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Combat Mechanics

Combat mechanics are straightforward, dice-based, and tied to stage. Each round will be treated as lasting one minute, so most magic attacks should only last for a single round!

HP

First Stage: 50 HP
Second Stage: 75 HP
Third Stage: 100 HP
Fourth Stage: 125 HP

Damage will be carried between battles!

Physical Attacks:

Physical damage includes hitting with fists or weapons, throwing objects, or otherwise attacking the creature without the use of magic.

Cats in Cat Form should roll 1d6 for physical damage
First Stage characters and Cats in Human Form should roll 1d8 for physical damage.
Second Stage characters and Sailor Cats should roll 1d10 for physical damage
Third Stage characters should roll 1d12 for physical damage
Fourth Stage characters should roll 2d8 for physical damage

Magical Attacks

Magical attacks are divided into two categories: direct damage and indirect damage. All attack magic will damage the creature, even things that only affect its many, many feelings! Direct damage magic is any magic that specifies either pain sensations or actual damage in its description. Indirect damage magic is magic that targets opponents with emotional or other nonphysical effects--most debuff magic falls under this category! If you’re not sure which category your magic falls under, feel free to contact me privately and I’ll make a judgement call!

Spell attacks are based on the level of the spell, not the level of the character! However, Chibi senshi should subtract one die from their damage.

Mauvian lasers roll first stage direct damage dice. Sailor Cats using attack magic should roll at Super stage.

Direct Damage

First Stage: 10 + 1d6 damage
Second Stage: 10 + 2d6 damage
Third Stage: 10 + 3d6 damage
Fourth Stage: 10 + 4d6 damage

Indirect Damage:

First Stage: 10 + 1d4 damage
Second Stage: 10 + 2d4 damage
Third Stage: 10 + 3d4 damage
Fourth Stage: 10 + 4d4 damage

Magical Healing:

Magical healing is any ability that restores characters in any way, including Transcendent energy sharing. You can use these spells with a dice roll based on their level.

Spell healing is based on the level of the spell, not the level of the character (except in the case of Transcendent energy giving)! However, Chibi senshi should subtract one die from their healing.

First Stage: 10 + 1d4 healing
Second Stage: 10 + 2d4 healing
Third Stage: 10 + 3d4 healing
Fourth Stage: 10 + 4d4 healing

Buff Magic:

Buff magic is any kind of magic that has an effect that boosts allies' abilities. When casting buff magic, roll as follows and quote any targets affected. They will add your total roll to their damage for the round. Chibi Senshi roll one less die!

First Stage: 2d4
Second Stage: 3d4
Third Stage: 4d4
Fourth Stage: 5d4

Shielding Magic:

Depending on the type of shielding magic, it may simply absorb a round's worth of attacks or provide some damage mitigation. Touch base with me individually for shield spells; I'll give you an answer depending on how they're written!

If you feel your magic doesn't fall into any of these categories, hit me up and we'll work something out!

Character Name and journal link Rainier, Squire of Mercury
HP:75/75
Action:Sneaking - staying in front of Acrucis.
Interaction Roll:14

“That’s good to know,” Rainier replied quietly in response to Asmodeus instructions.

She looked back over her shoulder at the Senshi of Prayer, her silver eyes silently urging her friend to stay behind her. “I’m not sure how well my magic will work against machines,” she admitted, carefully extending the cord of her weapon to its full length.

“But at the very least, this should be sturdy, or long enough, to trip them up… maybe slow them down.” She could only hope. If those mechanical spider-like creatures' claws were as sharp as they looked, they might very well slice through the cord as if it were nothing more than a piece of thread.

As a Squire, she wasn’t sure that she had the strength to hold one back, but she’d try her best nonetheless.




Character Name and journal linkSailor Acrucis, Super Senshi of Prayer
HP:75/75
Action:Sneaking
Interaction Roll:13

Acrucis nodded, acknowledging Rainier’s wordless instruction.

Although she would not consider herself athletic by any means, if a code was called at work she could be quite agile on her feet in short spurts. Granted she wore flat sole shoes at the hospital rather than heeled boots like the ones she had on now, so that was something else to consider before sprinting down the corridor.

"All I can do is try to keep up," she whispered. "If anyone gets hurt I'll do what I can to heal them." Beyond that there was little else she could do to help in a fight.

Character Name and journal link Procyon Super of Liminality
HP: 75/75
Action: sneaking
Interaction Roll: 19
Damage/Healing/Buff Done: (if applicable!0)

Nodding as Asmodeus mentioned moving quickly and quietly, Procyon was very good at keeping himself small and out of sight. It probably helped that he was small himself but he still wanted to be careful.

"I'm not great at hitting things but... if there's a button or something I can push to maybe stop them? Is that how things like this work," he questioned softly as he kept hidden as best as he could. He really didn't want to have to explain to Daedalus why he broke his prosthetic again if he tried to scuffle with one of the robot-like things up close and personal. He always felt bad when he damaged it, though it wasn't happening as much as he got used to having more balance again. It had taken time but he was glad for the help.

Character Name and journal link Mauvian Brioche - Cat Form
HP: 50/50
Action: Sneaking
Interaction Roll: 13
Damage/Healing/Buff Done: n/a

Clinking and clanging, whirling sounds and hissing steam. Familiar and yet not. Either way, Brioche found himself not enjoying it at ALL.

Ignoring the danger, the moisture was higher than he ever liked and made him feel as if he was already waddling through thick air-soup. Well, no, not waddling, riding, giving that he had yet to set foot on the ground here. It was best for him to stay as he was, protectively perched on Chang'E's shoulder!

"Interesting, yes.. but threatening... You will be careful, you all will be careful, I plead." His tail was already fluffed up in anxiety, There were so few of them here already, he could not help but cast a warm smile to the ones he did not know. There was no way he could promise to keep them safe, he was weak, pathetic, useless still even now... But he could give them the soft reassurance that only a fluffy fat cat could.

"We will get through this together, we are all very good at sneaking!" His voice was hopefully soft enough to have the others hear him, and NOT make the automatons spring to life. Even the idea of them wiggling awake due to his loud mistakes had him begin to slightly tremble. Gods knew he was out of his depth here...

[anyone is free to hear his little encouragement! He's on Chang'E's shoulder, partially under his hair and hiding like the big scaredy cat he is.]

Amarynthos, Knight of the Moon
HP: 100/100
Action: Sneaking
Interaction Roll: 19
Damage/Healing/Buff Done: N/A

Oh, there were a few Deep Space Senshi here ahead of them! Amarynthos almost felt bad for not letting Michael and Devyn know; Devyn was always looking to meet up with them. Or, maybe he knew them already? Devyn was always running around, but they had a mission so he couldn’t just run up to every Senshi that didn’t look quite human.

Too bad, he’d have loved to pick their brain and hear some stories. Maybe, when they were done with all of this, he could chat them up.

…But that required planning for the future, and for the present he needed to keep all of his wits about him. Asmodeus had given warning of traps so he was doing his best to examine any oddities in the ceiling, or any anomalies in the walls. Each step he took was mindful but he wasn’t quite sure what a trap switch might look like. He stayed close to the group and wrapped his arm around Ephesus’ back as they walked together.

Ephesus might have been a bit prone to being startled but Amarynthos had faith in him and smiled as he rubbed his back.

Dering, Knight of Lysithea
HP: 100/100
Action: Sneaking
Interaction Roll: 13
Damage/Healing/Buff Done: N/A

Though they were with strangers, Dering didn’t really feel nervous to be in their company. Sure, there was the stress of unpredictability; he didn’t know these people so he couldn’t guess how they might react to these situations, or if they might be itching to get into some sort of scuffle. He didn’t want any trouble.

Of course! They might find it! Probably would! People didn’t just ask for help when they could take care of things themselves!

Dering knew he was in good company. He’d seen Reims and Amarynthos battle, they were both strong and clever and fast. And Ephesus might not have been much of a fighter but he was such a good healer! And good support, and good backup, and good at looking after everyone!

And Dering…had a lute!

He clutched it a little tighter and tried to wear a little smile, even if only to hide the grimace. For now, he was just doing his best to sneak quietly along with the group. He saw the automatons. He just didn’t know what they were supposed to do. So, he tried to creep as silently as possible–which he was usually pretty good at!–and let the smarter members of the group come up with the plan.

It seemed that the group's stealth efforts were successful. Whatever mysterious tasks the automatons were still following, they repeated simple routes--back and forth across the room, as if collectively tracing out a grid in the space.

For at least a few more moments, the group would remain unseen, but one of the spiderlike automatons seemed to be heading for them...

Character Name and journal link Chang'E Dss of Elation
HP: 50/50
Action: buff magic for all!
Interaction Roll: N/A
Damage/Healing/Buff Done: 6 buff!

Glad that the automatons seemed ignorant of them all, he knew that this would be the best opportunity to help the others while keeping out of harm's way hopefully.

He was careful when he moved and clapped loudly, so as not to knock Brioche off his shoulder. That was the last thing he was trying to do as he knew they were anxious over this. It was much more excitement than he figured the kind feline had had before if ever.

"I'll keep out of the fight but hopefully this will help the others be more effective." With that, he smiled slightly and kept close enough to the center of the group so a good amount of the team could benefit from his magic, as long as it decided to work.