Inside the tomb of the Nabpies...Jordan attempts to bite the Nabpie!
[Jordan movement roll: 5-[abb=You're just an upper torso, for gods' sakes!]3[/abbr]]
He budges a few inches in its direction!
[Nabpie perception roll: 5]
The Nabpie immediately notices Jordan moving and comes on over to finish the job!
[Nabpie vs. Jordan: 5+3 vs. 5-2]
The Nabpie devours the entirety of Jordan's torso, leaving but a head behind!
"Oh, bother."[Jordan will roll: 2-2]
Jordan's eyes go dark, the spark of unlife in them becoming extinguished! In a few moments, all that is left is a head of a mere corpse! The face of the corpse looks somewhat irritated, but nonetheless possesses a certain gentlemanly quality! The Nabpie ignores the head, choosing to get back to its mates and knock back a pint of shadow essence over a nice, friendly game of backgammon!
Jordan has been fatally dismembered!Inside the castle of the esteemed king...Samuel has got a strategy developing here! He attempts to convey the finer points of it to the mob!
[Nonverbal communication roll: 3]
He isn't able to instruct the dancing agitators to do anything, but at least the crossbowmen seem to understand him! They move into good firing positions!
[Crossbowmen vs. Royal Elite Guard Unit 1: 6+3 vs. 3+5-
2]
They open fire on one of the flanks of the elite guardsmen, mowing down nearly half of them before they scatter! The mob, meanwhile, just dances straight into melee with the other half of the guards!
[Mob vs. Royal Elite Guard Unit 2: 2+6 vs. 2+5]
It's a pitched battle, but the mob gains ground by virtue of the edge they've obtained from their magical weapons! The guardsmen get decimated, by which it is meant that about a tenth are dead!
[King roll: 4]
The king is too smart to go fight a mob! He attempts to deliver a rousing speech!
[Speech roll: 3]
"I would really appreciate it if you stopped dying, men!"[Samuel magic roll: 4]
Samuel indirectly aids the mob by summoning 2 canes to beat up the elite guardsmen!
[Cane 1 vs. Royal Elite Guard Unit 2: 5+1 vs. 3+5-1]
[Cane 2 vs. Royal Elite Guard Unit 2: 5+1 vs. 6+5-1]
The guardsmen are briefly distracted, though not really impeded in a meaningful way by two flying canes delivering a slight beating to a few of their number! A sufficient amount of heads is turned to give the mob an opening!
[Mob vs. Royal Elite Guard Unit 2: 6+6 vs. 6+5-
1]
The mob takes the opportunity to pummel a good number of the royal guards!
[Crossbowmen vs. Royal Elite Guard Unit 1: 3+3 vs. 2+3-2]
The crossbowmen take the time to eliminate most of the remaining guardsmen on the king's right!
[King roll: 4]
The king attempts to rally the people around him!
[King speech roll: 1]
"You idiots will be beheaded if you don't stop fighting like girly men RIGHT NOW! I swear, I regret the day I took advantage of first-night privileges with all of your mothers!"[Royal Guard morale roll: 1]
Getting berated by their king for apparently failing in their duty does little to bolster the morale of the guards! In fact, most of them get downright pissed off at the king! Unwilling to fight, let alone die for this bag of excrement, they decide to flee!
[King roll: 4]
"Now, let's be reasonable here..."He tries to run to the back door of the throne room!
[Escape roll: 3]
He makes it halfway there!
And here's death number two for the chapter! Too bad it's Jordan, though. I liked him.
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