Turning in surprise at the harsh voice Skyka’s knowing eyes recognizes the familiar clothes beneath the dark robes of the Sith spirit. Skyka’s expression shows her surprise and disbelief as she turns and moves towards the spirit, her familiar lightsabers are already comfortably in her hands as she addresses the spirit, “The same could be said for you specter. What has your kind done with my people?”
OOC:
Half Action: movement towards Ghost (in front of it if possible; Free Action: Speaking; Hold/Sacrifice the last action as she attempts to parley like a good Jedi.
"What foul tricks of the Dark Side are these?" Barrick growls as he fumbles at his belt. Pulling out his blaster, he takes quick aim at the nearest skeleton and fires a shot towards it.
[OOC: Shooting at the C3 skeleton. Do you happen to have a link to the RG? I lost mine in the hard drive crash.]
((Bud'd: Force Defense is a Full Round Action, so you will have to draw the lightsaber next turn when using the Force power. The check is a 20, giving you a +6 bonus to saves vs. Force skills/feats for 10 rounds.))
When Skyka moved towards the ghost, it was easily apparent to her that this spectre wears the traditions clothes that the leaders of the tribes would wear. The white shock of hair below the dark hood helped to prove this, though the transparent, empty eyes showed a greater something within.
Before any response comes from the spectre, however, the droids are moving with a cold precision. While three of them slowly walk inwards, they raise their blaster rifles and let off quick shots at the Jedi. As for the other droid, it stalks out of the ruined hut that Skyka and Bud'd were near, taking advantage of the Twi'lek's Force use to sneak up behind her and swing its large vibro-axe connected arm at her.
((D1 attacks Bud'd. Attack is a 14. The axe swing misses.
D2 fires its blaster at Barrick. Attack is a 15. Barrick takes 17VP damage.
D3 fires at Skyka from behind its cover. Attack is a 28. Skyka takes 19VP damage.
D4 fires at Aerek. Attack is a 27. Aerek takes 14VP damage.))
With blaster fire raining all around it, the spectre watches Skyka closely as a blaster bolt streaks far too close to the young Jedi. As the others also manage to barely avoid scorch marks on their skin the ghost of a woman speaks again, "Silence, girl!"
And then, a single transparent hand raises up from under the dark robe. There is a sudden blue flash, and a series of arcs of blue lightning shoot out, not only towards Skyka, but Aerek too.
((Reflexes saves for Skyka and Aerek for half damage...Aerek fails and takes the full 11 VP damage. Skyka passes and only takes 5VP damage.
Aerek:
As for your Jedi Lore check. From what you know, there is no physical way to harm the spirit, though as you have just seen, Force powers at least work one way.
))
Despite the lightning which coarsed through him, Aerek avoided the spirit and moved quickly to the nearset of the droids, swinging his lightsaber in a long horizontal arc at the skeletal droid.
((Attack against D4 is a 29. D4 takes 14 damage. Its gone.))
The teal colored blade cut easily through the droid's midsection, cleaving it cleanly into two pieces. By the time the pieces hit the ground, the truly skeletal creatures started a slow, yet menacing approach as they bear down on the four Jedi.
For the second time, Bud'd must deal with a blade. This time, it is an older, large sized sword in the hands of a robed skeleton in front of her, stabbing upwards towards her midsection.
((C4's attack against Bud'd is a 17. Bud'd takes 6VP damage.
For Barrick, going to assume he takes a 2m step back to avoid an AoO when firing his blaster. His attack against C3 is a 19. C3 takes 9 damage.))
The rusted sword barely misses the Twi'lek as she quickly sidesteps out of the way of the thrust. Close enough that the rush of air can be felt against her torso. Off on the other side of the statue, Barrick's blaster fire hits the walking abomination without trouble. A scorched section of the robe smokes slightly, though the skeletal creature itself looks to be unphased by the shot.
((End of Round 1. Updated map is attached. Actions for next round?))
If I'm not misremembering things from Power of the Jedi (my books are a few thousand miles away from me right now), I don't think a normal Force Spirit can use Force Lightning. And I don't think anything other than Force Light can hurt a Force Spirit directly.
Aerek attacks the skeletal creature in front of him (C2), as it's keeping him from moving to protect the others (practically, Bud'd and Barrick, but he's really most worried about Skyka).
Doubting her lightsabers would do any harm to the Sith spirit Skyka passes it by as she swings her lightsabers with all of her precision at the statue as she silently responds to the sprit, So be it!
((Skyka's first attack against the statue is a 13. Hits and deals 12 damage. Off hand attack is a 23. Hits and deals 10 damage.))
The two violet colored blades of Skyka's lightsabers easily slash through the stone statue. The first hacked off the right half of the statue, sending the cleanly cut piece of solid stone to the ground. Her second, shorter blade cut through the remaining torso, leaving a long mark but not actually going through it.
((Bud'ds attack against C4 is a 29. Hits and deals 12 damage. C4 is down. And just a LITTLE note...its a 2m step, not 5ft ))
With a quick spin to the side, Bud'd's large orange lightsaber blade cleanly hacks off the head of the skeletal creature. The tattered robes flopped to the ground with whatever was beneath them, though the skeletal head rolls off to the side, as lifeless as before.
((D1 takes a 2m step and attacks Bud'd with its vibroaxe. Attack is a 22. Hits and Bud'd takes 14VP damage.
D2 fires its blaster rifle at Skyka. Attack is a 21. Hits and deals 10VP damage.
D3 fires its blaster rifle at Aerek. Attack is a 15. Misses.))
Just as Bud'd's blade finishes with the robed skeleton, the Twi'lek catches sight of the droid behind her. Notably, the large axe attached to its forearm which is swinging at her neck's level. Bud'd manages to lean back just enough that while the blade misses her neck, she feels the rush of air all too close.
The sound of blaster fire rings out from behind the cover of the first hut, and a red bolt shoots out at Skyka's back. Though distracted by her destroying of the statue, she manages to barely move out of the way, although the heat and ozone smell of the shot are apparent in her mind. All the while, Aerek had caught sight of the droid far behind him, and while ready to react when it had fired its blaster at him, needed to do nothing as the shot went high.
((Skyka:
A very strong fear suddenly grips you. This will give you a penalty to all attacks and skills. You MAY negate this by spending a Dark Side point. Do you want to do this?
))
At seeing Skyka's attack on the statue, the spectre suddenly spins around, an outraged look on the 'woman's' face. She growls something indistinguishable, and for a quick moment her empty white eyes glow with a dark red strength.
((Aerek's attack against C2 is a 29. Hits and deals 14 damage. C2 is down.))
As the chaos around the burned village continues to grow, Aerek quickly strikes hard with his lightsaber at the walking thing in front of him. He easily cleaves it into two, with the robe also falling into two pieces while the 'body' collapses into many bones, with the rusted sword dropping to the side.
((C1 takes a 2m step towards Barrick and swings its sword. Attack is a 13. Miss.
C3 does the same. Its attack is a 14. Also misses.))
The two skeletal creatures slowly move close to Barrick again, both swinging their rusted and old metal swords at the Mon Calamari. Luckily, they're movements are slow enough that Barrick has no trouble dodging the swings, though he is slowly backing much closer to that spectre.
((Just need Barrick's action. Also, Aerek still has half a turn left...can move if you want.))
Stepping back out of the way of the swinging blades, Barrick is aware that he's going to soon come within range of the ghost. He trains his blaster at the skeleton
(C3)
and fires again
(+4 ranged, 3d4 damage)
.
If that one's dropped, I'll swing around and prepare to fire at C1 as well.
))
