"Nice shove, Chiara." she said, peering in, "Oh... that doesn't look too bad." she said, the grotesqe, mutilated, shambling mostly-gone corpse not really phasing her at this point. It looked kind of... fragile.
"Lets get through it quickly - lets all put in our A game! Woohoo!" she let out a woop as she charged in.
She could only be professional for so long, after all. And, all right, it was fun... in a simplistic, popcorn like way.
The room beyond is filled with a laser sensitive grid, dealing 2 damage per post to all trolls who enter, until they exit the room (roll again on the first table)!
This is a mini-boss battle, the full rules and mechanics of which can be reviewed here. The room beyond the door seems empty from the hallway, but stepping inside you are swiftly aware that you are not alone! For lurking in the corner is a dark groaning shape. As it turns towards you, you realize you are entering strife! You have encountered a ... JAWLESS SKELETAL MUTATED DAYWALKER
Dice 1 1. ... Enraged... (-1 to all attacks) 2. ... Jawless... (+1 on accuracy rolls) 3. ... Putrid... (-1 on all accuracy rolls) 4. ... Decomposing ... (+1 on all attacks) Dice 2 1. ... Skeletal... (-5 miniboss HP) 2. ... Bellicose... (players take 2x the amount of damage on their first turn) 3. ... Armoured... (only 2 players per turn may use a special artifact/ability/item) 4. ... Burning... (take an extra 1 dmg each time you deal max damage (highest roll possible for weapon or damage-dealing skill)) Dice 3 1. ...Undead Ship Cook! 2. ... Mutated Daywalker! 3. ... Zombie Gerbil Pack! 4. ... Daywalker on Fire! MINIBOSS STARTING HP: 25/25 If you rolled a 1, take 4 dmg. If you rolled a 2, take 4 dmg. If you rolled a 3, take 3 dmg. If you rolled a 4, take 3 dmg. If you rolled a 5, take 2 dmg. If you rolled a 6, take 2 dmg. Your attack this turn does double damage. If all party members reach 0hp, look below:
You must make a tactical retreat! Scrambling back out of the room, you barely make it to the pod with all your limbs attached. Better luck next time! You have retreated from your mission and returned back to the docking area! Squad commanders, be sure to report in!
If the mini-boss reaches 0hp, look below:
If this is your first or second mini-boss fight look below:
If a member of your team is a trained Discipline or Endurace specialist OR registered as in-training for either:
You can close your eyes and draw on inner reserves to keep going. This can only be done once per ship exploration per troll trained. If you are a Journeytroll or higher in your skill: Restore 1d10+3 OR 1/3rd (rounded down) of your hp. If you are a Novice in your skill: Restore 1d8+2 OR 1/4th (rounded down) of your hp. If you are training your skill: Restore 1d6+1 hp. You cannot roll the dice then choose the flat restoration, one must be picked beforehand.
If a member of your team is a trained Troll Relations or Leadership specialist OR registered as in-training for either:
You can manage to cheer, rally, or cajole your teammates into finding more energy. This can only be done once per ship exploration per troll trained. If you are a Journeytroll or higher in your skill: Each team member restores 1d6+3 (rolled separately) hp. If you are a Novice in your skill: Each team member restores 1d6+2 (rolled separately) hp. If you are training your skill: Each team member restores 1d4+1 (rolled separately) hp.
If this is your third mini-boss fight, you have reached the control room! Roll 1d4 and look in the spoiler below:
1 - Powering on the ship is easy enough, with the instructions from headquarters in your ear. The screens show that the ship is functioning perfectly, and headquarters patches in the control of a remote helmsman. They wait until you have returned to your boarding pod and leave, before steering the ship away.* 2 - Powering on the ship is easy enough, with the instructions from headquarters in your ear. As the screens boot up however, dozens of red warnings and errors flash across the screen. It seems like there has been critical damage to the ship in multiple places. Your team is instructed to leave the small black boxes containing deadly explosives in key positions on your return path to the exit. 3- The ship refuses to power on, even after you follow headquarters instructions to make sure they are plugged in, and hitting ctrl-alt-del. It looks like something core is not functioning. Your team is instructed to leave the small black boxes containing deadly explosives in key positions on your return path to the exit. 4- Powering on the ship is easy enough, with the instructions from headquarters in your ear. The screens show that the ship is functioning perfectly, and headquarters patches in the control of a remote helmsman. They wait until you have returned to your boarding pod and leave, before steering the boarding vessel away.* If any troll in the party has helmsman authority, they can steer the ship to given coordinates, then return to the boarding vessel with the rest of the team. Congratulations! You have completed your mission and returned back to the docking area! Squad commanders, be sure to report in!
Alibii Vesmin (Zeylla Crypsi) HP 16/20 - 3(2boss dam + 1laser dam) = 13/20 YTMA Strengh in Training ATTACK 2 * 2 = 4 Damage to Miniboss: 2 * 2 = 4 Miniboss HP left: 21/25
Lasers, why did it have to be lasers. If she moved around enough, they only burned her skin a little, but damn did they hurt. But quickly her eyes focused on the creature before them in all its bony, jawless glory...or well, lack of. It was actually kind of pathetic, even with its mutated deformities.
It would be a mercy to put the moaning mess out of its misery. Her fist thwacked solidly against the undead trolls sternum, knocking it back, but only momentarily. Evidently without the usual amount of troll flesh on its emaciated body, it moved much quicker then she imagined. Interesting.
Chiara Moteku HP: 34 Attack: 1D6+2; Power Novice Power Attack b, Declare and use the attack in your bonus attack post. Ongoing damage you calculate on each subsequent new round attack Novice Support A (Heal 1/2 HP of ally); Adept Def B (Nullify last damage 2x); Adept Attack A (+1 to attack, auto hit) YTMA training Leadership
Using Adept Def B (Nullify last damage)
Dealing 5 Damage Boss HP: 16/25
Hopefully this was the last one. Hopefully, probably? It better be, because although Psykgi had just said the most beautiful speech in the world, Chiara was exhausted. She tried to kick the fire back up and attack the large undead thing, but her attack was only so strong. The monster came at the tired blueblood and she immediately activated her shield bracelet.
But barely even at skydiving level. Even with the lasers, it was more annoying than anything. They were doing pretty well, but she could see that Chiara was flagging... or was she? It was hard to tell, honestly, aside from the exasperated curse.
Either way, the thing was shambling even more now - which was good! Psy couldn't wait to see if they could salvage this ship!
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13/20 hp
Damage Dealt: 5+1= 6 Damage Taken: 2+2= 4
Miniboss: 10/25
Military Weapon: +1 to damage
Military Standard Medical Kit (Adept Artifact Support A) (0/2 Uses, heal one troll 1/2 hp) Zap Grenade/Drones (Adept Trinket Offense B)(Uses: 2/2 Charges: 2/3, 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack, 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack.)
Alibii Vesmin (Zeylla Crypsi) HP 14/20 - 2 = 12/20 YTMA Strengh in Training ATTACK 3 damage Damage to Miniboss: 3 Miniboss HP left: 7/25
Okay, she was getting tired now. Maybe it was because she could tell Chiara was also starting to burn out. She could feel the medaid wearing off, her aches and pains coming back. Especially that rib. Zeylla pushed through though, managing another solid hit before dropping back and giving Chiara a quippy, "You're looking a little worn out Chiara, I might just win that dinner. And better yet, a good refreshing drink. Doesn't that sound nice."
Chiara Moteku HP: 30 Attack: 1D6+2; Power Novice Power Attack b, Declare and use the attack in your bonus attack post. Ongoing damage you calculate on each subsequent new round attack Novice Support A (Heal 1/2 HP of ally); Adept Def B (Nullify last damage 2x); Adept Attack A (+1 to attack, auto hit) YTMA training Leadership
Adept Attack A (+1 to attack, auto hit)
Dealing 7 Damage
Psykgi was asking for the "A" game?? Well Chiara was gonna give it! She activated one of her artifacts and made a whooping noise as she attacked the beast. Sure, it was almost dead, but getting the last hit was an accomplishment! She turned around without looking at the thing, feeling a cool guy walking away from an explosion.
"Awful fast, isn't it?" she commented, as she sought another opening for her axe. Alibii was pretty... ferocious, and that weren't bad hits at all. Not at all.
But at the same time...
"Nice!" she commented, as Chiara completely destroyed the creature.
There it was, the finishing blow. That settled it. That, and Alibii's failure at the door.
It felt a little... no, extremely odd to be judging anything like this. She did have to follow through on the whole competition thing, otherwise it lost its weight. At the same time, losses in competitions could be discouraging, even enraging. Gosh... this leadership thing was hard.
At the same time, though... she kind of wanted to see what happened if she poked the hemoanon a little. New person, new mind, new stuff to find out.
"Congratulations, Squad." she said as they entered the command room, "We got here. Lets see if we can get this thing on..."
She patched in to headquarters and started doing the computer things, occasionally throwing back some dialog to keep them strung along.
"So we're here, and that means... someone gets a dinner." she smirked as the ship began to light up - as smoothly as if it had never slumbered out here for sweeps and been infested by daywalkers. "We did a pretty good job, but gosh, I have to say..." she leaned back and stretched, "Hitting things is great, but you kind of also have to aim! And, well, the doors...." She let that hang in the air, "So I'm going to give this one to Chiara"
"I look forward to working with you again, though - it was very fun... and hey, we got this ship home, intact."
She made a fist pumping gesture, "Isn't that Fantastic?! Really good teamwork, just in general."
All right, all right, that was enough overt praise for herself.
All systems go.
"Now lets get out of here " she said. "Hot showers await."
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13/20 hp
Damage Dealt: +1 Damage Taken: +2
Miniboss: DED
Military Weapon: +1 to damage
Military Standard Medical Kit (Adept Artifact Support A) (0/2 Uses, heal one troll 1/2 hp) Zap Grenade/Drones (Adept Trinket Offense B)(Uses: 2/2 Charges: 2/3, 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack, 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack.)
In training: Troll Relations (Used)
Advancement: 7/15 Minibosses: 3/3!!!
Powering on the ship is easy enough, with the instructions from headquarters in your ear. The screens show that the ship is functioning perfectly, and headquarters patches in the control of a remote helmsman. They wait until you have returned to your boarding pod and leave, before steering the ship away.
