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IMPOCALYPSE
BATTLE MECHANICS
Note: characters that are heavily injured may acquire corruptions. There will be heavy maiming.
- 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.
BOSS ACTION
There is nothing left in this world.
The severed tentacles melt and dissipate, joining with the inky smoke in the sky - the smokefigure also dissipates, and the area continues flooding...flooding...flooding...flooding - until you are completely submerged in the dark sea. Certainly that's what it must be, even if you can still breathe...it's wet and cold here, freezing - and there's no light at all.
That is, until the gylphs painted in the sky by the octopus' ink begin to glow a blazing bright B̷̡̨̧̧̡̡̛̛̤̰͈̳̗̞͎͇̗̗̙̼̼̰̝̳̦̣̣̹̯͓͎̜̤̣͔̦̺̲͖̜̫̻͉̦̱͇̣͎̹̼̖̖̳̩̪̜͙͔̘̘͔̜̦͖͉̞̳͙̲̱̩̈̓̽̈́̈́͐̌̔͐̋̉͊̅͑͊͌͗͛̋͊̔͆̒̂̄̾̏̃̈́̄̄̇̑̾̌͊͆̓̊̾͂̑̈́̇̈́̀͋͐͂́̂̀̓͐̄̈̆͒͋̔̀̿̇̃͛͒̊̂͑͑̀̒̅̀́̉̆͑̋͗͂̐̕̕̕̕͘͜͜͝͠͝͠͝͠ͅL̸̢̨̨̧̢̧̧̢̢̡̧̛̛̛̲̱͎͕̠̣͎͎̫͙̺̦͙͕̹̗̱̫̤̫̭͎͙̣̻͎̙̠͇͇͖͎̣̖͙̞̺͙̝̥̺̥̙̘̻̩̙̗̣͚̺̦̤̥͚̠̻̱̲̞͓̦̗̱͙̳̱͔͍̲̪̭̞̤̯̰͓̖͙̘̭̯̼͇̹̱̪͈̝̫̳̯̜̪̣͈͌̅̓̿̄̎̀̂̅̍͊̿̆̒̓̑̓͋̄̄͑̍̏̒̍̌̈́̎̏̇̄̊̇͂̉̾̓͊͑͂̈́͐́̐̆̂̇̍̏̓̔͒̇́̋͗͛̊͆̿͛̐̇̊̑̓͐̓̏̈́̄̅̾̐̋̈́͋̿̃̉͗̽̀́̾̈́͌̍͌̊̄̏͂̐͛̀̍͋̎̇̄̍̅͋̿̓̌͛̈́͌͛̕̚̕͘̕͘̚̕͘̚͜͜͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͝͠͠͝͝͝ͅͅͅƯ̸̧̨̡̡̨̦̣̱̫̲͍̪̗̥͙̲̰͇̺͕̼̤͖̟̟̺̪͕͕̻̤̫̣̝͒̇̉̈́͋́̃̎̋̓̓̌͆̊͌̀͗̈́̃̄̉̿̋̌̍̽̈́̄̒̾̋̎͊̔̀̀̍̽́͋̆̅͑͑̌̾̓̀̊̿̿̎͒̓͗̎͒̓͐̓́͒̏̔̃̂͒̏̌̑̃̈́̄̀̾̈́̍̾̌̅͌̃͛͌͐̽͐̄̓̍̄̋̌̂̀̇̀̏̊́̊͊̌̉͑̀̓̄͌̄̀͑́͒͛͑̕͘͘̚͜͝͠͝͝͝͝͠͠͝͠E̶̢̡̧̢̧̡̡̡̢̡̨̛̛̳͍̬̮̻̥̺͚͓̻̫͕̪̺̖̘̹̼̲͈̺͚̫̻̺̗͚͓̣̝̮̭̲͕̥͇̳̼͙̺͈͉̜͈͔̣̮̦̱̣͎̟̰̺̹̲͉̙͎̹̣̗̝͍̙̘̫̫͍̟̼̮̝̜͖̭͇͙͚̝͔̝͖̪̘͎̞̦͎̳̠̼̣̰̦̺͎̪̠̣̥̞̜̜̟͕̺͉̫͙̞̞̼̯̥̹̦̦̹̫͇̙͕̼̦̘̱͚̺̣̩̘̙̼͐̈́̈́͆̀̈́͋̇̐͂͒̉͒̓̈́̏͑͋̃̿̀͐͜͜ͅͅ - the figures painted in the sky are almost incomprehensible, constantly shifting, and painful to look at, but they illuminate the area as if you were floating in the void of space.
You don't float, here. You're simply underwater - still in the city with your feet on the ground, but leagues beneath the sea. Deep, deep, deep down below, where nobody can hear you.
Nobody will ever hear you again.
The color here isn't merely dark blackness - it's something that pierces your soul. The sort of thing that threatens to tear you apart and make you as if you never existed - a dark orb of it seems to separate from the background and attaches to D.va, and immediately begins burning away at her. Not just her flesh, but her thoughts and mind and self. It is painful, and as it happens her mind is flooded with images of NOTHING.
The tentacles are still here, too - but nearly inperceptible and much faster now, in their natural environment.
The hands vicegrip Senpai, Horizon, Gladio, and Ordine, dragging them further into the void - out towards where the bay used to be.
For everyone else, the scenery seems to melt - drops of the black ooze drip everywhere, from every direction, but always towards the idols.
And the whole time, the words echo in your mind:
Never forget,
that when you feel happiness or joy,
it will never last long.
All things expire in the end. All things return to null.
When day is bright,
alway rember horrible night.
PLAYER (RE)ACTION
Re: PLAYER (RE)ACTION
It's
this.
Not even rolling for this, he's frozen as his absolute worst possible nightmare comes true. ]
Re: PLAYER (RE)ACTION
The grip the hands have on him immediately give him the impression that he's not going to be able to escape by wriggling. Not that he knows where he could even escape to in the piercing darkness, but he's not the type to just sit by idly. And he's still got a firm grip on his double saber so he does the only thing he can.
He attacks.
Attack Rolls: (4-6 to hit)
Active Buffs: Get Hype, Pack Behavior
Attack 01: MISS
Attack 02: MISS
Attack 03: MISS
Attack 04: [Hit 3 4] + [MISS] [Dmg 3,4 (7)]
Attack 05: [Hit 4 5] + [Dmg 5,6 (11)] [Dmg 5,6 (11)]
Attack 06: [Hit 1 6] + [MISS] [Dmg 3,6 (9)]
Total Dmg: 38 ]
Re: PLAYER (RE)ACTION
well-- that's a 1 to avoid getting covered in the ooze.
She's definitely way more than a little worried, now-- she tries her best to track the movement of those tentacles and swing for them when she can.
1 miss
4 hit | 1 + 3 5 2 htf + 4 mud
5 hit | 6 + 3 5 2 htf + 4 mud
5 hit | 2 + 6 2 2 htf + 3 mud
1 miss
50 dmg total ]
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[ this is too much. ]
[ she SHRIEKS for all the good it does,
b- but no one can hear her... so what's the point??? ]
[ there's nothing,
and she's slowly, but surely becoming nothing too. ]
[ n̞͇̏̅̇ͬ̆̓e͔̱̺͋̓ͩ̉v͍̪͇̬̞͚̬̔ͬͫͦe͍̜̘̐ͥ̃̍̈r͔̪̠̘̂͗.̑.͈͈̞͙̯̍ͨ̽̓.͕͇̼͉͓͙̙ͩ ̘̿ͭ̃ͮ̇̚̚f̗͉̮̠̥̤̯͆͌ͥeͭ̒é̠̺̟͉̞ͣͣ̒ͧ̓lͤ ̜̯̹͎͔̜h̹̱͕͔͔̍ͧ̏ͧa͉̭͇p̟̟͔̺͎̩̊ͦ̊p̳̖̟̖ͬi̬̊͊̈́n͙̦ẹ̟̮̲̥̮̾ͭ̄̓̋s̝s͖ͫ̈́͑͛̎̽̚.͚͔͚.̦̒̾̈̈́ͤͥ̉.̏̓́ͪ
̥̞̲ͬ̋̃̋ͤ̿̍.͓̫̱̤̳̏͊̊.̊͛.̹̟͚͉̱͍̂͆͋̉̊̉n̹͍̬̻͖̾e̜v͕e͙̼͇̲͓̍̋r͔͉̰͚͚̙͇ͮ͂̑ͧͯͫ ̺̮̻̟͛̌ͭͤͬͭl͔̥̒ͥ͑a͍͌̔͑̓ͤṡ͕̹̺ṫ̺͈͋.ͭ͊ͥͣ͑̑.̥ͧ̈̎̅.͇͇̱̗̈̆͋́ͯ̓ͦͅ
̣̱̟͓̤͍̇̑ͅ
͉̬̞͛͛͗́a̯̝̜͉͖͇ͧͥ͐͋̌l̼̣̜̃̿ͅl̗ͦ̈͌ͤ̓.̰͚̙.͈͈.͔̣̠̦̟̫̪̾́͂e͉̪̹̙̼̘͒x̱͙̺̘̯͖͐̆͂̒̄̈ͅp̲̣̭̜̹̥ͩ̊ͫͭ̂i̓̓r̰̼͙̪̜ͭ̿̌̆ͦͅe͎͚͚̻ͦͅͅ.͓̘̦͖͉̖̋̾̽̀ͨ.̳̗͕̣̖͌͋̎.̎ͩ͂̑
̳͇̹̋̈́ͯ͋
̫̹̊͂.͙̺̰͓̠͈.̩̳̠͍̰̝ͯ̍̍ͪ.̣̩͙̗̄͒̚h̙͈̍o͚͚͕̮ͦ̚r͚̱͉͉̪̊̎ͪr̘͍͎̮̾̐̆ǐ̮͂b͉͍͚̚l̦̾̍e̩̺̘͚ͥͥ̈ ̩̺̙̉̓ͦͩͥ̅͑ň͇̬̆ͨì͔̫̩̯̘͉͍̉͐̉́g̦̹̫̮̐͆͌ͧ̽h̼͇̝͉̙͎͖͛̓̑t͇͈͓̤̻͊̽̏ͨͅͅ.̲̳͕̣̹ͧ͐̅ ]
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His fingers spasm, right hand on cold metal. He’s still gripping the hilt of his sword. Gladio was fighting this. He can still fight this. Was there a point to fighting this? But Gladio’s always been stubborn…
He activates Bzzt, sparks of electricity arcing through his greatsword. Is it arcing through him, too? Gladio can’t feel it.
He stabs the tentacle holding him]
2 1 5 4)dmg 3 6, total dmg 18
6 6 4 5)dmg 2 4, total dmg 24
2 1 4 4)dmg 1 6, total dmg 14
4 6 1 5)dmg 3 2, total dmg 15
3 3 5 4)dmg 5 2, total dmg 14
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She's just. Sort of frozen though with all of this. She can't feel pain but she can feel the terror of what surrounds them.
And the fact that she still. can't. breathe.
Blood drips down her chin but she uses Makes Perfect to go again. She can do it... she can do it even if she feels as though she's about to black out and things are going blurry.
Hit: 5 x 2 = 10 hits
Dam w/ insolidarity: (4 2 4 1 1 2 4 1 3 2)2 = 54
Deadzone mud: +1 per attack = 64 total damage ]
Re: PLAYER (RE)ACTION
this incredible, pitch blackness, this terrible, horrible, nothingness that threatens to consume all--the hands on him, gripping him, that he can't see but can somehow feel
fills him with a deep and terrible rage. HE REFUSES! HE REFUSES TO ACCEPT THIS! EVEN IF HE DIES, EVEN IF HE BECOMES--NOTHING--NOT THIS!
he lashes out with his sword, letting the crackle of Bzzt! go off. If he dies, he dies, but he won't be taken.
cutting at these hands attempting to take himself, horizon, gladio, and ordine with his sword charged with bzzt!
attack 1 3 4 5, damage 3+3
attack 4 1 5 1, damage 5+1 total damage: 12
attack 1 2 3 1, damage 3+4 total damage: 0
attack 6 3 1 1, damage 3+5 total damage: 16
attack 1 3 5 5, damage 2+1 total damage: 6
attack 2 6 1 4, damage 1+2 total damage: 6 ]
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it is a horrible night.
With a quick, desperate glance around, he'll use his power to drag Kaguya to him so at least they aren't dealing with this alone.]
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A hand reaching out she grasps onto Izanagi and shakes him touching her chest and throat.
Help ]
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His movements are slow in the water, but he does reach out to lightly touch her chest, her throat, trying to heal if he can, but...]
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And she continues gasping, short of breath. She weakly shakes him some more as though that is going to help. But of course it doesn't.
She's increasingly light-headed and slumping over. ]
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At the same time that it's everything-- It's also ⁿᵒᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ. The silence is deafening, the blackness is blinding. Hands that he doesn't remember reach out to him, grasping onto his skin with a grip even more bruising than the speedy ichor limbs of t̴̝̽̅h̴̦̖́̕e̶̮͠ ̶̱̙͊v̵̮̥͗̕ó̶̥i̴̟͆͝ḑ̸̀̔, choking him and digging their nails into him and running ice in his veins for a reason that he has no context to.
he can't make anything like an action, here- the water that he's dragged deeper and deeper into isn't real but he's still drowning in it, it still fills his lungs and slows his mind and chokes him.
.ןןɐ ɹǝʇɟɐ ‘ɹǝʇsuoɯ ɐ ɟo ǝʇɐɟ ǝɥʇ sı ssǝuıןǝuoן ןɐuɹǝʇǝ uı pǝʞɔoן ǝq oʇ .sǝop ǝɥ ‘ʎןǝɹns ¿sıɥʇ ǝʌɹǝsǝp ǝɥ sǝop ]
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It's so painful, isn't it?
The orb leaves D.va, but it splits and attaches to Ordine and Senpai. Everyone else...everyone else seems fine? Because Kaguya, Req, Ordine, Gladio, and Senpai all put in one final effort and manage to sever the final remaining tentacles.
And then the gylphs go out.
And so do you.
Everything goes grey.
But you don't. Because you have each other, and you and everyone who knows you know who you are.
The words leave your mind. Light returns. You're back at the flooded ruins of the Family Mart and its surrounding areas, either in the sewer or around the hole leading down to it.
And the octopus writhes and screams with the voice of 1200 imps -
- and then it explodes into smoke, and vanishes into the air.
Victory! It's finally over.
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just. curls up for a second and takes a shuddering breath, covering her face.
(through the buddy bond with King, is a pulsing, alarming fear and tentative relief but also PRETTY FUCKING PARANOID what if the feelings come BACK this SUCKS) ]
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She also get to enjoy the pure existential terror just now, like three thousand years in a puzzle-void, like falling through an abyss forever, like being buried alive, like being unmade,
Anyway the bond is mostly white noise now, so there's that. ]
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kinda just, reassuring we're-alive-and-we're-ok vibes]
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He lifts his head and looks up at everyone he was fighting with. They're still in the sewer.
With a grunt, he gets up, offering an assist to anyone who wants to get up to street level before hauling himself up as well]
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So... that's that, huh?
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It's so, so hard to drag his eyes from the ground as he gets up on unsteady feet, but he does shift his backpack a little, just enough to pull out a still-sealed water bottle and take a swig. If anyone else needs it, well, he doesn't mind handing it off to them, either.]
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Lots of...wheezy noises while attempting and failing to properly exist atm]
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Even though he doesn't want to think about it--he can't help but refocus on it. Again, and again...
It doesn't stop him from slowly climbing to his feet (everything hurts, but what's new?) and using his sword as a cane to start limping away--back in the general direction that he's fairly certain the hotel is. ]
ORB EFFECTS
It also just burns. Wherever it's stuck to just sort of becomes melty, whether it's clothing, metal, or flesh. The orb is transferred by touch - it will leave any idol afflicted and move to another living idol they've made contact with - making contact with more than one person at the same time or shortly after one another will split the orb onto all of them.
The orb disappears after half a day without transfer.