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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

[ Man Eater neatly dodges the swing of the tree (dodge check: 4 6 5 5), jumping clean over it and timing it so he can push off the trunk for momentum, hurtling himself straight at demon #4. unfortunately, his flying kick at the head is a miss (attack check: 2 3 1 1) and he lands on the ground with a "tsk." ]

[ Demon #1 is blinded with a pained shriek by Sashay's claws, leaving it open to be stabbed by Duality's spear. It staggers back, seeming to be on its last legs.

Demon #2, attacked in the back (furi: hand) and the front both, isn't particularly happy either—the hand, which had been turned into an elephant seal's flipper by Talon and then kicked off, is finished by Jay's blow, disappearing into billowing smoke. Nero and his Feint sets the demon on fire and cuts it respectively, and it screams, staggering back.

Demon #3 crumbles to Hurricane's strikes, the spots that are cut literally turning to ash. Demon #4 isn't particularly hurt by anything but seems offended anyway, screaming at all of this carnage. How dare you! ]

[ With three of the demons badly injured, they all look to each other and then—all at once, all four of them begin to scream, blood-curdling and eardrum-bursting (roll 4 dodges per ear to survive The Screamening).

Demon #1 grabs Sashay by the torso, crushing them and swinging a fist down on Duality using Sashay like a tiger claws, except just the one claw, and also it's a squishy person (but bones are hard, ok and Sashay has one on anyway so it counts maybe).

Demon #4 does the same, reaching out to Man Eater to grab him and try to slam him into Jay and Talon.

Demon #2 splits apart into dozens of hands, reaching out to grab Nero and try to pull him into itself.

Demon #3 meanwhile is retreating, grabbing a large chunk of debris to throw it at Hurricane from a distance.

You hear thuds and feel the ground and debris vibrate with each thud; it's as though something(s) was approaching. ]

[He backflips out of the way of the flying debris handily with a 6 to dodge, then ducks his head and sprints to close the distance between himself and the demon he's been facing]

[Halfway there, the screaming hits - wave upon wave of sonic horror. He cries out as his ear drums burst - staggers - forces himself to keep going]

[When he reaches his target, his blades are relentless, flashing quick and deadly. It's almost like he's trained for this, somewhere in another world]

[Hit: 6 Damage: 1 4
Hit: 6 Damage: 6 3
miss (2)
miss (3)
Hit: 4 Damage: 2 3]

Edited 2020-07-24 03:11 (UTC)

[The sonic assault ruptures both his eardrums, so Nero can't even hear himself when he screams. It leaves him completely vulnerable for the existential horror of a demon splitting into so many hands, all grabbing him at once. (dodge 1) The Feint poofs out of existence on contact, leaving Nero to try and jam his flaming blade into the writhing mass of the demon.

hit 5, damage 1+2]

SHIT--!

Edited 2020-07-24 03:03 (UTC)

[well, that is disorienting. and now Jason can't hear for shit.

and he can feel the thudding. this is obnoxious to fight without a sense, but he'll make due.

once he's sure his brother is free -- and that he doesn't have to dodge an incoming man eater -- he's going to grab the dagger that the feint dropped, but with his injured shoulder and miss (2). the dagger doesn't have nearly enough force behind it.

but the kris dagger?

that thing is fucking sharp (hit: 4), and he will drag it down the mass of hands for 17 damage (5+2+6+4).]

[ Talon curses and snaps his hands into place over his ears just in time—there's a little bit of ringing in his hearing, but he hasn't lost it.

He can't make out the thudding through the ringing, and there is no way he's landing on an injured foot like this, so he shifts his attention to the rest of the battlefield in search of the nearest weakpoint. But instead he notices Jason flinch trying to swing that dagger and Jason struggling under the mass of hands, and he abruptly changes course and zips high into the air and then down, daggers held to drag viciously down the heap of demon hands and flesh

DODGES:
1st ear 2 4 1 1 4 2 3 1 3 6 3 5
2nd ear 1 6 2 4 6 2 5 2 4 6 3 6

DAGGERS
1st: -miss-
2nd: ATK: 6 3 || DMG: 2 5 ]

Edited 2020-07-24 03:13 (UTC)

[(rolls for left - right ear: 6 4 6 4 - 2 1 5 3.) he immediately covers his ears at the screams with a gasp, but once it's over his right ear is ringing and he can't hear out of it and it hurts—

— (rolled 1 on dodge) and he doesn't hear the approaching fist as the demon flings Sashay crashing into him, and he barely tries his best to break the fall, broken ribs already limiting his movements. he absolutely goes down, feeling more of his bones crack underneath the heaviness of the blow.

Titanya still hasn't been attacked herself, so she lunges at the demon's throat again, sinking her teeth into it for unfortunately minimal damage (4 1)]

Edited 2020-07-24 03:12 (UTC)

[ Oh well that's some not-great cracking sounds from their torso.

Fortunately, Hysmine Blessing lets them fight through the pain and they manage to block out most of the sound, taking only some Decent Damage in each ear (4,4,4,3 and 4,6,4,2)

once they're done getting smashed into Duality they just laugh and lunge forward while still in the demon's grip to try and bite at and tear off a couple of its fingers, so they can break free.

6 to hit, 1 + 3 + 3 + 4 = 11 damage! ]

Edited 2020-07-24 03:13 (UTC)

[ GOODBYE EATER'S EARS. both eardrums rupture, but he just grits his teeth and withstands the pain—there's no time for distractions. he manages to give Demon #4 the slip again (dodge check: 5 1 4 2). then he makes a countergrab for the demon's arm (attack check: 5 1 1 1), and with a stamp of his foot on the ground, activates Curse of Chains to bind it to the ground (damage roll: 1), hopping back in the same moment so he's not in its path when it makes impact. ]

[ Titanya distracts Demon #1, long enough for Sashay to tear through the fingers and escape. It seems to be on its last limbs now, swaying.

Demon #2 is unable to capitalize on capturing Nero—his blow stalls it, and the hands are severed by Jay and Talon. As though that were too much for it, the demon dissolves, melting into smoke.

Demon #3 suffers a more horrible fate—Hurricane's blades strike fatal blows, and the ash spreads along its whole body before it crumbles, entirely, to ash.

Demon #4 is slammed to the ground, briefly stunned by Man Eater's attack—it struggles in its spot, unable to quite move itself up. ]

[ Demon #2, looking too injured to fight, sways in the air and then falls on Duality and Sashay, one final strike—though it's not quite dead yet.

Demon #4 presses its other hand onto the ground, swinging its leg to send a sweeping kick Hurricane, Man Eater, Nero, Talon, and Jay.

The thudding grows closer. ]

Edited 2020-07-24 03:27 (UTC)

[he's already halfway off the ground again, and by some miracle (6 dodge!) manages to dive to the side, barely catching himself against the ground. he grabs a metal pipe from the debris and immediately flings it like a spear at Demon #2 to finish it off if he can. (6 4) god this hurts.

Titanya goes on to bite and scratch at whatever available part of Demon #1, keeping up her assault as long as Duality is conscious. (4 4) (3 5) (4 5)]

[He ducks under the sweeping kick, pulling off a forward roll to dodge with a 5.]

[Then he pivots toward Demon #4, blades flashing, twisting and dodging as he gets up close and personal to try and cut this one to ash, too]

[miss (2)
Hit: 6 Damage: 4 2
Hit: 6 Damage: 6 5
miss (3)
miss (1)]

[That thudding sounds bad, but that is a problem for future Hurricane]

[ Man Eater just barely clears that kick (dodge check: 4 4 3 3).

he's wasted enough time with this one; he darts forward and swings down his own leg directly over its head (attack check: 1 5 1 6), packing a particularly hefty punch with his power buff going (damage roll: 6). ]

[well the kick sweeps him from the back, knocking him forward with a crack (dodge 3), though he tucks his shoulder just a second later and rolls back onto his feet.

he's got some blood on his temple now, but he doesn't seem bothered.

Instead he rushes forward, and hits demon #4 with the kris (4), again drawing it deep, for 21 damage (5+6+6+1+3).

He goes to grab another throwing dagger from his jacket-- and grabs it, but his grip is weak from his fucking shoulder again (1), and it slows his reaction.]

[ Talon swoops cleanly over the leg with a successful roll of 6, and arcs around to swoop straight over Jason's head as his shoulder seizes up again, slashing furiously at the demon to force its attention off of his brother.

Daggers:
1st - miss
2nd - ATK: 6 6 || DMG 6 2 ]

[ they hop back out of the way of Demon #2 (6), leaping over it to charge Demon #4. Once they're close enough they're jumping onto its back to slash twice at its spine.

4 to hit, 1+1+6+4 = 12 damage!
4 to hit, 4+3+6+3 = 16 damage! ]

[Nero stumbles free of the hands grabbing him, immediately opting to summon a dagger to stab himself and heal his bleeding ears-- which makes him utterly miss the incoming kick headed his way. It slams into him, throwing him back like a ragdoll across the concrete, skidding painfully to a stop.]

Fuck off!

[He quickly stabs himself in the chest, before even getting up - then summons a sword point blank at demon #4's face. In a blink, he's off the ground and warping to the spot - and while the momentum of the sword doesn't land, (hit 3) he reflexively twists his body and slashes into it with Red Queen (hit 5, damage 3+3= 6)]

[ Wow!

All these fuckers are dead!

Demon #1 (which was marked as #2 sorry) dissolves into smoke with Duality's strike, while Demon #4 crumples up into ash due to Hurricane's blows—it's completely defenseless against Man Eater's kick, before it's just sliced the fuck up by Talon, Nero, Jay, and Sashay. It's not even ash by the time you're all done with it—it's already completely scattered into the wind.

The thumping grows ever closer . . . and then . . .

You see Something dark in the far distance—but it doesn't seem to have noticed you.

It moves on, leaving you alone . . . for now.

Finally, you can tend to your wounds. Some dark fog still hangs in the air, but you've found victory. ]

Edited 2020-07-24 04:02 (UTC)

[he is.

going to basically fall back onto his ass, hard, as literally everything hits him at once.

so.... much.... pain all at once.]

Fuck.

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