Aurorix 31 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Seeing her lug of a brother already out on the ground the tiny bee crouched low the ground and placed her tablet over her head, hiding under it like some sort of cover. "H-hurry up and take care of these barbarians already!" Stardust hold and activate Charisma+ Link to post Share on other sites
Powder Miner 4 Posted November 10 Author Share Posted November 10 Without warning, there was the whistle of an arrow slicing through the air - thankfully for the vulnerable bird-riding mercenary, it wasn't aimed at him, but rather at a certain redheaded ant. Lotus attacks Corporal Dart! Spoiler Corporal Dart is enforcing Parity! Hit: 95-17=78! Hit roll: 55, hit! Crit: 3-3=0, no crit. Damage: 11-3=8! That whistling sound was followed by the thk of the arrow finding flesh, causing Corporal Dart to cry out and clutch at her arm. She looked around frantically, failing at first to realize who struck her, until her eyes finally landed on the stealthily still mantis, holding her bow, eyes locked on Dart, at which point her lips curled into a snarl. "Oh, you bitch! I'm gonna come for you as soon as I-" Unfortunately for Corporal Dart, Lotus was not the only bug that she had to contend with - Sting came hurtling in at her, and Dart barely managed to react in time to deal with the assault, body twitching to face Sting with a single frantic motion, as Dart raised her knives. Sting attacks Corporal Dart! Spoiler Corporal Dart is enforcing Parity! Hit: 86-17=69! Hit roll: 100, miss! Corporal Dart counterattacks! Corporal Dart is enforcing Parity! Hit: 89-19=70! Hit roll: 25, hit! Crit: 13-3=10! Crit roll: 48, no crit. Damage: 10-2=8! Yet, somehow, despite the precarious position that she found herself, Corporal Dart proved what gave her name and probably her rank, that frantic motion being interrupted by a second one almost in the opposite direction - but instead of being twisted up on her feet and falling to the ground, Dart ended up inside Sting's guard, dodging the thrust of her rapier and managing a solid blow with one knife, before she flowed back out of immediate strike range from Sting. "Now, how do you like that?" Brilliant, meanwhile, loped on over around poor Secludie to crouch down and heal the big lug of bee that seemed to have, for now, met his match in the squad of enemies they'd defeated. "Well, admittedly I'd kinda been hoping this all wouldn't happen... but, uh, don't worry, I'll make you great as grass!" And she booped him a little with her staff - truthfully speaking, not something necessary, but certainly theatric. (Curiosity, from her shoulder, waved a much much tinier staff at him, complete with a single magic sparkle to add to Brilliant's staff's!) Spoiler Brilliant Deduction is getting a little help! Pinecone is healed for (16+2)/2=9 HP! Recruit Bend looked at Corporal Dart with a look that could best be characterized as a mixture of disgust and fear. "Awwwww man, these people really are fucking nuts. Scuse me Stardust, scuse me Pinecone-- gonna just--" tooooot "Lotus PLEASE take care of her!" Lotus attacks Corporal Dart! Spoiler Corporal Dart is enforcing Parity! Hit: 95-17=78! Hit roll: 77, hit! Crit: 3-3=0, no crit. Damage: 11-3=8! Lotus very well obliged. Dart may have been able to dodge Sting's somewhat clumsy strike, but dodging another nearly silent arrow from a p-particularly still archer with a longbow was another thing entirely. Dart suddenly found herself on her back on the ground, looked towards her legs to see another arrow jutting out of her thigh, and then sighed. "Dammit." Corporal Dart is dead! TURN 2 ~ ENEMY PHASE The lone surviving ant of her squad (probably), the initiate fire mage looked around at the situation for a moment - that had been fast. But... "Well, guess what, buddy, she's not the ONLY one of us who's 'fucking nuts'--" "Why are you proud of that??" "--so you better watch out, 'cuz I'm coming for YOU!" Fire Initiate A attacks Recruit Bend! Spoiler Recruit Bend is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Hit: 88-20-15=53! Hit roll: 81, miss! A bolt of fire flew past Bend's head, preempted by him flinching violently out of the way and covering his face, and followed by him slowly uncovering it, peeking out, noticing he hadn't been hit, and then extending a middle finger at his assailant. "MISSED! Ha-ha!" Meanwhile, Flies Freely leaned in towards one of the snipers he was working with. "Hey, I'm gonna be talking with those guys, so I can't be carrying you right now. You lot should probably get moving." There was a groan in response. "Really? You've got to be kidding... ugh. Well, figures. I guess you'll probably end up scooting soon, the way this is going, even if we're getting our licks in. C'mon, folks, let's get moving." He then drove his pigeon to the very top of the edge in the sidewalk he was standing over. "Hey, hey, hey, Ebon, so here's the deal! Doubt you remember me much, but, uh, if you do, it'll be as Calmness Under Fire. I was one of the mantis who was around you briefly - I saw you leave for the whole mercenary thing, and I just have to say, totally inspirational. Made me realize I ought to pick up and run life another way myself." The snipers, meanwhile, scooted away. TURN 3 ~ PLAYER PHASE Map Notes Spoiler Objective: Rout the enemy! Road and sidewalk tiles usually just count as plains for the purpose of movement, including the lines between panels of the sidewalk. However, cracks in the sidewalk function as Cliffs and are impassable! Pebbles on the sidewalk function as Pillars. Moving on or off the sidewalk costs 2 MOV. Attacks from the sidewalk to off of the sidewalk effectively have WTA, and attacks off of the sidewalk to on the sidewalk effectively have WTD! This stacks with actual WTA and WTD. Status Spoiler Players: Ebon Knight: 18/18, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Faithful Diligence: 18/19, Eq. Fire Life-Recorder: 17/18, Eq. Wooden Chakram Lotus: 17/17, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Mercy Harefoot: 0/16, Eq. Heal 2/3 Pinecone: 9/23, Eq. Wooden Javelin (Iron Javelin) Secluded-from-Illumination: 18/18, Eq. Worm Soggyshanks: 12/22, Eq. Plastic Hatchet Stardust: 16/16, Eq. Lightning Sting: 11/20, Eq. Wooden Rapier (Iron Rapier) Brilliant Deduction: 16/16, Eq. Heal Recruit Bend: 17/18, Eq. Charming Flute Enemies: Black Ant Fire Initiate A: 8/17, Eq. Fire Black Ant Dark Initiate A: 0/20, Eq. Miasma Black Ant Axe Recruit A: -5/22, Eq. Wooden Axe (Iron Axe) Black Ant Lance Recruit A: 0/22, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Black Ant Halberdier A: -2/22, Eq. Wooden Halberd (Iron Halberd) Corporal Dart: -2/19, Eq. Wooden Dagger, Parity Active! Black Ant Sniper A: 18/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper B: 18/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper C: 18/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Flies Freely: 12/20, Eq. Gravel Mace (Iron Mace) Black Ant Fire Initiate B: 17/17, Eq. Fire Black Ant Axe Recruit B: 22/22, Eq. Wooden Axe (Iron Axe) Black Ant Lance Recruit B: 22/22, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Black Ant Halberdier B: 22/22, Eq. Wooden Halberd (Iron Halberd) Black Ant Specialist A: 18/18, Eq. Poison Dart Adept Gloom: 23/23, Eq. Swarm Black Ant Fire Initiate C: 17/17, Eq. Fire Black Ant Dark Initiate B: 20/20, Eq. Miasma Black Ant Axe Recruit C: 22/22, Eq. Wooden Axe (Iron Axe) Black Ant Lance Recruit C: 22/22, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Black Ant Specialist B: 18/18, Eq. Poison Dart Sergeant Indefatigable: 24/24, Eq. Wooden Pilum EXP: 34/100 Link to post Share on other sites
krim 15 Posted November 17 Share Posted November 17 Ebon sat upon Blackwing silently as the other mantis approached him, and listened to what he had to say. To tell the truth, he did remember the old name, but not the face. Either way, this Freely didn't seem more than Lotus's age. "Inspiration....?" he asked, a bit off guard. Now THAT was something he had never heard before. "Listen kid,..I'm only doing this because I have to. There's nothing to be inspired by or proud about in taking lives. If I had to guess, the people here have their own problems, too." he grimaced and shook his head. "I'm not going to tell you to go back home, but make sure this is really what you want before potentially digging your own grave." glancing down towards the snipers running for their lives, he added "Especially if you're planning on switching sides." Link to post Share on other sites
Trash 0 Posted Sunday at 12:30 PM Share Posted Sunday at 12:30 PM Eyes shut, Secludie quivered- "Ahhhhhh-" One eye cracked open. "Ahh...?" "Eh? I got him...?" Somewhat nonplussed, she straightened up. "Oh. I- I didn't really expect t-that to work." Looking at the downed Harefoot, she nervously pointed a finger. "U-um. Shouldn't one of us h-help him?" Link to post Share on other sites
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