USH'S MATRIX GAME 2006 FIFTH ASSIGNMENT- 'The Pagoda'

Oh, I have refresh rate of 4, I just discovered it! Cool, then I refresh DIM, HL, CC, SS, which happen to be all my tapped powers.

Melkor pauses for a second, reaching deep into his inner strenght, than fires at the monks pursuing those running towards Melitus with his SMG. He switches ST for CC.

You should switch EE out instead; ST's more useful in this fight.

Heph refreshes WW.

How many attackers on Heph this turn? And, from the Far Side, can Heph pass off the Shield to Melitus?

Hard to answer how many attackers; dependw what happens in the turn.

And you are next to Melitus; what exactly are you proposing?

We need to find out from him what to do with the Shield. Am I able to converse with him while fighting?

Initiative to the bad guys again.

Heph is trying to communicate with Melitus, but no joy- Melitus is not a loud man and you cannot hear him over the gunfire. Lesson to be learned here- during all that time people had to talk to Melitus earlier, some of you just wanted to get on with things, but no-one thought to ask "What exactly is it that you can do with this thing?"

Which leaves four Combat Monks trying to thump you to doom, which they do an extremely good job of.

This leaves one combat monk and three bow monks going for Sirin, but her LA tap keeps her safe.

Four bow monks now need a new target; they will fire at Burn, who is blasting in this general area. Even with cover in mind, it does not look good for Burn.

Whilst four combat monks stay fighting San- nearly downing her- three go for Melkor.

A Brilliant Scales tap comes at Berserker, which hits heavily to be combined with a Bonus which throws him, followed by a Swooping Eagle tap. A total of 22 damage.

Jericho- who I indeed over-damaged, Mors, whoops, I'll reduce it- continues to bludegon away at Mors.

Melis gets her riposte on Lo Qi, but he taps Life's Armour to avoid it. Melis then tries to use defences of her own but they are to no avail- none of them function when being Blocked. Lo Qi dispatches her easily with a twisting throw that propels her into the ceiling, cracking it open.

Now you guys.

Melkor blasts at one of the Heph monks, although using the SMG makes no difference to that. He scores successes on one.

Mors and Azrael both continues to attack Jericho- and this time, Jericho's lack of interest in defending seems to take effect. You've been slashing away at his body, Mors, but this time you run him straught through.

This certainly stops his attack this turn. But a moment later, he grabs the blade and starts to pull it out.

Burn is also firing at Heph monks, killing one.

Berserker, low on pool again, manages three damage though he does get his bonus.

Sirin's instructions are unclear so her taps are llikely a bit of a waste, used up on one attack rather than spread out across two. One kill though, for sure.

San pulls off the first super-kick seen this fight to bring down one of her foes.

And that's it!

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PAGODA BATTLE, Turn 7

Mors 7 (8/4/43) (Corridor) CF KW DM ST LA SS BS HC HT JE SP PM
Katana*
Sais
Glock 18 (5)

San 7 (11/58) (1/3rd) PW CF ST BS HC AL NO SC WW HL VG IB
Knives

Azrael 7 (9/7/0) (Corridor) CF KW LA ST HL HT DiM HC AL WW BB StS
4 Light Machine Pistols (2/2/3/3)
4 Light Pistols (5/5/6/6)

Berserker 7 (9/59) (1/3rd) ST SS BS AL IB HT CF SE WW NO DiM LA
Knives

Sirin 7 (6/5/47) (Far side) CF DM ST LA HL HT 1 DiM VG BB CC EE
M16 (5)

Hephaestus 7 (8/42) (Far side) PW CF ST SE AL WW SC NO HL DiM VG HT
The Shield

Burn 7 (10/58) (Decon) HL KW CC EE LR 10B StS
Uzi (4/2)
Shotgun (8/1)

Melkor 7 (5/6/18) (Decon) DM ST SS HT DiM HL CC LR BT EE
Light Machine Pistols x3: (3/2) (3/1) (3/1)
SMG (3/2)*

Lo Qi (25) (1/3rd across room)

Advsior (29) (1/3rd across room)

Jericho (-) (Corridor)

Combat Monks x 3: 0 (Decon)

Combat Monks x 1: 0 (1/3rd across room)
Combat Monk: 2 (1/3rd)
Combat Monk: 3 (1/3rd)

Combat Monk: 1 (Far Side)
Combat Monk: 2 (Far Side)
Combat Monk: 3 (Far Side)

Bow Monks x 6: 0 (Far side of room)
Bow Monk: 3 (Far side)

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Card- AS

Sirin continues to fight on, punching at the monkish foes, then launching up and unleashing a super kick at one of the Bowmen.

(tap HT, tap VG)

Could Heph use the throwing power of Passive Wings to throw one of his targets into another target?

Afraid not, no, though a Throw is a Mook autokill.

Tap CC at the 4 bow monks shooting at me.
Then switch it for StS and my shotgun.

And Passive Wings isn't working against the monks or the bowmen?

Anyways, Heph reaches around to punch one of his attackers, but promptly twists him about and throws him away. He then punches out another of his attackers.

(tap PW, tap HT, tap WW)

As Defence, nope.

As the Philo path made out, these Moinks are compouter programmes designed to analyse reality in all its forms (in order to make future plans). They have a perception of 4.

Berserker is tired of this Adviser. He knows this fight should be a lot closer than it is right now. So with that he unleashes with a flurry of blows tapping to cave his skull in.

Tapping HT. If I get the chance to I also want to use Offensive Bonus from CF.

Tap DiM too. He won't be able to hit very hard...

I did point out that the monks all have a high enough perception that those of us with PW have no defense.

The bowmonks NEED TO DIE this turn. Melkor, following Burn's example will be a good idea. And Burn, might be a good time for a defensive tap...

And I've not got a hope of lasting past this turn...meh...San will tap IB on the undamaged monk at 1/3.

Oh, great. An invicible enemy...
Azrael hits him again.

Alright, cool, I will tap KW as well too, and then switch that out for 10B.

Originally posted by General Zink
Tap DiM too. He won't be able to hit very hard...

Okay, but won`t those combat monks damage me if I ignore my attackers? Still, I am the least injured person save Azrael....

Melkor will fire at bowmonks, tapping CC, switching for HL.

You cannot fire a large weapon if in close combat so you have no option there.

Should have gone for the pistols, Melkor...