghoststeps

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

>>5788981
>Move 2 2
>6 AP - !Sixth Sense - What prowls in the dark, this ominous night?

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Axe
=Equipment=
Hand1: Axe
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
- Bulwark
- Beltlantern
=Tricks=
!Shardsoul
!!Wasphive - 11
!Sixth Sense

>>5788981
>{Speed 3} Move 22
>{3AP} Prepare a fire arrow

=Name=
Erinas
=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Greatbow
Hand2: {Occupied}
==Inventory==
- Mulitool
- Torch x3
- Bandage x2
- Bag of Salt x2
- {P}Both Hands!
- {P}Windsoul
=Tricks=
! Snipe
! Ineffable Edge

Rolled 6, 4, 5 = 15 (3d6)

>>5788563
" Isol, you have a knack for clicking gears. Can you rig up a spark-striker to strike the oil and wood in this wagon, if something awful happens nearby? "

>>5788981
>1AP, 1Gear: Douse the wood and wagon to the 4 in oil, for quick lighting later (Carefully! My knuckles are rather singed)
>3Speed: Move 2, 2, 2

>2AP, Step 1, then 1 (Surely I can fit beside this remaining rock, now that Boulder has cleared some away?)

>1AP: Hold my torch up high
>2AP: Flare the torch with fire, brief and bright, until the torch is ash. If Ortus spoke a prayer, we should honor it with fire. Here, little torch, be a beautiful and brief brightness for us, if you can, before you are ash. (Glowstone:12)

" I thought it was a fine speech, Scrysoc. Boulder has your right, Guang is your left, and I am right here with six more friends besides! Little lights, shining, in the wavering dark.

It's only shadows and miners dust, the very things that cities are made of. And cities. . . Are full of light! "

( And perhaps rampant coal price speculations, but Montosi opts not to voice that thought. What did the commodities exchange ever accomplish but tie the price of lumber to the cost of grain, and how was that a boon to anyone? )

>>5789036
" Sorry Ortus, I cannot quite reach you this time - but Guang has put a torch down the slope with you. Perhaps...? "

=Montosi=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [11]
=Skills=
Understand-10 - Brawl-10 - Notice-10
Way of Daggers-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Torch
Hand2: Dagger
Belt: Dagger
==Inventory==
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Multitool
- Field Kit, Medicine 10
- Glowstone (Malf 17-18)
- Gleamsprite (Malf 17-18)
=Tricks=
!Offhander
!Shardsoul

>>5789486
" Anyone else smell... smoke? Ufh, s-sorry. Got a sudden chill. "

Rolled 3, 6, 5, 2, 5, 5, 4, 4, 5 = 39 (9d6)

>>5788981
A bit too quiet, eh? How’s an entire village going to up and disappear without a trace?

>Move 3
>3AP Activate Phantom Paths
>1AP Inspect my surroundings. Who or what came through here before us? Footprints? Scratches? Which way? Notice 10, rolling 3x keep best.
>2AP Rig and store a bear trap, pressure activated and looking to immobilize.

=Isol=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 10
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2: Bow
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 1 Bag of Salt
- Windsoul
- Jaws of Steel
- Salt + Ballbearing IED 6d3
- Bear trap 2d3
=Tricks=
!Phantom Paths
!Dancing Steps

>>5789510
I have seen all possible paths, and all of them are shrouded in darkness. These mines will not yield their secrets easily.

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

>>5788981
"While Theudric sees precisely nothing in the dark besides the outline of a descending passage, Boulder's peering and rampant barrel-throwing does manage to clue him in that something goes bump in the dark that-a-way. Why well lit and well-armored fellows covering the opening, there's really only one thing left to do to keep things moving, and figure out whether everyone is jumping at shadows, survivors, or something else...
Theudric speaks in a whisper as he acts"

>Move 1
>"Saw something? Alright, tossing torch."
>3AP: Gently underhand toss his equipped torch down the slope at 6, trying to aim for 61 if possible.
>"I'll be first down then, keep an eye out."
>3AP: Brace shield with both hands, ready for anything that might come crashing from direction 6, where Boulder aiming his barrel.
>Slide down the slope at 6 gently.

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> Lo and behold, Light aloft Pyther reflected in wood and cloth.
> With minds like polished glass prisms we invite the interests of the Empyrean.
...
> And evermore shall our frail shells of dust and ichor be found wanting.

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>>5790135
CONTACT!

> Time passes. The hourglass empties.
> [LIGHT PHASE]

>>5790136
>{Speed 3} Move 11
>{6AP, Bows 11} Overwatch (Aiming down the tunnel): Shoot the first spriteling that rounds the corner. [-1Acc (Blurry Vision), +1Acc (High ground), +3Acc (AP), -?Acc (Obstacle(s) in the way)]
(Some questions, if you're willing to answer them without a Think action. First, are windsouls actually able to prepare arrows in advance, or do they need to use them on the same turn they prepare them or something? Second, does Snipe mean no moving during the turn whatsoever, or can you move and THEN Aim and it'll still work?)

=Name=
Erinas
=Effects=
Blurry Vision (1): -1 Accuracy
=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Greatbow
Hand2: {Occupied}
==Inventory==
- Mulitool
- Torch x3
- Bandage x2
- Bag of Salt x2
- {P}Both Hands!
- {P}Windsoul
=Tricks=
! Snipe
! Ineffable Edge

Rolled 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 = 21 (6d6)

>>5790136
" Aw aw aw aw aw aw... Quick! Boulder, Scrysoc, before they snuff the distant torch and swarm the tunnel! Forward! Bully past this small one, use the slope! "

>1: Quick, bat out Guang, who deserved none of this (Severity 1 to 0)
>2: And myself, come to think of it. Maybe I can't burn directly but all my precious equipment can! Yikes! (Severity 2 to 0)

>1SPD: Slide down 1 (free), step 6
>Major: Lash out at the tiny spriteling with my dagger, get it in the side. (Dagger-11, 1d6 cut)
>Offhander: Punch it with my ash-stained fist, to bring it off-balance for the others (Brawl-10)

>2SPD: Scramble up the slope 4 (but do face the dangers)

=Montosi=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [11]
=Skills=
Understand-10 - Brawl-10 - Notice-10
Way of Daggers-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Torch
Hand2: Dagger
Belt: Dagger
==Inventory==
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Multitool
- Field Kit, Medicine 10
- Glowstone (Malf 17-18)
- Gleamsprite (Malf 17-18)
=Tricks=
!Offhander
!Shardsoul

Also fair apologies about the light streaks. Lingering prayers, and warm thoughts. I'll try to keep a better rein on it.

Rolled 4, 1, 4 = 9 (3d6)

>>5790136
>3ap major: call for allies to press the advantage (leader-11, inspire)
You heard Monty! Press on, while they're still gathering their forces!
>move 66
>3ap major: block facing 6
Theudric, rearm yourself and take my right side! Ortus, skewer the one in front of you! Boulder, do something violent!
=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Shield-14
Leader-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Torch
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
-Multitool
-2 Torches
-2 Bandages
-2 Salt
-Spear
-Bulwark
-Massproduced Plate
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

>>5790155
I think its reasonable that you'd be able to prepare in advance. I'll allow it.
As for Snipe, you cannot make any form of movement on the same turn that you plan to use it.
Getting that far into the zone requires an aggressively zen state of mind that can only be achieved through perfect motionlessness and singular concentration.

>>5790223
Are you trying to move 61 to get on the torch's tile? I think 66 would bring you into the left wall from how the torch reflects.

>>5790250
>>5790223
...you're right.
>correction: move 61

Rolled 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2 = 11 (6d3)

>>5790136
>Move 566
>2 AP: Apply [tox] to Boulder’s mace
>2 AP: Apply [tox] to Guang’s blade
>2 AP: Apply [tox] to Ready’s weapon

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Axe
=Equipment=
Hand1: Axe
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
- Bulwark
- Beltlantern
=Tricks=
!Shardsoul
!!Wasphive - 11
!Sixth Sense

Rolled 3, 6, 5, 1, 3, 5 = 23 (6d6)

>>5790136
"Theudric has many questions as everything starts happening at once. Will the monster he's pushing past stab him in the back? Will the others hold the second entryway? Does that Scrysoc guy know what he's doing? Just what is going on with the light show back there? Bbut in the end, none of that matters. Theudric has a shield in hand, abominations at his front, comrades at his sides and back, and there's a line to be held. So he shall hold."

>"Contac-uhhf! Spritelings front! Three in range, more coming! Get those spears over here!"
>Move 1, to Scrysoc's right.
>"Holding right!"
>3AP Block towards 2, trying to block the spritelings from going around him. The passage looks narrow enough for that.
>3AP Retrieve and wield his broadsword from its belt scabbard.

Also, do we get an estimate of how much durability the shied has left? Or did Theudric's DR absorb the damage completely?

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12
Shield-14
=Equipment=
Hand1: Broadsword
Hand2: Bulwark Shield
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Mass-produced Plate
- Bulwark
- Broadsword
=Tricks=
! Tactician
! Stand Against

Rolled 5, 2, 1, 3, 2, 5, 2, 4, 1, 5, 3, 6 = 39 (12d6)

>>5790136
It is what I do best, Scry. Make way.
0AP: Move 2NW 1N
3AP: Strike x2 spriteling to my NW (Mace 11 +2 twohanded +1 leadership -4 Iron Circle, total 10)
3AP: Strike x2 spriteling to my NE (Mace 11 +2 twohanded +1 leadership -4 Iron Circle, total 10)

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 1 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Leviathan Scale-11 (Malfunction 17-18)
Way of the Mace-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Giant Mace
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
- Leviathan Scale
=Tricks=
! Steel Skin
! Shard Soul

>>5790334
(Do I roll damage now too?)

>>5790279
Yeah.
That Gaunt's damage roll was just so phenomenally miserable that your DR handily negated the hit.
I'll be sure to have some sort of indication when your shield loses integrity. It'll probably manifest in a similar way to how I represent changes in HP and Focus.

>>5790338
Don't worry about damage.
That's processed on my end.
Incidentally, those are some handsome rolls you've netted. Nicely done.

>>5790405
Will do, thanks for the answer!

Unblinking Sun, Monty, it's too early for this crap.

>>5789510
You're the resourceful sort. Have a look inside.

>>5790136
>Offhander roll barrel near me toward Isol.
>1! Think: I have two Gear projects in mind:
>-Glinters, metal bits that produce no light but catch it well. They stand out in the dark, if you already have a torch.
>-Snagloops, Gordian messes of rope, leather and sliding knots. A simple way for even a dog to add a new handle to objects up to human size, but taking it back off may be annoying... Understand to avert this, perhaps?
>How much AP to produce these from Gear, and will they be defined as Effect or small items?

Rolled 1, 3, 6 = 10 (3d6)

>>5790136
>Move 6,6 (Slope makes tge 2nd one free)
>3AP: Slash at the Spriteling, -2 to add bleed effect
>3AP: Ghosteps Parry

"Careful with fire Montosi, its meant to light THEM on fire not ourselves. Good grief..."


=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 11/12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Blades-12
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of __
=Equipment=
Hand1&2: Wyrmkiller Sword
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
=Tricks=
!Counterthrust
!Ghoststeps

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

>>5790136
>3AP - Stab (11) the closest 'living' spiteling
>1MV - Move to the 6. If the people moving into this hex don't fit, advance towards the enemy.
>3AP - Guard (14) to the 1


"On it sir". Ortus slowly advanced towards glory, shield and spear at the ready.

---------------------------

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 8/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear - 11
Way of the Shield - 14

=Equipment=
Hand1: Shield
Hand2: Spear
Back Torch: Hungry for the Light of Friendship
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Bulwark
- Masscast Plate

=Tricks=
!Steel Skin
!Tactician

That normally never happens to this me, Guang. I mean us. I mean-- Sorry. We slipped.

Of fire - the deeper we push in the tunnel, the deeper the shadows.

Should I light the wagon-load near us soon to ward them off, or should we wait? These things could be shadow slinking skulkers, fed on miners bones. Maybe the rest of this cave is all peace.

>>5790136
Careful you lot, traps are going up behind us. Note their location and TAKE ACTION to step over or around them.

>3AP Stick a flare on an arrow (Windsoul)
>3AP Construct and place arrow trap on the wall to my 3, linked to tripwire running two tiles to my 6 (along my movement). Stick a flashfire on the arrow (-1 gear)
>Move 662

=Isol=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 10
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [11]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2: Bow
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 1 Bag of Salt
- Windsoul
- Jaws of Steel
- Salt + Ballbearing IED 6d3
- Bear trap 2d3
=Tricks=
!Phantom Paths
!Dancing Steps

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> The stagnant tranquility of the caves is shattered as men surge forth the conquer the unknown.
> Shouts of valor, bestial screeches, and the melodies of lashing steel fill the air.
A pair of slavering ghasts are rendered down into shadowy ichor and left scattered across the ground.
> The earth trembles as a mighty leviathan's fury finds purchase in the flesh of the cavern.
[DARK PHASE]

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>>5791450
> Loathsome whispers and distant shrieks echo off the labyrinthine depths of this place.
> They are beckoning, raging. pleading...
[LIGHT PHASE]

>>5791453
=Armee's Stats=
AP 6 | Vit 12 | Focus 12
Grit 4 | Reaction 7
Speed 3 | Gear [12]
=Armee's Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of The Spear-11: 1d6 Pierce, Reach 2
{Lunge}: -2 Penalty, +1 Reach
{Puncture}: -2 Penalty, Hit Reach Tiles
=Armee's Equipment=
Hand1: [Spear]
Hand2:
==Armee's Inventory==
- [Mutlitool]
- [3 Torches]
- [2 Bandages]
- [2 Bags of Salt]
- [Belt Lantern]
- [Dash System]
=Armee's Tricks=
! Slippery
! Grace

Those boards were far more heavier than they had any right to be!
Anywho, I was never good at this whole "survival" thing. Was hoping one of those Shard-users could help. Oh well.

>1 AP: Pull out Torch
>1 AP: Light Torch with Belt Lantern
>1 AP: Throw lit torch into wagon
>Step 1
>Move 222
>2AP: Move 11
>1AP: Listen out
Sorry I was away for so long. I must have missed some fighting.

>>5791453
The locals are a bit uppity, aren’t they?

>1AP/1MP Move NE, don’t activate my own trap
>1AP Place my bear trap NE
>1MP Move N
>4AP Rig but don’t place a 4d3 proximity activated IED, complete with a proper AoE dispersion unit (-2 gear?), nasty sharps (Windsoul), and flashfire (-1 gear) for oomf

=Isol=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 10
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [8]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2: Bow
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 1 Bag of Salt
- Windsoul
- Jaws of Steel
- Salt + Ballbearing IED 6d3
- IED 4d3, AoE, flashfire, bleed?
=Tricks=
!Phantom Paths
!Dancing Steps

>>5791453
"Anybody have anything to Light up the area ahead and surprise them? Besides that I think I'll be tossing the torch on the ground further up to light the way."

Rolled 4, 6, 5 = 15 (3d6)

>>5791453
I think this tunnel dead ends ahead. That northeastern choke seems to be where we need to go next.
Right.
>6ap major: srysoc inhales deep, channels his inner drill sergeant, and calls for a push (vs 14 leadership)
Lanterns! ADVANCE!


=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Shield-14
Leader-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Torch
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
-Multitool
-2 Torches
-2 Bandages
-2 Salt
-Spear
-Bulwark
-Massproduced Plate
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

Rolled 6, 5, 6 = 17 (3d6)

>>5791580
Integrate these here Glinters into your triggers. Trouble if we have to leave in a rush and don't spot one. Rolled a barrel toward you earlier. Oughta check it for extra Gear like I found.

>>5791453
>-Request 5AP left unused last turn due to question. Actions in order of priority.
>3! Light torch
>1! 6 Reflective-1 Glinters.
>Offhander hand 4 Glinters to Isol
>1! Place Glinter next to beartrap
>Move 6
>1! Place Glinter next to tripwire
>1! Tell Eager: Stop seeking
>Move 21
>4! Make sure there's nothing more to the walls beyond this pile of dirt. vs Notice 10+3


=Ready=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [17-6]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Windsoul
- Little Friend (dog), "Eager": Return if no task. Barking, not biting
- Quiver: 2 Bleeders, 2 Ropes
-
=Tricks=
! Offhander
! Beatdown

>>5791853
Good head on your shoulders, odds are you’ll keep it! At least it won’t be my craft that takes it.

Rolled 3, 6, 3, 1, 5, 1 = 19 (6d6)

>>5791453
As you say Scry. Get behind me.
>2AP: Move 2,1,2
>4AP: Strike x2 the biggest enemy in reach (Mace 11, +1ap, +2 2-handed, -4 Iron Circle, Total 10)

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 1 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Leviathan Scale-11 (Malfunction 17-18)
Way of the Mace-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Giant Mace
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
- Leviathan Scale
=Tricks=
! Steel Skin
! Shard Soul

>>5791453
>3ap: Pick up the Lit Torch I dropped/rolled earlier and toss it as far down the corridor in direction 1, 2, 1, 1 (I sure hope tossing is grit distance lmao)
>3ap: Ready Ghoststep Parry
>Move: 1, 2, 1

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 11/12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Blades-12
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of __
=Equipment=
Hand1&2: Wyrmkiller Sword
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
=Tricks=
!Counterthrust
!Ghoststeps

Rolled 4, 3, 5, 5, 2, 4 = 23 (6d6)

>>5791453
Theudric has to lean down to avoid Boulder's heavy swing, getting showered by rock debris. Large two-handed weapons aren't at their best in such conditions, but Boulder sure makes it work. Theudric just hopes he won't bring the tunnel down on them. The larger Lantern reacts to their de facto leader's order first, rushing in. Theudric follows, trying to secure the new left flank as best he can, Bulwark in his left, broadsword in his right, eyes and ears on a swivel, but focused on the left. He hears something that way. Something really articulate for a spriteling. He's glad to have his sword out again, though he hopes someone brings up a lantern or torch while he holds.

>2MP: Move 21, then face 1.
>3AP Block towards 6 with Bulwark Shield.
>3AP Ready Parry towards 1 with Broadsword.


=Stats=


AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of the Blade-12
Shield-14
=Equipment=
Hand1: Broadsword
Hand2: Bulwark Shield
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Mass-produced Plate
- Bulwark
- Broadsword
=Tricks=
! Tactician
! Stand Against

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

>>5791453
>{Speed 3} Slide down the slope 1-ways. (Free)
>{AP 3} Prepare a rope arrow.
>{AP 3, Bows 11} Shoot the rope arrow at any supports on the top of the slope, in case we need to make a hasty retreat and can't afford tripping up a hill.

=Name=
Erinas
=Effects=
O.K.
=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Greatbow
Hand2: {Occupied}
==Inventory==
- Mulitool
- Torch x3
- Bandage x2
- Bag of Salt x2
- Fire Arrow x1
- {P}Both Hands!
- {P}Windsoul
=Tricks=
! Snipe
! Ineffable Edge

Rolled 2, 1, 3 = 6 (3d6)

The Legion could scarce do better, softsouls. I haven't seen a breach maneuver this fluid since I got drunk with those Vanadian border patrolmen.
Hey, you hear the whispers too?

Quick, onward the central tunnel. We'll clear the alcoves!

>Step 6, 5, 5, dive into the small alcove.
>4: Keep my guard up, and Parry any claws that try to catch me (Daggerparry-12)
>-- Gleamsprite: 11: Pair it with a phantom-Slash, with 5 AP (Dagger-13, 1d6, Follow-Up)

>1: Scan about myself quickly and Notice-10 if odd things are near.
>1: Ready a Torch, for I'd rather not be in the Dark alone.

=Montosi=
AP 6 Vit 10
Focus 12 Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [11]
=Skills=
Understand-10 - Brawl-10 - Notice-10
Way of Daggers-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Dagger
Hand2: Torch
Belt: Dagger
==Inventory==
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Multitool
- Field Kit, Medicine 10
- Glowstone (Malf 17-18)
- Gleamsprite (Malf 17-18)
=Tricks=
!Offhander
!Shardsoul

>>5792010
Good thinking, Erinas. Those slopes rather hem us in.

>>5791580
Careful now. It's a tunnel, steel teeth!

We're all approximately in proximity. Or will be, when we pass by, pressed against walls, trying not to breathe too loud.

Someone twitches wrong your over-tense triggers fling bolts everywhere and we all start bleeding.

Though I reckon your particular contraption is more apt to just light itself on fire. What kind of particulate alchemy do you know in all our kit that has an aeeoee oooeee eeeee?

>>5791521
I helped! Mostly. You have the spark all on your own, soft soul. Lightly light by which to see.

>>5791882
I hope it's all small enemies, and skittering screechers scrabbling for soul scrap. The town did not feed something in the deeper dark, surely!

Nothing in here gorged itself on miners and grew and grew and...

... small ones. It will simply be the small ones.

>>5792042
>Good thinking, Erinas. Those slopes rather hem us in.
...It was your idea.
...
...You would make a good commander.

>Move 1 in the 6 direction
>3ish AP - Light one of my torches off of Scrysoc's
>Move 2 in the 5 direction
>Overwatch (11ish) with spear

"It's dangerous to go alone" said Ortus, following the divergent lantern. Carrying a torch for himself, he advanced into the darkness to reveal that which it concealed.

---------------------------

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 8/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear - 11
Way of the Shield - 14

=Equipment=
Hand1: Shield
Hand2: Spear
Back Torch: Lit Torch
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Bulwark
- Masscast Plate

=Tricks=
!Steel Skin
!Tactician

>>5792042
Don’t you worry your pretty little head about my snap traps and fizz bombs. The key is to strap the arsenal to the end of an arrow, see? An impact trigger would be more prudent in that case, but I figure proximity will keep me flexible.

That being said, watch your step.

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

>>5791453
>Move 116
>1 AP: Move 6
>3 AP: Block
>2 AP: !Sixth Sense - such vile things lurking around, such an eery place. Might there yet be survivors? Where would one go to hide from the dark?

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Axe
=Equipment=
Hand1: Axe
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
- Bulwark
- Beltlantern
=Tricks=
!Shardsoul
!!Wasphive - 11
!Sixth Sense

>>5792046
I can barely command myself at the best of times.

>>5792048
Let's do it together, then!

>>5792050
Pray do delight me in the telling, friend. Does an arrow pass by other targets on its path to the destination? Or to put rather a different spin on it, when thus you notch an arrow, trap all aspring and aspiring... are you not rather too in proximity to your own waiting proximity trap?

Well, your business. I find for one find it a wonderful way to lose fingers. Which I prefer to keep. They're lots useful! Yours you may spend as you like, and I'm sure you littering traps liberally behind us all in the direct way of the escape we need to sprint in the dark should worse come to worse is a wonderful way for all of us to practice our twitch reflex reaction. I like a sporting obstacle course myself.

>>5792685
You sweat the details too much, these things have a way of working out! One must be within the proximity of a trap to arm it in the first place, right? Don’t worry, don’t worry. Also don’t retreat, but mostly don’t worry!

I’m clearly, definitely, a professional. Sticking random bits together will have no possible downside.

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> A valorous declaration of war is cast into the unflinching dark, reverberating throughout its uncharted expanse.

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>>5792771
> ...
> [Dark Phase]

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>>5792772
> And the Unending Ocean - ever gracious, ever doting - rises up to embrace you...
> Like a long forgotten friend...

" .. and the last friend you'll ever need.

Keep it together. Theres a lot of them in this deep dark tunnel, but they're all shadows and dust. They'll fall apart if we push! And a chokepoint works both ways. Stand still, we've got them right where they need to be to be chewed up!

That might be the trick of it. These tunnels, the side ones, are hard to navigate. If we get tangled in the claws, a lone runner can flitter sideways and around. If only we had some little friend, more deft than us, to hound down a passage way... "

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

>>5792048
And there's the man I was looking for, right as I have a torch. Ortus, swap with me. The passage up ahead, it seems to curl 161 and further still. And I hear *noises*. Your armor beats my skin for hardness.

As for these specimen, let us remove the obvious danger they pose. Never leave shadows to linger. You kill one, and the others?

The others feed. But not *this* meal.

>>5792776
>2Spd Finesse my way past Ortus and his armor, to the 2. Step 2.

>1 AP: Gingerly attach my lit torch to Ortus torch-harness
>1 AP: bend down and touch the dead gaunts at my feet - one to the 6, one here

>4AP: Burn their forms away with the Glow-Stone. Never leave them lying. (Glow-14)

=Montosi=
AP 6 Vit 10
Focus 12 Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [11]
=Skills=
Understand-10 - Brawl-10 - Notice-10
Way of Daggers-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Dagger
Hand2:
Belt: Dagger
==Inventory==
- 1 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Multitool
- Field Kit, Medicine 10
- Glowstone (Malf 17-18)
- Gleamsprite (Malf 17-18)
=Tricks=
!Offhander
!Shardsoul

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At some point, amidst this worldly vortex of turmoil and screaming, something was swallowed by the directionless unknown.
...
But with patience and hope, all that is lost can be found again.

>>5792866
I believe I should be holding a lit torch.

>>5792869
You are correct.
Worry not, simply act under the assumption that you are holding a torch. You'll suffer no ill effects for its apparent absence,
It will be processed back in by next turn.

Rolled 5, 5, 5, 1, 4, 2 = 22 (6d6)

>>5792776
=Armee's Stats=
AP 6 | Vit 12 | Focus 12
Grit 4 | Reaction 7
Speed 3 | Gear [12]
=Armee's Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of The Spear-11: 1d6 Pierce, Reach 2
{Lunge}: -2 Penalty, +1 Reach
{Puncture}: -2 Penalty, Hit Reach Tiles
=Armee's Equipment=
Hand1: [Spear]
Hand2:
==Armee's Inventory==
- [Mutlitool]
- [2 Torches]
- [2 Bandages]
- [2 Bags of Salt]
- [Belt Lantern]
- [Dash System]
=Armee's Tricks=
! Slippery
! Grace

>Step 6
>Move 1, 6, 2
>6AP: Strike Twice (-4) with [Spear]

This should end them

Rolled 3, 5, 2, 3, 5, 4 = 22 (6d6)

>>5792776
>2AP: Aim x2
>3AP: Strike at the back of the Nightgaunt twice (x2)
>1AP: Sidestep 3 while maintaining facing direction 2 (Try to get behind the guard of someone else)

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 8/12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Blades-12
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Blades-12
=Equipment=
Hand1&2: Wyrmkiller Sword
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
=Tricks=
!Counterthrust
!Ghoststeps

Rolled 4, 3, 4, 5, 2, 4, 4, 2, 3 = 31 (9d6)

>>5792776
>3AP: Strike at Gaunt to my NW(11+2=13)
>0AP: Step NW
>3AP: Strike x2 at Gaunts to my N and NW, 1 attack each (11+2-4=9)

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 10/12 Focus 12/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 1 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Leviathan Scale-11 (Malfunction 17-18)
Way of the Mace-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Giant Mace
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
- Leviathan Scale
=Tricks=
! Steel Skin
! Shard Soul

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

>>5792776
>Move 322
>4 AP: Spit Acid at the gaunts
>2 AP: !Sixth Sense - I feel an urge to perform maintenance on my lantern or otherwise unhouse the internals from the casing. I don’t know why I thought of this, but I must admit it is a very attractive thought. What glorious rewards might I incur should I humor this instinct of my Hiveblood?

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Axe
=Equipment=
Hand1: Axe
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
- Bulwark
- Beltlantern
=Tricks=
!Shardsoul
!!Wasphive - 11
!Sixth Sense

>>5792776
>3AP light a torch
>Move 1NW, using the glinter marker to avoid my trap
>3AP Search the barrel, Ready mentioned I could find gear in here.
>Move 2N (again, don’t die by my own trap)


=Isol=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 10
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [8]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2: Lit torch
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 1 Bag of Salt
- Windsoul
- Jaws of Steel
- 4 glinters
- Salt + Ballbearing IED 6d3
- IED 4d3, AoE, flashfire, bleed?
=Tricks=
!Phantom Paths
!Dancing Steps

Rolled 2, 6, 1 = 9 (3d6)

>>5792776
Eh bah. Too much oomph.
>move 551
>3ap major: block facing 6 (shield-14)
>1+2ap minor: are our torches getting dimmer? what's happening? (understand-12)
Clearing past the gap. On me, Ortus, Monty might be onto something here.


=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Shield-14
Leader-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Torch
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
-Multitool
-2 Torches
-2 Bandages
-2 Salt
-Spear
-Bulwark
-Massproduced Plate
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

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

>>5792983
Reports from ahead. Incomplete demolition setup down a narrow passage west. Shall we put some expert eyes on it? See if we ought to finish the job or salvage it.

>>5792776
>4! Identify two each of sturdiest shovel and pick nearby. vs Notice 10+3
>1! Convenient-2 Binding-5 Snagloop
>1!+Offhander Bundle identified tools into Snagloop
>Move 6164

=Ready=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [4]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Windsoul
- Little Friend (dog), "Eager": Return if no task. Barking, not biting
- Quiver: Bleeder
- Snagloop: Binding-5 Convenient-2, holding tools
=Tricks=
! Offhander
! Beatdown

>>5793015
Please...
>>5792983
If you could such would be grand.

It might be the miners were trying the alchemic way of clearing rock, and every little powder-blaster in a wall is care to crack the earth for further splitting. Then the Spritelings come a-roaming and stop the effort. At the best of time, even with charge-powder and whathavewenot, mine work is slow work.

Such is the sensible, simple, soft solution to finding these charges.

Yet, there's hardly any storage for other fuses around here, is there? And the walls don't look blown open. Nor is there much true sense in setting charges near the entrance of a mine that spreads into the earth. What new rock are you clearing? Other than risk the whole thing collapsing on your head.

Unless you were freeing something, locked in the mines, or readying a counter-blast if someone else sealed it all in. Perhaps this small alcove hit a particularly dense layer of old debris, something best buried rather than blasted free.

It's worth a closer look, on principle. Take my place.

>>5792776
>>5792782
>Let Montosi pass and put the lit torch in my holster
>3AP & 3MP - Move 5,6,6 and Block (14) to the 6
>3AP - Overwatch (11) with spear

Armed with Flame, Faith, and Fellowship, among other things, Ortus took a moment to allow Montosi to give him the gift of flaming light before marching forward into the dark towards glory and knowledge. May the Flame reveal Truth.

"Thank you friend. I will take point".


---------------------------

AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 8/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear - 11
Way of the Shield - 14

=Equipment=
Hand1: Shield
Hand2: Spear
Back Torch: Montosi's Torch of Friendship
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Bulwark
- Masscast Plate

=Tricks=
!Steel Skin
!Tactician

>>5793174
I guess technically that's moving 5,1, 6? Looking to end up moving to the hex 6,6 from where Ortus currently is, after Montosi moves behind.

>>5793174
I'll be right behind you, near and dear and... Look I still think this is all a little hot. Torches aren't meant to strap to armor. So I'll be ready to pluck it out once you catch fire.

That's a promise!

Rolled 5, 5, 4, 2, 1, 4 = 21 (6d6)

>>5792776
>{Speed 3} Move 62
>{3AP, Bows 11} Shoot the closest enemy. [-?Acc (Obstacles), +2Acc&Dmg (Both Hands)]
>{3AP, Bows 11} Shoot the closest enemy again. [-?Acc (Obstacles), +2Acc&Dmg (Both Hands)]

=Name=
Erinas
=Effects=
O.K.
=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Greatbow
Hand2: {Occupied}
==Inventory==
- Mulitool
- Torch x3
- Bandage x2
- Bag of Salt x2
- Fire Arrow x1
- {P}Both Hands!
- {P}Windsoul
=Tricks=
! Snipe
! Ineffable Edge

>>5792776
>>5793295
(i forgor that I need to reload my bow after I shoot... oops. I'm willing the spend the 2 Focus to make my actions valid.)

Rolled 1, 5, 1, 3, 4, 2 = 16 (6d6)

>>5792776
"Theudric sees no reason to give up such an advantageous position now that the entire mine system's population of horrors seems intent on funneling through it. This time, he does not follow Boulder, not keen on giving up local superiority...and a splendid setup for a bonfire once the monsters are pressed together right on top of all that old wood on either side of the opening. In the meantime, any spearman could have a field day with such a straight shot into the writhing mass. A shame."

>1MP? Move 0. Don't move a tile, but shuffle North over the soon to be corpse of the Nightgaunt to leave the entryway clear for reinforcements or retreat of wounded Lanterns.
>3AP Block 1
>3AP Overwatch 1


If I wasn't clear, I say we hold and let them funnel into the one tile, let the others pile up, then throw some flashfire and salt on all that old wood when there's enough enemies of if we risk being overwhelmed.
And even if that's not a good plan, we have them at 4 tiles on 1 in that choke, so I don't mind holding that until nightfall, honestly!
I'm still not sure how flashfire works, since it's only mentioned in the first character sheet as an example, but apparently anyone can craft it with Gear?

>>5793879
I like this plan. Albeit who's holding the flashfire right now? Either way, I or someone else can toss another torch to hopefuly aid. [s]Hoping the Gaunts don't feast on corpses or our light. They abhor it, but they'll do anything to get their way.[/s]

>>5793927
See that's the problem. Flashfire is mentioned in the sheet, alongside the fact that the Liquid Courage trait gives you an infinite supply. So it can be crafted with Gear by someone who doesn't have the trait, turning it into a finite supply, right? But I haven't seen a list of craftables and their respective gear costs anywhere? Or perhaps I should understand the first sheet as "Expend 1 Gear for 1d3 effect or 1 small item" So 12 vials of flashfire.
Note that I also haven't seen a description of what flashfire is, not even in the Liquid Courage section. Hopefully i can be relied on to set flammable materials aflame, and maybe stick to stuff?
We're also both a little busy for a gear check or a Understand action, I think.

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> Once a lowly Spriteling has sifted enough autonomy and personality from the deep dreaming and almost dead, it will eventually gravitate towards the notion of building a second skin in a vain effort to avoid dissolution by the Empyrean's rich rays.
Such shells are primarily composed of whatever happens to be immediately at hand, but little mementos of the ex-living typically makes up the bulk.

>Old twigs.
>Small bones.
>Dried moss.
>Lost teeth.
>Broken snail shells.
>Petrified insect husks.

>Fortunately for Montosi most of those things accept immolation fairly readily.

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>>5793939
> Not even the highest of earthly pinnicles can scrape the nightsky.
> But that is no reason not to try.

>>5792983
Uuughhuffhfff. Eck. Confound. You'll want to head 616, Isol.

>>5793927
>>5793928
Yes, and yes - that's the trick of it. Someone with liquid courage is bearing a supply bag worth of alchemical preparations, carefully sourced during .... some other hour.

So, everyone keeps a few knickknacks up their sleeves. So you can spend 1 gear to have a flashfire vial close to hand. Which, as the name suggests, flashes fire.

Now how much fire it flashes it generally the amount of it that you have, it's measured in vial-equivalents, and one vial is 1d3 fire when the vial shatters and is exposed to air. Upon exposure, the alchemicals react with great volatility and you get the fire. And the flash.

You can have larger amounts of fireflash in larger containers. So fireflash 3 in a clay urn would be 3d3 fire. And you can, perhaps, be carrying such a claypot for emergencies. This would then cost you 3 gear, out of your limited supply.

But what about Liquid Courage, I hear you hark? Well, they could have such a larger clay urn too. Its just that for them, it takes 1 AP per 1d3 and they don't spend "gear" to prepare these concoctions. because, in a certain cosmic sense, they were already made earlier. This naturally brings up a lot of little questions, along the lines of, if you have an inquiring mind

>oh so I can spend 2000 AP and have a wildfire?
>oh so if I spend 6 AP per turn for 3 turns I have 18d3 flashfire?
>oh so if I spend 12 Focus this turn I have 12d3?

And other such measures, and, frankly, that sort of thing is going to end a lot worse for anyone stretching the boundaries of believability and supply capacity than they think it will. You'd be limited to however much AP you can spend in one similar action to pull out that much flashfire because it will always be a distinct, defined, distinguished piece of kit. You wouldn't be able to layer it over turns or spend more or any such other chemical crime.

So, 3 AP is the standard, giving someone with Liquid Courage 3d3 as they prepare it. Or anyone, really, if they spend 3 Gear. You'll spot the little lifesaver here, either prepare the concoctions slowly or use gear to have had them prepared but at cost.

( Then you'd still need to throw it. Which is a Major Action that costs 3 AP )

That's actually why Liquid Courage mentions you have Oil. Throw an oil preparation at someone first, 3 AP, and then huck a *small* vial of flashfire their way, also 3 AP. You wouldn't spend gear on this one, you have Liquid Courage supplies! An the two in combination is a lot more volatile than flashfire on its own, which burns bright and quick. Oh and the Oil, unlike a small vial of flashfire, coats an area. That then gets lit up.

... Now for other sorts of things, you'd have oil too, as a normal lantern. But as gear mentions, you'd only have 1d3 "effect" of oil for 1 gear, so it wouldn't work as well. For known items, like a torch or a bandage or a bag of salt, one gear also gives you this item.

>>5793959
I like to have some of my Gear reserved for some *small knives*, which are always easy to have had up your sleeve. In case I find I need to throw the daggers I have in hand, or hand them to a friend. A knife is a small, light item. And it'd do 1d3 melee damage, as opposed to these long combat daggers that are are a lot worse. And that sort of thing might save your life.

Wait, I hear your question advancing at speed down the hallway of Understanding, does this imply that you can use Gear to pull a suit of armor or a spear or a bow or a helmet out of your backpack?

Yes and noooooo.

One gear is one small item. And there's no guarantee the quartermaster specifically prepared the thing you want. And their primary distinction as a trait is that they're frail, quick, small and portable. An emergency knife is fine. A flashfire. A bandage. A coil of rope.

But what if you want something more? You're not a Windsoul, but you might want a bow, right? Or a small prayer amulet. A map. Perhaps a cracked and fractured shardstone, for a brief burst of the Strange.

Well, you can actually have been smart enough to have packed these things. But there's some considerations.

You'd always have to minimally spend as much gear as the item is generally rated. So a sword is *at least 2*, because 2d3 is at least enough effect to equal 1d6 of a standard blade. But the *Blade* that the Path of Blades bring to battle are forged-made, masterwork, hardened alloy steel tapered to a point sharper than the tongue of your spurned lovers, weighted to your preference, and worn to your satisfaction. A emergency sword you might have strapped to your back and try to pull out with Gear is... at best a slapdash measure.

That said, it should be noted that your Path skills are something everyone has. If you find a spear on the ground, you can pick it up and use it. With the basic assumption that you've been paying attention to the instructions of the master of arms, and therefore, have rudimentary spear skills.

So, a bow. Or small crossbow. Well, try 3 gear. But then also ... unlike the Path of the Bow, who brings a full quiver, and a windsoul who brings more, how much gear are you trading in for a quiver of bolts?

You learn to customise your kit a little as you wander in the dark. Some things are good for you. Some things are harder.

Simultaneously Gear cannot violate the strictures of space of time. And you've been pretty well established not to have a sword up your sleeve if someone disarms you. So trying to cry foul and pulling a new one of your backpack is going to make Reality look at you with knife-like intentions. That's why if you try to, and I'm so, so, so very sorry for suggesting that you might do this, to extract with "gear" some unknown, undefined item quality that isn't even supplied by the standard Quartermaster list, you really mostly run the risk of finding anything at all in your pockets, like scorpions. Isol.

Mapping out the charges will inform us on the motive.

>>5793940
>3! Explosive in the corner 3-ward of me? Have Eager get the scent. Point him down the path 5-ward of Scrysoc. Seek, boy!
>3!+ Spd follow Eager

=Ready=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [4]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Windsoul
- Little Friend (dog), "Eager": Return if no task. Seek explosives.
- Quiver: Bleeder
- Snagloop: Binding-5 Convenient-2, holding:
-- Vet. Miner's Pick: Int-24 Sturdy-2 Pen-1
-- Prospector's Shovel: Int-18 Sturdy-1 Lucky-1
=Tricks=
! Offhander
! Beatdown

>>5793940
Speaking of the vagaries of gear! I have handled these two smaller spritelings, but *that* is a tide of teeth and there is more advancing!

The Salt, when scattered, slows them down and blocks their advance. The smaller ones might not even cross it, and the larger, more Focused haunts will have to press themselves to do it.

If we are not using it to banish their broken forms, we can use it to seal the passage for a moment while we deal with the advance.

Can someone get a bag angled to protect Boulder, while the others cut these little things apart?

>>5793436
Erinas! If you step back, swap with me - the tunnel is narrow. If Boulder or Guang needs a bandage, I can provide it from your position if we keep formation.

>>5793928
Theudric, can you push them forward? If we take out the lesser ones 6 of you, we can hold the tighter gap and Boulder can fall back a step. As it is, Boulder is strong, but he will be overrun taking the brunt.

Whitley's brilliant . . . plan ? ? . . . means they cannot flank us just yet.

>>5793940
=Armee's Stats=
AP 6 | Vit 12 | Focus 12
Grit 4 | Reaction 7
Speed 3 | Gear [12]
=Armee's Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Path of The Spear-11: 1d6 Pierce, Reach 2
{Lunge}: -2 Penalty, +1 Reach
{Puncture}: -2 Penalty, Hit Reach Tiles
=Armee's Equipment=
Hand1: [Spear]
Hand2:
==Armee's Inventory==
- [Mutlitool]
- [2 Torches]
- [2 Bandages]
- [2 Bags of Salt]
- [Belt Lantern]
- [Dash System]
=Armee's Tricks=
! Slippery
! Grace

>>5793983
Aye, I'm on it! In fact...
>[3 Gear]: Prepare an Improvised Salt Vase
>Step 6
>6 AP: Spread Salt to Hexes (2), (2, 1), and (2, 2)
I'm always ahead of the curve on Anti-Gaunt measures. I would've brought Salt Explosives if I knew we were being sent to the mines.

>>5793940
>{Speed 3} Move 5 and swap places with Montosi to allow them to move up.
>{6 AP} Prepare two saltbag arrows. (side note: does an action like this reload my bow with the prepped arrow, or do i still gotta take a minor act for that?)

=Name=
Erinas
=Effects=
O.K.
=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12/12 Focus 10/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Greatbow [EMPTY]
Hand2: {Occupied}
==Inventory==
- Mulitool
- Torch x3
- Bandage x2
- Bag of Salt x2
- Fire Arrow x1
- {P}Both Hands!
- {P}Windsoul
=Tricks=
! Snipe
! Ineffable Edge

Rolled 3, 4, 3, 5, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2 = 27 (9d6)

>>5793940
>>5793940
>3AP: Strike twice at the Gaunts Trying to ride Boulder (1 strike for 1 Gaunt each)
>3AP: Strike at the Gaunt direction 6
"Clearing the field Montosi. Me and Boulder are in need of some medical attention!"

>>5793928
"Take the front Theudric! We're pushing further after we get some healed up."

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 8/12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Blades-12
=Equipment=
Hand1&2: Wyrmkiller Sword
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
=Tricks=
!Counterthrust
!Ghoststeps

>>5793965
The contents of my pockets are as loosely defined as the rules we play by. That is to say, we’re loosey goosey to the extreme. It’s a loose ship. The laws of this realm are presented on a loose napkin.

Rolled 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4 = 25 (9d6)

>>5793939
I am here. I am awake. Let’s look at these tunnels, these mining charges, these sexy groundquakers and waymakers.

>Move 616
>I lit a torch last turn that didn’t go through. Fuggetaboutit.
>3AP, Phantom Paths, my next roll takes the best of 3
>3AP, what’s the deal with the demo charges in the tunnels? Can I finish the job? Would I WANT to finish the job? Any indicator of who set this up based on the gear used?

=Isol=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 10
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [9]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2: Lit torch
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 2 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 1 Bag of Salt
- Windsoul
- Jaws of Steel
- 4 glinters
- Salt + Ballbearing IED 6d3
- IED 4d3, AoE, flashfire, bleed?
=Tricks=
!Phantom Paths
!Dancing Steps

Rolled 1, 1, 4, 5, 2, 2 = 15 (6d6)

>>5793940
>5 AP: Spit Acid at the gaunts
>1 AP: !Sixth Sense - who’s that chunky handsome fellow coming towards us from the NE? He looks bigger than his friends, what’s his deal?

>>5794100
=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Axe
=Equipment=
Hand1: Axe
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
- Bulwark
- Beltlantern
=Tricks=
!Shardsoul
!!Wasphive - 11
!Sixth Sense

>>5794039
>>5794069
>"Will do! Boulder, step back!"
I don't mind holding the line, but I'd like Boulder to act first to see how many of our new friends I have to contend with.
For that matter, is dumping the bag of soil over the threshold a single smooth 3AP action or do I have to spend extra due to having no "free" hand? Otherwise I'm thinking bash 6, then salt.
In the meantime, if either Guang or Armee could deal with the half-dead one on my left.
>>5794101
I sure hope your aim is better, and that this salt can withstand acid...
If it doesn't, I trust one of you to toss either a torch or Flashfire on that big pile of boxes up ahead. The spritelings will spread it to the rest, and we'll get our downtime.

>>5794117
You'd have to stow your weapon first, freeing up a hand. It is only a minor action to free a hand for this, but it is a minor action to ready your weapon again afterwards. It is what makes the larger weapons a little less flexible in tight confines.

>>5794123
Well, I'll just burn focus to make up the difference in AP. That's a thing, right?
>3AP Shove
>1AP Stow
>2AP+1Foc Salt

Rolled 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3 = 19 (6d6)

>>5793940
>3 ap: Body Slam the Gaunt still on me (Scale 11)
>3 ap: Strike the Gaunt that has the most health within reach (Mace 13)
>0 ap: Step 1S
I require healing. My back tickles.

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 6/12 Focus 12/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 1 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Leviathan Scale-11 (Malfunction 17-18)
Way of the Mace-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Giant Mace
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
- Leviathan Scale
=Tricks=
!Steel Skin
!Shard Soul

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

>>5793940
Let's move, Ortus. Whatever's at the end of the tunnel's probably north from here.
>move 661
>3ap major: try to flare the torch a little brighter, to fight off the dark (understand-10)
>3ap major: block facing 1 (shield-14)
Maybe it even loops around, and we get a neat little flank into all that violence everyone else is up to, yeah?


=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Shield-14
Leader-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Torch
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
-Multitool
-2 Torches
-2 Bandages
-2 Salt
-Spear
-Bulwark
-Massproduced Plate
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader

Rolled 1, 3, 6 = 10 (3d6)

>1 HP Endure. In enduring grow strong.
>3 AP Incant: Assist Scrysoc's attempt to help light triumph over darkness and see potential threats.
>Move 6,1
>3AP Block, watching for traps

"Sir, it sounds like a trap ahead. Let us sing together to drive back this darkness".

-singing "Sol Lucidus viam nostram illuminat. Sol Potens tenebras repellit. Sol Legitimus, a furibus defende nos. Sol Invicte, adiuva nos inimicos nostros vince." singing -

Endure. In enduring grow strong. I am steel filled with energy. I am energy wrapped in steel. A little fire does not destroy metal, it only makes it more amenable to change. A little fire makes metal shine bright and cheery. Fire is like a good friend, and Ortus had another good friend with him.


AP 6 Vit 11/12 Focus 8/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear - 11
Way of the Shield - 14

=Equipment=
Hand1: Shield
Hand2: Spear
Back Torch: Montosi's Torch of Friendship
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3? Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Bulwark
- Masscast Plate: Shining Bright

=Tricks=
!Steel Skin
!Tactician

Rolled 6, 4, 2, 5, 6, 5 = 28 (6d6)

>>5794176
I recon it still is, yessir. If you have the wherewithal to pick your moment sometimes concentration and determination can be sharper as a knife and cut deeper.

>>5794069
>>5794269
" I am at your side and ready, hold steady! "

>>5794049
[ Montosi spins around and into a bow ]

>>5793940
>Step 2, sliding past Erinas.

>--Luckily, I have some scant medical expertise and a pair of bandages in my quick-draw pouches. This is my action, but if the Gaunts remain within reach, I will not try to provide medical assistance for fear of making my friends more vulnerable.

>3AP: Apply a Bandage with Medicine-12 to Boulder (1d3Bandage+Medicine roll)
>3AP: Guang has rather a cut, I can patch that up with a Bandage and some Medicine-12. (1d3Bandage+Medicine roll)

>Step 1, 6, eyes towards the deeper tunnel.
>Offhander: Shove the first Gaunt that comes for me *back* (Brawler10)

=Montosi=
AP 6 Vit 10
Focus 12 Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [11]
=Skills=
Understand-10 - Brawl-10 - Notice-10
Way of Daggers-11
=Equipment=
Hand1:
Hand2:
Belt: Dagger, Dagger
==Inventory==
- 0 Torches
- 2 Bandages **(-2)**
- 2 Bags of Salt **(-1)**
- Multitool
- Field Kit, Medicine 10
- Glowstone (Malf 17-18)
- Gleamsprite (Malf 17-18)
=Tricks=
!Offhander
!Shardsoul

>>5794485
! Ehr ! I--- the salt, I am sorry, your open wound-- Grit your teeth!

Rolled 1, 2, 1, 3, 5, 6 = 18 (6d6)

>>5793940
"Theudric steps aside to let Boulder retreat, then sheathes his broadsword, grabs one of the salt bags he prepared, ensures it is open, takes a deep breath, brings his shield up and goes to close the breach."
>1AP Sheath Broadsword.
>3AP+1MP Push and move 1. Attempt to shove any remaining enemies past the narrowest part of the threshold.
"Away with all of you!"
>2AP+ 1Focus (or however many is necessary) Dump the bag of salt in a rough line across the gap in the wall to prevent or at least deter the spritelings and who knows what else is lurking in there from crossing and attacking.

>>5794920
Well, not sure what the DC for drawing lines in salt is, but I dare say this was some good shoving! Played college ball, you know? Could have gone pro if I didn't join the Lanterns.

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> Yes! Push them back Lanterns!
> We may yet conquer this pit of gloom and atrocity!

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>>5795520
> A secure foothold has been established, twisted figures bray and gash their teeth at the light's edge.
> But even warded by salt and radiance our wholly holdfast is not unassailable. Be vigilant!

> Time passes. The hourglass empties.
> LIGHT PHASE

Rolled 4, 6, 3 = 13 (3d6)

>>5795531
>{Speed 3} Move 211
>{AP 6, Bows 11} Attempt to shoot the nightgaunt with the bow to the east. [Saltbag Arrow, +3Acc (AP), +2Acc&Dam (Both Hands), -?Acc (Obstacles), -?Acc (Darkness)]

=Name=
Erinas
=Effects=
O.K.
=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12/12 Focus 10/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Greatbow [Saltbag Arrow]
Hand2: {Occupied}
==Inventory==
- Mulitool
- Torch x3
- Bandage x2
- Bag of Salt x2
- Fire Arrow x1
- Saltbag Arrow x1
- {P}Both Hands!
- {P}Windsoul
=Tricks=
! Snipe
! Ineffable Edge

Mechanical noises came from your location last hour, Scrysoc. I wouldn't take that wall for what it seems.

And this is the damndest place to find a detonator, never mind signs of death. Where's the exit, if you even survive?

Unfinished demo gives me hives...

>>5795531
>-G'boy. Job's not done though.
>6! Check sack and box for wires leading to them. Notice 10+5


=Ready=
AP 6 Vit 11 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [4]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of Bow-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Bow
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Windsoul
- Little Friend (dog), "Eager": Return if no task. Seek explosives.
- Quiver: Bleeder
- Snagloop: Binding-5 Convenient-2, holding:
-- Vet. Miner's Pick: Int-24 Sturdy-2 Pen-1
-- Prospector's Shovel: Int-18 Sturdy-1 Lucky-1
=Tricks=
! Offhander
! Beatdown

Rolled 1, 6, 3 = 10 (3d6)

Rolled 2, 6, 1, 1, 5, 5 = 20 (6d6)

>>5795531
>1AP: Move 1 2
>5AP: Strike x2 Gaunts in front of me, one attack each. (Mace 11+2-4=9)

=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 9/12 Focus 12/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 1 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Leviathan Scale-11 (Malfunction 17-18)
Way of the Mace-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Giant Mace
Hand2:
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3 Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Both Hands!
- Belt Lantern
- Leviathan Scale
=Tricks=
!Steel Skin
!Shard Soul

Ortus

>1HP: Shine Bright
>1MV - Move to the 6
>3AP: Incant - Stoke the lights and flame to burn away the wall to my 6
>1MV - Move to the 6 through the melting wall
>3AP: Block

"Truth giving Sun, dispell dark illusion. Mighty Sun, give us the strength to press forward. Glorious Sun, help us to reach your foes and gain glory by defeating them".

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AP 6 Vit 10/12 Focus 8/12
Grit 4 Reaction 7
Speed 3 Gear [12]

=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear - 11
Way of the Shield - 14

=Equipment=
Hand1: Shield
Hand2: Spear
Back Torch: Montosi's Torch of Friendship
==Inventory==
- Multitool
- 3? Torches
- 2 Bandages
- 2 Bags of Salt
- Bulwark
- Masscast Plate: Shining Bright

=Tricks=
!Steel Skin
!Tactician

Rolled 4, 5, 6 = 15 (3d6)

>>5796113

>>5795616
>>5795648
Set up quickly to seal something in, by some heroic lonely light? Maybe the mining foreman opened a new vein and the last they saw was gaunt claws.

They would have slowed them down in the dying long enough for some bravo to dash and try to seal things up. He would not have needed to survive, so long as he saved Glimmervelt. But alas.

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Rolled 2, 1, 1, 3, 6, 5 = 18 (6d6)

>>5795531
>5 AP: !Sixth Sense - What is this voice? Surely the gaunts aren't capable of such complex language, especially those that aren't nightgaunts.
>1 AP: !Sixth Sense - How far can I expect to project my acid through spitting?

>>5795531
>>5796113
Ok. That's cool. But let me show you how it's done.
>6AP multitool: destruct wall to 6 by 6 points


=Stats=
AP 6 Vit 12 Focus 12
Grit 4 Reaction 5
Speed 3 Gear [12]
=Skills=
Understand-10
Brawl-10
Notice-10
Way of the Spear-11
Shield-14
Leader-11
=Equipment=
Hand1: Torch
Hand2: Shield
==Inventory==
-Multitool
-2 Torches
-2 Bandages
-2 Salt
-Spear
-Bulwark
-Massproduced Plate
=Tricks=
!Tactician
!Leader