[spoiler]gonna use Luck, if only to make the rolls simpler.[/spoiler]
[i] A tall and unarmed man strolls down the path, eyes closed and humming a calm melody. He seems to be unaware of his location or surroundings.[/i]
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[spoiler]Chain 2[/spoiler] The growl behind you becomes a roar and the wolves sprint forward!
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[i]Luck tosses his arm up and a flurry of small blades launch into the sky. His nervous manner turns into a half-smile.[/i] “I assure you, we can still talk this through.”
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The wolves continue to advance and you hear heavy footfalls approaching from behind! [spoiler]How would you like to handle combat?[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Luck often uses fate manipulation, which doesn’t play well with rolls. So, I’ll just let you decide if/when what hits what and how.[/spoiler] [i]Waiting for the approach, Luck tosses a few more knives to the sky; none have come down, as of yet.[/i]
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[spoiler]I can work with that! Since you've prepared somethingin advance I'll allow you to throw the first strike as they pounce to attack![/spoiler]
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[i]As the wolves draw nears, knives begin raining from the sky. With prescient precision they fall upon the wolves, just behind the skull without fail.[/i]
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[spoiler]Not...quite what I meant, but meh! These poor pups only have a handful of hit points anyway. This other beastie however...[/spoiler] The knives fall and the three wolves are struck down, the larger one sliding past your feet. Then, you hear a deep guttural laugh from the woods ahead...
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[i]Luck raises a fist to the sky and shouts,[/i] “Onward!”
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As you shout, the beast emerges! The creature appears blurry, as if your eyes refuse to focus upon it for too long. What you can make out is that the creature is large and thin with a gray, vaguely feline body. It's mostly hairless with patches of long fur and lashing tendrils along its spine. It has three sets of pale eyes and six exaggerated limbs ending with curved talons. The Nightmare smiles, revealing rows of needle like teeth, and begins to slowly circle you...
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[i]Luck flicks his hands like one would draw revolvers and two daggers—Gamble and Gambit—appear in his hands.[/i] [spoiler] For prior clarification kinetic energy can be taken by one dagger and expelled out the other. They also have altered kinetic properties. Of course, all attacks, blocks or other actions have an understood ‘attempts to’ in front.[/spoiler]
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The Nightmare lunges forward, swiping once at your chest and again at your back!
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[i](Attemtpingly) Luck parries the frontal strike with Gamble, using the force to launch Gambit backwards at the second incoming appendage.[/i]
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You parry the first paw and Gambit slides past the second as it racks acros your back! The Nightmare then stops and watches you...studying...
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[i] Bright, silvery ichor drips from Luck’s back, though his composure remains stable. He throws Gamble over the creatures head, then Gambit straight for the throat. As Gambit reaches halfway to its target, Gamble alters it’s course from behind the Nightmare to shoot for the nape.[/i]
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The Nightmares blur intensifies and the blades pass through its form harmlessly. Then it stutters across the clearing towards you, whipping a tendril around your leg, attempting to drag you with it!
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Edited by Sylver: 9/6/2020 7:35:01 PM[i]Luck allows his legs to be yanked from beneath him, tensing the muscles in his back to brace against the ground. White energy dances over his hand, but he makes no move to stop the tendril.[/i]
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The tendril releases and the beast continues towards the treeline!
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[i]He follows the movement of the beast , keeping in proximity but not attacking.[/i]
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It suddenly skids to a stop, then lunges towards you, jaws wide and screaming!
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[i]Luck taps the hilts of his daggers together and they lock in place. He holds the double-bladed weapon up-and-down to intercept the approaching jaws.[/i]
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The Nightmare chomps down on the blades and hisses. Then pulls back injuring itself further, wisps of shadow rising from the wounds. It then twirls and slaps you with its tail! [spoiler]Which I've only just realized is not included in my notes description. Doh[/spoiler]
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[i]Luck grows shards of silver over his forearm to take the brunt of the blow. On his other arm, similar shards form into a point, which he uses to stab at the beast’s torso.[/i]
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It yelps and backs away, head lowered and hissing. It then raises up onto it's back four legs and screams again!
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[i]Seeing an opening, he steps close to the Nightmare as it rears, sets a hand on its torso and discharges the Soulfire he had been generating.[/i]
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[spoiler]Ooh, what's that do?[/spoiler]