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 Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 6:58 pm
Sherry stared at her ceiling. Apparently, she'd fallen asleep. Her intention had been to make a few notes in her journal about her new artifact, not roll over and nap. And certainly not have another bad dream. Don't let me make notes while lying on the bed again. There was nothing mocking in the weapon's tone, and Sherry found that odd. Armagnac was probably right, too. Sherry sighed and opened her phone. "Well, we can see about undoing all that lovely rest right now." She needed something to take her mind off of things. [A.V.] Text to Jerkface: Which training course did you want to do? Do you want to do that right now? She hoped he'd say yes. She really, really needed something to think about that wasn't dead bodies.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 8:19 pm
Jake had been training on some dummies when he felt his pocket vibrate, and pulled the phone out of his pocket.
About time.GrnGriff Text to Annoying Girl'bout time. I still need to finish that mist one. I heard that one's a pain in the a**, but at least there's no stupid a** darts. Why? Do you need more time to prepare, princess?
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:09 pm
Sherry stared at the phone. She was almost flattered by the princess comment. Until she remembered who the text was from. He clearly meant it in one of those condescending ways. Operation 'think about something else' was already working. She had she now had Jake to focus on. Sherry made grumpy faces at the phone while she typed. [A.V.] Text to Jerkface:I was ready ages ago. You were the one that said "later" I'll meet you there in 10 minutes. "Really?" she asked, reaching for her boots. "Does he think I'm that girly or prissy or something?" "In your opinion." Sherry rubbed the last bit of sleep from her eyes and headed for the door.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:10 pm
OOC  Mist Hunter
The Miss Taken Tower
As the general, jack-of-all trades division, the Mist Hunter training course is a combination of the other divisions' training challenges and also one of the more complicated. The goal of this course is to rescue the princess in the tower. Below her, you'll find yourself confronted with a number of shadowling attackers, and beyond them, a room of only slightly deadly traps. But even should you reach her location, you still need to pick the lock on the manacles holding her in place. Unskilled fiddling with the locks will prove unhealthy for both the princess and yourself. And once that's done, you need to make your way back down through the traps and shadowlings, defending the princess the whole way.
The Miss Taken Tower is one of the most challenging and frustrating courses available.
If you fail: your princess dies, and you are quite possibly KO'd. Senior hunters are observing and will make with a timely rescue as needed.
If you win: the princess will adore you for the rest of her exceedingly brief existence. Peen points for 100% health for you and the Princess, shadowlings fought, going for consecutive rescues.
Part 1
Mechanics
- roll your regular attack
- roll your regular attack again
- if you miss an attack, you lose 50% of your full HP
- if you have an available recovery bonus, you may try to use that to avoid HP loss
Bonus Mechanics
- This bonus is consumable.
- for the Mist Course, it is recommended you review the mechanics of the other division courses, as the division bonuses carry over.
- Trainees: 0 recoveries
- Mist/Sun Trainees: 1 recovery
- Hunters: 1 recovery
- Mist/Sun Hunters: 2 recoveries
Part 2
Mechanics
- there are two steps worth of traps in this room, so you'll be rolling twice
- roll 1 d10 to determine what your character is about to step into
- use your bonus mechanic to adjust as you can
- adjust your HP and bonus count accordingly
- roll 1 d10 to determine what your character is about to step into
- use your bonus mechanic to adjust as you can
- adjust your HP and bonus count accordingly
- roll list: (feel free to get creative about what the traps actually were)
(-50% HP is off your full HP, so if you hit -50% twice, then you are 100% KO'd)
01. horrible death
02. - 50% HP
03. - 50% HP
04. live
05. live
06. - 50% HP
07. horrible death
08. - 50% HP
09. horrible death
10. live
Bonus Mechanics
- This bonus is consumable.
- Trainees: 1 flag
- Mist/Death Trainees: 1 flag and one instinctive move
- Hunters: 1 flag and one instinctive move
- Mist/Death Hunters: 1 flag and two instinctive moves
Part 3
Mechanics
- use the given roll for your hunter to try and open the lock on her right manacle. Rolling a 1 means you fumbled, and the cuff exploded causing both you and the princess to lose 50% of your full HP.
- roll to repeat the process on the left manacle.
Bonus Mechanics
- Trainees: roll 1d4
- Mist/Life Trainees: roll 1d6
- Hunters: roll 1d6
- Mist/Life Hunters: roll 1d8
Part 4
Mechanics
- roll 2 d8 to determine your defense against the trap area.
- roll 2 d8 to determine how much trap damage targets the princess.
- adjust her HP accordingly
- roll 2 d8 to determine your defense against the shadowling area.
- roll 2 d8 to determine how much shadow damage targets the princess.
- adjust her HP accordingly
- leftover defense does not stack
Bonus Mechanics
- Trainees: +0 defense
- Mist/Moon Trainees: + 2 defense
- Hunters: + 2 defense
- Mist/Moon Hunters: + 3 defense
Status Stage: (current stage number)Your HP: Princess HP: /20 Stage 1 Recoveries: Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: Stage 4 Bonus HP: [quote="Status"]
[size=14][color=#00BFFF][b]Stage: (current wave number)[/b][/color][/size]
Your HP:
Princess HP: /20
Stage 1 Recoveries:
Stage 2 Flags and Instincts:
Stage 4 Bonus HP:
[/quote]
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[A.V.] rolled 2 8-sided dice:
2, 6
Total: 8 (2-16)
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:33 pm
He only smirked at the text before sending another one back.GrnGriff Text to Annoying Girl:Only because you were in NO condition to do ANYTHING. Seriously. Your stupid giggling would of killed us both. You'd better be sober when you get here, or I'll knock you out myself. I'm not doing this with you if you're drunk.
I never asked for friends.
Slowly making his way towards the training course, he looked up at the tower.
Looks a lot like Shadow Run.
Too late.
Weapon already summoned, he decided to start first.
She'd catch up when she'd get here.
... Maybe.Status Stage: 1 (wave 1) Your HP: 40/40 Princess HP: 20/20 Stage 1 Recoveries: 0 Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: 2 Stage 4 Bonus HP: -
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Grifferie rolled 2 8-sided dice:
4, 4
Total: 8 (2-16)
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:46 pm
Sherry scoffed at Jake's reply. "I was not drunk." She knew it was pointless to argue. Jake was the stubborn type. So she just sighed and quickened her pace. Upon reaching the training ground...well. It seemed he'd gone ahead without her. Really? Why even bother having her come down here then? And he agreed. Sherry shook her head and summoned Armagnac. Well, let's see if we can make it through this. And with that, she dove in. Status Stage: 1 (wave 1)Your HP: 40/40 Princess HP: 20/20 Stage 1 Recoveries: 0 Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: 1 Stage 4 Bonus HP:
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[A.V.] rolled 2 8-sided dice:
4, 8
Total: 12 (2-16)
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:39 pm
Hearing the sound of shadowlings squealing, he around to see Sherry right behind him.
"'bout time you got here." he muttered, and proceeded to swing his tonfas.Status Stage: 1 (wave 2) Your HP: 40/40 Princess HP: 20/20 Stage 1 Recoveries: 0 Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: 2 Stage 4 Bonus HP: -
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Grifferie rolled 2 8-sided dice:
1, 7
Total: 8 (2-16)
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:45 pm
"You know, if you wanted to run it alone, you could have." Armagnac was voicing her approval of Sherry's swings. So far, things weren't going to badly. Status Stage: 1 (wave 1)Your HP: 40/40 Princess HP: 20/20 Stage 1 Recoveries: 0 Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: 1 Stage 4 Bonus HP:
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[A.V.] rolled 1 10-sided dice:
4
Total: 4 (1-10)
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:57 pm
Jake responded to Sherry's retort with mock revelation.
"You know, you're absolutely right. I COULD do this without you.
There was a grumble in his head.
"Of course, sir whines-a-lot seems to think otherwise."
More grumbling.Status Stage: 2 Your HP: 40/40 Princess HP: 20/20 Stage 1 Recoveries: 0 Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: 2 Stage 4 Bonus HP: -
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Grifferie rolled 1 10-sided dice:
8
Total: 8 (1-10)
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:57 pm
The shadowlings out of the way, Sherry took a moment to stare at Jake. It was her very best 'I know you're mocking me' face. Then she smiled. "I'm glad he does." She assumed Jake was talking bout his weapon. "I suppose it means one of you might have a bit of sense." She could be mocking, too. Kinda. Maybe. She shrugged and followed him into the next area of the tower. "Unless," her brain was still processing things, "you both see me as nothing more than an extra shield." It's how Armagnac viewed others most of the time. Sarcasm began to leak into her voice. "Then perhaps I'm not glad. I might have to reevaluate our friendship if that's the case." She had no intention of doing this, no matter what he said. She tried to step lightly as she followed the death trainee across the room. Perhaps she should have followed a little more closely. It might have prevented her from setting off that trap of pointy things. Status Stage: 2 (Roll 1)Your HP: 20/40 Princess HP: 20/20 Stage 1 Recoveries: 0 Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: 1 Stage 4 Bonus HP: [A.V.] Sherry's breaking things. xD
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[A.V.] rolled 1 10-sided dice:
2
Total: 2 (1-10)
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:53 pm
"I saw this more as a mutual benefit relationship." he muttered.
Jake rolled his eyes.
"Besides. You kinda suck as a shield."
If Sherry was looking for a compliment, that was probably the best she wold get... until she ended up setting off a trap, which only prompted a very long sigh.
Stopping mid-step, he looked down to see a cracked tile seeming to hiss some kind of noxious vapour.
Letting out another sigh, he leaped over the tile, landing on one that seemed to crack and ooze some sort of liquid, and quickly moved off it onto the other side.
"Whatever. Just try getting over here without killing yourself... more, or something."Status Stage: 2 Your HP: 40/40 Princess HP: 20/20 Stage 1 Recoveries: 0 Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: 2 Used Stage 4 Bonus HP: -
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Grifferie rolled 1 10-sided dice:
8
Total: 8 (1-10)
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:06 pm
Jake's words stunned her almost as much as the trap had. "Mutual benefit relationship"? That...was that Jake's way of saying they were friends? It sounded like something Armagnac would say, and she would never admit to having friends, either. "True enough," she sighed in response to his comment about her effectiveness as a shield. "Which means you must like my company." She grinned at him. He could deny it if he wanted. She didn't care. He'd basically just admitted they were friends; nothing could bring her down now. Well, almost nothing. "I'm working on it. You just hold you--" She was going to say 'horses'. The trap she tripped had other plans. A pit opened up right underneath her feet. She managed a gasp before it swallowed her. The landing hurt, and sapped the rest of her shield. Her last thought before unconsiousness, besides her acknowledging Armagnac's rant, was that Jake was never gonna let her live this one down. Crap. Status Stage: 2 (Roll 2)Your HP: 0/40 Princess HP: 20/20 Stage 1 Recoveries: 0 Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: 1 Stage 4 Bonus HP: [A.V.] ...There may be typos. This browser doesn't check my spelling. xD
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[A.V.] rolled 1 4-sided dice:
3
Total: 3 (1-4)
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:20 pm
Somehow, the trap hadn't really taken him by surprise, and he watched as Sherry plummeted into the hole.
What, and risk stepping on more traps going BACK? No thank you.
Besides, there were probably hunters on standby, so she was probably fine.
Ok, maybe not "fine", but she wouldn't die.
I never said I was a friend.
He wanted to take back the mutual benefit remark too, because quite frankly, she was quite useless right now.
At least I'm still human.
This only prompted a wide grin from him.
Well, whatever. Useless trainee aside, he pressed up, making his way up the tower to where the princess was.
The moment he laid eyes on her though, he stifled a snicker.
The princess's face seemed to bear an uncanny resemblance to certain division head.
"Don't worry, your majesty, I'll have you out in a jiffy."
Caelius!princess did not seem pleased.
After tinkering with the right manacle a bit, it finally popped up, and Jake grinned.
This wasn't so hard. Just one more to go.Status Stage: 3 Your HP: 40/40 Princess HP: 20/20 Stage 1 Recoveries: 0 Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: 2 Used Stage 4 Bonus HP: -
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[A.V.] rolled 1 4-sided dice:
1
Total: 1 (1-4)
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:36 pm
Pfft, what were people talking about?
This training course was a breeze.
Of course, he spoke too soon, and was currently fumbling when it blew up in his face, sending both him and the princess tumbling back.
"OW! ****, EXPLODING cuffs?!"
Whose brilliant idea was this?!Status Stage: 3 Your HP: 20/40 Princess HP: 10/20 Stage 1 Recoveries: 0 Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: 2 Used Stage 4 Bonus HP: -
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[A.V.] rolled 2 8-sided dice:
8, 3
Total: 11 (2-16)
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:10 am
Cursing as he clutched a bleeding arm, he half-dragged princess!Caelius, who was not missing a limb or two down the stairs, towards the shadowlings he fought near the beginning.
Oh hell.Status Stage: 4 Your HP: 20/40 Princess HP: 10/20 Stage 1 Recoveries: 0 Stage 2 Flags and Instincts: 2 Used Stage 4 Bonus HP: -
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