STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- Rescue

Rianna will Active Dodge him, and follow it up with a Combination.

"You may try, but you're not going to succeed..." she snaps at him, trying to twist out of the way of his attack, before attacking herself.

Xavier bends over and picks up the shield device from the severed arm of the Shepherd he killed. He puts it on his belt.

"A nice trophy if I do say so myself," Xavier whispers to himself.

A nice piece of technology, Xavier. It looks almost as if it were handcrafted.

"They were going to kill us first!" Dak yells back as he replaces his lightsabers. "We didn't even do anything. I'm pretty sure that was self-defense. Just like you guys and those pirates, right?"

"The Shepherds only kill those who have done wrong!" another one says. "They said so! You're murderers!"

Every patron in the room is starting to reach for their blasters- pistols, rifles, carbines, repeaters... coming out of holsters and bags at every spot in the saloon. Even Mr. Big grabs his enormous gun and swings it in your direction.

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As the man moves himself around you, he slashes vigorously to the side, towards your upper body. He rolls a 17... but the blade comes much faster than you expected and slashes across your upper arm for 10 damage, leaving a thin line of blood.

Rianna... he just enhanced the power of his attack with the Force!

He laughs behind his mask, even as you come at him with the Combination. A successful Cut and Roll gives him a free dodge; he takes that and uses it with his energy shield, for a Defense of 19. You roll a 4 on the first attack, and he parries it with his shield, but again you manage to work past his shield by rolling a 19! Flipping around him as the two of you dance back and forth with your attack, you cut him across the upper arm, returning the favor for 26 damage.

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Stairwell, 4th Floor

Rianna: 8(4)/49/23

Shepherd Leader: ?/26/21

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The leader glances at his arm, then back at you, preparing yet another Quick Attack.

Rianna won't dodge that attack, but she will use Riposte, and then retaliate with Strike.

"You still need to do better than that if you have any hopes of winning," she says, glaring at him.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Dak raises his hands, furious. "We're actually innocent this time! If they didn't want to die, they shouldn't have attacked us! But they did, so we had to defend ourselves!"

Xavier looks at the crowd the buzz from his drinks start to fade a bit. The dark recedes and that cold part takes back over.

I was having so much fun!

"Obviously too much," Xavier says quickly to himself. He readies himself next to Dak. Trying to intimidate the crowd by looking as menacing as possible. "My friend is right we were only defending ourselves."

The patrons are beyond listening after witnessing your apparently atrocious act. You are faced with roughly one hundred shooters, plus Mr. Big with his high-yield concussion rifle. However, besides Mr. Big, so few of these people have any experience with these things. The problem here is simply the volume of firepower that will be coming your way.

When the patrons fire, for every ten of them standing, you take a point of damage. Utilizing Defend will reduce by the damage by a quarter (rounding up), and Defensive Leap will cut it in half.

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The leader lashes forward with his Quick Attack... 8 is a miss. Rianna responds to his attack with a Riposte, against which the leader uses a Defensive Leap to gain himself some room... 20! 28 damage to the leader as he jumps up a floor.

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Saloon, 1st Floor

Dak: 10/11/24

Xavier: 10/20/24

Trax: 3/25

Patrons x100: 0/26

Mr. Big: 0/26

Stairwell, 4th Floor

Rianna: 8(4)/49/24

Stairwell, 5th Floor

Shepherd Leader: ?/54/26

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Why oh why does Rianna not have Flying Charge...

And I take it that Blur up the stairs is a no-go.

Anyway, Rianna will chase him up the stairs, and attack with a swipe of her lightsaber at his legs (use Strike). No dodge, but Riposte, should she not bring him down before he gets in an attack.

"Do not even think you're going to get away now," she says.

I think Dak, Xavier, and Trax should pose as a team, 'cause shit just got real.

Then, Dak will Twirl into the fracas, using a Defensive Leap for defense.

Xavier will strike a very dramatic pose as he ignites his second lightsaber.

Twirl the nearest two patrons, Defend for Defense.

Scratch that, I want to use Spin. Still Leaping for defense, though.

Dak lunges into the patrons with a Spin! Rolling 15, 12, 14, and 6, Dak cuts down four of them before they even have a chance to lift their blasters. If he likes, he can use Cleave to automatically kill a fifth.

Xavier ignites his second lightsaber and performs a Twirl. 2 and 7 rolled for a pair of kills as Xavier skewers two patrons on his blades.

Trax rattles off some bursts and brings down two himself.

Which leaves the patrons firing back! Dak performs a backwards flip to throw off his shooters, and so only gains five damage. Xavier falls into a defensive stance and takes seven. Unable to really defend himself, Trax takes the full nine.

Not wanting to risk the crowd, Mr. Big turns his concussion rifle on Trax. 9 is a miss! The blast blows away a huge chunk of the bar and the stool that Trax had been sitting on, but not the Pruned One himself.

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He is keeping just ahead of you, Rianna, dashing up the stairs like yourself. As he is running, he reaches into his robes and poises to throw a knife back at you as you run after him.

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Saloon, 1st Floor

Dak: 6/16/28

Xavier: 8/27/28

Trax: 12/28

Patrons x92: 0/29

Mr. Big: 0/30

Stairwell, 5th Floor

Rianna: 8(4)/49/27

Stairwell, 6th Floor

Shepherd Leader: ?/54/29

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Rianna will continue chasing him up the stairs, and Active Dodge his knife throw.

Can she Combat Push him while moving?

It might trip him up if you roll well enough.

That would be helpful. So yes, Combat Push while chasing him and Active Dodge the knife.

That will be four frames for the move and one for the dodge. Just making that's still alright by you.

Rianna's ahead by a few frames so yes, that's fine.

Xavier will Force Push as many of the patrons as he can.

Defend for Defense