[Day 3 - LN] One Hundred Eyes of Death [Event]

[Dapper Dog]

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The creature is feasting on a large cart of fish, it stands larger than twice the height of a man but is hunched down eating voraciously. A harpoon sticks out of the side and under the spilled fish is the now cooling corpse of some peasant fisherman. Red green blood oozes slowly from the injury of the harpoon having pierced the white gray flesh. The upper body and head is covered in eyes that see in all directions and the large mouth is lined with razor sharp teeth that tear through the fish flesh.

It has two large muscled arms with talons at the end of long fingers. From the chest protrude two tentacles like spikes and it looks bipedal with large powerful legs. Whatever it is, it seems to have come from the sea.

The sky is showing the first signs of sunrise.

OOC: Open to three characters, please pass a Fear 3 (TN 20) check and the players start at 30 feet from the creature. This is a highly dangerous encounter and the players have 8 rounds max for reasons.

[Kitsuki Naida]

Well, Naida was definitely afraid of whatever it was. They didn't get these sorts of things up north, and if you ran into something in another spirit realm? You got your projection out of there. Still, she stood ready.

Day 3, LN, Fear 3 (TN20), Raw Willpower, VP 1/3 for Day 3 for 1k1: 4d10o10 17 = Passed adding Honor

Day 3, LN, Initiative reroll (Fear penalty not present): 5d10o10k3 20 = Initiative 20

[Hiruma Roger]

D3 LN 100 Eyes Fear <w Void) TN 20: 4d10o10k4+1 21

D3 LN 100 Eyes init: 4d10o10k2 18

With the Chaos and everything going on, Hiruma Roger is out late of course. He noticed the creature in the street and calls out raising the alarm.

[Ichiro Taiki]

Nightmares again.

They seem to be coming back just after he closes his eyes today.

Maybe another walk at the docks will help...

As he reaches the door of the Inn, he thinks he hears something. Something weird.

Nightmares.

But he's standing right in front of the door.

He goes back, dons his armour, gets his Ono. This... can't be. Can it?

He then makes his way to the docks as quick as he can in full armor and dragging a large axe with him. He looks around. The sun almost starting to rise. Few people on the streets. As he gets closer to the dock, he's now sure he's hearing something. He wonders if he should yell to call others, but decides against it.

These are Crab lands. His cousin's village. They will come. Someone will.

He keep rushing along the docks and looks at the monstrosity.

It looks back at him. With all of its eyes.

Nightmares.

He trembles. His legs almost fail him. He fights the urge to run, but only barely. Looks to one side, then the other.

He then sees two other people running in the Pier as well. One is the Hiruma from the Festival just the day before. That encourages him some, and he keeps forward.

That thing has killed someone already. They must do what they can, as they can. Even if Taiki must fight his own mind while doing it...

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EDIT: Adding Init, TN and stuff.

D3 LN - One Hundred Eyes of Death. Always void the Fear Roll! VP for +1k1, TN 20. Adding honour to roll.: 4d10o10k4+3 16 - Oh please Orokos...

Init: D3 LN - One Hundred Eyes of Death. Initiative.: 5d10o10k3 28

[Dapper Dog]

OOC: Stances please and Initiative, you start at 30 feet from the creature.

[Hiruma Roger]

(Defense Stance, TN 17)

[Kitsuki Naida]

(Defense stance, Initiative 20, Starting ATN 29 [armor +5, def stance +4, ref 3])

[Ichiro Taiki]

OOC:
Defence stance for now, Initiative 28, ATN 34 (Ref 3 20, Heavy Armour +10, Defense Stance +4)
EDIT: Meant to have activated Strength in Arms style when rolling Init if that rule's in place... but I forgot it anyway, so just using a SA to activate it

[Dapper Dog]

The creature continued to feast on the fish though the eyes on the back definitely train themselves toward the gathered samurai. A warning growl is uttered which sounds like nothing they have heard in nature both low and shrill.

OOC: Hundred Eyes Init: 5d10o10k3 16, they start 30 feet from the creature.

Initiative

Ichiro Taiki 28, Defense
Kitsuki Naida 20, Defense
Hiruma Roger 18, Defense
Hunded Eyes 16, Attack, ATN 15

[Ichiro Taiki]

Taiki looks at the two other samurai, then yells to them - more to encourage himself than them, in fact.

"Critter's... wrong. It cannae stand!"

Holding the Ono tight in his hands, he adjust his grip on it, adjusts his posture, stands steady for the time being, and places himself beside the Hiruma to guard him from harm if the monster should come towards him.

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OOC:
SA: Activate Strength in Arms style. Making attack rolls using Strength instead of Agility for Heavy Weapons once per turn now.
SA: Guard.
FA: Speak

ATN 29; Hiruma Roger's TN is up by 10
VP 1/2
Fear: -3k0 to all rolls

EDITED To ADD GUARD: Because I'm dumb and forgot it before :p

[Kitsuki Naida]

Naida draws her daisho calmly and takes up a defensive stance, "I shall take your lead in these matters, Hiruma-san. For now, I shall simply keep you safe."

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Free Action draw swords (Kenjutsu 5)
+4 armor TN (dual wielding + Mirumoto rank 1)
Guard maneuver on Hiruma Roger x2 (-10 TN for Naida behind him, +20 ATN for Roger)

[Initiative 20, Current ATN 23 (20 from Ref, -10 from Guard, +4 from Def stance, +4 from dual wield, +5 from armor)]

[Hiruma Roger]

The Hiruma nods to the Kitsuki, and takes a step back, drawing a piece of paper and slapping it on the cobblestone street he speaks a few words, then takes a stance of defense watching the Ichiro's back, "Draw it to us, if you must, or I can strike it from range, but I will need a few moments."

D3 LN 100 Eyes, Contested WP for Ward: 3d10o10k3+5 36

FA Back up from creature 10', now 40' from creature
SA: Protect Ichiro +10 Ichiro (39), -5 Hiruma (42)
SA: Activate Ward of Ward of Purity
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Ward of Purity
Area of Effect 15' Radius,
Duration 24 Hours
Will TN: 36
Damage: 7/Rd
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[Dapper Dog]

Seeing them take actions that were aggressive it turned from the meal of fish and charged towards them bounding quickly and then brought a mighty swipe towards the largest opponent! The harpoon still jutting from the side.

The ward seemed to have no effect. Ichiro is spared for now.

OOC: Simple action to move 30 feet, Simple action to attack.

Hundred Eyes Claw attack TN 29: 7d10o10k4 35

Hundred Eyes Claw damage: 7d10o10k4 40

Initiative - Round 2

Ichiro Taiki 28, Defense, ATN 39
Kitsuki Naida 20, Defense, ATN 23
Hiruma Roger 18, Defense,
Hunded Eyes 16, Attack, ATN 15

[Ichiro Taiki]

The Ichiro moves a bit, Roger's assistance seems to distract the monster somewhat, and the creature's lunging strike hits the armour with a thud.

The nightmares in the Badger's head scream, but he holds them in. This is real. Now is the time to be strong.

He swings the Ono hard at the creature with a loud shout. It seems heavier than usual, but he still manages to pull its weight around with some force and direct the swing to the large horror standing before him.

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EDIT: Adding Stance and TN

Attack Stance
TN: 30 (currently 40 due to Roger's guard, but will be back to 30 before creature's action)
VP: 1/2
Wounds: 0/63

CA: Attack with Ono with 1 CR for extra damage (Forgot to mention what the Raise was for in the description, but it's the only thing I can do with 1 Raise anyway).
FA: Shout!

D3 LN - One Hundred Eyes of Death. Round 2 Attack. Heavy Weapons/ Strength. 8k4 - 3k0 (Fear) = 5k4. May re-roll due to Badger 1. 1 CR adds 5 to (unknown) TN: 5d10o10k4 34

D3 LN - One Hundred Eyes of Death. Round 2 Attack. Damage if hitting (hits TN 29 due to Raise). 4k4 +1k0 Large; -3k0 Fear; +1k0 for Increased Damage CR. Total 3k3.: 3d10o10k3 28

[Dapper Dog]

The weapon slams into the creature but the damage it would do to flesh is found wanting.

OOC: The creature suffers 1 wound.

[Kitsuki Naida]

Seeing that mortal metal did not effect the creature, Naida continued to guard to by guarding her fellow bushi, forming a wall of metal and flesh to get past, "It seems the Ichiro and I will be of little use other than giving you time, Hiruma-san. Hopefully you have some tricks up your sleeves?"

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Defense stance, double guard on Taiki

[Initiative 20, Current ATN 23 (20 from Ref, -10 from Guard, +4 from Def stance, +4 from dual wield, +5 from armor)]

[Ichiro Taiki]

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OOC: Current TN 50 due to the double guard by Naida.

[Hiruma Roger]

The Hiruma steps back another 10 feet, now 20 feet from the creature he begins chanting, drawing the spirits of flame to him his hand sketches a line in the air and a glowing river of fire begins following his movement like a ribbon of flame.

D3 LN 100 Eyes, Rd 2 Casting Tail w/ 1 Raise for time TN 20: 7d10o10k4 21

Summoning "Tail of the Fire Dragon" 8K4 Attack 6K4 Damage Duration 4 rds

[Dapper Dog]

The creature hissed and roared at the flames and seeing that the large one was guarded turned to the Dragon, but seeing it close to the bright fire it lashed out at the Badger. The harpoon is still jutting from the bleeding wound as it tries to rend the samurai into fleshy pieces.

OOC: Full Attack Stance, 2 Simple Attacks. Hit for 33 and 31 wounds.

Hundred Eyes Claw Full Attack TN 50: 2#9d10o10k5 52 65

Hundred Eyes Claw Full Attack Damage: 2#7d10o10k4 33 31

Initiative - Round 3

Ichiro Taiki 28, Attack, ATN 50
Kitsuki Naida 20, Defense, ATN 23
Hiruma Roger 18, Defense,
Hunded Eyes 16, Full Attack, ATN 5

[Ichiro Taiki]

This time the Badger is hit hard, twice, despite the Dragon's attempts at protecting him. The armor braces part of the impact of each hit, and Taiki grits his teeth, feeling the pain from the rending claws that reached to his chest and leg, but he keeps up.

He looks at the Hiruma for a moment... and waits for the Shugenja to do whatever he has in mind before he tries to do something himself. The pain and the trembling when he looks at the monster's eyes make it too hard to do much at the moment...

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OOC
Damage reduced to 28 and 26 damage due to Heavy Armour.
Voiding the first hit to 18 damage.
Total Wounds taken: 44

Delaying turn to Init 17 (after Hiruma Roger, before Hundred Eyes)
Still in Attack Stance for now as Turn not taken yet
Wounds: 44/63 (Injured; +15)
VP: 0/2
TN: Still 50 for now

[Kitsuki Naida]

Seeing that her guard technique wasn't doing anyone much good here, Naida sheathed her swords and made a grab for the harpoon sticking out of the thing; It had pierced it if nothing else.

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D3, LN, Round 2 athletics/strength TN10 to grab harpoon: 3d10o10k2 13
Harpoon grabbed.

Armor TN 29 (20 + 5 armor + 4 defense stance)

[Hiruma Roger]

The Hiruma swings the whip wildly as he charges toward the monster, menacing with the fire he steps up to just behind the other two Bushi. He reaches out and slaps something onto the Badgers back, speaking a soft prayer and suddenly there is no pain in his body.

SA: Ward of Force of Will
SA: Move forward to just behind the two Bushi on the front line
Free Action: Swing fire around meancingly.

Force of Will Active for 2 Rounds
Tail of the Fire Dragon now active for 3 more rounds after this one

[Ichiro Taiki]

As he feels the surge of energy when Roger slaps something onto his back, Taiki takes a deep breath.

Apparently his heavy hits did... nothing. Had his strength failed him again?

He thought. There was one more thing he could try to do, and he would try it.

He looked on the monster in front of him... then, dropping his Ono, he threw himself at it and tried to hold it.

Was it crazy? Probably. But it could give the others a better chance to survive, so he had to do it.

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OOC:

EDIT AGAIN: Gosh I'm so stupid, I had failed to notice the monster had switched to Full Attack. That's what I get for posting while sleepy. Hoping it isn't a problem to edit this (asked on Discord... if it is a problem, I'd just switched to Center instead)

Moving to Full Attack Stance
CA: Grapple Attempt
Current TN: 20 (20 + 10 armor, -10 Full Attack)
VP: 0/2
Wounds: 44/63
Fear: -3k0 to all rolls
Force of Will will be active for 2 Rounds since its activation (on Roger's round); (immune to all Wound Rank penalties and effects - incuding the effect of being dead if the Out rank is completely filled. When the spell expires, however, the full effects of any Wounds apply immediately)

D3 LN - One Hundred Eyes of Death. Round 3 - Grapple Attempt. Full attack + 2k1, Fear -3k0. Ignores Armor bonus to TN (which the monster probably doesn't have); monster should have -10 TN from Full Attack.: 3d10o10k3 16 - Should hit it considering it is in Full Attack stance? If so, it's grappled and should have to roll a contested Jiujutsu/ Strength roll at the start of its turn. I should be able to re-roll the contested Jiu/St roll after seeing the monster's result (as he rolls first on his turn) due to Badger Rank 1...

Here's hoping!

[Ichiro Taiki]

OOC:
Also, ghosting instructions (covering from the rest of round 3 to round 5) posted to PF. Hope I'll be here to see things happen tomorrow, but just in case.

[Dapper Dog]

Seeing that her guard technique wasn't doing anyone much good here, Naida sheathed her swords and made a grab for the harpoon sticking out of the thing; It had pierced it if nothing else.

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D3, LN, Round 2 athletics/strength TN10 to grab harpoon: 3d10o10k2 13
Harpoon grabbed.

Armor TN 29 (20 + 5 armor + 4 defense stance)

The creature howled in pain as the harpoon is wrenched free, the sharpened tip is flaked black stone, it looks crude but it cuts through the flesh with ease. Meanwhile the Badger tries to grab and control the beat but it has powerful muscles as it gnashes it teeth preparing to bite the samurai.

OOC: Obsidian Spear (Harpoon): 2d10o10k2 17 the creature suffers this damage with it being pulled out. Total wounds thus far is 28 wounds.

Hundred Eyes Grapple Control - Correct: 9d10o10k6 49

The harpoon is essentially a Yari utilizing Spears skill dealing 2k2 but it has an Obsidian tip.