On the road again [Lunar Fury]

Eva


A mischievous, almost wicked grin crosses Eva's face. She turns it on Kieroon, "Fools rush in."


She settles in to wait patiently for the majority of the Garrison to leave, then changes into a rat [5m+1 for QSF] and scurries for the barracks, heading straight for the commander's quarters.


I wonder if I should take credit for the distraction...
 
Eva, Kieroon, and Najya


A wicked grin spreads across Kieroon's face. "You, my dear, have a twisted mind. I love that about you!" She glances up at the circling parrot that is Najya. "Watch your tailfeathers up there. I don't want you turning into plant food!"


With a flash of Essence, her form blurs into a gecko and she runs forward along side of Eva.
 
Rory and Talgus


Rory steps out into the steet with several other patrons to look around. From outside, you hear several people call out that there is green smoke from the south wall. Many of the merchants hastily close up shop and pull out weapons, and you see troops running towards the southern wall, some on foot, some on horseback, and several are pulling light field weapons along with them.


Rory looks at River, "So, are ye feelin' up to a bit of a scrap? It looks like some nastiness is out there, tryin' to do some harm to these folks. While I have no love for the Imperials, they are out there tryin' to help."
 
Najya All Mice


Wicked mind or no, I just hope she's smart enough not to run into any cats! thought Najya, following Kieroon and Eva with a rather circuitous path, the better to throw off suspicion. Her sharp, beady little eyes kept a wide watch for trouble: if her fellow Stewards were going to search the garrison, they might need to do so in a more...obtrusive form, and her best bet was to stay on guard and squawk a warning if necessary. Just like guarding perimeters back home, ay? I'll pick a couple handy places to perch and cycle between them.
 
Amina Ten-Spears


Amina flipped the cowl of her cloak over her head and pulled the body of it around her. Her moonsilver-graced features thus obscured for the moment, she began picking her way towards the breach in the walls, avoiding the grasping plants. She was not a happy Lunar at the moment; perhaps, if Luna was feeling particularly generous, she would come across something to vent her frustration on.
 
Eva, Kieroon, and Najya


With the bulk of the garrison rushing out to fight the invaders, the halls are remarkably quiet. In very little time you are able to find the administrative offices. Everything shows signs of a hasty departure. Kieroon slips inside, and after a quick look around, shifts back to her human form. A few minutes of searching and you find a rosewood box with gold and jade inlaid on it. As your hands reach to open the box, Kieroon stops you.


"There is Essence about this box. Most likely a ward to destroy anything inside if the chest is opened without the proper key. But even such things are easily bypassed." She places her hand over the lock, and you hear a click as the latch comes undone. She carefully opens the top and removes a stack of papers. "Ah, here it is. A war warning was sent out to all commands, ordering them to prepare for immenent battle. Signed and sealed by members of the Senate and the Heptagram. This name here," she taps the paper and points to the one that signed the orders. "Isn't this the same person that ordered the retrieval mission that snagged Erembour? Oh, sorry. I forgot that you weren't there to see what was recovered." She looks a bit embarassed for a moment, then moves on. "I've seen what I needed to. We should be off before we get caught up with the fighting here. Are you ready?"


Rory and Talgus


The two of you join the crowd of armed men heading for the breached wall. As you approach, you see two different threats facing the townspeople. First is the killer vines that brought down the wall. The plant continues to attack and destroy whatever it comes in contact with. The second threat is a mixed force on foot charging towards the opening in the wall consisting of several hundred hobgoblins and a few dozen First Circle Demons. You see a Fire-Aspected Dragon-Blood is giving orders and is galvanizing the defenders. The officer and several other Dragon-Blooded are preparing to attack the plant while a few other DB's and the bulk of the mortals stand off against the other invaders.


Amina


Your foul mood is not made any better when you see from outside the walls what was described for Rory and Talgus. But, from your position outside the walls, you do see two Fae officers riding giant-sized lions directing their troops to the attack. You hear the order given to destroy all inside the walls; leave nothing living down to the smallest rat and chicken.
 
Eva 8/17


Eva becomes a girl again and examines the papers Kieroon is cooing over herself, noting the details of the order itself if she can understand the writing and committing it to memory as a picture if not. There is also a quick rooting around for any notes, garrison reports or maps, particularly any concerning activity between Chaing-Dav and Rathess.


Ready? She asks if I'm ready? I was born ready.


"Let's go, Fearless Leader."


Returning to rat form Eva noses back out into the hallway. Seeing a clear coast she gives the 'All clear,' tail-wag, and scampers out of the compound, assuming Kieroon can make her own way out even if she doesn't have the good sense to follow the bouncing rat.


After a brief internal battle, Discretion is the better part of valor; She who fights and runs away lives to die cold and lonely having never accomplished anything, Eva decides that Luna would want her to bring honor to the title of 'Steward' and defend the town. She shifts back to human form, discreetly, and when Kieroon catches up with her she says, "Hey, wadda ya think the ruckussing is all about? Sounds like a party to me." She grins, "Let's crash," and runs towards the noise.


[Two shifts to human form punctuated by a rat, none of them particularly swift, is 7m personal.]
 
Talgus gets behind the DB's, perfectly content to let them die before he's forced to show an anima banner or reveal his location. They're likely to turn on him....
 
Rory and Talgus


While Talgus is showing some restraint ( :shock: ), Rory summons his Goremaul from Elsewhere and begins channeling Essence in preperation of the fight. He sends a large toothy grin your way in obvious enjoyment of the action.
 
Eva, Najya, and Kieroon


Kieroon kneels down next to Eva. "Yes, we cannot leave these people. The Dynasts are skilled, but they may not be up to the challenge before them, especially with the outer wall broken." She places her hand upon yours. "Be very careful. Once we stop the Fae, the Dragon-Bloods may turn on us. After all, we are 'Anathama'." Looking up at Najya, she motions her to come down. "Lets go get 'em!"
 
Najya All Mice


Najya squawked an agreement, swooping towards the action with an eye towards landing on an overhanging branch. The element of surprise is worth more than artifacts sometimes, ay? she thought, letting her wings take her unobtrusively above the fighting. Ugh, hobgoblins, her mind added, and plant monsters and demons! Oh my.


As she flew, she stayed close to the camouflaging treeline, doing her best to act like a parrot would in the same circumstances and keeping an eye out for a place where a Steward dropping in would do the most good.
 
Amina Ten-Spears


Amina's eyes narrowed at the sight of the two Fair Folk leaders. With a rumbling snarl, starting deep in her chest, she shifted, taking on the war-form that One Tusk had taught her. Her anima grew bright and visible, a coruscating pyre of silvery-white essence, appearing with such force that the grass around her flattened as if there was a great wind. As she grew into a great hyena-beast, her snarl changed to a carrying, laughing cry, and she began to run towards the Fair Folk.


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Taking on War-Form with peripheral essence. 5m for that, 3m for Claws of the Silver Moon at max, 4m for the two Regen charms. 3m more for +6L/6B soak from Hide-Toughening Essence, my charm-action.


Combat Statblock~

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

Kick
- Speed 5 Accuracy 20 Damage 14L Defense -2 Rate 2

Bite
- Speed 5 Accuracy 20 Damage 14L 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 14/36  WP 8/8

Soak 21B/19L/8A, hardness 5B/5L/5A
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Sherwood said:
Rory and Talgus
While Talgus is showing some restraint ( :shock: ), Rory summons his Goremaul from Elsewhere and begins channeling Essence in preperation of the fight. He sends a large toothy grin your way in obvious enjoyment of the action.
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Keeping his moonsilver daiklaves hidden, Talgus tries to find another weapon. He waits for the first of the mortal troops to fall so he can take up their weapon.


[[Join Battle 5 successes]]
 
Najya All Mice


Spotting the silvery flare of essence bursting up from the chaos of the battle, Najya wheeled, quickly going over the possibilities. Talgus? No, he was still in town, and Eva and Kieroon were very likely still behind her. But then, Amina had gone to scout the outskirts, and Najya knew that to see Fair Folk and not wet her claws with their blood would be as strange for her bloodsister as the sun deciding not to rise.


Definitely 'mina, she thought, and a quick stab of worry flowed through her parrot's heart. Resisting the urge to call out, she caught the updraft over the army, wingtips spread wide to carry her toward her bloodsister.
 
Eva 1/17, 6 WP


'Careful'? Wonder what that means.


Eva takes to the air as a crow, voyeurs be damned. Surveying the battlefield-to-be she looks for where she could do the most damage and decides that it's right next to the blazing silver hyena-woman.


Weaving through air thick with inhuman insults, mortal cries of terror and wine-red arrows, she alights on the shoulder of a hobgoblin. She notices him when he notices her like Moe and Curly, flapping in his face with a shower of feathers and squawks, deftly dodging his sword blow as it slices into one of his fellows.


[1m for totem form.


Join Battle: 5x(D10+0): 6 6 3 1 2


I botch initiative. Clearly, I suck.


What's the dice pool for, "Make the dumb hobgoblin strike his buddy slap-stick style"?]
 
We are getting ready to split the fight up into three different teams. First, Talgus and Rory. Second, Kieroon, Eva, and Najya. Third is Amina. Each group is fairly close to each other, with Amina the farthest out. Your list of opponents are: The killer plant used to break down the wall; the Dragon-Blooded fighting the vine; the large number of goblins; the mortal troops; and the two Fae leaders.


Before I start moving the fight forward, make sure you clearly post your targets so we don't have to worry about rewinding to fix a misunderstanding.


Getting ready to start
 
Talgus and Rory


It only takes a moment before a casualty falls nearby, giving you access to a mortal weapon: a longsword. In front of you, a total of five Dragon-Blooded are fighting the vines. The thing is huge! They show themselves to be skilled fighters, but seem to be having trouble doing enough damage to hurt the damn thing, or, at least, being able to tell that the thing is hurt.


Rory charges into the fray with his Goremaul whirling around his head as he strikes.


0- Rory


1- Talgus


3- Dragon-Bloods


4- PlantBehemoth
 
Kieroon and Eva


The city defenders begin firing arrows into the attacking force, along with balistas and other small artillery pieces. It is easy for you to dodge the shots and find a goblin shoulder to land on and try to get your foes to do your fighting for you.


To one side, Kieroon lands and shifts into human form and begins casting a spell.


0- Kieroon [shape Sorcery]


1-


2- goblin extras


3-


4-


5- Kieroon


6- Eva
 
Kieroon and Eva


Given the choice of attacking a irritating bird, or some Exalt that is casting spells, a large group turn their attention on Kieroon. Several charge her, while many stay back and shoot arrows. A few goblins get lucky shots in on her, but her defenses appear to take the brunt of the blows.


Ignoring the few attackers at her side, she completes the casting of her spell, Death of Obsidian Butterflies. Kieroon directs the blast away from where Eva flew down, and cuts a wide swath through the forces of the attacking army. You hear cheers from the walls at the sight, and several of the defenders direct arrow fire to the goblins around Kieroon in an attempt to protect her.


Kieroon's anima flares with the Essence expenditure from casting the spell, and the shape of a stryx forms in the silvery glow above her.


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0- Kieroon [shape Sorcery]


1-


2- [goblin extras]


3-


4-


5- [Kieroon - release spell]


6- Eva


7- goblins


8-


9-


10- Kieroon
 
Amina and Najya


Amina's appearance in the rear of the formation is a complete surprise to the Fae warleaders. They have time to realize that they are under attack as Amina tears into them in her war form.


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0- Amina


2-


3-


4- Fae 1


5- Fae 2


6-


7-


8-


9-


10- Najya will be in range at this tick
 
Eva 0/17, 6 WP


Stupid hobgoblins not wanting to play... Maybe the lions want to play with me!


Flitting dangerously close over the mass of hobgoblins, the crow heads straight for the mount of one of the Cataphractoi leaders...


Hey kitty, wanna play?


... and gouges out its eyes with her beak.


[Taking as many Dash actions as necessary to reach the Cataphractoi, activating Golden Wingbeat (1 WP) on the tick Eva can lunge at the mount's eyes using a full 1st Dex. Excel. (4m) and spending 1 WP for an auto-success (basing a beak attack on the Raiton's 6/+0/+0L).


Dex 4 + MA 1 + Specialty 1 + Charms 4


10x(D10+0): 7 4 1 1 10 2 3 2 6 3 + 1 WP = 4 Successes


If it hits there's also a full 1st Strength Excel. for 4L damage (figuring that crows don't have more than Str. 1).]
 
Amina Ten-Spears


Amina grinned as she plowed into the unsuspecting Fae warlords. Her laughing howl continued as four hundred pounds of rampaging Lunar god-monster smashed into the pair of Fair Folk, moonsilver fangs and talons gleaming in the sunlight. She lifted one arm and brought it crashing down on the nearest of the two, striking with such speed and force that her anima flared iconic in synchronization, a great silvery hyena springing into being and visible for miles around, reaching down to rend and tear at her targets...


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I be stuntin', yo. Dunno how many dice I would get for that, if any, so if you decide I do roll for me? Activating Might-Bolstering Blow for 2m, 21-die punch:


21x(D10+0): 7 2 1 9 5 3 7 5 4 10 8 5 3 4 10 9 10 3 2 8 5, 12 successes. An nearly-average score; first one I've seen from that diceroller in a while!


I do 12A damage + extra successes opposing the non-natural soak of the Fair Folk in question - woo effectively-iron attacks. I regain one mote of Essence per extra success up to my Stamina of 5 (need you to tell me how many) and I regain 1 mote of essence per level of damage inflicted, separately up to my Stamina of 5.

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

Kick
- Speed 5 Accuracy 20 Damage 14L Defense -2 Rate 2

Bite
- Speed 5 Accuracy 20 Damage 14L 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 14/36  WP 8/8

Soak 21B/19L/8A, hardness 5B/5L/5A
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In [ ]
Dy [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
 
Amina, Najya, and Eva


EDIT


With a startled cry, the first is knocked from the saddle and hits the ground with a loud crash. The second leaps from the back of his mount and charges at you with a loud cry and a swing from his sword. The flashing blade grazes your chest but does not hit. The one you injured is slowly regaining his feet, and you can see the blood starting to flow.


A feathery blur shoots overhead and dives at the face of one of the mounts, clawing and tearing at its eye. The creature screams in pain and stumbles backwards over the injured rider.


0- [Amina]


1-


2-


3-


4- [Fae 1 - injured], [Eva]


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


6-


7-


8-


9- Najya, Eva


10-


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I'll give you two dice for bonus, and you regain an extra 8 motes from your Charms.
 
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