In that case, Con continues moving away from his enemies, launching a Flying Charge on the other three attacking Sparnik and Josiah. Performing a flying leap that is starting to become Con's signature, he spins about and attacks the first Lieutenant, who is staggering back after Sparnik shot him. 5... a hit by two, for 25 damage, which is more than this fellow can take. The lightsaber cleaves him from shoulder to hip from behind and he's down.
Then Con moves onto the next one... 11! Con moves past his first victim in this attack and swings his lightsaber into the Lieutenant's sword, cutting it neatly in half across the blade before striding past him and smacking him in the back of the head with the pommel of your lightsaber. Before moving on to the third and final, Con sweeps his lightsaber down and back across the Lieutenant's thigh, for 28 damage.
Finally, Con spins and jabs his lightsaber just barely into the shoulder of the third Lieutenant, having rolled a 16 for 28 damage. The Lieutenant cries out and pulls himself off the burning blade... only to be shot in the chest by Josiah, taking him out.
The Lieutenant that you gave the thigh wound decides that his broken sword is still useable and slashes at Sparnik and Josiah, with less finesse than he would have. 11 on Sparnik, 20 on Josiah. As the old man dodges, the rough swipe at Sparnik is a miss. But Josiah takes a bad cut to his forehead as he tries to duck back, for 7 damage.
The Lieutenants you moved away from move in to continue their fight.
The Grotos scaling the cliff duck into the caves this time, intending to follow the Lieutenants. More take their place, taking casualties as they climb up.
LaKresha has tossed down the oversized rifle and drawn a pair of shortened broadswords that she twirls idly.
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BATTLE OF VONO'K
Cliffs- Top
Con: 6(2)/8/29
Sparnik: 0/32
Josiah: 7/30
Militiamen x38: 0/30
Lieutenants x4: 0/29
Lieutenant x1: 28/30
Cliffs- Middle
Grotos x17: 0/30 (full cover)
Grotos x16: 0/31
Cliffs- Bottom
LaKresha: 14/30
Grotos x26: 0/31 (cover: 2)
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Con to attack!
You charge them while they are charging you. You dash in amongst them and through them, swinging your lightsaber. Against the first you roll a 14, cutting him in the side for 28 damage. On the next you roll a 15, slashing across his arm, also for 28 damage. With the last you only manage a glancing blow and your lightsaber sparks off his armor, for 24 damage.
Josiah, blood dripping down his face from the minor cut, shoots the Lieutenant with the broken sword in the throat. He goes down.
That leaves two Lieutenants making Twin Attacks on Con and Sparnik and two making Twin Attacks on Con and Josiah.
The Grotos have emerged onto the clifftop, some of them shot down as they appear. More Grotos have entered the caves, and the last of the Grotos on the ground have began to ascend. LaKresha is leading them, scaling the cliffs cautiously.
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BATTLE OF VONO'K
Cliffs- Top
Con: 3(2)/8/32
Sparnik: 0/32
Josiah: 7/33
Militiamen x38: 0/33
Lieutenant x1: 0/29
Lieutenant x1: 24/29
Lieutenant x2: 28/29
Grotos x12: 0/33
Cliffs- Middle
LaKresha: 14/33
Grotos x16: 0/34 (full cover)
Grotos x19: 0/34
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I will need a defense against the Lieutenants.
Con is a-flipping, but as before he does not quite get clear of the angry Lieutenants as a pair of them nearly cut him with their twirling, well-timed blows. 8 damage.
Sparnik stays clear, but they must really be out for Josiah. He takes 14 damage as a Lieutenant smacks his sword against Josiah's gun, distracting him as another slashes him across the back.
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BATTLE OF VONO'K
Cliffs- Top
Con: 0(2)/16/33
Sparnik: 0/33
Josiah: 21/33
Militiamen x38: 0/33
Lieutenant x1: 0/32
Lieutenant x1: 24/32
Lieutenant x2: 28/32
Grotos x12: 0/33
Cliffs- Middle
LaKresha: 14/33
Grotos x16: 0/34 (full cover)
Grotos x19: 0/34
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The Lieutenants are going to attack again, but only singular attacks this time. Two on Con, one on Sparnik, one on Josiah. You are out of Force pool for the moment.
The attack you try dodging comes from the Lieutenant who rolls a 19, so it only shaves a point of Outcome (and so a point of damage) off the attack. His sword swipes right in front of your face, for 6 damage. The other Lieutenant fumbles, tripping over the rocks.
Sparnik is missed, interposing his free hand with the Lieutenant's arm to stop his attack short while bringing his pistol into position.
Josiah, however, gets smashed in the forehead with the pommel of a sword, sending him stumbling as he takes another 7 damage.
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BATTLE OF VONO'K
Cliffs- Top
Con: 0(2)/23/34
Sparnik: 0/34
Josiah: 28/33
Militiamen x38: 0/33
Lieutenant x1: 0/35
Lieutenant x1: 24/35
Lieutenant x2: 28/35
Grotos x12: 0/33
Cliffs- Middle
LaKresha: 14/33
Grotos x16: 0/34 (full cover)
Grotos x19: 0/34
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Con to attack! The refresh comes on frame 36.
Unfortunately you need Fling to toss supermooks and Named Characters off of cliffs like that. Combat Push is normally only lethal against mooks.
A simple lightsaber attack on a wounded Lieutenant would likely be a guaranteed kill. A snapped attack would take a single frame and you would still attack with a skill of 16 despite the -2 penalty.
My mistake; as Con used a Defensive Leap, he has to move in one frame to Josiah's Lieutenant. As it turns out, Josiah misses the Lieutenant that smacked him with his sword, so Con comes to his rescue. As the Lieutenant lifts his sword to strike Josiah down, Con comes up from behind and runs him through with his lightsaber on a 13.
Sparnik twists the Lieutenant's arm around and places his pistol to the man's chest, snapping his attack. He puts a pair of shots directly into the Lieutenant's heart and out his back, bringing him down. The shots then go directly into the Lieutenant behind him, killing him too as the shots blast him off the cliff.
As the Grotos begin to flood the clifftop, Sparnik's militia continues to dwindle while still handing out blasterfire. LaKresha ducks into the caverns with the last of her men, preparing to slaughter everyone in her path.
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BATTLE OF VONO'K
Cliffs- Top
Con: 12(2)/23/36
Sparnik: 0/36
Josiah: 28/36
Militiamen x32: 0/36
Lieutenant x1: 0/35
Grotos x8: 0/36
Grotos x15: 0/37
Cliffs- Middle
LaKresha: 14/36 (full cover)
Grotos x13: 0/37 (full cover)
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Refresh! The last Lieutenant is going for a Twin Attack on you and Sparnik.
Con becomes a miraculous blur as his connection to the Force refreshes, the swipe missing him entirely. The broadsword does clunk into Sparnik's armor and gives him 6 damage, though. He does not take kindly to that, nor do you. After you slash the Lieutenant across the chest, he takes a few steps back, giving Sparnik his opening to blast him straight in the chest with a snapped attack.
And with that, LaKresha has ascended with all of her remaining forces present.
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BATTLE OF VONO'K
Cliffs- Top
Con: 10(2)/23/38
Sparnik: 6/39
Josiah: 28/39
Militiamen x27: 0/39
LaKresha: 14/39
Grotos x3: 0/39
Grotos x27: 0/40
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Con to act!