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IMPOCALYPSE

BATTLE MECHANICS

This is a turn-based fight. PCs will take their turn, the boss will react, and then the boss will take their turn. Players will react and take their turn, and so on and so forth.

You may take up to six actions in one turn, including dodge. You may attack up to 6 times if you're not dodging, and you can attack even if you are dodging or fail to dodge. If a swing delivers more than one attack (throwing multiple projectiles at the same time) then it's counted as one "action".

With every strike/blow/attack, .roll 1d6 twice (or !2d6. MAKE SURE TO DO IT THIS WAY BECAUSE NADEKO IS A TRAITOR. The first dice determines whether your attack succeeds or fails, with 1-3 as fail and 4-6 as success. The second dice determines how much damage you inflict on the boss. Please include both numbers with your comment on your turn.

Roll for every strike, not for every turn. If your character decides to shoot 4 times in succession, roll a 2d6 for every bullet.

Green text can be dodged, but red text is guaranteed damage. Dodge by using a 1d6, 1-3 as fail and 4-6 as success.

UNIT ABILITY MECHANICS ARE HERE, but please note: this is not the end-all be-all of how these powers can be used, and these are not the only powers that can be used in a fight, these are just the ones that affect rolls specifically. The session's runner always has the final say, so ask if you want to do something cool but you don't think it's street legal. (It probably is.)

Note: characters that are heavily injured may acquire corruptions. There will be heavy maiming.

EFFECTS LIST
Black substance, both sticky and acidic
A sticky substance that seems to cling to everything it touches, and is impossible to pull off. It melts through flesh, but the more it melts, the more it seems to become absorbed. Sufficient absorption of this substance in any capacity (skin absorption, digestion) will result in corruptions that may be permanent. May be removed by severing the affected area, or by bringing the affected area to the deadzone.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ When something is working why stop then. Activating makes perfect Kaguya searches for the next biggest threat. It's the one attacking Hiryuu... and Shrike. Since there are a number of people already attending to Hiryuu, Shrike it is. ]

Let her go...!

[ Swinging around it's another skull-cracking with her staff, using in solidarity to it's fullest

Hit: 5
Damg: 4+4 = 8 ]

D.va RIPS AND TEARS the tree-demon mercilessly, which

doesn't quite kill it. But K's final strike does, and the demon finally poofs into black smoke. The demon that grabbed Shrike tries to chase after her but is struck by Wildfire's bullet and Persephone's dagger, redirecting its attention. Before it can focus on Persephone, though, Kaguya brains it with her staff, and god how do these things even still have skulls left at this point?

The demon stomping Hiryuu, on the other hand, lets out an anguished roar immediately after as she shares her pain with it, and though Cardinal doesn't seem to do any direct damage to it, the force of the Warpstrike plus Aurora's punch and the dragon Aibou attacking in tandem send it toppling to the ground.

Levi's demon is still sad and alone, with the exception of Noah cutting off its extra hands (which poof into smoke the moment they're disconnected) to prevent more grabbyhanding.

😢

The lonely demon is so sad. It's so sad! It just wanted to play with a dragon and instead he'd rather just hang out with his girlfriend and now it's stuck with this cat! It cries out with the force of fifteen heartbroken imps - it's a window-shattering, bone-shaking scream, and Persephone, Cardinal, Hiryuu, Kija, and Noah all must roll 1d6 to not have their ears severely damaged.

The demon now facing Kaguya, on the other hand, tries to grab her face and liqueify its hand into the black substance once it has a hold of her.

The demon fighting Hiryuu is too busy being on the ground with an old woman and a tiny assassin on top of it while writhin in pain to do anything about any of this.

[Noah grits his teeth, flattens his ears, and weathers the noise as gracefully as he can (6). Which involves trying to stab the damned noise-maker, thanks. (3, 2)]

[All right buddy you've made your point.

[Foresight tells K his first tactic is a bad one. (2 HIT + 3 DAM)

[His second is... not so much a tactic as it is body checking the goddamn thing claws-first while it's too busy screaming to pay him too much in the way of attention, but it does have the advantage of working rather better.

[ 4 HIT + 5 DAM ]

[ Suddenly it feels like his ears are bursting and they do with only a defense roll of 2. He turns that pain right off though-- immediately working to heal himself and push down the memory of how badly that had rattled his ears.

Before the one down on the ground beside him and Hiryuu and the rest can do something similar, he reaches out and places his claw upon it's face, activating crawling in my Skin-- and immediately sets to work destroying it's mouth and face, attempting to fuse everything together.

Hit: 5
Dam: 3 ]

Edited 2020-07-24 00:33 (UTC)

[ 6 to headbutt the demon attempting to hurt kaguya, because, no, fuck off, that is HER friend and no one is going to hurt HER friends. it's kind of a drive by though... because while her own ear drum hadn't been pierced by that howling demonic asshole it did manage to get her undivided attention. ]

[ she lets out a shriek of her own that's not nearly as loud, though, like, half the people here wouldn't even know - oops - and runs at him; HELLO NEW FRIEND... IT'S TIME TO DIE!!! ]

[ 6 to hit,
4 5 3 1 5 6 1 = 25 damage. ]

Edited 2020-07-24 00:47 (UTC)

[ WELL NOW HER EARS ARE FUCKED UP TOO

evade 3

but I guess also the demon playing with grandma and tiny assassin ALSO gets to feel that pain.

Aibou whips around and starts fucking ripping up the squalling demon. YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH A DRAGON, COME PLAY WITH A DRAGON!

6 to hit, 4 for damage ]

Edited 2020-07-24 00:46 (UTC)

[Gonna shoot the demon facing Kaguya, thx, that's his support grandma and he doesn't have many of those. They are a special commodity.

(1, miss, why does he always miss the first shot!!!
6,3 for shot 2.)

[4 on the screaming roll. a sigh of pain, barely more than exhaled breath, though he knows exactly how to pitch his voice to shatter glass if he wanted in return.

he's not going to do that. instead, he pulls his other stiletto dagger out of his hairstick and taking a moment to observe the situation, throws it at the demon that is attacking Kaguya, with a carefully calculated arc as it comes down, trying to blind it.

(4, 6.)

[ Oh.

She doesn't have a lot of time to react when the large demon facing her suddenly grabs her by the face with only a dodge roll of 1. And so it catches her, literally, head on.

Blindly she swings her weapon at it to try and force the creature to drop her-- unwilling to go down without at least a little damage using in solidarity

Hit: 6
Dam: 2 + 2 = 4

[The old woman isn't letting up, either. She's stumbling, just letting muscle memory take control as she tries to throw another punch at the demon on the ground, rolling 1 to hit, 3 for damage.]

Edited 2020-07-24 00:47 (UTC)

[Cardinal flinches, hearing completely blown out. (dodge 1) They flip off the demon, flinging their live sword back for the feint to catch, who comes in and stabs the demon (hit 3 | dmg 4) Cardinal lands and after a quick dagger through themself to get their hearing back, loads their rifle, taking aim at the grounded beast and firing two shots (hit 2 | dmg 5; hit 1 | dmg 6.]

[ she recalls her feint, and warpstrikes to the screaming demon, since several people are on their way to assist Kaguya—she can at least make sure it doesn't try to follow any of them.

5 to hit, 5 damage
3 (miss) ]

The lonely screaming demon is warpstruck by Shrike, stabbed by Noah (who's blade sticks but does damage regardless), and bashed by Hiryuu's Aibou, knocking it over on its face - just in time for D.va to descend upon it, tearing it apart until it poofs into smoke. Her knocking by the demon attacking Kaguya on the way doesn't really hurt it much, but it does put it in a prime position to slashed by K, headshot by Wildfire and then blinded by Persephone - it croons and flails, dropping Kaguya (though not before getting acidic goop all over the top half of her body) once she smashes it with her staff. It seems mostly finished now, as it hobbles backwards...

...

Wait, where is that music coming from?

And while that's happening, the demon Aurora and Cardinal are on is stabbed, punched, and finally shot. It lies still, seemingly finished, but...?

Edited 2020-07-24 01:12 (UTC)

...it explodes.

Acidic black ooze rains down on Aurora and Cardinal eating at cloth and flesh. The final demon, the one facing Kaguya, puts in a last ditch effort - a tremendous, sixteen-armed SEDECUPLE LARIAT - a tornado of solid fist and muscle almost as frightening as the fire tornado that tried to sweep everyone away at the beginning. Kaguya, K, Wildfire, and Persephone are all subject to its multi-hit bone-shattering blows as it spins to win.

Edited 2020-07-24 01:04 (UTC)

[ ?!?!?!?!?! ]

[ the explosion startles her, all four ears standing up, but then as the other demon starts changing into... a bigger demon her attention refocuses. oh, yeah, it's not over yet. but also, rude, multiple appendages are her thing!!! ]

[ she rushes at the 16-armed demon from behind to pounce on it and attempt to rip&tear. ]

[ 2 to hit,
2 3 1 1 3 1 5 = 16 damage. ]

Edited 2020-07-24 01:12 (UTC)

[OH GOD, IT BURNS]

Edited 2020-07-24 01:11 (UTC)

[ hey you know what's a normal and reasonable fighting strategy and that's THROWING YOUR SWORD (4, 2) at the demon to warpstrike to said sword, and then trying to drive several swords into its spinal column (3, 5; 5, 6; 2, 1). ]

[Cardinal threads a blade under their blouse and whips it off with one stroke, flinging at least some of the ooze off. They grip their teeth and bring their rifle to bear again, aiming at the whirling arm demon. (hit 6 | dmg 1; hit 5 | dmg 6)]

[Oh shit--

[K uses Smokebomb again, stumbling back (1) only to find an opening a split second later and dive clear of the assault (6!)

[He's off-balance, though, and doesn't fancy his immediate chances of getting up close and personal with that thing, so tears a knife from his sleeve and flings it at what he desperately hopes is center mass.

[K is no knife thrower and survival knives are not balanced for throwing. Still, it's an attempt!

[He's probably gonna have to go get that back later.

[ 1 HIT + 4 DAM ]

Edited 2020-07-24 01:28 (UTC)

[You know what kind of sucks? Have your ribs and arm break as you get in the middle of the ~~luka luka fever~~ lariat crossfire. (2, 2) He doesn't even know how to scream from all of that pain at once.

He doubles over, but almost on a reflex, he takes the empty gun in his hand and throws it right at the demon. It doesn't do much damage, but you know, he's not all there atm. (6, 1).]

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[
2. thanks to smokebomb, 5 on the dodge roll. dances out of the way of the ultimate wrestling move, in and out like he's just dancing with it, makes this unearthly beautiful.

unfolds his sharp-edged dancer's fan from somewhere in his skirts and tries to slash at it twice
(3 4)
(2 5) and presumably misses, before he dance-dodges back out of melee because he doesn't want to be anywhere near that.]

Edited 2020-07-24 01:18 (UTC)