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Battle Related Forums => Board Battles => Board Battle OOC Threads => Topic started by: Veldanya Venalla on October 01, 2022, 06:52:51 PM
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Okay, I know thats quite a bit of text in those first two posts so sorry about that. Everyone has received a message calling for aid and should they choose to respond that they accept a portal will open up that will bring them to Jharm. Figure everyone can cover what their character was doing during the downtime in their response post and finish with whether they accept or not and enter the portal and then we go from there :)
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I'm looking for some thoughts on how the three of us would have spent the time skip.
Kitharsis would have appreciated Phaerys's assistance in re-equipping. But his guilt for the battle aboard the Choppa, combined with his preference toward simple things would have had him not ask for much.
If Phaerys obliged, Kith would have asked for a sword, and a few pieces of light armor to get him by in his weakened state (and to protect his modesty). However Phaerys would have interpreted that is entirely up to you :D
Other than equipment, Kitharsis's goal would be to stick with Soul Reaver and Phaerys and assist however he could. While establishing what power he may have in this new form.
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I can definitely see Phaerys taking Kitharsis up on that request. The finer details on the equipment I'll likely save for my actual post, but you can guarantee it being fireproof. Standard issue, as far as Phaerys is concerned.
As for what Phaerys himself would have been up to, I think mainly searching for leads on his old comrades and studying further on dimensional travel with the help of a certain couple of Warp-hopping veterans. Those obsidian shards Soul Reaver gave out would be of particular interest to him, I think.
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Soul Reaver would first have taken Phaerys and Kitharsis to one the bazaars on Dinlete - basically a continent on another world.
You can imagine the place as a vibrant middle-eastern-style market, but filled with travelers from many different worlds and places, including the occasional warp-traveler or other mysterious individual.
For Kitharsis, the visit would simply be so he can seek out any equipment he might like. Soul Reaver keeps a good stash of money around so he would have supplied any coinage, and you can assume there'll be some sort of seller there for basically anything
For Phaerys, the point of visiting the place is to give him a (very) small taste of the many different species and creatures that are out there, even in one small spot of the multiverse, as well as give opportunities for him to speak to others to maybe hear rumours of the rest of his people - this is a spot where you might possibly hear of goings-on elsewhere in the multiverse if you ask the right people.
Soul Reaver won't be forthcoming with explanations on how the Obsidian Slivers work until he's been with Phaerys for a while. Once he has, he'll explain that the slivers are passively tied to his awareness of other peoples' soul energy. When snapped in half, it causes a momentary 'pulse' that allows him to 'see' the bearer's spiritual signature even across the multiverse, allowing him to pinpoint who it was and where they are. As long as he acts immediately, that will allow him to travel to their location. He forges these himself on the Obsidian Island (which Phaerys will likely have been taken to see at some point in their journey), though naturally the materials for their forging would have had to come from elsewhere (so they don't evaporate after leaving the island). The slivers are magical, so possibly Soul Reaver will also need to explain some of the basic concepts of magic from the Mortal Plane.
In the timeskip, Soul Reaver will be going around playing hero - saving people in distress, overthrowing evil warlords/wizards and probably stopping at least one incursion from Inferno by more or less showing up and anticlimatically telling the Daemons to quit it and go home. He'll be primarily using the Eye of Justice to point him in the right direction (with the occasional tipoff from others).
During this time Phaerys and Kitharsis would be traveling through the warp multiple times and get a chance to test out their powers. Phaerys would be free to investigate the whereabouts of his people (the library on the Obsidian Island also contains a wealth of info - most of it historical though). However, Soul Reaver will be pretty driven to 'do his duty' and do the hero thing - since there's always something bad happening that he could stop, he considers it a personal failing if he's not out there stopping it, so there won't be much downtime between the heroics for him.
If any of that stuff sounds like gibberish, check the Board Battles wiki or ask me, I'll be happy to explain.
Does the above fit into everyone else's plans ok?
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Some shopping and building of equipment, followed by non stop hero-ing sounds perfect.
Soul you practically put your time skip post in OOC :P
I’ll post after you both, if you don’t mind?
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Gulgrim is always appropriate to come crashing in at the last moment, so I'll hop in after everyone else has had their moment. He's likely been up to some combination of killing Tyranids and taking pressure off the Imperium and also acting mercenary around imperial worlds for his service (potentially with some extortion in the case of worlds hesitant to pay an Ork), plus occasionally beating down other Ork warlords who get too uppity with shaking up the balance of the galaxy away from 'dere's plenty o' gits to fight' by starting WAAAGH!!!s too apocalyptically large for other opponents to survive.
Gulgrim's forward-thinking to keep the galaxy ripe for future fights is part of why he is the true avatar of Gork and Mork.
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Sounds like a plan to me, Soul. Also seconding Kitharsis, you could practically copy-paste half of that for your post. :D
As for posting order, I was planning on hanging back and working off of whoever posted before me, since this'll be the first adventure I'm participating in. So I guess it'll be Soul, me and then Kitharsis posting in that order?
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Yep, I am waiting for your description of the sword and any pieces of armor Phaerys is creating before I put something up.
I did add an update to the character page for Kitharsis, waiting for mod approval.
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Saw your update, no issues with the content but I'm struggling a bit about how to best integrate it into your character bio.
I could do it myself but it would be a fair amount of rewriting, which I'm not sure I'm comfortable doing on your behalf.
Will be in touch.
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Took a little longer than I'd have liked, but my post's up now. Quite a bit to cover there.
Kitharsis, if you have any other questions about the sword and the armour, feel free to shoot me a PM and we'll discuss it further there.
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They are wonderful, thank you!
I will add them into my drafted up post and get something up soon.
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Alrighty, I know there isnt really a lot for everyone to respond to but after this post I can say there will certainly be plenty that everyone can, to certain extents, go kinda nuts with :)
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Gulgrim would like to remind everyone that 'Kunnin' is right there next to 'Brutal' when describing orks, but everyone forgets the first when thinking about the second.
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Alrighty, looks like everyone has posted (woot!) so I will work on getting a post up asap. That said, the warehouse i work at in RL just rolled out a new system today (Mon, 11/7) that basically resulted in me working normal 5 day work week last week, then working both Sat & Sun, and working a 5 day work week this week while dealing with teething troubles of new (at least for us) tech as well as various big wig types from the company being around to assist. That all said, I'm not 100% as to how soon "asap" will be. Current target is basically "before the weekend but very plausible sometime over the weekend".
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well was a week(end) later then initially planned but there ya go. I THINK Jharm responded to everyones questions, some characters kinda asked similar ones and such so some of his responses i felt were answering multiple peoples questions (hence him not directly talking to Kith, dont want ya thinking i was ignoring ya hehe)
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Sorry it took a while to post, been overseas for a while. Post up now.
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Will be getting up a post later this week, the weekend by the latest. It is my intention/plan that this post (and subsequent responses) will be the last round of "prep" and then you all will get the chance for some good ol' combat :)
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Can you confirm if Soul Reaver would be able to sense or otherwise detect if he's about to enter the effective 'warp-gate blocking' range of one of the crystals?
If not, Jharm will likely need to let him know before he hits it.
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Can you confirm if Soul Reaver would be able to sense or otherwise detect if he's about to enter the effective 'warp-gate blocking' range of one of the crystals?
If not, Jharm will likely need to let him know before he hits it.
Given his travels and experience he would likely sense that something is amiss upon reaching the area
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Planning to get a post up at some point friday, i have the day off so other then dealing with car inspection ill be free. Aiming to have next post shift right into some fighting but will have a period inner-post where Soul you can summon your “troops” but figure eveyone is tired of chit-chatting so time for some smashin
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Sorry for the delay, and the rather long post but felt it was time to finally get you all into the thick of it so to speak. Basically everyone is finding themselves expelled from the Aisgeim roughly 10-15 feet above the ground or so (given this is Epic BB and whatnot, im figuring everyone has some method to pull off a "super hero landing" to get to the fun hehe). Speaking of fun, you all are surrounded by scores of Shaiton troops. Heavily armored, wielding an array of basically your standard melee weapons/shields. The aim is to reach the front of the fort around 25-30 feet away. Feel free to god mod cleaving your way through the enemy forces presently. The Seraph forces are still a little distance behind, Gulgrim of course you can have your Orks land wherever for obvious reasons lol.
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Alrighty, well post is up but before that I should probably explain a bit about the rather significant delay. My apologies but Im currently facing two big issues in my life, largely centered around employment and where I will be living for at least the next year. This has naturally led to a rather significant and unexpected amount of stress and anxiety and has seriously hampered my motivation to do much of anything. That said, I have been wanting to get this story told for quite a long time now and I'll be damned if I let it turn into a debacle. I appreciate ya'll hopefully sticking with it and I will certainly be striving to remain within the rules so that we can get said story told in a timely fashion.
Now...that being said, on to OOC for the new post. Due to the extensive delay I certainly did not want to end the post with Jharm waiting to ensure everyone is following before proceeding, frankly seems like a lot of un-necessary posts then lol. Thus, while no one is "forced" to follow behind him, as the post indicates he is basically operating on the assumption that there is no reason the others would tarry behind for more then a moment or two. For those with "companions" (Soul Reaver, Gulgrim, Kitharsis), it is up to you if your friends remain outside, follow you inside (and you utilize them in the coming battle) or whatever. In regards to this battle, this will be an actual "standard" battle like we generally do :) Standing before you is clearly one of the Shaiton generals who seems to be prepared and awaiting whatever you might be about to throw at them. Everyone can easily sense the significant power within him, radiating of the same power felt from the rest of the Shaiton but much stronger and more potent. No other signs of power (beyond that radiating from the crystal) can be felt anywhere in the room nor the hallways between the gate and the entrance to the room you are in.
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The Daemon forces have been left behind to guard the gate against the Shaitan forces. They'll continue being on the offensive while the Shaitan forces remain disorganized, but if they manage to rally and start trying to overwhelm the daemons they'll retreat and fight near the keep entrance where their smaller numbers aren't so much of a disadvantage (and where the Shaitan can be funneled into a nice compact space for Fire Daemon/Shadowlord magic shenanigans).
Soul Reaver hasn't attacked yet, he's taking this opportunity to cast one of his longer spells. Don't let that stop the rest of you though.
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Yeah, Gulgrim's not the kind of Ork to let an opportunity for a free shot pass him by, apologies if Jharm wanted the honorable first blow.
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Any sort of cursory check/scan/etc of the figures from the portals would indicate they are not some sort of illusion or mirror imagery but seemingly the exact same figure that was standing before them a few moment prior, with only a slightly reduced level of power.
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When in doubt, bring more swords than your opponent.
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It's been a long time since it's been used, so as a reminder: the Spear of the Apocalypse is a projectile similar to Soul Reaver's Sphere of Annihilation. However, whereas the Sphere of Annihilation explodes into a huge sphere that tends to vaporize anything within it, the Spear of Apocalypse is more restrained, its energy remaining focused largely on and immediately around anything the Spear actually strikes (which makes it slightly easier, faster, and less draining to cast - but it's still a very high-level offensive spell).
It'll travel in a straight line and cause massive damage to anything that it hits without stopping. Soul Reaver judges, by the size of the crystal, that it'll either explode it into a million tiny bits or, if its structure isn't exploded by the extreme pressure/temperature differentials of the impact, will obliterate near half of its mass in a nice tunnel-shaped hole through the middle.
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When in doubt, bring more swords than your opponent.
When experiencing an unfortunate shortage of swords, improvise.
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Alrighty, well done all. First crystal down. Lots of stuff happened so here is kind of a list of what may or may not be sensed. The wave of darkness spreading over each of you seems to do little more then radiate a sense of anger, violence, an almost need to attack, kill, or destroy something but then the sensation just as quickly fades. Those attentive enough and whatnot can both visually see the slight glow/aura around Veldanya as well as a small spike in her powers before they seem to normalize. When the booming voice sounds all can sense significant power radiating from the general direction they are headed. At this point the Aisgeim is on the ground and can be boarded. Those with critters summoned, feel free to deal with them how you want and interact with each other and such as you want. Once all are on board the Aisgeim the story will advance and battle will ensue once more.
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Is it safe to assume that this base has been secured? Or will it need to be defended as we leave?
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Yes, didnt really note it but it would be clear that with close reinforcements cut off, the Shaiton are pulling back. Then one the Seraphs construct their own crystal and open portals their forces will start arriving to that point.
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As this is kind of the interim point/in between battles im kinda planning/intending to (if warranted) respond to posts "individually" as I just did to Soul Reavers. Of course this will be expanded should more then 1 person post close together. Basically this is the period where, should characters be so inclined, can banter a little with Jharm, Veldanya, each other. Going to kind of treat it as "once each person has posted we might move on". Soul has posted (course feel free to respond further if you want, may or may not get another response before "move on post") so once the other 3 post (or time limits are hit) I will move forward. Given that 1/4 members are likely not overly interested in chitchat my plan isnt for the downtime to feel like its a significant amount of time (Gulgrim...feel free to prove me wrong here lol, but me thinks the Warboss cares more about more krumpin then figuring out weird shenanigans or whatnot :-p ).
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Alrighty, some more combat for ya'll. Attacks against the Shaiton troops are "god-mod allowed" but attacks directed at the two Siege golems are "no god-mod" (also attacks against the doors would be "no god mod" as well should anyone target them). Anyone doing any sort of cursory type scan of the golems would detect a significant amount of magic from them, their forms clearly being reinforced heavily.
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Alrighty, sorry about that, meant to get up a post earlier but kept forgetting =/. Good news though, I have moved into a place of my own in RL so most of my issues have largely been resolved.
Now as to the story lol. Both golems are still standing, Gulgrims clearly taking damage from the barrage but its still going, and the other one not being attacked up until Vee landed on it. The gas is basically akin to a nerve agent, seemingly affecting any non-Shaiton it touches. Environmentally sealed suits and such would protect against it. Not sure how Gulgrims suit is, Phaerys you would be safe since your suit is noted as "a self-contained environment that allows the Ataran within to interact with the myriad worlds beyond its native habitat." thus as long as it remains in tact/sealed it wont be able to affect him.
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Soul Reaver has cast a powerful Druidic spell that manipulates his environment to create a series of 'natural' disasters in the vicinity for a time. He can control and direct these only to a limited extent, but they won't harm his allies. At the moment it's manifesting as gale-force winds and lightning strikes - other effects may be forthcoming.
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Alrighty, you steam rolled over the golems and have gained access to the fort. I however did not want to basically god-mod how any of you would react to two darkness waves hitting your character so elected to stop the post where I did. The wave is basically the same as the one prior but basically doubled (getting hit by one wave and then the second a moment later). As with the previous wave, it causes significant boosts to emotions of rage, anger, violence, etc. Should you desire to have your character overcome, you can god-mod attacks against Seraphs or Shaiton forces (except Jharm of course) but any potential attack against other Companions would naturally not be god-mod allowed (if you choose to go that route lets keep it within reason lol...not looking for a PvP battle here :-p ).