Jade Legacy [L5R 3eR] - Act 2 Chapter 1: Daiippo/First Step

[Rain Yupa]

GM's notes:
Kojiro: -1k0 earth/water.
Denbe: -1k0 earth/void.
Kagae: None
Seichiro: -1k0 earth/void.
Zanzen: -1k0 earth/water.
Kyumi: -1k0 fire/void.
Hisashi:None
Miyako: None
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30 - Kaiu Machiko, Tanto drawn, Full Attack
26 - "Bayushi Sanzo", Katana drawn, Full Defense (TNtbH - +0.), 11 damage, Grazed (+5)
22 - Kakita Zanzen, Attack Stance, Delaying
20 - Bayushi Kojiro, Kusari-gama drawn, Full Defense (TNtbH - +2)
X - Everyone Else

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Machiko shoots Zanzen a vicious glare, but only for a moment, before lashing out at Sanzo with her tanto! He is able to bring his katana to bear though, deflecting the attack.

Bayushi Sanzo refocuses his Full Defense stance! He seems unmoving and unwavering in his posture!

Kakita Zanzen, Bayushi Kojiro, you're up!  

[Plainsfox]

@Rumble in the Village Tonight

The scorpion samurai would sigh as he had hoped things wouldn't go this direction .....and he would then switch to a full attack on Sanzo, hoping that he would fall for his feint!

OOC:
Feint Attack!
Agility/Chain Weapons (Kusarigama)+Ancestral Bonus=6k3+3+2 (3 added to handle explosions)
Raises: 1 called for feint attack. Two raises from power attack invested in next turn.
Results: 28
Kojiro's TnTBH= 10  

[Raganui Minamoto]

As Kojiro went after Sanzo, Zanzen turned and lashed out a fist towards the magistrate. "Now drop it, both of you, before I actually decide to use my sword. Or we could just go and leave whoever wins to fight the bandit horde by themselves."

Void spent: Rank 1 Deceive
2k2 Willpower/Deceive for Intimidation (only intimidate I found) first 4 dice go to this - 11

5k2 Juijutsu last 7 dice for this - 17  

[Raganui Minamoto]

2k1, on the off chance I hit

5  

[Rain Yupa]

GM's notes:
Kojiro: -1k0 earth/water.
Denbe: -1k0 earth/void.
Kagae: None
Seichiro: -1k0 earth/void.
Zanzen: -1k0 earth/water.
Kyumi: -1k0 fire/void.
Hisashi:None
Miyako: None
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30 - Kaiu Machiko, Tanto drawn, Full Attack, 5 damage
26 - "Bayushi Sanzo", Katana drawn, Full Defense (TNtbH - +0.), 11 damage, Grazed (+5)
22 - Kakita Zanzen, Attack Stance, Delaying
20 - Bayushi Kojiro, Kusari-gama drawn, Full Attack, 2 raises vs Sanzo (feint)
X - Everyone Else

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Kojiro would swing his chain weapon in a fierce lunge, hoping to get Sanzo to go where he wanted him to. To avoid the strong blow, Sanzo would sidestep to the side, exactly as planned!

Zanzen would turn his attentions to the magistrate, laying into her with a blow to her midsection in a effort to get her to calm down! Machiko takes 5 damage, but is still Healthy!

What are the results of these actions? Stay tuned after Zanzen and Kojiro give me Tides of Battle rolls!

As a note, please give me your Tides of Battle rolls with your posts if you participated in the round (even if you miss, it still applies as long as you do something offensive in nature). If you end up taking wounds, I will simply ignore it.

Also, if anyone rolls initiative during a round, they will be added in for the next round.  

[Sutiiven]

Hisashi had been relatively quiet during the most of the goings on, but once Zanzen punched the magistrate he felt that he needed to get involved.

This is kind of why Bushi bring Courtiers along, after all...

Initiative Roll: 4k3

Total: 12

((Apparently he took a moment to facepalm before initiating... stupid 1's...)  

[Plainsfox]

Kojiro tried to keep his expression neutral as he heard Zanzen's comment. He didn't want to fight Kaiu-sama as well as Tengu-san at the moment.

OOC: Tide of Battle: 2  

[Psychofish]

Denbe, whom had been staring against in the seconds since the magistrate rushed blindly after the Scorpion, even with so much aid within arm's length she could have called upon, and at the same time ordered them out of the town (which he might well have complied with had she not had his weapons, and had Kagae been capable of travel), blinked.

Zanzen was attacking a magistrate now?

Dear kami, he didn't know what was going on in this village anymore, but he was quite sick of it. Now he only had to get them out of there and on to their mission before someone managed to get themselves killed or declared an enemy of the empire. The whole situation was frustrating and humiliating.

[4k3 Initiative: 31]  

[Psychofish]

[Explosion: 19]  

[Raganui Minamoto]

Tides, reduce Magistrate's init  

[Psychofish]

Denbe leapt into the fray of things, the Hare dashing in at the turn of events-

And jumped straight at Zanzen.

"Kakita-san! Enough!"

The Hare didn't even give the magistrate a chance to begin bellowing in outrage before he moved to restrain the other bushi, wrapping his arms over either shoulder to hold him from striking at her anymore (or drawing his weapon).

"She is a Crab magistrate!"

The Crab might have been strange and quirky next to many of the other clans, but he couldn't imagine a magistrate would like being issued threats, blows, or orders on her own lands, and he wasn't of a mind to see them all declared criminals- or even a one of them if he could help it. By the kami, they had a mission to focus on, and this town was not relevant to it.

[1 Raise to initiate the grapple.]
[6k4-5 Agility/Jiujutsu(Grapple): 23 vs Zanzen's TNtbH(-armor)]  

[Psychofish]

((And in case the previous roll succeeds I'll go ahead with this.))

[1 Free raise to add 5 to the contested roll.]
[4k2+5 Strength/Jiujutsu(Grappling): 20 vs Zanzen]  

[Rain Yupa]

GM's notes:
Kojiro: -1k0 earth/water.
Denbe: -1k0 earth/void.
Kagae: None
Seichiro: -1k0 earth/void.
Zanzen: -1k0 earth/water.
Kyumi: -1k0 fire/void.
Hisashi:None
Miyako: None
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31 - Ujina Denbe, Attack
26 - Kaiu Machiko, Tanto drawn, Full Attack, 5 damage, Grappling Sanzo
26 - "Bayushi Sanzo", Attack, 11 damage, Grazed (+5), Grappled by Machiko
22 - Kakita Zanzen, Attack Stance
22 - Bayushi Kojiro, Kusari-gama drawn, Full Attack, 2 raises vs Sanzo (feint)
12 - Yoritomo Hisashi
X - Everyone Else

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Denbe rushes Zanzen, attempting to wrap his arms around the Crane and prevent him from doing anything more that he deemed exceptionally stupid! However, Zanzen was a good deal squirrelier than he remembered, and it wasn't as easy to grapple a Kakita than he was accustomed to with pretty much anyone else.

Machiko had stopped dead in her tracks on her assault. She would look at Zanzen. And just kind of stare at him. Her eyes would widen. "You... you..."

All at once, all her muscles would seem to tighten, her teeth would grit together, her brow would narrow angrily. "CRANE SCUM!" she would screech, before rushing Zanzen with her knife. Spending a void point on the attack roll for +1k1, and spending both raises from Full Attack to lower his TN to be hit. However, Machiko's been rolling for crap the entire time, and has YET to break a 5, luckily for our Crane. The wild slash of the knife does not come close to contacting Zanzen.

Congratulations! You have discovered Machiko's Brash disadvantage!

"You fool! Why do you think I had her tied up!" Bayushi Sanzo would practically hiss, as he dropped his katana, and attempted to pull the same Maneuver Denbe just did, except on the magistrate - with a lot less finesse than someone trained in jiujutsu would have, but luckily, Machiko was distracted with her aggressive stance!

He grabs her with a modified 35, though Machiko suddenly shows training in something, rather than the untrained rolls she had been making with that knife. Beating his 9 (with wound penalties) with a 22, as soon as he grabs her around the waist, she wraps her arm around his neck, putting him in a headlock!

Zanzen, Kojiro, Hisashi, you have initiative!

((Note: On dual initiatives, whoever posts first goes first. When tied with an NPC, the PC will always go first.))  

[Plainsfox]

@The Rumble in the Village Headmans' hut.


As the target of his feint was now in a headlock by an irate crab, Kojiro decided he might want to do something else than continue onto his course knocking down and restraining the pretender Bayushi. Maybe Denbe-san had the right idea and that Zanzen should be restrained. So....Kojiro swung the chain portion of the Kusarigama at Zanzen's feet in an attempt to knock the Bushi down before he got them into more trouble!

OOC:
Agility/Chain Weapons (Kusari-gama)
Full attack
Raises: 2 free raises from weapon and 1 raise called to use a take down to bring Zanzen down. Two raises used from full attack to reduce Zanzen's TNTBH
First three dice Agility, fourth die strength+ Insight. Fifth die, tide of battle

Results: 26
Strength/Insight: 10
Tides of Battle: (Reduce Zanzen's init) 2