[Game-play] Predator: First Blood

[Mister Andersen]

OOC: Dhampire, any reason you're openly attacking Ghost? Same question for Gentry and Dog.

[Gentry]

OOC: Aren't we in a free-for-all? Or are we supposed to all be attacking Thunderstrike? That was unclear at the outset.

[Mister Andersen]

OOC: Thunderstrike has challenged you all to a fight; Ghost used the confusion of the melee as cover to if not cripple Swift Spear then certainly decrease the chances of Swift Spear having a successful hunt.

[Gentry]

OOC: I see. I misunderstood the challenge mechanism up front. I'll rejigger Three-Eye's actions accordingly. Shame, though--I was totally going to jack Dog up. 

[glimmerrat]

Tusk presses the attack. His fighting style isn't pretty, but he makes up for a lack of finesse with pure passion, throwing strikes at Thunder's face and throat.

Half Action: Attack Thunderstrike
Half Action: Attack Thunderstrike
1d20+7=21, 1d20+7=13

Damage: 1d6+3=9, 1d6+3=9

[Girlfriday]

Half Action: Attack Thunderstrike
Half Action: Attack Thunderstrike
1d20+3=13, 1d20+3=22

Damage: 1d4+3=7, 1d4+3=4

[Mister Andersen]

ooc: Only 1 cheap shot per character per scene

[Dhampire]

OOC: I misunderstood the nature of the fight as well.  I thought "everyone for themselves" implied it was a free-for-all, and it was just serious injuries that weren't allowed.  I'll re-skin my actions.

IC:
Swift Spear stands up, his injured knee buckling slightly as it bears his weight again.  Looking straight into Ghost's eyes, he bellows, "Fight as one!  We can bring him down!"  His eyes shift from Ghost to the open area between Ghost and Silent Step.

With menace present on his face, he turns back to face ThunderStrike, as if casting some of the blame on his knee to his mentor.  Swift Spear sets the rear foot of his uninjured leg and rears back that same side's arm and fist.  With a grunt, he swings his fist forward towards Thunderstrike's head.

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Half-action: Reposition: stand up
Free-action: Talk (and hopefully set Teammates for Misdirection & Horde Basics)
Half-action: Attack ThunderStrike 1d20+0=19, For 1d3+2=5 subdual damage.

I'd like to set the following:
My Teammates: Silent Step, Dog, Falling Leaf, Three-Eye, Tough Nut, Broken Tusk
My Enemies: Thunderstrike, Ghost

10 to 2 is more than 3 to 1, so 1/2 personal cover for me and my Teammates.
(+4 Defense, +2 Reflex Saves)

Teammate Rules:
Anyone who attacks me, or that I see violate the rules (by attacking another Teammate) is no longer a Teammate.

[glimmerrat]

ooc: Only 1 cheap shot per character per scene

Sorted

[Gentry]

While Three-Eye has a beautiful vision of kicking the shit out of Dog, who fell at his feet like a fool, he recognizes that there is no honor in it, and refrains. Instead, he spends a full round ululating a battle cry to psych up his homies.

OOC:

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I swap my Battle Plan for Crush Him! and grant everyone but Thunderstrike +2 with all Unarmed and Melee attack checks. I'll revoke the benefit on anybody who I catch cheating (like if Ghost tries to gank Swift Spear again and fails).

[Mister Andersen]

ooc: Is anyone buying Swift-spear's ot 3-Eye's KoolAid? Advantage: you bring down the boss. Disadvantage: he gets somw of the credit for whomever lands the felling blow.

[Mister Andersen]

OOC: Since no one's said anything to the contrary...


Silent Step again strikes from behind, but only one of her attacks land and even then the elder shrugs it off. However, it seems to force him down, luring the rest of you in by pure instinct.  It allows him to lash outwards with his feet, spinning like a child's toy and toppling all but Three-Eye; following through, the motion brings him upright once again and favours the unblooded whelp with a disdainful sneer.

Dog is the first back on his feet, beating his chest and snarling as he psyches himself up; Falling Leaf uses this as cover for her attack as she too recovers, but her blows fall short as Thunderstrike weaves out of the way. Stirred by the visual dressing down he's received, Three-Eye calls out, goading his fellow unblooded to greater effort.

Swift Spear stands up, his injured knee buckling slightly as it bears his weight again.  Looking straight into Ghost's eyes, he bellows, "Fight as one!  We can bring him down!"  His eyes shift from Ghost to the open area between Ghost and Silent Step. With menace present on his face, he turns back to face ThunderStrike, as if casting some of the blame on his knee to his mentor.  Swift Spear sets the rear foot of his uninjured leg and rears back that same side's arm and fist.  With a grunt, he swings his fist forward towards Thunderstrike's head only for to have it parryed by a powerful forearm sweep as Thunderstrike elegantly sidesteps Tough Nut's assault.

Unfortuneately, it puts him squarely in Broken Tusk's reach; the young unblooded's two-fisted swing slams into the elder's already bruised arm in just the right -- or wrong -- place, hurting it even further.

On the plus side, his reaction to that ferocious assault pulls him out of Ghost's reach.

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Silent Step (Girlfriday): 27 -- +2 vs. Thunderstrike (flanking)
·   Half Action: Attack Thunderstrike, 1d20+3=13.
·   Half Action: Attack Thunderstrike, 1d20+3=22. Damage: 1d4+3=4
   o   Thunderstrike: 4/2=2 (Defiance), 2-4=0 (DR)

Thunderstrike (NPC): 19 -- flanked, -2 to Str atk/chk
·   Full action: Quakestrike, 1d20+18=37 (trip)
   o   Swift Spear: sprawled
   o   Dog: sprawled
   o   Falling Leaf: sprawled
   o   Tough Nut: sprawled
   o   Swift Spear: sprawled
   o   Broken Tusk: sprawled
   o   Ghost: sprawled

Dog (NPC): 18 -- +2 vs. Thunderstrike (flanking), flatfooted
·   Half Action: Reposition (lose sprawled)
·   Half Action: Stance (Berserker)

Falling Leaf (NPC): 18 -- +2 vs. Thunderstrike (flanking)
·   Half Action: Reposition (lose sprawled)
·   Half Action: Attack Thunderstrike, 1d20+7=19

Three-Eye (Gentry): 18 -- +2 vs. Thunderstrike (flanking)
·   Full Action: swap my Battle Plan for Crush Him! and grant everyone but Thunderstrike +2 with all Unarmed and Melee attack checks. I'll revoke the benefit on anybody who I catch cheating (like if Ghost tries to gank Swift Spear again and fails).

Tough Nut (NPC): 15 -- +4 vs. Thunderstrike (flanking, battleplan)
·   Half Action: Reposition (lose sprawled)
·   Half Action: Attack Thunderstrike, 1d20+9=12

Swift Spear (Dhampire): 15 -- +4 vs. Thunderstrike (flanking, plan), thr +2, speed -10 ft.
·   Half Action: Reposition (lose sprawled)
·   Free-action: Talk (and hopefully set Teammates for Misdirection & Horde Basics)
·   Half-action: Attack ThunderStrike 1d20+0=23.
   o   Thunderstrike: Parry, 1d20+8=25 (Edge +1)

Broken Task (Glimmerrat): 14 -- +4 Defence, +2 Reflex Saves
·   Half Action: Reposition (lose sprawled)
·   Half Action: Attack Thunderstrike, 1d20+3=21. Damage: 1d6+3=9
   o   Thunderstrike: 9/2=5 (Defiance), 5-4=1 (DR)
   o   Thunderstrike: Fort -- 1d20+8=9 (fatigued)

Ghost (NPC): 7 -- +2 vs. Thunderstrike (flanking) +4 Defence, +2 Reflex Saves
·   Half Action: Reposition (lose sprawled)
·   Half Action: Attack Thunderstrike, 1d20+7=15

[Gentry]

If Three-Eye is now adjacent to Thunder Strike, then it's time to get stuck in good and proper:

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If I get the chance to actually use a full-round action, I try to flank if I can, and knock the hell out of Thunder Strike:
Pummel 1d20+8=24 (this does not include flank bonus)
Damage 3d4+12=23
+Sneak Attack dmg 1d6=5 (if applicable)
Looks like Critical Damage save time for Thunder Strike.

If for some reason I only get a half action (like if I have to get up off the friggin' floor):
The attack doesn't change (it's still an unarmed attack)
But the damage is instead 1d4+4=8
+Sneak Attack dmg 1d6=1
Not nearly as impressive, but every little bit helps, I hope.

It's possible, however, that the layout in the ship hasn't changed and Three-Eye's still out of melee range. In this case, he'll answer Thunder Strike's sneer with a primal roar:

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Threaten x2 1d20+8=18, 1d20+8=23
Fear! Stress! 1d10=1, 1d10=8

I'm happy to drink Swift-Spear's Koolaid and take the cover bonus. He can have some of mine, too.

And mercy but I'm wishing for Fluid Initiative now. Oh, for two more points of Initiative.  

[Mister Andersen]

ooc: poke?

[Dhampire]

ooc: poke?

ooc: I'll have my post ready within 30 hours.