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@drewccapp@Spanner@GrafRoy Zeppeli@Rune_Alchemist

So... Aside from responding to Lena, Vander and Co. (which I'm gonna do anyway), I'm trying to decide how much I should progress the plot in your area given all the character interactions going on. The debut of GrafRoy's character has spiced thing up a bit, but I'm not too certain if it's the right time to move things forward.

How do you guys feel about it? Is a tiny bit of railroading alright? Or would you guys like to play around at the lodge (or elsewhere a bit more)?

I have a few ideas for the first IC appearance of the evil fey, but I wanted your opinions before I finish this write up.
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Hmm.

I am perfectly alright with a tiny bit of railroading, myself, though I don't mind a bit more playing around if its what everyone else wants to do. At the moment if nothing happens, Tania and Lena are probably going to talk a bit about what they're going to do with the fey.

So I'm fine with whatever.

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Speaking of posts, you gonna do something with Yasha soon?
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Will do it today.

Sorry for the delay, had some urgent RL matters to attend to (parents on the hospital & etc...)

Don't worry. Will have it done today. :-)

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Hey all, I'll be going on a two week vacation starting tomorrow and don't know how often I'll have Internet access. Thank you for your patience. I'll try to be more regular when I get back.
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Welp, have a post. If there's something wrong with it or what, do tell and I'll adjust as needed, but I think I got everything right.

Also - Thank you for playing right into my hands, Yasha.

*insert maniacal cackling*

I do have to ask you guys though, how long you wanna draw out this scene here? I think there's a very good chance of Yasha and Selena being able to subdue Senna if they work together on it, but it'd be pretty risky.
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*gasp* omg you killed the poor boy T__T

Welp, now Yasha has no reason to hold herself back anymore...

Don't worry. She will pretty much wreck the place after she uses the Magic Artillery Shell... lol

What Senna did right now will leave some pretty interesting marks on Yasha's mind. The only thing holding her back, was her thoughts, from when she was still human. Now, because of her hesitation, the boy died, and Selena is in danger. Don't expect her to hesitate again XD

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PS: @Rune_Alchemist

Normally, I would take 2 posts to use the Living Magic Artillery Shell, but to hasten things up (we've spent a lot of time in this scene already, right? XD

I can cast it instantly (IF you agree with that, of course.)
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Aye, that's fine with me. We have and I think it'd be nice to wrap this up soon.
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I am cool with a bit of railroading. I get the sense that if we stay in the lodge for much longer it may end up being kindling for a large fire :|
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Fair warning:
I have two exams/mid-terms next week, and study time is currently competing with writing time. .-.'

I've been pecking away at it periodically when I have time, but progress is slow.

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I'm hoping this hurricane swings in my direction, so I can skip out on work and stay home to finish writing. =P
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So... I'm mostly done with the update for the Whiteside group, but I still haven't heard from @Spanner & @GrafRoy Zeppeli.

Whether, they're going to have a 'heated' discussion elsewhere, or running off with @drewccapp & @Rune_Alchemist to hunt fey, or something else altogether is fine, I just need to know.
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@BurningDaisies either is fine for me, seriously. Pretty sure Cain can just drop a "come with us and act like a heater for a while then I'll send you towards Senna".

My plan totally wasn't using the dragonkin as a heater from the start btw. Just thought of doing that. *Nervous laugh*
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@13org

Well with Spooky unfortunately gone, do you still want to play out the story with Nyna? I'll have to make Spooky my NPC from now on anyway. Or since he is gone now would you rather just let that bit of the story come to an end?
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It looks like all the plot trains are picking up more steam.
Woodstop, Whiteside, Brightwing, and Wolf's Run

.... I swear we didn't foresee all the locations being W-based names, That just kinda happened.
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Hm... I mean, it would be a bit awkward, right? XD

Things could simply go on, I mean, Spooky and Nina would basically wait for morning and then go to the city (Where they will part ways, I assume (due to the fact that Spooky is gone :-/))
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Hmmm, well usually it's better not to use someone else's character, even as a GM anyway. I did have a sub-plot where undead researcher man was going to try and use Spooky's presence to try and awaken a powerful undead hidden in the Plains but at this point maybe it would be better for your character to just move on. If he ever comes back that way he can pick up with Spooky wherever.

It looks like all the plot trains are picking up more steam.
Woodstop, Whiteside, Brightwing, and Wolf's Run

.... I swear we didn't foresee all the locations being W-based names, That just kinda happened.


Brightwing starts with a B! Although it does still have a w in it. Blast, not as original as I thought. XD
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If anything needs changing on my post, just tell me.
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Alright, I'll have a post up tomorrow most likely~

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Nope, everything looks good! It's not gonna kill her, but she'll definitely be more than a little injured from it~

EDIT:

Alright, a post. Just to be clear - the blast did considerable damage to Senna, its just that there's a lot of juicy cannon fodder around so she did the smart thing and decide to kill them instead of fighting someone she can't easily get to in order to restore her HP.

And yes.
Tania now has a time-out jar~
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I don't think there is anything Yasha can do... Her shots, even coming from a rifle (with a target finding spell) can't hit Sena, it doesn't matter if she conceals her presence before taking the shot. Even her strongest attack can't seem to be able to pass through her barrier, or do any type of damage at all... Her strongest attack wasn't even able to cripple Senna, not even a but.
Not even Selena's curses are effective against her.

Yasha is powerful? Yes. She is meant to be a glass cannon. That means that if Semana threw her sword at Yasha or if somehow she got nearby her, Yasha would die. Since Yasha has no armor or any defense at all. Literally no defense at all.
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I mean, Senna's far from unkillable and she was hurting after that attack? One more attack and she would have been KO'ed pretty badly.

Senna is a glass cannon too, and I built her specifically to have some of the weakest natural defense in game. She's just built her skills around being able to be less squishy to make up for it. The armor, for example, which didn't even stop Selena's normal attack (and Selena isn't even a melee character), and amulet which reduced the effectiveness of magic by a small bit - enough to ward against lower level magic but was basically useless against that artillery spell.

Keep in mind senna literally can't be crippled thanks to her 'Tireless Rage' skill, which means she can fight and move at full effectiveness despite any damage to her body, as well as any physical ailments. Its really just a skill specifically built to mask how much damage she's taken unless somebody has some sort of analyzing ability. A scare and intimidation tactic since someone seeing someone taking a nuke to the face and seemingly being able to shrug it off would cause a pretty huge effect on morale.

As I said, that attack did some pretty heavy damage to Senna. She's just not showing it because she literally can just ignore any pain and fight and move at full capacity - and Selena's curses are working. They're just not working as well as she intends because of Senna's resistance to both mental and physical interference. If they weren't working, the Senna wouldn't have been injured by Selena in the first place, nor would she be running to the fort for healing fodder. She'd probably actually have gotten bored and ended up leaving.




If Yasha would have followed it up with another attack (and hit, mind you, since Senna's entire fighting style is built around dodging damage instead of tanking except in cases where she can't dodge) then Senna would have pretty much been dead. Senna can basically take about three hits from any of the PC's and NPC's before dying if she's not able to heal between hits. That's something I've determined from the start of the game to keep things a bit fair.

Yes, senna is a powerful and troublesome opponent, especially if there's weaker lower-leveled people around that she can basically just use as healing fodder, but she's far from unbeatable. Keep in mind that all of our characters are pretty much around the same level, more or less, meaning I don't think there's going to be any one-shotting going on no matter what. That'd just be rather...much. I suppose that's more of something for the GM to decide, though.

I don't think there is anything Yasha can do... Her shots, even coming from a rifle (with a target finding spell) can't hit Sena, it doesn't matter if she conceals her presence before taking the shot.


What exactly do you mean with a 'target finding spell'? You mean heat seeking bullets? I assumed that was a simple spell to track a target and fire an optimal trajectory (correct me if I'm wrong on that) But even so, Senna's both flexible enough and agile enough to avoid it or simply turn Bloodlust into a giant slab of a sword and block it. She has to be, or Senna wouldn't be a threat at all and have already been defeated.



Not trying to be hostile or defensive here, but I feel like I need to explain a few aspects about the character and the skills.
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