USH'S STAR WARS GAME- CAMPAIGN II EPISODE II (DARK SIDE)- In the Coils of the Serpent

For a start, because you are acting faster than most of them can keep track of...

... and secondly because this is Star Wars, and mooks have no survival instinct.

Galder will Twirl and Twirl again, targetting four of the pitiful pirates in his whirl of death...

well..takuan is pretty much down.
slash at the pistolier

Rack them up! One, two, three, four kills! And a frame out.

Originally posted by Dexx
well..takuan is pretty much down.
slash at the pistolier

Certainly is with that attitude.

i'm not exactly left with many options while in hubris...

You know, if you spent less time making smart ass comments on plot developments and more time reading posts you might be less likely to be close to getting yourself killed, which you really are right now because no-one is in a position to help you and this is not a battlefield you guys are going to hold at the end of the fight.

Defend against incoming attacks.

Rand you are being done up the butt by the Force... 😛

no....i'm not even going to be sorry, because certain things could have gone way better had i only been online more....and recent events prevent me from doing that...nothing i can do.

This is the whole point- there IS something you can do, if only you had actually read the posts. Self-pity will get you nowhere.

Dexx -- "Ok, it takes two force points and a Willpower roll to de-activate your bonus emotion (if you have Power Hungry, you pass automatically)"

Which I'd like to do so I can try and run, btw.....

Three more kills for Gallador... and then finally a hit on him, foir six damage, that even he can't absorb.

Tanic hacks down a Macho and a standard puppet in his fear craze.

Rianna- evens just enough! But as you run, another hit on you for four damage.

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SITUATION AT: Fourth sequence, frame 4

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Jaglon Beta Volcano

Galder: 5/27/FO (Anger)

Red Lance Pirates x5: 0/FO

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Palmero tropics

Gallador: 8/15/FO (SFF- Guards) (Hatred x2)

Nostra enforcers x4: 0/FO

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Garel Orbital Platform

Tanic: 5/25/FO +1 (Fear)

Puppets x12: 0/FO

Macho Puppet: 0/FO

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Rattatak arena

Rand: 7 (+10)/9/1 (Rivalry) (five frames advanced)

Gladiators x9: 0/Framed Out

Fighting beasts x2: 0/1

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Belseraphon Jungle

Takuan: 13/33/4 (Hubris)

Miramar Gunmen x14: 0/1

Miramar Pistolier: 0/2

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Demaran Wheatfield

Rianna: 6/15/4 (eight frames advanced)

Militia x12: 0/2

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So, Rianna, Takuan and Rand to finish off.

Keep running...with Defend for defense.

Tanic still lashes out around him as the puppets smother him from all angles, though things are unfocussing for him somewhat, as he forces his sabre through the Serpent Squad leader, as they force him away from the stairs.

Gallador's mist of hate continues and he barely notices as the heat of the tropics gives way to the cold stone of the hangars.

Galder, with Hade's men dead all around you, Hade himself appears atop the mountainside, looking down at you...

... wait, not Hade. Bora- carrying an enormous plasma discharger that is almost as big as he is- atop the stairs.

Oh shit! He's going to blow the crap out the entire stairway! Tanic, you have seen him, too.

Gallador would like to do something about this... if it wasn`t for the fact that he wants to see more blood of his enemies, it feels almost like the endless circle of Fear and Anger will allow him to ascend to the level of power lost ages ago, when Sith were anhilated by Jedi!

The voice inside tells him that he is not ready yet to control such power, that his feelings are twisted by the nature of this place, which might be true.... but he can certainly finish those thugs, they are no match for his mastery of the Darkside!

Still using all the Hatred I can!

Gee...I guess I cannot take that off right by saying I just let the shot hit?

If not, Rand will Throw at three opponents with the +2 Rivalry bonus, hopefully deducting 5 from my Pain pool...

"Porkchop sandwiches!" Galder shouts, seeing Bora with the plasma discharger. "Tanic, Gallador! Take him down!"

Can Galder attempt to disarm him with a Combat Push? Maybe a combined one with Tanic's aid?

Not a hope in hell, Galder!

Rand performs his throw, guaranteeing three kills with force expenditure, spending six in all. He then survives return fire with another force point spent on Defend... but the pain now comes back with a vengenace, and nine damage.

Two slashes from Takuan kills the pistolier. Tanic then takes another hit for five damage, and a death check... +2 is a pass.

Bora fires, and a huge plasma burst goes off on the stairs, socring a near miss on everyone there. Tanic and Galder leap clear and are safe, but Gallador is blown off the stairs and takes five damage.

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Bora is atop the stairs of the Hangar. Dozens of bodies surround the Dark Siders, including some more senior personnel; the guards are scattered around the near stairs area where the Dark Siders just got blown to. Bora's vigorous looking bodyguard is descending the stairs- a variety of muscular aliens.

Rand, in the Great Hall you have made it to the stairs up, which are guarded- but Takuan has not followd you, and is surrounded by bad guys! And just to make things worse...

"It's them!" comes Yago's voice. "They are the ones! Don;t worry everyone- I'll stop them!"

They are all blaster armed, and a few frames away from you.

Rianna, you got a long way away! And so you got to hear Helkin's voice as you move...

"Run, run, run to your doom as you always have been..."

But it's not Helkin now. It is Mika.

"STOP HER!" he yells. The enforcers in pursuit, Mika has rallied more enforcers, and his bodyguard, in front.

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SITUATION AT: Fifth sequence, frame 13

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Hangar

Galder: 10/27/13 (near stairs) (Anger)
Gallador: 13/20/11 (near stairs) (SFF- Guards) (Hatred)
Tanic: 12/25/10 (near stairs) (Fear)

Guards x21: 0/10 (near stairs)
Guard leader x1: 0/11 (near stairs)

Bora's bodyguard x12: 0/11 (stairs)
Captain Zahor (Bodyguard chief): 0/12 (stairs)

Bora Lantarnas: 0/11

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Great Hall

Rand: 14/18/10 (Rivalry) (12 of 12- stairs up)
Takuan: 13/38/10 (Hubris) (5 of 12)

Assorted thugs x20: 0/10
Thug leaders x2: 0/11

Stair guards x4: 0/11

Yago's bodyguard x8: 0/11

Yago Lantarnas: 0/11

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Top floor corridor

Rianna: 10/15/13 (anger)

Enforcers x18: 0/10

Mika's Bodyguard x10: 0/11
Assassin Dona: 4/0/12
Assassin Maya: 4/0/12

Mika Lantarnas: 0/12

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This is the point where various planning problems earlier- especially Rianna being solo- start to cause problems...

Galder viciously Twirls twice, defiant of the reinforcements.

"Come to your deaths!" he hollers as he whisks his blades through flesh. "Come and die!"

Question...

Can Twirl be snapped?

And Defend for defense.