Hunger Abated (EN, The Sewers, Event)

[Jewel]

The jackghul snarls as it is pelted with stones but only one of those who had wounded it was within its reach. It continues to charge after Nihira but still ends up snapping at nothing but air.

(Free action move, complex attack
Attack Nihira | 5k3 ⇒ 18 (TN: 20))

Al-Haddar scrambles back from narrowly escaping the crocodilian jaws of doom doing his best to ward it off if it chases though hoping the gorilla is sufficient distraction.

(Full Defense unskilled | 3k3 ⇒ 28 - +14 to TNtbH)

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34 - Nihira - Attack
33 - Faruq - Defense (+10 TNtbH from Asher)
27 - Qara - Defense
27 - Jinn - Defense
21 - Jackghul - Attack - 22 Wounds
19 - Bazir - Center
16 - Al-Haddar - Full Defense (+14) - 7 Wounds
14 - Claudia - Attack <-- Claudia is up
14 - Ghost - Defense
14 - Raya - Defense
14 - Crocoghul - Attack - 65 Wounds
11 - Necromancer - Defense - 40 Wounds (Submerged, Stealth)
9 - Asher - Defense (-5 TNtbH Guarding)
9 - Jadzia - Full Attack

[Claudia Gabinus]

"MONSTER! You stand before Flavius Gabinus, hero of the empire. Victor of the battle of Clodden fields. He who slew the five tribes. Your time is at- DON'T YOU IGNORE ME"

In a rage ghost grandad charges the jackghul and stabs it in the back.
((Full attack stance move+free attack move to get to the Jackghul, complex to attack it))
Grandpa Ghost attacking the jackghul in full attack stance with +2k1 from Qara's buff. Calling 2 raises for extra damage. | 10k5 ⇒ 57
Grandpat Ghost damage on the jackghul after having called 2 +damage raises | 6k2 ⇒ 20

Claudia meanwhile just gets out of the sewer water with a sigh and follows after her grandfather.
((Complex to get up, free action move towards the Jackghul, move into defence stance))

[Jewel]

The jackal-thing roars as the Yodotai cleaves into it but does not fall.

Raya pauses her movement and focuses on where the necromancer once was. She knows sneaking and hiding and knows he could not have moved far. She waits for her target to appear.

(Enters Center Stance))

Though it's mortal shell was nearly destroyed the hunger that drives the dead reptile knows no fear or quarter. It's bite sized snack had fled so it turned its fury upon the great ape. It tears a huge chunk from Jadzia's side a truly vicious wound that would have ended a lesser creature. Despite the gout of blood Jadzia holds strong and pries the jaws from herself while maintaining her footing.

(Complex Attack
Full Attack Jadzia, 2 raises for damage, 2 raises for knockdown | 7k5 ⇒ 37 (TN: 30)
Full Attack damage - +2k0 | 6k4 ⇒ 45 40 Wounds after Reduction
Opposed Strength Knock Down | 4k4 ⇒ 19
Opposed Strength Hold | 4k4 ⇒ 35
Opposed Strength Knockdown | 5k5 ⇒ 35
Opposed Strength Hold | 5k5 ⇒ 42)

Deep beneath the waste the Necromancer focuses on knitting his grievous wounds back together.

(Cast Heal - no raises, wound penalties | 6k4 ⇒ 27 (TN: 20)
Healing | 4k1 ⇒ 8)

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34 - Nihira - Attack
33 - Faruq - Defense (+10 TNtbH from Asher)
27 - Qara - Defense
27 - Jinn - Defense
21 - Jackghul - Attack - 37 Wounds
19 - Bazir - Center
16 - Al-Haddar - Full Defense (+14) - 7 Wounds
14 - Claudia - Defense
14 - Ghost - Full Attack
14 - Raya - Center
14 - Crocoghul - Full Attack - 65 Wounds
11 - Necromancer - Defense - 32 Wounds (Submerged, Stealth)
9 - Asher - Defense (-5 TNtbH Guarding) <-- Asher and Jadzia are up
9 - Jadzia - Full Attack - 40 wounds

[Jewel]

Horrified at the wound Jadzia has taken Asher tries to call her back to his side but the enraged beast ignores his pleas.

(Ghosting Animal Handling - Fear | 1k1 ⇒ 7 (TN: 20))

In a feat of prodigious strength, even had she not been wounded, the ape lifts the crocoghul from the water. Her fangs sink deep into it as her powerful arms pull to either side. Her mouth fills with gobbets of rancid, rotted flesh but it does not deter her as her foe is ripped in half. Spitting rotten flesh into sewage stained with her own blood the ape roars in victory.

(Ghosting Full Attack Bite Croc - 2 raises for damage, wound penalty | 6k5 ⇒ 34 (TN: 25)
Ghosting Full Attack Bite Croc Damage - +2k0 from raises | 5k3 ⇒ 34
Crocoghul is destroyed)

But the battle is not yet over.

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34 - Nihira - Attack <-- Nihira is up
33 - Faruq - Defense
27 - Qara - Defense
27 - Jinn - Defense
21 - Jackghul - Attack - 37 Wounds
19 - Bazir - Center
16 - Al-Haddar - Full Defense (+14) - 7 Wounds
14 - Claudia - Defense
14 - Ghost - Full Attack
14 - Raya - Center
11 - Necromancer - Defense - 32 Wounds (Submerged, Stealth)
9 - Asher - Defense
9 - Jadzia - Full Attack - 40 wounds

[Jewel]

No longer having a second beast at her back allows Nihira to continue to fall back and launch lead at the monstrosity in front of her.

Her aim is true as the bullet slams into the once jackal. It's a solid blow though the creature remains undeterred.

(Ghosting slinging at Jackghul | 7k3 ⇒ 32
Sling Damage | 3k2 ⇒ 15 - 10 wounds after reduction)

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34 - Nihira - Attack
33 - Faruq - Defense <-- Faruq is up
27 - Qara - Defense
27 - Jinn - Defense
21 - Jackghul - Attack - 47 Wounds
19 - Bazir - Center
16 - Al-Haddar - Full Defense (+14) - 7 Wounds
14 - Claudia - Defense
14 - Ghost - Full Attack
14 - Raya - Center
11 - Necromancer - Defense - 32 Wounds (Submerged, Stealth)
9 - Asher - Defense
9 - Jadzia - Full Attack - 40 wounds

[Faruq Al-Farhan]

The tide of the fight had definitely turned in their favour, but the one who had created this whole situation was still hiding - and who knows what he might hold up his sleeve?

Looking at the twisted and now battered canid, he wondered and wondered...

----
D4 EN - Subtle casting, TN 10 | 6k2 ⇒ 30 (TN: 10)



EDIT: With GM permission on Discord, also moving 10 ft closer to where the Necromancer had been seen!

[Jewel]

Wondering, it seems, does little in this case.

Qara, in turn, once again calls upon her strange, foreign magics though this time the jackghul dodges most of the mystical stones taking only a glancing blow.

(Earth Becomes Sky Damage | 3k3 ⇒ 10 - 5 Wounds after reduction)

Having used up its Blessings, and its other magics not so applicable for this battle, the Jinn focuses on guarding its charge.

(2xGuard Qara)

Raya waits for a proper opening (Initiative boosted by Center but holding turn as per Discord)

Attacked from all angles the jackal ghul focuses its attacks on the nearest threat even if an armored ghost seems a much less tasty snack than the fleeing Ra'Shari had. Though, unlike Nihira, it actually successfully claws into the ghost though his armor does prevent its followup bite from landing.

(Attack Gramps | 5k3 ⇒ 21 (TN: 15)
Damage Gramps | 5k2 ⇒ 15 - Reduction reduces to 12 Wounds)

(Nobody has moved spaces since last map update)

34 - Nihira - Attack
33 - Faruq - Defense
27 - Qara - Defense (+20 TNtbH from Guarding)
27 - Jinn - Defense (-10 TNtbH from Guarding)
21 - Jackghul - Attack - 52 Wounds
19 - Bazir - Attack <-- Bazir is up
16 - Al-Haddar - Full Defense (+14) - 7 Wounds
14 - Claudia - Defense
14 - Ghost - Full Attack - 12 Wounds
14 - Raya - Center
11 - Necromancer - Defense - 32 Wounds (Submerged, Stealth)
9 - Asher - Defense
9 - Jadzia - Full Attack - 40 wounds

[Bazir]

The Grandiose Akbar watched as the gorilla ripped the crocodile apart, realizing the battle might be nearing it's end. Crouching slightly he prepared himself for a running jump to the central platform and sprang into action

But fell quite short

Hunger abated, jump! | 5k3 ⇒ 8 (TN: 15)

[Al-Haddar]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

From under the table he had hidden himself, al-Haddar was meditating on the fact he didn't really need to know that the stories about sewer crocodiles were real.

He had a nasty cut on his leg, but, in regard to the circumstances, luck hadn't forsaken him yet, as he had managed to remove said leg before the undead reptile had fully locked its jaws on it.

The good thing is that the creature had been killed now. The bad thing is that the thing that killed it seemed almost as bad.

Well, time to carefully crouch out of the table's protection. And to courageously prepare oneself to do... something. The something likely being running for his life. But only after having assured there was no monster below, above, or on the middle of his path this time.

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Center Stance
ATN20
Wounds: 8/38 (Healthy)
Void: 0/3

[Jewel]

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34 - Nihira - Attack
33 - Faruq - Defense
27 - Qara - Defense (+20 TNtbH from Guarding)
27 - Jinn - Defense (-10 TNtbH from Guarding)
21 - Jackghul - Attack - 52 Wounds
19 - Bazir - Defense
16 - Al-Haddar - Center - 8 Wounds
14 - Claudia - Defense <-- Claudia and Ghost are up
14 - Ghost - Full Attack - 12 Wounds
14 - Raya - Center
11 - Necromancer - Defense - 32 Wounds (Submerged, Stealth)
9 - Asher - Defense
9 - Jadzia - Full Attack - 40 wounds