Exalted Champloo - Episode 1 - "Intolerance"

[Shalimar]

"Show off." Temari grumbles as the soulsteel lance flashes by her face to drop the remaining zombie before she got the chance to do it for herself. "It was mine you old miser." the teen whined, grinning at the old exalt. The keen eyes of the night caste caught sight of the incoming pillar early enough to sidestep and gain an uninterrupted view of its comet-like ovehead flight. "Go hide behind the others littleone, Snow, Alamar and I'll clear this open in a moment and then we can talk."

As the black armored behomoth emerged from the shadows, Temari's blade was already sailing towards it, but that was not the extent of the archer's actions. As she released the blade to its deadly arc, the huntress had already launched herself into a backflip. In mid-air the girl whipped her bow from her shoulder and sent an arrow speeding off to join the blade that hadn't even managed to reach the target yet. Aimed at the creatures eye, the archer had poured essence into her eyes to trace he path that her arrow needed to travel to reach the hulking brute.

Flurry
1)Throw blade (not sure what the dice would be, but its at a -3 penalty
2)Ready her bow
3)Fire an arrow at the creature's eye using There Is No Wind (called shot/fierce shot rule)
Attacks (12-5) 7
Speed (6); Damage (12L)

DDV: 5(8-3)
Will Power: 5/6
Personal Essence: 12
Periphereal Essence: 14/18

 

[Aenion]

"Pah, you guys stink," she mutters as she wrinkles her nose at what's left of the zombies.

Snow laughs with Temari, "Don't worry, playtime is only just getting started," she reflexively ducks low to avoid the incoming pillar, "Crude..."

"Ugh, it's not because you're dead, you can stop caring about personal hygiene," Snow comments when she spots the hulking abomination, her grip on Ivory Rain strengthening as her frame becomes visibly more muscular. She rushes forward, kicking off the lower wall of the ruined building, causing several of its bricks to crash down to the ground, as she sails over the far wall in a high arc. She descends onto the giant, Ivory Rain's tip poised to impale.

ooc:
Regain 2 motes of personal essence from stunt.

Spending 6 motes of personal essence to activate Increasing Strength Exercise and increase her strength by 2 points.

Charging the brute

Flurry:
1 jump
1 attack: Accuracy 10; Speed 5; Damage +16L

Willpower: 6/6

Personal Essence: 0 / 12
Peripheral Essence: 22 / 30
PDV: 5

 

[KentArnold]

It becomes visible in the light provided by Dancing Snow and Silent Wind, the Circle can see a brute standing at over fifteen feet in height with thick ropy arms. In one hand it holds a massive maul splattered with gore and viscera, in the other a battered shield. Its massive body enshrined in black pitted armor plates over dead stitched flesh.

It stands about thirty feet from the Circle, behind a low ruined home. It bellows, “MEAT!”

He frowns, wrinkling his nose, "By Creation's light! I'd hoped to never smell something more fouler than my time spent in those catacombs out east! And that was bad, had to replace almost all my clothing."

He sighed, "Big ugly facing us, and a spirit or the like watching us. Great, just great. And I'm the only one who can see him. One problem at a time, let's dice us up some undead meat for starters, ok?"

Seeing Temari leap into action, and realizing the armor might prove to be a serious problem, he decides for the simplest approach, attack him where he won't be able to bring his shield to bear.

He knew that he'd need skill more than anything here, and while he was loathe to use essence unless needed, if he didnt do so, they might not survive. His caste mark flared brightly as he moved forward quickly, feinting as if to go for an attack to the left before he rolled beneath the mauler's feet and thrust upwards quickly as he regained his feet, hoping to impale him between the joints around the legs. He didnt slow down as he span around in a reverse roundhouse, his lance ripping into the back of the mauler's knee.

OOC: Spending three personal essence on First Melee Excellency Charm. Flurry(move + feint + attack + attack).

Willpower: 6 / 6
Personal Essence: 8 / 12
Periphereal Essence: 18

Spent Personal Essence: 6

DV: 5

SoulSteel DireLance: Accuracy 15(via Charm), Speed 5, Damage +10L(Charge), Drains 2 Essence / Successful Damaging Hit

 

[Tokiwong]

Alamar acts on Tick 13 now onto Tick 10…

Silent Wind throws her sword but it goes wide of the mark! She draws her powerbow and in one swift motion lets the arrow fly, chasing the spinning sword! The arrow strikes true! The giant roars but seems undeterred from an arrow sticking out of its eye…

Two-Die Stunt! The sword throw gets no successes, but the Archery roll gets 7 successes for a Fierce Shot, she does a total of 3 Lethal damage with the blow! She can act again on Tick 16!

Meanwhile Dancing Snow rushes forward, leaping into the air she brings her dire lance down into a vicious strike on the Dead Mauler! The golden tip slips through the armor and into the dying flesh underneath!

Two-Die Stunt! Dancing Snow rolls 7 successes for her strike, for a total of 19L raw damage, the soak reduces that to 8 dice and she gets 2 success for damage, for a total of 5 Lethal damage thus far! She will act on Tick 15.

Tick 12

The Dead Mauler swings his massive maul and misses Dancing Snow smashing the ruins of a home to nothing! Leaving behind only rubble and shattered stone blocks. It roars at Dancing Snow, “MEAT!”

Dead Mauler rolls 3 successes on attack and misses! Dead Mauler will act on Tick 18!

Tick 13

Is that 3 essence per attack or just one attack?

 

[Tokiwong]

Meanwhile…

Cynis Veran scowls at the corpses behind the tea house. He looks at Talon-Captain Allain Dais, “This is the price these men pay for your incompetence.”

Dais scowls, “Three soldiers killed without anyone noticing, I hardly blame that on my incompetence.” He kneels down and checks the corpses, they lie in pools of blood, from puncture injuries from arrows but the arrows are nowhere to be seen.

Veran grunts, “You were distracted by that upscale whore, you let a pretty face delay you from our sacred mission. These men died for nothing, their blood is on your hands.”

“Well when you put it that way,” Dais replies bitterly, “These men died from arrows, there deaths were quick, I suspect they all died at once… so either they were ambushed by several skilled archers or…”

“Or?”

“The Anathema were close by and we just missed them,” Dais answers, “but why attack these men and then leave the corpses in plain daylight. It does not make sense, why draw attention to themselves… it does not add up.”

“They are demons, do they have to make sense?” Veran replies in an agitated tone.

“That is the simple answer, perhaps. But something is out of place here,” he stands, “something does not fit… I will figure it out.”

Above the Disciple smiles. He looks at the black rose with a whimsical smile and then dashes to another rooftop it was time to find a few answers to his own questions…

 

[KentArnold]

Tick 12

Is that 3 essence per attack or just one attack?

OOC: Mmm ... I think I'll drop that to 2 Essence instead of 3 Essence, and for both attacks. IE 4 essence total used. So 14 Accuracy for both attacks.

Willpower: 6 / 6
Personal Essence: 7 / 12
Periphereal Essence: 18

Spent Personal Essence: 7

DV: 5

SoulSteel DireLance: Accuracy 14(via Charm), Speed 5, Damage +10L(Charge), Drains 2 Essence / Successful Damaging Hit

 

[Tokiwong]

OOC: Mmm ... I think I'll drop that to 2 Essence instead of 3 Essence, and for both attacks. IE 4 essence total used. So 14 Accuracy for both attacks.

Willpower: 6 / 6
Personal Essence: 7 / 12
Periphereal Essence: 18

Spent Personal Essence: 7

DV: 5

SoulSteel DireLance: Accuracy 14(via Charm), Speed 5, Damage +10L(Charge), Drains 2 Essence / Successful Damaging Hit

Two-Die Stunt! Alamar gets 5 successes but fails to connect! He applies onslaught to the Dead Mauler and rolls 6 successes, his raw damage is 12, but the Soak reduces this to 1 die less then his Essence. He rolls 2 dice and gets no successes! The Stunt succeeds but he does not real damage. He will act on Tick 18!

Two Stone dashes between the legs of the Dead Mauler his dire lance failing to find purchase in the dead flesh of the undead giant, its shield causing him problems! But the tip of his soulsteel dire lance bites into dead flesh on the return swing, with a sinister moan… but no real damage is done to the titanic undead champion!

Tick 15

 

[Aenion]

Snow lands softly next to the living impaired abomination, using the haft of Ivory Rain to guide the gigantic maul away from her body, "Ugh, you don't smell any better than your comrades..." she smirks.

She jumps onto the head of the being's maul, using it as a step-up to launch herself in a backflip over the creature's head. As she reaches the pinacle of her jump, she sends Ivory Rain striking like a gold and white snake at the soft flesh between the giant's neck and shoulder exploiting the weak spot in its armor.

ooc:
Regain 2 motes of personal essence from stunt.

Flurry:
1 jump
1 attack: Accuracy 10; Speed 5; Damage +12L

Willpower: 6/6

Personal Essence: 2 / 12
Peripheral Essence: 22 / 30
PDV: 5

She'll use Dipping Swallow Defense to reset her PDV to 7 if she's attacked

 

[Tokiwong]

Snow lands softly next to the living impaired abomination, using the haft of Ivory Rain to guide the gigantic maul away from her body, "Ugh, you don't smell any better than your comrades..." she smirks.

She jumps onto the head of the being's maul, using it as a step-up to launch herself in a backflip over the creature's head. As she reaches the pinacle of her jump, she sends Ivory Rain striking like a gold and white snake at the soft flesh between the giant's neck and shoulder exploiting the weak spot in its armor.

ooc:
Regain 2 motes of personal essence from stunt.

Flurry:
1 jump
1 attack: Accuracy 10; Speed 5; Damage +12L

Willpower: 6/6

Personal Essence: 2 / 12
Peripheral Essence: 22 / 30
PDV: 5

She'll use Dipping Swallow Defense to reset her PDV to 7 if she's attacked

Two-Die Stunt! Dancing Snow rolls 3 successes and fails to hit her target! She will act on Tick 20.

Dancing Snow flips over the giant undead wrecking machine, but its massive shield deflects the attack with ease as the nimble Bronze Tiger lands behind the wretched titan! The creature bellows loudly, “MEAT!”

Tick 16

Silent Wind may now act…

 

[Shalimar]

"This creature is starting to annoy me," Temari calls out as she lands nimbly from her backwards flip. Taking the time to aim with not only her eyes, but with essence imbued eyes and hands, Temari releases a trio of near perfect arrows at the beast, her hands becoming a blur as she intends to bring it down once and for all.

Trance of Unhesitating Speed (6 motes for 3 attacks)
Forceful attacks so 12-1,12-1,12-1
Speed (6); Damage (10L) (using target arrows)

DDV: 7(8-1)
Will Power: 5/6
Personal Essence: 12
Periphereal Essence: 12/18 (regain 4, use 6, 10 peripheral essence total has been used)