Feneril (Ikuko): According to studies, people who are born blind are blind in their dreams, but people who are blinded later in life can see in their dreams
Quorteth (Kuutai): Hrm...interesting....
Kuutai: Yes...we will need what light we can get in that abyss of trees.
Kazemi (Kazuki): makes sense to me
Ikuko: I thought you were the one who loved the dark?
Kuutai: Yeah, who doesn't.
Kazuki: I don't
Kazuki: Neither does Ikuko
Ikuko: Well, me. I already told you about my terrible fear of the dark.
Kuutai: Well...okay. Let's just make haste on the presumtion that whatever kind of nasty-things out there that do lurk, they abhor the light.
Takumi: Oh! That's you? You are the woman that all of Konoyo knows it afraid of the dark? I have heard about you.
Ikuko: Yes, I am known in many lands.
Sensei: Okay, so is the group moving out?
Kuutai: Spellcasting [1d10 = 11]
Kuutai mumbles to the doll.
Kuutai Looks for a string in the back of the doll.
Kuutai: Sigh....savages don't even have that yet....
Kuutai: Onward and out then!
Kazuki: We have fire
Kazuki: Is that what you want?
Kazuki: Because I can gift you that
Ikuko: Don't light him on fire, we may need him
Kuutai: No. I don't know why an Oni-cultist be so hellbent on destroying this, but that makes me want to protect it more.
Kazuki: Right! Wait until after dark. Gotcha
Kazuki: ...
Ikuko: Maybe when we get back you can have a tea party
Kazuki: Anyways, let's talk as we travel!
Ikuko: agreed
The group heads out from the village and towards the brooding mass of trees known as the forest of Sekisho. It is an ancient forest, filled with dark trees, thick undergrowth, and since the days of the Transformation, populated more by oni than man.
Kuutai: Notice [1d10 = 4]
Ikuko: Notice {-6 Blind, -2 Unskilled} [1d4-8 = -2]
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 4]
Hida Sashimi: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Kazemi (Kazuki): dammit
Kazemi (Kazuki): tied with Kuutai
Feneril (Ikuko): I always roll the lowest number. Which means I win because notice rolls are scored like golf
The day passes uneventfully, barring anyone killing Kazuki or Kuutai, and the group sets up camp for the night.
TADM: So, using all those Notice rolls for the Night time..
Kuutai: Hrm....
The camp is setup and food is being prepared when Hida (who is never far from Akemi the cook) hears her talking to someone.
Kuutai: So how exactly are we going to meet Sanmiiru?
Akemi: Oh, hello there.
Sensei: Kazuki and Kuutai are busy discussing strategy while playing Go to the Death.
TADM: EXTREME GO!
Ikuko: I don't know, but you should not cast any spells on him when we do
Kuutai: Smarts [1d10 = 4]
Kazuki: Smarts [1d6 = 11]
TADM: Wow, so Kazuki has to spot Kuutai a huge handicap in the future to make it fair.
Kazemi (Kazuki): It's from a past life
Sensei: Umm...Hida, are you doing anything with your Notice check.
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 10]
Kazemi (Kazuki): I'll take over
TADM: Otherwise...Kazuki will have to notice what is happening, and then bad things will result and Kazuki will cause a TPK.
Ikuko: Notice {-6 Blind, -2 Unskilled} [1d6-8 = 2]
Hida Sashimi goes to see who Akemi is talking to
Kuutai: tell me Kazuki, is the forest a poplar place to play this game you call go?
Ikuko comes over to see what Akemi is doing when she hears her cook talking to someone.
Kazemi (Kazuki): I hate you
Kazemi (Kazuki): Tack, get on AIM
Kuutai: Sure.
Quorteth (Kuutai): kuutai gets out his celly and logs in.
Hida sees a large red fox with a white underbelly sitting on a box near Akemi. She puts a piece of meat in front of it and bows. The fox munches on it while Akemi is working on food.
Akemi: So, how have you been?
Fox: Yip!
Akemi: Oh, Lady Ikuko, how can I help you?
Fox bows to Lady Ikuko.
Ikuko: Are you talking to a dog?
Kazemi (Kazuki): lol
Fox looks quizzically at Hida.
Hida Sashimi: Silly fox
Kazemi (Kazuki): silly Fox indeed
Akemi: Oh, your ladyship, this is a large fox that sometimes visits us.
Ikuko: I see
Akemi: Actually, you don't
Ikuko: I was not aware that foxes could speak
Fox: Techically, they don't.
Akemi jumps.
Akemi runs screaming towards Daichi.
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 6]
Fox sighs.
Ikuko: Who said that?
Ikuko: I did not recognize your voice
Fox: That's probably a good thing.
Ikuko: Could you go get Akemi back here?
Kazuki: Did you hear something, Kuutai?
Ikuko: Something frightened her
Fox: If you did, it would speak poorly of your upbringing.
Ikuko: My upbringing was unparalleled
Hida Sashimi: Most interesting. A fox that is smarter than most of my companions. What brings you here...um, I'm sorry. What do I address you as?
Akemi: ONI! DREAD ONI! RUN FOR THE HILLS!
Kuutai: I hear nothing but your inevitable loss at this silly game!
Fox sighs.
Kazuki: ?!
Feneril (Ikuko): my typing skills are very easily paralleled
Fox: Oh, you can call me "Fox" that is quite fine.
Kazuki: Stealth {+2 Thief} [1d8+2 = 9]
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6+2 = 9]
Ikuko: It is nice to meet you fox.
Ikuko: I understand my confusion now
Ikuko: when Akemi said she was speaking to a fox, I thought she meant the animal
Ikuko: it makes much more sense that you are named fox
Fox: That would be silly, foxes can't speak.
Kazemi (Kazuki): How high is the fox?
Ikuko laughs
Ikuko: Of course
Ikuko: But strange things happen with this group around
Fox: In any case...I am not supposed to be speaking with you...but it turns out that a pair of very large oni are lumbering this general direction. Could you be a good kesshi and dispose of them? Thanks.
Fox looks at Hida.
Hida Sashimi: Um
Fox: And if you EVER eat a fox again, I will gut you.
Fox: And don't claim you didn't know it was fox meat.
Hida Sashimi: I suppose we could. Thank you for the warnings
Fox growls.
Kazemi (Kazuki): lol
Fox disappears.
Ikuko: What a strange man
Daichi runs up with sword in hand, looking to defend Ikuko from a horde of angry oni.
Ikuko: I suppose we'd better tell Kazuki and Kuutai about this
Sensei: And then...Kazuki shows up, as he was following Daichi.
Kazemi (Kazuki): Q.Q
Kazuki: What's up?
Akemi is standing on top of a wagon shivering in fear.
Ikuko: I just learned from a man named Fox that there are Oni nearby
Akemi: Fox oni! Dread fox oni are going to eat us all!
Kazuki: Kn(Lore & Legends) {+1 Defining Interest} [1d6+1 = 6]
Hida Sashimi: Ignore him. We have incoming oni, coming in hot
Ikuko: Akemi is a she
Kuutai Wanders up, having no one else to play Go With..
Ikuko: Even I know that
Daichi sniffs at Akemi's food.
Daichi: Deliciously hot?
Hida Sashimi: Ignore him too.
Daichi realizes he should look serious.
Kazuki: Wait, so a fox interrupted our meal?
Kazuki: or the creation thereof
Ikuko: No, I had the same confusion, his name is Fox
Kazuki: Is this the same fox as before, Akemi?
Akemi is scared witless.
Kazuki: Is this the same fox as before, Hida?
Ikuko: I just had a conversation with him Kazuki, there is no way he is a small furry animal
Hida Sashimi: Yes
Ikuko: Persuasion {+10 Charisma, -2 Blind} [1d12+8 = 15]
Kazuki: How tall did he sound?
Ikuko: Smarts [1d6 = 5]
Ikuko: Average height
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Remember Q, if you ever cast Magic Missiles tonight, make sure to say "Fox 3!" really loud first
Ikuko: 5 or 6 feet
Ikuko: perhaps a bit shorter than I am
Quorteth (Kuutai): oh geesh....
Kazuki: Hm. So the voice was coming from directly in front of you, not as if he was laying down?
Daichi directs the guards to look for foxes, fox oni, and other oni.
Ikuko: Yes, I have spoken to many men before, and this was no different
Ikuko: Perhaps Daichi is a squirel, he sounds to be about the same height
TADM: Well, technically, Ikuko did detect a complete lack of lecherousness in the voice. She could probably pick up on that.
Daichi: Umm...are you all right your ladyship?
Kazuki: She's in denial
Daichi: I see.
Kuutai laughs at the group.
Kazuki: Anyways, I heard something about Oni as well
Daichi: Akemi, get over here and finish dinner before it goes bad.
Kazuki: Perhaps we should prepare for that
Akemi climbs down off wagon and walks over to finish making dinner.
Kazuki: Which way, Hida?
Ikuko: Of course I am alright, why is everyone convinced that I just had a pleasant chat with a wild dog?
Kazuki: Foxes are much more awesome than dogs
Ikuko: That is hardly the point Kazuki
Kazuki: There are many tales of shapeshifting foxes around large forests, such as this
Kuutai: Geesh.
Kuutai: Notice [1d10 = 18]
Kazuki: You should practice your go against it
Akemi works diligently on dinner.
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 7]
Neither Kuutai nor Kazuki spot any oni (large or small) in the waning rays of light as the sun sets in the west.
Hida Sashimi: I was not given a direction. I was told they were headed in our general direction
Kazuki: What kind of Oni are we talking about?
Ikuko: Does fire hurt Oni?
Ikuko: We could set the forest alight.
Hida Sashimi: Very large oni, is how Fox put it
Daichi: Umm...the forest is a bit large, I do not think that is a feasible option.
Kazuki: Don't use fire to clear forests unless you want you map to look like the Vietnam war
Hida Sashimi: Tack
Kuutai: we'd make ashes out of ourselves like that. Course theres some trees here that already have...
Ikuko: What is Vietnam?
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Tack's old character could do it. Hell, she did do it once!
Daichi: The forest would cover many hundreds of Gyoshen estates.
Kazuki: Realm of Fire
Ikuko: I learn new facts everyday in your presence
Kazemi (Kazuki): lol
Kuutai: Ok ok. Why do you think Oni are comming anyway?
Daichi: So..we keep an extra watch tonight and keep the fires high...just in case these nebulous oni arrive?
Kuutai: from what im hearing, a kitsune or some such said something.
Kuutai: But....the entire point of Kitsune is to trick people.
Kuutai shrugs
Kuutai: Extra watch, and maybe some advance traps.
Hida Sashimi: does that make you a kitsune?
Kuutai looks at Kazuki
Kazuki: Advance traps will likely not stop them, but I can set up some noise makers
Kuutai: I have never been dishonest. I don't know what you are accusing me of.
Kuutai: Ah very good then Kazuki.
Kazuki: Do Oni usually use paths?
Daichi: I think it depends on the oni.
TADM: In Sorimizu, paths use oni!
Sensei: Okay...so Kuutai, Kazuki, and Hida are all going to stand watch tonight on different shifts?
Kuutai: Sure.
Hida Sashimi: Yes
Kazuki: Luck [1d4 = 11]
Sensei: Notice checks!
Kazuki: Sweet! Look at all these bells I have!
Feneril (Ikuko): i'll take first watch
Kazuki: Repair [1d6 = 16]
Hida Sashimi: Notice [Critical failure!] [1d6 = 1]
Hida Sashimi is using a benny
Kazemi (Kazuki): noise-maker array around the camp
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 7]
Kuutai: Notice [1d10 = 7]
Hida Sashimi: Notice [1d6 = 5]
TADM: And Hida is continuing the CRIT FAIL roll madness I see.
Rather curiously...the night passes uneventfully, well, except that Akemi sleeps on top of a wagon with a meat cleaver clutched firmly in her hands. Everyone gets up the next morning. No animals or people were killed during the night.
Kuutai: Uh....that was boring.
Akemi gets breakfast ready.
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 9]
Kazemi (Kazuki): that weren't replaced
Kazuki: I don't like the fact that we weren't attacked
Kazemi (Kazuki): how many minions does Ikuko have?
Daichi: Wow, are you paranoid.
Ikuko: Really? I find that to be the high-point of my mornings.
Kazuki: Hell yeah I'm paranoid
Kuutai Yawns
Kuutai: Ya know, if we find Oni, we find the Sage.
Daichi: Oh, that's right, you have an oni lord seeking your life. I guess that would make you paranoid.
Kazuki: Why do you say that?
Kazemi (Kazuki): to Kuutai
Ikuko: Two Oni lords, credit where credit is due Daichi
Daichi: You are correct, your ladyship, my mistake.
Kuutai: I'm sure such a noble sage concerned with the balance of this world would like to keep his forest an oni-free establishment.
Kazuki: Two?
Kuutai: Where there are oni, he is liable to be dispensing one way tickets back to Anoyo
Kazuki: Hopefully
Breakfast is delicious and the group moves on. You reach the forest of Sekisho by mid-afternoon. As you survey the treeline, you notice that it seems very quiet here. The insects that were common on the plains an hour ago have receded into nothingness, and there are no bird calls to replace them.
Kensei: Stealth [1d8 = 6]
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 13]
Sensei: Do you wander into the forest?
Kuutai: Notice [1d10 = 2]
Kazuki: bad sign
Hida Sashimi: Notice [1d6 = 7]
Kazuki: Kn(Lore & Legends) {+1 Defining Interest} [1d6+1 = 12]
Kuutai and Ikuko do not spot anything of interest. Kazuki and Hida both realize that the forest is very quiet, but Kazuki feels a slight "thump" to the ground, like something very heavy is moving through the forest towards him.
Kazuki: Big thing moving towards us
Kuutai looks at Hida Sashimi
Kazuki pulls a small cup out of his obi and fills it with water. He places it on the ground. Ripples appear in it every second or so.
Kuutai begins telling the doll everything will be O.K.
Sensei: Last, but not least...
Kazuki and Hida both spot a woman dressed in partial samurai armor crouched between two thickets. Aside from the armor, the only other discernable facts about her at this range are: (1) she has very long, very black hair (2) she has a naginata.
Kazemi (Kazuki): is she facing us?
Daichi is oblivious and staring at the ripples in the water.
Kazemi (Kazuki): also, do water ripples suggest one or two giant things moving towards us?
Nick (Hida Sashimi): It's Risako! Kill her NOW!!
Kazuki: Smarts [1d6 = 8]
She is looking further into the forest and she is at a ninety degree angle to the group.
TADM: Kazuki has no idea, he is not a physicist.
Kazuki: Stealth {+2 Thief} [1d6+2 = 6]
Kazuki is using a benny
Kazuki: Stealth {+2 Thief} [1d6+2 = 6]
Kazemi (Kazuki): grrr
Kazemi (Kazuki): d8...
Ikuko: Unskilled {-2 Unskilled} [1d4-2 = 5]
Kazemi (Kazuki): bitch
Nick (Hida Sashimi): mine, just for shiggles. NOT actually doing it
Hida Sashimi: Unskilled {-2 Unskilled} [Critical failure!] [1d4-2 = -1]
Kazuki facepalm
TADM: You know, I'm starting to pity Nick for his ability to roll CRIT FAILs.
Kazemi (Kazuki): good thing it's not Cthulhu
TADM: Nick needs an Edge where he gets a benny every time he CRIT FAILs.
Quorteth (Kuutai): WTB that edge.
Quorteth (Kuutai): Oh god do I want that edge
Kazemi (Kazuki): every time he CRIT FAILS and keeps the failure
Sensei: Okay, so what is Kazuki (and or Ikuko) doing with their Stealth check?
Kazemi (Kazuki): Trying to get a bit closer to her. I'm assuming she's watching for the big things, and has a negative modifier
Sensei: The woman does not respond to Kazuki's sneakiness.
Kuutai: stays with the group, making no attempt to stealth.
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 12]
Kuutai: So, while the tree of them are trying to get into that forest, want to help me name this dolly?
Kazuki: Climbing {+2 Thief} [1d6+2 = 12]
Kazuki: Fighting [1d6 = 17]
[w] Kazuki ->: have a 17 for Parry
Kazuki: Sounds pretty big, doesn't it
Sensei: Kazuki climbs into a tree and sees two very huge tsuno-looking things coming towards the group.
Kazuki: They look pretty big, don't they
Ikuko: I don't know
Sensei: The woman does not respond, her focus seems to be on the creatures.
Quorteth (Kuutai): Talking Fox? Check. Tsuno? Check. Now....enter the last one....
Kazuki: Kn(Lore & Legends) {+1 Defining Interest} [1d6+1 = 8]
Round 1
The deck has been shuffled.
Dealing cards...
Ikuko
Kazuki
Kazemi (Kazuki): Hold
TADM: Despite what they look like on the map...
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Note to self: Buy jade chopsticks at next opportunity. But, since I'm not on this map, guess I won't need them lol
Nick (Hida Sashimi): done
These are a pair of large, eight-legged, horned creatures that pound along the ground. As they pick up the scent of humans they increase speed until it sounds like thunder is rolling along the ground towards you. They are massive beasts, you would guess easily in the 2+ ton category, they are about 12' long.
Kazuki: gulp
Oni Thunderer #2: Bite/Stomp damage [2d12+5 = 23]
Oni Thunderer #2: Fighting [1d6 = 10]
Ikuko: I hear Ka taste very unpleasant.
Ikuko: Persuasion {+10 Charisma, -2 Blind} [1d12+8 = 12]
Sensei: Agility check for Kazuki
Kazuki: Agility {+2 Acrobat} [1d8+2 = 7]
Quorteth (Kuutai): tree was a real birch for jilting you like that....
Nick (Hida Sashimi): No worries. It feels like an ash. And it offers you an olive branch in peace
Oni Thunderer #2: Fighting [1d6 = 2]
The beast charges forward, pounding the ground before it and sending great clods of dirt flying. It hits the tree Kazuki was hiding in and throws him and the tree about 10' to the left. Kazuki manages to not get pin/crushed/impaled as he goes flying. He does notice the that thing looks like it is covered in porcupine quills. Fortunately for Hida, the impact of the tree throws off its charge just enough that he is able to avoid being gored by the horns.
Kuutai
Kuutai Clutches Dolly in one hand, lays another on Daichi.
Kuutai: Smarts [1d10 = 9]
Kuutai: Go...Dolly Has blessed you!
Oni Thunderer: Fighting [1d6 = 11]
Oni Thunderer: Bite/Stomp damage [2d12+5 = 61]
TADM: Oh. My...
TADM: Fortunately for the PCs, the die roll indicated that Tetsuya was hit....which is good...because then I rolled a 61 damage.
Sensei: Also, Kazuki can go any time he would like.
Hida Sashimi: [1d6 = 5]
Sensei: Hiroki hits!
TADM: 2d8+2 damage.
Hida Sashimi: +2 [2d8+2 = 9]
Sensei: Hiroki's katana bounces off the creature's hide, it does not even appear to have noticed.
Kazuki: Fighting (Called Shot - Small -4) [1d6-4 = 1]
Kazuki is using a benny
Kazuki: Fighting (-4) [1d8-4 = -1]
Kazemi (Kazuki): Well, that's my move
Ikuko-Daichi Fighting: [1d8 = 10]
Ikuko-Daichi: +6 [2d8+6 = 21]
Quorteth (Kuutai): So...its like Tundro from Herculoids, plus the porcupine-ness?
Daichi slashes his sword across the creature's face and it drops to its knees as thick red blood sprays all over.
Kuutai: Know that only by the grace of Dolly, hath you spilled blood this day....
TADM: Hida? It's your turn?
TADM: Are you not able to hear us in Vent?
TADM: Hmm...
Woman: Fighting [1d6 = 17]
Woman: "Firm-Hands" damage [Raise] [3d8 = 19]
Hida Sashimi: I hate to waste such good chopsticks
Hida Sashimi: Fighting [1d4 = 5]
Sensei: That hits
Hida Sashimi: Chopsticks, metal damage [2d6 = 6]
Sensei: But the chopsticks are deflected by the scary 6" needles coming out of the creature.
Kazemi (Kazuki): how long are the chopsticks?
The woman leaps forward and smashes her naginata into the creature's back, driving it through the creature and into the ground. The beast howls in rage as the polearm pins it in place.
Woman: NOW! Void mage! Hit it while it is pinned!
Round 2
Dealing cards...
Kuutai
Kuutai: As thee wish....
Kuutai Holds up Dolly.
Kuutai: Spellcasting [1d6 = 10]
TADM: Behold the Power of DOLLY!
Kuutai: Bolt(Enhanced) damage [3d6 = 8]
Kuutai: Bolt(Enhanced) damage [3d6 = 27]
Kuutai: Bolt(Enhanced) damage [3d6 = 16]
Kazemi (Kazuki): ROFLROFLRROFL
Nick (Hida Sashimi): brb afk
Kuutai: Feel the cold touch of the void consume you back into the nothingness which spawned you wretches!
Kuutai looks at dolly.
Kuutai's void magic rips through the beast and coruscating tendrils of black magic rise from the ground to combine with Kuutai's magical onslaught, in a matter of seconds the beast is..bloodlessly....flensed down to bleached white bones.
The female samurai looks impressed.
Woman: Well done.
Kuutai: I mean, Let the light of Amaterasu purge you from these lands forevermore!
Ikuko: That's why we keep him around
Kazuki: Spirit [1d6 = 2]
Kazuki is slackjawed
Oni Thunderer: Fighting [1d6 = 3]
Oni Thunderer swings horns and stomps at Hida, who somehow manages to deftly avoid all damage. Perhaps being this close to death makes him more agile?
Kuutai-Hiroki: [1d6 = 4]
Kuutai-Hiroki: [2d8 = 6]
Sensei: Hiroki hits again, and puts a nasty notch in his katana.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): back
Hida Sashimi
Hida Sashimi: Fighting [1d6 = 5]
Sensei: Okay, Daichi, Hida, and Ikuko.
Sensei: Hida hits
Hida Sashimi: Chopsticks, metal damage [2d6 = 3]
Sensei: But the chopsticks bounce off.
Ikuko
Ikuko: Keep up the good work Daichi, you too Kuutai
Kazuki
Ikuko: +2 [1d8+2 = 4]
Kazuki: Fighting (Large +2, Called Shot - Head -4) [1d8-2 = 3]
Kazuki is using a benny
Kazuki: Fighting (-2) [1d6-2 = 11]
Sensei: That would be a hit with a raise, to the head.
Kazuki: Kusari-gama damage (+4) [Raise] [3d6+4 = 21]
Sensei: Kazuki hits the thing in the head and it drops to the ground and shudders. The thing unsteadily begins to rise to its feet when the woman runs over an pins it to the ground with her Naginata.
The woman looks at Kazuki.
Woman: Well done.
Kazuki: Thanks!
She then looks back at Kuutai.
Woman: Void mage! Hit it!
Round 3
Dealing cards...
Kuutai was dealt the Black Joker! Go whenever you want this round. You also get: Joker Trait/Damage Bonus [2]
The deck has been shuffled.
Kuutai
Sensei: Today must be Kuutai's day to be awesome.
TADM: Or CRIT FAIL!
Kuutai: Spellcasting [1d6 = 16]
Kuutai: Bolt(Enhanced) damage [3d6 = 10]
Kuutai: Bolt(Enhanced) damage [3d6 = 9]
Kazemi (Kazuki): WHAT IS THIS
Kazemi (Kazuki): THIS IS THE ANTI-URIEL
Kuutai's magic swirls along her Naginata and pulses, then the beast howls at it also is flensed into nothingness in a matter of seconds.
Woman: Well done...all of you.
Ikuko: Almost all, I did very little
Ikuko: Good show though, very loud, sounded very impressive
The woman looks at Ikuko.
Woman: Hmm...
She has waist length flowing black hair, incredibly pale white skin, and bright green eyes. She is dressed in partial samurai armor and incredibly attractive, in a sort of exotic, almost otherworldly way.
Kazemi (Kazuki): how many bones are left?
Sensei: Piles of them...
Sensei: Big piles of bones.
The woman retrieves a scroll at her waist and walks over to Satsuki and hands it to her.
Satsuki opens scroll and reads it to herself.
Satsuki: Err...you are...
Satsuki points to something on the scroll.
Woman: I am.
Daichi: Wait...you seem familiar.
Kuutai: You are....?
Satsuki: Ahem...
Satsuki clears throat.
Quorteth (Kuutai): i has a cuddly dolly.
Quorteth (Kuutai): I iz happy.
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 16]
Satsuki: "Dear adorable widdle sister, daddy is getting quite worried about your adventures and that you might be in peril. Therefore, after convincing daddy of giving up various trade concessions and the diligent work of my dear husband, I have procured the services of Matsuda Kazuko to watch over daddy's adorable widdle girl while she is out in the big bad world. Love. Hugs and Kisses. Issiko. P.S. Not to be read out aloud...all your plants and your dog died."
Satsuki: Whoops...I think I was not supposed to read that last part.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): brb afk...again
Ikuko: Well, it's not as if I could have read it
Kazuki: Common Knowledge [1d6 = 9]
Kazemi (Kazuki): ever heard of her?
Kuutai: Smarts [1d6 = 3]
Ikuko: How good of my sweet sister to be thinking of me.
Sensei: Kazuki has definitely heard of her, in fact, Kuutai has even heard of her. She is an exiled noble from the court of Karasu Rokku. Supposedly she stole the Witch-King's katana from his bedroom, killed several dozen soldiers while escaping, fled to Tetsu Sangakua, singlehandedly stopped two Tahatan invasions, and is rumored to be favored by Lord General Ibaru the Horsemaster.
TADM: In other words...she is at least a +30 on Reputation.
Kazuki bows
Kazuki: It is an honor to meet you
Ikuko: So, Kazuko, how is it you came to be in my sister's service?
Matsuda Kazuko: Your sister and father agreed to dispense 75,000 bu to various charitable causes I requested.
Matsuda Kazuko: And...I have other reasons based on what I know of your companions.
Matsuda Kazuko looks sternly at Ikuko.
Matsuda Kazuko: I care very little for your family politics.
Matsuda Kazuko: Persuasion [1d8+13 = 32]
Kazemi (Kazuki): wow
TADM: Beat that 32 on the Persuasion check to convince her otherwise...
TADM: Ikuko has a goal.
Ikuko: Perhaps one day you will come to appreciate the good that my family does behind the scenes.
Ikuko: Persuasion {+10 Charisma, -2 Blind} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6+8 = 10]
Ikuko is using a benny
Kazemi (Kazuki): ROFL
Ikuko: Persuasion {+10 Charisma, -2 Blind} [1d12+8 = 17]
Daichi bows to Kazuko.
Matsuda Kazuko: Perhaps.
Matsuda Kazuko looks at Kazuki.
Matsuda Kazuko: It is nice to meet you. I have heard of you. Nothing good, of course.
Matsuda Kazuko looks at Hida.
Matsuda Kazuko: And you sir, are well known among my friends. I am surprised to see a man of your caliber out tromping through the woods.
Kuutai: Agility (Defining Interest (Puppetry) +1) [1d6+1 = 16]
Kazemi (Kazuki): ?!
Kuutai bows, and makes the dolly bow too
Kazemi (Kazuki): THAT'S BULLSHIT
Kazemi (Kazuki): Wrong use of Puppetry
Hida Sashimi: It is not my first choice for a place to be. Nonetheless, I am here
Matsuda Kazuko: Then we have something in common.
Hida Sashimi: Indeed. Perhaps I may buy you dinner the next time we are in a civilized area?
Matsuda Kazuko: Perhaps.
Matsuda Kazuko looks over at Kuutai and smiles.
Matsuda Kazuko: And you...
Kuutai cackles
Matsuda Kazuko walks over and places her hand on his shoulder.
Matsuda Kazuko: It is good to see you again, old friend.
Kazuki: o.O
Kuutai: Smarts [1d6 = 10]
Nick (Hida Sashimi): She means the doll lol
Kazemi (Kazuki): Oh, that would make more sense
Matsuda Kazuko: Thank you all, those oni would have terrorized several of the nearby villages. Well done.
Kazuki: It makes me feel much better that they're gone now
Matsuda Kazuko: But now, per the terms of my agreement with Issiko, I am your humble servant for as long as I deem your orders to be beneficial to the good of Konoyo.
Matsuda Kazuko bows to Ikuko.
Daichi suspects he can resign and join a monastery now.
Ikuko: Well, I graciously accept your service
Obuchi: Miss Matsuda! Can I have your autograph?
Matsuda Kazuko: So, what brings you to Sekisho and our meeting? Last I heard you were headed to Nihana.
Kuutai: We seek the one known as Sanmiiru.
Ikuko: It's very exciting
Ikuko: It's an adventure!
Matsuda Kazuko: I believe I have heard of Sanmiiru...a pupil of the The Three Sages, correct?
Ikuko: So we were told
Kazuki: Yes
Kuutai nods.
Kuutai: We have... A slight oni Lord Problem, and we seek to put that to rest, as well as gain new insights into the transformation.
Matsuda Kazuko looks at Kuutai.
Matsuda Kazuko: And you cannot stop a single oni lord? Are you feigning weakness old friend?
Kuutai: I...um...er....
Kuutai: I should have taken better notes at the time?
Kazuki: Oho, so Kuutai can stop Oni Lords, eh?
Kazuki: Good to know
Matsuda Kazuko: Well, when it comes to Sanmiiru, other than knowing his home is within the forest, I can be of little assistance. Perhaps we can ask around at various villages? Or whatever other plan you have.
Kuutai: That's basically been the plan.
Matsuda Kazuko: Then lead on, and I shall follow.
Matsuda Kazuko clearly expects Kuutai to be in charge.
Kuutai: Do be cautious of this fellow (points to Kazuki), he may have been the one who released the Oni in question.
Daichi wonders if Matsuda Kazuko has an unpublished drinking problem.
Kazuki: No, no I was not
Kazuki: I can't even perform magic
Kuutai: Or so he says
Kuutai describes the ritual site near the academy to Kazuko
Kazuki: Can't use detect spellcasting ability?
Matsuda Kazuko: Fascinating.
Matsuda Kazuko shrugs.
Matsuda Kazuko: I have no idea what that all means, in the past I would have asked you.
Kazuki: So, did you two used to go around hunting Oni Lords?
Matsuda Kazuko: No.
Matsuda Kazuko walks to the edge of the forest and whistles.
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 9]
A short while later, a large white warhorse gallops up. It is one of the Kei Grey stallions that are only ridden by members of Uma-Ko Ryoudo nobility.
Daichi: Well...so that story is true.
Matsuda Kazuko looks back at Ikuko.
Matsuda Kazuko: Do you need assistance in mounting your steed, your ladyship?
Ikuko: Thank you, that is very kind
Ikuko: Persuasion {+10 Charisma, -2 Blind} (Defining Interest (Etiquette) +1) [1d6+9 = 20]
Matsuda Kazuko looks at the horse.
Matsuda Kazuko: Tomoe, this is Ikuko. Carry her as you would me, and keep her safe from harm.
Sensei: The horse nods back.
Matsuda Kazuko helps Ikuko mount Tomoe.
Kazuki whistles
Daichi: Your ladyship, can I ride your other horse?
Ikuko: Of course Daichi
Kazuki chuckles
Daichi mounts Ikuko's normal horse.
Satsuki: Your ladyship, I am going to move the servants on ahead, further down the path outside Sekisho. We will work on setting up camp while you investigate the local villages, if that is acceptable?
Ikuko: That sounds like a good plan. If you encounter any more giant killer eight-legged-monsters be sure to let me know
Satsuki: I will.
Satsuki moves out with Ikuko's throng of servants, baggage, etc.
Kuutai: Now that we are unburdened, shall we continue?
TADM: Yes please.
Kazuki: I feel much better that the oni are dead
Ikuko: Of course, lead on.
Hida Sashimi: Sounds good
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 10]
Ikuko: Why did you ever fear Kazuki, with such stalwart companions as us?
Sensei: What is Kazuki noticing? Or do you want me to type something random?
Sensei: Okay..something random it is.
Sensei: Kazuki, after careful consideration, decides that Kazuko wins out on the "attractiveness" category, not only does she have eyes, but she is also carrying a sword and pretty famous. He is quite convinced that he is a very lucky man to be around two attractive women.
Kazuki is slightly bothered by how much she likes the obviously evil Kuutai
TADM: Good girls like bad men.
Kazuki: Hey, Kuutai, you should show her your battle scars
Sensei: And about thirty minutes later, you find a small village nestled between a hill and stream. There are roughly ten houses here, and it looks like most of the inhabitants are farmers, who are out working the fields and finishing up their chores for the day.
Kuutai: chicks dig scars =)
TADM: Yes, it's a sign you can't dodge very well. Means you are easier to kill when they take out a big life insurance policy on you.
Kazemi (Kazuki): lol
Matsuda Kazuko swings a cloak over her frame and pulls the hood up.
Feneril (Ikuko): I don't think she would have any problem killing him no matter what he did
Hida Sashimi: Notice [1d6 = 3]
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 7]
Kazuki anything odd
Kuutai: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 10]
Sensei: Kazuki notices that, for being a farming community, they have a lot of non-farming weaponry within easy reach.
Kazemi (Kazuki): makes sense given the Oni
Sensei: Kuutai notices that none of the children have dolls as cute as his.
Kazemi (Kazuki): lol
Sensei: He also notices that several oni hides are being stretched and cured on racks downwind of the village.
Hida Sashimi: What happened to searching for the cure for that man's son?
Quorteth (Kuutai): (we are still doing that)
Quorteth (Kuutai): (watch)
Kuutai Approaches people curing oni skins.
Villager: Hello strangers, what brings you here?
Kazuki: Is that healthy?
Kazuki points to the Oni skins
Villager looks suspiciously at Ikuko, glances over the rest without much concern.
Kuutai: Hello kind sirs. Yes... I see you are adept at oni-slaying, it is good to see people prosper at their expense.
Villager: What? Oh, don't eat the meat, but the hides make great leather goods.
Villager continues to look suspiciously at Ikuko.
Kuutai: Notice [1d10 = 6]
Quorteth (Kuutai): What color are the hides?
Daichi: Your ladyship, these people seem to be a bit...upset at your presence. I suspect they dislike nobility.
Sensei: Kuutai notices that they are mostly a deep black color.
Ikuko: That is unfortunate.
Ikuko: Do not worry, I am just a harmless blind girl. You have nothing to fear from me.
Kuutai: Black oni? Such exquisite strength and durability.
Ikuko: Persuasion {+10 Charisma, -2 Blind} [1d6+8 = 19]
Kuutai: Might I ask, what you use to lure them to the slaughter?
Ikuko bows very slightly in the direction of the villager.
Villager seems more at ease around Ikuko now.
Villager: Well, given that they are winged and capable of attacking from the skies, we tend to just shoot them down with barbed arrows, then club them to death. As to bait? Well, they like to eat humans, so just stand out in the open after dark.
Kuutai: Ah...I see.
Kazuki: I am endlessly amused that that trick works
Villager: Would you be interested in trying?
Ikuko: I would not
Kuutai: I don't see why not, if just for a litle sport. I am actually more curious about a rumor I have heard - the sap of one of the trees in the forest drives them into a lusted frenzy,
Kazuki laughs
Kuutai: It could be used for bait, rather than risking people. Is there anyone in your village that may know about a tree that has sapy tar used medicinally?
Kazuki: I think it would be useful to hunt them before we go on our own
Kuutai: It is, infact, the same substance.
Villager: Hmm...yes we have. But trees like that exist several miles within Sekisho, and it is dangerous. Plus the creatures go berserk when they have consumed it and smell humans. They are more dangerous then.
Kuutai: Excellent!
Villager: As to medicinal uses, I have no idea.
Kazuki: I've heard that there's an old sage living in these woods. Have you heard of anything?
Villager: Hmm...yes, but he has not visited here in a dozen years. He is probably dead.
Kuutai: Well then, if you would be so kind as to give us direction....
Villager: Err..just walk into the forest, and keep walking until you get attacked by black oni or see trees covered in thick black bark. The blacker the tree, the better the sap...at least...that is what my grandfather would say before oni overran the forest.
Kazuki: Kn(Lore & Legends) {+1 Defining Interest} [1d6+1 = 6]
Villager: So...did you come to this village seeking oni? Because not many visitors come here.
Villager looks suspiciously over the group again.
Kazuki: That and black sap
Kazuki: There's a village outside who has a child who has been poisoned and needs the sap as a cure
Kuutai: We seek the sap, and the sage. But not to sap the sage. =)
Villager: Ah, so you are wandering heroes, righting the wrongs of the world...or something like that. Have fun.
Kuutai: Yes something like that. We come in peace, just wondered, given the collection of oni hides you have here
Villager: Ah, well, we are quite good at killing them.
Kazuki: I would be honored if you would teach me your ways.
Kazuki bows
Kazuki: if only a little
Ikuko: I thought he was pretty clear on their ways
Ikuko: Stand in the open like a big sack of warm meat
Ikuko: shoot them down
Ikuko: hit them with sticks until they die
Kazuki: There are a number of nuances involved in fighting in the dark sucessfully
Villager: Nope, she's got the idea.
Ikuko: Didn't sound much like it to me
Kuutai: I see.
Kuutai: Any vunlerable areas?
Kazuki: Hm. The way it's put makes them sound like hardly a threat at all
Villager: The wings and neck.
TADM: The sign at the entrance to the village reads, "Welcome to the town of Badasses. Population 30 wild cards with combat mastery edges"
Kazemi (Kazuki): lol
Kazemi (Kazuki): how large are they?
Sensei: Based on the hides, you would say slightly over 6' in height and with a slim build.
Ikuko: I for one think this is all terribly exciting, why don't you join us out there and you can tell us your stories of combat against the Oni? I do love a good fighting-story.
Ikuko: Persuasion {+10 Charisma, -2 Blind} [1d12+8 = 13]
Ikuko is using a benny
Ikuko: Persuasion {+10 Charisma, -2 Blind} [1d12+8 = 17]
Villager: Hmm...well, I guess I could go talk to the town elder about it. We were planning on hunting some tomorrow, I don't see how more bait would be a bad thing.
Kuutai: Excellent.
Ikuko: Splendid. I'll wear my most delicious attire.
Kuutai walks to the back of the group, explains to dolly that 'were going ONI hunting! MWHAHAHA'
Kazuki (to Kazuko): Was he always like that?
Matsuda Kazuko (To Kazuki): Yep.
Hida Sashimi: Hmmm all this talk of bait is making me hungry
Hida Sashimi: Kn (Regional Cuisine) [1d6 = 9]
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Yay! Not a Crit Fail
Sensei: Sashimi is very familiar with the spicy and aromatic dishes of the central plains of Sorimizu. In fact, he thinks he has a pretty good recipe that he just remembered.
Sensei: So the group meets up with Ikuko's servants outside of the village and finds that none of them have been killed, eaten, or spooked by talking foxes in the PC's absence.
Kuutai: Aight folks. Were going to rest up this evening,
Kuutai: and tomorrow.....muhuahaaha
Sensei: Akemi asks Sashimi about local cuisine and is in awe of his wide knowledge. Under Sashimi's guidance she prepares a wonderful meal for everyone.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Let's try this again
Hida Sashimi: Etiquette {+1 Def. Interest} [1d6+1 = 3]
Akemi: It's getting easier, not only does Sashimi have great instructions, but with the number of fatalities I don't have to cook as much.
Feneril (Ikuko): I predict that Akemi and Hida will bump hips at some point
Kazuki: Way to be optimistic, Akemi
Quorteth (Kuutai): this will result in a shattered pelvis for Akemi.
Kazemi (Kazuki): lol
Akemi would need to be "on top" for survival purposes.
Matsuda Kazuko finds Kazuki after dinner.
Matsuda Kazuko: You...so what is your purpose here? Comic relief? Combat? Attempts at Stealth?
Kazuki: Well, I prefer the last two
Kazuki: Our group is...not particularly useful in combat. Except for Kuutai, but he only explodes one or two enemies
Kazuki shrugs
Ikuko: So I don't suppose there are any eligible, wealthy noble men in this village?
Satsuki: Ixnay on the wealthy or noble, your ladyship.
Satsuki: And I'm not entirely sure on the "men" option, either.
Kazuki: Daichi and I are the most combat-ready in the group
Satsuki: Your ladyship, I think we have found more "eligible" people in the gutters outside sake dens than in this village, for the record.
Matsuda Kazuko: I see.
Matsuda Kazuko sizes Kazuki up. A minute later she takes off her cloak, folds it, and sets it gently on the ground, then she straightens up and gives Kazuki a piercing green stare.
Matsuda Kazuko: I want you to hit me, as hard as you can.
Daichi: I've heard that somewhere before.
Kazuki: Just a straight-out punch?
Ikuko: Man up Kazuki, do your worst.
Kazuki looks surprised
Kazuki gets up
Kazuki: Fighting [1d6 = 10]
Sensei: Okay, you successfully punch her. Not that she was moving or flinching.
Sensei: Yep, roll damage.
Kazuki: Strength [1d6 = 5]
Kazuki: pff
Kazuki unloads with a punch that looks like he threw considerable gusto and enthusiasm into it. Kazuko's mouth twitches slightly and she raises an eyebrow.
Matsuda Kazuko: All right. You have promise, but need some training.
Kazuki: Woo! I'm not on fire!
Kazuki: Will the training require fire?
Matsuda Kazuko raises an eyebrow again.
Kazuki: I did not particularly enjoy the last training that required fire
Matsuda Kazuko: I see. Well, I will probably not set you on fire.
Kazuki: Thank you.
Matsuda Kazuko looks over at Hida.
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 15]
Matsuda Kazuko: Care to try?
Hida Sashimi: I so hate violence. Especially to such a lovely lady. May we dine together privately when we reach a city during our travels together?
Kazuki: Smarts [1d6 = 5]
Matsuda Kazuko: Given what I have heard of your culinary pickiness, I believe any place you pick out will be quite spectacular. I may accept.
Quorteth (Kuutai): damn. good going Hida Sashimi
Hida Sashimi: Fighting [1d4 = 9]
Sensei: Did you just swing at her? Because if yes, that is a hit.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Yes
Hida Sashimi: Strength [1d6 = 4]
Feneril (Ikuko): Wow, those are odd moves...
Feneril (Ikuko): "Wanna go out?" "Yes." [punch]
Matsuda Kazuko blinks a couple times.
Matsuda Kazuko: You are clearly an eater, not a fighter.
Ikuko claps excitedly.
Matsuda Kazuko: But all have their place in the world.
Hida Sashimi: Finding true culinary perfection in this world is often a battle
Matsuda Kazuko: Well said.
Kazuki: So, is it Ikuko's turn now?
Ikuko: Oh yes, can I play too?
Matsuda Kazuko: Absolutely.
Kazuki laughs
Ikuko: These rough-and-tumble games are so exciting
Kuutai forms a council of Ikuko's servants to try and name the doll.
Ikuko: Fighting {-6 Blind, -2 Unskilled} [1d4-8 = -6]
Kazemi (Kazuki): wow
Kazemi (Kazuki): you can almost not get any worse
Ikuko: Strength [Critical failure!] [1d4 = 1]
Sensei: Ikuko throws out a punch and ends up making a strange quasi-slap that comes closest to Hida.
Kuutai: Awwww
Kuutai: That was so cute!
Kuutai medidates quietly in the corner.
Matsuda Kazuko pauses and tips her head slightly.
Kazuki: Non-combat oriented
Matsuda Kazuko: Fighting [1d10+2 = 7]
Matsuda Kazuko: Strength [1d8 = 9]
Matsuda Kazuko sweeps with her right leg and knocks Ikuko to the ground as a large black shape drops from the sky and would have sheared Ikuko's head off if she had been standing there.
Matsuda Kazuko: Oni!
Akemi runs for the hills, again.
Kazuki: NOT ON THE HILLS THEY FLY
Hida Sashimi: Notice [1d6 = 9]
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 4]
Kazemi (Kazuki): well
Kuutai: Quickly, Hikaru, we must defend these lands!
Kuutai strikes a dramatic pose and points toward the Oni
Round 1
The deck has been shuffled.
Dealing cards...
Matsuda Kazuko was dealt the Nine of Diamonds.
Sensei: On this map - 1 square = 1.
Sensei: Fighting [1d8 = 3]
Black Oni #3: Claws damage [2d6 = 18]
Black Oni #3 sweeps down from the skies and slashes Kazuki with broad bladed wing tips, hitting him for Shaken + 3 wounds.
Kazuki is using a benny
Kazuki: Vigor [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 4]
Kazuki is using a benny
Kazuki: Vigor [1d4 = 6]
Kazuki (shaken)
Kazuki: Spirit (-2) [1d6-2 = 5]
Kazemi (Kazuki): yay! not shaken anymore!
Quorteth (Kuutai): 1 bolt to 1,2,3
Nick (Hida Sashimi): done
Nick (Hida Sashimi): can everyone hear me on my mic?
Kuutai: Spellcasting (Multi -2) [1d10-2 = 6]
Hida Sashimi: yes. just a sec
Sensei: Success on the first action
Sensei: Smarts [1d8 = 4]
Sensei: Smarts [1d8 = 4]
Sensei: Smarts [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d8 = 1]
Kuutai: Bolt damage [2d6 = 7]
Kuutai: Bolt damage [2d6 = 10]
Kuutai: Bolt damage [2d6 = 9]
Sensei: A bolt of dark energy strikes several oni.
Kuutai: Fighting [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 3]
Sensei: They seem to weather the damage pretty well and survive the dreaded Void onmyouji onslaught.
Kuutai
Matsuda Kazuko uses an action to activate a special ability.
Black Oni #5: Fighting [1d8 = 6]
Black Oni #5: Claws damage [2d6 = 7]
Black Oni #5: Strength [1d6 = 5]
Black Oni #5 sweeps down and slashes Kuutai, making him shaken. It then tries to pick him up and carry him into the night.
Kazemi (Kazuki): lol
Sensei: Strength check for Kuutai
Kuutai: Strength [1d6 = 4]
Sensei: Kuutai is grappled but not airborne...yet.
Ikuko
Sensei: Ikuko is prone.
Black Oni swings at Daichi.
Black Oni: Fighting [1d8 = 3]
Ikuko crawls away from the Oni.
Black Oni #2 sweeps down from the sky, aiming right for Ikuko.
Matsuda Kazuko: Agility [1d10+4 = 13]
Black Oni: Agility [1d6 = 5]
Matsuda Kazuko: Fighting {+1 Katana, +1 Widowmaker} [1d6+2 = 9]
Matsuda Kazuko: Widowmaker damage [2d8+2 = 14]
Matsuda Kazuko sweeps out her katana. There is a howl of rage that comes from the blade itself, and flickering black flames run along its length. With an impossibly quick movement she decapitates the creature as it flies close to Ikuko.
Kazuki: Kn(Lore & Legends) {+1 Defining Interest} [1d4+1 = 4]
Matsuda Kazuko: Your ladyship, I believe tomorrow you should use a different soap.
Hida Sashimi
Hida Sashimi: Fighting [1d4 = 10]
Hida Sashimi: Chopsticks, metal damage [Raise] [3d6 = 15]
Sensei: Sashimi hits with a raise and rams one of his chopsticks through the oni that was threatening Kazuki.
Hida Sashimi: Waiter, there seems to be a large fly in this resturant. I'm sending it back to the kitchen
Black Oni #4: Fighting [1d8 = 5]
Black Oni #4 dives down on Hida, considering that, to a Black Oni, Hida Sashimi looks like Golden Corral restaurant, to go.
Black Oni #4: Claws damage [2d6 = 7]
Black Oni #4: Strength [1d6 = 2]
Hida is shaken, but the image of the Black Oni trying to lift him and carry him off...well...it is comedy gold.
Round 2
Dealing cards...
Black Oni #2 was dealt the Black Joker! Go whenever you want this round. You also get: Joker Trait/Damage Bonus [2]
The deck has been shuffled.
Hida Sashimi: I'm definitely not carryout
Black Oni #2: Fighting (+2) [1d8+2 = 8]
Black Oni #2: Claws damage (+2) [2d6+2 = 18]
Black Oni #2: Strength (+2) [1d6+2 = 6]
Hida Sashimi: I don't think this was what it had in mind for "a little pick-me-up"
Black Oni #2 claws Kuutai, quite brutally. For Shaken + 4 Wounds. Then he wants to carry Kuutai off to the heavens.
Kuutai is using a benny
Kuutai: Vigor [1d6 = 5]
Kuutai: Vigor [1d6 = 5]
Kazemi (Kazuki): Nom
Black Oni #4: Fighting [1d8 = 15]
Black Oni #4: Claws damage [Raise] [3d6 = 10]
Black Oni #4 casually swipes with his claws and his Kazuki for Shaken + 1 Wound.
Kazuki: Vigor (-2) [1d4-2 = 0]
Hida Sashimi (shaken)
Hida Sashimi: Spirit [1d8 = 6]
Kuutai (shaken)
Kuutai: Vigor (Battle Dammage -3) [1d6-3 = 7]
Sensei: Kuutai's eyes flutter open and he realizes, "I'm not dead yet! In fact, I feel like singing!"
Ikuko
Ikuko stands up.
Hida Sashimi: [1d6 = 5]
Sensei: That will hit.
Hida Sashimi: +2 [2d10+2 = 8]
Sensei: 2d8+2, not 2d10+2. But we'll keep it this round.
Daichi gets to go.
Daichi: [1d8 = 7]
Dahich: +2 [2d8+2 = 10]
Daichi hits the oni and stuns it.
Black Oni: Spirit [1d10 = 5]
Black Oni unshakes, but does nothing else.
Matsuda Kazuko: Fighting {+1 Katana, +1 Widowmaker} [1d10+2 = 5]
Matsuda Kazuko: Widowmaker damage [2d8+2 = 4]
Matsuda Kazuko swings at the Oni Daichi is fighting...barely hits...and manages to strike with her blade in such a way that it does no damage except for making the sound of fingernails running down a chalkboard.
Black Oni #3: Smarts [1d8 = 2]
Kazuki (shaken)
Kazuki: Spirit (-3) [1d6-3 = 0]
Sensei: Nom from Kuutai to Kazuki to remove Shaken.
Kazuki: Fighting (Gang Up! +1, Gang Up! +1, -3) [1d8-1 = 5]
Round 3
Dealing cards...
Black Oni #4 was dealt the Black Joker! Go whenever you want this round. You also get: Joker Trait/Damage Bonus [2]
The deck has been shuffled.
Black Oni #4: Spirit [1d10 = 6]
Black Oni #4: Fighting (+2) [1d8+2 = 6]
Black Oni #4: Claws damage (+2) [2d6+2 = 8]
Black Oni #4 claws Hida and makes him Shaken.
Kazuki
Kazuki: Fighting (Gang Up! +1, Gang Up! +1, -3) [1d6-1 = 7]
Hida Sashimi: Stop shaking me! I'm not Shake 'N' Bake!
Kazuki: Kusari-gama damage [2d6 = 9]
Sensei: Kazuki bonks the oni on the side of the head, stunning it.
Black Oni: Fighting [1d8 = 7]
Black Oni: Claws damage [2d6 = 2]
Black Oni swings at Daichi, hits, and manages to scratch his armor, barely.
Black Oni #2 takes off, flies through the air, and sweeps down on Ikuko.
Black Oni #2: Agility [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 1]
Black Oni #2: Fighting [1d8 = 2]
AND SOMEHOW MISSES THE BLIND GIRL.
Black Oni #2 goes vegetarian after that roll. It might be easier.
Kazemi (Kazuki): I dunno, isn't a prone blind woman just as hard to hit as a plant?
Matsuda Kazuko: Fighting {+1 Katana, +1 Widowmaker} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6+2 = 6]
Matsuda Kazuko: Widowmaker damage [2d8+2 = 10]
Black Oni: Smarts [1d8 = 7]
Quorteth (Kuutai): Yes, you have to hit a plant when it's stalking.
Feneril (Ikuko): I stood up
Matsuda Kazuko hits the oni and drives it back from Ikuko, but somehow the creature evades serious harm.
Matsuda Kazuko is not rolling well on damage.
Hida Sashimi (shaken)
Hida Sashimi: Spirit [1d8 = 5]
Kuutai (shaken)
Kuutai: Spirit (Battle Dammage -3) [1d6-3 = 6]
Kuutai is using a benny
Sensei: Kuutai gets to act normally.
Kuutai: Spellcasting (Battle Dammage -3) [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-3 = 6]
Quorteth (Kuutai): 2x 2d6, 1x3d6 == 4 pts
Kuutai: Bolt(Enhanced) damage [3d6 = 23]
Kuutai: Bolt damage [2d6 = 4]
Kuutai: Bolt damage [2d6 = 10]
Black Oni: Smarts (+2) [1d8+2 = 11]
Black Oni: Smarts [1d8 = 6]
Kuutai staggers to his feet, summons forth the Void kami, and succeeds in killing two of the Black Oni threatening the group. Then he sags to his knees, apparently overcome by the power at his command.
Matsuda Kazuko: Hah! Well done, old friend. I knew you had it in you.
Kuutai: so....cold.....
Ikuko: [1d8 = 4]
Hida Sashimi: [1d6 = 3]
Ikuko
Ikuko: Fighting {-6 Blind, -2 Unskilled}: Tessen [1d4-8 = -2]
Feneril (Ikuko): no luck
Round 4
Dealing cards...
Matsuda Kazuko was dealt the Red Joker! Go whenever you want this round. You also get: Joker Trait/Damage Bonus [2]
The deck has been shuffled.
Matsuda Kazuko: Fighting {+1 Katana, +1 Widowmaker} (+2) [1d6+4 = 7]
Matsuda Kazuko: Widowmaker damage [Raise] [3d8+2 = 22]
Sensei: That's more like it.
Matsuda Kazuko swings through the creature as it claws towards Ikuko. The top half of the black oni slides forward and hits Ikuko, (Agility check) while the back half drops to the ground with a loud squishy plop.
Ikuko: Agility [1d4 = 3]
Sensei: The Black Oni knocks her over and lands on top of her, possibly prompting panic from the blind woman, or at least mild amusement for others as she flails about for a minute until Daichi removes the corpse and tosses it to one side.
Matsuda Kazuko: Hmm...
Ikuko: Eeeeeew, this is disgusting!
Daichi: Yes it is.
Ikuko: Tomoko and Nanami will be busy tonight...
Daichi: Perhaps your ladyship should retire to your tent to change?
Ikuko: And bathe
Kazuki: medic
Kuutai (gurgling): We....should bring these hides to the town, that we may get some nice adventuring gear....
Quorteth (Kuutai): bring
Matsuda Kazuko walks over and pats Kuutai on the shoulder while he kneels on the ground and marvels at how much blood is coming from his body.
Matsuda Kazuko: Well done, old friend.
Kuutai: I'm pretty sure that performance is not praise worthy. Your skills have only sharpened, wheras.....well yes...me...
Kazuki: Better than mine. I wish I weren't a magnet
Kuutai (puzzled): I'm not sure how you draw so much aggro with 0 DPS.
Feneril (Ikuko): He is going to lose 50 DKP
Matsuda Kazuko: Survival [1d8 = 4]
Matsuda Kazuko: D6 [1d6 = 1]
Matsuda Kazuko looks at Kazuki.
Matsuda Kazuko: Yes, it is rather curious how they liked to attack you. Did you use Ikuko's soap?
Kazuki: A long time ago. I imagine it would've worn off by now
Matsuda Kazuko: Here.
Matsuda Kazuko hands Kazuki a couple dried herbs.
Kazuki: Also, does that mean that she's wearing Oni-Bait?
TADM: Oni-Bait, the new perfume by Estee Lauder.
Matsuda Kazuko shrugs.
Ikuko: Right now I am wearing Oni
Kazuki: Smarts [1d6 = 5]
Ikuko: Which reminds me, someone find Tomoko, I need a bath
Kazuki: Am I supposed to eat these?
Matsuda Kazuko: Yes, rubbing them in your hair is not very effective.
Kazuki noms one of the herbs
Ikuko is helped back to her tent and cleaned up, then goes to bed for the night.
Sensei: Kazuki devours the herbs and feels slightly better.
Kuutai: Tomorrow...the real hunt begins! Mwhaahahah!
Matsuda Kazuko: Indeed old friend.
Matsuda Kazuko cleans off and sheathes her sword.
Kuutai: Notice [1d6 = 8]
Quorteth (Kuutai): Sword.
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} (-2) [1d6 = 11]
Hida Sashimi: Hmmm that was...unusual.
Kazuki notices that along the length of the blade are stylized engraved Ravens and the handle looks like it is made of bone...suspiciously human looking bone. The black flickering flames along the length of it only vanish when she puts it back in the sheathe.
Matsuda Kazuko: Indeed.
Kazuki: Impressive katana
Matsuda Kazuko: Fortunately, we should be safe for the rest of the night, as the other Black Oni will smell the blood of their dead and stay away.
Kuutai Gets an idea.
Kazuki: How long does that work?
Matsuda Kazuko looks at Kazuki.
Matsuda Kazuko: It is.
Kazuki: The blood thing, I mean
Kazuki: I have a bunch of vials
Kazuki: I think
Matsuda Kazuko: The sword? I'd say a few hundred years.
Matsuda Kazuko: The blood thing...not sure, probably until it dries out, maybe longer.
Kazuki: Hm
Matsuda Kazuko: I'm not an oni expert.
Matsuda Kazuko points at Kuutai.
Matsuda Kazuko: He is.
Kazuki: And that sword, what is its name?
Matsuda Kazuko: Although if you have oni lord chasing you, perhaps you are.
Matsuda Kazuko taps the handle of her sword.
Kazuki: Bah, anybody can take him/her/it if they want. It's free
Matsuda Kazuko: I prefer to call it, Kazuko's Honor.
Kazuki: Oh, did you make it yourself?
Matsuda Kazuko: Nope.
Kuutai pulls out two potions, and imbibes their contents rapidly.
Kazuki: Did you find it, then, or was it a gift?
Kuutai: DO THE DEW~!
Hida Sashimi: POWERTHIRST!
Kazuki: NECTAR OF THE GODS
Matsuda Kazuko: Perhaps.
Kuutai fills the potion flasks with as much Oni-Blood as possible.
Quorteth (Kuutai): (any kind of roll for that?)
Kazuki: Can I have one? In kusari-gama form, I mean
Sensei: Which will be hilarious when Kuutai tries to drink them again next week.
Kazemi (Kazuki): lol
Kazemi (Kazuki): is our wagon here?
Matsuda Kazuko: Have what?
Kazuki: A black-flame blade
Sensei: Yes, Hida's wagon can be present should he desire.
Matsuda Kazuko: As soon as you find one, yes, you can have it.
Kazuki: Ah, so you don't know how to make them
Kazuki: tsk
Kazuki: This could be hard
Matsuda Kazuko looks at Kuutai.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Given this group, should I call it a band wagon, or the party wagon?
Kazuki: Luck [1d6 = 11]
Kuutai: Yes?
Matsuda Kazuko gestures at Kazuki.
Matsuda Kazuko: Was he repeatedly struck with a bludgeoning weapon before I found you?
Kazuki rumages through the wicker baskets he had loaded into the wagon earlier. He emerges with a nicely crafted set of vials and gets to work filling them with Oni blood, carefully sealing them and not spilling blood everwhere
Kazuki: Agility [1d8 = 3]
Kazuki does spill some blood, but it's not everywhere
Akemi: No, no. It goes inside the vial Kazuki.
Kuutai: I have no idea. There was....a fairly abrupt call for any able bodied adventurers to escort a young noble to the Academy at Nihana. I always assume they took whatever rabble they could, provided they were gutsy enough to travel openly these days
Matsuda Kazuko: Ah, I see.
Matsuda Kazuko: Well, Hida, strange oni-cursed man, and old friend, I bid you a good night's sleep.
Kazuki: You as well. Thanks for the herbs.
Matsuda Kazuko walks over next to the horse, Tomoe, and settles down next to her. (P.S. Tomoe is a female horse.)
Hida Sashimi: Good night
Kuutai Bows, and sits down in the camp.
Sensei: The night passes uneventfully. Unless someone does something that causes that not to be true.
Sensei: And we will pick up there next week.
Chat log started at 30.10.2011 / 17:27:17

Savage Worlds Ruleset for Fantasy Grounds II
(c) 2009 Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
Feneril (Ikuko): btw, I can't join vent tonight and I may lose connection in about 2.5 - 3 hours
Feneril (Ikuko): My power is out and I am hotspotted on my laptop off my phone
Ikuko: So when my laptop battery dies I will go *poof*
Hida Sashimi: So you're saving battery life by not venting?
Feneril (Ikuko): No, but my 3G connection isn't really fast enough to handle this + vent
Feneril (Ikuko): I would have obscene latency
Kazemi (Kazuki): helping Andrew on Spanish, so I don't have my headset on
Feneril (Ikuko): donde esta el bano?
Hida Sashimi: For the record, I would not wish an abscess on my worst enemy. Worst. Experience. EVER!
Sensei: imo - I think Hida would consider an abcess to be worse than death.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): The abscess didn't hurt. The hour spent having blood and pus sucked out of my jaw did. Thumb was numb for three days from gripping the chair so hard
TADM: Anyway, on with the show
The next morning dawns bright and clear. The remnants of the black oni have been burned into nothingness, the rising column of smoke the only thing to mar the bright sunshine of the day.
Sensei: The only other oddity that everyone notices is that Kazuki has a bloody bandage wrapped on his forehead.
Feneril (Ikuko): I don't notice that, for the record.
TADM: It gets mentioned to you by Daichi
Kuutai laughs at Kazuki
TADM: P.S. Ikuko has the Mentor edge now, so Daichi is a henchman who will be one of the players.
Kuutai: Well now...Shall we...get moving?
Ikuko: That sounds like a good idea.
Hida Sashimi: Agreed
Kuutai: To the Black Tar Trees!
Sensei: The forest of Sekisho is nearby, its dense ancient trees not looking nearly as scary looking as they were yesterday. The "oni hunting village" sits in the distance to the west.
Sensei: So the group heads into the forest?
Nick (Hida Sashimi): Yes
Quorteth (Kuutai): I would assume so.
Hida Sashimi: Notice [1d6 = 23]
Kuutai: Notice [1d10 = 5]
Ikuko: Notice [1d6 = 4]
Nick (Hida Sashimi): I can see EVERYTHING!!!!
Feneril (Ikuko): er...
Ikuko: Notice {-6 Blind, -2 Unskilled} [1d6-8 = -3]
Sensei: Ikuko's servants remain behind to set up the camp, keep things organized.
Daichi: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 4]
Sensei: Ikuko notices NOTHING. (Like normal) Kuutai, Hida, Kazuki, and Daichi notice that no oni are out to get you. Hida can tell that a group of 10 oni, 2 with a slight limp, walked into the forest about 2 weeks ago. It looks like they were dragging a pair of bodies that weighed about 150lbs each. The oni had webbed, non-clawed feet and seemed to be shorter and more heavyset than the ones you fought last night.
Sensei: Does Ikuko ride the horse into the forest, or is she on foot?
Ikuko: Horse
Kazemi (Kazuki): we get lulz either way
Kuutai fiddles with some vials and bottles
Kazuki: Persuasion (Acting) {+1 Defining Interest} [1d4+1 = 4]
Kazuki mimics Kuutai
Kuutai: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 2]
Kazemi (Kazuki): lol
Matsuda Kazuko walks along with the group.
Sensei: The forest is pretty quiet and serene this morning, no one spots anything out of the ordinary among the trees or foliage.
Kuutai: Anyone here actually like forests?
Kazuki: I'm not sure I like this forest, but trees are neat
Kazuki: Too many oni around here to sleep in a tree
Ikuko: Why would ever want to sleep in a tree?
Matsuda Kazuko: I'm not saying we should build a summer home here, but the trees are quite lovely.
Ikuko: Beds are much more comfortable
Kazuki: Kuutai can find you in a bed
Matsuda Kazuko: Kazuki has a fear of beds.
Hida Sashimi: I could go for a bed. Of lettuce. Maybe wrapped around some tuna
Ikuko: Kuutai can find you in a tree too
Kazuki: But there are more trees than beds. Usually.
Sensei: You tromp for a couple hours, the forest is quiet, but there are sounds of insects and wildlife. A few times you spot deer and other non-hostile animals in the distance. Some observe you for a few seconds before bounding off.
Kazemi (Kazuki): LOL DAICHI
Kazemi (Kazuki): just noticed
Sensei: Notice checks
Kazuki: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 6]
Hida Sashimi: Notice [1d6 = 8]
Kuutai: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 2]
Quorteth (Kuutai): duuurrrrrr
Kazemi (Kazuki): Just to double check, we left Hida's cart back at camp, correct?
TADM: I would hope so.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): sure, we'll go with that
Daichi: Notice [1d6 = 10]
Ikuko: Notice {-6 Blind, -2 Unskilled} [1d4-8 = -6]
Quorteth (Kuutai): BIG ROLLS
After a couple hours, Hida and Kazuki spot a group of pine trees with what looks like a spigot embedded in the side. Hida and Daichi also notice there are about a dozen oni sleeping peacefully in a small depression to the side of the glade with the trees. The slumbering oni have happy, drunken, looks on their fanged, gargoyle-like faces.
Matsuda Kazuko: Black tar trees?
Kazuki: Doesn't the sap make them rabid?
Kuutai: I'd say we found what we came for.
Matsuda Kazuko: Maybe rabies helps them sleep?
Daichi (whispering): Maybe they get tired out eating adventurers who make too much noise...
Kuutai: Kazuki, you're the burglar. Go over there and burgle us some Tar.
Kazuki: Smarts [1d6 = 5]
Kazemi (Kazuki): Yeah, I'd rather not be eaten. How many bows do we have?
Matsuda Kazuko readies her weapons on the assumption that Kazuki will soon get rended limb from limb.
Kazuki: Yeah, I'd rather not be eaten. How many bows do we have?
Sensei: Daichi and Kazuko each have a bow.
Kuutai: ....
Kazuki: Are these things magic resistant?
Kuutai: So you actually don't burgle well?
Kazuki is being suitably quiet
Kazuki: I'm not THAT confident.
Kazuki: Besides, what if the smell wakes them up?
Hida Sashimi: (whispering) Or, we could have someone stealthy stab them in the head while they sleep. Or wait, we don't have one of those
Kazuki: can I coup de grace them?
Kazemi (Kazuki): Can I see a map of how they're layed out?
Kazemi (Kazuki): brb restroom
Sensei: Sure, if you are sufficiently stealthy, all 10 times. You could do a "finishing move" on them.
Quorteth (Kuutai): PRESS. YOUR. LUCK.
Kuutai: Okay, well if no one has any better ideas, is it choppy pew pew time yet?
Sensei: Kazuki is evidently so nervous about the prospect of killing something that he has to run behind a tree and relieve himself.
Kazemi (Kazuki): back
Ikuko: I say we let Kazuki try to kill them silently
Kazuki: Well, I was thinking I try to silently kill the outliers and cull there numbers before my critical failure
Hida Sashimi: Agreed
Matsuda Kazuko: Stealth [1d6 = 11]
Kazemi (Kazuki): btw, do I get my +2 when sneaking up on them here?
Sensei: From thief? No.
Feneril (Ikuko): afk a sec, need more room-temperature booze
Kuutai: Ok then.
Nick (Hida Sashimi): But he's stealing something. He's stealing their lives
Kuutai shrugs
Matsuda Kazuko: I'll go with Kazuki. It is only a matter of time before he gets sloppy and needs to be rescued anyway.
Kuutai Takes a defensive position among the trees.
Kazemi (Kazuki): it's only good in civilization. Still, if you guys get ready to cover me I can be out before they rouse and get a first action
Kuutai: Hrm...
TADM: P.S. "I'm not counting Ikuko for this." Best line of the night so far.