ctsun Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 After a few minutes of bouncing around with nothing to do, it was oddly exhilarating to finally be stuck into the action. With a loud spirited (and partially stress-relieving) yell of "Hyaaa!", the little mosquito barrels towards the loosely-clothed black ant with a charging headbutt. Well, there was more than one way to use her head, she mused to herself with a giggly "Oh, hi there!" as if she was entirely unaware that she was in the middle of a raging battlefield. Bounce to I8 and stab Specialist A (I9) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powder Miner Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 No doubt, it was a rather bemusing experience for the black ant fire mage to have a terrified adolescent moth running at him and flinging magic while also crying and professing her desire not to be there. But, still, even a bemusing situation where you're getting a bolt of deadly magic thrown at you is a situation where you're getting a bolt of deadly magic at you, so preparing for combat it was. Secluded-from-Illumination attacks Black Ant Fire Initiate B! Spoiler Secluded-from-Illumination is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Secluded-from-Illumination is Gambling on this attack! Secluded-from-Illumination is bedecked with charms of fortune! Fire Initiate B is behind a pebble! Hit: 94+15+15-15-15-13=81! Hit roll: 88, miss! Fire Initiate B counterattacks! Secluded-from-Illumination is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Hit: 88-15-10=63! Hit roll: 47, hit! Crit: 3-0=3! Crit roll: 6, no crit. (But close!) Damage: 9-6=3! Thankfully for the ant, as it turns out, a terrified single-digit girl throwing a bolt is a girl who is not quite as precise in the way she throws that bolt, and the initiate was able to just duck behind that ever-useful pebble, peeking back up afterwards to see the hole it had eaten in the rock. Secluded wasn't quite lucky enough to dodge, but the bolt didn't do much but light her cloak on fire and give her some first-degree burns. Of course, being Secluded, it was unlikely she appreciated that. The other one of the trio of digitling girls in the party (and the other one to actually do much in the way of direct fighting) came up next, with a lot more enthusiasm than her counterpart, and the ever-quick knife-wielding ant found herself the target of another attack. "Well, hello, there, hon." A sardonic laugh. "You sure you're in the right place?" Sting attacks Black Ant Specialist A! Spoiler Sting is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Adept Gloom has a daunting aura... Hit: 89+15-5-16=83! Hit roll: 34, hit! Crit: 3-4-5=-6, no crit chance. Damage: 12-1=11! The specialist didn't dodge this one, though. Sting's cranium didn't make direct contact, with the specialist instinctively backpedaling away, but the rapier stab that followed did very much, sticking the ant rather solidly - Sting was very much capable of making powerful strikes indeed, it seemed. For a moment it didn't seem like that was enough, but the ant stumbled backwards, and groaned, grabbing her abdomen. "Guess so, huh?" Then she fell. Black Ant Specialist A dies! The Fire Initiate that had managed to dodge Secluded-from-Illumination's attack (and was the indirect cause, now, of her loud panic) wasn't actually out of the more metaphorical fire yet. He had yet another assailant - this one was Pinecone, and now he had a rod of sharpened, curved wood hurtling his way as hard as Pinecone could throw it. "Oh, come on!" Pinecone attacks Black Ant Fire Initiate B! Spoiler Pinecone is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Pinecone is a busy, busy bee! Adept Gloom has a daunting aura... Black Ant Fire Initiate B is behind a pebble... Hit: 89+15+15-15-5-13=86! Hit roll: 89, miss! Black Ant Fire Initiate B counterattacks! Pinecone is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Adept Gloom has a daunting aura! Hit: 88+5-5-15=73! Hit roll: 14, hit! Crit: 3-1=2! Crit roll: 72, no hit. Damage: 9-5=4! Luckily for the ant, when Pinecone had cocked his arm back for a javelin throw that would probably have been accurate, his attention had been stolen for a moment by the fact that Adept Gloom was staring exhausted, dark-circled DAGGERS at one of the bugs he was guarding (Ebon)! The delay was split-second, but long enough for the Fire Initiate to terrifiedly dive behind another side of the pebble, javelin slapping against the sidewalk after missing him by a hair. The literal return fire did hit, and burned some, but Pinecone was still up and presumably still resolute. 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: 18/19, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Faithful Diligence: 8/20, Eq. Fire Life-Recorder: 18/18, Eq. Wooden Chakram, Poisoned 1/2 Lotus: 17/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Mercy Harefoot: 9/17, Eq. Heal Pinecone: 13/24, Eq. Wooden Javelin (Iron Javelin) Secluded-from-Illumination: 15/18, Eq. Worm Soggyshanks: 10/23, Eq. Plastic Hatchet, Poisoned 2/2 Stardust: 16/17, Eq. Lightning Sting: 20/20, Eq. Wooden Rapier (Iron Rapier) Brilliant Deduction: 16/17, Eq. Heal Recruit Bend: 17/19, Eq. Charming Flute Enemies: Black Ant Fire Initiate A: -5/17, 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: -7/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper B: 12/18, 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: 7/17, Eq. Fire Black Ant Axe Recruit B: -1/22, Eq. Wooden Axe (Iron Axe) Black Ant Lance Recruit B: 22/22, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Black Ant Halberdier B: -5/22, Eq. Wooden Halberd (Iron Halberd) Black Ant Specialist A: 0/18, Eq. Poison Dart Adept Gloom: 10/23, 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: 10/100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trash Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 The moth desperately batted at her smouldering garments. "Aaaahhh I'm on fire aaaaaaaahhhh-" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsun Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Oh, right, She'd forgotten about the sword in her hands. The rapier that was very capable of stabbing strangers in the gut and making them fall down. Oh, well. Now, uhhh, where was she? Perhaps it was just the loosely dressed ant's question but maybe she wasn't in the right place. Better ask to make sure. As Sting bounced for a spot for a few moments (and try to get her brain working), she heard a high-pitched flute sound behind her. Right on time. Who better than him? "Oh, hi, Bendy!" she greeted cheerily, turning around to face the black ant. "Um, where are we a-whaooo-whoops!" That last cry came from not watching her feet and somehow, tripping over the fallen specialist's body, sending the little mosquito tumbling head over heels and crashing right into the tablet-wielding ant behind her. Well, there's something to be said about watching your step. Bend to I7 and refresh Sting (I8) Stings to I9 and stab Adept Gloom (I10) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powder Miner Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 "What do you mean where ar- oh- uh- there she goes." He watched the precipitous tumble of the mosquito girl and winced. "Yeahhhhh... been there. Mostly." Recruit Bend has refreshed Sting? It was questionable to what extent Sting essentially flinging herself entirely headlong into the officer of this little squad of ants actually counted as an attack, even with Sting's sword included in the mix of flailing limbs and antenna. But that was sure what she was doing, and it drew a frankly indignant squawk from Gloom as the mosquito barreled right into her. Sting attacks Adept Gloom! Spoiler Sting is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Adept Gloom has a daunting aura... Hit: 89+15-5-8=91! Hit roll: 63, hit! Crit: 3-5=-2, no crit chance. Damage: 12-4=8! Adept Gloom counterattacks! Sting is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Sting is reckless! Adept Gloom has a daunting aura... Hit: 77-15-15=47! Hit roll: 23! Crit: 3-3=0, no crit chance. Damage: 12+2=14! Sting attacks again! Sting is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Sting is really desperate! Adept Gloom has a daunting aura... Hit: 89+15-5-8=91! Hit roll: 57, hit! Crit: 3+15-5=13! Crit roll: 43, no crit. Damage: 12-4=8! The "combat" that followed was a ridiculous, clumsy thing. Sting's sword entirely accidentally ripped across Gloom's abdomen, drawing a shriek, Gloom wildly flung motes of magic at Sting that ate deeply into her flesh and blinded her a little, and then Sting's careening body slammed her facefirst into Gloom. The end result was this: both bugs were wounded, Gloom was flat on the ground with her tablet several inches away and with Sting right on top of her, and a little carved stone ring had somehow ended up around one of Sting's antenna. Adept Gloom is defeated! Adept Gloom drops an Element Ring! "This is the dumbest thing that has ever happened." TURN 6 ~ ENEMY PHASE The bizarre but thorough defeat of Gloom brought a few different reactions from the various ants on the scene. The mage immediately turned and began hauling ass as fast as he could, abandoning his position the instant Gloom was down. "That is about as much of this as I am willing to stomach!" "Get back here, asshole!" "I know what I said earlier, but I am not going to stick around when you are down and my frontliner just bailed!" "Damn it!" The snipers, however... "Mmm... hey dude, I'm going to fight it out. You can do whatever you want I guess, but want to join me? For the boss." "... ... ...yeah." And they each took positions around a pebble, the chattier sniper standing behind the one now getting surrounded and the silent sniper standing just beside the further one. The chatty sniper raised his longbow, ultimately simply sighing and choosing to ignore his imminent doom on either side. "Well, Mr. southern ant guy, guess you're the only one who isn't going to immediately shoot me back." "Wow, I'm just honored." Black Ant Sniper B attacks Recruit Bend! Spoiler Recruit Bend is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Hit: 93-15-22=56! Hit roll: 53, hit! Crit: 2-6=-4, no crit chance. Damage: 11-6=5! The arrow slammed into Bend's chestplate with a solid thunk and managed to penetrate - and, to be fair, it was a solid hit, causing Bend to step back a bit and grit his teeth in pain. But it was nowhere near powerful enough, despite the power of the arrow, to bring him down. "Here's a tip: you're an asshole. That's the tip. Fuck you." The other sniper instead lined up at who probably constituted the obvious target, not really catching the significance of Pinecone's stance. But that significance was impressed on him when what should have been an arrow aimed right at Ebon's bird instead found itself an arrow aimed at a wall of bee and wood. Black Ant Sniper C attacks Ebon Knight! Spoiler Pinecone is Guarding Ebon Knight! Pinecone is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Hit: 93-15-5=73! Hit roll: 50, hit! Crit: 2-1=1! Crit roll: 55, no crit. Damage: 11-6=5! What Pinecone experienced was almost exactly what Bend did - the powerfully launched arrow slammed into one of his wooden shoulderplates and managed a penetration, which did hurt, but both Pinecone and his armor were made of tough enough stuff that Pinecone still wasn't likely going down any time soon. Meanwhile, across the next crack in the sidewalk... "Uh, Sergeant, sir, do we go help...? They're... really getting torn apart out there." "No way. What happens happens, here - we're not sacrificing our position to go stop something that's already happened. We make them come to us, do you understand?" TURN 7 ~ PLAYER PHASE Poison: Spoiler Life-Recorder: 6 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: 18/19, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Faithful Diligence: 8/20, Eq. Fire Life-Recorder: 12/18, Eq. Wooden Chakram, Poisoned 1/2 Lotus: 17/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Mercy Harefoot: 9/17, Eq. Heal Pinecone: 12/24, Eq. Wooden Javelin (Iron Javelin) Secluded-from-Illumination: 15/18, Eq. Worm Soggyshanks: 10/23, Eq. Plastic Hatchet, Poisoned 2/2 Stardust: 16/17, Eq. Lightning Sting: 6/20, Eq. Wooden Rapier (Iron Rapier) Brilliant Deduction: 16/17, Eq. Heal Recruit Bend: 12/19, Eq. Charming Flute Enemies: Black Ant Fire Initiate A: -5/17, 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: -7/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper B: 12/18, 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: 7/17, Eq. Fire Black Ant Axe Recruit B: -1/22, Eq. Wooden Axe (Iron Axe) Black Ant Lance Recruit B: 22/22, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Black Ant Halberdier B: -5/22, Eq. Wooden Halberd (Iron Halberd) Black Ant Specialist A: 0/18, Eq. Poison Dart Adept Gloom: -6/23, 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: 24/100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurorix Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Stardust to I11 and activate Charisma+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedMageCole Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Despite his previous failure, Pinecone was extremely persistent in charging after the one he marked for death. Pinecone to I12, Guard everyone adjacent, javelin into Fire Initiate B's face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfCollaborator Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 H12, delete sniper C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsun Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Bounce up to I13 and delete whomever's left between fire initiate and sniper ( in case both are, sniper over inititate). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powder Miner Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 The ant fire mage's loudly declared, hasty attempt to flee found itself almost certainly being too little, too late, as he was promptly run down by a very unhappy, very large bee holding a spear. "Hold on now, is there a need to be so relentless-" Pinecone wasn't really listening. He's already made his decisions, and the javelin clutched in his hand was stabbed towards the mage without hesitation. Pinecone attacks Black Ant Fire Initiate B! Spoiler Pinecone is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Hit: 87+15-13=89 Hit roll: 83, hit! Crit: 3-3=0, no crit chance. Damage: 10-0=10! The poor ant didn't even stand a chance. Although he made a very spirited attempt at avoiding Pinecone's thrust, Stardust's presence behind Pinecone seemed to give the motivation needed for the bee to continue surging towards his target - and that extra momentum ensured the javelin impaled the ant mage with ease, stabbing well into him and leaving him quite deceased. Black Ant Fire Initiate B is dead! Diligence also ended up seeking a bit of revenge - albeit a bit more direct, against one of the snipers who had been sticking her with all of those arrows. She rushed in directly into close range with the archer she'd targeted for her wrath, taking advantage of the clumsiness of his longbow to keep any further arrows away from her frankly rather squishy body - and summoned up fire in her hand, and - Faithful Diligence attacks Black Ant Sniper B! Spoiler Faithful Diligence is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Faithful Diligence has the answer in her hands! Hit: 89+15-8=96! Hit roll: 33, hit! Crit: 3+10-2=11! Crit roll: 26, no crit. Damage: 12-2=10! Faithful Diligence attacks again! Faithful Diligence is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Faithful Diligence has the answer in her hands! Hit: 89+15-8=96! Hit roll: 80, hit! Crit: 3+10-2=11! Crit roll: 74, no crit. Damage: 12-2=10! -pretty much obliterated the unfortunate archer in the space of a couple of seconds, bringing him from totally unharmed to dead almost isntantly. There was very little that he could do about it; despite her bookish origins, Diligence was fast, and the two surges of magic she brought forth from her tablet splashed over the black ant one after the other, rather efficiently scorching the sniper. Black Ant Sniper C is dead! ...all of this relentless devastation meant that Sting's charge was brought up rather short, with no more enemies at that particular destination to even fight. Sting can choose a new move! 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: 18/19, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Faithful Diligence: 8/20, Eq. Fire Life-Recorder: 12/18, Eq. Wooden Chakram Lotus: 17/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Mercy Harefoot: 9/17, Eq. Heal Pinecone: 12/24, Eq. Wooden Javelin (Iron Javelin) Secluded-from-Illumination: 15/18, Eq. Worm Soggyshanks: 10/23, Eq. Plastic Hatchet, Poisoned 2/2 Stardust: 16/17, Eq. Lightning Sting: 6/20, Eq. Wooden Rapier (Iron Rapier) Brilliant Deduction: 16/17, Eq. Heal Recruit Bend: 12/19, Eq. Charming Flute Enemies: Black Ant Fire Initiate A: -5/17, 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: -7/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper B: 12/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper C: -2/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Flies Freely: 12/20, Eq. Gravel Mace (Iron Mace) Black Ant Fire Initiate B: -3/17, Eq. Fire Black Ant Axe Recruit B: -1/22, Eq. Wooden Axe (Iron Axe) Black Ant Lance Recruit B: 22/22, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Black Ant Halberdier B: -5/22, Eq. Wooden Halberd (Iron Halberd) Black Ant Specialist A: 0/18, Eq. Poison Dart Adept Gloom: -6/23, 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yours Truly Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 J10, Delete Sniper B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsun Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 If Soggy misses, stay at I9 and stab Sniper B (J9). Else, Move stands (Go to I13 and Hold). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krim Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 J7, Hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlurking Sentinel Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 As the assistant's wounds were tended to by Brilliant Deduction, the pain did not subside much. Life-Recorder knew that most weapon-ready poisons didn't last long, even untreated, but it was still a bit much. "Thanks. I don't know what I'd do without you." Not exactly true for this moment (her personal medicine still had a few doses), but it was broadly true, at least. H11, Hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powder Miner Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 "Mmhmm, well, I am pretty useful~ But, to be fair, so are you! Honestly, you were a really lucky find." The relentless assault against archerkind continued as Soggy did one of the things that Soggy did best - keep charging headlong into combat scenarios like an adrenaline-fueled thrown brick. A little bit of poison certainly didn't stop him from rapidly circling behind the ant sniper's position and whirling an axe in his direction. Soggyshanks attacks Black Ant Sniper B! Spoiler Soggyshanks is in it for his own glory... Sniper B is hiding behind a pebble! Soggyshanks is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Soggyshanks has his proof of life! Hit: 91+10+15-15-8=93! Hit roll: 71, hit! Crit: 7-2=5! Crit roll: 98, no crit. Damage: 13-2-1-3=7! The hatchet Soggyshanks held whirled into the hapless sniper's side and bit deep - but it didn't quite bite deep enough to finish the job. After all, the archer was using the boulder he was hiding behind to make the strike a bit awkward, the archer had a bit of armor... and, when you got down to it, Soggyshanks was in his best when he stood out. With a very noisy and screamy bee directly behind him, perhaps it was hard to. (Or maybe it was just hard to focus, that was believable too.) Following Soggyshanks up was someone, on the other hand, who was not typically in the habit of focusing, albeit somebody who also did have a habit for standing out - just one that was maybe not quite intentional. She, for once, didn't barrel in at high speed - all she had to do was thrust forwards. Sting attacks Black Ant Sniper B! Spoiler Black Ant Sniper B is hiding behind a pebble! Sting is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Sting is Desperate! Hit: 89+15-15-8=81! Hit roll: 82, miss! Sting attacks again! Black Ant Sniper B is hiding behind a pebble! Sting is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Sting is Desperate! Hit: 89+15-15-8=81! Hit roll: 9, hit! Crit: 3+15-3=15! Crit roll: 63, no crit. Damage: 12-1-3=8! ...or, well, she had to thrust forward twice. With a ferocious, desperate burst of energy, the archer managed to jerk away by a micrometer, Sting's rapier grazing by his face and touching it without actually harming him. Unfortunately for him, though, Sting was also full of desperate energy herself, and her arm flashed back and forth in a lightning motion that soon left the ant done for. Black Ant Sniper B is dead! 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: 18/19, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Faithful Diligence: 8/20, Eq. Fire Life-Recorder: 12/18, Eq. Wooden Chakram Lotus: 17/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Mercy Harefoot: 9/17, Eq. Heal Pinecone: 12/24, Eq. Wooden Javelin (Iron Javelin) Secluded-from-Illumination: 15/18, Eq. Worm Soggyshanks: 10/23, Eq. Plastic Hatchet, Poisoned 2/2 Stardust: 16/17, Eq. Lightning Sting: 6/20, Eq. Wooden Rapier (Iron Rapier) Brilliant Deduction: 16/17, Eq. Heal Recruit Bend: 12/19, Eq. Charming Flute Enemies: Black Ant Fire Initiate A: -5/17, 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: -7/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper B: -3/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper C: -2/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Flies Freely: 12/20, Eq. Gravel Mace (Iron Mace) Black Ant Fire Initiate B: -3/17, Eq. Fire Black Ant Axe Recruit B: -1/22, Eq. Wooden Axe (Iron Axe) Black Ant Lance Recruit B: 22/22, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Black Ant Halberdier B: -5/22, Eq. Wooden Halberd (Iron Halberd) Black Ant Specialist A: 0/18, Eq. Poison Dart Adept Gloom: -6/23, 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: 41/100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlurking Sentinel Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Auto-MoveBrilliant to G12, heal Diligence Harefoot to I8, heal Soggy Sting Bend to I10, refresh Soggy Soggy to J13 Before Ebon moves, Secluded to J10Lotus to J9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powder Miner Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 Brilliant practically (albeit not quite literally) danced up to Diligence and pulled out her staff as she got near the wounded red ant (the miniscule bug on her shoulder doing the same). "And don't you worry either, dear. I have all my wonderful assistants' backs!" Brilliant Deduction heals Faithful Diligence! Spoiler Brilliant Deduction has a little help! Healing: 17+2=19 HP! Mercy Harefoot heals Sting! Spoiler 17=17 HP! Meanwhile, Bend came up behind Soggy with a toooooot and then a gentle kind-of-push to the back. "Aaaalright, bud, go for it. Pretty sure you're up near the top of most terrifying bugs here to have charging at you, so let's have at it." Recruit Bend refreshes Soggyshanks! TURN 7 ~ ENEMY PHASE There was a sudden, rather ferocious grunt from the leader of the whole little ant operation, followed by a bellow at odds with the impassive but hardened words he'd had as he watched Gloom's squad be torn apart - but perhaps not too at odds with his ambush in the first place. "OKAY, NOW! NOW, NOW, NOW, GO, GO, GO! ENGAGE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE! The fuckers are WAY too spread out vertically too have a damned chance of hitting us all at once, so let's hit THEM instead as quick as we can!" Somewhat awkwardly, this... wasn't actually very quick. TURN 8 ~ PLAYER PHASE Poison: Spoiler Soggyshanks: 3 //I just forgot to process this earlier apparently, so I guess Soggy concentrated-power-of-will'd it out a turn 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: 18/19, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Faithful Diligence: 20/20, Eq. Fire Life-Recorder: 12/18, Eq. Wooden Chakram Lotus: 17/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Mercy Harefoot: 9/17, Eq. Heal Pinecone: 12/24, Eq. Wooden Javelin (Iron Javelin) Secluded-from-Illumination: 15/18, Eq. Worm Soggyshanks: 7/23, Eq. Plastic Hatchet, Poisoned 1/2 Stardust: 16/17, Eq. Lightning Sting: 20/20, Eq. Wooden Rapier (Iron Rapier) Brilliant Deduction: 16/17, Eq. Heal Recruit Bend: 12/19, Eq. Charming Flute Enemies: Black Ant Fire Initiate A: -5/17, 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: -7/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper B: -3/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper C: -2/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Flies Freely: 12/20, Eq. Gravel Mace (Iron Mace) Black Ant Fire Initiate B: -3/17, Eq. Fire Black Ant Axe Recruit B: -1/22, Eq. Wooden Axe (Iron Axe) Black Ant Lance Recruit B: 22/22, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Black Ant Halberdier B: -5/22, Eq. Wooden Halberd (Iron Halberd) Black Ant Specialist A: 0/18, Eq. Poison Dart Adept Gloom: -6/23, 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: 49/100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krim Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 "So much for holding their position, huh?" Ebon said under his breath. It wasn't exactly a problem, though, seeing as one of their slower cohorts was easily still in range of Blackwing's talons. "Turning your back on me is one of the biggest mistakes you can make, you know." he muttered as he drove his lance into the shaman. K10, Attack Shaman, Canto K9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kj1225 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Before Mercy moves on, he tosses a small bundle towards the downed Gloom. Inside was a some bandages and an allotment of healing poultice. It was a system that he'd begun after noticing how often injuries that were judged as not dire enough to treat first would often turn into life threatening ones if not being outright casualties, so he'd package up small kits to allow those better off to stave off death long enough for proper care to be administered. Mercy then heads to I12 and heals Pinecone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedMageCole Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Pinecone muttered a simple word of thanks to Mercy as his wounds began to close up. Brandishing his javelin, Pinecone continued his never-ending guard duty. Pinecone to L14, guard everyone adjacent Lotus to J12, shoot the Fire Initiate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yours Truly Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Soggyshanks let out another defiant roar, before he charged right up to throw an axe at the flame wielding mage!. Soggyshanks moves to M14 and attacks Fire Initiate C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powder Miner Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Combat is a dangerous thing, and one thing they drilled into you in the Domains of Cooperation is that there were many, many situations where you'd pay for being out of formation. Ebon'd left that place, but the truth rang here - it didn't work out well to be separated from one's squad when one was a squishy shaman within swooping distance of an armored mercenary on a bigass crow who was so terrifying that he could consistently make you forget to fight back. Ebon Knight attacks Black Ant Dark Initiate B! Spoiler Ebon Knight is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Ebon Knight has a crow's zeal! Ebon Knight is canceling the enemy's counterattack! Hit: 97+15-2=110, autohit! Crit: 4-2=2 Crit roll: 62, no crit. Damage: 12+2-1=13 It was something that the dark-magic-using ant survived, at least for the moment, but it was something that she sure as shit didn't enjoy, as she was stabbed so hard she was lifted briefly off the ground. She responded to this with an "EYAH!" and then, with the tense silence that had kept most of the squad quiet broken, at least for her, with a "WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE, WHAT IS THIS EVEN, WHY ARE BIRDS?" Meanwhile, Mercy Harefoot left a piece of his own little personal mission of... well... mercy, before he went down to heal his ally's wounds. Mercy Harefoot heals Pinecone! Spoiler 17 HP healed! The bleeding ant grabbed the little package as it came to her on the ground, squinting at it tiredly, before unwrapping it, slowly, distrustingly. Eventually, experimentally, she applied some of it. "...don't get it, really. What's the point? Everyone else's fucked anyway. I'm basically fucked. Nowhere left to go, nothing left to do. If I was happy with all this getalong bullshit I wouldn't be here." After a long moment, though, she let out a soft, almost defeated sigh. She apportioned herself roughly half of the contents of the little package, before lobbing the other half in the direction of the surviving sniper with a pained grunt - it had been a hard throw, and it hurt, but... she didn't really want to die. And although she didn't know the sniper that well, given that their little group had been so insular... well, probably he didn't either. The other remaining mage soon found himself under fire too, as Lotus brought her longbow up and arrows out. While one might expect that a studious mage type would, normally, find a massive hurtling bird more terrifying than a diminutive archer, this mage evidently did not feel this way. "Aw shit oh man aw shit, archerrrrr! I can't compete with that, I was supposed to get to stay on the back lines, why did I even stick around-" Lotus attacks Black Ant Fire Initiate B! Spoiler Lotus is extra buoyed by Stardust's (alleged) Charisma! Lotus is an ambush predator! Hit: 97+15+15-13=114, autohit! Crit: 4-3=1! Crit roll: 96, no crit. Damage: 12-0=12! ...and, well, that whining was very soon interrupted as the mage found himself with a brand new arrow sticking out of his body. But said whining was replaced with something worse, and maybe just a little bit familiar- "-AAAAAAAAAAAAA-" -before being shut down more harshly than its mirror counterpart likely ever would be. Probably. "Last time I'm ever gonna fucking tell you, you quit that snivelling, and you shut the fuck up. I don't understand how the hell you join a group dedicated to what we're dedicated to, make the same promises we made, and still completely bitch out any time you're in any danger. Least the rest of us have the decency to commit." This little rant was punctuated with an angry roar, as Soggyshanks came whirling around the crack in the sidewalk with hatchet in hand, keen to provide a little bit more of a permanent solution to the screamy mage than the maimed ant sergeant was yet likely to commit to. Soggyshanks attacks Black Ant Fire Initiate B! Spoiler Soggyshanks is in it for his own glory... Soggyshanks has his proof of life! Hit: 91+10-13=88! Hit roll: 4, hit! Crit: 7-3=4! Crit roll: 22, no crit. Damage: 13-2=11! ...and although the plastic hatchet did fly expertly through the air and slam directly into the mage in question, sending him tumbling spinning to the ground and leaving him fully unconscious, it actually didn't seem to leave him fully permanently dealt with! Perhaps Soggy hadn't been feeling it, really - he was poisoned, Pinecone was right there to maybe steal his spotlight, but he wasn't quite angry enough to go over the edge, even if he was feeling paradoxically alive. Shame, probably. Black Ant Fire Initiate C is defeated! 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: 18/19, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Faithful Diligence: 20/20, Eq. Fire Life-Recorder: 12/18, Eq. Wooden Chakram Lotus: 17/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Mercy Harefoot: 9/17, Eq. Heal Pinecone: 24/24, Eq. Wooden Javelin (Iron Javelin) Secluded-from-Illumination: 15/18, Eq. Worm Soggyshanks: 7/23, Eq. Plastic Hatchet, Poisoned 1/2 Stardust: 16/17, Eq. Lightning Sting: 20/20, Eq. Wooden Rapier (Iron Rapier) Brilliant Deduction: 16/17, Eq. Heal Recruit Bend: 12/19, Eq. Charming Flute Enemies: Black Ant Fire Initiate A: -5/17, 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: -7/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper B: -3/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Black Ant Sniper C: -2/18, Eq. Wooden Longbow (Iron Longbow) Flies Freely: 12/20, Eq. Gravel Mace (Iron Mace) Black Ant Fire Initiate B: -3/17, Eq. Fire Black Ant Axe Recruit B: -1/22, Eq. Wooden Axe (Iron Axe) Black Ant Lance Recruit B: 22/22, Eq. Wooden Lance (Iron Lance) Black Ant Halberdier B: -5/22, Eq. Wooden Halberd (Iron Halberd) Black Ant Specialist A: 0/18, Eq. Poison Dart Adept Gloom: -6/23, Eq. Swarm Black Ant Fire Initiate C: -6/17, Eq. Fire Black Ant Dark Initiate B: 7/20, 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: 60/100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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