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<blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 7297370" data-attributes="member: 6855223"><p><strong>Y 0: Day 158: Doldrums 38: The Stranger: A Blur of Motion</strong></p><p></p><p>[ooc]Picture one of those scenes, like in the Matrix, where slow motion is used to indicate extreme speed.[/ooc]</p><p>[gm]Vadin begins swinging his longsword and manipulating Way before anyone else can react. A mere 5 tics slower, which is 15 tics faster than the brain can register, Sannit begins sliding back and recoiling his spear and Bolo starts to propel herself backward. Almost at the same instant Saemund begins to manipulate Way. The Stranger and Indigo appear to begin moving at exactly the same time. 12 tics later or 1/5 of a second after Vadin began moving, Merin and Tor start toward the conflict.</p><p></p><p>As Vadin sword moves a third of the way into its arc, the Stranger's blade flicks to cut.</p><p>[ooc]<strong>Stranger</strong>: 58(fury) + 84(lethality) + 89(attack) + 84(d100) = 315</p><p><span style="color: #ff8c00"><strong>Vadin</strong></span>: 25(konokoro) + 31(defense) + 52(defend) + 97(d100) + 82(luck) = 287</p><p><span style="color: #b22222"><strong>Damage</strong></span>: 315 - 287 = 28% * 10 = 3 - 14(deflect) = -11: ineffective[/ooc]</p><p>The Stranger's blade clips Vadin's bovine spaulders which render the attack completely ineffective. An unnoticeable fraction of a second after the Stranger's blade makes contact, Indigo completes the attack with her own sword.</p><p>[ooc]<span style="color: #8b4513"><strong>Indigo</strong></span>: 35(fury) + 65(lethality) + 59(attack ) + 83(d100) = 242</p><p><strong>Stranger</strong>: 53(konokoro) + 55 (defense) + 89(defend) + 84(d100) = 281[/ooc]</p><p>The quick and agile Stranger slips passed Indigo's sword. As the Stranger begins to move by him, Vadin completes the swing of his sword.</p><p>[ooc]<span style="color: #ff8c00"><strong>Vadin</strong></span>: 26(fury) + 61(lethality) + 52(attack) + 97(d100) + 82(luck) = 318</p><p><strong>Stranger</strong>: 53(konokoro) + 55(defense) + 84(d100) = 192</p><p><span style="color: #b22222"><strong>Damage</strong></span>: 318 - 192 = 126% * 30 = 38 - 4(soak) = 34[/ooc]</p><p>With the speed of all effective movement, the Stranger completes his leap, trailing all his life's blood behind him as he moves. He does not land gracefully. His body crumples forward with the momentum, completely <span style="color: #b22222">dead</span>.[/gm]</p><p>[gm]Vadin completes the enhancement of his Motility, but the augmentation will no longer be needed.</p><p>The tip of Sannit's spear pierces into the dead body has it is still in flight.</p><p></p><p>Bolo rolls backward in a tuck to regain her feet to see the Stranger's body fall forward.</p><p></p><p>Saemund completes his manipulation of Way to the realization that there is no longer a mind to affect.</p><p></p><p>Sheldon gains enough barring to realizes the man has been killed by Vadin's sword. As Merin and Tor close to melee, they too realizes the enemy is down.[/gm]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacConnell, post: 7297370, member: 6855223"] [b]Y 0: Day 158: Doldrums 38: The Stranger: A Blur of Motion[/b] [ooc]Picture one of those scenes, like in the Matrix, where slow motion is used to indicate extreme speed.[/ooc] [gm]Vadin begins swinging his longsword and manipulating Way before anyone else can react. A mere 5 tics slower, which is 15 tics faster than the brain can register, Sannit begins sliding back and recoiling his spear and Bolo starts to propel herself backward. Almost at the same instant Saemund begins to manipulate Way. The Stranger and Indigo appear to begin moving at exactly the same time. 12 tics later or 1/5 of a second after Vadin began moving, Merin and Tor start toward the conflict. As Vadin sword moves a third of the way into its arc, the Stranger's blade flicks to cut. [ooc][B]Stranger[/B]: 58(fury) + 84(lethality) + 89(attack) + 84(d100) = 315 [COLOR=#ff8c00][B]Vadin[/B][/COLOR]: 25(konokoro) + 31(defense) + 52(defend) + 97(d100) + 82(luck) = 287 [COLOR=#b22222][B]Damage[/B][/COLOR]: 315 - 287 = 28% * 10 = 3 - 14(deflect) = -11: ineffective[/ooc] The Stranger's blade clips Vadin's bovine spaulders which render the attack completely ineffective. An unnoticeable fraction of a second after the Stranger's blade makes contact, Indigo completes the attack with her own sword. [ooc][COLOR=#8b4513][B]Indigo[/B][/COLOR]: 35(fury) + 65(lethality) + 59(attack ) + 83(d100) = 242 [B]Stranger[/B]: 53(konokoro) + 55 (defense) + 89(defend) + 84(d100) = 281[/ooc] The quick and agile Stranger slips passed Indigo's sword. As the Stranger begins to move by him, Vadin completes the swing of his sword. [ooc][COLOR=#ff8c00][B]Vadin[/B][/COLOR]: 26(fury) + 61(lethality) + 52(attack) + 97(d100) + 82(luck) = 318 [B]Stranger[/B]: 53(konokoro) + 55(defense) + 84(d100) = 192 [COLOR=#b22222][B]Damage[/B][/COLOR]: 318 - 192 = 126% * 30 = 38 - 4(soak) = 34[/ooc] With the speed of all effective movement, the Stranger completes his leap, trailing all his life's blood behind him as he moves. He does not land gracefully. His body crumples forward with the momentum, completely [COLOR=#b22222]dead[/COLOR].[/gm] [gm]Vadin completes the enhancement of his Motility, but the augmentation will no longer be needed. The tip of Sannit's spear pierces into the dead body has it is still in flight. Bolo rolls backward in a tuck to regain her feet to see the Stranger's body fall forward. Saemund completes his manipulation of Way to the realization that there is no longer a mind to affect. Sheldon gains enough barring to realizes the man has been killed by Vadin's sword. As Merin and Tor close to melee, they too realizes the enemy is down.[/gm] [/QUOTE]
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