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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 1, 2012 20:53:24 GMT -5
Dr. Strange swaps Raizen successfully, letting Grimmjow close the garganta. Unfortunately, Dr. Strange recognizes that there is now a chance that the Hollows may open another garganta of their own. He may need to seal the area. Luckily, he can cast another low-level spell this round [4th or below D&D terms, 7th or below Rifts terms]. Dimensional Anchor is fourth level, and he can modify it to be an area effect.
Izo still has to act.
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Post by Gaizer on Mar 3, 2012 18:38:58 GMT -5
Izo will try to trip a darkhound. Strange will do that.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 4, 2012 2:33:21 GMT -5
Dr. Strange casts Dimensional Anchor. Now you have no risk of Hollows joining the fray unless they're strong enough to break it or unless it gets dispelled. Both are possible but highly unlikely.
Izo charges in and badly cuts open a Darkhound's leg. The Darkhound's body is very tough and its willpower intense. Izo feels a moment of a kindred connection.
The Hezrou act now. One uses Chaos Hammer and one uses Unholy Blight in order to damage everyone. Jin, Touya, Dr. Strange, Gohan, Hachi, Raizen, Izo, Gabriel, and Yusuke save against Chaos Hammer, and since only Dr. Strange, Gabriel, Rukia, Kao Ji, and Hachi were lawful, this means fairly minor damage. However, Rukia, Kao Ji, Chuu, Nel, Grimmjow, Ikkaku and Sasuke fail to save, meaning more serious damage. For both the Blight and the Hammer (but not for Blasphemy), Kao Ji effectively absorbs the shot, meaning Hanataro is not effected. This means that Rukia is slowed.
No one saves against the Unholy Blight, meaning everyone who is not immune is Sickened. Raizen and Chuu are immune to being sickened. Jin's wind automatically reduces the effect of the Blight, both damage wise and penalty wise, for everyone. Ikkaku takes half penalty due to his obscene willpower, as does Grimmjow, and Nel similarly takes less due to her form. This means most people are at something like a -3 to -7 on the relevant rolls.
The damage is fairly serious. Everyone who saved against the Chaos Hammer takes 12% of their health. Everyone who did not takes 16%, except for Ikkaku and Nel who take 8%. While no one is out because of this, that is a problem.
The more unfortunate spell is Blasphemy, which two cast. The Hezrou are 13th level in D&D terms, and while some people have effective bonuses that make them higher, no one is higher level than them. Dr. Strange manages to be fully immune thanks to mystical defenses, and manages to counter-attack one of them while effectively raising the level of everyone else for the second with a counter-spell (quite costly), but everyone who's non-evil suffers. Grimmjow is treated as evil for this spell's purposes, so he is not effected, as is Sasuke, Raizen and Gabriel. Chuu, Touya, Jin, Hachigen, Ikkaku, Nel, Rukia and Kao Ji are dazed and weakened. Inuyasha, Gohan, and Izo are dazed, weakened and paralyzed.
Everyone who is dazed (pretty much everyone) can take no actions for one round. They can defend normally. Ikkaku manages to use his willpower to burn off weakened at the cost of some of his energy and simply conquers dazed, meaning he only suffers from being sickened. Hachi can use his Vizard form to purge the status effects he has.
Because of the penalties, the Darkhound go. The Darkhound seem to be especially angry at the supernatural creatures and casters. They leap in with +2 vibro-blades and start to slash at the relatively helpless people. One charges Nel, cutting her for 10% [would have been 15% but it was really hurt]. That puts Nel at 83%. The second one tries to slash at Izo to get him off the one Izo stabbed, and bowls Izo over for 11%. The last one, hamstrung and hurt, tries to charge Dr. Strange. Dr. Strange deftly ducks under the creature, but had he been attacked again before his turn, he knows he would have suffered badly as he had almost no reactive ability left.
One of the remaining Hollows not killed by Spirit Wave do not go this round and go last next round. The other one, the crocodile, rises up to bite one of the dazed and weakened people: He targets Chuu. Chuu dodges.
Hachi can go if he does the Vizard mask. Otherwise, it is Sasuke, Raizen, Nel and Grimmjow who go again. (Rukia lost her turn to being dazed, as did Gohan, Nel, Chuu, and Touya; Kao Ji and Ikkaku had rolled negative on initiative, and Kao Ji is dazed so he won't go this round either unless he has it purged).
[FN: DAnch 332]
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Post by Gaizer on Apr 2, 2012 20:53:46 GMT -5
Can Raizen, Sasuke and Grimmjow do a Tri-Attack?
Nel will attack the remaining hollow.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Apr 2, 2012 21:00:36 GMT -5
Yes, the three can do a Triple Tech of whatever they wish. Raizen reasons that he and Grimmjow could amp up Amaterasu with a giant energy ball, using Amaterasu like a planet's core.
Nel runs down the crocodile Hollow. She pulls him out of the ground and manages to beat him into oblivion.
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Post by Gaizer on May 20, 2012 22:49:52 GMT -5
DO IT.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on May 22, 2012 4:27:21 GMT -5
The Gran Rei Cero, Mazoku Gun and Amaterasu powers through all defenses [triple critical]. All three Darkhounds are consumed, their fur burning in a horrific (and foul-smelling) pyre. The first Hezrou tries to protect itself with a demonic aura, but is also incinerated by the superior power. The second Hezrou manages to summon Tan'ari, using them as human shields and surviving.
Will Hachi use his mask? The only enemy left is the Hezrou. However, you are seeing that more enemies are closing in...
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Post by Gaizer on May 22, 2012 16:55:14 GMT -5
yes, he will then create a barrier through (bisecting) the hezrou and we will run.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on May 22, 2012 21:21:42 GMT -5
While Hachi does not quite kill the Hezrou, he does trap it. The group begins to flee, but they find that they are hemmed in by something.
Dr. Strange is for a moment taken aback. "Powerful dragons... Steel yourself, we must find a way to fly!" Two dragons come closer. One carries with it a powerful wave, arcing and coiling; the other a green dragon with five heads.
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