andres ♔ a tiger's waiting to be tamed

[nosdacariad]

♬ clocks - coldplay

WHO || Prince Marcus Andres, Jeanne Gar, Myrilandel de Tanos, Finnick Odair, Spike, Buffy Summers, Sterling Archer, Desmond Descant, Dimitris Sarandis, Lara Tamon, Michael Collins, Dana Green
WHAT || The lost Prince of Andres leads a team of Knights in a coup against Dimitris Sarandis, to reclaim his throne
WHERE || Andres Isle
WHEN || September 19th, 2014
HOW || Actionspam

[ It seems that Wynn was hoping for Sir Mark Sandazhard to reveal his true identity, and to lead the charge against Dimitris Sarandis' tyrannical hold over the island he was born to rule.   He was not disappointed, and Prince Marcus Andres stands poised to lead the group of Knights who he's worked beside for two years, to confront Sarandis, save their friend Kat, and search the castle dungeon for the captive Dragon's Claw, Sir Thomas Bancroft.    

Before they attempt to answer the castle, however, it's time to reunite the Prince with his childhood friends on the Isle, who had long held out hope that he was still alive, including his once-betrothed, Countess Lara Tamon.  Their first task will be to convince Lara to make a risky attempt to draw Kat out of the castle.  

The fate of their captured allies, and the future of Andres Isle, lie in their hands.  ]

Comments

[nothingsodivine]

[Wow, Buffy. You just fucking killed a dragon in two rounds. You're a little scary. Accept these are compliments you will be getting all your life.

Des rolls his eyes and presses forward.] No arguments here.

[rationalizes]

We must be getting close at least. [ still, gar keeps her gun out as she walks past mark, putting a hand on his arm for a moment, before they both move to press on, heading through the tunnel.

ahead, there are two large sealed doors set into what looks like it must be the underground wall of the palace. flanking this door, however, are two silent sentinels, metallic statues twice the height of any of them, that resemble armored giants. gar cranes her neck, looking up at them with wide eyes, as they stand there, silent and immobile. ] ... Oh dear.

[bigbad]

Whatever you say, St. George. [And they're moving!

Spike cranes his neck, looking up at the giants.]

Too much to hope they're just decoration?

[nothingsodivine]

Or just want us to answer their questions three...

[des sucks in a careful breath and takes a few steps closer.]

[65]

They have questions?

[ your reference . <--------------------------------> . finnick ]

[bigbad]

Yeah, better make sure you know the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow... [I refuse to regret that nat 20 pop culture check. REFUSE.]

[nosdacariad]

Uh, guys-- [ mark stares with growing apprehension at the statues as yellow gas begins emitting from the lip of their helms, clouding the chamber. fortitude saves mothafuckas.

with a 15, mark starts choking on it, even as gar tries to cover her mouth (fort 25). ]

[nothingsodivine]

[Des slaps a hand over his mouth and groans behind it, the sound coming out muffled and agitated. (fort save 29) GOD DIMITRIS. WE'RE JUST HERE TO KILL YOU. FUCK OFF ALREADY.]

[bigbad]

[Spike's nat 20 (total 40) fort save means he's probably fine. He's just gonna... not breathe for a while. He's a vampire he can do that.]

[slay]

[ fort save 19. could go either way ??? ]

[65]

[finnick's fort save was a whole 11. ANOTHER MAN DOWN OVER HERE, choking and coughing and shit.]

[witchwoman]

[Myri got a 20 total fort. Could be okay? Could be coughing. WE JUST DON'T KNOW.]

[rationalizes]

[ the poisonous gas has a DC of 20. those who fail feel their strength failing them... and lose 3 Constitution. this also includes losing hit points equal to their level*the change in your Con modifier. this affects both maximum possible hit points, and current hit points.

time for some init 8) ]

[nothingsodivine]

[Des sees several of the team go down coughing, and swears from behind his shirt. He raises his gun and fires off two shots at the bronze one (atk 23, atk 25), but both of them just ping off the thing like nothing.

That's nice.]

[bigbad]

[Well, nothing about this is good. Spike growls and runs towards whichever statue is closest, using a ~heroic surge~ to get his full attack, but it's not all that useful (atk 23, atk 16).]

[witchwoman]

[This is...not going well. Myri watches Des and Spike both fail to cause any damage and she realizes that she might have something to help. Maybe it will actually work this time.... unlike the time she tried to use it on the beholder. Using Flame Strike, she calls a column of fire on the golem that Spike is not in melee with because she doesn't want to set him on fire. (Damage 35, reflex DC 20 for half damage.)]

[nosdacariad]

[ spike's fists clang uselessly against the metallic monstrosity, and as the area is flooded with heat from myri's extravagant column of flame, she'd see it turn the bronze colored one a superheated red... that seems to sizzle oddly over its surface, certainly dealing no damage to it. mark charges forward to strike at the silver one with excalibur - but even the mighty sword of legend doesn't leave so much as a cut on it. ] What the hell are these things? [ the words prompt another coughing fit from him, the poison still lingering in the air around them. ]

[65]

No idea. [finnick recovers from his coughing fit long enough to take a shot at the golem — atk 23. ping :( ]

[rationalizes]

[ the superheated golem starts to move before their eyes, stepping forward silently, and bringing down two of its massive fists - one at des (atk 41, dmg 27 ) and another at myri (atk 43, dmg 29), the concussive force of the blow feeling like it could about knock them out. don't forget to make massive dmg checks during this fight: if they take more dmg than 2x their Con score from a single blow, they must make a DC 15 fort save, including any negatives suffered from Con dmg taken by the poison gas.

and the scariest thing of them all...

gar crit failed her knowledge check. the only possible way she can not know everything. ] I-- I don't know!

[witchwoman]

[Myri falls to the ground, broken and bleeding and...not moving. Sure failed that fort save and then failed it again on the action point attempt. Fate is against her here.

/sneaks this in to not hold things up, basically.]

[slay]

Oh boy. That's not good. Very very not good.


[ Her eyes widen, staring up at the beasts. When the magic doesn't work, she whips her head to the side instinctively to call over her shoulder. ] Kat, do you— [ ahahahah

ha

ha.

kat definitely does not have anything for this. kat is not here. and she looks back just in time to see myri fall. ]

NO!

[ her grip on her axe tightens. looking up at the golem that felled myri, she snarls, ] You really, really shouldn't have done that.

[ and charges toward it, taking a swing (atk 39, dmg 27). ]

[nosdacariad]

MYRI! [ mark's shout is dulled by the sound of buffy's axe clanging into the side of the bronze golem, hard. she does manage to leave a tiny dent in its side, but the blow vibrates her to the core, as the hard metal absorbs the majority of her attack. now is probably also a good time to note that these things are immune to both crits and penetration dmg.

silver moves forward beside his buddy, and proceeds to attack her - given that she's the first one to even do anything to it. (atk 47 - critical blow. 40 dmg.) and then a crit fail!! its second fist sails over buffy's head and into the side of his friend (29 dmg), leaving a massive dent in it. ]

[65]

MYRI!! [finnick yells in unison with mark i guess, and immediately loses all composure. or will to fight. like they were doing that gr9 anyway???? the only thing that matters to him is myri. so he runs over to her, and ... gets a nat 20 treat injury to stabilize her. cries about it :( ]

[isisagent]

Well, do bullets kill them?

[Fortitude save... fail. Con drops to 11, HP drops 16! Yikes... Keeping the double tap train rolling on the one that dropped Myri. Fuck that guy, he kind of likes Myri.]

[ATK: 24, Damage 14, and Heroic surge to do it all again, ANOTHER 24, but only 8 damage.]

[Also, Archer will use his 'In harm's way' ability, to jump in front of the next attack that gets thrown near him. He can shield any adjacent ally from a blow, and if it misses Archer's AC of 23, it misses them both.]

Don't anyone fucking die - I don't feel like carrying any bodies around today.

[rationalizes]

[ sorry archer, no dice. Just like gar, his shots are seemingly ineffective. Also, those who failed their last fort save vs poison have to make another one or take two more con damage. ]

This isn't working!