[001.3] Eurydice (GM): When you all arrive at the very top of the tower, you see a small study, almost completely trashed. A crumpled body sits by a pile of books, looking up in horror at a particularly tall shade. The shade has his back to you, and said back is hunched heavily, holding a few of the tattered books in his slim arms. Bifrons: [REGINALD!] Eurydice (GM): Roll awareness one more time. Braith: rolling 1d20 + 1 ( 9 )+1 = 10 Bifrons: rolling 1d20+3 ( 20 )+3 = 23 Misia: rolling 1d20 ( 20 ) = 20 Rufus: rolling 1d20 + 2 ( 16 )+2 = 18 Ravenuk: rolling 1d20 + 2 ( 12 )+2 = 14 Braith: [HELLS YEAH] Eurydice (GM): Congratulations, you get a surprise round, because none of you stepped on the tattered book right by the door! Roll initiative. Bifrons: rolling 1d20+1 ( 20 )+1 = 21 Ravenuk: rolling 1d20 + 2 ( 18 )+2 = 20 Braith: rolling 1d20 + 1 ( 17 )+1 = 18 Misia: rolling 1d20 + 1 ( 17 )+1 = 18 Bifrons: [All hail nat 20s!] Ravenuk: [yeah, yeah] Braith: So me and Misia go AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. :p (that was ooc.) (i forgot brackets) Eurydice (GM): (I'm assuming Rufus is sitting this one out?) Braith: (depends. How long did it take us to get up here?) (after a minute, he recovered.) Eurydice (GM): (This is kind of a big tower, so about five minutes.) Bifrons: [We weren't exaclty resting Braith: [true...] [I suppose he'll sit it out then.] [Still folows me, loyal fool] *whispering* Stay... Eurydice (GM): (There we go, he can sit on the stairs like a good boy :3) Alright, so you all get to go before your friend even rolls initative. Bifrons takes a deep breath... Bifrons: CHAAAAAAAAAAAARGE Bookeeper Reginald: [What the hell?!] Braith: [pfffft] Ravenuk facepalms, knowing our element of surprise just flew out the proverbial window] Braith does the same Bookeeper Reginald: (THANKS LEEROY) Braith: (GOD BLAST IT LEEROY) Bifrons: [NO REGRETS] Ravenuk: [Leeroy?] Braith: [you never heard of Leeroy Jenkins? O_O] Bookeeper Reginald: (You've never heard of LEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOY JENKIIIIIIIIIIIIINS?) Braith: [Bro, do you even internet?] Bookeeper Reginald: rolling 1d20 + ( 13 ) = 13 Ravenuk: [just not in the right circles, I guess] Bookeeper Reginald: (Good news, Reginald STILL goes last!) Misia: [Hooray!] Ravenuk: [good riddance] Braith: [hooray!] Bookeeper Reginald: (Archer go shooty shooty, your turn.) Braith: (wait, but chargy man didn't make his attack/) Bookeeper Reginald: (He moved 45 feet in one turn?) Braith: (Charging is a maneuver, he just takes -2 to his defense rolls) Bookeeper Reginald: (Wow, my DM was shit.) Braith: (but... you do have a point there.) (I don't know if charge allows for double move speed or not.) Bifrons: [Yeah, you can't move as far as I did and attack. Braith: (oh, nevermind then!) Bifrons: [I was banking on the surprise round/] Braith: (thinking for DnD and whatnot.) Go on archer man. Ravenuk takes aim at the man and lets loose an arrow Ravenuk: rolling 1d20 + 6 ( 9 )+6 = 15 [not the charging one, but who he's charging at] Bookeeper Reginald: (Guess what) rolling 1d20 + 8 ( 15 )+8 = 23 The Bookkeeper scatters, almost like a leaf in an autumn wind. Ravenuk: [FUCK!] Bifrons: [You don't need to roll that defense] [It's a static value.] [You only need to make a roll if you get hit.] Bookeeper Reginald: (Oh... I have no idea what value is a hit...) Bifrons: Well, anything less than 18 is a miss here. Braith: [in this case, since it's a ranged you use the dodge] [Wait, WHAT?!] Bookeeper Reginald: (Alright, thank you. -As I said, my previous DM wasn't too... explanitory-) Bifrons: [It's cool.] Bookeeper Reginald: (Yep, Good ol' Reginlad has a dodge of 8.) Bifrons: [Oh, do you have any music for this boss?] Bookeeper Reginald: (OH SHIT I ALMOST FORGOT) Braith: [Jesus. This feels like a meat grinder. TT_TT] Bifrons: [It's cool] [perfect] Bookeeper Reginald: (There we go, next victim please!) Braith: Well, that's me or Elizabeth We have the same score for initiative. Ravenuk: rock, paper, scissors, I guess Braith: (you wanna go first, Elizabeth?) Misia: [sure, I guess. Can't really do anything but move, I think.] Braith: (you could move twice?) Misia: [but reginald is scary '~'] Braith: (you're a melee? And if his dodge is an 8, unless he's twice our power level, his parry shouldn't be as high...) Bookeeper Reginald: (-Looks at the sheet-) (Yeah, I didn't make him THAT much higher than you guys.) (He's just got a couple stats that put the fear of god into the masses and looks that only a blind mother could love.) Bifrons: [Okay, that quote is going on Tumblr.] Bookeeper Reginald: (Achievement unlocked: Quotable Things!) Ravenuk: [hahahahahahahaha] Misia: Misia moves just a bit closer to Reginald, partially out of caution but mostly because of his face. Bookeeper Reginald: (Reggie loves you too.) Braith: We'll try to throw a knife... Or.. Ms. Dm, what do we have in this room that can be thrown? Bookeeper Reginald: (Books, chairs, random pens on the desk, debris, rocks) Braith: (I have the advantage that lets me throw anything, the damage being my rank in the advantage) (for now, same as my daggers: 1) (this may come into play if my daggers run out) rolling 1d20 + 5 ( 2 )+5 = 7 and first whiff. TT_TT Bookeeper Reginald: (Guess who's tuuuuurn?~) Reginald ignores his captive friend for now, instead turning his attention to the funny little shouting man. Ravenuk: [ownage] Bifrons: [this may hurt, we're looking at grappling.] Bookeeper Reginald: He moves to pick up Brifrons... rolling 1d20 + 4 ( 14 )+4 = 18 Bifrons: [Okay, now I make a check to resist his grab. WHat's his strength?] rolling 1d20+3 ( 3 )+3 = 6 [Oh yeah, he has me.] Bookeeper Reginald: (His strength is 2) Bifrons: [He has me then.] [I have indeed been grabbed. Bookeeper Reginald: He picks up the strange man, staring at him as if he were an oddity in a museum. Bifrons: I WILL CUT OFF YOUR GODDAMN ARMS! [I'm imobile, but he is at half speed while he has me. We both have half our defenses.] Braith: [who's next?] Ravenuk: [I think I am, but the initiatives were a while ago, and I don't feel up to oing through the history Bookeeper Reginald: (That's what the turn order menu is for) Braith: (no one's on it.) Bifrons: [It only has reginald Bookeeper Reginald: (...Huh?!) Braith: Oh, this happens to me. Bookeeper Reginald: (But I never took any of you OFF...) Misia: [It's Bifrons > Ravenuk > Misia/Braith > Reggie] Braith: Eury, the DM will have older turn orders,, but the players cant see it. You're going to have to delete the old ones and add them again manually Ravenuk: then I'll[ try to hit Reginald once again, I guess] Bookeeper Reginald: (Oh this is BS) Braith: (sorry. It is a pitfall I ran into too. :( ) Ravenuk: rolling 1d20 + 6 ( 20 )+6 = 26 Braith: DAYUM. Ravenuk: [nat 20. I think I hit him thatt ime] Bifrons: [Isn't it my turn? Bookeeper Reginald: (I thought you said you were immobalized?) Bifrons: [I can't move, but I can resist.] Ravenuk: [very well. BUT i REFUSE TO REROLL] Bookeeper Reginald: (Well, I fucked up then.) (...Dunno how to fix THIS mess.) Bifrons: [It [I'ts cool, I just say what I do, then we move on. give me a sec. rolling 1d20+3 ( 1 )+3 = 4 [Still bound.] [Now it's dave Ravenuk: [rolled a nat 20 to hit Reginald] Bookeeper Reginald: (And I won't make him reroll because this was my fuckup.) Rolling toughness because yes, that hit, and it hurt Bifrons: [bow damage is 2, right?] Bookeeper Reginald: rolling 1d20 + 2 ( 13 )+2 = 15 Bifrons: [Alright, one degree of failure, so he has one wound but no other effect. Future checks subtract his wounds from his roll, and it stacks. [Future toughness checks, that is.] Ravenuk: [yes, but I have 4 ranks in ranged combat, archery] Bifrons: [That effects hitting, not damage.] Ravenuk: then yes Braith: [just mark him with a red dot like Rufus.] [wooo dots] Bookeeper Reginald: (Your turn now) (Or...bah, whoever goes, I forget o-o) Braith: We technically go at the same time, so I don't think it matters. Gonna throw another knife, calling out to the girl: "Hey, get over here!" rolling 1d20 + 5 ( 1 )+5 = 6 HERO POINT I WILL NOT KEEP A 1! Bookeeper Reginald: (-snickering-) Braith: Which is why I'm burning the hero point. No way I'm letting you do crazy things with a nat 1 Bookeeper Reginald: (Alright, alright, go head) Braith: rolling 1d20 + 5 ( 1 )+5 = 6 Bookeeper Reginald: (*Ahead) Braith: O_O Bookeeper Reginald: (OH MY GOD) Misia: [wow] Braith: MOTHER FUCK THE DICE HATE ME. Bifrons: [HAHAHAHAHAHAHA] Bookeeper Reginald: (-HIDEOUS HYENA LAUGH-) Braith: WAIT WAIT RULES ONE SECOND Bifrons: [COWARD] Braith: There are rules for hero points and rerolling. My friend reminded me. Bookeeper Reginald: (It's still funny though.) Braith: One hero point allows you to re-roll any die roll you make and take the better of the two rolls. On a result of 1 through 10 on the second roll, add 10 to the result, an 11 or higher remains as-is (so the re-roll is always a result of 11-20). You must spend the hero point to improve a roll before the GM announces the outcome of your initial roll. You cannot spend Braith: hero points on die rolls made by the GM or other players without the Luck Control effect (see the Powers chapter). it's an 11 Or, technically, 16 Ravenuk: [brb] Bookeeper Reginald: (Alright, alright, fair enough. I won't go against the book just to antagonize you.) Braith: [PHEW] Bookeeper Reginald: (I'm a meanie pants, but not THAT much of one.) Bifrons: [You still miss] Braith: [Yes, but no nat 1] Bookeeper Reginald: (But at least she doesn't hit the hostage.) Braith: Okay, won't hyperventilate and die. Did the girl respond when I yelled to her? Bifrons: [Wait, just realised!] [Since grappling cuts both people active defenses in half, reginald has a dodge of four!] [It hit!] Ianthe: -Ianthe looks up, sure enough, but her leg is twisted at strange angles. She's not getting up.- Braith: I hit Reginald! :D Bifrons: [With a ranged weapon!] Misia: [:O] Bookeeper Reginald: (Oh snap, you hit the bugger!) Braith: [yaaay] [TT_TT] Bookeeper Reginald: Rolling toughness to see how much it hurts. rolling 1d20 + 1 ( 15 )+1 = 16 Braith: it hella made it. DC was an 11 I need better throwing things Bifrons: DC was 15, actually. Braith: oh it was? Bifrons: No wait, 16. Braith: Still made it on the nose. Bifrons: Still doesn't get hurt. Braith: BUGGER! Bookeeper Reginald: (So close, and yet so far.) Braith: WAIT It has a wound isn't that a -1 Bookeeper Reginald: (Yes, which mean his toughness roll was only +1 instead of +2...I think) (I'm leaving room for me to be wrong) Bifrons: [No, you're right I think.] Braith: [so it only rolled a 15?] Bifrons: 15+1 = 16 Braith: [oh.] [DERP] Bookeeper Reginald: (NEXT VICTIM!~) Braith: [DERP DERP DERP] Misia: [Maybe I can hit it and do damage! :D] rolling 1d20 + 2 ( 4 )+2 = 6 Oh, no. Nevermind Bookeeper Reginald: Nope, it does nothing. Reginald's turn! He moves to throw his victim into the bookshelf, disgusted by his foul language. rolling 1d20 + 2 ( 19 )+2 = 21 Bifrons: rolling 1d20+3 ( 5 )+3 = 8 [Ooooh] Bookeeper Reginald: ...And he goes flying! Teri G.: [also, sorry for freaking out so much about rules, it was a matter of accidentally hitting someone] Bookeeper Reginald: The bookshelf flutters in place, before several books come tumbling out. Most are as old and torn as the rest of them, however... Grimoire Greshat: WHO DISTURBS MY SLUMBER?! Grimoire Vert: Oh, will you be quiet?! Bifrons: Oh great, I'm dead... Braith: O_O The books are talking. [in character] Grimoire Udrin: We found the intelligence, it seems... Grimoire Vert: That wasn't funny. Braith: [Urdin.] .....Talking books, giant shades. What the crap! Is no one else noticing this?! Bifrons: I'm gonna wake up tomorrow in a lake of booze... Grimoire Udrin: If you wake up at all. Grimoire Greshat: Oh, will you quit your moaning?! Misia: Okaaay, so there may be 3 talking books with attitudes in the room but we still have a tiiiny problem to deal with here! Bookeeper Reginald: -Hi, I'm the tiny problem- Misia: [hi reggie] Grimoire Vert: Oh, that thing? What an annoyance! I'm certain at least one of us could squash him like a bug! Grimoire Udrin: If we felt like it... Bifrons: Bullshit. I dare you wrinkly bastards to try. Grimoire Greshat: Wrinkly?! Why, I should- Bookeeper Reginald: Regniald swats at the books, sending them to various places in the room. The books land close to three of the party members; but not before one of them accidentally hits Ianthe in the face. (She takes no damage) Braith: [pffft] Grimoire Greshat: Oh, now I'm annoyed! Braith looks at the book at her feet Braith: uh, help uh, help? Please? Bifrons: Goddamn old tomes... Grimoire Udrin: ...Oh, alright... I suppose this distraction has gone on long enough. Grimoire Greshat: WE SHALL SEAR ITS FLESH! Grimoire Vert: Don't think I didn't hear that remark... Bifrons: I like that ones spunk! Eurydice (GM): (The Grimoires join your party!) Bifrons points to Greshat Misia: Wait a minute, how exactly will said searing be done? I'm right beside it! Braith: We should avoid friendly fire! [TT_TT] Misia: [D:] Bifrons: [You're going to hell/] Grimoire Greshat: Details! Eurydice (GM): (I think we'll wait on a certain someone to come back before going any further) Scottsman L.: Who's that again? My brain is starting to fog over Eurydice (GM): (Dave) Bifrons: Ah. Ravenuk: [hmmm?] Eurydice (GM): (Oh good, you're back!) (You all got your grimoires... well, those who chose to have them, anyway.) (Yours is a violent bugger.) Ravenuk: [so I see] Eurydice (GM): (Now we can continue!) Bifrons: [I forget, who's turn is it? brain go mush] Braith: [Your's] Eurydice (GM): (Also, you don't need to make separate rolls for your books: They'll act with you, when you want them to. You command them just as if they were a part of you.) (Initiative rolls I mean) Bifrons: Time to cut up a sunuvabitch! rolling 1d20+2 ( 11 )+2 = 13 [what's his Parry?] Bookeeper Reginald: (5) Bifrons: [Damn, I miss] Braith: [This is gonna be hilarious because I have a burst... TT_TT] Bifrons: [oh god] Braith: [30 feet bursts are kinda big in this tiny room. O_O] Bookeeper Reginald: (...wHOOPS) Misia: [TT_TT] Bifrons: [this aint tiny] Braith: [Wellll, you guys are still cramped together. ^^;] Bookeeper Reginald: (The entire room is 90 feet accross) (30 feet is 1/3rds of the room XD) Bifrons: [That's a goddamn firestorm] Braith: I can barely clip him up there. Bifrons: [there is nowhere that won't hit one of us] Braith: [poop.] Bookeeper Reginald: (Dave, your turn?) Braith: [Right, Dave, do your thing] Bifrons: [I did. I missed] Braith: [David. Not you.] Bifrons: [Why the hell did I think I was dave?] Braith: [I don't know. O_O] Bifrons: [We may have to finish this before I conclude I'm the pope] Teri G.: [Dave? You okay man?] Ravenuk: [not really sure, but I'm alive] [head's starting to pound] Bookeeper Reginald: (I'd pause and let people rest, but that's hard in the middle of combat...) Teri G.: [You could turn down the music on your end?] Ravenuk: [anyways, taking my first arcane shot at this asswipe, I guess] [music's muted on my end, the only sound is my typing] Teri G.: [Eury cut it off] Bifrons: [He muted it long ago.] Teri G.: [Ah. Anyways, what's the resistance check for your magic?] Bifrons: [Maybe we should call it a night. It's getting pretty late.] [I think our players are more wounded then our characters.] Bookeeper Reginald: (I'm not sure how pausing in combat would work but at this rate we might very well have to.) David B.: [finish this combat first] [ROLLING TO HIT REGINALD] rolling 1d20 + 6 ( 1 )+6 = 7 FUUUCK!!! Bifrons: [Pffffffft] Teri G.: You don't have to roll to hit, I don't think? Does the power say you have to? Bifrons: [What is the power?] David B.: [sorry, all sound's seems to be muted] Ravenuk: [power's that of Raven from Teen Titans, so shadow powers, I'd guess] Teri G.: [No, what's it officially called in teh book?] Bifrons: [Uhg, I think I may need to bow out. I have school in the morning and I feel like death. You can just say Bifrons got knocked out when he hit the shelf] Eurydice (GM): (Aww, alright) Teri G.: [Well, if we REALLY have to call it quits, we can double check the chat in this game to know what's going on.] Ravenuk: [in the book it's labeled blast, I think] David B.: [and I agree] Teri G.: [Did you write down what it was called in your sheet?] David B.: [that's what I have written, "blast"] [I have flight, blast and teleport typed on the sheet] Teri G.: [Did you pull blast from a side book? I'm just finding it in a fire blast form in Fire Powers.] David B.: I was basing the powers off of Raven, her powers were shadow powers Teri G.: WAIT, found it. It's ranged damage power. You DO make a ranged attack check. David B.: what does the book say? Teri G.: You make a ranged attack check against the target’s Dodge defense. The attack’s damage equals your power rank and the target makes a Toughness resistance check against it. David B.: {and if any fox references are mentioned, I'll singe the hair off of the head that does it} Teri G.: Okay, when this wraps up, you and I need to go over your sheet. When you list a power you gotta list it's construction And, with your previous roll, I dare say that's a bust. Apologies for taking so much time on that. :/ Grimoire Greshat: Erm... [grumble grumble] Braith: So what do you do, book? Grimoire Udrin: Oh, you know. Tear the fabric of reality asunder and make even the mightiest of lords beg for mercy... or death. All before lunch, usually. David B.: I'm willing to say that we have indeed wrapped up for the night Braith: Well, we can leave this note: It is now Mine or Elizabeth's turn. We have books. Is that alright, Uery? oh wow typing. @_@ Eurydice (GM): (Of course.) (I'll make a small thing detailing where, exactly, we left off.) Braith: kk Elise T.: (It turns out that I forgot about an advantage or two so I need to go recrunch my numbers) (So a few things may be +/- 1 next time) Eurydice (GM): (Alright, wrote down everything I needed to.) (You all have a good evening now!) Elise T.: (G'night everyone) Braith: night. Scottsman L.: Gotta love Nier Music. Eurydice (GM): I've said it once and I'll say it again: The soundtrack could bring a nun to orgams. *orgasm [That awkward moment where I remember one of you knows me irl] David B. shrugs and reminds the GM that it's fine