Nekia v. Rak'ash Shadowtooth

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

So: Special rules? Arena? What could be fun is Sol Sanctum when it is blowing up.

[GM]

whatever works for you I am fine with that although I would like to start on top of sol sanctum as fighting an escape artist/rogish kinda guy in the middle of long twisting hallways is kinda like asking to be ganked.....

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Except that if Sol Sanctum is blowing up, you get alchemical power.

[GM]

well I suppose that could be helpful.

sure why not however I want to finish a few things on Nekia so give me a little while otherwise start describing (in great detail) the situation in sol sanctum also give me a rundown of what I know of my oppoenent be as detailed as you can but dont worry I have time cause it might take a while.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Well, you've FOUGHT her. She's an ogre escape artist who has training from martial artists, magicians, secret agents, ninjas and spies. Obvious skills in her repertoire are disappearing acts, sleight of hand, tricks, willpower, fearlessness, concentration, etc.

The precise situation: You'd begin in the room with the Mars Stars. Probably about one or two turns where you could fight on the platforms before lava and alchemical energy began rising. Then it'd be a high-speed move through the Sanctum.

[GM]

oh wait is shadowtooth the one who marche fought in the grand grimore?

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Yes. But obviously a ton stronger now post-joining CH.

[GM]

okay lets get this show on the road Nekia will bow to his opponent and speak in a charming voice "I was taught to always let the lady act first."

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Not very gracious of Nekia since she seized initiative anyways, but the gesture is nice .

Rakash begins by throwing spinning buzzsaws everywhere. They bounce about, threatening both Nekia and Rak'ash [FN: 261, 294!]. Utilizing Nekia's inevitable splitting of perception (if not distraction per se), she throws innumerable smoke bombs. Nekia finds his perceptions being deluded by the bombs quite heavily. He then feels sniper shots of an elemental-suppressing metal slam into him repeatedly. An iron cage is about to slam over Nekia: He may dodge! [FN: 72/294].

[GM]

Nekia flash steps backwards in an attempt to avoid the cage.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Nekia gets under the cage quite successfully... until he feels himself backing into a drill. It seems the cage has two properties: Illusory powers working in conjunction with Rak, who can use mirrors and other tricks to effectively teleport it about; and the ability to project in perpetuity more drill shapes to become stronger and more ingrained. Nekia has managed to flee the cage for now, however.

That is, until wooden spikes from below jut around him. A separate cage not only strikes Nekia's armor and tries to weave into him, but also interlocks with the original iron cage, forming a stronger device.

Standing still makes the buzzsaw dodging much harder, but Nekia manages to keep mostly unharmed, so far only taking nicking shots. Of course, now a cawing monkey begins to throw banana peels all over the narrow floor that Nekia is working in [FN: 207/162]. Nekia is now just barely keeping his footing.

Energy blasts that seem to appear from nowhere from the smoke and cut inwards, moving up and down rapidly, strike Nekia repeatedly! [FN: 255, 270; 27 for recog]. The dust begins to function as a mirror, blasting at Nekia constantly. A Carpet of Adhesion spell attempts to amplify this, but misses Nekia and simply adds to the cage. Finally, ninjato impale inwards repeatedly, which Nekia can dodge. [FN: 174/300!]

[GM]

wait how can he dodge you said he was stuck.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Good question! Remember: In CotG, "dodging" at Forbidden levels involves reality distortion, such as Dodging the Rain. Also, parries and counter-attacks can work too.