Chat log started at 20.5.2012 / 18:22:32

Savage Worlds Ruleset for Fantasy Grounds II. (c) 2009 Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
Hida Sashimi: If Star Trek has taught us anything, it's that you can never have too many redshirts
Sensei: So, do you have a plan for killing Taberu the Gluttonous?
Sensei: Since you are standing at the front doors of his estate.
Kazuki: Well, Ikuko, how much do you know about your sister's husband?
Kazuki: There are two ways to kill an Oni. You kill it in person, or you break the thing that was used to summon it
Ikuko: I always thought he was human
Ikuko: so Not as much as I had thought
Kazuki: Which is fine. Did he have any treasures that he was particularly proud of?
Ikuko: He once offered me 1000 Dragon's for Akemi
Ikuko: His greatest treasure are his meals
Akemi: Whew! Dodged a bullet there.
Hida Sashimi: Yes, yes you did
Ikuko: I would never give up good and loyal servants to a family like his
Kazuki looks at Hida
Kazuki: He's like the Anti-Hida
Nick (Hida Sashimi): A neutron walks into a bar and asks how much for a drink. The bartender replies "For you, no charge"
Ikuko: Whatever Taiki is now, others would know his weaknesses better than I
Hida Sashimi: Why do you say that?
Yama bites on his thumb.
Yama: She is clueless outside the realm of vindictive politics.
Kazuki: Hm. I thought we would have more to go with...
Ikuko: You say that like it is a bad thing
Kazuki: It is
Kazemi (Kazuki): how flammible does the estate look?
TADM: As flammable as most stone buildings look.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): So if Mokou was here, very meltable
Masakari (Kuutai): derp.
Kazemi (Kazuki): So, Issiko tried to get Ikuko killed (almost succeeded) and wound up dying herself.
Masakari (Kuutai): nice
Feneril (Ikuko): Issiko was already dead
Masakari (Kuutai): she was quite the bitch
Feneril (Ikuko): She had been possessed by her Oni-lord husband
Kazuki: Her husband is apparently an Oni, Taberu the Gluttonous. We're on his property, trying to figure out how to go about killing him
Masakari (Kuutai): Jesus, everyone is possessed these days
Ikuko: If anyone knows how to kill Oni, it will be Kuutai
Yama sniffs at the air.
Yama: Something is...
Kazuki: Yes
There is a terrible scream like the bowels of the Void have just been unleashed after a 1000 years of constipation....and a bright flash...and then Kuutai is standing there with the Celestial Staff, looking mildly bewildered.
Yama sniffs again.
Yama: Yep, that is what I thought.
Kazuki holds his breath
Kuutai: Hey peeps.
Hida Sashimi: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Ikuko: Kuutai!
Ikuko: We were just talking about you
Ikuko: How did you get here?
Akemi appears to be asleep.
Kuutai: Some....can use perturbations in the void to travel, sometimes the void makes travellers of us all. You decide.
Kuutai: I do not believe a summons such as this omens good things, as you understand them
Daichi: We rarely understand anything to do with you
Kazuki: It's good to have you back, though
Kazuki: So, you have any insights on how to kill Oni Lords?
Kuutai: I feel....different. I see you are all more or less alive - good job.
Kuutai: Kill? No - good luck with that. Unless you have recoverd stormbri...the widowmaker
Kuutai: The most you can do is banish them for a long time - they aren't wholly real here, just killing their host does nothing
Kazuki: Banishing is fine
Daichi: Killing would be better
Yama: The Widowmaker travels where it wills, when it wills.
Yama shrugs at Kuutai.
Kuutai: Now, I surrended Widowmaker to Chiri. Get that, and you have.....a ....an entitiy that can fight on that level
Feneril (Daichi): btw, do we get a wound-recovery roll since last week?
Kuutai points to his staff
Kuutai: This thing can definetly send them packing though
TADM: Negative.
Hida Sashimi: Good to know
Kazemi (Kazuki): only if we sleep for the night before attacking
Kuutai: Now, which Lord did you trifle with this time?
Kazuki: The Gluttonous
Feneril (Daichi): Daichi is still at 3 wounds, so that wouldn't be a bad idea
Masakari (Kuutai): (lol @ taberu the glutonous...the pick cute names for things)
Feneril (Daichi): what does taberu mean?
Masakari (Kuutai): eat
Kazemi (Kazuki): nomnom
Kuutai: I see. And what is the current situation, and (glances at Yama) who is this?
The estate is in a thick forest, the wall surrounding it is about 10' high and extends as far as you can see in both directions. There is a gate here which is wide open. No sign of people or animals are within, although you can see several buildings and what looks like a stable from the front entrance. The main hall is about a quarter mile inside, with what had once been nice gardens but are now overgrown and weed infested. The main building is about three stories in height and looks impressive in its construction. The kind of building a wealthy Tetsun lord would have at his "wilderness retreat."
Feneril (Daichi): lol
Kazuki: Yama has been our guide. He's helped us evade the corrupted Tengu in the area.
Kuutai: Notice [1d6 = 9]
Daichi: and he hasn't tried to kill us yet, which makes him much friendlier than most of our allies to date
Yama is a short, dark-skinned Tetsun yamabushi. He is dressed in simple attire with a pack and a bunch of pouches around his waist. He has a plan looking bo and a bokken slung over his shoulder. He has dark hair and eyes and seems to occasionally lick the back of his hands for no reason.
Kuutai: Interesting. Free spirits fo the wind fall to the corruption of the veil's peeling
Kazuki: So, I think we should back off from the estate, get some rest, make some Vigor Rolls, and then move in
Yama shrugs.
Kuutai: Hrm. Couldnt you find a secret entrance?
Kuutai: isn't that your specialty?
Yama: Looked they have not.
Kazuki: I could try
Ikuko: I don't think I would do well at that job
Yama licks the back of his hands and then stares at a cicada crawling along the ground.
Kuutai: No one would make such an impressive estate without SOME way to get out, incase of....altercations with other nobles
Akemi mumbles in her sleep.
Masakari (Kuutai): suggests that kazuki sneak
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [Critical failure!] [1d6+4 = 5]
Kuutai: Persuasion [1d6 = 3]
Hida Sashimi watches over Akemi protectively
Kazuki: Hey, Kuutai, do you have Greater Healing?
Kuutai: The water's have not graced me with such knowlege yet. I must further my understanding before such gifts are bestowed
Kazuki: Bah
Kuutai: I have but one last potion from the magic loon academy....
Kuutai: I would be willing to throw it your way if you can come up with a better plan than knocking on the door and barging in.
Kuutai: smirks
Yama: Do not follow in the footsteps of the ancients, seek what they sought.
Kazuki: It would be better for me to heal fully before searching for an entrance.
Kuutai hands Kazuki the potion
Kazuki: It would probably take a few hours, but I could start tomorrow morning
Kazuki: or now. What do you guys think?
Daichi: You could conceal yourself more easily in the dark
Kazuki: I'm more worried about what else would be concealing themselves in the dark
Kuutai: Hrm
Kuutai: They say a true warrior is always vigilant. These idle actions stand to allow evil to muster their forces further.
Kuutai: If you need the rest, take it
Kazemi (Kazuki): sorry, I'd do it now, but I don't get +2 to Sneak in the wilderness...
Masakari (Kuutai): lol @ mike when he refuses to sneak
Feneril (Daichi): Did Zeke ever refuse to shoot?
Feneril (Daichi): I think not
Masakari (Kuutai): Day
Masakari (Kuutai): No idea, was listed as a red potion, it comes from magic loon
Masakari (Kuutai): Prolly not + more than 1 wound
Kazuki: Hey, Daichi, you can have the potion
Kuutai: Well, if you are dead set on resting and attacking in the morning.....
Daichi: Thank you.
Kuutai: Spellcasting [1d10 = 6]
Kazuki: Yama, where do you think we should rest for tonight?
Yama: A long distance from here.
Daichi: Kuutai, what exactly is in this potion?
Daichi: Is there any way you can figure that ou?
Kuutai: No idea. Magic Loon things. Should be just Ducky.
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 7]
Yama: If you not attack, we should move.
Kuutai: Smarts (Multiaction Penalty -2) [1d6-2 = 9]
Masakari (Kuutai): (untrained alchemy)
Hida Sashimi: We should not Crane our necks while watching him drink it
Kazuki: Let's move
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Ah, the bad pun war has begun again
Kuutai: Daichi...worry not, I seek not to poison you, even as you seek to hasten my demise.
Yama stands up and heads back into the woods around the estate.
Daichi: I've never tried to hasten your demise. You must be confusing yourself for Kazuki
Kuutai: Ye frenzied berserker.
Daichi: Oh that
Hida Sashimi picks up Akemi and follows Yama
Kuutai scrams
Akemi groggily wakes up.
Daichi follows yama
Daichi: That wasn't on purpose, you were standing too close to the person I need to kill
Akemi: Huh, what? I'm hungry. Does anyone have any negi? I really feel like eating some right now.
Akemi: Raw even....
Kuutai: Enough. Let us rest. Drink up in the morning.
Daichi looks at the red potion.
Daichi shrugs.
Daichi drinks the potion.
Masakari (Kuutai): Mountain Dew : CODE RED
Feneril (Daichi): lol
Feneril (Daichi): Bad things in 3...2...1
Feneril (Daichi): or healing, but probably bad things
Kazemi (Kazuki): Do you think The Glutonous has some sort of curse in the area that affects people who eat things?
Feneril (Daichi): you and your unlabeled potions
Daichi's wounds close up somewhat. He also looks significantly stronger and seems to be walking about twice as fast as everyone else.
Kuutai: Taberu...eh? Let me...remember.
Feneril (Daichi): We had dinner outside the gates last week didn't we?
Kuutai: Smarts [1d10 = 9]
Masakari (Kuutai): (Plus whatever Knowledge(gods) gives me)
Masakari (Kuutai): (modifiers arent working so well for some reason.)
Kuutai: Hrm...interesting.
The Daichi moves faster and looks stronger fades about three minutes later.
Kuutai indifferently calls it for the night and rests
Yama finds a somewhat secluded spot and gestures to the group.
Yama: This spot good as any.
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Vigor {+1 Survived Death} [1d6+1 = 6]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Stealth [1d6 = 4]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Stealth [1d10 = 19]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Stealth [1d6 = 5]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 9]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 9]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 9]
The absence of people and animal life and sounds is jarring, but you find yourself getting used to it.
[TOWER] Hida Sashimi -> Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 10]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Vigor {+1 Survived Death} [1d6+1 = 5]
TADM: Vigor roll from Daichi and Ikuko to recover wounds.
[TOWER] Hida Sashimi -> Survival [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 5]
Ikuko: Vigor (Wound Penalty -1) [1d6-1 = 3]
Daichi: Vigor (Wound Penalty -2) [1d8-2 = 4]
Ikuko looks about the same, Daichi looks slightly better when he wakes up in the morning.
The night passes uneventfully, well, except that Akemi snores a lot more than normal.
'Masakari' disconnected
Kazuki heads out in the morning to find a "secret entrance."
Feneril (Ikuko): brb, gettin' more booze
Sensei: What is everyone else doing while Kazuki is being vivisected and devoured?
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Round of restrained applause?
Kuutai: Smarts [1d10 = 6]
Akemi reclines and munches on rice balls, and seawead wrap, and dried fish, and tsukemono.
Hida Sashimi sits beside Akemi, instinctively resting his hand on her stomach
Akemi: Don't touch me!
Akemi smacks Hida.
Hida Sashimi :(
Feneril (Ikuko): 2d10 + d12 melle damage
Feneril (Ikuko): melee*
Ikuko: Akemi, poor dear, do you want to go shoe shopping when we are finished here and then talk about how much we hate men while eating ice cream?
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Persuasion {+4 Very Attractive, +2 Most High, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} [1d12+9 = 19]
Akemi: That sounds wonderful, especially since my feet don't fit well in my current shoes for some reason.
Ikuko: You can never have too many shoes, we will find a nice place in the next town we visit that hasn't been exterminated by super-natural evil beyond comprehension
Ikuko: Or, if they have been exterminated, we can just loot it!
Akemi: That would be nice.
Ikuko has been awarded a benny
TADM: That is so funny it gets a benny. But I can't tell anyone else what it was.
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Climbing {+2 Thief} [1d6+2 = 7]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Climbing {+2 Thief} [Critical failure!] [1d6+2 = 3]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Climbing {+2 Thief} [1d6+2 = 7]
Kuutai Awaits Kazuki's master plan
Nick (Hida Sashimi): afk brb
Kuutai derp.
Yama looks at Kuutai.
Kuutai: Yes?
Yama: The Staff you carry, sacred it is.
Kuutai: For one named Yama, you certainly don't carry a lot of weight with your presence.
Feneril (Daichi): WHY DID NONE OF THE DEADLANDS CHARACTERS EVER SAY THAT TO ZEKE!!!! OH THE HUMANITY!
Kuutai: Why yes... I too would fear to tread here without it.
Yama: The flow of water can obliterate even the mightiest mountain.
Kuutai: cryptic.
Yama: The passage of time moves objects from one bearer to the next.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): back
Kuutai: In this case yes.
Kuutai: Sometimes though, it seems the object is doing the moving of bearers for its own sake and sustenance.
Hida Sashimi: Wise men say, "Forgive is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza"
Kuutai: The staff seems benevolent, and not of this nature.
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Spirit [1d6 = 4]
Kuutai: I...we need the staff. It does not need a bearer....like some.....weapons.
Kazuki is using a benny
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Spirit [Critical failure!] [1d6 = 1]
Kazuki is using a benny
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Spirit [1d6 = 3]
Masakari (Kuutai): Don't blow em all yet
Yama: Spoken well I think you are.
Kazuki: OH NO
Yama: Your friend, gone three hours he has been. How long do you wait?
Kazemi (Kazuki): NOM PLEASE
Masakari (Kuutai): NOM
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Spirit [Critical failure!] [1d6 = 1]
Kazuki is using a benny
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Spirit [1d6 = 10]
Kuutai: Kazuki is not a coward, he would not abandon us. If he got caught, we'd know by now.
Kuutai shrugs
Daichi: He might be dead though
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Vigor {+1 Survived Death} [1d6+1 = 3]
Kuutai: Oni-Lords.....would not assume he worked alone.
Kuutai: We'd know if they got him
Just as Kuutai finishes speaking, a scream that vaguely sounds like Kazuki is being rended limb from limb echoes through the forest.
Akemi: Hmm...that sounds bad.
Hida Sashimi: And, that would be our cue to leave
Yama: Indeed, your friend perhaps consumed is?
Akemi: Icky.
Daichi draws his Katana
Kuutai rushes towards the distressed screams
Akemi heads after Kuutai.
Yama shrugs and sits back on his pack.
Hida Sashimi follows after Akemi
Daichi goes with Kuutai, leading Ikuko.
Kuutai: Notice [1d10 = 4]
Hida Sashimi: Notice [1d6 = 4]
Masakari (Kuutai): lol, Daichi is the brat more than Ikuko
Daichi: Notice [Critical failure!] [1d6 = 1]
The four who are heading towards Kazuki's screams encounter him about three minutes later, heading back towards the group. He looks very pale and slightly terrified.
Kazuki: Holy shit, Issiko just scared the crap out of me
Kuutai: .....if only the dead stayed that way....
Ikuko: I've seen her have that effect on men before.
Kazemi (Kazuki): Blind?
Feneril (Ikuko): seen in the figurative sense
Kuutai: We ought not dawdle any further, did you find a way in?
Kazuki: There are no secret passages that I found, but there are a few parts of the wall that would be easy to climb
Kuutai: Good enough
Kuutai: Let's head out.
Kazuki: I would recommend not that way. The first way has skellies everywhere, but the second way had Issiko
Akemi vomits quite loudly.
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 8]
Akemi: Uhh...I don't feel so good. I'm going back to camp...
Hida Sashimi: Good idea
Akemi heads back to Yama and Ikuko.
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 11]
Ikuko: Where did you encounter Issiko?
Akemi heads back to where Yama is.
Kazuki: On the wall
Kazuki: She was peeking over the other side
Ikuko: Is she alive or some kind of abberition?
Kazuki: I didn't get the chance to see what was on the other side
Kazuki thinks for a moment
Kazuki: She looked pale and thin, but healthy
Kazuki: Still alive
Kazuki: but then again, she seemed alive to me the last time we saw her
Kazuki: Also, she told me that I would die right there
Kazuki: and did I mention how she was waiting for me?
Kazuki shivers
Ikuko: Did you die?
Kazuki: I'm going to have nightmares for weeks
Kazuki: Yes
Kazuki: And then I bennied
Kazuki: several times
Kuutai: You die when the void wills it, and not a moment sooner.
Kuutai: She knows not the will of the void.
Kazuki: I'd rather that not be for a while
Kuutai: Come, temper your resolve and let's get this started
Ikuko: We will take whichever route you feel is the safest
Kazuki: Safest does not imply safe
Kazuki: This way
Ikuko: We must kill Taiki so we can free Issiko from whatever supernatural torment he has trapped her in
Kazuki leads them toward Skelly Entrance
Kuutai follows
TADM: ...and then Ikuko can kill her in person....
Feneril (Ikuko): No one kills my sister but me!
Kazuki: I suspect the skellies will be animated, but it's probably best to zip through them if we can
Kazuki: So be prepared for that
Kazuki directs everyone to a spot along the wall that is about 10' in height but has plenty of handholds and should be easy for any non-blind person to climb.
Daichi assesses the wall.
Daichi: I do not think you will be able to acompany us my lady
Feneril (Daichi): how far are we from the camp?
Hida Sashimi: Wouldn't destroying the wall be easier?
Daichi: perhaps
Nick (Hida Sashimi): I see a lot of failed Agility checks in my future
Kuutai: Kazkui, you have some rope?
Kazuki: Not unless you're an ogre
Kazuki: Yes
Sensei: About 20 minutes from the camp.
Kazemi (Kazuki): You get a +2 bonus to climb it, stop whining
Kuutai: Lift her over. The rest of us are able-bodied.
Kazemi (Kazuki): And no, we're not lifting you over
Kuutai: Smarts [1d6 = 9]
Feneril (Daichi): So did you have rope or not?
Kazuki gets out his 50ft of silk rope
Masakari (Kuutai): lol
Daichi ties the rope around Ikuko's torso, under her arms.
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Climbing {+2 Thief} [1d6+2 = 5]
Kazuki climbs up the wall without serious injury.
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 14]
[TOWER] Daichi -> Unskilled (+2) [1d4+2 = 8]
Daichi starts climbing the wall.
Daichi climbs the wall without serious injury.
Kuutai: Agility (Aim +2) [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6+2 = 7]
Hida Sashimi: Agility (+2) [1d6+2 = 10]
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Wooo!
Daichi hoists Ikuko up with the rope.
Kuutai and Hida are up the wall without serious injury.
Daichi: Strength [1d8 = 2]
Ikuko is using a benny
Daichi: Strength [1d6 = 8]
Daichi: and lowers her on the other side of course
Kazuki: We're missing half of the skellies
Daichi hoists Ikuko up the wall and down the other side.
Daichi climbs down from the wall and join Ikuko.
Sensei: Notice checks
Ikuko: Notice {-6 Blind, -2 Unskilled} [1d6-8 = -1]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 9]
[TOWER] Daichi -> Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 2]
Hida Sashimi: Notice [1d6 = 10]
Kazuki and Hida both see a collection of sickly green vines curling out of the wall and moving to grab Ikuko.
TADM: Naughty tentacles!
Feneril (Daichi): Oh no, tetacle rape! I should have known, we are in Japan after all.
Kuutai: Notice [1d10 = 17]
Nick (Hida Sashimi): I didn't know you were into that stuff, Brad
Sensei: Oh, and Kuutai notices it also.
Kazuki: Fighting {+1 Sig Moves} [1d6+1 = 6]
Daichi signals to the others to come down off the wall.
TADM: It is not my fault that the first person to physically go into the courtyard was the girl.
Kazuki slashes the vines that are closest to Ikuko
Kazuki: Get back!
Sensei: Roll damage.
Kazuki: Daichi, watch out!
[TOWER] Daichi -> Notice [1d6 = 5]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Kusari-gama damage [2d6+1 = 10]
Two of the vines drop from the wall and hit the ground, they give of a greyish smoke as they wither into nothingness.
Daichi spins around to see what Kazuki is talking about just as four vines attempt to grapple and pull Ikuko into the wall.
Sensei: [4d6 = 18]
Sensei: D6 [1d6 = 5]
Sensei: D6 [1d6 = 4]
Daichi intercepts the attack himself.
Sensei: [2d4 = 8]
Sensei: [2d4 = 4]
Sensei: [2d4 = 7]
Hida Sashimi: Damn tree huggers
Sensei: Strength check from Ikuko and Daichi then.
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Strength (Wound Penalty -1) [1d6-1 = 2]
[TOWER] Daichi -> Strength (Wound Penalty -1) [Critical failure!] [1d8-1 = 0]
Ikuko is using a benny
[TOWER] Daichi -> Strength [1d8 = 2]
Ikuko and Daichi are grappled and slammed into the wall.
Sensei: Both of them are Shaken, but no wounds.
Round 1
Dealing cards...
Daichi (shaken)
Daichi: Spirit (+1 (Command) +1) [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6+1 = 3]
Hida Sashimi
Hida Sashimi attacks nearest vines
Hida Sashimi: Fighting [1d6 = 11]
Hida stabs the vines with some chopsticks, they immediately wither into nothingness.
Kuutai
Kuutai: Spellcasting [1d10 = 9]
Kuutai 3x bolt, burn em
Kuutai: Return to the void!
Kuutai: Bolt damage [2d6 = 6]
Kuutai: Bolt damage [2d6 = 7]
Kuutai: Bolt damage [2d6 = 5]
The vines wither and vanish into dust after Kuutai zaps them.
Kazuki
Kuutai: None escape the yawning abyss!
Kazuki: Well, let's go inside
Sensei: Action?
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 9]
Kazemi (Kazuki): Any other enemies?
The courtyard is now quiet and devoid of killer vines.
Kazuki: Bones are shaking
Daichi: Smarts (Wound Penalty -1) [1d6-1 = 7]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Fighting {+1 Sig Moves} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6+1 = 3]
Kazuki: Glowing skulls DIE
Kazuki runs up to within kusari-gama chain range of the pile of bones, flings the weighted end into the pile and there is a "clunk" noise. Nothing exciting happens.
Ikuko (shaken)
Ikuko: Spirit (Wound Penalty -1) [1d10-1 = 5]
Sensei: Wild Die! [1d6 = 2]
Round 2
Dealing cards...
Daichi (shaken)
Ikuko: +1 (Fervor) [1]
Ikuko: +1 (Fervor) [1]
Daichi: Spirit (Wound Penalty -1, +1 (Command) +1) [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 3]
Hida Sashimi
Nick (Hida Sashimi): What other enemies are there that we need cards we can't see?
Hida Sashimi: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Well, right now Kazuki seems to be worried about the pile of bones that you notice is moving around a bit, and evidently there are six glowing skulls in the pile that are making Kazuki quite nervous.
Hida Sashimi: Well, I shall avoid them and head toward whichever building is our target
Hida heads in the direction of the main estate.
Kuutai
Kuutai: No apparition hides from me!
Kuutai: Spellcasting [1d10 = 5]
Kazuki
Kazuki: who is heading toward the main estate?
Kazemi (Kazuki): ooc
Kazemi (Kazuki): Is it just Hida?
Feneril (Daichi): Daichi is still Shaken and Ikuko is still blind
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Fighting {+1 Sig Moves} [1d6+1 = 8]
Kazemi (Kazuki): swing!
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Kusari-gama damage [2d6+1 = 23]
Kazemi (Kazuki): takes another shot at the skull
Kazuki flings the weighted end of the chain into the pile of bones and it hits a skull right in the forehead. The skull shatters and sends an explosion of bones outward that falls just short of injuring Kazuki. (Good thing he has reach.)
Ikuko
Daichi: holding.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Talk about a splitting headache
The five remaining glowing skulls lift free of the pile of bones, hover for a second, and then assemble enough bones to look sort of like human skeletons. Then they move towards Kazuki, the jaws moving up and down rhythmically, almost like they are chanting something unheard in unison.
Round 3
Dealing cards...
Daichi (shaken)
Daichi: Spirit (Wound Penalty -1, +1 (Command) +1) [1d6 = 5]
Nick (Hida Sashimi): I guess they really have a bone to pick with him
Masakari (Kuutai): more like they left a skeleton crew here.
Kuutai
Kuutai Staff time!
Kuutai: Fighting [1d4 = 17]
Masakari (Kuutai): ULTIMATE WARRIOR
Sensei: Um...okay, you hit with a raise. Well, 2 actually.
Kuutai: Bo damage [2d4 = 2]
Masakari (Kuutai): I don't care, it's dead.
Kuutai swings the Celestial Staff at one of the glowing skeletons. The staff passes right through it as it disintegrates into dust.
Kazuki
Kuutai: They have a lot of backbone, but not much skill
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Agility Trick! {+2 Acrobat, +1 Pool Effect, +2 Shadow Arts} [1d10+5 = 14]
Blood Skeleton: Agility [1d8 = 2]
Kuutai: Agility [1d6 = 5]
Kazuki: Heads up!
Hida Sashimi: Kazemi should loot the bodies when we're done. They might be holding skeleton keys
Kazuki: Like hell. You can loot them yourself
Daichi: Stop playing word games and fight them, you numbskulls
Kazuki spins his Kusari-gama, then feints low and sweeps the feet out from one, it gets knocked sideways into Kuutai, who manages to hold the staff upright and hits the thing just in time. The skeletal warrior appears stunned by this turn of events.
Hida Sashimi
Hida Sashimi: hold
Ikuko
Blood Skeleton: Spirit {+2 vs. Shaken} [1d8+2 = 19]
The skeleton recovers. Three attack Kazuki and two attack Kuutai.
Kuutai: they are making a real bonafied attempt to stop us...
Blood Skeleton: Fighting [1d8 = 2]
Blood Skeleton: Fighting [1d8 = 7]
Blood Skeleton: Fighting [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d8 = 1]
Blood Skeleton: Fighting [1d8 = 2]
Blood Skeleton: Fighting [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d8 = 1]
Shockingly the only hit is on Kazuki.
Blood Skeleton: Fists damage [2d10 = 3]
And it feels more like a tickle than an actual hit.
Round 4
Dealing cards...
Kuutai
Kazemi (Kazuki): How did they miss Kuutai and hit me?
Kuutai: I tire of this....
Kuutai: Fighting [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 5]
Feneril (Daichi): dice. random numbers.
Kuutai: Bo damage [2d4 = 4]
TADM: Behold the power of random dice rolls.
Kuutai hits one and it freezes in place.
Kazuki
Kazuki: how many left?
Sensei: 5
Nick (Hida Sashimi): They are definitely making a grave error
Masakari (Kuutai): (bonafied didnt work. Shoulda spelled it properly....)
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Agility Trick! {+2 Acrobat, +1 Pool Effect, +2 Shadow Arts} (Multiaction Penalty -2) [1d10+3 = 11]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Fighting {+1 Sig Moves} (Multiaction Penalty -2) [1d10-1 = 4]
Blood Skeleton: Agility [1d8 = 5]
Campaign saved.
Kazuki, attempting to look completely badass, swings at one's feet while leaping in the air and slashing at another with his kusari-gama's blade. The one that he hits with the weighted end stumbles backwards, hits the one that Kuutai just hit, and knocks that one back into Kuutai. It disintegrates on contact with the Celestial Staff. The one that Kazuki attacked with the bladed end does not notice as the blade slides cleanly between some missing ribs.
Daichi
Sensei: 4 left
Daichi charges into the fray and attacks the frozen skeleton.
[TOWER] Daichi -> Fighting: Katana [1d6 = 16]
Sensei: So you definitely hit with a raise.
Daichi: Katana damage (+1 (Fervor) +1) [3d8+3 = 16]
Daichi cleaves through one with a mighty blow from his katana.
The remaining three freeze and drop to the ground, inanimate.
Then you notice Issiko standing on the porch leading into the main estate.
Issiko: Hello, and welcome to my humble home. I do not get many visitors these days.
Ikuko: Probably because your husband has eaten them.
Issiko: True sister, Taiki has been rather rude to the wait staff of late.
Kuutai: Not a very happy place....all your servants are skulling around...
Issiko gives Kuutai a wan smile.
Issiko: Please do come inside. My husband is currently away, but I am happy for your company.
Hida Sashimi: It is definitely a very marrow stretch of land. You need more wide open spaces
Issiko gestures for you to enter the house.
Masakari (Kuutai): zing
Ikuko: I must say Issiko, you sound well for someone so recently dead.
Issiko: I have been unwell sister, but I am not dead yet.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): And after skeleton crew, the pun train went off a cliff
Issiko: How have you been? I have not seen you since you left on your journey.
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 18]
Ikuko: I have seen you several times, but I now suspect that you were more of a prisoner than Masuyo
Ikuko: Have you heard the news about father?
Issiko: Taiki told me that some oni flew out of the mountains and killed him while I was ill. People whisper that you sent them, but I doubt you that evil.
Issiko looks back in the house.
Ikuko: You are kind to lie
Issiko: Servants, please prepare some tea and food for our guests.
Ikuko: By now you must know why we have come
Hida Sashimi: Poor servants. You must work them to the bone
Issiko: I assume you have business with my husband.
Ikuko: That is one way of putting it
Masakari (Kuutai): nice
Issiko looks at Hida and gives him a wan smile, it looks like she is about to cry.
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Streetwise {+2 Most High, +4 Very Attractive, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} [1d6+9 = 14]
Hida Sashimi
Kuutai: Well...
Ikuko: Surely you haven't become as naive as you appear in such a short time.
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Streetwise {+2 Most High, +4 Very Attractive, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} [1d8+9 = 12]
Hida Sashimi: Stay strong, Ikuko. Be prepared for bare-knuckle brawl
Issiko looks at Ikuko blankly like she has no idea what Ikuko is talking about.
Issiko: Persuasion {+11 Charisma} [1d10+11 = 14]
Kazuki: Er, can I ask what you were doing on the wall?
Nick (Hida Sashimi): *happy sigh* There. I feel better now. All the bad puns were ruining my mojo
Issiko: I was wondering why you were sneaking around my estate.
Ikuko: Don't worry sister, all your questions and concerns will fade away soon.
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Streetwise {+2 Most High, +4 Very Attractive, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} [1d8+9 = 12]
Kazuki holds his tongue
Issiko: How nice of you to say so.
Issiko: Taiki is out hunting in the woods, he should be back soon, are you sure you won't step inside and have some tea?
Ikuko: We would be happy to
Ikuko: Wouldn't we boys?
Kuutai: Becasue we must humble and return the princes of another realm to where they belong
Kuutai: (lol lag dc)
TADM: Okay who is going into the house for tea...and who has other ideas?
Ikuko: Kuutai, we must go in and have tea in the dining hall. Where else would our journey lead us?
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Streetwise {+2 Most High, +4 Very Attractive, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} [1d6+9 = 14]
Kazuki: We would be honored
Kuutai: ....Tea? Konoyo tears at its seems, and ....very well, tea.
Hida Sashimi: No, I think I should be going.
Hida Sashimi: in a mode of restrained panic
Ikuko: Surely you cannot miss an opportunity to visit the kitchen of a man like Taiki? You could grab a souvenier for Akemi!
Ikuko: Persuasion {+4 Very Attractive, +2 Most High, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} [1d12+9 = 20]
[TOWER] Hida Sashimi -> Notice [1d6 = 5]
Hida Sashimi heads toward the main gate at a pace that is quick, but does not arouse suspicion
TADM: Honestly, Hida doing anything quickly would arouse suspicion in my mind.
Hida Sashimi: I don't think the servants will go for your lip service, Ikuko
Kazemi (Kazuki): But Issiko hasn't actually met him
Feneril (Ikuko): She has eyes
Sensei: Okay, who is going after Hida and who is going into the house?
Feneril (Ikuko): Ikuko and Daichi are going in
TADM: Nothing like the GM intentionally splitting the party.
Masakari (Kuutai): Oh geesh
TADM: It's much easier to kill you that way.
Kazuki stays with Ikuko
Nick (Hida Sashimi): You haven't put an all-you-can-eat buffet into the campaign. Then you'd see some real speed out of Hida
Masakari (Kuutai): ill go with ikuko
Hida heads out through the main gate. Everyone else follows Ikuko into the estate.
Masakari (Kuutai): (buddy fucked hida)
A number of skeletal servants greet you, they have glowing skulls much like the ones you just fought.
Issiko: Please remove your shoes at the genkan.
Issiko walks into the nearby dining room.
Ikuko removes her shoes.
Kazuki hesitates
Kuutai follows suit
Kazuki removes his shoes
Daichi removes his shoes and leads Ikuko into the dining room.
Daichi: Notice [1d6 = 3]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 9]
Kuutai: Notice [1d6 = 3]
The dining room is splattered with bits of blood and gore. Shredded clothing lies on the floor and in heaps. The half-eaten torso of a man is lying on a plate in front of a very large chair at one end of the table. Issiko bows to the chair and then gestures for everyone else to take a seat. She sits at the bottom of the table. A trio of skeletal servants enter, carrying trays that have a variety of unidentifiable food types (they look like afternoon sweets of unknown ingredients) and a tea set.
Kuutai: Hrm. Seems their cooking has a lot of personality.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): The food obviously did not agree with everyone
Ikuko: Kuutai, do me the kindness of lending me your eyes. I'm curious what you see in here.
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Streetwise {+2 Most High, +4 Very Attractive, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} [1d8+9 = 16]
[TOWER] Hida Sashimi -> Vigor {+1 Mark} [1d12+1 = 7]
[TOWER] Hida Sashimi -> Vigor {+1 Mark} [1d12+1 = 10]
Issiko 's lips quiver as Kuutai speaks.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): That's the problem with d12s. You still want explosions, but pretty much have little chance of getting them
Kuutai: Um...I see a lot of good people
Kuutai: ...but they aren't exactly...whole
Hida Sashimi: Unskilled {-2 Unskilled} [Critical failure!] [1d4-2 = -1]
Hida Sashimi is using a benny
Nick (Hida Sashimi): No no no no no
Hida Sashimi: Unskilled {-2 Unskilled} [1d4-2 = 4]
The servants set down the food and prepare tea for everyone. Issiko makes sure to pour everyone tea and offer them sweets.
Kazuki: Are you OK?
Ikuko: You'll have to fogive my companion here, despite my best efforts he never learned propriety.
[TOWER] Hida Sashimi -> Notice [1d6 = 5]
Issiko: It is okay sister, I too have fallen in with less reputable sorts.
Kuutai: Um..
Kuutai: Yeah...we'll id say the one mistake you did was chewing out all your servants
Issiko looks at Kuutai.
Issiko: Vigor [1d6 = 10]
Kuutai: Spellcasting [1d10 = 8]
For a second, it looks like Issiko is about to vomit, tears well up in her eyes, and she clenches her hands into fists. Then she smiles at him and whispers something that sounds like, "I shall bear that in mind in the future."
Ikuko: It is a long story
Issiko: I have eternity.
[TOWER] Hida Sashimi -> Notice [1d6 = 9]
Ikuko: Tell me about it
Ikuko: We met shortly before father was murdered
Ikuko: Since then, they have been helping me to aveng his death
Ikuko: And they have quest that I don't understand. Something to do with magic.
Ikuko: It's not important though
Issiko: I see.
Issiko looks at the Celestial Staff.
Issiko: I suspect it is more important than you realize, Sister.
Issiko: More important than what House Gyoshen has become.
Ikuko: House Gyoshen will rise again.
Issiko: Yes, but not in this generation.
Issiko: How is Akemi?
Ikuko: She is well. We are going shoe shopping later!
[TOWER] Hida Sashimi -> Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 7]
Ikuko: So tell me sister, what glorious bride-price did Taiki get when you were married? It must have been something special for a Gyoshen wife.
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Streetwise {+2 Most High, +4 Very Attractive, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} [1d8+9 = 11]
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Persuasion {+4 Very Attractive, +2 Most High, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} [1d6+9 = 13]
Issiko: House Gyoshen received considerable wealth in the form of money and rare artifacts, which Taiki presented to our father.
Ikuko: Surely he has many such artifacts here in his estate.
Issiko: I am not sure what happened to them after father's death. I was not able to make the funeral due to illness. I believe Emiko took care of the arrangements.
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Persuasion {+4 Very Attractive, +2 Most High, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} [1d12+9 = 15]
Issiko: I believe he does, but he treats everything as a worthless bauble.
Ikuko: Surely not everything. Every man has at least one treasured possession.
Issiko drinks a sip of tea.
Issiko: He loves his chopsticks.
Ikuko: He sounds like someone I know
Ikuko: Does he keep them with him?
TADM: Quick, someone challenge him to an eating contest to the death!
Issiko: Always, as he is always hungry.
Issiko tears roll down her cheeks.
Ikuko puts her arm around Issiko
Ikuko (whispers): Do not fear sister, your suffering is nearly at an end.
A bestial roar echoes through the halls, the entire estate shakes. Dust falls from the ceiling. The skeletal servants start glowing a bright red. Issiko turns completely white and her skin starts to turn translucent.
Kazuki: That's not healthy at all
Kuutai: Game Time.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Now might be a good time to make a speedy exit
Daichi draws his katana.
Booming Voice: HOW DARE YOU PROFANE MY HOUSE HIDA SASHIMI. I SHALL DRESS YOUR FLESH AND CONSUME YOU AND ALL YOUR KIN!
Kazuki: Wait, what?
Issiko: Oh...my...
Issiko: RUN!
Issiko: RUN SISTER!
Issiko grabs Ikuko's hand and runs toward a doorway.
Kazuki Follows after them
Daichi follows Issiko and Ikuko.
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 7]
Kuutai runs
A mountainous blob of flesh that is vaguely man-shaped appears behind Hida Sashimi, blocking the exit.
Taiki: DIE DEFILER!
Kazemi (Kazuki): is he wielding chop sticks?
TADM: You are not in the entryway, so you have no way of knowing.
Round 1
Dealing cards...
Taiki punches Hida Sashimi.
Masakari (Kuutai): Map?
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Roll Agility to dodge, did he miss, or roll Vigor for a soak?
Daichi: +1 (Disguise) [1]
Masakari (Kuutai): Nick, you havent SEEN a real wine-0 (TM) play games
Masakari (Kuutai): Oh yeah.
Taiki: Fighting [1d10+2 = 7]
Taiki: damage [2d8 = 11]
Hida flies backward into the staircase and is stunned.
Hida Sashimi (shaken)
Hida Sashimi: Spirit [1d8 = 7]
Kuutai
Kuutai: awwwww
Kuutai: YEAY!
Kuutai: is there a door from the dinning room to entrance?
Masakari (Kuutai): is there a door from the dinning room to entrance?
Masakari (Kuutai): UNLEASH THE PEW PEW
Masakari (Kuutai): Super Massive Bolt
TADM: Void or Water or None?
Masakari (Kuutai): Void
Kuutai: Spellcasting [1d10 = 6]
Kuutai is using a benny
TADM: As the Grail Knight said..."Choose Carefully"
Kuutai: Spellcasting [1d10 = 2]
Kuutai is using a benny
Kuutai: Spellcasting [1d6 = 10]
Masakari (Kuutai): Ill take the 10
TADM: (POLL) Kuutai should use Void?
Masakari (Kuutai): Very Well, Water it is
Kuutai: Bolt(Enhanced) damage [3d6 = 19]
Kuutai: Bolt(Enhanced) damage [3d6 = 20]
Kuutai: Bolt(Enhanced) damage [3d6 = 24]
Masakari (Kuutai): Am I the only one who would be amused if Taberu had a cookie monster picture, and said COOOOKIE!!!?
Masakari (Kuutai): ME WANT COOKIE!
Kazemi (Kazuki): hell no!
Nick (Hida Sashimi): hell yeah!
Kazemi (Kazuki): NO! COOKIES ARE A SOMETIMES FOOD!
Masakari (Kuutai): yes, devo cookie
Masakari (Kuutai): Hook -> COWABUNGA!
A stream of water smashes into Taberu and flings him back out of the building. He howls in rage and rolls along the ground, the building shakes with each roll. Once he comes to a stop in the middle of the courtyard, he is unmoving.
Taiki is using a benny
Taiki: Vigor {+2 vs. Resistance} [1d8+2 = 7]
Daichi
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Uh oh. He only used 1 benny. Not a good sign
Issiko pulls Ikuko up by the hand and runs towards the kitchen.
Issiko: There is an exit this way sister! We must hurry.
Kazuki follows after
Kazuki
Ikuko
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Persuasion {+4 Very Attractive, +2 Most High, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} (Wound Penalty -1) [1d12+8 = 13]
Ikuko: Issiko, we need to destroy this creature or you will never be free.
Issiko: I...can't...
Issiko: We have to run!
Round 2
Dealing cards...
Taiki rises to his feet.
Ikuko: No, if you do not stand your ground now, you will be a slave for all eternity
Taiki is using a benny
Taiki: Vigor {+2 vs. Resistance} [1d8+2 = 4]
Taiki: Hunger take you all! Feed me with your pain!
Sensei: Vigor checks from everyone.
Issiko: Vigor [1d6 = 4]
Kuutai: Vigor [1d6 = 5]
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Vigor {+1 Survived Death} [1d6+1 = 5]
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Vigor [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 7]
[TOWER] Daichi -> Vigor [1d6 = 5]
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Fear my d12 Vigor!
Hida Sashimi: Vigor {+1 Mark} [1d10+1 = 5]
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Lame
Ikuko: Would you rather live as a slave, or die as a Gyoshen?
[TOWER] Ikuko -> Persuasion {+4 Very Attractive, +2 Most High, +2 Fine Attire, -2 Blind, +2 Charismatic, +1 Cultured} [1d6+9 = 17]
Kazuki
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Notice {+2 Trapsense, +2 Alertness} [1d6+4 = 9]
Kazuki: Issiko, can you keep the skeletons away from Kuutai? We can defeat Taiki together!
Feneril (Ikuko): brb
[TOWER] Kazuki -> Persuasion [1d6 = 5]
Hida Sashimi
Kuutai: Daichi, Charge that beast while it still reels from that torrent!
Kuutai: Ive got your back!
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Heads toward the beast and stabs him with my chopsticks
Hida Sashimi: Eat this!
Hida Sashimi: Fighting [1d6 = 5]
Hida's arm holding the chopsticks gets buried up to the shoulder in the mountainous pile of fat.
Daichi
Daichi charges Taiki fearlessly.
[TOWER] Daichi -> Fighting: Katana [1d8 = 5]
A large glob of fat gets sliced off Taberu. It drops to the ground and then gets absorbed back into the body.
Ikuko
Issiko: You...no...I can't.
Issiko looks at Ikuko.
Issiko: I already died sister, just the body remains.
Kuutai
Kuutai Charge Taberu
Kuutai Staff time
Masakari (Kuutai): (do I need to do a double action and run to make it)?
TADM: Yes.
Kuutai: Fighting (Multiaction Penalty -2) [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-2 = 1]
Kuutai is using a benny
TADM: But you get +2 for gangup.
Kuutai: Fighting (Multiaction Penalty -2) [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-2 = 1]
Kuutai: lol...
Feneril (Ikuko): nom
Kuutai: Fighting (Multiaction Penalty -2) [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-2 = 3]
The staff hits Taiki and he shudders. The spot where the staff struck turns black like it is burning and flakes off.
Round 3
Dealing cards...
Hida Sashimi
Kuutai: (This restaurant is closing, i have to go
Campaign saved.