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[Powder Miner]

The sorts of combat odds that Kaylee can take alone and that our group can take are pretty divergent, since we’re not a tiny group and not every reinforcement group is a big fuckoff bear charge like those guys. Pressingly, though, given that Kaylee is a fuckoff attack mage like Kane, she’s going to function a LOT better in any big fight when there are people to help deal with the stragglers of whatever spell she puts out. She can nuke a group and we can descend in the rest, but on her own, that “rest” is a more lethal proposition. In other words, we really just want to minimize the amount of time that she’s alone now that there’s this much shit going down, both for her sake and ours.

Keanu probably would have been the better one to send on kid-killin’ duty.

[StrawBarrel]

Spoiler: Combat Mode (click to show/hide)

[Weirdsound]

A
I'd rather deal with the elves in front of us; either Kaylee will survive the next few minutes or she is beyond our help anyhow.

Four bear riders took your bait. You have three allies left in Keanu, Andre, and Allana. Not wanting to transition suddenly from maintaining an illusion to fighting a bear rider, you lead one elf to each fellow raider and keep the fourth on a wild goose chase for the time being.

Allana's Long Ranged Combat Skill = 4
Roll = 3
Total Bonuses: -2 (Element of Surprise, Magically assisted attacks)
Final Result: 1

As the bear rider approaches Allana's position, he is assualted by a hail of arrows! Using Magic to increase her movement speed greatly, the young druid can let off a shot every 12 or so seconds. The first arrow hits the bear in the leg, causing it to stumble foward and drop its rider. As soon as the elf finds his feet, an arrow finds his temple, dropping him stone dead. A third shot proves to be the killing bow against his mount.

Skill = 6
Roll = 6! Critical Failure!

Andre chooses to emerge from hiding early, dip his spear, and charge his opponent honorably! Although his Dire Kangaroo Rat is about as tall as the elf's bear, the bear is much heavier and more dangerous; When they collide, Andre's steed is knocked backward. Your brother finds himself crushed underneath his rat, who in turn is both underneath and being mauled by a brown bear and its rider...

Keanu's Mid Range Combat Skill = 6
Roll = 2
Total Bonuses: -1 (Keanu Specializes in Javelin Throwing)
Final Result: 1

Keanu starts and ends his fight with a single missile. The Javelin completely penetrates the target rider through the gut, knocking her off her mount, and the bear continues chasing the illusion, seemingly unaware that it had come under attack.

You are starting to feel tired. If you keep your projection up much longer you might start to feel some real side effects. Your brother Andre is currently in mortal peril, and one bear rider remains unaccounted for, still chasing around an illusion.

Actions:
A: Lead the last rider to Allana. Hope that Keanu can save Andre.
B: Lead the last rider to Keanu. Hope that Allana can save Andre.
C: Drop the illusion. Try and save Andre yourself. Hope that Allana and Keanu can handle the last rider.
D: Drop the illusion. Converge on your brother's position with both Keanu and Allana. Hope that the last rider wont react in time to punish this.

[Powder Miner]

what a truly precise jinx what the fuck

CRAZY FUCKER WRITEIN IF I’M ALLOWED: Drop the illusion, bait the last rider ourselves at mid-range while mounted, have Allana AND Keanu save Andre

[IronyOwl]

D

Bears are dangerous but slow. We should have time to pick one off before the other is able to respond.

[Shadowclaw777]

First off Bears are not slow lmao, they can run 56 kmh, even then we can’t have Andre die so

D

(Hindsight is a bitch on this one)

[Naturegirl1999]

D

[StrawBarrel]

We already have enough votes, but voting is fun.
D
praying to RNG god

[Weirdsound]

D

Bears are dangerous but slow. We should have time to pick one off before the other is able to respond.

Skill = 2
Roll = 5
Commanding Subjects Bonus: -1
Result: 4

You drop the illusion and try to coordinate a joint assault on the rider who has Andre pinned, sadly over the distance and chaos of battle your message doesn't quite get across. Keanu follows you toward Andre's position, but Allana produces a dagger and charges an armored bear rider on foot!

Skill = 5
Roll = 3
Numbers Advantage Bonus: -1
Specializes in Javelins Bonus: -1
Result = 1

Neither bear nor rider know what hit them as you and Keanu join forces to pelt them with Javelins from two different directions. By the time you reach your brother his assailants are riddled with several Javelins each and bleeding out.

Andre's rat is beyond saving. Keanu wordlessly ends its misery by shoving a spear through its head. Rolling the carcass off Andre, you note the heroic rodent shielded your brother from most of the damage. He seems to be in great pain, and has some trouble breathing, but he can stand without assistance.

Skill = 4
Roll = 4
Total Bonuses: -1 (Magically Assisted Attack)
Result = 3

Allana confident charges the bear and its rider, who raises his scimitar to strike for her head as the druid approaches. With a scream she throws her dagger at the charging rider from 10ft out, and dives out of the way.

As the dagger travels through the air, it shapeshifts into a living eagle, who upon reaching its target gouges out the shocked elf's eyes with its talons! Allana rises back to her feet and laughs at the poor bear, teetering between its instincts to chase her down and its master's now totally inaccurate blind commands.

The eagle lands on the young woman's shoulder, and slowly transforms back into a dagger as it rolls down her arm and ends up safely handle first in her grip. Allana shows no real interest in finishing her opponent. She dances around the blind rider for several seconds, sending insults and racial slurs his way. Her amusement only ends when a bolt of lightning strikes the rider, instantly killing both the crippled foe and his mount.

Kaylee has returned, a dead child elf slung over her shoulder.

Actions-
A: Gather your loot, declare mission accomplished, and return to the canoes.
B: Conceal yourselves once more in the bush. Perhaps some elves will be dumb enough to ignore the burnt out section of woods and come your way.
C: Head towards the forest retreat, try to link up with Kane and the main body of raiders.

If you choose B or C-
D: Send your injured brother back to the canoes.
E: Allow Andre to stay and fight!
F: Allow Andre to stay and fight, but let him ride Vera so at least he isn't on foot.

[Naturegirl1999]

CD

[IronyOwl]

*victory jingle*

A, we're done here.

[StrawBarrel]

I'm not sure what to do. I'm feeling indecisive.

[Powder Miner]

CD

I was pretty torn, but I think with Kaylee we can go long enough to at least collect Kane
plus we kinda sorta obliterated most of our loot probably

[Shadowclaw777]

CD

[IronyOwl]

plus we kinda sorta obliterated most of our loot probably

Nonsense, we got... ten elf corpses. Nine elf corpses? And three or four bear corpses, if we could fit those in the canoes. And some heavy arms and armor, maybe?

Alright so it wasn't a great haul.