Shounen System Playtest: Introduction Arc

[AlterForm]

Noticing Haruki reaching for a kunai, the ninja flips the chair he was just sitting in into the air, blocking the tossed knife.

He and the cloud of chakra move in to attack the intruders, with their friends (and their clones) following close behind. The closest ones unleash a flurry of taijutsu on our heroes.

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K8 moves to K9; attacks Haruki. (250 damage before DEF)
Acc - (1d10+3)[9] [MISS]
Eva - (1d10+5)[15]

Chakra Cloud moves to K10; 2 attacks on Haruki, 2 on Hissori, in order. (360 each hit)
Acc - (1d10+5)[15] [HIT]
Eva - (1d10+5)[13]

Acc - (1d10+5)[14] [HIT]
Eva - (1d10+5)[7]

Acc - (1d10+5)[15] [HIT]
Eva - (1d10+5)[14]

Acc - (1d10+5)[11] [HIT]
Eva - (1d10+5)[7]

Other ninja move into position; each pair is a pair of ninja+clone. L8/M8 is one pair.

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[Collin152]

OOC:I'm hoping those Chakra Cloud hits are affected by Resistance, yes?
If so, I took 520 damage.
If Defense, 580.
If neither... I'm down with that.
720 damage.

[AlterForm]

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Yeah, it's gonna be resistance.

[OverWilliam]

Hissori frowned. This was not right. These were no petty thieves, like they had been told they were being sent to fight, these men were using ninjutsu. They weren't trained to fight other ninja yet, they were barely Genin. Something was very wrong here.

Hissori readied his weapon and launched into another charging attack, relying on speed and evasion to slip through their lines and slice at avaliable weak spots along the way. However, a nagging doubt tugged at the back of his mind. This was all wrong...

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Starting position: L9

Technique: Kunai Dash, spend 40 EN

Enemy K8:
Attack: (1d10+5)[7]
Evade: (1d10+3)[5]

Enemy L8:
Attack: (1d10+5)[10]
Evade: (1d10+3)[13]

Enemy M8:
Attack: (1d10+5)[11]
Evade: (1d10+3)[6]

First and third enemies take 360 damage


End position: L7

HP: 360/(900); EN: 60/(150)

[AlterForm]

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I want us to try something that might speed this up.

Post your actions when you can, with conditionals if necessary. ie "Attack him, or move then attack him if he retreats." Add any rolls you think you may or may not need.

Once everyone gets their actions in, I'll resolve the round. Don't worry too much if your actions get invalidated, you can redo/change your actions until you're satisfied (just don't abuse the option, and causality must be maintained, ie no reacting to stuff that happens after you).

[Carinthium]

Oda heads for the north wall, and decides to attack the Ninja there with Tactical Slice. (Roll Total: 10)

[Collin152]

(So... does that mean I'm supposed to go, or wait for the end-of-turn recap?)

[AlterForm]

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Yeah, if I'm late getting up the round summary, just go ahead without me. I'll have this one's up in a bit.

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Of the trio of ninja Hissori sliced through, 1(K8) was a ninja, 1(L8) he missed, and 1(M8) was actually a clone.

Oda took out another clone.

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Will: Hissori, Enemies at 2; Oda at 4; Haruki at 1

Round Marker For My Reference

[AlterForm]

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Needed a new post for a roll.
Enemy Evasion Oda - (1d10+3)[7]

Don't forget to roll the enemy's evasion with your attack, Carinthium, just so we can save some time.

Also, which way are you referring to when you say north? Here in the US (last I checked) North = Up on a map. For now, I'm assuming you moved to T9, and attacked the ninja next to you. He poofs; another clone.

[Carinthium]

Can my character talk in other people's rounds? Talking is supposed to be a free action.

[AlterForm]

Yeah, talk as much as you want. The time-space continuum tends to slow down a bit for characters to speak during battles and such.

[Carinthium]

"Enemy ninjas!" cried Oda. "Surrender now and you shall be spared!"

[Collin152]

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Technique
Wind Step to M6, attacking the Ninja in L8.
Accuracy:(1d10+5)[10]

Cost me 10 EN.

Frustrated with his shoddy aim in throwing, Haruki dashes past his enemy, slashing at him with his Kunai as he runs by.

[Collin152]

Forgot the Evasion roll:

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(1d10+3)[9]

[OverWilliam]

I'd like to know whether or not that attack killed the dude before I waste a round on him as well.

[AlterForm]

Haruki's swift movements drop yet another enemy, but the rest aren't done yet.

The chakra cloud moves to cut off Haruki and Hissori, while the remaining ninja move to seperate Oda from the others.

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Yep, the ninja in L8 drops.

Chakra Cloud moves its center to M7, reorganizes its parts to L8, N6, and N7. 1 attack on Haruki, 1 on Hissori. (I'm starting to think swarms might be too powerful. Opinions?) It also uses a pair of boost cores on itself, hardening and granting DEF +20.

Attack on Haruki - (1d10+5)[15] (360 DMG, reduced by resistance)
Haruki Evasion - (1d10+5)[8]

Attack on Hissori - (1d10+5)[11] (360 DMG, reduced by resistance)
Hissori Evasion - (1d10+5)[7]

The O8/O9 pair move to R8/R9, and the one at R9 moves to S10 and attacks Oda.
Attack on Oda - (1d10+3)[12] (250 DMG, reduced by defense)
Oda Evasion - (1d10+2)[9]

[OverWilliam]

Hissori grimaced in pain, but shook it off. He changed positions quickly, closing the distance between himself and the next enemy, and launched a barrage of Kunai at him from a distance...

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Move to O6

Technique: Kunai Rain, spend 20 EN

Attack: (1d10+5)[13]
Evade: [roll]1d10+3[/roll]

Damage is 320 if hit

HP: 90/(900); EN: 40/(150)

[OverWilliam]

Re-roll Evasion from last post:

(1d10+3)[10]

[Carinthium]

Oda smiled, eying his foe. (Note: The one on S10) Feigning a weakness, he let his foe strike into it, then dodged and sliced him from behind with a Tactical Slice.

Oda's Roll: 6
Enemy Roll: 6

[AlterForm]

I assumed Hissori attacked the enemy in R8.

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[OverWilliam]

I'm the one that moved to O6 (that's the Kunai).

[AlterForm]

Fixed.

[Carinthium]

Also, what I listed was the base roll, without bonuses. Tactical Slice has +2 to Accuracy, and I have an Agility of 3. The ninja may also have some Agility.

[AlterForm]

Yep, still a hit. Also, Carinthium, any reason you aren't using the forum roller? The first page of This Thread has some good info on the syntax, and it's a great place to test rolling and whatnot.

[AlterForm]

Haruki pulled a kunai from his pouch, and stabbed it deep into the mass of chakra before him.

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Taking Haruki's turn so we can keep moving. Kunai attack on the Cloud.

Acc - (1d10+4)[8] (360 Precision damage)
Eva - (1d10+3)[5]

Need to resolve this turn before the enemies go.

Analysis Note: The HP seems awfully high on Swarms...

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Swarm is at 2540/2800

[AlterForm]

The Cloud closes itself around Haruki, while the last pair of enemy ninja gang up on Oda.

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2 attacks from the cloud on Haruki, 2 on Hissori. The ninja move to S9 and S10, then attack Oda.

Haruki 1
Acc - (1d10+5)[11] (360 Spirit Damage)
Eva - (1d10+5)[9]

Haruki 2
Acc - (1d10+5)[9] (360 Spirit Damage)
Eva - (1d10+5)[14] Attack Missed

Hissori 1
Acc - (1d10+5)[14] (360 Spirit Damage)
Eva - (1d10+5)[10]

Hissori 2
Acc - (1d10+5)[8] (360 Spirit Damage)
Eva - (1d10+5)[7]

Ninja S9
Acc - (1d10+3)[8] (250 Physical Damage)
Eva - (1d10+2)[5]

Ninja S10
Acc - (1d10+3)[10] (250 Physical Damage)
Eva - (1d10+2)[9]

[OverWilliam]

I call no fair. You never said that cloud was a separate target that we had to attack to make it go away.

I'm down.

[AlterForm]

I'm thinking swarms are definitely too powerful at this point. Let's see how the other two do, though.

[Collin152]

If that Chakra cloud was anything like the Mysterious Peacock technique, it should have faded away with its creator, and the creator should have been immobilized.
Just sayin'.

[AlterForm]

If that Chakra cloud was anything like the Mysterious Peacock technique, it should have faded away with its creator, and the creator should have been immobilized.
Just sayin'.

Yeah, 'twas a mistake to flavor it that way.

Hissori's definitely coming back, free of charge, unless you want to do it another way. I'm also going to cut back the adventure a bit to keep us moving and avoid redundant encounters. After this, I'll put together a L5 adventure, so if you have time go ahead and advance your characters to level 5.