Pseudo Stygian

Agartha: The Untold Tales (An RPG)

I'm assuming the encounter is over, the zombies are free for looting/investigation, and we're probably going to proceed discussing where to go next? @Champion

Agartha: The Untold Tales (An RPG)

Do you think we need more player? Like, one more, or two. Maybe someone who's more attack-oriented.

Agartha: The Untold Tales (An RPG)

"Well, damn, this is cool," Nanda muttered to herself when all the weapons in the room burst to flame. It was almost distraction enough against the undeads that were making a beeline for her. She tried to dodge away behind the knight, Arton ("Why, thank you, sir."), while at the same time throwing two now-flaming knives at her pursuers, aiming for their unprotected heads.

Nanda glanced quickly around the room, assessing it. Arton and Rio seemed like they were doing fine defending their stance, but what about the other guards? The dark elf was attacking with flurry, and she seemed to have more luck attacking from behind. Nanda Fooled her arms to have more Strength and Agility, for stronger faster blows.

Now where is the magic boy?

Agartha: The Untold Tales (An RPG)

Swamped right now. Things keep slipping off my mind and I hate it. Probably won't be able to get back here until after the weekend. Sorry :(

Agartha: The Untold Tales (An RPG)

"If the wraiths keep coming here," Nanda wondered out loud, "Then we probably shouldn't stick around here. There are way too many spots they could flank us from." She gesetured at the six dark corridors surrounding the room. Flanking and being flanked was common in the maze-like slums of cities. Then again, cities don't usually spawn undead. "Anyway, if they keep spawning, we shouldn't stick around at all. We gotta find where they're supposed to spawn from, right? Is that what the big boss asked you to investigate? Did you find anything?"

Scratching noise then was heard from one of the corridors. Rio was asking Arwyn to do the scouting. "I could do it, if you like. Or we can do, both. You can take that corridor and scout them out," Nanda pointed at the one where the noise was coming from. "I can go scout somewhere else. Make sure there's no more wraiths in the other direction."

Agartha: The Untold Tales (An RPG)

"Let's wait for the enemies to come to us cuz fighting in a corridor is dumb if you can avoid it".

@Jerkchicken

Nanda will happily argue with that point if you want to put it IC :)

Agartha: The Untold Tales (An RPG)

The deed was done, the undead has fallen, and there was no wound even to lick. That was a bit uneventful, was it? But good enough for a palate cleanser, especially since she saw something shiny from the ashes they left behind.

Shinies which was quickly picked up by the two big guys of the group. "Aww, come on you two," she said, laughing casually. "We beat them together, did we? Don't keep the loot to yourself." She turned quickly to face the cavern, careful to make it look nonchalant, but she got her eye on where exactly they were putting those money.

And then the young magic boy was suddenly all over her.
"Uhm....Nanda? That's your name right? And..You're a princess?...Right?.." The boy would continue truly fascinated. "I've never met a princess before. My names Jack!"

This was soon followed by the other guy, Arton? Asking the same question.

"Is that true? Are you really a princess?"

She grinned, then nodded and flourished her cloak the way she had seen royalty did. These poor innocent boys! They won't last a second in her hometown. "Pleasure to meet you, Jack. Well! You've both seen a King earlier today. Really, I don't know how a mere 'princess' like me could compare."

As they walked into the dungeon, she regaled them with her story.

"I came from the city of Zamrud. Have you been there? It's a beautiful place. Imagine towering castles side by side, their roofs gilded with jewels. Imagine a street where no one is hungry, where oh-"

It was a very short story. Rio was kicking a door down.

"Yeah, great. Dark creepy dungeon filled with undead and the first thing you do when you see a door is to kick it open. Perfect. Now all we need is for our dark elf friend to follow it up with a sneak attack."

Speaking of which, she hadn't seen the dark elf in a while.

Agartha: The Untold Tales (An RPG)

@Pseudo Stygian I know posting is difficult for you sometimes. At the end of the day tomorrow I'll make a post. Whenever you can, you can make a catch up post.

@Champion

Ha, I was just reading up. Will post after I get back from work in six hours or so.

On another note, goosh I forgot how awful I am with action prose.

Every character pretty much reacted the same. Each one of them threw themselves into combat without a second thought.

@Champion

It's a bit difficult to coordinate the different movements since one second is spread out across multiple posts that can be written in multiple days. One post might want to react to the middle of the post before it and hoo boy that's difficult to pull off. At least the enemy is constant every "turn".

It's ok, though, I think we'll find a comfortable middle ground somewhere.... Unless you folks want to make the battles a live posting thing, or something.

Agartha: The Untold Tales (An RPG)

Ayy sorry if I was holding back the flow. Had a weird week. Nanda is ready for sneak attack whenever you hard-hitter had chip them down enough.

Agartha: The Untold Tales (An RPG)

Ananda
HP 100 MP 24/50

The injured soldier's scream set Nanda on edge. Almost by instinct, she casted Fleeting Steps on herself, then soundlessly made her way around the group, taking a good measure of the dungeon's entrance. When the undead appeared, she was somewhat closer to the entrance than anyone ought to be. Fortunately the monsters more concerned with with attacking the nearest bulky adventurer than a particularly sneaky rogue.

Nanda considered a sneak attack, but as the undead crashed and pushed back the bulky adventurer, she discarded it as a bad idea. Instead she focused on the adventurer, Arton. His muscles should be able to hold on harder than that, could they? Wordlessly, Nanda spoke to his Strength, convincing them that they're stronger than they seemed (Fool Sense +2).

"These are Undead soldiers. They have magic resistance. USE FIRE!!!" said the boy all of a sudden.

"Kid, you're not making sense," Nanda muttered. "They have magic resistance so we ought to use magic?"