"Merely a girl? Did you not know that your pet Dark Jedi has thought highly of my skill since I was a child?" Rianna says, glaring at him. "Consider yourself lucky that Lord Geful doesn't want me to kill any of you, and that I am still enough of a Jedi that I won't simply kill you outright for all of the insults you've given me..."
"Enough!" Calthell says, falling into a fencing posture. The red blade of the lightfoil gives off a faint whine in the way your lightsaber hums; the pitch increases to a high buzzing whenever he moves it. "The words of a woman have no meaning for me! Have at ye!"
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MANOR BATTLE, Start of Turn 7
Hallway
Rianna (LS12): 3/10 [OGu CL PS] [FwGu RI] (4F)
Calthell (LF11): 3(1P)/6 [CGu P TH] (2F)
Assassins x4 (G7)*
Study
Tanic: 24
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Rianna lunges in! On a Flurry with a Forward Guard tap against Calthell's Defense, Rianna is rolling 9 dice. She rolls three successes as she performs a series of lightning quick blows... but Calthell meets her evenly by tapping 'Parry.' It negates her attack entire, and he spends a Fortune point to refresh it.
"Is that the BEST you can do?" he asks, his nimble foil zipping about and intercepting each attack. He strikes back on 10 dice as Rianna has left herself without a Defense, scoring a burn on her arm for 9 damage.
The assassins raise their guns on you, but Tanic emerges into the hallway and blasts one down. He has the Staff tucked underneath one arm.
"Kill him!" Calthell orders, and they give chase, shooting at him as he flees down the hall.
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MANOR BATTLE, Start of Turn 8
Hallway
Rianna (LS12): 1/30 [FwGu CL PS] [OGu RI] (3F)
Calthell (LF11): 3(1P)/6 [CGu P TH] (1F)
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Refresh! And I believe I miscounted your Force points- have one back.
Initiative shows evens, so it goes with Rianna! She rolls five successes (Parried to four) for 10 damage on Calthell. She parries one of his straight thrusts with an upward slash, then twirls her blade around in the opposite direction to graze the shoulder of Calthell's nightshirt; the sleeve burns and falls from his shoulder.
Calthell backsteps with exquisite footwork before thrusting forward into the empty air where Rianna was standing until she Evaded his attack. She takes no damage from his attack as he misses. His lightfoil is safe to use against lightsabers, of course.
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MANOR BATTLE, Start of Turn 9
Hallway
Rianna (LS12): 3/30 [OGu CL PS] [FwGu RI] (3F)
Calthell (LF11): 3(1P)/16 [CGu P TH] (1F)
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Initiative is his this turn.
"And I the lightfoil for the entirety of mine!" Calthell claims as he makes for you with a powerful lunge, stepping into his attack. He taps Thrust for extra damage and a Stunning effect, and he hits! 7 damage to Rianna and she is Stunned. However, his dice totalled 25... Riposte is triggered! Rianna's pool is halved as she stumbles back from a piercing burn to her thigh, and she rolls 1, 6, and 1... all hits with Perfect Strike and Orthodox Guard! He takes 8 damage as you smack his foil away and drive forward for your attack!
On your actual attack you roll two successes for 7 damage, an attack that he ducks under and retreats from.
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MANOR BATTLE, Start of Turn 10
Hallway
Rianna (LS12): 3/37 [OGu RI PS] [FwGu CL] (3F)
Calthell (LF11): 3(1P)/31 [CGu P TH] (1F)
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Initiative tie again... it goes to Calthell!
Calthell keeps coming at you with zippy stinging strikes but he is not rolling spectacularly. Two successes is 5 damage.
Rianna then causes him to stumble back with a Combat Push, messing up his otherwise flawless footwork, giving her two extra dice to play with. On eleven dice, Rianna rolls eight successes! That's 14 damage to him, ouch.
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MANOR BATTLE, Start of Turn 11
Hallway
Rianna (LS12): 3/42 [OGu RI PS] [FwGu CL] (2F)
Calthell (LF11): 3(1P)/45 [CGu P TH] (1F)
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"You can't defeat me!" he snarls.
Initiative goes to you!
Rianna unleashes a stellar attack on poor Calthell with nineteen dice! She becomes a whirling dervish of death that he needs to tap out against to avoid death. Classical Guard gives Calthell a running Defense of 7 and tapping Parry gives him a Parry rating of 3. Nonetheless, you score nine successes, reduced to 6. That's still 12 damage he can't afford.
He then tries striking back! Two successes is 5 damage... but he triggers Riposte again! You whirl to one side of the noble Sir Oskar Calthell as he throws out his arms in a thrust. One upward slash removes both of his hands, and you cut his side for good measure. He falls with a screech.