On the road again [Lunar Fury]

[Sherwood]

Talgus and Rory


Your borrowed blade flys out and strikes the undulating vine, but does not seem to do much damage to it. You quickly see that unless you boost your damage done by using Charms or your Moonsilver blade, little harm will be done.


One of the Dragon-Blooded there steps forward and adds his axe to the mix. "Your courage does you credit, but you are no match for this foe. Leave it to us!" He obviously doesn't know that you're Exalted.

 

[Laundreu]

Amina Ten-Spears


Amina grinned fiercely, silver-tinted fangs glistening in the sunlight. "What's the matter, you puffed-up hobgoblins? Not expecting to see one of my sort here?" She threw her head back, howling laughter, and then deftly leaned back, the blade of the second Fair Folk's gossamer blade ruffling the fur on her chest.


Her grin broadened. "Missed me," she announced, and then charged the Fair Folk cataphract she'd already knocked to the ground. Her anima flared even brighter, the glimmering silver hyena bristling in a threat display, and she barreled into the poor hapless Fair One in a flurry of silver-edged death, so hard and so fast that the forest's detritus whirled in the wake of those blows.


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A) Activating Relentless Lunar Fury with Golden Tiger Stance and Might-Bolstering Blow. Apparently, while the latter is Fury-OK, it doesn't have any Fury-OK rules. I guess treat it like the charm takes place every attack? At least until Errata takes place. Anywho, with RLF up, I do that and ignore the first 8 points of DV penalties, plus standard Lunar Fury stuff.


B) Making a flurry of three claw swipes on my old target; if he dies I will continue on the other one, unless he's out of reach.


18x(D10+0): 10 1 8 2 5 8 1 2 1 6 2 1 9 10 5 4 7 7 - 9+1 suxx yay average


17x(D10+0): 1 9 9 7 2 1 2 4 10 10 4 10 10 7 5 2 10 - 14+1 suxx HOLY CARP


16x(D10+0): 7 4 8 9 5 9 10 7 7 1 1 6 6 5 5 2 - 8+1 suxx yay average


Attacks do 12Agg + Extra Successes, ignore natural soak, and generally make the Fair Folk's now-short lives hell. Again, I think I regain 1m per damage level inflicted and 1m per extra success, up to 5 each, for each attack. And, of course, stuntin' again.

Punch
- Speed 5 Accuracy 21 Damage 12L Defense +2 Rate 3

Kick
- Speed 5 Accuracy 20 Damage 15L Defense -2 Rate 2

Bite
- Speed 5 Accuracy 20 Damage 15L Defense NA Rate 3

Clinch
- Speed 6 Accuracy 20 Damage 10L Defense NA Rate 1

Dodge DV 10  Parry DV 8  Sta+Res 8
Personal 9/15  Peripheral 24/40  WP 5/6

Soak 21B/19L/8A, hardness 5B/5L/5A
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[Sherwood]

Amina, Najya, and Eva


Fountains of gore spray from the holes that your claws rip into the body of the Fae, leaving it quite dead after the first two hits. As you turn your third strike against the second, he nimbly twists aside with the grace of a ballet dancer. With a mocking voice, he taunts you, "You are correct, filthy dog-beast. I had not expected to find your kind here. I think I shall make a shiny bauble out of the rage you feel once I have struck you down!"


Bluring the lines of his form into things ripped from the nightmares of his past victims, the prancing fop before you is twisted into something more sinister. His dream-forged blade lashes out again and again, and you can hear it's deadly scream for your blood!


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Fae attacks with a five strike flurry.


First three miss.


Strike four hits with 12L damage against your soak.


Strike five hits with 15L damage against your soak.


4- [Fae 1 - dead, trampled and ripped open], [Eva]


5- [Fae 2 - swing and a miss], [Amina - ripped up Fae 1]


6-


7-


8- [Fae 2], Najya


9- Eva


10- Amina


11-


12-


13- Fae 2


14-

 

[Sherwood]

Talgus and Rory


The Dragon-Blooded have suceeded in pissing off the giant plant. Several vines that have venus-flytrap style mouths rear up and attack. One of the defenders gets grabbed up in a loud crunch and squish. Rory looks over to you, "These boys are not doing too well. Time to show them how its supposed to work." He charges forward and leaps high into the air, bringing his hammer down in a powerful two handed attack on the main vine, spattering sap and bits of plant to the sides. His antics did not go unnoticed by the defenders. He gets several startled looks and at least one person shouts "Anathama!"

 

[trowizilla]

Najya All Mice


Birds cannot smile, and so the parrot form Najya was currently inhabiting didn't show a trace of the battle-glee burning through her mind. This was no lighthearted raid against another tribe, only a few goats or a stolen horse at stake, the worst fear a scrape or broken bone from a clumsy attack; there were Fae to kill, and to kill side by side with her blood-sister and her fellow Lunars, and there was her honor to serve.


Her sharp eyes had spotted precisely what she'd been looking for: an overhanging branch, thick and half-rotted where it connected to the tree, the main weight of it directly above the remaining Fae warlord. Even before her feet touched down, she changed: the twig-like bird feet stretched and swelled into ropy-muscled legs tipped with silvery claws ; the slight body into a furred, muscular torso; the wings into long, lean, strong arms ending in shining claws, each curved like a sickle or a waxing moon. The beaked head itself, with its black, beady eyes and unusual tufts, shifted into that of an enormous wildcat, ears long and black-tipped and a mouth that curled into a smile that was more than half snarl.


Her full weight, that of a grown lion, landed hard on the branch, tearing it from its trunk and sending it hurtling down to crash atop the Fae. As Najya fell with it, though, hers was a fall of purpose: her anima blazed up like a silver comet and her sharp claws tore at the cataphract's throat.


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Activating DBT with Claws of the Silver Moon, 8 motes.


Activating Lunar Fury with Wasp Sting Blur (reduces the speed of all attacks by 1 to a minimum of 3) and Golden Tiger stance (auto-eliminates 3 points of penalties to Dodge and Parry DVs), 5 motes, 1 willpower.


1 attack at a -3 flurry penalty.


18x(D10+0): 2 6 10 3 3 9 5 1 7 10 3 9 5 6 9 7 1 2 = 9 successes, + 1 for RLF = 10 successes


It's aggravated damage and ignores natural soak, 'cause of that hearthstone.


If she hits, her damage modifiers are +5 from CotSM, +2 from her claws, and +5 from strength, plus a success from RLF.


I cans has stunt dice?

 

[Braydz]

Eva 0/10, 5 WP


Hey, free ride!


Alighting on the back of the Wyld-lion-thing left by the second Fae Warlord to make its own fun, Eva shifts into her human self and makes her own fun with it. She grabs the reins and makes it reer, spurring the beast into an ichor-soaked rampage through the ranks of the Wyldling host with the flat of her daiklave, letting the tools of her enemies do her work for her.


"Hya, kitty, hya!"


(If successful) The bodies of hobgoblins lie scattered and broken in the wake of the lion-beast and its rider glowing with the shifting, inconstant light of the clouded moon.


[Quicksilver Second Facing to Human form for 2m so the change only takes 3 ticks, then... I don't know what the roll would be for "targeting" a rampaging Wyld-twisted mount, but Eva spends a Willpower point to channel Valor, plus whatever Stunt dice this may garner. If either Manipulation or Dexterity are applicable she uses full Excellencies, preferring Dexterity and activating her Combo again for 1WP.


She's not flurrying shape-changing and riding.]

 

[Sherwood]

Najya, Eva, and Amina


With its attention focused on Amina, Najya's sudden drop into the battle catches the Fae completely by surprise. Your weight drives the slim creature to the ground, leaving it helpless against the ripping claws as you nearly decapatate your foe and let forth a cry of victory! He twitches a few times before lying still under your feet.


Eva takes a romp through the assembled horde, much to the displeasure of your mount. It is struggling to throw you off. Only your incredible agility keeps you in the saddle as the lion-creature snarls and jumps in anger.


The sight of their two leaders falling to the assembled Lunars, along with the carnage done by Kieroon to a large swath of their forces, not to mention the rain of arrows and other firepower from the city has seriously weakened their resolve to fight on. Scores of dead and injured lie in the dirt, leaving the plant-behemoth as the only other serious threat to the town.

 

[Sherwood]

OOC: two bonus dice for both Eva and Najya.

 

[trowizilla]

Najya All Mice


"Make a shiny bauble of that, ay?" said Najya, flicking the Fae's blood from her claws in a spray of not-quite-the-right-color. "You okay, 'mina?" A quick glance over her blood-sister showed nothing to worry about.


"Shall we?" she said, dropping into a quick bow as her eyes glittered with the joy of battle. A horde of panicking hobgoblins? My birthday came early this year! With that thought, she launched herself at the closest group of fair folk, aiming more-or-less at shredding a path all the way back to the city walls and the plant monster.


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Rolling for Join Battle


6x(D10+0): 3 8 3 9 8 7 = 4 successes

 

[Laundreu]

Amina Ten-Spears


Amina ignored the thin cut along her cheek - it was closing almost as soon as the wound was inflicted. She turned to lunge at the cataphract that had managed to strike her - and had to leap back hurriedly to avoid the crashing branch and Najya's ensuing strike.


She looked at Najya with a disappointed expression. "I - I was after fighting him, but now you crushed him and I can't be after explaining the difference between a dog and a hyena." She looked towards the town, and the intervening mass of hobgoblins, and grinned. "But that was then and this is now; shall we be after them?"


She charged the hobgoblin mass, following in Najya's wake before striking off on a tangent; the caracal-totem Lunar was far faster than she was.


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Rollin' Join Battle: 7x(D10+0): 6 10 7 1 3 4 9, 4 successes

 

[Sherwood]

Amina, Eva, and Najya


While numerous, the vast horde of goblins do not have the skill to pose much of a threat to Exalted. Even when attacking in coordination with eachother, the few shots that do hit don't do enough damage to penetrate your armor. The two of you (or three, if Eva decides to join) cut a path of death as you charge the breech in the wall where the behemoth still waits. Off to one side, you see flashes of Essence as another spell is unleashed from Kieroon in the heart of the dwindling attackers, and the city defenders keep a steady volley of arrows, balista rounds, catapult stones, and blasts from firedust cannons. From what you now see around you, the goblins do not have the numbers to do more than harass the city, and that part of the threat seems to be over.


As you reach the opening in the wall, several of the defending troops step to the side to give you quick access under covering fire with an occational whoop and cheer. The scene inside the city is a bit of a different story, however. Locked in battle with the plant is four Dragon-Blooded from the Imperial garrison, one from the city itself, Rory, and Talgus. Rory is jumping around on the main vine of the plant and swinging his hammer with wild laughter, gaining much attention from the defenders in the area.


All five of the Dragon-Blooded are showing flaring anima banners as they struggle to cut through the thick outer covering of the plant.

 

[Braydz]

Eva 0/8, 3 WP


With a final whoop of laughter followed by a whoa, Eva is thrown head-long from the beast, rolling to a stop in the dirt.


When she finishes spitting dirt all she can see of the once great beast is its bruised hindquarters running away from the city, and all she can see of her Packmates is THEIR hindquarters running towards the city. Almost stumbling to her feet, her legs and back-side sore from the wild ride (Last time I was this sore it was at least worth it.), she chases after her friends, a streaking figure of shimmering moonlight.

 

[trowizilla]

Najya All Mice


With a backwards glance at Amina, Najya grinned her toothy cat grin and launched herself up the crumbled remains of the outer wall. Get high and then land on the thing like the biggest pitchfork in the world, she thought, her long tail acting as a balancing-pole as her clawed paws propelled her skyward.


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Joining battle! 6x(D10+0): 10 8 5 9 4 2 = 4 successes. From above, could Najya see any more information about the plant-monster?

 

[Laundreu]

Amina Ten-Spears


Amina rolled her eyes in amusement at the climbing Lunar. Typical cat tactics, she thought, and snorted. Time to get stuck in, like my erstwhile kindred. With that, she charged the plant behemoth, howling a wordless war-cry. Time to show these Dynasts how it's done!


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Join Battle: 7x(D10+0): 2 7 7 8 2 1 7

Punch
- Speed 5 Accuracy 21 Damage 12L Defense +2 Rate 3

Kick
- Speed 5 Accuracy 20 Damage 15L Defense -2 Rate 2

Bite
- Speed 5 Accuracy 20 Damage 15L Defense NA Rate 3

Clinch
- Speed 6 Accuracy 20 Damage 10L Defense NA Rate 1

Dodge DV 10  Parry DV 8  Sta+Res 8
Personal 9/15  Peripheral 24/40  WP 5/6

Soak 21B/19L/8A, hardness 5B/5L/5A
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[Sherwood]

With the threat outside the walls being handled by the city garrison, the Exalts turn their attention to the plant-behemoth that has punched itself through the walls and is running amok. It is now faced with five Dragon-Blooded, a Solar, and five Lunars. It never stood a chance...


As the battle comes to a close, it is clear to you that two of the Dynast officers want to continue the fight against the Anathama before him, but they have been overruled by their commanding officer. He doesn't look overjoyed at having the lot of you posing heroically, but he does admit the help you provided to the people of the city. The fifth Dragon-Blood, an Outcaste in charge of the city watch, is more open in expressing his thanks to you for your aid.


Kieroon motions for the group to follow her to one side. "This was far too easy. The Fae could have overwhelmed this town in an eyeblink, with or without our help. And there was no sign of any demons that had been summoned like our crystalized friend back with One Tusk." She shakes her head. "No, there is more to this than what we see. We must move on. Get some rest; I want to be gone by midnight."