[D11 EN] Rout and Madness (Closed)

[Yoritomo Seika]

Seika's eyes widen at the speed with which the gaki move. "Holy shit, they're fast!"

Well, they were definitely in range now. She claws at her gunbelt and whips out Crab-death, the water kami's whispers steadying her hand as she draws a bead on the same one Yakumo had just illuminated. The ancient gun fires true!

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Switch to attack stance

Free action: Move 5' in whatever direction takes me further from the gaki
Free action: Talk talk
Free action: Draw gun (Firearms 3 mastery)
Complex action: shoot!
D11 EN Double Trouble!--round 2, shoot Ranshin with CRABDEATH firearms/ref unknown TN. Will reroll with RoF if missed! | 6k3 ⇒ 22 (TN: ?)
Miss! But...
RoF REROLL D11 EN Double Trouble!--round 2, shoot Ranshin with CRABDEATH firearms/ref unknown TN... but higher than 22 | 6k3 ⇒ 38 (TN: ?)
Hit!

D11 EN Double Trouble!--round 2, shoot Ranshin with CRABDEATH damage (ignore 3 reduction) | 6k3 ⇒ 23 (TN: ?)
23 damage ignoring 3 reduction


Attack stance, ATN 20
Void: 3/3
Wounds: 0/57

Crabdeath power pack 3/4

Ghosting info in PF

[Kuni Koyuki]

"Yea, stay behind me- just," she pants, shaking off the encroaching feeling of doom. "Just stay behind me. Tats is.. dead- right, fuck," she shakes her head and puts all of her concentration into that blocking position. Sacred light from the sword becoming but the wall between Yakumo and the approaching violence. That was what she could do. She wouldn't wake alone after this fight, no- this time she could do at least this.

What if even this wasn't enough?


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NFA:

Simple Action: Guard Yakumo
Simple Action: Speak!

+10 to Yakumo's ATN

24 Initiative
Defense Stance
ATN: 29 (Effectively 24 this Round)
Healthy: 0/15 [0/57]
Void Use: 1/3
Sidearm: 6/6

[Tassu]

Rout danced to Koyuki, swinging her wicked claws at her, scoring a grievous wound, grinning as she blood sprout from the wound.


Ranshin dashed at Yakumo, lunging at her, but Koyuki managed to deflect its blow.

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Seika is 10' from melee
Everyone is in a ball of fury.

Koyuki got GM'd diced and sliced.

Yakumo 34 <- Yakumo is up
Seika 34
Koyuki 24
Haiso: 22
Ranshin: 19

[Susumu Yakumo]

"Koyuki!" She cried in surprise, seeing the injuries. No, no. Stay focused! One at a time!

With both of them coming straight at her and Koyuki, Yakumo fervently dodged away from an attack, weaving behind her Crab defender as she brought the lantern up again at the same creature. "Just die already!" she hissed angrily at the ugly being.

Seeing that they were spread out a bit, she fell back towards Seika, pulling a bit at Koyuki to follow her. "Together!"


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D11 EN. Rout and Madness. Round 3. Lantern of Sacred Light on Ranshin. SPIDERU BEAMU! | 3k2 ⇒ 14 (TN: ?) 14 damage that bypasses Reduction to Ranshin!
D11 EN. Rout and Madness. Round 3. Lantern of Sacred Light. Still works? | 1k1 ⇒ 3 (TN: ?) Still works!


Complex Action: Shine Lantern on Ranshin
Free Action: Talk!
Free Action: Move 10ft closer to Seika

Defense Stance, ATN 24 (29 vs spirts and tainted creatures [Crystal Star]) [Currently: 39 from Guard]
Void: 2/3
Wounds: 0 (Healthy)
Sidearm: 6/6
Lantern of Sacred Light: functional

[Yoritomo Seika]

Ugh, that looks bad--the femme-gaki just really took a piece out of Koyuki. Luckily Seika has her densai open to the 'water' section...

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Delay turn until after Koyuki.

[Kuni Koyuki]

With the first strike came the surprise of being the target, and the unwieldy-ness of being unused to a proper blade in combat. Claws sunk deep, and blood caught to wind, but she grits her teeth and doesn't give in to the pain. Eyes flashing toward the attack on Yakumo Koyuki's quick to lash out with the blade and halt their attempted strike.

Coughing through the pain she realizes late the shout that held her own name, shouting back, "I can bear it!" through gritted teeth.

Retreating with Yakumo toward Seika she maintains the guard with her eyes locked onto these two beasts.


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Koyuki Voids to reduce Damage. Reduction 5.
Koyuki takes 20 Damage.

NFA: Move 10(15) back to Seika with Yakumo.

Simple Action: Guard Yakumo. +10 to her TN.

24 Initiative
Defense Stance
ATN: 29 (Effectively 24 this Round)
Nicked: 5/6 [20/57]
Void Use: 2/3
Sidearm: 6/6

[Yoritomo Seika]

"First time doing this for real..." Seika touches Koyuki awkwardly with the same hand that (even more awkwardly!) is holding a gun called "Crab-death." She speaks the prayer that invites Water spirits to knit wounds back together, and... it actually works! Koyuki is still covered in blood, but in less pain.

Rolling her eyes nervously at the gaki a short distance away, Seika backs up a few more steps and starts to bring Crab-death back up to a firing position.

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Switch to Defense stance (ATN 24)

Free action: Talk talk
Complex action: Cast a spell
D11 EN Double Trouble!--round 3, PtIP on Koyuki (Water 1). | 5k2 ⇒ 17 (TN: 10)
D11 EN Double Trouble!--round 3, PtIP on Koyuki (Water 1), RoF reroll because why not | 5k2 ⇒ 16 (TN: 10)
Keeping the higher of those two, so Koyuki heals 7 wounds.

Free action: back away 5' more from the oncoming gaki....sorry gals, but short gun-Mantis needs to stay out of melee
Both Gaki are 10' from Yakumo and Koyuki, while Seika is now a further 5' away from the gaki (15' total).

Defense stance, ATN 24
Void: 3/3
Wounds: 0/57

Crabdeath power pack 3/4
Reversal of Fortunes: 2 rounds remaining

Ghosting info in PF

[Akuta]

If any of the non-gaki present were hoping for a gallant rescue, unfortunately they were to be disappointed. Wandering through the mess of the Desolation towards the portal, Akuta was dressed for bear, managing to don himself the lightly protective armor that he acquired and armed with full daisho and sidearm. He was quietly picking his way through the debris and fallen buildings before he spots the glow and prepares himself.

Just go look at some portal in this godforsaken wasteland...yeah, brilliant idea. I'm sure nothing terrible with happen from that. Fucking maskers.

Cresting some ruins, he spots Team Gaki and the people they're currently harassing. Shit, shit, shit. With sidearm and katana in hand, he prepares to join the fray, taking a moment to focus and prepare as he slides down a broken concrete floor slab, announcing his presence to those paying attention.
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OOC:
40' away from the gaki.
Center Stance (if I can enter in Stance)
ATN 18 (20 if pistol counts for dual wield)
Initiative: 16 (26 for next round if able to enter in Center.)
Void: 3/3
Wounds: 0/38

[Tassu]

Rout pursued Koyuki with a maddening leer on her lips, her claws barely missing the Crab woman, hissing violently at her.


Ranshin, now bleeding fetid miasma from his wounds, turned his attention to Koyuki that had defied his earlier attempts, the Kuni priest easily turning away the wicked blow aimed at her hear.

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Seika is 15' from melee
Akuta is 40' from melee
Everyone is in a ball of fury.

Lots of thin air was hit.

Yakumo 34
Seika 34
Akuta 12 (26) because of Center Stance
Koyuki 24
Haiso: 22
Ranshin: 19

[Susumu Yakumo]

Seeing Koyuki stop bleeding at least helped Yakumo focused, and she activated the sanctified lantern again, once more burning one of those terrible creatures with the sacred lights of the Jade Sun.

Hearing something not too far off, she whipped her head around and saw... someone approach! It didn't look like an enemy, but she wasn't going to let her guard down. "Uuuh... some guy to our left!"


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D11 EN. Rout and Madness. Round 4. Lantern of Sacred Light on Ranshin again... Ya-ya-yakumo beeeaaaam! | 3k2 ⇒ 13 (TN: ?) 13 damage that ignores all reduction
D11 EN. Rout and Madness. Round 4. Lantern of Sacred Light power...? | 1k1 ⇒ 7 (TN: ?) Still functional!

Complex Action: Shine Lantern on Ranshin
Free Action: Talk!

Defense Stance, ATN 24 (29 vs spirts and tainted creatures [Crystal Star]) [Currently: 39 from Guard]
Void: 2/3
Wounds: 0 (Healthy)
Sidearm: 6/6
Lantern of Sacred Light: functional

[Yoritomo Seika]

Seika scrambles a bit further back and squeezes off another shot at Ranshin with surprising panache, no doubt to the delight of her swashbuckling pirate ancestors. She crows in startled triumph when the gaki goes down! "HA! Gotcha!"

Only when she's no longer concentrating on her aim does she notice the man Yakumo was talking about... and recognize him. He is rather distinctive-looking, after all. Akuta? "What?! You?"

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Switch to attack stance

Free action: Move 5' further away from the gaki melee
Free action: Semi-coherent yelling!
Complex action: shoot!
D11 EN Double Trouble!--round 4, shoot Ranshin with CRABDEATH firearms/ref, TN... unknown, but higher than 22, lower than 39 | 6k3 ⇒ 27 (TN: ?)
Hit!

D11 EN Double Trouble!--round 4, CRABDEATH damage roll 1/2 (keeping highest) | 6k3 ⇒ 27 (TN: ?)
D11 EN Double Trouble!--round 4, CRABDEATH damage roll 2/2 (keeping highest) | 6k3 ⇒ 31 (TN: ?)
Used Reversal of Fortunes spell effect to reroll, will keep the 31. Awakened gun ignores 3 Reduction.


Attack stance, ATN 20
Void: 3/3
Wounds: 0/57

Crabdeath power pack 2/4

1 round left on Reversal of Fortunes

Ghosting info in PF

[Akuta]

"Say thanks later Watanabe-hime!"

Breaking his focus, Akuta takes aim with his pistol at the more feminine looking gaki and he exhales a deep breath he didn't realize he had been holding. He hopes his aim was true as the weapon spat coherent light and hopefully striking the creature and wounding her.

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OOC:
Switch to Attack stance.
Free action speak.
Complex action shoot FemmeGaki.
https://sakkaku.org/d10-rolls/5767 - 27 to hit (Wolf's Way gives +2)
https://sakkaku.org/d10-rolls/5769 - 20 damage.
Attack Stance
ATN 20
Init: 16
Void: 2/3
Wounds: 0/38

[Kuni Koyuki]

Hearing the exchange over her shoulder, Koyuki keeps her yes locked on the remaining beast. That creature which emanated such a presence. Screams she'd never heard plaguing her mind for a second she winces, biting down hard on her own lip to bring herself back into the current moment. Bringing back her focus. Panting, she was doing all she could to keep these creatures back and their claws at bay but for now it was working. There was little tougher than a Crabs defense, and she was Crab.

"Ronin!" she shouts with a vicious sounding voice. "Yakumo at my back is this creatures target. Do all you can to halt it's task," she coughs, breathing in deep of air to keep herself going and finding just that filmy thinness to suck on. Growling right back at Rout from her earlier hiss, "Powerful friends to make today!" she adds, as if he needed any incentive more.

Sacred light of the sword held aloft, she remains steady.

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NFA:

Simple Action: Guard Yakumo. +10 to her TN.
Simple Action: Speak!

24 Initiative
Defense Stance
ATN: 29 (Effectively 24 this Round)
Healthy: 13/15 [13/57]
Void Use: 2/3
Sidearm: 6/6

[Tassu]

Seeing her partner-in-crime fall, Rout re-doubled her effects, attacking with unnatural fury. She swung her claws in wild abandon, scoring two hits, her wicked claws punching through her armor and leaving her grievously injured.

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Seika is 15' from melee
Akuta is 40' from melee

Koyuki, Yakumo and Rout are in melee.
Koyuki takes 48 damage

Yakumo 34
Seika 34
Koyuki 24
Haiso: 22
Akuta 12

[Tassu]

Yakumo turned the lantern towards Rout, illuminating the spirit with its sacred light, the sacred flame still burning bright!

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Damage from lantern | 3k2 ⇒ 9 (TN: ?)
Lantern dies out on 1 | 1k1 ⇒ 4 (TN: ?)

[Yoritomo Seika]

"Damn! Get off her!" For the first time, Seika is experiencing a formative moment in every young shugenja's life: an ally on whom one has just used precious healing magic almost immediately gets stabbed even worse than before.

It's scary! But she vents those feelings through violence like a proper samurai, putting a well-aimed radiant shot into Haiso's nebulous body. It's not quite as devastating as her last shot at Ranshin.

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Free action: Move 5' further away from the gaki melee
Free action: speak
Complex action: shoot!
D11 EN Double Trouble!--round 5, shoot Haiso with CRABDEATH firearms/ref, Raise for damage because enemy is in Full Attack | 6k3 ⇒ 35 (TN: 20)
Should hit.

Damage (Reversal of Fortunes reroll):
D11 EN Double Trouble!--round 5, CRABDEATH damage 1/1 (keep higher), 1 raise called for damage | 7k3 ⇒ 22 (TN: ?)
D11 EN Double Trouble!--round 5, CRABDEATH damage 2 (keep higher), 1 raise called for damage | 7k3 ⇒ 19 (TN: ?)
Keeping the first roll for 22 damage (ignoring 3 Reduction)

Attack stance, ATN 20
Void: 3/3
Wounds: 0/57

Crabdeath power pack 1/4

Reversal of Fortunes expires.

Ghosting info in PF

Edit: fixed broken bbcode

[Tassu]

Wicked miasma bursts out from Rout's belly as Seika hits her, the fiend hissing in pain.

[Kuni Koyuki]

Gouts of blood pouring from her wounds, Koyuki stumbles and the light of her blade dims slightly as it finds itself sticking in dirt. Serving her as more of a crutch while she sucks in heavy heaving breaths after the stumble back from the pain wracking her body. Vision getting darker around the edges she can feel it, that taste of death lingering just beyond the door in front of her. Coughing there's a gleam of red on her teeth as she looms forward, shaking off the effect of the pain and injury.

"Fuck," she coughs, blood coating her red lips a gleaming crimson color. Stumbling forward to face the beast again, meeting it's gaze with her own. "I-" she coughs again, seething, "I can bear it. I can bear it," she smiles a wicked bloody smile staring at the thing of death before her. Calm breath, "I can bear it."

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Void to Reduce Damage, Reduction 5 applied to 2 hits. [20 Wounds reduced, 28 taken]

Simple Action: Speak!

24 Initiative
Defense Stance
ATN: 29
Crippled: 2/6 [41/57]
Void Use: 3/3
Sidearm: 6/6

[Tassu]

Seeing an opening, Rout struck at Koyuki with madness gleaming in her eyes, her claws sinking deep into her belly, thick red blood running along her claw as she stepped back.

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Seika is 20' from melee
Akuta is 40' from melee

Koyuki, Yakumo and Rout are in melee.
Koyuki takes 15 damage

Yakumo 34
Seika 34
Koyuki 24
Haiso: 22
Akuta 12

[Kuni Koyuki]

Weakly striking out with her sword in an attempt to defend, she's easily overpowered and that claw digs deep. As it slides out of her gut, no more words leave Koyuki's mouth as she grimaces and falls hard onto her knee. Struggling to attempt to stand for what seems to her like forever but is only a few seconds before she slumps forward into the ash and dirt. Breathing weakly, but breathing.

[Reduction, 5 damage. Koyuki is Down.]

Down: 6/6