[IC] The New Mythos: Trials and Tribulations

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Re: [IC] The New Mythos: Predator and Prey

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Cheyenne
HP: 1; Condition: warrior

Punching the guy was like hitting a battleship all take and no give. She could feel her hands stinging as well as other parts of her when they landed. The spike strip hurt but wouldve hurt worse had she not stepped inside its arc and gone full grapple. She worked the guy for postition trying to get to his back so she could choke him out on the hope he still needed to breath

her regen should kick in at this point

Cheys 3 toughness checks _: 1D20+10 = [7]+10 = 17
1D20+10 = [7]+10 = 17 1D20+10 = [20]+10 = 30
ow good things she heals fast -2 to toughness checks


Chey will all out for 2 to grapple _: 1D20+8 = [10]+8 = 18
should hit

her strength check _: 1D20+12 = [16]+12 = 28 if she holds him shes going for a chokehold
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Re: [IC] The New Mythos: Predator and Prey

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Mimi "Neko Mimi" Nomura
Dodge: 10, Parry: 10, Tough: 6/3, Fort: 6, Will: 8, Perception: +10
HP: 1>0, Condition: Normal

Doctor Malsyn wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:15 am From the shadows a black furred figure dashes out, practically floating amongst the falling droplets as she strikes out against the lanky man's skull. Yet it's like she had just decided to rush out and slap a passing car, and her hand comes back stinging. As she flutters away from the scene the young woman would be left with the lingering impression that she might've hurt herself far more then she hurt him.

Barely a moment passes before the strong-armed woman starts out with her own quick barrage of blows. His movements are sluggish, seemingly putting in the absolute bare minimum to try and avoid her strikes. There's something exceptionally stiff about the way he moved. For each strike that she landed there was barely any give at all. It was like using a steel girder as a punching bag, but at least those would move when struck by a woman like her. Instead pain slowly starts to blossom from each strike, and still her opponent doesn't even crack a single expression.

Only his eyes seem to rotate with any sense of quickness, snapping to the right just as Foxy's telekinetically-charged attack with a whirlwind of spikes and blades soars in. He tried to duck back, only for the solid metal to start slamming into his face repeatedly. Grunts of clear discomfort as sluggishly raises his arms up, placing one hand forward and stopping the whirling metal just as easily as grabbing a desk fan. His hair is left a ruffled mess, and his face is littered with tiny scratches. Yet for whatever damage he took on, the weapon used against him was left a crumpled mass of scrap. The corners of his lips twitch, just once, before he takes the solid metal chunk and whips it around to smack Cheyene.
"Ow ow OW, what's he made of..." Mimi wonders as she follows through with her move, landing and spinning, shaking her hand out... and then filling it with spike shuriken! "Try this" she thinks as the blades whistle out toward him!

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Power Attack on Shuriken, +10 and 4 damage. To Hit: 1d20+10 28 And that's a multi-attack, so if it's 2 degrees, +2, three degrees, +5.
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Re: [IC] The New Mythos: Predator and Prey

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Over the course of the fight and several blows back and fourth with the man have revealed something very strange. Something about the way he meets with strikes head-on seems to almost repel the momentum backwards, leading to the more damage being accrued then dealt. His movements in general are extremely stiff, hesitant, but certainly purposeful. Whenever he moves, nothing aside from himself seems to impede whatsoever. Even Foxy takes notice of this as she get's a hold over him with her strange magicks only for him to just... keep throwing his weight around at Cheyene. In turn, when the amazonian just can't seem to get a good hold over the man. Arm locks and leg pinches that seem flawless to her are torn apart like issue paper. Her movements, however, prove enough distraction that his aim is solidly off when he strikes at her again.

Even though his skin general is just plain remarkably unpliable, cutting and piercing implements seem to find enough purchase to make it count. Though he shows no sign of recovering like Cheyenne, it's clear that a direct battle with this man is a war of attrition. It's no wonder he didn't care to enter the fight until the leather-clad woman begged him to do so, still seeming remarkably well put-together even in the face of such devastating losses. This would leave a prevailing thought; If he had no reason to keep fighting then, would he still do so?

Another crack from that woman's gun finally manages to hit the broad side of the barn, striking Cheyene while she was distracted by her unflinching opponent. More gunfire comes from the blonde ganger, still focusing on the vampiric medic. Once again her mark is remarkably on point, not even a hairs' breadth off-center.
Dice Rolls
Toughness: 25
Attack Vs. Cheyenne: 16 Shockingly, a hit![/url]

Attack Vs. Cheyenne: 9 Miss!

Insight Foxy: [/url=http://www.coyotecode.net/roll/lookup.php?rollid=256455]16[/url]
Insight Cheyenne: 21
GM Notes
GM: Foxy, make sure you apply the hero point I gave you from before.

Philip (-1) [DC 21 toughness]
Neko Miko

L1(Leader, Staggered!, -1): Attacks Cheyene, hit!
Cheyene (Fatigued, -2) [DC 20 toughness]
Foxy
L3: Attacks Philip, hit!
Tall Thug (Dazed, -1): Attacks Cheyenne, Misses!

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Phillip Dremmin
CND: Injured 2 > 3 | HP:1>2
Array Settings wrote: Blood-Drinker Array: Potence
Auspix Array: Super-Senses
Vampire Array: Obfuscation

The second set of bullets hit despite the cover he'd gotten into after scoring on the tall man. The pain of it made the vampire see red. Even through the haze he knew the supporting cast couldn't be allowed to continue shooting unanswered. As the claws retracted (he couldn't trust himself with them against the blonde), he faded from all senses. [Concealment is free action]

He rushed out, full tilt, to body check the blonde.
Toughness: 1d20+8 17 Another -1, 3 total wounds now
With only a move or standard, Phiullip will opt for a charge-Slam attack against the blond that keeps shooting him.
Slam: 1d20-2 17
Unless she has Uncanny dodge she should be vulnerable against Phillip's slam. It will do DC22 Toughness (Strength, +1 for Slam, +1 for full movement) if it hits her.
Assuming it hits her, Phillip needs to make a Toughness check as well.
Tough v Slam: 1d20+10-3 25

It should be -5 to target Phillip now unless her attack bypasses Concealment, or if she has accurate Hearing or Smell.
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Kira "Foxy" Donal
Dodge: 8, Parry: 8, Tough: 8, Fort: 8, Will: 8, Perception: +10
HP: 2, Form: Fox, Condition: -1 bruise, Fatigued

Foxy tries again to grab the big brute by telekinetic force. But again he slips through her TK force like it isn't there.

Move Object, Grapple DC power attack +/- 5 vs Dodge, DC 20 str check on a hit.: 1D20+6 = [8]+6 = 14
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Cheyenne
HP: 1; Condition: warrior -2 toughness fatigued

Cheyenne still feeling the sting in her knuckles from punching what was essentially a walking mountain grunted in pain as another bullet slammed into her back. She growled low in annoyance and decided to make a faster end to a fight that had gone on too long. Concentrating she focused on the magic inside her. then she channeled it through the runic markings on her body A trick shed picked up from her studies recently, and from a suggestion from Felix.

Her eyes glowed then sparked then crackled with lighting that spread across her body as she then slammed her fist into her open palm which let out a crack of lightning which expanded into a tesla arc as she pulled her hands apart.

She then threw a reckless haymaker at the big guy nearly losing the power as the pain from her injuries shook her. but she quickly refocused and pushed through firing off a massive lightning fist to the big guys chest

Cheys toughness save _: 1D20+8 = [8]+8 = 16
ow -3 on saves


Cheys gonna stunt off her stength Lightning Fist (Strength Damage 10 penetrating 4 Improved Crit 2)

Shell power attack All out for max -5/+5 +2/-2_: 1D20+3 = [3]+3 = 6
ill blow the hero point for a reroll

_: 1D20+3 = [13]+3 = 16 should hit for a DC 30 this time its Electrical damage not kinetic

Shell be exhausted next round

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Mimi "Neko Mimi" Nomura
Dodge: 10, Parry: 10, Tough: 6/3, Fort: 6, Will: 8, Perception: +10
HP: 0, Condition: Normal

That gunfire draws Mimi's attention... Cheyenne seems better suited to batter down the wall of the big guy for the moment. She slides a weighted chain out of her sleeve and dashes towards the shooter right up the wall, swinging it in a circle and then hurling it at the gun! It's not the best toss though, and she kicks off the wall to dive back behind cover.

[ooc] Move-by attack for a disarm... Disarm: 1d20+10 12 Nope.
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Philip slams into the blonde woman, knocking her briefly dazed by the force of his blow. She scowls, and is nearly about to try tagging him with a shot point-blank when Neko comes out and takes a swipe at her gun. A series of bullets' follow right-behind the girl as she flees back out of direct combat, for once none of them seem to find their mark. "Damn brat! Ya'll've been too much of a damn nuisence, stop skulking and fight like a woman!"

Off to the side their leader apparent takes a pot-shot of her own, missing just as poorly as the blonde. While the woman was distracted there, she almost misses the brilliant light-show as Cheyenne called upon her inner-magic to express itself in a manner never seen by the party, arcane power not too dissimilar to what Felix was capable of pouring off her in a wave. Her opponent's eyes widened just enough to show actual concern, before his torso is struck and ran through with a thousand volts. Normal people would start convulsing from the sheer amount of electricity coursing through their bodies, yet here there wasn't even a finger's twitch.

Even if he didn't react to the impact itself, the after-effects were apparent as he moved with a certain sluggishness, his limbs responding even slower to his will. Noting his lack of control, he disregards personal strength and simply strikes the metallic lump at Cheyenne center-mass. Still, even though he continued to fight there's feint acknowledgment in his eyes that things were nearing the end.
Dice Rolls
Toughness: 17 Failure, second degree!
Toughness: 17 Failure, third degree!

Attack: 17 Miss!
Multi-Attack (Full cover): 23-5 (18) Miss!
Improvised Weapon Attack: 27 Hit!
GM Notes
GM: You've got them on the ropes!

Philip (-3)
Neko Mimi

L1(Leader, Staggered!, -1): Attacks Neko Mimi, Misses!
Cheyene (Exhausted, -3) [DC 25 Toughness!]
Foxy
L3 (Dazed, -1): Shoots Neko Mimi, Miss!
Tall Thug (Staggered, -2): Attack's Cheynne, hit!

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"You should have stayed the Side-Street Swindlers." Phillip's voice seemed to echo from different parts of the street as he hammered fists down on the blonde leader. He had no skill at fighting and only a modicum of vampiric strength, but he had to use fists to avoid using teeth.
attack: 1d20+0 19 | DC20 Toughness.
After his attack he continued to step out of line of attack in case she shot at the direction the attack came from, still obfuscated as he was.
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GM: There's only one blonde and one leader, but I'll assume you're attacking the one you've been.
Toughness: 8+(6-1) = 13 Another second degree failure!


"Urgh-" She grunts, as Philip knocks the woman's teeth in. She sways slightly, not even getting a moment's rest to recover.

GM: Rest of the team is still up!
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Kira "Foxy" Donal
Dodge: 8, Parry: 8, Tough: 8, Fort: 8, Will: 8, Perception: +10
HP: 2, Form: Fox, Condition: -1 bruise, Fatigued

Foxy hopes third time is the charm. She just uses her TK to slam into the big guy. Afterwards, she jumps once again to another rooftop. (right side of map).

Move Object, power attack +/- 5 vs Dodge, DC 25 toughness check on a hit.: 1D20+6 = [10]+6 = 16
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Cheyenne
HP: 1; Condition: warrior -3 toughness exhausted out

the impact of the metal spike strip would have been near fatal if Chey hadnt moved at the last second to avoid the worst of the damage. She still spat up a fairly solid amount of blood in the process as ribs broke and organs were bruised or injured

She stood there panting heavily she was on her last legs, and she knew it, Felix had warned her when they worked on this that channeling this much energy in a way she wasnt used to could be hard on her even with her stamina. She grinned at the thought of felix giving her an earful, and as the song thunderstruck bounced around in her mind she charged at her tall opponen with a warcry and slammed both hands on either side of his head channeling the lightning right into his noggin,

Then she reached skyward as shed done back in the lab felt the arc of energy in the sky reached out grabbed it and pulled it down out of the sky and drove it straight into the mountains heart with a primal scream on her lips.

She stayed upright by sheer will alone long enough to look her foe in the eyes one last time before she blacked out and felt the cool rain hitting her on her face as she fell

Cheys toughness _: 1D20+8 = [1]+8 = 9
oh yeah no last hp to reroll

_: 1D20+8 = [15]+8 = 23
better fail by 2 -3

Ok time to end it and then shes going out cold

Cheyenne will all out for +2/-2 and power attack for max -5/+5

First attack _: 1D20+3 = [16]+3 = 19
boom thats a hit and with the 2 ranks of improved crit from the stunt which is still in effect thats a hit for a DC 35

And because I really want this guy down surge to do it again

_: 1D20+3 = [20]+3 = 23 BOOM thats another DC 35 with the nat 20

Damage again is all electrical

and Chey goes night night


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Mimi "Neko Mimi" Nomura
Dodge: 10, Parry: 10, Tough: 6/3, Fort: 6, Will: 8, Perception: +10
HP: 0, Condition: Normal

Mimi feels her hackles rise, sure she's being tracked by that that gun, so she stays on the offensive, running up along the building wall, swinging her chain in a circle as she goes until she lashes out the weighted end at the weapon again! Hit or not, she doesn't slow down until she's found another spot to lurk in... and when the chain comes back empty, she knows she needs to practice more.

[ooc] Disarm, Power Attack to make it 8/8... Disarm: 1d20+8 10 Well, exact same results as before!
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Dice rolls
Toughness: 25
12
When faced with a situation of skewed odds, where her normal method of punching through her opponents failed to present itself, did the veteran of combat choose to run? Even as they slipped out of every hold, their will to move outshining the brawling huntress's own to put him down, did she choose to back down? As her breath turned ragged and heavy, her fists split and bleeding, as the edge of consciousness crept further inward, did that woman allow herself to fall on any terms but her own?

The first strike had sent him backwards with a startle, the second he could only just push to the side. Then there was a third taking advantage of his poor footwork. Another that struck his meagre guard, and still more blows wreathed in arcane power shot forward in a blur from little more then Cheyenne's own killer instincts. One could barely tell if the flashes of light were from the storm above or the one here on the ground. In the end, two opponents stood facing each other. Both refused to fall. Standing tall and proud from the raw power of their own spirit. Yet while one had their arms parted in a broken guard, the other's first was planted firmly in the center of her opponent's chest.

Neither one reacted to the rain swelling in intensity, water pouring around their forms as if they were Greek fountains. Combat lingered for several seconds following, a vampire peppered by bullets while his feline friend dashed in the storm's shadow, all the while a mysterious force from above tore away at the remaining thugs.

It was when the blonde markswoman finally had her tool of choice torn from her hands that she finally took notice of the silent behemoths standing tall over the battlefield. "H-holy shite! Barricade is out cold!"

Clad in leather and attitude, the girl who was in charge of this whole thing took a hard look at her situation and did the wisest thing she could think of. She tried to run. If her opponents weren't supernatural monsters of strength and skill, she might've even made it ten feet.

In the end the team is left with two conscious criminals bound by whatever was on hand, and a half-dozen others slumped together in a pile out of the gutter to prevent drowning.

Chyenne and her own opponent continued to remain as they were, stuck in the final decisive blow of their combat.

GM:A far more thrilling fight then I expected! You've taken your fair share of cuts and bruises, and one of you is actually KO'd. Everyone, take an HP back as a reward. Cheyenne, you earn an extra for that awesome finish, and Felix you earn one due to your complication.
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Felix Ian Xavier - Mr. FIX I.T.
Status: Normal
HP: 1


Felix groans as he watches electricity flying everywhere around Cheyenne. He was pretty sure they'd talked about why it was a bad idea until they'd run some tests.
Fairly sure.
Kind of sure.
Like 50% sure.

With everybody having everything handled he backed the Mongrel up to where Cheyenne was and hopped out.

"Everybody alright?" He calls out to the others as he walks over to Cheyenne.

With a grunt he reaches out with his robot arm and shakes her, "Oi. Wake up. I want to yell at you."

"I'm the one who is reckless and falls down. You're the one who does the carrying,"
With a hard done by sigh he attempts to hook his arms under her armpits to pull her back to the Mongrel with no success.

"Why... must... muscles... weigh so... much?" He grunts.
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