THE SHADY SHUFFLE KERFUFFLE: ROUND 2
Cassidy, realizes that at this range it'd probably be better to cut them down with his sword. He spies the closest shade and slashes at the shady being. "Alright, lets see how ya take this!" He yells while slashing. (6 vs 17) The sword travels right through the shade, doing nothing. There's a whirl of black smoke where the sword leaves its body. It's next to impossible to not breathe it in, (11 vs 10) it doesn't do anything to Cassidy. The grass that it touches dies instantly.
Diggy, in a flash of brilliance, realizes that the radius of the dynamite would likely hit the party. He holsters the cannon and pulls his pick out and charges the closest shade, this is just after Cassidy had swung and done nothing. The smoke touches Diggy (20 vs 1). It immediately bolsters his physique and makes him much faster and much stronger (
Diggy gains the Shade Smoke buff. It adds +2 to all physical actions for three turns.). He raises his pick and (15+2 vs 4) Puts his pick into the shade's head, spilling black blood (3 vs 19) onto himself and the ground. It burns like fire and causes the skin to blister where it touches. It evaporates immediately upon contact with Diggy and the ground. (
Diggy gains the Shadeburn debuff: Adds 1 degree of pain. (-1 to all rolls) for 2 turns or until healed) The shade slumps to the ground.
Theta 5 holsters his cannon and unholsters his hammer, taking a pot shot with his crossbow arm at the same time. (9 vs 11) The bolt goes wide and sails off into the woods. He runs to and swings at the next closest shade (Shade 2), (19 vs 18) smashing it's foot with the power of Thor himself. But the Shade's foot resists the damage that the hammer would have done. Instead of crushing the foot and turning its metatarsals into dust, it merely leaves it with a nasty bruise.
Blarg, kinda freaking out, says "Aw shit their coming over here now." He shoots at Shade 3 (14 vs 18) the bullets go wide. The shades continue to approach, but not very fast. Blarg get close to Theta and readies his golf club. (Blarg gains the Ready to Strike buff: If an enemy target moves during the RS, the character will strike them)
With the death of Shade 1 and the aggression against Shade 2, they falter in their pursuit and begin retreating to the woods. Only one remains. Shade 2, enraged by the hammer to the foot, swipes at Theta. (13 vs 2) It lands with a sickening crunch on Theta's hammer arm. The arm has been broken. (Theta 5 gains Broken Limb: You can no longer use this appendage until it is set) Blarg takes the nearest retreating shade (Shade 4) and swings his golf club with lethal intent (13 vs 2). He hits the shade solidly in the head, disorienting and staggering the shade. It stumbles back to the battle in its desperate retreat from Blarg.
Shade 1: Dead (from Diggy)
Shade 2: Lightly bruised (Theta 5)
Shade 3 & 5: 15 feet from the woods
Shade 4: Concussion (Blarg)
Status: Broken Limb (Hammer Arm)
Location: Road to Pripyat
Inventory: Hammer x2, Crossbow, Thunder Cannon, Flintlock Pistol x2, Metal Scraps, Tinkerer's toolkit
Status: Shade Smoke, Shadeburn
Location: Road to Pripyat
Inventory: Pick, Helmet with lamp, Meats, Dynamite Cannon, Clamp x2, Pliers, Prybar
Status: Fine
Location: Road to Pripyat
Inventory: M1911, Golf Club, Brick, Knife
Status: Fine
Location: Road to Pripyat
Inventory: durasteel Revolver, Dragonhead Pistol, Matter Manipulator, Space Sword, Gambler's Armor
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