Darky
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Post by Darky on Apr 3, 2022 9:04:53 GMT -6
Klang! The bells rang again, and the sphinx jumped the toy between herself and the hara, to keep up with Noari's general pace. If something intercepted him, it was best to be near enough to assist, even though the small miniature blonde-green form was quickly disappearing in the workshop's space.
A second 'klang' sounded when she swung the sword at the closest puppet, but only managing to hit the shield. It shrugged off the blow with ease, making her wonder, not for the first time, what exactly these things were made of..
Something that wouldn't remain a train of through for long, as the puppet behind it used the opening to dash past its friend and under her guard, stabbing its toothpick into the toe again. The sphinx grimaced and jumped backwards, able to deflect away the second blow from the blocked friend, but definitely starting to feel those cuts and stabs beginning to take a toll. If this was a battle of attrition, the puppets had an upper hand - While their numbers were finite, they were still more than just the one, which wasn't something the sphinx could say about herself.
(16)
Noari: 15 (1/5)
| Round 9
Darky attacks Toy #6 with Wooden Sword using Fencing (50).
Toy #6 defends with Shield-Block (40) using Wooden Shield (No defences left).
(3, 2, 2, 1, 1) + 2 = 11 vs. 18 = 6 + (5, 3, 3, 1)
Shield-Block succeeds!
Toy #6 blocks 40% of damage done.
1d6 (blunt) + 4d4 (dexterity) = (5) + (1) = 6 damage (blunt)
6 damage - 40% = 3 damage
3 damage - 0 armor - 2 shield - 1 resistance = 1 damage (Cannot be reduced below 1)
Toy #6's 10 HP - 1 damage = 9 HP
Toy #4 attacks Darky with Tooth Pick using Stab (30).
Darky defends with Fencing (50) using Wooden Sword (3 defences left).
(6, 6, 5) + 2 = 19 vs. 17 = 2 + (4, 4, 4, 3, 1)
Stab succeeds!
1d6 (pierce) + 1d4 (strength) = (4) + (3) = 7 damage (pierce)
7 damage - 0 armor - 3 resistance = 4 damage
Darky's 26 HP - 4 damage = 22 HP
Toy #6 attacks Darky with Tooth Pick using Stab (30).
Darky defends with Fencing (50) using Wooden Sword (2 defences left).
(6, 1, 1) + 2 = 10 vs. 23 = 2 + (6, 5, 5, 3, 2)
Fencing succeeds!
Darky blocks 50% of damage done.
1d6 (pierce) + 1d4 (strength) = (3) + (3) = 6 damage (pierce)
6 damage - 50% = 3 damage
3 damage - 0 armor - 3 resistance = 1 damage (Cannot be reduced below 1)
Darky's 22 HP - 1 damage = 21 HP
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Post by Darky on Apr 3, 2022 9:06:16 GMT -6
And speaking of.. between hitting the bells and the resounding hits against the wooden shields, the sphinx suddenly noticed more than a few more toothpicks starting to appear in the ant nest of a toy crowd, but while every other toy looked to be moving a random direction skittering this way or that, the toothpicks certainly looked to be converging on one very specific location - Her own.
Damn, the ears flicked backwards. Sometimes some plans works a little TOO well.. "Hey, Noari!" she called over the shoulder, "Please hurry up!" Death by a thousand paper cuts wasn't exactly something she ever considered a viable way to go, but it could get pretty realistic in about a few minutes' time.
But not without a fight. The sword swung out, and although it only managed to hit the first toy's shield, she none the less turned and booked it, running along the conveyor belt towards the hara's direction, while deflecting stabs at her wake.
(17)
Noari: 15 (2/5)
| Round 10
Darky attacks Toy #6 with Wooden Sword using Fencing (50).
Toy #6 defends with Shield-Block (40) using Wooden Shield (No defences left).
(6, 4, 3, 1, 1) + 2 = 17 vs. 19 = 6 + (5, 4, 3, 1)
Shield-Block succeeds!
Toy #6 blocks 40% of damage done.
1d6 (blunt) + 4d4 (dexterity) = (3) + (4, 4, 3, 1) = 15 damage (blunt)
15 damage - 40% = 9 damage
9 damage - 0 armor - 2 shield - 1 resistance = 6 damage
Toy #6's 9 HP - 6 damage = 3 HP
Toy #4 attacks Darky with Tooth Pick using Stab (30).
Darky defends with Fencing (50) using Wooden Sword (3 defences left).
(5, 3, 1) + 2 = 11 vs. 13 = 2 + (3, 3, 2, 2, 1)
Fencing succeeds!
Darky blocks 50% of damage done.
1d6 (pierce) + 1d4 (strength) = (2) + (2) = 4 damage (pierce)
4 damage - 50% = 2 damage
2 damage - 0 armor - 3 resistance = 1 damage (Cannot be reduced below 1)
Darky's 21 HP - 1 damage = 20 HP
Toy #6 attacks Darky with Tooth Pick using Stab (30).
Darky defends with Fencing (50) using Wooden Sword (2 defences left).
(4, 3, 2) + 2 = 11 vs. 15 = 2 + (4, 4, 2, 2, 1)
Fencing succeeds!
Darky blocks 50% of damage done.
1d6 (pierce) + 1d4 (strength) = (6) + (1) = 7 damage (pierce)
7 damage - 50% = 3 damage
3 damage - 0 armor - 3 resistance = 1 damage (Cannot be reduced below 1)
Darky's 20 HP - 1 damage = 19 HP
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Post by Darky on Apr 3, 2022 9:07:12 GMT -6
Meanwhile, Noari's mission, while straightforward, wasn't exactly straight-directional. His wings took him to the end of the workshop's back wall well enough, well out of reach of most toys (and none were raining down on him now) but once there, the instructions.. rather ran out. There were a multitude of machines and a number of different buttons on all of them, some of them with rather reddish hues, but none that seemed to cream 'big emergency stop button'.
Hovering in the air, buzzing left and right, the hara bit his lip a moment, unsure where to proceed.
Behind him, the sphinx's scampering across the conveyor was hampered by a low-hanging beam, forcing her to duck and slide under it. The puppets giving chase had no such need, seeing as it was plenty tall enough to let them past, so the mammalian flipped around mid-slide to strike at one of them.
Wooden bits went flying, but the second one remained hot on her heels, stabbing at her hands while she tried to deflect the best that she could. Even so, the conveyor behind her had a bit more crimson streaks from the sliding that it perhaps should have, considering her feet and hands were a mish-mash of small, easily bleeding cuts.
(18)
Noari: 15 (3/5)
| Round 11
Darky attacks Toy #4 with Wooden Sword using Fencing (50).
Toy #4 defends with Shield-Block (40) using Wooden Shield (No defences left).
(6, 5, 4, 3, 2) + 2 = 22 vs. 25 = 6 + (6, 5, 4, 4)
Fencing hits!
1d6 (blunt) + 4d4 (dexterity) = (1) + (4, 3, 3, 1) = 12 damage (blunt)
12 damage - 0 armor - 2 shield - 1 resistance = 9 damage
Toy #4's 3 HP - 9 damage = -6 HP
Toy #4 is down!
Toy #6 attacks Darky with Tooth Pick using Stab (30).
Darky defends with Fencing (50) using Wooden Sword (3 defences left).
(6, 5, 5) + 2 = 18 vs. 22 = 2 + (6, 6, 4, 3, 1)
Fencing succeeds!
Darky blocks 50% of damage done.
1d6 (pierce) + 1d4 (strength) = (6) + (3) = 9 damage (pierce)
9 damage - 50% = 4 damage
4 damage - 0 armor - 3 resistance = 1 damage
Darky's 19 HP - 1 damage = 18 HP
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Post by Darky on Apr 3, 2022 9:08:53 GMT -6
Pushing herself up, she twisted in the air to land on her feet, still facing the puppet and swinging the sword in the same motion. A 'klang' rung through the workshop as the puppet brought up the shield to deflect.. but it wasn't entirely enough. Prior damage had left its wooden form already weakened, and the strike merely caused the shock-wave from it to splinter the form behind the shield instead, sending pieces clattering backwards.
The sphinx rose to her feet, breath and heart-rate accelerated, as she inspected the slices across her hands and feet, and feeling a wince as she moved. That might take a bit more bandaging than a bandaid when home..
..Not that they were home-free quite yet. The toothpicks in the crowd were rushing closer, and she could already see three more of the puppets climbing the conveyor from where they came.
"Noari! The button!" she called, turning and running towards the back of the workshop, while more toothpicks emerged from the crowd left and right.
The hara's hands fidgeted nervously, unsure which to hit.. until he realized the clatter of the workshop around them, and that hitting the wrong one could hardly do any more damage.
So he began to hit all of them.
(19)
Noari: 15 (4/5)
| Round 12
Darky attacks Toy #6 with Wooden Sword using Fencing (50).
Toy #6 defends with Shield-Block (40) using Wooden Shield.
(4, 3, 3, 1, 1) + 2 = 14 vs. 21 = 6 + (4, 4, 4, 3)
Shield-Block succeeds!
Toy #6 blocks 40% of damage done.
1d6 (blunt) + 4d4 (dexterity) = (1) + (3, 2, 2, 2) = 10 damage (blunt)
10 damage - 40% = 6 damage
6 damage - 0 armor - 2 shield - 1 resistance = 3 damage
Toy #6's 3 HP - 3 damage = 0 HP
Toy #6 is down!
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Post by Darky on Apr 3, 2022 9:09:29 GMT -6
The conveyor belt shifted, suddenly beginning to spin and run back towards where the sphinx had come, inevitably stopping her as she ended up running in place. Throughout the workshop additional sounds of machines whirling and hissing to life began as well, adding new noises and sounds to the chorus of chaos, though the toys seemed hardly to notice. Darky blinked as her momentum basically stopped and turned to look behind her only to see three of the puppets looking to be in the same predicament.
All in all not an overly terrible situation to be in.. if the conveyor hadn't also carried along a bit of broken masonry which she didn't notice until too late. Her foot caught, her balance causing her to at least break the fall with her hands, and suddenly the puppets were getting an awful lot close.
Scampering to some form of stable position as best she could, she brought up the sword to defend herself, as three puppets lunged…
And then there was a sudden surge of energy throughout the workshop, like an arcane wave of discharge, and everything fell silent. The puppets landed around her, unmoving, the crowd of toys that buzzed around so loudly, remain still where they were, and all the machines were off. Even the lights had flickered dead, though gradually began to hum back up once the shut down was complete.
From the far distance, she could hear the fluttering of hara wings, and eventually saw Noari buzz towards her with a questioning look. It had worked.. With a tired exhale, she flopped back down on the conveyor, giving the hara a slightly paper-cut thumbs up, "Good job, Noari.. Let's just.. let's just take a brief breather and then go let the foreman know, alright?"
(20) - (added)
Noari: 16 (0/5)
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Post by NPC on Apr 18, 2022 9:57:06 GMT -6
Wow! What an impressive battle! Congratulations, you have successfully completed the quest! Your QP has been added to the bank and your prize will be sent shortly.
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