Chapter 1: The Shadow in the Dorm

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Apr 2, 2025 2:02 pm
Hibana flits off of Sumeryu’s shoulder, but not to hide! She instead flies upward toward the ceiling. Seeing the monsters clapped together and that there are too many for her to fight up close, she brings both hands to her hip. Light swirls about the tiny space between them. She then thrusts both palms forward, hips upward, and throws both her voice and intense light at the stone creatures!

"SHINE GET!"
[ +- ] ☀️ Sunflower Shine

Rolls

☀️ Sunflower Shine (10) - (6d6)

(635152) = 22

Apr 2, 2025 2:09 pm
Ibuki receives a surge of intuition, she's enlightened by knowledge of these creatures.

Not only does she learn of their weakness, she also concludes it wouldn't be imoral to smash them to pieces, as they don't really possess a soul, different from the more perfect golem girl she met. Smashing them would be the same as smashing robots, that is, if she even knows what a robot is.

Bite-Sized Monster Encyclopedia
Golem:
Magical construct, made by the Za-

Golems are constructs of medieval legends, their creators were the Za------; they have some obscure relation with the Witches' past. They are given life by scribing a world on their foreheads: אמת, which means "truth".

This simplest form of Golem has no intelligence whatsoever, nor a conscience. They are but automated machines who serve the bidding of their master.

Their hard stone-skin is resistance to most physical attacks but blunt ones, and they're also resistant to fire. Though their weakness is in the world on their forehead. If the first character is erased, it becomes מת, which means "death"; this will deactivate them.


Aiming at the letter on their forehead gives a -2 penalty to the attack, but will destroy the golem even with just a single point of damage.
OOC:
If you posted before I gave this info, you can alter your action until the rest of the players post their actions.
Apr 2, 2025 2:12 pm
Habana offers to protect her from rocket launchers, which leads the dragon girl to smile again. "Thank you. Maybe the next dragon hunters will listen to you. They just shot rockets at me."

Uh-oh! Maybe the magic robots aren't hostile and are about to do a welcoming routine? Probably not.

Improvising tactics, she calmly but firmly directs: "Ibuki, Dr. Matsuyama, let's retreat to the entrance so they can't surround us. Dr. Matsuyama, Luna! Use your barriers to make a funnel so they have to come at us one at a time! Ibuki, Lin, we'll smash them!"

She aims a 10-ton punch at one of the golems as she jogs back to where the tunnel meets the big square room.

"Got any cool tricks you can help us with, Hibana?" She asks the fairy riding on her shoulder.

She adjusts her aim in midstride, not losing a beat, when the golems are pulled together by Lin using Triad Princess Unfriendly Group Hug Technique.
OOC:
12 to hit with a DX of 8. No effects for the attack, just a wallop
Last edited April 3, 2025 1:38 am

Rolls

Dragon clothesline smash - (5d6)

(23616) = 18

Apr 2, 2025 2:14 pm
Ibuki remembers a conversation she had with the golem girl in which she explained characteristics of golem and their concept of sentience, namely that lesser golem are more like the robots that's she knew and are only given life by their inscriptions with that her concerns are cleared and she will relay this information to the others
Apr 2, 2025 2:15 pm
OOC:
She can still act. Remembering stuff wouldn't take up an action.
Apr 2, 2025 3:03 pm
Hanami's eyes widened. "Damn it...! Hold that thought, Athena. I'll hear it after we deal with this." She puts the magic mirror back in her bag. The last thing she wants is for her hard work to get smashed.

"Alright!" She goes along with Sumeryu's plan. She makes her way back to the hall's entrance and casts her magical barrier, stretching it out and shaping it to form one side of the funnel.
OOC:
Applying temp Perks/Flaws to Barrier:
- Ineffective 2 (-10; Level is temporarily reduced to +2)
- Area Effect 1 (+10)

I'm actively maintaining the barrier, so that will double the Barrier dice used.

Rolls

Barrier - (6d6)

(133332) = 15

Apr 2, 2025 11:33 pm
"Eh? Rocket launchers?" Luna briefly wondered what kind of situation Sumeryu found herself in before that lead to being attacked with rockets, but found her thoughts coming up empty with anything plausible. "I hope things never get to that point though..."

While she was lost in her thoughts, a few others waltzed into the room ahead of her. Just as she realized this and was about to follow, the traps activated and the golems came to life. However, thanks to Sumeryu's quick orders, she didn't panic and proceeded with the plan. She pulls out a bundle of talismans and throws them to the opposite side of Hanami's barrier.
OOC:

Going with the flow for the plan, so Luna will make a barrier in tandem with Hanami.
-No damage 1 (-20)
-Area effect 2 (+20)
-Actively maintaining
Apr 2, 2025 11:33 pm
OOC:
oops, forgot the roll

Rolls

Barrier - (8d6)

(15242622) = 24

Apr 3, 2025 5:30 pm
OOC:
Just to clarify, Area attack II would let you target 6 enemies, not 7. It's 3 up to 3 per level.
Ling Jing pulls her powerful attack and it sweeps across the golems that just awakened, they're thrashed back, and her attack puts cracks on their stone bodies.
Hibana flies high and shines her blinding light on the stone creatures, the little dots of light on some of their heads, presumably their eyes, squint shut.
OOC:
Well, 'No Damage" can only be used on attacks (or things that do damage on the first place), so Luna would take the Endurance penalty this time.
Barrier Hanami: 12
Barrier Luna: 8

The two Barrier-adept girls go on with the plan, each protecting one side of the doorway, Luna's barrier is considerably longer though, and can potentially hinder more of the golems.
Finally, Sumeryu, before retreating, strikes one of them with a powerful punch! It shatters into debris!!
Enemies turn:
The five remaining golems from the first wave all group on Sumeryu and Ibuki, while they pay little head to the girls who went out of the room.

3 of them attack Sumeryu and 2 Attack Ibuki! Hibana is way too high (and tiny!) for them to try to attack her!

One of them manages to hit Sumeryu, for 2 Damage.

The other 5 Golems start raising themselves from their posts.
OOC:
In retrospect, actually, the penalty to aim at the word on their forehead is just -1. Maybe if someone had a high Attack Roll, they could do multiple actions?

I'd also like you to state which of them you're going to target from now one. I picked random ones this time.
Enemy Hits Status
Golem 1 8
Golem 2 5 Blind
Golem 3 7 Blind
Golem 4 dead
Golem 5 4
Golem 6 5
Golem 7
Golem 8
Golem 9
Golem 10
Golem 11


Apr 3, 2025 5:48 pm
Hibana becomes indignant when a creature dares to attack Sumeryu. "Ooo! Why can’t you use a rocket launcher like Sumeryu’s other enemies! How dare you do something that actually works!"

And while her own attack is stunning but otherwise harmless, Hibana hopes to shut down the golem that hurt her extremely tall friend.

[ +- ] 🌸 Sakura Kicksplosion
Last edited April 3, 2025 5:49 pm

Rolls

🌸 Sakura Kicksplosion (5) vs. The Golemn that Hit Sumeryu! - (7d6-1)

(6465563) - 1 = 34

Apr 3, 2025 6:11 pm
Hanami continues to maintain her barrier in the same manner! "Damn it, there's a lot of them... Be careful!"

Rolls

Barrier - (6d6)

(111611) = 11

Lín Jìng / 林静

vicky_molokh

Apr 3, 2025 8:21 pm
Moyreau says:
OOC:
In retrospect, actually, the penalty to aim at the word on their forehead is just -1. Maybe if someone had a high Attack Roll, they could do multiple actions?
OOC:
Like I was told last time to do, I'm now going to assume that the secret of the golems' weakness has been shared with the party but the player avoided repetition.
Lín Jìng hastily channels more youki to her solar plexus chackra, boosting her will, then gathers a handful of brick detritus and begins launching small pellets of brick at the golems further away.
OOC:
Gain +2 Iron-Willed from Arcane Magic, spending 2 END. Then make multiple TK Pellet Attacks (with both the Will bonus and the multi-action penalty) against the golem's special letters (-1 die).

Pellet base stats are dice base 2 dice + 7 + 2 = 11, minus 1 for the targeting and minus 5 for taking 5 actions per turn (1 arcane magical one, 4 attacks against different golems*), for a net 5 dice on each attack and DX+0 (not that it matters). Targets are four randomly picked undamaged golems further inside the room (no repeating targets, of course).

Note that now Lín Jìng's defence is also at -5 dice.

* == Four is death!
Lín Jìng / 林静

Rolls

TK Pellet target 1 - (5d6)

(15414) = 15

TK Pellet target 2 - (5d6)

(63445) = 22

TK Pellet target 3 - (5d6)

(22211) = 8

TK Pellet target 4 - (5d6)

(32611) = 13

Apr 3, 2025 11:42 pm
The golem's attack sounds like it should have hurt and caused a considerable amount of damage. Sumeryu barely reacts to it.

The extra-giant girl switches from punches to her claws, which can slice through steel. With Hanami's information, she knows she doesn't need to strike hard or deep, just enough to destroy the magic letter on the golems' foreheads. She waits at the end of the funnel for the monsters to get to her, then swipes at the first, steps in, pushes the first back with her left hand, and delivers a follow-up to the second golem with her right hand.

With Hibana providing distraction, Lin Jing acting as artillery, Ibuki helping her hold the line, and the barriers funneling the golems, the fight should be very easy.
OOC:
Use Armor-Piercing once and Accurate once on both attacks with Ineffective twice, for a total END cost of 0. The golems' Armored is reduced by 4 for the purposes of these attacks and the DX of her claw swipes here is 6. Since she's attacking twice, her attack pool is 2+3-1+1-2=3. Her first attack is directed at Golem 5 and her second attack goes after Golem 7. She is deliberately not attacking the one Hibana is keeping occupied.
Last edited April 3, 2025 11:43 pm

Rolls

Attack against Golem 5 - (3d6)

(524) = 11

Attack against Golem 7 - (3d6)

(333) = 9

Apr 4, 2025 12:28 am
Moyreau says:
OOC:
Well, 'No Damage" can only be used on attacks (or things that do damage on the first place), so Luna would take the Endurance penalty this time.
OOC:
Ah, okay. For some reason I thought there was a damage roll if they collided with the barrier.
Endurance is reduced to 20/40 then.
Luna continues to maintain her barrier to keep the golems in line, hoping her friends can destroy a few before the barriers fall.

Rolls

Barrier maintenance - (8d6)

(12454416) = 27

Apr 4, 2025 6:27 am
Ibuki will walk over carefully to the nearest golem attempting to avoid setting anymore off and gently boop it on its magic letter

Rolls

Boop - (4d6)

(6123) = 12

Apr 4, 2025 2:35 pm
Hibana sends her volley of kicks at the golem, which actually overwhelms him and lefts him there, unmoving for a moment.
In a bout of great accuracy and psychic power, Ling Jing's pellets find all of their targets, scratching the letter on their foreheads, they instantly deactivate and topple on the ground. Golem 2, 3, 6 and 9 destroyed.
Sumeryu's claws fail to scratch the letter on the first attack, but her second target too falls limp on the ground, with a great tud.
OOC:
You can add damage to Barriers with the effective perk, but naturally they don't do damage.
Meanwhile, Hanami and Luna keep up their barriers:

Hanami: 6
Luna: 12

Ibuki gently boops the golem, though the force is still enough to scratch the stone, erasing the letter; he also falls to the ground.
Enemy's turn:
Despite having the opportunity to attack two golems as she left the room, Sumeryu would soon notice that none of them followed her out of the room, instead, all of their attention turns to Ibuki, the only one left in there:

Fortunately, she, either by skill or sheer luck, avoids being harmed at all!

Unfortunately though, she can't avoid activating another magic circle, but the good news is: only one golem awakens from it.

Enemy Hits Status
Golem 1 8 stunned
Golem 2 dead Blind
Golem 3 dead Blind
Golem 4 dead
Golem 5 4
Golem 6 dead
Golem 7 dead
Golem 8 dead
Golem 9 dead
Golem 10
Golem 11
Golem 12


PCs turn:
Apr 4, 2025 3:22 pm
Lín Jìng continues her rapid fire pellet tosses, this time targeting the five remaining golems's brows with mystic letters.
OOC:
Same modifier, but instead of casting arcane, the first action is an attack too. -5 dice to defence applies again.

Rolls

TK Pellet target 1 - (5d6)

(53146) = 19

TK Pellet target 2 - (5d6)

(54215) = 17

TK Pellet target 3 - (5d6)

(22235) = 14

TK Pellet target 4 - (5d6)

(24415) = 16

TK Pellet target 5 - (5d6)

(53235) = 18

Apr 4, 2025 3:24 pm
In order to avoid accidentally blinding Ibuki, Hibana shines a narrow ray of light to blind only the golem nearest to her.

"Ibuki, please escape to safety. I will slow the enemies’ progress, I hope!"

[ +- ] ☀️ Black-Eyed Susan Shine

Rolls

☀️ Black-Eyed Susan Shine (0) - (6d6)

(122115) = 12

Apr 4, 2025 4:16 pm
Hanami continues to maintain her barrier!

Rolls

Barrier - (6d6)

(545223) = 21

Apr 4, 2025 10:12 pm
Luna keeps the barrier going, feeling good that their plan of attack was progressing well.

Rolls

Barrier maintenance - (8d6)

(31264111) = 19

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