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Log: The Boulder vs Crusher of Worlds

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-=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-<* Land of 1000 Lakes *>-=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-

         The Land of a Thousand Lakes does not actually have a thousand lakes, but it has over eight hundred of them, connected by rivers and a lock system dating back to the First Age. Most of the nation is covered by water, and what isn't is covered by thick forests nourished by the plentiful water or by small fishing villages.

         The capital city, Kyoga, lies on the shores of Lake Kyoga, nearly 2 miles across. The trading port of Tangier lies near the border, accessible by outside rivers. The shipyard of Lake Yan Shi rests at the mouth of the river Guan Ni. Finally, at the foot of Mt. Rakeshi there lies the hamlet of Cascade Falls, so named for it's beautiful waterfalls.

         It is daytime in the Hundred Kingdoms! Daytime is good, because there are less shadows for Evil to hide in!

          In this particular part of the Hundred Kingdoms, the Land of 1000 Lakes, to be precise, our story continues.

          A man, six feet tall, bronzed, and rippling with muscles (but the artist's having a bad day) strides along a road, mile-eating pace never slowing, the songs (about himself, who else) never quieter than a roar. His back is unbent by the wooden pole across his shoulders, rucksack dangling from each end.

His torso is crisscrossed by the razor-sharp edges of a white jade Bloodspike Harness, which also doesn't hamper him.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Aww."

Illuminant is trundling down the road himself! He wears a pack, which jingle-jangles and clanks as he walks. Glass tapping lightly against glass and all that. He, alas, does not appear to be toting any items made of the Magical Materials. Attracted by the singing, he wanders in that direction, waving cheerfully. As he approaches he says, "Hallo there!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder has Reputation 3. So, unless you're a hermit, you've heard of me. Famous pitfighter from Nexus. Current champion. Well, former, since there's kinda a mist over the place now.

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "we should fix that!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Indeed!"

The Boulder ends his song, the nature of it designed so that it can end at any time and seem like it was planned that way. "Good Day There!" Deep, echoing voice, obviously used to speaking to crowds in the arena. "The Boulder wonders what brings a lone traveller out here on a day like this!" Oh yeah, I'm so awesome.

Illuminant says, "Oh! I /thought/ you looked like The Boulder! I was a member of your fan club back home! Can I get your autograph? Oh! I am wandering from place to place, selling my powders! Maybe you'd like some free Foot-Drying Powder? And I could tell people The Boulder uses it!"

The Boulder /HEROIC POSE/. "A Fan? Of Course The Boulder will give you an autograph! How could he refuse?" He sets his load down, reaching into one of the sacks, pulling out a sheaf of papers and a pen. In an amazing feat of balancing, he manages to hold the sheaf, dip the pen, and write the autograph, using his other arm as a table. With a flourish, he hands it to Illuminant, practiced flick of his wrist drying the ink. "There you go!" The paper and pen disappear. "Foot-Drying Powder? Hm... The Boulder has no need of it, as his feet are dry already! But, He will use it anyway! Anything for a fan!" HEROIC POSE. Ohhhh, yeah. You love me. You know you love me.

Illuminant sets down his own pack and carefully folds and puts away the autograph, "Great!" He takes out a vial of Illuminant's Gold-Bond Foot Drying Powder, "You can use this when it rains, or there is a stream that it would be impolite to leap over in a single mighty bound! Wet feet is the curse of the traveller!" He seems suitably impressed!

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Hm. I should raise my Cult rating."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "It's only at 1 right now."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "yeah, your fan club should account for a 2!"

The Boulder nods, accepting the powder. "The Boulder Thanks you! How much does it cost?" He begins looking through one of his bags, pulling out a purse that jingles as he opens it.

Illuminant says cheerfully, "For the Boulder? Nothing! I might mention to other people that The Boulder uses my Foot-Drying Powder, though!"

The Boulder stops, looking up at Illuminant, the cheerful smile gone from his face. He steps forward, shaking his head a little. "No, that will not do. Just because The Boulder is a champion of the rings, that doesn't entitle him to special treatment. The Boulder pays his way, like everyone else. Remember, fame and power are not tickets to a free ride. They are tools that you use to help better the world!"

Illuminant replies, "Oh! That sounds wise! Well, uh, in that case.." he checks the bottom of the vial, "Three copper pennies!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Hm..."

The Boulder blinks, looking into his purse. Recovering almost instantly, he says, "Such a bargin! In that case, The Boulder will buy 1 obol worth of Foot-Drying Powder!" He pulls out a jade coin, circular with a hole stamped through it, and hands it to Illuminant.

-= OOC =- The Boulder doesn't have anything smaller than that. >.>

Illuminant nearly faints! "Uh.. I don't.. have that much? We'd maybe need, let me think.." he does some math in his head, "Three and a half ox-carts full of the stuff."

The Boulder cocks his head, thinking. Then, his face lights up. "Consider it an investment! Whenever The Boulder needs more, he can come to you for it! What do you say to that plan?" Whew, close save, chump.

Illuminant smiles, "Certainly! From now on I'll put little pictures of The Boulder on every bottle, too! And it'll say "The Boulder's Gold-Bond Foot Drying Powder!"

The Boulder pose, fists on hips, chin up. Then, he snaps his fingers. "Ah ha! The Boulder's got it! How about, on the bottle, you put," He gestures with his hands, like laying out type. "The Boulder's Gold-Bond Foot Drying Powder!" He moves his hands down a few feet, gesturing again. "Bottled by Illuminant!"

Illuminant says, "Yes! Yes I see it now! I have a whole line of useful powders, too! Heart-strengthening tinctures! Awareness draughts! Everything a mortal needs to be just like The Boulder!"

The Boulder nods, grinning again. "Of course! Brilliant idea! You will have to make sure to include a warning that powders and medicines are not a substitute for purehearted effort, and can only give you a stepping stone to achieve your own greatness." Man, I should write slogans for a living. I'm so smooth.

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "the boulder knows how to put the hurt in the dirt!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder needs to buy his performance spec.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Performance/The Boulder Can't Hear You!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "For grandstanding and heroic poses."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "right!"

Illuminant says, "I'll get started soon! So, uh, where are you headed, The Boulder?"

The Boulder points down the road in front of him, striking yet another HEROIC POSE! "The Boulder is Heading off to oppose evil, whereever it may gather! He is in the middle of Freeing The World from Darkness, so that no one, man, woman, little child, has to live even one more moment in fear for their lives!" He goes on like this for a few minutes, talking about what he's going to save, and what he's going to beat up. Nothing specific is ever mentioned. It's just a really inspiring speech.

(Judge) The Boulder rolls Charisma + Perception + 2: [ -1- 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 <10> ]

         Resulting in 2 successes.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Er..."

(Judge) The Boulder rolls Charisma + Performance + 2: [ 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 <10> ]

         Resulting in 3 successes.

-= OOC =- The Boulder will reroll that with 3rd Perform excellency.

(Judge) The Boulder rolls Charisma + Performance + 2: [ -1- 2 2 4 5 7 8 <10> <10> ]

         Resulting in 6 successes.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Better. Much better. :)"

Illuminant cannot ignore such a terrific speech, and is impressed, "Hey! That sounds both terrific /and/ important! And, what do you know, that is precisely the direction of my next stop! Why don't I come along! After all The Boulder draws an awful lot of attention, evil-doers might hide themselves away!"

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "nope!"

The Boulder clenches a fist. "The Boulder would be happy to allow someone to accompany him! But! You must first prove that you are able to survive out here, because The Boulder often meets very dangerous opponents." He clashes his bracers together, stepping into a horse stance. "The Boulder will stand here. You hit him with your best attack, and he will judge your ability!" He smiles. "Do not worry. The Boulder will not hit back. It wouldn't be fair."

Hopefully, this doesn't go the same as when Quicksilver Dreamer punched me. /Man/, that guy has an arm.

Illuminant says, "Hmm, well, if you say so! I am not really trained in the martial arts, though I've had basic legion training. Hi-yah!"

(Judge) Illuminant rolls Dexterity + Martial arts: [ -1- -1- 5 6 <10> ]

         Resulting in 2 successes.

Illuminant swings a fist!

The Boulder flexes, and takes the fist full on his chest, not attempting to block or dodge it. And nothing happens. Apparently, he can block attacks with his pectorals. That's how awesome he is. Tremble, mortals. Swoon, women. The Boulder /rocks/.

 He nods, appreciatively. "That was an alright punch, but someone travelling alone must have more combat skills than that. You do not fight with your fists, do you?"

Illuminant says, "Oh, no, I'm trained to use swords, knives, staves, whatever is lying around, really."

Illuminant looks about, eyeing a likely sapling, "I should probably make a walking staff anyway..."

Illuminant spends a few minutes rummaging around in the brush with his pocket knife, before coming back with a suitable staff-like stick, "Here we go! Are you ready?"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Multipose!"

The Boulder reaches behind him and pulls the pole supporting his haversacks out, spinning it, then handing it to Illuminant. "Here. Try this. Stout wood, very sturdy. See if you do better with that." He takes up the same stance again, nodding that he's ready.

Crusher of Worlds arrives from the greater Hundred Kingdoms area.

Crusher of Worlds has arrived.

Illuminant examines the staff, much better than the half-made stick, "Oh, yes! This is much better! Let me see here.." He gives it a whirl, "Okay!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Acc +2, Dam 7B."

-= OOC =- The Boulder waves to Crusher.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Come to get Crushed?"

Illuminant stands in a ready position, and then swings the staff in a low arc towards The Boulder's torso!

(Judge) Illuminant rolls Dexterity + Melee + 2: [ 2 2 3 4 4 6 7 7 9 9 <10> <10> ]

         Resulting in 8 successes.

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds comes to crush!

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Oh, wow. That hits me."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "what is the DV you are using?"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Parry."

-= OOC =- Illuminant means the number

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "7."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "so, str+7+1!"

(Judge) Illuminant rolls: strength+7+1 [  ]

          Successes: 0

(Judge) Illuminant rolls: 10 [ 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 8 ]

          Successes: 1

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Doesn't work that way."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "You have to minus soak first."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "man, true true"

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "what is the soak value?!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "And I'm gonna use Pasiap Still Stands to negate the rest of the damage."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "where is that?"

-= OOC =- Illuminant wikis it!

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Scroll of the Monk."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "Scroll of the Monk. It's a terrestrial charm in the Jade Mountain Style martial arts that lets him buy down post soak damage as long as he's standing on somethign to direct it into."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "You know what? No, not gonna do that."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "I'm stunting to raise my DV."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "that works even better!"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "Hmm I emptied my pools in ahat white room fight last night - so - I may not be able to harass you after all since I can't refresh 'em"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "and I only have an hour so I won't interrupt"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "No, stay."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "We're just about done."

-= OOC =- Illuminant has signed up to become The Boulder's new sidekick!

The Boulder raises an eyebrow as the weapon comes in a lot faster and harder than he had anticipated, and takes a deep breath, muscles swelling and hardening beneath his skin. He drops slightly so that he can take the brunt of the blow on his upraised shoulder and massive bicep, absorbing the force of the blow harmlessly without seeming to do much to take it, making an untrained observer assume he just took the full force, with no effect on his body at all.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Crusher, why can't you refresh your pools?"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "Ah I just got some help"

Illuminant plants one head of the staff into the dirt and explains, "I, uh, used to win our sparring tournaments. I was training to be an armiger! Do, uh, you know any sorcery?"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds is refreshed now but if you guys are finishing:

The Boulder shakes his head. "The Boulder does not use sorcery! A real warrior fights his opponent face-to-face, without calling on outside forces. That is weakness, and can be exploited or overdrawn. A fist, though, never runs out until you are too tired to lift it again!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Feel free to jump in and try something. :D"

-= OOC =- The Boulder is a Hero. Thus, I need villians.

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "man, don't tell him to jump, he'll break right through the crust of creation and we'll fall into the creamy center!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "The Boulder will Overcome!"

A sudden explosion peals across the landscape as if a localized high magnitude earthquake just decided to make itself known. Across the horizon a vast plume of dust splays upwards and then a shockwave warps outward from this to blast towards the two sparring exalted, carrying trees, boulders, walls of buildings and other assorted debris from the sudden work of violence. When the earthquake ceases and the winds die down, the rising plume of smoke and dust remains in the distance at the epic center of the blast. You might recall having passed by a small town back that way on your way through this area.

Illuminant is a slight fellow! He is knocked sprawling by the wind-gust. When it finally passes he picks himself up, dusting himself off in a practiced manner (that, it seems, happens a lot) and he says, looking at the plume in the distance, "Did.. a star fall, or something? We should go look!"

The Boulder seems unaffected by this shockwave, the only thing happening is the look on his face darkens as his packs disappear into the distance. He turns and looks, narrowing his eyes. "Stars falling don't make such noise. The Boulder senses..." Obligatory dramatic pause. "/Evil/." He nods to Illuminant.

"Come, Illuminant! The Evil is That Way!" He starts running, seemingly a boundless well of stamina. He isn't all that fast, only a little faster than the average human, but he makes up for that by being nearly tireless.

Illuminant stops to pick up his travel-pack, and totes the staff as he hustles after the Boulder. This naturally means that he is going to have some catching up to do!

A completely ruined town is what you discover. The place looks positively flattened, as if a a bomb was set off in it's epic center. It seems totally devoid of life as well as if all living things were scoured from the place or there was a rapid retreat from the decimation. Either way it goes, a walk through the place towards the center of the devestation reveals little, until the plume of smoke and dust finally begins to dissipate and then is abruptly blown away by an unearthly wind. This reveals the likely source of such violence. A huge man, as in obscenely huge, being nearly nine feet tall and close to bursting at the seams with muscle and girth, sits atop a large pile of rubble of what used to be the towns primary tavern. An enormous jug of some drink or another is in his hand and he busies himself by taking a long swig from time to time. He seems utterly bored and disintrested in the violence around him. He might as well be sitting at a picnic table playing Gateway for all the investment he has in his immediate surrondings.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Does he look anything like Fudou, besides the huge?"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "Nay, nay."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "if you're familiar with the 100 Kingdoms Champion Gladiators, he looks like a famed sun kingdom one that disappeared a few years back. but you'd likely only know that if you really kept up with that tradition, which has fallen into dissuse of late."

-= OOC =- The Boulder ...

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Uh..."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Duh?"

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "he's The Boulder!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Thank you, sidekick."

-= OOC =- Illuminant slightly less impressive HEROIC POSE

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "It hought you were a fighter in Nexus? The 100K Champion Gladiators are -real workers- not showboaters like Nexus entertainment arts! :)"

-= OOC =- The Boulder pwik

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "RAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder attacks!

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds hahahas

The Boulder strides up to the massive man, managing a pose with every step. That's a serious skill. "You there! Are you responsible for this destruction? If so, know that it won't be tolerated! The Boulder will stop you!" HEROIC POSE!!! Yeah, you're scared now. I can see it. You're just trembling with fear. All 2500 pounds of you. 

I'm doomed, aren't I?

Illuminant hurriedly catches up to The Boulder, carrying the pack and staff and so forth. He sets them down, breath puffing.

The behemoth pulls away the sake jug with an audible *slooooomp* sound from the suction force being fought against and some of the drink spills forth and splashes messily onto his dusty hairy form. He pauses, as if trying to decide if he's noticed The Boulder or not and he slowly swivels his head from side to side to survey the area, as if noticing it for the first time. He then looks straight ahead as opposed to at the two newly arrived exalts and after a few more seconds he finally rumbles with a bassy earth shaking voice, "Yup..." Seemingly answering Boulder's first question. He then returns the sake jug to his mouth and clamps tight on it again, taking another long pull of his drink. He doesn't seem amused by the heroic poses.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "..."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "You fight with a pillar?"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "or smash fists yeah. Actually one sec:"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "http://www.games32.com/web4/games_catalog/games/Genji-Days-of-the-Blade-PS3/images/3631.jpg"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "not that this guy isn't huge but crusher's proportions are probably a little more comic booky."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "and it's a grand goremaul - not a pillar. It's just testubo-styled - like those images"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Nice."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds always liked that guys design. Seemed very Exalty but not lunary enough so he used it for this guy.

The Boulder Frowns. "This will not be tolerated! Prepare yourself, monster, for the might of The Boulder to crash against you!" He drops into a fighting stance, ready to take this thing apart with his bare hands. And that razorsharp harness, of course.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Man. Starting DB and starting Solar vs combat Infernal."

-= OOC =- Illuminant is prettty much planning to pick you up and run away.

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "that's the sidekicks job!"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "I'm not well versed in infernal combat yet and not about trashing you guys. I iamgine it'll be fine. I'm still on limited time as well so I dont' think we have time for a full on combat. Consider this just giving The boulder somethign to stew over until we have more time."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Ill, I would love to see you try."

= OOC =- Illuminant says, "well, after he knocks your socks off, I mean."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Oh, of course."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Thanks for the support."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Your pose, Ill."

Illuminant shuffles to the side, taking up a ready position, feet spread apart, facing the huge creature, blade against his face. Waitasec, blade? Where did that come from? It is gold and four feet long.

The gargantuan man still seems disinterested. He takes another long swig of his drink and then another one and then another one before finally pausing and taking a second to examine his enormous hands. He then slowly turns to face both Boulder and Illuminant though he remains seated and the shifting of his great mass sends tremors that vibrate through the ruined structure. He looks at them both for the first time now. Peering at them with slightly inebriated beady blue eyes..but suddenly his attention locks on Illuminant and his eyes widen -just- a little bit, with some interest. He takes another long drink.

He also begins to grow in size while seated. There's an audible creaking sound of sinew stretching and bulking up and bones filling out. His physique inflates as if he's being pumped up with air. Just when it seems he can't get anymore obscenely muscled and sinewy, he does, turning into a small mountain of muscle. The sake jug shrinks to his fingers becoming the size of a small vial compariatively speaking but he continues to try and dump the last of its contents into its gaping maw. He loves his drink!

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds does some spending to account for what he's doing and has active. personal essence. he's hiding his nature but that won't last long it seems!

(OOC) Crusher of Worlds just spent 20 motes of Essence from his Essence Personal pool

(OOC) Crusher of Worlds just spent 1 points of Willpower from his Willpower pool

The Boulder blinks as the man swells up, tilting his head. "Well, that was...actually, The Boulder was expecting that, strangely. The Boulder has met your kind before! Don't think it will intimidate, though! For The Boulder can do it too!" He takes a a deep breath, then headbutts the ground. Man, that looks like it hurt. He hits the ground so hard, plates of stone rip themselves up from the now-shattered ground. Instead of falling, however, they attach themselves to his body, forming armor over his form. At the same time, yellow light leaks from him, giving him the aspect of Earth, looking as durable as a mountain, as enduring as the land itself, as strong as a rockslide. His fists clench, and he grins. "Alright. Let's go, Monster."

(OOC) The Boulder just spent 11 motes of Essence from his Essence Personal pool

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Activating my own power-up charms. :)"

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "I guess I'll Join Battle?"

The gargantuan continues growing in size as he flicks the vial in his hand way from him and sends it hurtling over the horizon. His physique continues its inflation until he's practically as tall as a warstrider and nearly as wide as two side by side. He brings one giant arm down and lays it across an upraised knee and then finally grins. His smile full toothed and huge. He then shrugs a mountainous shoulder and gestures at the two other exalts, beckoning with his meaty hands. "Hn!"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "sure!"

(Judge) Illuminant rolls Wits: [ 2 5 6 6 <10> ]

         Resulting in 2 successes.

(Judge) Illuminant rolls Awareness: [ 5 5 5 5 8 ]

         Resulting in 1 successes.

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "hah, rolled alertness. 3."

(Judge) Crusher of Worlds rolls Wits + Awareness + Awareness: [ -1- 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 7 7 9 9 9 <10> ]

         Resulting in 7 successes.

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "We gonna just assume 2 die stunts on everything? I'm down to around 30 mins so I gotta be quick here."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "sure! This will be, uh, fast."

-= OOC =- Illuminant needs like 500xp to be a threat to you!

(Judge) The Boulder rolls Wits + Awareness + Awareness + Awareness/Saw_what_you_did_there! + Awareness/Saw_what_you_did_there!: [ -1- 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 9

9 ]

         Resulting in 6 successes.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "How much xp do you have, Crusher?"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "i've spent just over 600. I'm built on Fudou rollover. So I'm abit of a monster. I fear this first encounter might be on the rough side."

-= OOC =- The Boulder :(

-= OOC =- The Boulder will do his best!

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "You're up first, Crusher."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds will aim for three ticks.

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "so Boulder goes, then crusher."

-= OOC =- The Boulder will attempt a grapple.

(Judge) The Boulder rolls Strength + Essence + Essence + Martial_arts + Martial_arts + Martial_arts/The_boulder_is_stronger! +

Martial_arts/The_boulder_is_stronger! + 3 + 2: [ -1- -1- -1- -1- -1- 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 <10> ]

         Resulting in 7 successes.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "..."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "The dice. They hate me."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "I fear that won't beat my DV."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Yeah, I figured."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "wow, you should have had more like fifteen :/"

(OOC) The Boulder just spent 7 motes of Essence from his Peripheral Essence pool

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Yeah, I know."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "You know what? I think it's you, Crusher."

-= OOC =- The Boulder just can't win against you.

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds was gonna excellency to raise his Dv and then again to raise his strength.

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "I'm still not exactlys ure how you're getting those numbers though. strength + essence (from jade mt form) I get, and the ma + martial arts spec I get. but what's the extra essence from?"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "not that I dont' trust you, just used to try a jade mountain guy as well and I don't remember doing that. Maybe I missed something :) *Pose slamming into Crusher ineffectively I guess!)"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Earth Aspect Anima."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "+ess to grappling."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "Oh hoh! Yes! Easy to overluck. ANd the extra +3?"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Bloodspike Harness Accuracy."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "overlook and yeah that was an awful roll :("

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds claims no responsbility!

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "7/31? It's your fault."

The Boulder rushes forward, arms thrown wide, but misjudges the sheer size of the man in front of him, and is unable to wrap his arms around the man effectively. He scrabbles for a moment before stepping back, frowning. "A good show! Looks like this will be a good fight!"

Yeah, totally gonna get my ass kicked.

The giants vast body rocks back and forth as The BOulder slams into it but he seems nonplussed and unmoved. He pauses and then raises a huge hand up and cranks it back like the winding up of some sort of hulking first age industrial piston. There's a pause as it holds overhead and then it blasts down and forward towards The Boulder with all the approximate size of an incoming charging ox. The huge fist suddenly pauses just infront of The Boulder with a sudden blast of air from the force of the sudden stop.. and then a single, albiet support beam sized, finger flicks upward and blasts at The Boulder, knuckle first and then the rest, with enough force to dislodge a mountain peak from its moorings.

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds activates a combo! This might hurt but it'll be bashing damage.

-= OOC =- The Boulder will refuse to be moved.

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds also tries to pose overwhelming arrogant strength well.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "You've got a knack for it."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "You may want to wait for my rolls before youd ecide if that's the reflexive charm you want to use."

-= OOC =- The Boulder will.

(Judge) Crusher of Worlds rolls Martial_arts + Martial_arts + Dexterity + Essence + Martial_arts/Smashfists: [ -1- -1- 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 <10> <10> ]

         Resulting in 10 successes.

(Judge) Crusher of Worlds rolls 3: [ 2 4 <10> ]

         Resulting in 2 successes.

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "from the aim"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "Yeesh, bad roll."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "'Bad roll'. :("

-= OOC =- Illuminant pats.

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds finger shakes.

-= OOC =- The Boulder is a little grumpy. Sorry.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "That beats my DV easily."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds is a 600+ xp combat infernal, you're a starting DB with a char that just screams 'He's asking for it!' "You'll have your day!"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "By how much?"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "6."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "What's your raw damage?"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "alright I"m going to use an excellency to boost my strength and also spend another 4 motes to double the raw damage of the attack so it'll be 7 + 19 + 6 Bashing x2."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "..."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "So, 64."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "So your soak is what, in the 20's at least."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "/Ouch/."

-= OOC =- The Boulder >.>

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "No."

-= OOC =- The Boulder has no armor. Soak is 7.

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "It's bashing. You've got the earth anima going + Jade Mountain Form and at least 5 stamina."

(Judge) The Boulder rolls Stamina: [ 4 5 5 <10> ]

         Resulting in 2 successes.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Sta 4."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Oh, that's right."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Anima adds to stamina."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "So, 10L soak."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Meaning I'd need to spend 27 motes to reduce that to 0."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds suggests some armor or using the earth aspects soak charms before engaging in a fight with someoen that obviously looks like a damage dealer @.@

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Yeah, I'll do that next time."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "Okay since I did no damage my other effect won't kick in. :)"

-= OOC =- The Boulder has 15 motes available. Oh, jeez, this is gonna hurt.

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "You deal 27 dice. I can't lower it any further. >.<"

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "maybe he'll roll 0!"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Yeah, right."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "its OK. I'll run over and ask him nicely to leave, and then I'll tell you (when you wake up) that you beat him."

-= OOC =- The Boulder XD

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds could have flurried. Should he? :)

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "I don't think you need to :P"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "I think 27 dice is enough to floor me, Crusher."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "Oh!"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "I thought you -did- have 27 motes"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Yeah right."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "I've got a total of 33 available."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "11 to buff up, 7 for my attack/JB."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "then I'll do my other effect as well. Legion slaying strike, which will cause a shockwave doing damage based on how much HL I inflict on BOulder. I suspect Illuminate will just perfect that."

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "Bashing damage and we're not here to PK so even if you go over, you'll live."

(Judge) Crusher of Worlds rolls 27: [ -1- -1- 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 <10> <10> <10> <10> ]

         Resulting in 19 successes.

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "right, 15 bashing."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "It's pretty cool. Only accepts numbers, though."

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Yeah, that floors me."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "what's the shockwave like?"

-= OOC =- The Boulder says, "Probably similar to the one that just flattened this town."

-= OOC =- The Boulder is clear down to the end of his -2s in lethal overflow.

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "15B."

-= OOC =- Illuminant says, "does it auto-hit me, or what? (I guess I'll just perfect it)"

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds says, "Perfect"

(OOC) Illuminant just spent 3 motes of Essence from his Personal Essence pool

You have spent 3 motes of Personal Essence

 

The Boulder attempts to stand fast against the finger as it comes in, hunkering down to the earth to withstand it. He even spends all his remaining Essence to try and redirect the blow. But, to no avail. A white flash of essence, then he is flying through the air, tumbling end over end like a ragdoll, body limp and broken. He isn't dead, merely unconcious, but has several broken bones and will have massive bruising in the morning. /Ouch/. Although, on the plus side, he isn't talking any more.

Illuminant shows no fear, already moving towards the huge creature, blade in hand! When the shockwave rolls towards him, he simply vaults out of the way, bringing down the golden blade in an arc towards the much larger foe.

-= OOC =- Crusher of Worlds will perfect parry that.

A nimbus of essence flares up around the gargantuan man as a burning brand castemark of two crossed brass blades appears on his forhead. Essence roils outward from him violently before settling down into a halo on his form. The golden blade meets the obsidian black of the grand goremaul pillar and another shockwave billows out violently though the behemoth continues to just sit there, "You should train your retainer better." he rumbles at Illuminant, "He is too aggressive. Tell him that he won, when he comes to!"

He slowly rises as he speaks, towering up and up and up..and then he suddenly crouches low and literally seems to lift off into the air, springing upward and then sailing off into the distance. He lands with a thunderous quake. Violently withdrawing and leaping again.

Illuminant looks up at the slowly dwindling figure, and his daiklaive vanishes from whence it came, not, of course, that the Boulder ever actually saw it. He inspects the inert form of the fallen hero, and sets about setting his broken bones.

(Judge) Illuminant rolls Dexterity + Medicine: [ -1- 3 6 7 7 ]

         Resulting in 2 successes.

Illuminant then spends a few minutes getting a fire going and, no doubt, by the time The Boulder awakens, the tea-water with analgesic herbs will already be brewing. The joys of a quality sidekick!

The Boulder blinks, opening his eyes slowly, looking up at the night sky. He tries to move and groans in pain, slumping back into the debris he is lying in.

Almost assuredly, he is too heavy for Illuminant to move, even were it safe to move him.

Illuminant, instead of moving his patient, piled up more debris so he is laying out flat. There are splints and bandages in the proper places, though they are, sad to say, field medicine at best. He comes over with the tea, saying, "Oh, that was just terrific of you The Boulder! You drove him off with your amazing skills! Don't you remember? This tea is good for mending bones. I did what I could, but I'm not a physick."

The Boulder shakes his head, trying to clear the cobwebs. This, of course, just hurts more, so he subsists, and takes the tea. "Really? I don't remember..."

He blinks, rapidly, clearing his head a little more. A booming laugh courses from him, muffled and cut off by his bruises. "Erm...Why, Of Course! The Boulder can never be defeated! Are you injured, Illuminant?"

Illuminant says, "Oh, no, no. My pack rolled down into a basement crawlspace, so I had to go get it."

The Boulder nods sagely. "Ah, of course. The Boulder is sorry that happened. But, at least you didn't get hurt. You did see him in action, though, right?"

Salvage some of his pride. Also, taking stock, Illuminant must be telling the truth, because he has no essence left, and that would never happen unless he'd fought to the end.

Illuminant nods, and says, "Oh, yes! You and he beat on each other for a while, but then you grabbed him and used your "rockalanche" on him! It was very impressive! It knocked down a bunch more debris! After that he ran away as fast he could go, but I guess you were kind of tired out by then, because you decided to have a nap."

The Boulder moves his body around a bit, frowning. "He must have tried to attack me while I was asleep. The Boulder is a bit more worn out than a fight usually leaves him. But, the important thing is that he learned his lesson! He'll think twice about such acts in the future." Wow, is it really possible for someone to be such a tool?

Illuminant looks about, just a litttle bit furtively, "Well, from the size of him, I think he was maybe.. you know. The A-word."

The Boulder raises an eyebrow. "The A-word? Arrogant?"

Illuminant says, "Anathema!"

The Boulder looks at Illuminant, shaking his head. "You've been poisoned by the monks, it looks like. He was definately a demon, but The Boulder belives that

'Anathema' is a misleading term. Not all Exalts are evil."

Illuminant nods. That should make any accidental-slip ups less of a problem to deal with, down the line! "I hear that some of them are pretty swell, actually!" Yes. He just said swell. "Not that guy though. I wonder if any of the townsfolk survived. We can help them fix things up, at least a little bit. I don't think my headache powder will be much use, but, it can't hurt."

Crusher of Worlds has disconnected.

The Boulder chuckles at the joke. "Oh, Illuminant. The Boulder can tell that adventuring with you will be quite the time. Now, can you give him a hand up? He's a little stiff from his nap."

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