Tales of Battle - Blaine Greatheart

Cindurion 02-Jan-22 10:12 PM

Daytime Phase day 8. (The following values are current as of the end of the day-phase:) Bank: 5 Hospital: 5 Downtown Apartments: 3 Rue Heights Mage Towers: 5 Rue Heights Mansions: 3 Church: 5 Eagle Gardens Houses: 1 Cassava Point Power Plant: 1 You return from your excursion to the “Other place”, having unsuccessfully found out whether or not the disease is magical in nature, but having confirmed that it is present in your God’s domain. Upon returning, you are quickly informed by the priests that the Envoy of the Gods was killed last night while you were away. There was gunfire and an explosion as the Envoy went out to “Kill mages”. The priests were unable to stop or help him, instead just recovering his blown up remains and bringing it back to the church. The priests are afraid and lack leadership. You feel that perhaps you can take up that role, should you choose. You wake up the next day, with a word clinging heavily to your mind. “Expertise”. Do your God’s bidding. What do you and your servant do for your daytime phase?

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 01:06 PM

"I curse these events, this would have been so much more simpler hade that fool just kept order here, instead i'll have to take up his mantle and restore order, but perhaps these events could lead to some benefit for me. I may not have found out for certain that this plague is caused by magic but i'm fairly certain it is, and it's been culling god's own creatures in drowns, perhaps it's time to enlighten the people to mages and what they are doing to our city, the magus organization have clearly failed in this regards and with the envoy dead, so is any pretense we need to share this beautiful city with their filth!" I shall order the priests and creatures to cease hostility's and start making the church area as calm as i can while also scheduling an interview with the newspapers, the servant shall go to Cassava Point Power Plant and spread corruption.

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 01:29 PM

(Interesting, so heading down to the Downtown district to talk to the Newspaper?)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 01:29 PM

(yeah)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 01:40 PM

As you head outside with your Servant in tow, you quickly notice something seems off, and your instincts tell you that someone is out there, watching you. You can't make them out but you just get this feeling. What do you do?

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 01:41 PM

not good, i need to have this done today, i shall order my servant to sweep the area, make sure that the others know about this as well, need to make sure that assassin isn't back again

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 02:21 PM

Suddenly, you hear the sound of a gunshot, and you only have moments to act. (You are attacked! Attack roll is a 19. How do you defend?)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 02:21 PM

(Dodge!)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 02:22 PM

(11. Do you have any CCPs for re-rolls, and would you like to use them?)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 02:22 PM

(i only got one, not worth using right now) (edited)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 02:25 PM

You take a hit directly in your chest, and you can feel how something expands inside of you as you cough up blood. Shortly thereafter you hear yet another gun shot. (Another attack roll! Roll is a 13)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 02:25 PM

(how much damage did i take?)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 02:25 PM

(60 Damage, with a bleed of 10 per turn)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 02:26 PM

(right, but i don't get a chance to act before the next attack?)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 02:26 PM

(You do not.)

(Gotta defend against the second attack. How do you do that?)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 02:26 PM

(huh, rules difference from last time or just something else?)

(well i only got decay or dodge and both are a +1 so i'll dodge again)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 02:30 PM

(19, success) After the first shot, your instincts kick in. You can tell from the tracer that the two shots seem to come from slightly different directions within the same building some ways from the church. (Long Range) You manage to evade the second shot, leaving a small trail of blood on the ground as you roll out of the way. (Which direction do you move?) (You and your Servant may now act.)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 02:31 PM

(the servant shall charge towards the building, i'll need to use my action to patch the wound, can i move into cover or something?)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 02:32 PM

(You can move back into the church and do a status purge action to get rid of the bleed)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 02:33 PM

(well i'll need to do that since last time he hade a dome of anti-magic and since i found no device last time i can only guess it's there this time again, i would like to direct nerby preists and creatures towards the assassin) (edited)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 02:34 PM

(Got a 4 for luck to see how many creatures are around. Wanna keep that?)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 02:34 PM

(gonna have to, still need that ccp)

(i shuld probably have clarified that the servant will charge the building since we still don't see the shooter)

(and not charge "at" the building but slam into it, hard)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 02:41 PM

You are able to staunch the bleeding temporarily, but any movement you take instantly makes it start again. (You prevent the damage this turn, but are still affected by the condition in future turns)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 06:05 PM

You are taking cover in the church. What do you do?

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 08:02 PM

i'll grab a nerby priest "You need to get to the news and tell them everything about mages and what's happening around here, the magus organization have clearly failed in it's duty to protect the citizens of our city and now mages are openly attacking the church, they have already killed the envoy and now more have come to kill the rest of us, tell them all this and that mages are behind this horrific plague so they might stand a chance should we fail to stop them here!" i will then proceed to stop my bleeding once more

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 08:04 PM

You manage to stop the bleeding. It still hurts like hell, but you should be fine for now. Do you move anywhere?

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 08:05 PM

(any covers on the way? i feel beeing in the open is horrendous for me right now)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 08:06 PM

There's some buildings on the way you could hide behind, but you haven't seen him in a while so you're uncertain where he is currently

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 08:16 PM

You hear some gunfire in the distance, when suddenly, the assassin you saw some time ago rushes into the church and locks eyes with you. (He's currently at Near range from you.)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 08:16 PM

do i sense that anit-magic field over him again?

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 08:18 PM

(Yes)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 08:19 PM

(FFFFFFFFFFFFF) i go for a grab

while allso shouting for my servant

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 08:33 PM

(He got a 20 using his guard! He counterattacks and shoots you in the chest! A 12 to hit, and you rolled a 10 to Evade. You take 30 damage. It's now his turn)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 09:24 PM

The assassin moves back from you and your Servant. would either of you wanna block him? (edited)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 09:24 PM

(any penalty if both would try?)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 09:25 PM

(Only one may try)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 09:25 PM

(it's using block, right?)

(guard*)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 09:25 PM

(Yup)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 09:25 PM

(servant will do it then, i got too much of a disadvantage on it xD)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 09:25 PM

(14. Keeping that?)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 09:25 PM

(yeah, it's a good one)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 09:28 PM

The Assassin deftly moves away, further into the church and throws a grenade at the two of you. (Attack roll is 18. How do you defend?)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 09:28 PM

(would it hit us both or just me?) (edited)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 09:28 PM

(Both it seems)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 09:29 PM

(can my servant guard it?)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 09:29 PM

(It could, yes.)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 09:29 PM

(then i shall dodge and he shall guard)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 09:30 PM

(You got a 17. Keeping that?)

(Servant also a 17.)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 09:30 PM

(it would grace then? still preaty sure it's gonna be a last stand save then no matter what, but yeah, need the reroll after)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 09:31 PM

The assassin says "See you in hell, father" As he throws it.

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 09:32 PM

"Heaven awaits me if you would slay me here, heathen!"

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 09:32 PM

(You barely trigger Last Chance)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 09:32 PM

(as long as i trigger it! ^^)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 10:17 PM

i shall try and use decay on the roof above him, trying to drop it onto his head

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 10:17 PM

(You got an 18, keeping it?)

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 10:17 PM

(jupp) (edited)

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 10:25 PM

The roof collapses and the assassin attempts to get out of the way, but is unsuccessful as he takes a large chunk of the roof right on his shoulder.

Blaine Greatheart 04-Jan-22 10:26 PM

"If this temple of god shall have to be sacrificed in order to stop you, an assassin of the magus organization, then so it shall BE!"

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 10:34 PM

"Whatever loonie" Ducking away from the monstrous creature, the assassin dives through a window Not a second later a small metallic object comes flying in again, it rolls up to your feet, and explodes

Cindurion 04-Jan-22 11:28 PM

The grenade lands at your feet and explodes in a rain of flesh, spraying the walls with blood. The assassin signals to his compatriot to attack your Servant, but right before he can pull the trigger, he instead holds his hands on his head, as madness fills his mind. The assassin then moves back, as your Servant barely manage to hit him in the shoulder, not quite grappling him. The assassin then panics and begins running away. Your Servant tries to keep up, but the Assassin makes it away, leaving your Servant directionless, to wander the district without guidance.

Blaine Greatheart 05-Jan-22 09:32 AM

BTW, some ideas incase you would like some corruption staying, In the backstory for the servant it likes to do things from the shadows even though it’s bad at stealthing so it could still try and sneak around and keep corruption up. The priests might not like any representative from the magus organization nor other mage to enter the premiss after mages killed the envoy and then the newest priest leader. The mage towers next to the church are fully corrupted so those mages might start going haywire. If you need more corruption spreading it could be possible for people from areas in full corruption and/ or having been kidnapped into a portal could become a cultist and try to spread it, no summoning the god but spreading corruption and opening portals.

Cindurion 05-Jan-22 03:56 PM

As your soul is adrift in the afterlife, you hear a voice calling out to you. Do you answer the call? (edited)

Blaine Greatheart 05-Jan-22 05:16 PM

I will

(allso, woulden’t my god technicly have a claim on my soul?)

Cindurion 05-Jan-22 08:14 PM

You are approached by the spirit of an old man. He smiles warmly. "Greetings, fallen Mage! You may call me the Avenger. As you are the first to have fallen in this War, the Powers that Be have sent me to offer you a chance at retribution and redemption, allowing me to be an instrument of your vengeance. If this is what you would desire, tell me all you can about the Mage that eliminated you. What's their name, how do they look, how did they kill, you, what other abilitis do they have? The more you tell me, the easier I can see to it that your death is avenged."

Cindurion 05-Jan-22 08:23 PM

(You do not need to answer truthfully, and only answer what your character would know)

Cindurion 05-Jan-22 09:42 PM

Nighttime Phase day 8. (The following values are current as of the end of the day-phase:) Bank: 5 Hospital: 5 Downtown Apartments: 3 Rue Heights Mage Towers: 5 Rue Heights Mansions: 3 Church: 5 Eagle Gardens Houses: 2 Cassava Point Power Plant: 1 Your Servant is prowling the church district, not certain what to do.

Blaine Greatheart 06-Jan-22 09:48 AM

"I do not know much about my assassin, he wore a suit both times i hade the unpleasure of meeting him, both due to an ambush, he seams to favor long distance fighting which he uses a sniper rifle with modified ammunition for extra impact, the second time he even hade several grenades, he has either bought or created these himself. He hides himself in a portable anti-magic field so what magical powers he has is unknown to me but if he's not bought these items he uses then he might posses strong creation magic. I never got to know his name or where he lives though."

Cindurion 06-Jan-22 12:17 PM

"Thank you, spirit, rest assured that your premature death will be properly avenged."