Before... Coldtree... javelins... Kozzog to copy... new parts with a (harnin) tip...
Coldtree... manipulate waylines... Ant Stinger... sneaks as close as he dares within range...
Back at the Kozzog Keep:
The elder explains that their tools are manufactured by the smiths in Midway in exchange for the raw materials provided, but that they have javelins and will simply give him two in exchange for shafts of the others.
GM:
Coldtree receives 2 javalins with harnin heads.
Item
Hinder
Damage
javelin (harnin)
80
10 Body
OOC:
Coldtree only has to close within 19 strides to mystically assault and enemy. Tehn has to be within 12 strides. Taka has to be within within 12 strides.
The three men separate in hopes of taking greater advantage of a possible surprise assault.
Perhaps the Deviard are focused on their food or perhaps they have grown complacent from the lack of opposition. Either way, all three men are able to close within their necessary range.
Bending + various + d100 Coldtree: 21 + 30(toxicity) x 2(stinger) + 64 = 145 Chi no Taka: 26 + 23(toxicity) x 2(stinger) + 161 = 233 Lunnaya: 36 + 24(toxicity) x 2(stinger) + 86 = 170
Three of the Deviards shake their heads, look at their food, and then look around. The forth asks sarcastically, "Mi a baj veled?"
OOC:
Each character receives 5 DP and improves proficiency in Deviard by 1%. Provide a roll for reaction and the next action, with stated intention. The party is still hidden at this moment.
Back at the Kozzog: Coldtree shrugs and takes the offered javelins. He makes a show of practicing, but decides he will probably never use them in battle.
At the Deviard camp: for a distraction, Coldtree intends to find a convenient inanimate target and manipulate waylines to set it on fire. While the Deviard are reacting to that, he will charge and attack
Coldtree fails to manipulate thermal waylines with his first attempt, but he is the only one who will know this. He momentarily clenches his fists in aggravation and tries again. Unaware of this clever tactic, Taka and Tehn continue to mystically assault the enemy from their hidden locations.
A small pile of kindling that must have previously been gathered for use by the Deviards explodes in flame. All the Deviards jump in surprise, making various exclamations. Even Taka and Tehn flinch.
Coldtree bursts forward while his enemy is thus distracted, striking a hard blow against the back of his unprotected head. The blow is hard enough to drive away consciousness and cause physical damage, probably having cracked the skull.
Taka is unable to affect his enemy a second time; and though manipulating chemical waylines are the specialty for Tehn, he causes little harm.
Despite the fallen ally, the Deviards seem intent on standing and fighting their one known enemy.
OOC:
Bonus for first use of distraction tactics. Each character receives 7 DP.
Coldtree intends to maneuver against his opponents to leave their backs open to T&T to attack, focusing his skills on defending rather than striking again. Hoping to continue to distract them, he sneers and says to the two in Deviard, "Stupid!"
Having taken full advantage of his own distraction, Coldtree now becomes just as effective for Taka and Tehn, whose presences are as yet unknown. Instantly recognizing such opportunity, T & T move to melee, augmented by mystical assault. "Stupid," it so happens, is a highly insulting concept for the Deviards, who value themselves as intellectuals, despite their proclivity for violence.
Taka attacks empty handed, but Lunnaya uses his short sword.
The new opponent for Coldtree makes a poor assault with a mining hammer, which he avoids but cannot effectively repost. Making contact, however is simple, and he causes a slight heat to build in the enemy.
Even delaying to coordinate his mystical assault, Tehn stabs his sword into the torso of his opponent before the man can react. The addition of the acidic damage is just enough to incapacitate him.
Taka, making full use of his size and strength coupled with the distracted opponent, backhands the Deviard across the back of the head causing him to stumble and trip over a boulder, rolling headlong for about nine strides. The man loses consciousness.
Seeing the quick decimation of her comrades, the final Deviard, who is engaged with Coldtree, is poised to run.
OOC:
Each character receives 5 DP and improves in Deviard proficiency by 1%.
Coldtree will allow the Deviard to run with a dismissive wave. Without dropping his guard, he says in Centrin, "Come back when you are ready to use your mind."
Taka sneers at the female Deviard, but says nothing. He has nothing but contempt for her laziness and cowardice, and is anxious for her to be out of his sight.
Taka will then finish off any unconscious foes, quickly and mercifully, using a siphon attack to ensure that they are truly departed from this world.
Even though unconscious, the Deviards have a resistance to being siphoned that is greater than the talent of Taka to manipulate waylines; which in a way may have been fortunate, since the physical damage may have restored consciousness. Tehn furrows his brow looking at Taka, then stabs the two unconscious enemy.
Coldtree will search the dead and the battle area. When an appropriate time has passed, he will suggest, "If we follow the last living one, she will take us to the camp site." Follow the fleeing Deviard.
