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((We posted and counter-posted, sorry though.

I'm depressed because of a girl who was theoretically my friend, and wanted to be, but wasn't capable of it maturity-wise. Plus our families do a lot of stuff together, so it oughtta be sufficiently awkward. It'll be okay, though, I'm getting better.))

Darius was in a perfect position to cover, and threw a chunk of himself that subsequently detonated right off of Samuel's shield, rather powerfully too. He was growing smaller, but it would be hard to spot.

((Very true. Although in this case, that's not entirely unrealistic - actually, it's pretty plausible. We had a week in advance to prepare, so what a good thaum would do is just set up a shitton or two of good combat and support spells.
Just saying. Marco might or might not have prepared some nifty stuff for the assault.))

((Yeah, I gotcha there. Other thing is that a thaum that uses offensive spells would not, for any reason at all, use their spells slowly and one at a time. Honestly, a powerful thaum that intends to use spells for combat isn't going to even be throwing the same type of spells as an evoker of the same spell class. They will be using lots of heavy damage and AoE spells, not hails of low-damage fireballs. All at once. The problem with thaums is that if they are employed properly in battle and the opponents don't have enough thaums to counter the offensive, it is an immensely one-sided battle. That much firepower all at once is ridiculous. Its like charging all of your weapons to max firepower before the battle and alpha striking on first contact. This is also why any organization composed primarily of evokers would do everything in its power to evade being backed into a single-entry fortified position, since their strength is in flexibility. razz ))

Samuel rushed in at Marco, flinching at Darius' attack, but trusting Gertrude to cover him against future blows. As he rushed, he started throwing volleys of fireballs at Marco.

((Yays for injured people. Perfect capture targets.))

((Hes not. razz ))

((Capturing Joe would be like capturing a magazine powder.))

Darius rolled for her, intending to bulldoze her.

Paul repositioned to move Joe if necessary.

Fyrin was moving for Joe too, his, mana restoring and his shield staying constant. It was already set up, so...

((See, this is part of what I meant by "meta". Fyrin I can understand, you were keeping him in the back directing things. Constant perception checks. Paul was engaged with Takeshi, and had moved away from that area of conflict, thus losing the necessary LoS to respond.

Generally, for smooth RP, perception checks should be made at the end of a character clash, for example, when both parties are forced back from each other, or some such. It depends on the mental state of the character where this is. Some characters won't reach this until the opponent is pulverized...

BTW, Venom, why did you break off RPing Takeshi when he was putting pressure on a PC? Pressure is good, prevents stored cards moving all at once. ))

((Just as a note, holding all your cards in reserve is a really good way to make people mad at you.))

((Magazine powder... I assume it is probably something explosive and inert, so no, capturing Joe is not like capturing magazine powder. It's more like capturing napalm that's on fire. Countermeasures must be taken to handle him safely. The stuff that is currently in his blood is one of those.))

((Yeah, the extra evocation ability is always a plus, they just have to roleplay it as evocation magic, not as something they took out of their storage devicey thingies.))

((By the way, what happened to Marco and the volleys of fireballs Sam launched at him? Did he just take them head-on?))

Samuel grinned maniacally at Marco's pitiful attempts to slow him down, tossing fireballs at the force bullets aimed at his body. He closed the last of the distance between them and swung in an upward diagonal at Marco's shoulder, just skimming over the prone Joe's chest with the tip of the blade.

((Wait wait wait, hold up. I had Marco hit the fireballs out of the air with FBs, but how did Sam avoid the exploding floor? You didn't mention it at all.))