Tales of Battle - Walter Keane

Cindurion 25-Dec-21 09:04 PM

Daytime Phase day 7. You start crafting your deadly magical shots, and by the time you feel the urge to sleep you have crafted 3 of them. As you sleep, you have a strange dream, and when you awaken, all you remember is the word “Consumption” echoing in your mind. You feel an incredible need to follow this urge. (You have been given the word “Consumption”. During this day-phase or the following night-phase your summary has to include that word in one form or another, or you have a feeling that something terribly bad will occur.) What do you do for your daytime phase?

Walter Keane 27-Dec-21 05:07 PM

(Do I have to dedicate an entire action to that, or could I do a detour after an action?)

Walter Keane 27-Dec-21 05:20 PM

"Consumption"

Cindurion 27-Dec-21 05:20 PM

(Your action needs to include that word in it, and ideally be tangentially related to it.) (edited)

Cindurion 29-Dec-21 02:02 AM

(Reminder to send in your Mage Wars action!)

Walter Keane 29-Dec-21 02:03 AM

(are the mercenaries still operating?)

Cindurion 29-Dec-21 02:06 AM

(You don't necessarily know I believe? I don't think you have any abilities for it at least :P)

Walter Keane 29-Dec-21 02:06 AM

(I'll just go through the newspaper articles tomorrow to maybe find out then)

(cuz if they are, I want to order a hit on the Envoy. Not just a random mook, I want a legitimate assassin)

(we'll see, gotta sleep now)

Cindurion 29-Dec-21 03:39 AM

(If they still are operating, they should be able to do that)

Walter Keane 29-Dec-21 05:50 PM

"You're getting on my nerves, clergyman. My head is for my thoughts, if I wanted someone else to control my thoughts, I'd get myself a woman. At least she would have the decency of leaving my dreams alone!" Walter thinks to himself as he grabs his coat and car keys "I might not be the best suited person to take you down, but I'll find someone who's at least somewhat capable" As he slams the car door shut and puts the keys in the ignition, Walter realizes that he apparently just finished consuming the leftover lasagna he had planned for today's dinner. "Your days are numbered, freak" Keane grumbles to himself, as he tosses the now empty lunch box to the equally empty passenger seat before turning the keys. (edited)

(I'm going to the construction site of Cassava Point to speak with the mercenaries. I want to hire a hit on The Envoy of Gods) (edited)

Cindurion 29-Dec-21 09:47 PM

(The price for a proper assasin would be to lose your Rich status, are you okay with that? Otherwise you can hire goons as support)

Walter Keane 29-Dec-21 09:47 PM

(Very much ok with that prize, it was the reason for me crafting the money in the first place)

Cindurion 29-Dec-21 09:48 PM

(Cool!)

Cindurion 30-Dec-21 12:32 AM

Nighttime Phase day 7. You successfully meet up with the mercenaries and plant a hit on the Envoy of the Gods. At first they didn’t wanna hear about it since the Envoy is a very respectable person, and also quite capable of defending themselves, but when you showed your suitcase filled with cash you quickly convince them to send their best man. He will head out tonight to finish the job. (You may join him if you wish to help out and oversee the Hit, or you can just let the merc do it himself) What do you do for your nighttime phase?

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 04:59 AM

(Reminder that if you wish to participate in the "nightly event" you need to do so before 21 tonight!)

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 11:23 AM

(I'm coming with the assassin, the Envoy is going down)

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 04:26 PM

(Oh boy, okay then!) You both make it to the church district at the appointed time. Once there you head in towards the church to find a good spot for the deed, and also find the target. After several attempts to find a good rooftop to see inside from, you are still unable to confirm the Envoy's position. Seems like you'll have to take a look inside the church to have a chance at spotting him. What do you do?

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 04:45 PM

(fuck)

(What is the assassin's first instinct? Walter is rusty from being off work for too long)

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 05:01 PM

"Well, we'd have to confirm that the target is inside first, no? One of us could get close, try to peek into one of the destroyed windows and see if we can spot him. Once we know he's there we can think of a plan on how to deal with him."

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 05:12 PM

(is a camera drone to hard to create on the fly?)

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 05:14 PM

(Hmm, probably not actually, but it would take some time, but that should be fine as long as you aren't in combat currently :P)

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 05:23 PM

Walter reaches under his shirt, before putting both hands together and starts to pull something from nothing. The form starts to look more and more like a drone, but its functionality remains to be seen

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 05:24 PM

You start working on that drone of yours. The assassin comments on where you've been holding that thing but stays trained on the church as you work. Suddenly, you hear: "I've got eyes on the target... Shit, he seems to have spotted us!" The Assassin says as he tries to get an even lower pose to get out of line of sight. Do you look up to also see your target or do you stay down?

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 05:25 PM

Duck down fast/stay down Enabling the field if possible (edited)

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 05:27 PM

"Shit, he was looking right at me. Our cover has probably been blown. Should we try to take him out or disengage for now?"

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 05:29 PM

"He's as fast as us, and given time to prepare he will gather minions, I say we fight"

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 05:30 PM

"Right. Let's do this." The assassin says as he lifts his sniper back up into a shooting position. Do you do the same?

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 05:33 PM

Walter shifts quickly to another window and trains his gun on the target as quietly as possible

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 05:33 PM

The man you see looks like this. For a moment you hesitate, wondering whether this is the same man you fought before. Do you do anything or take the shot?

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 05:35 PM

(is there any check I can do to confirm it's the correct target?)

(because he doesn't look like the man I fought earlier, at least clothes wise)

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 05:37 PM

(That doesn't seem like the man you fought, but the Assassin seems confident in that this is his target and is about to take the shot.)

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 05:41 PM

(may I have an image of my target? Using logic of flashing images in brain when thinking) (edited)

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 05:43 PM

(This is the man you remember fighting)

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 05:45 PM

"Fuck! Hold, that's not the target"

gives description of target (I'm off to dinner, will take a while)

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 05:46 PM

The Assassin is squeezing the trigger just as you say that and barely stops himself. "What do you mean that's not the target, you wanted the Envoy dead, no?"

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 05:48 PM

(why am I such a moron)

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 05:54 PM

"Ah, shit, well the Envoy is currently headed toward us, and I was only paid for one hit. So do you wanna disengage or planning on taking the Envoy out yourself?" You note that the Envoy seems to be having a bit of a limp. He seems quite injured and you could probably take him out if you wanted to.

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 08:42 PM

(not gonna be done by 21, being with family and stuff is in the way given what day today is. My general thought is to try convince the assassin to change target to whatever priest I fought and that's spreading the madness (mage man). If I can't do that I have no clue what to do)

(sorry, really not feeling up to stuff rn, but arguments I'd use would be that target is ruining the city, bad for your health and business)

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 08:44 PM

(No, no, you still have 2 more days, no stress)

(The 21 tonight deadline is for the "Nightly event", which you did not partake in so you still have plenty of time.)

Walter Keane 31-Dec-21 08:47 PM

(night event...?)

Cindurion 31-Dec-21 08:48 PM

"Hey, I got paid for a Hit, I don't rightly care who the target is, but THAT guy is coming here with a wicked look. If you want my help against him, that'll be your Hit. If you think you can take him on your own then I'll just step back and let you handle it and you can call in your Hit whenever. Your call."

(Presumably the thing in the newspaper you don't really know much about)

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Cindurion 02-Jan-22 04:45 AM

(So, planning on dealing with the Envoy or trying to disengage for now?)

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 02:10 PM

(If you wanna fight the Envoy, but don't feel like you have the time, you could just say you do so and I can make a couple of combat rounds for you and see how it goes. Just tell me what ammo you are willing to use and if you want help from the assassin. Otherwise if you're disengaging you can tell me you're doing that and I'll see if you're successful.)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 04:25 PM

(killing the Envoy is probably a mistake, but let's do it) (Came with a bleed bullet in the sniper chamber, so that's up first)

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 04:26 PM

(All right, you got time now or do you want me to run a couple of rounds of combat in the background?)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 04:29 PM

(sure, can't join as I'm currently a guest. Fire one round tell me what happens, I want help with mage, not Envoy. If I freak out I might ask for help though)

(adding cool voice lines later once combat is solved or gone to hell)

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 04:31 PM

(Gotcha, what Ammo are you willing to spend aside from the bleed bullet?)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 04:33 PM

(I can chat over text for a while, so we can do it turn by turn)

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 04:36 PM

You tell your fellow assassin to stand down, and fire a bullet at the Envoy. It narrowly misses him as the bullet strikes the concrete behind him and explodes in a tangle of barbed wire. The Envoy, while injured, moves impressively fast for a man of his age, and makes it over to the house you are currently cooped up in. He is now at Close range from you.

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 04:40 PM

I pull out my pistol and fire an explosive round his way

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 04:42 PM

(Did you make those? I thought you made grenades?)

(Or do you mean the max damage bullets, flavored as explosive rounds?)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 04:44 PM

(I got three high dmg ones too, don't know what to call them but thinking how bolter rounds work)

(I'll call them max dmg from now on)

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 04:44 PM

(Ah, gotcha!)

(Do you have any CCPs or re-rolls? Just in case you'd wanna re-roll anything, otherwise I'll just fast-forward attack rolls)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 04:46 PM

(Still don't have any CCPs) (edited)

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 04:54 PM

Once again, you miss the Envoy as he acrobatically makes his way up the building using a drain pipe on the side of the house and jumps through the window in the room next to yours, locking eyes with you. "You... MAGES MUST DIE!" He says with a maddened look in his eyes and charges at you. The assassin you hired slowly backs off, letting you handle the Envoy. (He is currently at Near range)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 05:09 PM

(+5 accuracy really paying off

)

(what type of building are we in?)

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 05:12 PM

(I'd say a brick building, 4 floors up, though if you prefer something else, feel free to ask for it and I can make a luck check for you.)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 05:18 PM

(No I like it that way. Would moving floors count as range?) (edited)

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 05:19 PM

(You could move floors to stay at range indeed)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 05:23 PM

"You said it old timer" Walter responds snarkily, tossing hit rifle over his back and pulls out his SMG. He sends a barrage of bullets in the Envoy's direction before disappearing down the stairwell

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 05:28 PM

You hit the Envoy in the shoulder and he recoils a bit but doesn't go down. He then rushes to follow you down the stairs. (He does a Charge action and closes the gap, rolling a 12 to hit. Dodge?)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 05:29 PM

(Dodge)

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 05:30 PM

You successfully evade him and manage to put some more distance between the two of you. He's looking real tired. What do you do next?

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 05:34 PM

Weaving past the old man as he charges right for me, I fire another salvo in his back before sprinting up the stairs

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 05:38 PM

The Envoy flips out of the way of your salvo and quickly makes his way up the stairs but doesn't quite close the gap, instead making a holy incantation, summoning a celestial hammer that he sends at you with incredible force. (He got a 19)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 05:41 PM

(will that be cancelled by anti magic field?)

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 05:43 PM

(...Yes, yes it would.) The hammer vanishes right before it would strike you as you don't even flinch, maintaining eye contact with the Envoy. "By the Gods, what is the meaning of this!?" (edited)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 05:47 PM

"Your gods have no power here" Walter says in a cold voice, chucking a custom grenade down the stairs before backing away

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 05:54 PM

The Envoy falls on his knees, clearly distraught at hearing this. You can't tell if his scream is because of your statement or his imminent loss in battle, but his final words were him screaming out "NOOOOOOOO!" Before your grenade silences him permanently with a loud blast. You take a couple of moments to recover, as the assassin you hired re-joins you. "Phew, good job. Should work on your aim with a rifle though, seems to me like you could've taken him out in one hit with the condition he was in..." "Anyway, we should probably relocate before the other priests show up. I take it the plan is to lay low and strike in the morning when we see the target?" (edited)

Walter Keane 02-Jan-22 06:08 PM

"Yeah, my aim is not what it used to be. Seems like I'm quite rusty after a few years off the grid." Walters answers with a grimace, tucking his guns away "You take the words right out of my mouth kid, I'm glad they didn't send a novice" he adds with a grin (edited)