Turn 14Jimbo uses Shoe Attack!Soundtrack-
NikopolJimbo throws his shoes at the vile fiend.
Jimbo examines his situation- on the one hand, he must enter the struggle now, while the Temple Guard is weak. On the other hand, Step Kid's afraid to leave his step, and he lacks a ranged weapon. Wise beyond his years, Jimbo realizes that
any weapon is a ranged weapon if you chuck it hard enough!
Shucking off his shoes, Jimbo lines up a shot- as he does so, blue energy coalesces about the skate! He throws!
[6]+2vs
[6]+2-1 Jimbo's aim is true- the robot spins, trying to swat the shoe out of the air, but is slowed by its disabled leg! The pugil stick deflects the blow away from its head, and the Sketchers Skate Shoe strikes the Temple Guard in the shoulder, showering sparks of blue and red energy off the body armor! The Temple Guard takes One Damage!
Jimbo quickly throws his other shoe,
[1] but his other shoe is well high of the robot, and disappears into the slowly thinning smoke.
Steal Pugil Stick!
Mouse sees his opening, and races up the steps to the beleaguered robot! As the Temple Guard twists away from the second shoe, Mouse reaches out and snatches at the Pugil Stick!
[6]vs[1]
Yoink!
Mouse easily relieves the robot of his Pugil Stick! He staggers back under the surprising weight of the weapon- it's a bit too large and unwieldy for a ten year old to swing with any strength, but Mouse can still take advantage of the multiple attacks it gives him!
"Oh noe! My bestest weapon, gone! And for what?!"
Kobosh leaps back onto the step he was on before - his step of mystic energy! - and unsheathes his Eastpac travel bag. He leaps up and smacks the robobeast in the eyes, shattering the eye and tearing the er robobrain!
Am I still randomly hallucinating? If so, please edit "Eastpac travel bag" in the above action so that it in fact reads "enormous antirobotic ninja deathsword!"
Oh noe! My bestest weapon, gone! And for what?!
Kobosh retreats to his step at the bottom of the Steps of Knowledge, and takes his backpack off, giving it a few experimental swings. He rather wishes he were hallucinating an enormous anti-robotic ninja deathsword to give him some confidence, but unfortunately it appears that random hallucinations do not kick in at will. Oh well, he can always pretend.
Kobosh eyes the distance to the Temple Guard- the robot is standing on the Green step, 3 broad steps higher than Kobosh's base Red step. But, if Kobosh CAN leap the intervening distance his strike should be empowered by his step. Even as he thinks of bludgeoning the robot with his Eastpac Travel Bag, it begins to glow with blue energy. Alright! An attack it is!
Standing on the very edge of his step, Kobosh takes as much of a running start as he can muster and leaps into the air, his Eastpac Travel Bag blazing! [2] Unfortunately, he only makes it up one step. Nuts.
Child, Heal thyself!
[5] Matt finds himself relatively secure, and takes a seat on the dusty paving stones of the Temple Complex. Soon enough, he feels his wind return, and his various aches and pains fade away, although his ribs still feel a bit bruised. He regains 2 Hitpoints!
"Holy shit, I have a lightsaber!"
"Eat hot plasma you douche!" Swing staff again.
Holy crap, I have a lightsaber!
Derek briefly entertains the notion of a Star Wars film where the protagonist is a ten year old. That movie would be awesome! He could race sweet space cars, and hang out with R2D2 and Threepio, and make friends with funny looking animals, and become a Jedi! Best movie ever!
Emboldened by his fantasy and his recent success, Derek winds up another staff-powered haymaker!
Eat hot plasma you jerkface!
[3]+2vs
[1]+2-1 The robot attempts to block with the same arm as before, but once again Derek's blow strikes with unnatural force! The forearm is severed entirely, and red energy flows from the stump, dissipating in the air! The robot takes an additional -1 penalty to attack rolls and Three Damage!
Stab the Temple Guardian with all my might while loosing the primal war cry of the ten-year-old!
Zach wastes no time, and readies his spear for the killing blow!
Circle Circle, Dot Dot, time to get your...
Booty Shot! [6]+2vs
[5]+2-1 Zach's aim is true, the Temple Guard too slow, and the crude spear strikes the ancient robot in the head, smashing in the construct's face, and the severed part flies off in an arc!
The Temple Guard has been struck down!The body crumples, falling down the steps. The body armor shatters into a peculiar assortment of curves and semicircles. Zach holds up one attached to a blue leather thong, examining it curiously.
Congratulations! You defeated that adversary with many fewer severed limbs than the previous contestants- you may well be the ones to complete the Temple Run. What you hold in your hand is a Half Pendant of Life- you'll find other halves within the Temple itself. They're all color coded, so you can't just hoard up on them- you'll have to split them evenly. Over. What about the half-pendant I already got, Mr. Fogg? Over.
What? When did you get a half-pendant!?! I found it in that Crushy Doom room you said not to go in. Over.
Huh. Well then! Is the leather thong colored in any way? Over. Um... nope, doesn't look that way. Over.
Then Congratulations, Mouse, you've got a Full Pendant of Life. We know for a fact that merely touching a Temple Guardian with a Full Pendant will disable it, although it will destroy your pendant as well. We also have reason to believe that the Pendants may have some other purpose, perhaps as keys or other important items. Over.Everyone gets their half-pendants, and Mouse joins his two halves- they merge seamlessly, as though they were always one whole pendant. Fully assembled, the graven image appears to resemble Olmec, the giant talking stone statue head who now lies quiescent atop the Steps of Knowledge. The Pendant pulses once with a bright blue glow, then settles to the faintest of color in the eyes.
Alright kids, here's where things get interesting. The path to the Temple lies open, and you can now enter the maze of chambers, each with unique traps, challenges, and rewards. Your goal, once again, is to find the innermost chamber- it is very important you do not fail. Once you enter the Temple, describe the room to me and I will give you any information I can. Over. If you've sent people into the Temple before, can't you just tell us what we'll be facing? Over.
Negative, Derek. The layout of the Temple shifts. Over.
Shifts? What do you mean, shifts? Over.
I mean it does not remain constant, Matthew. The rooms appear to move about, changing their positions, connections, and even details of their contents. The technology required to accomplish such a feat appears to be well beyond the Mayincatec, but then, so does the autonomous defensive robots. Understanding that technology is one of the reasons it is imperative you do not fail in your mission. Over.
Sinpwn-
JimboCurrently- Critical Hit!
HP- 5/5
Inventory-
Official Legends Uniform, Blue Jean Bandana, Eastpac Travel Bag,
Motorola Walkie-Talkie(Warranty Void), Half-Pendant of Life
Status- Normal
dermonster-
DerekCurrently- Star Wars theme!
HP- 5/5
Inventory-
Official Legends Uniform, Eastpac Travel Bag,
Sketchers Skate Shoes, Motorola Walkie-Talkie,
10 foot pole, Smoke Bombs x3, Half-Pendant of Life
Status- Normal
Gatleos-
ZachCurrently- Victory Dance!
HP- 5/5
Inventory-
Official Legends Uniform, Eastpac Travel Bag,
Sketchers Skate Shoes, Motorola Walkie-Talkie,
Vine Lasso, Primitive Spear, Half-Pendant of Life
Status- Normal
lawastooshort-
KoboshCurrently- Not hallucinating! ...at the moment.
HP- 5/5
Inventory-
Official Legends Uniform (tattered), Eastpac Travel Bag,
Sketchers Skate Shoes, Motorola Walkie-Talkie, Half-Pendant of Life
Status-
Random Hallucinations
IronyOwl-
MouseCurrently- Loot get!
HP- 5/5
Inventory-
Official Legends Uniform, Eastpac Travel Bag,
Sketchers Skate Shoes, Motorola Walkie-Talkie,
Pugil Stick, Pendant of Life
Status- Normal
Tersr-
MatthewCurrently- Healing dance!
HP- 4/5
Inventory-
Official Legends Uniform, Eastpac Travel Bag,
Sketchers Skate Shoes, Motorola Walkie-Talkie, Swiss Army Knife, Half-Pendant of Life
Status- Normal
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Topic: Legends of the Hidden Temple: The RTD Turn 15 (Read 51284 times)