Without Rancor (Open - 4 players, combat)

[GM Nicha]

Beast Minder 2 moves to engaged with Vala and hits her for 7 damage no pierce. Pass a boost on to the next NPC.

Beast Minder 2 attacking Vala in melee.

Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: 1

The surviving two members of the group Vala has been raining fire on charge forward, stabbing at her with their shock staffs! One of them manages to land a glancing blow.

[Rece Charak]

Rece withers under the onslaught of return fire and has to beat a hasty retreat to keep out of reach of the rancor. But he still manages to lay down a solid barrage of fire that wounds the rancor, knocks Old Merc's helmet around, and gives Rece some space to breathe.

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Action: shoot Old Merc.
Maneuver: move to medium range.
Incidental: draw stimpack.
Maneuver: use stimpack.

D9 Without Rancor - shooting Old Merc - short range

Net Successes: 6; Net Advantages: 5+1=6

Flip destiny point for Anatomy Lessons.
15 + 6 successes + 1 Point Blank + 4 Anatomy Lessons = 26 damage, pierce 1

1 advantage to crit
D9 Without Rancor - crit Old Merc - 2 crits, lethal blows 1, durable 3 | 1d100 ⇒ 47
Head Ringer: The target increases the difficulty of all Intellect and Cunning checks by one until the end of the encounter.

5 advantages to recover strain

Wounds: 1/13
Strain: 5/12
Soak: 5
Defense (Ranged/Melee): 0/0
Stims: 1
Crits: 0
Destiny points: 3 light, 3 dark

[Tomin]

((Ghosted))

Tomin aims and then hits Old Merc for 12 damage pierce 2. She also crits him for an agonizing wound. 1 advantage to pass on a boost.

Agonizing Wound: The target increases the difficulty of all Brawn and Agility checks by one until the end of the encounter.

Tomin at Old Merc, shot range, silhouette. Aim

Net Successes: 4; Net Advantages: 2

Tomin Crit on old Merc. 3 existing crits + lethal blows 1 durable x3 | 1d100+10 ⇒ 58

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Tomin focuses, letting the noise of battle quieten her focus on the charging Rancor...1....2....3...then she fires, the shot hits the beast just above the heart and it staggers with pain.

[Zephrin Hayn]

The Rancor looked to be on its last legs. Zephrin almost felt sorry for it, poor thing. Nevertheless he dashed in and cleaved into its head, trying to make this as painless as possible.

His blue blade arced out and up through the beast into Old Merc! The rifle went tumbling away and his saber left a nicely cauterised hole in the grizzled Mandalorian.

Zephrin took a moment to survey the battlefield. He steadied his lightsaber and took up a Soresu ready stance.

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Maneuver to Move to engage.
Action to attack.
D9. Old Merc fight! Attack Old Merc. Accurate 1. Boost from Tomin. Silhouette 3. Adversary 2. Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: 3
9 damage, Breach 1.
1 advantage to Crit.
2 advantages to heal strain.
Triumph to make Old Merc drop that damned rifle he keeps shooting me with.
Crit on Old Merc. 4 crits -3 durable = crit +10 | 1d100+10 ⇒ 110 Horrific Injury.
Horrific injury to 1 = Brawn, 2 = Agility, 3 = Int, 4 = Cunning, 5 = Willpower, 6 = Charisma | 1d6 ⇒ 1 -1 Brawn until Healed.

WT: 5/17
ST: 8/15
Soak: 5
Defense: 1
Stims taken: 0
Crits: 0

Note: Destiny flip if attacked.

[GM Nicha]

Minder 1 moves to engaged with Tomin and hits her for 10 damage no pierce. Boost to next NPC

Minder 1 running up to attack Tomin. Boost from previous NPC. Defence

Net Successes: 4; Net Advantages: 1

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The second group of minders also surge forward to protect Old Merc! One of them manages to land a hard blow on Tomin's shoulder as they swarm the Jedi.

[GM Nicha]

Old Merc dismounts off his Rancor, draws a knife and attacks Zephrin for 8 damage pierce 3.


Extra difficulty for agonizing wound

Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 0

Old Merc at Zephrin with a knife, horrific injury, agonizing wound. aim

Net Successes: 3; Net Advantages: 0

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The Rancor makes an agonised sound and slumps to its knees before weakly trying to stand.
"No." Old Merc kicks his feet out of the stirrups and jumps clear of the Rancor, rolling to his feet. "You have done enough, rest." The Rancor snorts and then relaxes, breathing weakly.

Drawing a knife with his good hand the Mandalorian charges at Zephrin. "But I have not yet begun to fight!"

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Player's Note: Old Merc is now adversary 2 defence 2 and silhouette 1.

[GM Nicha]

The Azurdactyl breaks free and flies to short range from everyone but Rece, who it is at medium range to.

[GM Nicha]

Round 3

Initiative

NPC Slot
PC Slot
NPC Slot
PC Slot
PC Slot
PC Slot
NPC Slot
NPC Slot


Destiny

3 Light/ 3 Dark

[GM Nicha]

Beast Minder 2 attacks and hits Vala for 9 damage 0 pierce.

Beast Minder 2 at Vala

Net Successes: 3; Net Advantages: -1

The surviving beast minders let out a cheer at Old Merc (or what's left of him) keeps up the attack! Reinvigorated they get back to stabbing.

[Tomin]

Tomin's focus is pulled from the center of the fight by the BeastMinders' attack cutting into her shoulder. It's more instinct than strategy that whirls her away from them, just enough to bring the rifle to bear. Even as her Master's voice chides her for relying on the rifle instead of the lightsaber at her side, she sends a point blank pulse of destruction into her attackers. Maybe she'll practice her saber forms more when not fighting for her actual life.

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Maneuver to Disengage to Short Range
Grab stim: Incidental
Maneuver to stab Stim (+2 Strain)

Day 9: Without Rancor: Targeting Minder 1 group: Short range, Accurate 2. +S for Defense, -S for Grip

Net Successes: 3; Net Advantages: 3

11 Damange, Pierce 2 (I'm just going to leave that typo)
3 Advantage to crit

(10 wounds from Minder 1,-3 from Soak, -5 from stim)
(Strain 6 for 3 turns of extra maneuvers -1 from advantage round 1)
WT: 2/14
ST: 5/15
Soak: 3
Defense: 1
Committed ⬡:1 (Mark on Old Merc)

[GM Nicha]

Azurdactyle moves to short range from everyone and prepares.
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With a fierce screech the Azurdactyl flaps its wings and starts climbing sharply, soaring high up into the sky, its beak glinting....

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Player note: Azurdactyl temporarily has defence 3 as it soars in preparation for a dive bombing attack!

[Zephrin Hayn]

As the Rancor fell it felt inevitable that this was going to end in a duel! Old Merc's blade slipped through his defenses, but the proximity allowed Zephrin a clean strike in return. As they circled each other he used a stim to nullify the damage.

Zephrin's Force Sight showed the Mandalorian's life force was strong. "It is not too late to withdraw. You could retire, perhaps breed rancors?"

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Action: Attack.
Incidental: Draw stim.
Maneuver: Use Stim, 6 wounds back)
D9. Old Merc fight! Attacking Old Merc. Adversary 2. Defense 2. Custom Grip. Accurate 1. Net Successes: 3; Net Advantages: 0
11 damage, Breach 1.

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WT: 5/17
ST: 8/15
Soak: 5
Defense: 1
Stims taken: 1
Crits: 0

Note: Destiny flip if attacked.

[Rece Charak]

With his breather complete, Rece would like nothing more than to continue dogging the now-dismounted Old Merc. But tunnel vision is how you get yourself run over by your own armored car. Zephrin seems to have his knife fight well in hand, but Rece's fellow blaster wielders are being swarmed by extremely dangerous working class persons with spears. He moves back in to get a clear shot on the ones attacking Tomin.

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Maneuver: move to short range.
Action: shoot Beast Minders 1.

D9 Without Rancor - shoot Minders 1 - short range

Net Successes: 2; Net Advantages: 6+1=7

15 + 2 + 1 Point Blank = 18 damage, pierce 1

Recover 4 strain.
Boost die to the next PC
Boost die to Vala.

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Wounds: 1/13
Strain: 1/12
Soak: 5
Defense (Ranged/Melee): 0/0
Stims: 1
Crits: 0
Destiny points: 3 light / 3 dark

[Vala Roke]

Awkwardly still entangled and now getting poked by the same people who trapped her, Vala could only fire back at them in hopes to get some room to breathe. Some her shots kind of went stray as a distraction before she hit her intended target.

Action: Attack Beast Minder 2!

Day 9, Without Rancor, Round 3: Shoot Beast Minder 2 at Engaged!

Net Successes: 3; Net Advantages: 4

Of course, the time I wasn't Guns Blazing!

12 Damage to Beast Minder 2
1 Boost to the next PC
1 Boost to Zephrin Hayn
1 to recover 1 Strain

Wound Threshold: 8/14
Strain Threshold: 9/14
Soak: 4
Defence: 0

[GM Nicha]

Old Merc aims and attacks Zephrin, but he misses. He'll double boost the azurdactyl and heal some strain. Despair is used to upgrade the Azurdactyl's attack difficulty next turn

Old Merc with a knife and pretty much every critical injury at Zephrin. Aim. Zephrin is destiny flipping.

Net Successes: -1; Net Advantages: 5

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The many, many wounds are taking a toll as Old Merc stabs at Zephrin and then gets slashed back by Zephrin, he grunts, dropping to one knee momentarily before forcing himself back to his feet.
"Still got my job to do, still got the ability to do it."

[GM Nicha]

Round 4

Initiative

NPC Slot
PC Slot
NPC Slot
PC Slot
PC Slot
PC Slot

Destiny

2 Light/ 4 Dark

[GM Nicha]

The Azurdactyl moves to engaged with Rece and hits him for 11 damage no pierce. Triumph to knockdown.

Azurdactyl on Rece, Rece dodging and difficulty upgrade

Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: 2

Extra dice from silhouette

Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: -2

The Azurdactyl tucks its wings in and dives. The creatures moves incredibly quickly, glinting in the sun as it aims for Rece and bowls him over with a strike of its beak! It then extends its four wings and shrieks!

[Rece Charak]

Rece rolls over onto his back and wipes the mud from his visor, glaring up at the azurdactyl. "I liked the other one better!" He fires up into its exposed abdomen, bringing the reptile down into the mud with him. He crawls out from under its wing and stims away the worst of the bruising.

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Action: shoot Azurdactyl.
Maneuver: stand up.
Incidental: draw stimpack.
Maneuver: use stimpack.

D9 Without Rancor - shoot azurdactyl - engaged, foregrip, silhouette, adversary 1, Vala boost

Net Successes: 5; Net Advantages: 3+1=4

15 + 5 successes + 1 Point Blank = 21 damage, pierce 1

Recover 1 strain.
Boost to the next PC.
Boost to Zephrin.

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Wounds: 3/13
Strain: 2/12
Soak: 5
Defense (Ranged/Melee): 0/0
Stims: 2
Crits: 0

[GM Nicha]

Old Merc attacks Zephrin and hits him for 6 damage pierce 3. He will use advantage to crit.

Crit is off balance, add a setback to Zephrin's next skill check.

Old Merc at Zephrin with crits, Zephin destiny flip and Old Merc destiny flip. Double aim

Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: 4

Old Merc crit at vicious 1 on Zephrin. | 1d100+10 ⇒ 22

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Old Merc goes in low and manages to stab Zephrin in the leg before staggering back, looking around to see he was the only member of his force still standing. He shrugs.

"Do it."

[Zephrin Hayn]

As Old Merc's attack came in Zephrin's tight Soresu defense parried the attack at the last possible moment, turning it aside (Parry for 5 + Soak 2). With his friends finishing off the last few enemy forces he gave a respectful nod. This was not an opponent who would ever give up, never surrender.

"You fought well. Rest now, become one with the Force." The Jedi's aim was true...

Maneuver: Aim
Action: Attack.
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D9 old Merc fight. Attack Old Merc. 3 boosts from Vala and Rece. Accurate. Aim. Adversary 2. Defense 2. Custom Grip. Net Successes: 5; Net Advantages: 6
13 damage, Breach 1.
1 advantage to crit.
Crit on Old Merc. Because how many can he take? All of them... Durable 3 + 5 crits taken = +20 | 1d100+20 ⇒ 89 Compromised (no shit). +1 difficulty until end of encounter.
5 advantage to recover strain.

WT: 5/17
ST: 6/15
Soak: 5
Defense: 1
Stims taken: 1
Crits: 0