Con rolls 4, 5, 6 (what are the odds of that happening?), which is two kills, though the first one doesn't go down on the first shot and you have to hit him again.
Sparnik bags two himself. Zilch for Josiah.
The next team of Lieutenants moves up the cliff to join those that are already there. Instead of opening fire with their powerful rifles, they sling the rifles over their shoulders and draw broadswords...
The Grotos get hammered with blasterfire this turn, with a full seventeen casualties! They hit right back for a dozen dead militiamen, followed up by LaKresha blasting another four with that giant rifle.
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BATTLE OF VONO'K
Cliffs- Top
Con: 12(2)/0/15 (cover: 2)
Sparnik: 0/16 (cover: 2)
Josiah: 0/15 (cover: 2)
Militiamen x60: 0/15 (cover: 2)
Cliffs- Middle
Militiamen x18: 0/15 (cover: 2)
Lieutenants x3: 0/15
Lieutenants x5: 0/17
Lieutenant x1: 24/15
Cliffs- Bottom
LaKresha: 0/18
Grotos x38: 0/15 (cover: 2)
Grotos x36: 0/15
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"The criminal syndicate of which I speak is called the Luon Syndicate," Sparnik tells you. "Go to Luon, you will find them there. But remember my warning."
You are barely heard above the cacophony of repeating blasterfire and exploding rocks. It is your action that rally the fighting spirit of the guerilla warriors. You fire on LaKresha, General of the Grotos! An 11 rolled. The shot explodes at her feet, catching her offguard. She takes 11 damage as she steps back.
You have frame advantage over her. Did you want to shoot at her again? Also consider that she will want to fire that tremendous rifle at you. You cannot dodge heavy weapons but dive clear of their burst effect to half the damage (assuming she hits).
Originally posted by Captain REXYeah, to get to the more middle ground? Like we discussed earlier, could that also count as dive?
You mean take a leap off the cliff? Moving away from the explosion of the rifle does not have the kind of careful movement you need to get down the cliff face.
Ah okay, just standard dive then.
Incidentally, for your next action, it is possible to move and shoot at the same time. It just costs an extra frame (which can be erased with Blur, even). Also, instead of going down the cliff face, you can save yourself some trouble by moving down through the caves to end up in the middle of the cliffs. Same frame cost, less dangerous- when scaling the cliff, you can't dodge!
This is the turn in which Con dealt 11 damage to LaKresha, but let's see how everyone else did.
Minimal casualties on either side due to bad rolling by the troops. Sparnik bags two kills, Josiah gets one. The reinforcement Grotos finally get into cover during the blaster volleys.
The worst event that occurs is that four of the Lieutenants, wielding their broadswords, lay into the militiamen in the cliffside caverns! They make Twin Attacks and bring down a total of six men, slashing and stabbing them. Unlike the cauterized wounds of blaster burns, the Lieutenants make sure they kill their targets in the bloodiest ways possible, striking veins and arteries when they attack.
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BATTLE OF VONO'K
Cliffs- Top
Con: 12(2)/0/18 (cover: 2)
Sparnik: 0/19 (cover: 2)
Josiah: 0/18 (cover: 2)
Militiamen x55: 0/18 (cover: 2)
Cliffs- Middle
Militiamen x12: 0/15 (cover: 2)
Lieutenants x3: 0/18
Lieutenants x5: 0/17
Lieutenant x1: 24/18
Cliffs- Bottom
LaKresha: 11/18
Grotos x33: 0/18 (cover: 2)
Grotos x31: 0/19 (cover: 2)
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And then...
Con tries to follow up on his success by shooting at LaKresha again. This time she is expecting. You do not manage to beat her dodge when you roll a 6, but you DO earn her wrath when she raises that giant rifle at you. She rolls a 4... a complete miss! Her shot goes high and blows apart a boulder, showering you all in rock fragments, but you are safe! Meaning no need to dive. That has her angry... but not as angry as she becomes when Sparnik takes a shot at her. He rolls a 9 and finds a weak spot in her armor with Eagle Eye, so she takes... 3 damage! Not impressive, but it all counts.
The militiamen at the top of the cliff seem to heed your rally this action, represented by their killing sixteen Grotos! They take seven casualties in return...
And with all the Lieutenants going strong with their broadswords, the militiamen in the cave are all cut down.
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BATTLE OF VONO'K
Cliffs- Top
Con: 12(2)/0/21 (cover: 2)
Sparnik: 0/22 (cover: 2)
Josiah: 0/21 (cover: 2)
Militiamen x47: 0/21 (cover: 2)
Cliffs- Middle
Lieutenants x3: 0/21
Lieutenants x5: 0/20
Lieutenant x1: 24/21
Cliffs- Bottom
LaKresha: 14/24
Grotos x25: 0/21 (cover: 2)
Grotos x23: 0/22 (cover: 2)
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Con has some free space because of LaKresha's fumble, but the Lieutenants are going to ascend to the clifftop in a moment...
Con slips his blaster back into its holster and Draws his lightsaber for the first time since the retreat began... which puts him a frame behind the Lieutenants, and so they take this action to come up top! But once they do, Con hurls himself towards them. The first Lieutenant to come up top is the wounded one, and so he loses his head to your blade. But with the others, you roll poorly.
Sparnik uses his light pistol to double-shot on one of the Lieutenants, inflicting 23 damage with a few bursts. Josiah for the assist, dealing 9 damage to the same target. It doesn't quite finish him, though.
The Grotos have stopped firing and begun to climb... just as reinforcements arrive to bolster their dwindling numbers. Not good news for the resistance, even with their good shooting.
LaKresha also holds off, choosing to watch how her Lieutenants fair against a Jedi...
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BATTLE OF VONO'K
Cliffs- Top
Con: 12(2)/0/25 (cover: 2)
Sparnik: 0/25 (cover: 2)
Josiah: 0/24 (cover: 2)
Militiamen x47: 0/24 (cover: 2)
Lieutenants x2: 0/24
Lieutenants x5: 0/23
Lieutenants x1: 32/24
Cliffs- Middle
Grotos x25: 0/24
Cliffs- Bottom
LaKresha: 14/24
Grotos x59: 0/22 (cover: 2)
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Half of the Lieutenants, wielding their lightweight broadswords, are going for you. The other half are going to move themselves into position to attack your men...
Force pool refresh! And Combat pool, for the Lieutenants.
After leaping off of a rock, landing in a crouch, and decapitating the first Lieutenant up, Con tries to backpedal by performing a backwards flip. Before he can get clear, he is met with a pair of upward swings from two of the Lieutenants that scratch his right thigh and forearm for 8 damage.
The other four Lieutenants go after Sparnik, moving past the Jedi and towards the militia leader with swords raised. Josiah stays by his leader and shoots down the injured Lieutenant with a shot to the chest before they reach him. Sparnik decides to double-shot at another, discharging another series of shots for 23 damage on him. Next action the Lieutenants get, three will launch Twin Attacks on Sparnik and Josiah.
The militiamen push the boulders they had been using as cover down the cliffside. The falling rocks scrape some of the Grotos off the cliffside and keeps the rest from climbing up this turn, and even land on some others at the base. LaKresha does not look pleased and glances back to see if there are further reinforcements catching up, but they are a long way off.
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BATTLE OF VONO'K
Cliffs- Top
Con: 9(2)/8/26
Sparnik: 0/28
Josiah: 0/27
Militiamen x47: 0/27
Lieutenants x2: 0/27
Lieutenants x5: 0/26
Cliffs- Middle
Grotos x17: 0/27
Cliffs- Bottom
LaKresha: 14/24
Grotos x51: 0/28 (cover: 2)
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The Militiamen are going without cover, having expended it to delay the Grotos. Con is acting ahead of the Lieutenants, though there is a frame of movement between his attackers and him. And Con's companions are under attack, as well.
The good news is, no Grotos reinforcements in sight! LaKresha will have to call in more if things do not carry on going her way.