Eberron With Giant Robots 00

[Nerd-o-rama]

Deneith blocks all three strikes with his own blade before slicing at Crowbar again with a somewhat weapon-inappropriate battle cry of "MOUNTAIN CRUSH!" (12 damage; you feel that one through your DR)

"And what are you learning from this?" he asks.


Bazranak immediately goes to stand next to Nozomi and tries to swipe some of her popcorn.

[Winged One]

Nozomi shares her popcorn with Bazranak, but intends to punch him in the nearest of his livers if he takes too much.

[Lucid_Archon]

Volker moves next to Bazranak, and tries to pluck the occasional kernel away from him.

[ExHunterEmerald]

"I'm learning that I should never owe you money," says Dencamp as he rakes Deneith again.
(Two attacks, then five foot step to one side so I can continue to interpose between that capstan and him.)

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Attacks one and two (1d20 7, 1d20 7=[2, 7], [3, 7])

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Iames, if you want to return fire for Casfail.jpg, here's your chance.

[Lord Iames Osari]

"That would require tampering with people's perceptions... I don't really know how to do that. Maybe if we suggest it to the artificers, they could incorporate something like that into the suits."

You can make people and things afraid. Isn't that tempering with their perceptions?

((And nah, too lazy. I'll just blow a raspberry instead. ))

[The_Snark]

"It's different. Fear and doubt are very easy to inspire in most creatures, since they're already there to some degree. I'd have to figure out how to alter perceptions, and then practice doing it subtly enough to only change a color slightly, and even then I think it would take more power and concentration than is worth it. Unless the artificers can help with that."

[Winged One]

"Hm? Why would you want to make something look a different color? Our experiments conclusively proved that painting mobile suits red doesn't make them go faster years ago." Nozomi asks, looking up from the fight.

[The_Snark]

"Targeting," Shiali supplies succinctly. "Zephyr was wondering if I could make high-priority targets appear a different color, to help mark them out. And maybe make them easier to see, too."

[Nerd-o-rama]

"Yeah," Bazranak agrees. "It's actually gold that produces better performance."

((Normally I'd NPC the way through combat, but I'm busy and willing to let this go slow for a bit until I get less busy.))

[Winged One]

"Why must you tell these lies, Bazranak? Anyway, it sounds like more fun than getting combat data on AP-001 and useful enough to justify doing it instead. How about it?" Nozomi asks the lying dwarf.

[Elvith Jars]

{{Sorry, got busy last few days}}

"Actually," Crowbar responds, "Yes. I think I just figured something out. WHIRLING DEATHSTRIKE!" AP-001 suddenly leaps into the air and does a quick spin, bringing his practice sword down on top of the Commander's head in the process. It looks like a precursor to a flying leap attack.

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Attack: 1d20+8=18
Damage (subdual): 1d10+7=8
Action Point (attack): 1d6=5

[Nerd-o-rama]

Deneith grunts under the blow, then shifts forward and smacks Crowbar twice (13 damage after DR). "Excellent! I like your spirit. Technique could use a little refining, though," he says to the Warforged.

"Another lesson, Mr. Bertrand, is to focus attacks on an enemy you know to be damaged, like Mr. Crowbar here. It seldom pays to leave a damaged enemy undefeated; best to remove him from the fight."


"Do what?" asks the confused, lying dwarf. "Paint the Aether gold? Sure, why not."

[Winged One]

"No, modify the displays to change the apparent color of some enemies for targeting purposes." Nozomi explains.

[ExHunterEmerald]

Dencamp remains carefully neutral. His swords, however, continue to try that stabby thing.
(I don't know if Crowbar's still up, but I hope he is.)
Attacks w/flank (1d20 7, 1d20 7=[6, 7], [5, 7])
...Okay, seriously, what the flying ****. This **** needs to stop last week.

"As long as we're asking questions, what was that fire trick of yours you did on our first sortie?"

[Elvith Jars]

Crowbar is definitely reeling, another solid hit or two and he's likely to drop.
{will post more tomorrow, been a busy day}

[Elvith Jars]

Rather bothered by the California voting results, work dumping on him and forcing him to justify the work his boss told him to do, catching a cold and experiencing a flat tire- all in one day- Crowbar takes an angry stab at the Commander, not caring whether he is standing upright in the next few seconds. At least tomorrow/the next combat round is another day/combat round.

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Attack: 1d20+9 = 27
Damage: 1d10+8=16

[Lord Iames Osari]

Zephyr hangs out and waits for the dwarf to answer, or for something exciting to happen that he has to react to.

[Nerd-o-rama]

"Some kind of minor illusion spell could wor--ooh, that was embarassing," Bazranak says as Deneith is knocked hard by Crowbar's bludgeoning and then whiffs his counterattack.

[Winged One]

"Maybe a heavily modified prestidigitation? I don't know if that's actually possible, but it should be more efficient if it is." Nozomi suggests, unsurprised at Crowbar's performance.

[ExHunterEmerald]

If this fails again I am going to do unkind things to the guy who programmed IC's RNG. (1d20 7, 1d20 7=[5, 7], [9, 7])
...Son of a bitch!

"Crowbar, let me take the next few so we can last a little longer."

[Elvith Jars]

"Hm, not a bad idea. CIRCUMCISE!" AP-001 proceeds to deliver a swift chop to the Commander's groin and then step out of the way to let Dencamp bear the brunt of the attacks. It's more a distraction than anything so that Crowbar can disengage.

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1d20+9=13,
1d10+8=10

[Nerd-o-rama]

"Sorry," says Deneith, parrying all three attacks, "already had that taken care of."

Deneith fluidly shifts along with Crowbar, hitting him with an attack of opportunity. "Two lessons for you: first, this is the Thicket of Blades stance. Very useful." He follows up with another heavy swing. "Second, always ask for healing between engagements if it can be provided." (13 and 15 damage after DR).

[Elvith Jars]

Crowbar attempts to figure out what the Commander is talking about, just before passing out from his attacks.

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Martial Lore: 1d20+1 = 13

[Nerd-o-rama]

(Not high enough to recognize his stance, so I'm going to say your action stands.)

Deneith grins, and prepares to hop over Crowbar and make a run for the capstan.

[Winged One]

"Commander, who exactly is the capstan supposed to represent? There's a reason support units are called that, after all." Nozomi asks, fiddling with her channeling rod.

[Lord Iames Osari]

((Could Zephyr move to place himself between the commander and the capstan, or would he have to use hustle?))

[Nerd-o-rama]

(You're close enough to move in, I'd say.)

Deneith looks puzzled for a moment. "It's an objective. A flag. Base. Purely abstract in its importance. Why?"

(Dencamp gets an action before Deneith moves, and anyone who feels like interfering can too.)

[Winged One]

"Oh, I thought this was supposed to help them prepare for real combat. Crowbar did say it was to help them keep enemies away from support units, after all. My mistake" Nozomi says slyly.

[Lord Iames Osari]

Well, as one of the aforementioned support units, I suppose I'd better get over there, Zephyr says, moving over to the capstan. After all, even support units are far from defenseless. With those words, Zephyr points a finger at the commander and shoots a blue-white beam of frigidity at him.

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Move over to capstan and draw rapier, designating Deneith for Dodge and Psionic Dodge, giving me an AC of 20 against his attacks, since defensive precognition is still active.

Spending 1 power point on Energy Ray (cold) (1d20+6=20, 1d6+1=7). If the commander is within 30ft, Point Blank Shot grants another +1 to the attack and damage rolls.

[ExHunterEmerald]

Dencamp wheels his swords and ends up in a defensive stance with one sheathed...While he slowly shifts his balance to one leg.
(Readied action: Trip attempt when he makes a break for the capstan.)

Edit: What, you want rolls? Fine then. Hopefully since it's a readied action it won't provoke an attack.

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Side theory--I think the RNG at Invisible Castle may be based on length of the name field. Therefore I will attempt to use Denny's full name and hope my roll doesn't, ah, suck the bag.
Touch Attack (1d20 6=16)
Well, that SHOULD hit, and if not I'll burn an AP for it.
...And I thought you could make a Dex check to trip. Must be fancy Tome of Battle hijinks for that.
Oh well.
Strength check to try and trip (1d20 1=8)
RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Action point because SCREW YOU, IC (1d6=4)