[dice=Soak (Stamina + Fortitude)]2d10+1d10
[dice=Self-Control]3d10
Miles barely feels the knife plunging into his gut, save for a flash of pain.
...
...
...and something else. Rage. Unbelievably powerful rage, clawing at his mind.
just the 1 dot of fortitude for getting tougher.
When the shot goes wild he flinches but he tries not to step back in fear it will make him more easily a target. He screamed out in a mix of fear and rage. Rory swings the club like a baseball player going for a homer.
2d10 (Strength)
2d10 (Melee)
1d10 (Potence)
[3 Successes][Brain Fart, move this till after everyone else... no idea why I posted, guess I am just eager to get going.]
you still act before the robed guys do again, so it isn't terribly out of sequence.
Henry's pulse races though the usual surge of excitement he feels is somewhat diminished and yet more intense as he swings at the gunman who stabbed Miles with the table leg.
Dexterity
Damage
As Henry suspected, he just isn't very good at this sort of thing and misses...
Miles' eyes light up with fury & fear as he turns his wrath on the man who stabbed him, and swings his table leg at him!
Billy moves over with ill intent toward the robed figure that stabbed Miles. Fully intent on caving in the robed figure's skull, Billy swings with all of his might.
Overzelous in his swing he only manages to graze his target.
As 3 of them mob one of the robed men, they almost get in each others way.
Except for Miles, who connects with a solid hit to the torso of his foe.
Rory swings at his enemy again. 3 successes.
Rory gets a glancing hit on his target.
The one being mobbed tries to slash at Miles again.
The one fighting Rory turns and runs back through the door, leaving his ally to his fate.
Miles' rage keeps building, nearly to a boiling point... but he somehow manages to hold himself back.
"Oh, no. You don't get off that easy for what you did to me!" He snarls before throwing himself after the fleeing man...
In case there is confusion, the one being mobbed by Miles Henry and Billy isn't fleeing. The one that was only fighting Rory is.
Henry presses on the one in front of him emboldened by the skill of his comrades, well compared to his meager skill anyway.
Dexterity + Celerity
Damage + Potence
Yet again, Henry is really just flailing as you can't call what he is doing fighting to be sure.
"Too many cooks in the kitchen I suppose..." Billy says as he chases off after the fleeing robed figure, swinging his club.
Rory charged in after Miles his club still in his hand. His celerity increasing his speed somewhat and he moved to close quickly swinging for the back of the head of the foe. "Get back here!" he called out in a snarl.
5d10[2 Strength,2 Melee, 1 Potence]
[Just realized a Club is Strength +2]
2d10
[5 Successes]
The fleeing enemy avoids the swings of both Billy and Miles.
The blow seems like it should be on target to brain the robed man, but he shifts his head out of the way at the last moment.
He continues moving down the hallway, reaching the bottom of the stairs.
"To arms, the subjects are free!"
The other one tries to attack Henry.
1 damage
Henry gets slashed across his torso. He can try to soak and realizes that he has become tougher from the ritual as well.
Miles tightens his grip on his club before swinging at the fleeing man again. He's rapidly growing frustrated with how slippery the bastard is.
Soak
Henry gasps as the blade slashes him across the chest. Yet for some reason the pain is not as terrible as he thought it would be. The excitement of my first fight perhaps?
He lashes out with two strikes of his own.
Melee Attack - Table Leg Finally almost landing a blow!
Melee Attack - Table Leg His confidence in his growing abilities is short lived though as his backswing misses.
Soak 3d10+1d10
Henry gasps as the blade slashes him across the chest. Yet for some reason the pain is not as terrible as he thought it would be. The excitement of my first fight perhaps?
He lashes out with two strikes of his own.
Melee Attack - Table Leg 1d10+1d10 Finally almost landing a blow!
Melee Attack - Table Leg 1d10+1d10 His confidence in his growing abilities is short lived though as his backswing misses.
The first one is a hit.
The first one is a hit.
The first one is a hit.
I would prefer if you guys roll damage, I have a couple times for people to keep things moving. But if you guys roll the damage I can't be blamed when the RNG gods fail you.
The table leg slams into Henry's attacker. Damage .
Billy continues to chase after the robed figure heading toward the stairs, swinging his table leg as he arrives.
Billy's table leg shatters into several pieces as he hits the edge of the stairs.
The fleeing man is finally overwhelmed and beaten to the floor.
The one by Henry attacks him again with the knife.
but deals no damage and the dagger slips from his hand.
You can hear people moving upstairs.
Miles doesn't waste any time once one of his captors is brought low--he grabs the man's gun and starts running through his clothes, looking for loose ammo.
Henry sees the dagger and knows he needs to retrieve it. A sudden burst of quickness allows him to grab it and stab upwards.
Dagger Attack
Dagger Damage
Henry sees the dagger and knows he needs to retrieve it. A sudden burst of quickness allows him to grab it and stab upwards.
Dagger Attack 2d10
Dagger Damage 2d10+1d10+1d10
Henry's slash catches the man across the neck and he collapses clutching his throat.
Grab the downed bad guy's gun and any ammo he has on him!
Miles doesn't waste any time once one of his captors is brought low--he grabs the man's gun and starts running through his clothes, looking for loose ammo.
[dice=Perception + Alertness?]3d10+1d10
Miles finds ammo and power for 6 shots.
"Alright, seems we have a couple of plays here. We can go up the stairs and try and escape and deal with however many are up there or we can wait down here and use the stairs as a choke point and kill the bastards one by one. What you lot think?"
Henry should be panting but he isn't, What in bloody hell is going on!
"Do any of you feel... odd.
At any rate, I daresay that you have more experience with such things Bill. Negotiating contracts, operating cotton mills, finance these are the things I know. But I fear none of that will aid us in the here and now..."
Miles pumps his fist in relief as he finds spare ammunition in his kidnapper's coat.
"Alright, seems we have a couple of plays here. We can go up the stairs and try and escape and deal with however many are up there or we can wait down here and use the stairs as a choke point and kill the bastards one by one. What you lot think?"
Miles' eyes dart around to the top of the stairs. "I'd be happy with just running for it, honestly."
"Do any of you feel... odd?"
"Could you define 'odd', sir?" Miles turns to the well-to-do chap while fiddling with his gun, trying to load it with shaking hands. "Because... well, I don't know how I can explain it, but I just felt extremely angry. Like I was on the verge of snapping or something."
You advance up the stairs when you arrive at the top you see more stairs heading to a second floor and a hallway. You can see a door at the end of the hallway, there are 2 doors off each side of the hallway. All the walls and floor are stone. You can still hear movement coming from rooms down the hallway.
"I'll bet the end of that hallway is the way out. We will face enemies no doubt. Has one of you the pistol from our earlier fracas? Either way we need to move and quickly they already now we are free!"
He begins to sprint towards the end of the hall and freedom.
Henry holds the bloody dagger at his side knuckles white he is holding it so hard.
Miles brandishes his new pistol and starts following Henry.
no idea where any of these lead to please God let this be the way out
"Fair enough, let's give that door at the end of the hall a shot."
The group reaches the door and as they open it they hear a door opening behind them and the sounds of angry yelling.
When you look back you see 3 guys in some kind of leather vests moving towards you. They each have a knife in one hand, one of them has a sabre as well.
Henry opens the door, "Let's hope this leads to freedom else we'll need to fight in this hall!"
When Henry opens the door he sees a courtyard with a 10ft stone wall. There is a wooden gate in the wall.
"Let's just get there and find out!"
Henry rushes to the wooden gate.
Billy hurries out along with Henry.
Miles follows suit. "pleasedon'tbelockedpleasedon'tbelockedpleasedon'tbelockedpleasedon'tbelock ed..."