Would have 5 foot stepped away from him and anyone threatening to drink the mutagen. [E12 i think]
Be aware, I still threaten you in that square.
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Rai looks at the raft and if it is assemble with vines or rope, he goes about cutting them to scuttle the raft. The objective is to keep the boarders from boarding and it is supposed to be unfair. Therefore scuttling the raft achieves both goals. Besides, Rai is not a naval Samurai and the last time everyone was on the water, they all died.
I hope the DM can follow what happened cause I am having trouble.
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Rai looks at the raft and if it is assemble with vines or rope, he goes about cutting them to scuttle the raft. The objective is to keep the boarders from boarding and it is supposed to be unfair. Therefore scuttling the raft achieves both goals. Besides, Rai is not a naval Samurai and the last time everyone was on the water, they all died.
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Braeth, seeing his current target drop to the ground after taking a chakram in the shoulder, turns his attention to the warrior who is not paying attention t the battle as he attacks the raft You can't dodge what you can't see he thinks with a vicious grin
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I was just about to start calculating the round 2 results but well... curse you people.
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A loud laugh echoes throughout the pond as Raitoningu hacks into the raft, easily sundering the bamboo and reed structure. Those still on the raft soon find themselves falling into the pond, including Raitoningu.
Everyone in various stages of being wet, turn to see Shen Fei wading into the water with a smile on his face.
"Remarkable. Everyone eventually realizes it sooner or later but you are the first to do so instinctively Raitoningu."
He looks at all of you with a wry smile.
"In the course of your life with Seikei, you may one day find yourselves in a dire situation such as this. Whether it is a place or an object, the enemy must never be allowed to have it. Of course, we would expect you to first try and defend your objective."
"The training also served to open your eyes to the reality that Kotei is a land of rules. I gave you but one rule: Do not let the enemy take the raft. You may often find yourselves constrained by traditions and laws in Kotei but remember that there are always other ways to interpret rules and bypass them. While you could certainly have murdered your allies, hardly the easiest option, you could have decided to all grab the raft and take it away from the pond, persuade your friends to not board the raft... and even destroy the raft as you just did."
He gestures for you all to wade out of the pond.
"I will clean up from here, you are all free to return to the monastery. I hope you all learned a little something valuable today."
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1) A +1 bonus to Acrobatics. Fighting on a raft and in waist deep muck is no easy task.
2) A +1 bonus to Knowledge (local). You learned something quite valuable about Kotan traditions and life today.
3) (Only available to those who took damage from an ally) A +1 bonus to initiative. You will certainly not let anyone, especially one of these people, get the best of you again.
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I will let you RP a bit and post the next Training later tonight. I thought this would have lasted longer until someone realized but well, maybe the next one will be easier.
I also realize that we may often need to deal with complicated combat situations. I advise you to use spoiler tags with Rules Questions as the tag to make it easier for me to catch when someone's asking a question or unsure. On my end, I will try and give all the information as clearly as possible.
And not to call out Vem, since her attack was actually totally awesome, but let's try and make sure we all know just what we can do/cannot do with our characters. I do want to thank Vem for being perfectly honest and verifying her actions.
So far, we have a great team here and each one of you is making this adventure awesome! 5 Training days to go, and then you all get a surprise!
Just as he was about to attempt to climb onto the raft it began to disintegrate and he was unable to do anything. Soon everyone was in the water and he was about to cheer. Someone had destroyed the raft. They had won! Then Shen Fei spoke and Simeon was very confused, didn't they take the raft? Now that their enemies were without a raft weren't they the losers? He stopped and scratched his head. He now had a lot to think about. Interpreting rules sounds like a lawyer. He realised how much about this land that he didn't know. Perhaps he should decide to read a book and learn something for once in his life.
Before sundering the raft, Rai feels something penetrate his armor and cut into his skin. As he feels warm blood, his own, trickle down his skin, he releases a loud war cry, ICEEE!!! And with that, he sunders the raft into splinters. After falling in the water, he quickly stands up and grabs the hilt of his Katana with his right hand, partially takes it out of the scabbard, and takes a stable martial arts stance ready to challenge his assailant or immediate aggressor. As soon as the Sensei calls the training as complete and realizing no more aggressors were at play, Rai stands up from his stance, draws his Katana, shakes the water off his blade, and sheathes it. Then he repeats the same with his wakizashi. Then he looks down at the weapon that is sticking in his skin.
What the..., says Jian after swinging his blade in the air, missing his target. One moment before, and he could be ready to swing again. One moment after, and everybody on the raft were falling into the water. What is this, a draw?, he thought. Then Shen Fei said his words. Jian realized what Raito did some seconds ago. Great move, Raito! I've got a lot to learn from you!
It would be Jezelyn's turn, and she would definitely be tensed to respond to Vem having stabbed her, but she would hold her action to make sure Vem wasn't going to take advantage of the situation and attack again. In rules lingo, she would ready her standard action to touch attack Vem with a spell, if and only if Vem started another attack against her. If Vem is going to respect the stop of the exercise, then Jezelyn would step away from her, nod at the Sensai, then turn again to Vem and say,
"Good hit. I was unprepared for you to abandon the raft to attack me. This is a good lesson for me to learn."
Jian takes Raito's attention off the weapon stuck in him or his wound and he looks at Jian. He stands at attention in the water with his left hand on his swords and his right by his side, he stoically bows to Jian.
Zayne watches as the attackers and defenders begin to escalate their attacks. He had intended to end the fight early by causing the defenders to fall off but many of them were too surefooted to be taken by surprise. Instead it is Rai who grasps the situation the best and comes up with the better solution. With one accurate strike he cleaves the ropes binding the raft together and the whole thing falls apart. No more raft, no more reason to fight. Seeing the fight coming to a close he approaches Rai and claps him on the shoulder.
A wise move. Its a shame though, I wanted to see how our skills stacked against each other.
As they chat he watches to make sure the others recognize the fight is over too, intending to step in if things get out of control.
Thorrpe waits for the dolphin to come to him and he lets it pull him him to the shore where he pulls himself out and prestidigitates himself dry
He leaves everyone for a minute while he resummons Shadow
Vem's daggers quiver dangerously in her hands as though she was fighting off her better instincts.
Frost begins to coalesce on the blades before in great frustration Vem repeatedly and viciously stabs the water. She regains her composure after her tantrum quickly however, and says:
"Lucky is the songbird, another few moments alone with Vem would have taught you much more. Nevertheless the songbird chose the snake, you flatter me."
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The wounded Raito walks up to Zayne within 10' reach and bows to him, then he places his hand on the hilt of his Katana exposing a part of his blade, and at the same time gets into a stable martial arts stance obviously challenging him.
Zayne raises an eyebrow at Rai's eagerness. The first show of outward emotion the ronin has ever seen on Zayne. He bows and take up a stance too.
Sure you don't want to wait till that wound is healed and we are dry?
You go first since my dex is lower.
Rai stands up and bows with his eyes on Zayne, "Hai and let us spar with bokken or bokken equivalent? I am not sure if the priests will heal us for non-sanctioned sparring?
"Well that was unexpected." Cookie walks out of the pond and starts drying out.
Ysanne stops casting her spell since Rai was able to disassemble the raft before she was able take him out. She walks away unamused.
Anytime
Jezelyn nods warily at Vem.
"I am glad we are allies and not enemies."
She would then look to the monks in anticipation of healing, as well as looking around to make sure everyone is okay. If anyone needs stabilizing or first aid, she would help.
(Kite? Thorrpe? Rai? Anyone else get hurt?)
Apparently she does a fantastic job of making people feel better. :)
When it is convenient, she would approach Ysanne, since she saw her casting a spell before.
"I have often seen you in the library, but not much in the garden. A few of us practice spellcasting there and learn from each other. You would be welcome to join us."
Raito pulls out the weapon Braeth hit him with, bows, then hands him the weapon. Then he walks up to Shen Fei, "Sensei Shen Fei, do we spar with real weapons and you will heal us like you did or will for this exercise or do you have wooden equivalents such as bokken swords? Either way, I am fine."
Braeth accepts the return of his chakram from Rai, holding back a grin from his face as the warrior pulls th weapon from his body. Seems even armour is no guarantee of safety from my blades[i] he thinks to himself, satisfied with his choice.
Braeth would then track down Thorrpe and reacquire his weapon from the wounded summoner "Sorry about the cut my friend, I might have been a little overeager to test out my new skills. You should probably have that looked at by one of the monks before it festers."
[i]Too bad though, a little longer and I might have tried out my nine-section whip
Kite pulls himself out of the pond, obviously amused at how it all ended. It was ingenious, to say the least, and the most practical possible solution. He probably would have done it himself, had he been in Rai's position. Unfortunately, thanks to his super drowning skills, all he did was end up wet. He pats Rai on the shoulder as he walks past to see Shen Fei, and gives him a thumbs up.
"Good on ye lad, that was inspired. I'll be keepin' a closer eye on ye from now on, ye'd make a fine teammate fer tha future."
Kite tips his hat, to him, and then lets him be on his way.
Thorrpe finishes summoning shadow.
not to worry! All in good fun right?
"Of course, no point slicing up potential allies unless it's for training right?" he answers before moving off
Course that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy this mock combat all the same... he thinks, smiling to himself
Time Passed Since Awakening: 2 Months
You have all been once again gathered for another collective training. Again, Shen Fei will be your instructor. This time around you find yourselves gathered outside the ruins of an abandoned village.
"Welcome back students. I would love to say that you find yourselves at another training involving a brilliant twist. This is not the case. Before you stand the ruins of Jialong, once a quiet fishing thorpe. Today is less of a training then a chance for me to glimpse at your method of thinking and each of your personal aptitudes."
"The Path would dearly love to restore this settlement, it being quite secluded and close to a lake. In fact, we mean to grant this place to you as your new home."
"The ruins consist of four buildings. Two I seem to recall were homes, one was a former communal building and the other served as a smokehouse for the small fishing boats which you can see wrecked near the docks. I will leave and return three days later. By that time, I want to see what you have accomplished here."
With a bow and no further explanations, he departs.
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No skill checks or rolls of any kind are needed. Simply state what you do on the first day (for now. We'll reach day 2 and 3 later) to restore the town. You do need to prove that you'd have the skill, ability or resources capable of doing such an action. Assume you can take 10 or 20 on any roll you would need to. The objective is to discover your character's non-combative resources and see to getting some teamwork going between some of the characters not normally together. This latter part will come in handy in a few days.
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Well obviously the first part of surviving out in the wild is to get shelter, then food and finally fire. Feels good to be back in my element he thinks at ease with the situation
Braeth looks around at the group evaluating their capacity to help with these tasks Magic will make starting a fire much easier thats for sure, might also help with the shelter if it can provide cover from the rain and elements. The others can always try and help with the more mundane tasks..
He calls out to the others "Any of you mages got some skill with fire? Would save me the trouble of having to try and start one myself. The rest of us should work on trying to build a shelter and gathering food for the party unless someone disagrees?"
Jezelyn would respond to Braeth, happy to follow the lead and instructions of the one who seems at home out here.
"I can't make a fire, but I can provide magical light when we need it. I'm also good at cleaning anything up with my magic, or warming or flavoring food.
Plus, I'm pretty quick at picking up new skills, so I'm happy to help with anything, if you show me what to do."
Jezelyn took the Improvisation feat, so she can use all skills untrained, and gets a +2 bonus when using any skill with which she has no ranks. She's happy to help with whatever is needed.
Before Mhar does anything else, he'd gather everyone together, as they are willing, and perform services to honor the memory and spirit of those who died (well or otherwise) in the events that led to destruction here. He'd ask forgiveness, honor, protection, and peace: they are not here to steal, but to bring life here once again, honoring those who once lived here. He'd set up a small shrine of rocks in this service, accepting an help offered - he'd struggle through regardless.
After that, Mhar begins mending... a lot; at least insomuch as he can, restoring all the buildings or other lost elements that he can. He also provides pure water on the off chance there are poisons or diseases or parasites in the lake or other water sources. He would purify everything -food or drink - anyone imbibes.
Using his chalk and writing implements, he'd work on getting everyone organized, and getting a plan in action. While obviously folk are free to ignore or adapt (he encourages the latter) the plan is for the benefit of all utilizing their skills and talents best, with their own input to decide it.
He'd encourage those with more martial training toward defensive constructions and those of more naturalist abilities toward animal-handling and resource wrangling.
Casters would be organized by spells.
Everyone else would be on guard and manual duty.
Anyone that has good ideas differing from this general plan would be worked in, so long as getting shelter, food, and healthy warmth is satisfied.
He'd also strongly recommend they build with stone, if possible: he's not eager to see another village burned down any time soon. He'd also be sure to pray over and bless everything they take, praying to the spirits for peace, forgiveness, protection, and honor.
EDIT: I didn't say, but he'd use his diplomacy, knowledge of both local and history, and survival to help out.
EDIT 2:
Braeth nods in Jezelyn's direction, acknowledging her skills and capabilities.
"I think Mhar has the right idea, I would go with anyone who has a modicum of skill at foraging to gather food and materials for the camp while the rest stay behind to help clean up the area and begin builing fortifications. Any objections?"
SURVIVAL SKILLS: Braeth has +5, Mhar has +4, Jez can improvise a +3.
Simeon actually has +8 if he's playing that his character has developed that skill yet.
Simeon would also have stuff like wild empathy that might help with the wild animals in town.
Mhar would be happy to Aid Another in Survival. :)
Thorrpe immediately sends Shadow to scout out the town.
I will send Shadow to scout the town, see if there is any danger for us there. My magics are not particularly good at repair, however I can enlarge myself or others and that will give a boost of strength, I suspect we can do that to begin to repair the town.
perception +scent He checks the town methodically, and carefully, [ooc] note my trait allows him to get a good distance from Thorrpe before weakening
Take 10 on Stealth for 19
Shadow disappeared into the grass
I forgot I had Knowledge(engineering). The first thing I would do is help gather firewood, enough for today and tomorrow, then get to work on the structures so we have a shelter. Mhar's mend could be of use and I could point out the most important points to use it on so not to waste castings per day. After that, or simultaneously if others help, I would begin work on defenses and fortifications. If anyone has knowledge about boats we might be able to fix one for fishing ( a lot of mouths to feed here) or use it in part of the repairs.
@GM are we provided with tools?
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Rai looks at Braeth, "Braeth, while I agree with some of your items of importance. My priority is to clean out that well. The spell casters can only do so much but can not produce the volume of water that well will produce. Who's good at climbing and wants to help clear out the well? And even if the spell casters can, we do not need something to create a health hazard in our possible village."
Rai, I suspect if I make us both larger that we can reach whatever is down there. but let us wait for Shadow to return.
Rai nods, "Hai! Thorrpe, that is a good plan!"
Braeth nods at Rai's addition to the plans and waits by while they clean out the well.
When everyone is done, Braeth would lead a party of anyone who wishes to aid in the foraging for food and building supplies.