Heroica RPG - Quest #104: Ace Assassin: Dual Dragoons

[Flipz]

Ooc: what NPC?

QM Note: You're controlling Nicole.

OoC:

Does that mean if we roll special damage while fighting this we get this? Or is that meant to say "allies" instead of enemies?

Also, how did TheChosenMinifigure end up with Nicole? Not objecting, I'm just curious.

QM Note: "Healing Nettles" heals the "Enemies" party; I've changed the wording for clarity.

TCM got Nicole by virtue of Warlen having drawn her attention by asking about the value of the ship.

[The Chosen Minifigure]

"Q, help me get the big bird!"

Warlen (and Quarion) targets the lesser roc with his gold-plated bat staff.

"Nicole, can we get some help here?"

Nicole targets the Lesser roc.

[Flipz]

"Q, help me get the big bird!"

Warlen (and Quarion) targets the lesser roc with his gold-plated bat staff.

"Nicole, can we get some help here?"

Nicole targets the Lesser roc.

QM Note: Please make sure to state which row you're acting from. Also state if you'd like to cast a spell; for example, in this case it would be written "Warlen casts a Darkness spell at the Lesser Roc through his gold-plated bat staff." In addition to the elemental multiplier (which in this case would only apply to the gryphon), spells are ranged (they deal full damage from the Back Row) while attacking with your staff would be a melee attack (deals only half damage from the Back Row).

[The Chosen Minifigure]

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QM Note: Please make sure to state which row you're acting from. Also state if you'd like to cast a spell; for example, in this case it would be written "Warlen casts a Darkness spell at the Lesser Roc through his gold-plated bat staff." In addition to the elemental multiplier (which in this case would only apply to the gryphon), spells are ranged (they deal full damage from the Back Row) while attacking with your staff would be a melee attack (deals only half damage from the Back Row).

Reprhasing: Warlen casts a darkness spell at the lesser roc through his gold plated bat staff from the back row.

Nicole attacks from the back row.

Better?

Edited July 14, 2014 by The Chosen Minifigure

[Siercon and Coral]

"Indeed!" Siercon replied stepping up to the bow. 'A phoenix, magnificent creatures...' he thought 'I wish I could tame you..."

Siercon stabs his Lullaby Wand into the Phoenix from the front row.

He tried to time it in such a way that the bird might fall asleep over the railing and plummet to the ocean below. 'Falling from this high into a vast body of water can't be good for a Phoenix' he thought.

[Actaeon]

Nicole targets the Lesser roc.

"Warlen, remember, we don't want to give them an extra free hit. Maybe have Nicole target the Enraged Gryphon so that our highest level enemy doesn't get a free hit on us?"

OoC: Can I try using my job trait to ask them a question before we fight them? Or must I use that as a turn?

[Flipz]

"Warlen, remember, we don't want to give them an extra free hit. Maybe have Nicole target the Enraged Gryphon so that our highest level enemy doesn't get a free hit on us?"

OoC: Can I try using my job trait to ask them a question before we fight them? Or must I use that as a turn?

QM Note: By all means, go ahead and try to talk to them! Normally talking is a free action and doesn't cost your turn, even if using a job trait (Diplomacy, Animal Talk, Intimidation, etc.) to do so.

[Actaeon]

Actaeon concentrates as he speaks to the Phoenix, "Phoenix, what has my party done to deserve the wrath of you and your allies? Whatever it is, I promise you, we will do our best to reverse it. We don't want to fight you!"

[samurai-turtle]

OoC: I am going to try this unless some one has a better idea.

Chucks his Wrench from the back row at the Enraged Gryphon, while giving out a yell. Then saying to him sell "I hope, I can throw this hard enough, and fast enough

That is idea one.

Edited July 14, 2014 by samuraiturtle

[Siercon and Coral]

OoC: I am going to try this unless some one has a better idea.

Chucks his Wrench from the back row at the Enraged Gryphon, while giving out a yell. Then saying to him sell "I hope, I can throw this hard enough, and fast enough."

OOC you might want to hold off using this until we land and are no longer with the airship people... I think they would recognize and want it back. That, and there is probably a chance that it would get chucked overboard and become irretrievable. That would suck, and that weapon is sick.

[samurai-turtle]

OOC you might want to hold off using this until we land and are no longer with the airship people... I think they would recognize and want it back. That, and there is probably a chance that it would get chucked overboard and become irretrievable. That would suck, and that weapon is sick.

OoC: Good point. I think it would help if it was listed who was targeting what. It is a pain in the rear to look on two different pages.

[Flipz]

QM Note: As a player, I've found that periodically listing who's targeting what is highly appreciated by players, Party Leaders, and QMs alike. That's just a suggestion, though.

I assure you, however, that throwing the wrench will not cause it to be lost; it will always land on the ship and be retrievable as usual--that's only fair. I make no guarantees as to the reaction of NPCs, however--the only way to find out if you are right is to try.

[The Chosen Minifigure]

As Nicole rushed to help him, Warlen shouted:

"Change of plan! Nicole, attack the enraged griffin!"

[samurai-turtle]

OoC: I am making a list. As of right now here is the battle plan.

Phoenix lv 4 -vs- Siercon

E. Gryphon lv 10 -vs- Diana and Nicole

T. Dragonling lv 3 -vs- Kiray

F. Dragonling lv 2 -vs- Germ

Mt. Dragonling lv 3 -vs-

P. Dragonling lv 2 -vs- Shadow

C. Dragonling lv 2 -vs- Actaeon

M. Dragonling lv 3 -vs-

Bird of Prey lv 6 -vs-

l. Roc lv 5 -vs- Warlen & Quarion

J. Hippogriff lv 4 -vs-

Daeth where are you dude? My advice is he does not answer do not give him any gold/items as a penalty. I suggestion for Daeth to attack Mt. or marsh Dragonling.

I also think Diana or Nicole should change target.

Question about enemy attacks is, if a level two hit you you are damage by two HP?

I will equipped my copper dagger. And attack the F. Dragonling from the front row.

Edited July 15, 2014 by samuraiturtle

[Actaeon]

I also think Diana or Nicole should change target.

OoC: I advised the whole group to attack different people, Diana included, and hopefully since I had a longish conversation, Diana will listen to me. That should take care of that.

Daeth where are you dude? My advice is he does not answer do not give him any gold/items as a penalty. I suggestion for Daeth to attack Mt. or marsh Dragonling.

If he doesn't reply before the battle is over, I'll probably give him a bit less. But remember, battles can last for weeks in RL time, se he'll likely reply soon.

Actaeon notices Yuji looking around, unsure of what to do, "Daeth, try your best to heal us! If you can't, target the Juvenile Hippogriff from the back row."

OoC: This is me taking control of Daeth since it has been 24 hours. I'm also hoping that you have Diana attack an enemy who is not yet targeted, and who is a high level so we don't take a lot of free hit damage. She's a smart girl, she'd do that, right?

[Flipz]

"All right, if the scientist's taking the gryphon, then I'm taking the Bird of Prey," Diana says, aiming her crossbow at the creature from the Back Row. "Actaeon, you're lucky I'm an Assassin--a Raider or a Sorcerer or even a basic Rogue would complain about having to attack something that doesn't drop gold. And leave something that's immune to instant kill for me next time--I can deal extra damage to them."

QM Note: I'll run the round now.

A couple things:

Question about enemy attacks is, if a level two hit you you are damage by two HP?

Yes, that is correct--though if you attack from the Back Row, that damage will be halved, so in that example you'd only lose 1 HP. Just remember that if you attack with your dagger from the Back Row, the damage you deal to the enemy will be halved as well, whereas the Wrench can be thrown from the Back Row and still deal full damage.

Actaeon notices Yuji looking around, unsure of what to do, "Daeth, try your best to heal us! If you can't, target the Juvenile Hippogriff from the back row."

OoC: This is me taking control of Daeth since it has been 24 hours. I'm also hoping that you have Diana attack an enemy who is not yet targeted, and who is a high level so we don't take a lot of free hit damage. She's a smart girl, she'd do that, right?

I'll interpret that as a conditional action--Daeth will heal the most endangered party member or, if no one is injured, he will attack the Juvenile Hippogriff from the Back Row. If that was not your intention, let me know and I'll edit--though either way it's good to keep in mind that conditional actions are possible.

As I said, running the Round now.

Edited July 15, 2014 by Flipz

[Actaeon]

I'll interpret that as a conditional action--Daeth will heal the most endangered party member or, if no one is injured, he will attack the Juvenile Hippogriff from the Back Row. If that was not your intention, let me know and I'll edit--though either way it's good to keep in mind that conditional actions are possible.

OoC: Thanks for the tip! The action is good too.

[Flipz]

Actaeon concentrates as he speaks to the Phoenix, "Phoenix, what has my party done to deserve the wrath of you and your allies? Whatever it is, I promise you, we will do our best to reverse it. We don't want to fight you!"

Shreeeshreeshree! <"Makeitstopmakeitstopmakeitstop...!">

The enraged and distraught animal seems too upset to be reasoned with.

>Stealth Shadow vs. Plains Dragonling (back): SHIELD - Elemental Discharge (4*2=8/2=4 Darkness-elemental damage to all enemies (8 damage to Enraged Gryphon))

Kiray Nastayo (Sword of the Kin) vs. Tundra Dragonling (front): SHIELD - Sentinel (party protected from physical damage next Round)

>Diana N. Justus (Ace Assassin's Crossbow) vs Bird of Prey (back): Lethal Aim (Bird of Prey: 3 damage (6, No Assassination))

Siercon (Lullaby Wand) vs. Phoenix (front): Special Damage (Empyreal Flame: 3 Fire-elemental damage to Hero party: Actaeon: 3/2=2 damage; Siercon: 3-1=2 damage; Germ: 3 damage; Warlen: 3/2=2 damage; Daeth: 3/2=2 damage; Kiray: 3-2=1 damage; Diana: 3/2=2 damage; Nicole: 3/2=2 damage; Stealth Shadow: 3/2=2-2=0 damage)

>Nicole Telsa (Sonic Boom) vs. Enraged Gryphon (back): Damage (Nicole: No Dodge, 10/2=5 damage)

The Demon Germ (Copper Dagger) vs. Forest Dragonling (front): SHIELD - Mug (Forest Dragonling: 3*3=9+1=10 damage to Forest Dragonling (KO!); Germ: 2*1.5= +3 Gold)

>Actaeon Artus (Bow) vs. Cavern Dragonling (back): SHIELD - Tripleshot (3+1=4 damage to Cavern Dragonling, Marsh Dragonling, and Bird of Prey)

>Warlen Melimane and Quarion (Darkness, Gold-Plated Bat Staff) vs. Lesser Roc (back): Great Spell (Lesser Roc: 3*2=6+1=7+5=12 Darkness-elemental damage; Warlen: -1 Ether)

>Yuji Daeth (Slightly Sharpened Croaken Staff) heals Nicole Tesla (back): SHIELD - Miracle (All party members except Stealth Shadow: +7 HP; Daeth: -1 Ether)

Free Hits:

Mountain Dragonling VS Stealth Shadow: No Dodge, 3/2=2-2=0 damage

Marsh Dragonling VS Kiray Nastayo: Dodge!

Juvenile Hippogriff VS Diana N. Justus: Dodge!

The party begins their battling experience with an excellent start. Stealth Shadow opens up with a mighty blast of Ether that is only slightly weakened by its distance from the enemies. Kiray follows up by assuming a defensive Sentinel stance in front of the party. Diana lets off a shot that barely clips her target as it flutters frantically around, while Siercon and Nicole falter, the latter taking a savage slash from the Gryphon and the former provoking the Phoenix into spewing hot flames across the entire party. Germ, meanwhile, proves that he has sufficiently bribed the random number goddess as he rolls ANOTHER 1, grabbing some golden scales from the Forest Dragonling as he ends its life, while Actaeon releases three arrows that bring two more dragonlings and the bird of prey to the brink of death. Warlen blasts the Roc with powerful spell of Darkness, while Daeth finishes the Round by patching everyone (except the automaton, who couldn't be healed that way but hadn't taken any damage anyway) back up to full health.

"Good gods...I haven't had a Round like that in years!"

"Perhapsss Mr. Daeth isss a Cleric of Mercutio."

Stealth Shadow absorbs a hit with its armor, while Kiray and Diana are able to Dodge the blows aimed at them thanks to the automaton's shadowy aura.

"Hey, watch it! I'm not just some meatshield, you know!"

Ten enemies remain, but the party is at full health and protected from physical damage (including Free Hits) by Kiray's shield this Round.

Enemies:

Phoenix

*Immune to Instant Kill*

Type: Flying/Fiery

Level: 4

Health: 60/64

Special I: Phoenix Pyre – The Phoenix reduces its health to one to bring back all defeated allies with full health. Used only after all allies have been defeated.

Special II: Empyreal Flame - Causes 3 fire-elemental damage to all opponents. Used when there are allies standing.

Drops: Phoenix Essence, Flameproof Armor (SP:1, immune to Fire)

Enraged Gryphon

*Immune to Instant Kill, Blind, Sealed, and Asleep*

Type: Flying/Holy

Level: 10

Health: 17/25

Special: Scream of Might: The Enraged Gryphon encourages one of the Dragonlings and makes one of the heroes fragile during the next round.

Drops: 30 Gold, Sapphire, Scroll of Frailty

Tundra Dragonling

*Immune to Blind and Weakened*

Type: Flying

Level: 3

Health: 6/10

Special: Freezing Breath: Both the target and the hero next in the battle order take 2 Ice Damage and are slowed.

Drops: 5 Gold, Dragon Scale

Mountain Dragonling

*Immune to Blind and Weakened*

Type: Flying

Level: 3

Health: 6/10

Special: Blazing Breath: The target and the heroes before and after in the battle order take Fire Damage equal to their SP x2 regardless of row and SP.

Drops: 5 Gold, Dragon Scale

Plains Dragonling

*Immune to Sealed and Asleep*

Type: Flying

Level: 2

Health: 6/10

Special: Thundering Roar: All heroes have a 1/2 chance of being stunned for the current round.

Drops: 5 Gold, Remedy

Cavern Dragonling

*Immune to Sealed and Asleep*

Type: Flying

Level: 2

Health: 2/10

Special: Challenging Gaze: All heroes have a 1/2 chance of being sealed.

Drops: 5 Gold, Remedy

Marsh Dragonling

*Immune to Blinded and Weakening*

Type: Flying

Level: 3

Health: 2/10

Special: Acid Spray: The target and the hero before them in the battle order take 2 Wood damage and are Weakened.

Drops: 5 Gold, Dragon Scale

Bird of Prey

Type: Flying

Level: 6

Health: 4/15

Special I: Take to the Skies - The Bird launches itself into the sky to prepare for its next attack; its next hit will cause an extra 2 Damage, and until it lands that hit, it can only be damaged by ranged attacks (i.e. spells, bows, crossbows, handcannons, and throwing weapons).

Special II: Fly Higher - Used only if the Bird has already Taken to the Skies; the Bird flies even higher, so that on the extra Damage is increased by one.

Drops: Remedy

Lesser Roc

*Immune to Instant Kill*

Level 5 Flying/Rock

Health: 42/58

Special: Heavenly Flight – The Roc flies out of reach, avoiding all damage for the remainder of the round, and returns with 25 health restored and all negative effects removed from it.

Drops: 2x Potion, 30 Gold

Juvenile Hippogriff

Level 4 Flying Beast

Health: 37/41

Special: Aerial Assault – The Elder Hippogriff flies to the sky for the remainder of the round, avoiding all damage, and lands on the target for 8 damage at the beginning of the next round.

Drops: 30 Gold

The Party:

Actaeon Artus (Actaeon)

*Party Leader*

*Dodgy*

21 year old male human

Level 1 Ranger

Power:

4

Health:

6/6

Gold:

5

Equipment:

Bow (WP:3)

Inventory:

Smoke Bomb, Potion, Bedroll

Siercon (Siercon and Coral)

*Dodgy*

Male, Age and species unknown

Level 6 Mage

Power:

14

(6 levels + 8 WP)

Defense:

1

(Robe of the Magi)

Health:

10/10

(5 base + 5 lvl)

Ether:

10/10

(5 base + 5 lvl)

Gold:

41

Equipment:

Lullaby Wand (WP:8, deals

sleep

-effect; wand), Robe of the Magi (SP:1),

Inventory:

*Sylvania's Cowl (Artifact, Head Wear, Animal Talk),

*Diamond (

Light

), Scroll of

Sleep

, Bedroll

*Potion x2, Remedy

The Demon Germ (Samurai Turtle)

*Dodgy*

??? years old ; Half Demon; Male

Level 1 Rogue

Power:

4

Defense:

0

Health:

7/7

Ether:

0

Gold

8

Equipment:

Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1; throwing weapon), Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up), suitable for rogues and beast warriors)

(Loaned by Diana)

Inventory:

Copper Dagger (WP:3; dagger), Venom, Potion, Bedroll

Warlen Melimane

and

Quarion

the floating skull

(The Chosen Minifigure)

*Dodgy*

17 Year old Male Half-Elf

Level 1 Mage

Power:

4 (9 for spells)

Power Bonus:

+5 for spells

Health:

5/5

Ether:

4/5

Gold:

5

Equipment:

Gold-Coated bat staff (Wp:3), Spellbound Gloves (Power +5 to spells)

(Loaned by Siercon)

Inventory:

Potion, Amethyst (

Darkness

), bedroll

Yuji Daeth (Daeth)

*Dodgy*

34 year old male Croaken (Frog based race)

Level 1 cleric

Power:

4

Defense:

0

Health:

9/9

Ether:

4/5

Gold:

10

Equipment:

Slightly Sharpened Croaken Staff (WP:3; staff)

Inventory:

Remedy, Potion

Kiray Nastayo (KingoftheZempk),

A Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something

*Dodgy*

*Sentinel*

24 year old female human

Level 4 Knight

Power:

7

Defense:

2

Health:

13/13

Gold:

5

Equipment:

Sword of the Kin (WP:3), Scutum Shield (SP:2; shield)

Inventory:

Potion, Banana (Restores full health when eaten), Chaotic Bomb (Causes 100 elemental damage to all opponents), Bedroll

Diana N. Justus

(NPC, Uncontrollable/takes suggestions)

*Dodgy*

17 years old female human Assassin

Level 1

Power:

4

Power Bonus:

+0

Defense:

0

Health:

12/12

Gold:

230

Equipment:

Ace Assassin's Crossbow (WP:3, crossbow), Belt of the Ace Assassin (Successful Assasination rolls on enemies immune to sudden death deal an extra Aim instead. Bodywear, Suitable for Assassins only.)

Inventory:

Potion x5, Mead x3, Smelling Salts x3, Nostrum x3

Nicole Telsa

, Female Human Ranger (NPC, controlled by TheChosenMinifigure)

*Dodgy*

Level:

4

Power:

8

Power Bonus:

+0

Defense:

0

HP:

9/9

Gold:

0

Equipment:

Sonic Boom (WP: 4, Handcannon)

Inventory:

Toolkit (Repairs one automaton back to perfect conditon once. The robot must have some condition)

Stealth Shadow

(NPC, controlled by KingoftheZempk)

Amethyst G.E.M. Automaton

*Immune to all effects and

Darkness

*

*Automatic

Dodgy

-effect to all allies

Level:

4

Power:

4

Element:

Darkness

Condition:

17/17

Defense:

2

Equipment:

Robot Circuitry (Accessory, SP: +2, suitable for G.E.M. Automata only), Stealth Shell (Wearer provides allies with

*Dodgy*

, having a 50% chance to avoid rolls of Damage, Counter, and Free Hits; suitable for G.E.M. Automata only))

Party Leader, choose the order of action.

All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, heal or cast a magic spell, or if you want to use an item instead of attacking.

Any enemy not targeted will get a Free Hit on the party after everyone has acted.

Edited July 15, 2014 by Flipz

[Actaeon]

Actaeon grins, that could not have gone any better. You managed a triple shot, your party is healed, and you can't take damage next battle. Well done, I'd say! .

"That was a prefect round! Keep it up! Diana, can you finish off the Bird of Prey? I appreciate your willingness to sacrifice potential gold, I think it will help everyone in the long run! Since we're immune to all damage, I want to focus on Phoenix so we can guarantee it doesn't last longer than the rest of it's allies. Siecron, can you target Phoenix again? And Nicole, can you switch to the Phoenix? You're our next big hitter. I also want us to finish off the ones with lower health so that we don't take free hit damage next round. So Kiray, I would recommend the Mountain Dragonling, since you hit 7. I'll target the marsh dragonling and hopefully take him out. Germ and Warlen, try taking out the other two dragonlings with only 2 HP, we won't have to deal with free hits if you can. Kiray, should Shadow maybe target Phoenix as well? We need damage on him, and we can't take damage, so it's a good time. And Daeth, since no one will take damage, attack Phoenix from the front row as well."

Actaeon shouts all of this while springing to the back row and aiming at the Marsh Dragonling with his bow.

OoC: Check my next comment to see why some things are crossed out.

Sorry if I sound super bossy, it's in character! Plus I actually think it's our best strategy for this round

And Flipz, please roll like that again

Order of Action-

Stealth Shadow

Kiray Nastayo

Diana N. Justus

Siercon

Nicole Telsa

The Demon Germ

Actaeon Artus

Warlen Melimane and Quarion

Yuji Daeth

Edited July 15, 2014 by Actaeon

[Flipz]

"Hey, I can get Gold even if I'm not targetting an enemy that carries it. No skin off my back. Speaking of skin off our backs, though, you might want to rethink your strategy before you burn ours off--Kiray's Sentinel will not protect against elemental damage, only physical damage. If that bird spews fire again, we're all going to be feeling the heat."

Dragonlord, in the midst of fending off more flying creatures that were attacking the captain, pauses to shout some advice to the party.

"Don't forget that it won't defend against negative effects, either."

[The Chosen Minifigure]

"Oh mighty leader, as I can hurt holy monsters, shouldn't I attack the enraged gryphon?"

[Actaeon]

"Hey, I can get Gold even if I'm not targetting an enemy that carries it. No skin off my back. Speaking of skin off our backs, though, you might want to rethink your strategy before you burn ours off--Kiray's Sentinel will not protect against elemental damage, only physical damage. If that bird spews fire again, we're all going to be feeling the heat."

"Excellent reminder," Actaeon says, angry with himself for not realizing. "Warlen, I don't know enough about magic, so attack the Gryphon if you think it's best. Germ, Daeth, I'm switching you guys to the Tundra Dragonling. That's assuming no one takes elemental damage. If someone takes damage, Daeth, try to heal them. If not, do what I just said. Hopefully you can take him out. Kiray, do you think Shadow can come in and try to kill off any of the low HP enemies that we don't K.O? Everyone else, stay on the same enemy as before."

OoC: By "the same as before", I mean the same as my previous comment.

Stealth Shadow- Shadow against anyone of the Maybe K.O. that aren't knocked out.

Kiray Nastayo- Mt. Dragonling lv 3

Diana N. Justus- Bird of Prey lv 6

Siercon- Phoenix lv 4

Nicole Telsa- Phoenix lv 4

The Demon Germ- T. Dragonling lv 3

Actaeon Artus- M. Dragonling lv 3

Warlen Melimane and Quarion- E. Gryphon lv 10

Yuji Daeth- Heal or T. Dragonling lv 3

Free hits (Though no damage)

l. Roc lv 5

P. Dragonling lv 2

C. Dragonling lv 2

l. Roc lv 5

J. Hippogriff lv 4

Edited July 15, 2014 by Actaeon

[Flipz]

QM Note: As far as action listings go, it's actually easier on me and less confusing for other players if you list the party members and their actions in order of your Battle Order and then list untargetted enemies separately after that.

Please also note that the Stealth Shadow deals Darkness-elemental damage on all successful attacks, just in case that wasn't clear from his rules page.

[samurai-turtle]

(I will use my copper dagger. And attack the T. Dragonling from the front row.)

I am going try to get rid of another one of the Dragonling. That one look dangerous to me. Pointing to one of them.

[Actaeon]

QM Note: As far as action listings go, it's actually easier on me and less confusing for other players if you list the party members and their actions in order of your Battle Order and then list untargetted enemies separately after that.

Please also note that the Stealth Shadow deals Darkness-elemental damage on all successful attacks, just in case that wasn't clear from his rules page.

OoC: I just copied and pasted the other one. I'll fix it shortly. Also, thanks for adding that, it wasn't really too clear.