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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Oct 16, 2022 14:02:03 GMT -5
Description: A full frontal force of archmages have landed on the island and are now assaulting the academy. Halberds tip has been notified, however you are being asked to help defend the school while enforcements can arrive. A group of 30 enemies are just outside the gate, attacking students and trying to force their way in. You can assist in anyway possible, you can fight off the attackers, help fortify the building or even attend to injured students who are being brought in. Regardless of your skill, any help is appreciated.
It had been a long time since Shaa had made it back to the martial academy. He had been traveling all over Charon promoting the guild to get the best fighters out there to join. To make sure that they stayed on the cutting edge, the martial academy had some new teachers added to make sure the recruits were up to the task. And it was working. The reputation of the guild was spreading all over, regaining its former glory. Shaa could not be more pleased.
When he was younger, he had heard so many tales from the Centaurs who raised him about the brave men and women who honed their skills to become legends in their own time. Who knows? Maybe they would sing songs about him one day. If they ended up surviving the afternoon.
As it happened, not everyone was happy about the revival of the guild. In particular , a group of archmages had decided that extolling the virtues of physical combat was somehow offensive and they were coming to the academy to prove magic over might once and for all. To make matters worse, they announced the attack days before it happened to make sure all of Charon would hear about their victory.
Well Shaa had heard it. He was now arriving on the beach at the back gate of the academy with some of his recent recruits. As they landed, Shaa had them gather around.
Ok, you all know why we are here. I’m not sure what’s going on inside yet but I know that we have some uninvited guests out front who are attacking some of our brothers and sisters. I am going out to the front gate to try and keep them out. We will need others to check the inside. I’m not sure how much we will be able to communicate but, if everyone does their jobs, we might just see tomorrow.
Shaa looks over to Zarius and Gerhart. K guys, are you coming with me to go and stomp some heads or are you heading in to see what’s going on?
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Post by Ser Gerhart Stanislav on Oct 16, 2022 14:20:53 GMT -5
Gerhart has spent his whole short time knowing Shaa holding in questions about minotaurs so as not to immediately annoy his new mentor. It was easy to focus on something else when he'd heard about the arch mages. New as he was, this was a new family so Gerhart was ready to defend the place. If they were going to teach him, it was time to see if their training was actually paying off.
He steeled himself as they arrive, getting himself psyched up to fight. Gerhart pulls out his new pair of knives giving them a quick spin. "I can hit them hard and fast as well, plus I can take a few hits. Probably best if we are the distraction and Zarius tries to sneak around and get a read on everything......If anyone gets in too much trouble, should we have like a safe word or something to yell? Alert the others that we are in trouble?"
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Post by Eameia (Zarius unavailable) on Oct 16, 2022 20:05:42 GMT -5
"How about 'dear gods, help me, I am dying'?" Zarius suggests with a smirk. "But I agree with your plan. If I jump immediately into the fight then they may use magic to stop me from disappearing. Best if I start with stealth before they know there is someone capable of doing that. I may even be able to create openings for you both to take them out easier."
He looks over at the back gate as a burst of fire spouts overtop of the roof.
"No time to waste, do not die." He nods to them both before a shimmering veil falls over his form and obscures him from sight.[1]
He quickly runs towards the wall, not the gate, and jumps onto it. His boots cling to the surface and he is able to silently move along the wall at a diagonal until he can peer over the top edge.[2,3]
The academy itself was a three story tall building that had the main structure and two wings branching off either side. An exterior wall surrounded the building creating a protected inner courtyard in the front and sand training pits towards the back where they were approaching from.
The mages had launched a frontal assault with many of their aeromancers already having gotten clear of the wall and raining down spells on anyone caught outside the cover of the building. A pyromancer must have also already gotten beyond the front gate as gouts of fire were spewing from the roof of the academy. Hydro- and cryomancers were barraging the front gates and any other fighters there with water and ice spells. An electromancer was perched up on the wall, preparing to electrify the drenched students.
It was absolute chaos and spells were flying everywhere. Units of students armed with bows do their best to defend the building from incoming attacks against the wall and the building itself, but many of their arrows get knocked out of the air by the aeromancers. There is a loud rumbling noise from the sand fighting pits as a number of terramancers suddenly tunnel into the area from below.
Zarius skirts along the top of the wall. It looked like the terramancers were attempting to infiltrate the academy from the back while the rest of the mages kept attention on the front gate. They wouldn't be expecting to be attacked from behind then. He drops down from the wall behind them then runs forward to the nearest one.[4] He wraps his arms around his neck and covers his mouth to silently choke him out.[5]
He gently lays him down, the others hadn't noticed yet but they would soon. One down. Soooo many left to go.
[1] Invisibility [2] Spider Silk Boots [3] Silent Step [4] Cats Grace [5] Iron Grip
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Oct 17, 2022 8:27:49 GMT -5
Ok now remember Shaa said to Gerhart as they ran around the side of the academy towards the front gate. We don’t have to actually beat these guys. We just need to hold them off until the reinforcements get here. But why let all of those guys have all of the fun?
The soon reached the front and could hear fighting nearby.
So the fighting is close now. Time for “Shaa’s rules for winning fights and looking awesome doing it” …It’s a working title, just go with it,
Rule number one: Know your enemy. So for here, there are a ton of mages running around and so jumping right into that could be very problematic. Good way to get a fireball up the nose or cursed or whatever. So we want to see what we are dealing with first.
Shaa concentrates and sends shock waves out from his feet. As the waves hit, he can sense the presence of 5 wizards nearby.
Ok there are 5 of those guys right around the corner. They aren’t fighting each other so I know they are all bad guys. 2 vs 5, we can handle that but we have to be smart about it, which brings us to rule number two: There is more than one way to skin a goblin. Again, just running out there is an invitation to get blasted. We need to throw them off. Follow me!
Shaa sneaks around the corner behind some large shrubbery. When he can see the 5, he puts his hands to the ground and the earth starts to shake, causing all of them to fall over in various awkward positions. GET EM!
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Post by Ser Gerhart Stanislav on Oct 17, 2022 11:26:38 GMT -5
"Holding out is something I can do." He nodded firmly as he followed after Shaa. Gerhart kept low to the ground and quiet right at the minotaur's hip. Every word of advice and rule was absorbed into the young fighter's head, this was his first chance to see how much of it was sinking in. As they duck into the shrubbery he shifts the grip on his knives with a smile, good thing it was a group of mages. This would be a good chance for him to test out his new daggers. Gerhart watched the spells with amazement before focusing back in on the task at hand. He waits carefully for his moment to take his shot. Once they are knocked down, Gerhart aims for a mage he can see readying to cast a spell as he throws his first knife. Sparks of flames begin to form in the mages hand, but as the knife connects with their shoulder the flames sputter out. [1] In the blink of an eye, Gerhart is in that mages face sending another knife into their chest. [2] pulls out his first knife and gets into a defensive position as the other mages start to shuffle to their feet.
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Post by Eameia (Zarius unavailable) on Oct 17, 2022 14:18:16 GMT -5
Zarius wastes no time in creeping up behind another terramancer at the back of the group as his form is once again masked by the invisbility. This one, however, pauses just before he is within arms reach and seems to listen to the earth itself.[1] He suddenly whips around.
"Behind us!"
The other two whip around and one near the front of the group casts a spell. Sharp stones rise up from the ground then spray forward, pelting Zarius with the fragments.[2] He raises his arms to shield his face but doesn't have anywhere to take cover. He winces as the pebbles batter him, but his form remains obscured from the casters.
"Bastard is invisible!"
"Hey! Jimmy is down!"
Zarius dashes up and quickly jabs the nearest terramancer in the chest.[3] His invisibility breaks but he digs his knuckle knives deep into the caster's muscles which start to seize up.[4] The terramancer doubles over and coughs, unable to mutter any incantations towards the tiefling. The two other casters jump back defensively and prepare to defend themselves from this strange new foe.
"Don't let him get close!"
Before his invisibility returns he turns and looks at the terramancers. "Good luck with that." He says as his form disappears.
[1] Ground tremors (terramancer) [2] Pebble shot (terramancer) [3] Dashing [4] Stunning Blows
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Oct 17, 2022 21:15:43 GMT -5
Shaa looks over at Gerhart and smiles. Good job rookie, he thinks to himself. I got these guys.
As they are still recovering, Shaa reaches the first two mages and bashes their heads together like a couple of coconuts, with a plonk kind of noise. Not slowing down, he tosses them to the side and grabs the third mage by the leg. The unfortunate thing about most mages is that they are pretty skinny. Shaa is able to swing him up by the leg and smash him down on the remaining mage, knocking him out as well
Oh By the night mother, you crushed my leg! Screamed the weaponized mage.Apparently he was in too much pain to remember any spells which was just fine by Shaa. He took the opportunity to toss him up a bit and give him a one two punch in the face, ultimately bouncing him off a wall.
Owe owe my leg! Mocks Shaa at the unconscious and now somewhat maimed mage. Maybe you will remember that the next time you toss fireballs or whatever at someones school. Shaa looks over at Gerhart and points his thumb at the disheveled mage. This guy, am I right? He says with a grin.
Shaa pulls the unconscious mages into the bushes to hide them. Hey don’t forget where we stashed these guys when the clean up crew gets here. That would be awkward…pretty much for everyone involved.
Shaa motions over to Gerhart to come in close.
Where was I? Oh yeah, Rule number three. The best fight is the one you never have to have. Let me explain that. If you can scare or intimidate your enemy into not fighting, you still win. But sometimes you have to be really really intimidating. Shaa looks Gerhart up and down. Ummm we’ll work on it. Watch the pro. Shaa motions him to back up…a lot.
Shaa smashes his hands together and forces earth energy into his body. He then grows into a 30 foot Minotaur, puts on his best mean face and runs into the court yard roaring at the top of his lungs. RRRAAAWWRRRR!
As he bursts into the courtyard, the mages start to scatter and panic. Shaa starts stomping on and grabbing as many as he can to toss into the walls. He is soon able to grab another mage by both feet with one hand, and he uses that mage as a cudgel vs his fellow mages.
Blaaaarkkk help me!
Shaa continued to stomp and slap without pity.
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Post by Ser Gerhart Stanislav on Oct 17, 2022 22:32:06 GMT -5
Ginma's blessings this minotaur was something else entirely. It was very, very hard to not be impressed by the sheer strength. Gerhart ducks under the thrown mage before coming over to help stash the bodies else where. There were a lot of rules, the active battle field seemed like an inopportune time to be dolling out lessons, but in a way it was also the perfect time.
Gerhart files a mental not to never cross Shaa as he watches the minotaur expand and start bellowing. He quickly follows behind as they panic. "Lookout!" For a brief moment, Gerhart forgets about the size and likely fortitude of his companion as he notices an aeromancer to the side. He lunges between the two taking the brunt of some air bullets. Thankfully most of the force was dispersed by his cuirass. "You all right?"
He grinned up at Shaa before separating from him just a bit to take care of some of the mages on the side. As he approaches the aeromance summons a pair of wind blades, but it's pretty quickly discovered Gerhart's skill with an actual blade outclassed his skill with the spell. An overhead strike is blocked as Gerhart circles the blade away and creates an opening, delivering a strike to the mage's chest. "Hey boss, are we killing these guys or just knocking them out?" A question he probably should've asked sooner as he likely killed that first guy. He ducks another swing, slashing the aeromancer's thigh before sending a hook into his temple to try and knock him out. He wasn't the brawler Shaa and Zarius were, but he could try to at least keep it clean.
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Post by Eameia (Zarius unavailable) on Oct 18, 2022 11:12:01 GMT -5
The remaining terramancers had gotten wise to him now. They kept their backs to one another, preventing the invisible foe from getting them from behind. Zarius chuckles a bit. Toying with casters was always such fun.
He circles around the two and spots a door nearby. He whispers in Infernal under his breath and the door suddenly swings open. The two terramancers launch rocks at the door, thinking someone had joined the fray. The door splinters and gets knocked off its hinges.
"Did we get him?"
A dumb question.
Zarius uses the distraction to close in on the two and quickly delivers two sharp punches into their skulls, dropping them to the ground in an instant.[1,2]
The ground suddenly springs to life around his feet and engulfs him up to his knees.[3] More of the sand from the training yard rushes up and piles against his body before it solidifies and locks him in place. Zarius struggles and tries to twist himself out of the hold of the sudden earthen structure, but he can't get any leverage.[4]
The terramancer he had stunned earlier has recovered and cast the spell on him while he was visible from taking down the other two. The caster grasps at his chest where he was struck and coughs as he approaches, magic swirling around his fingers.
"Got you now. I'm gonna make you regret getting in our way."
Zarius grits his teeth and struggles to no avail as the fight continues on elsewhere.
[1] Dashing [2] Two Piece [3] Earth Bind (terramancer) [4] Escaping Technique
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Oct 18, 2022 19:48:08 GMT -5
Shaa looks down at Gerhart Don’t kill ‘em if you don’t have to. Just make them wish they were dead. Shaa laughs as loud as he can to further terrify the remaining mages.
Seeing that the the courtyard is mainly cleared out, Shaa releases the ambient earth energy and shrinks back down to his regular large size. Well that was fun. Shaa looked around and got a concerned look on his face. 5… then 6… then the two on the wall….uh oh. Shaa motions Gerhart over.
Ok so when I scanned the place earlier, I counted roughly 30 ish mages running around. Between the ones from earlier and the ones here, there are around 18 unaccounted for. Shaa takes a quick look again. Where did they go? Shaa could take care of himself just fine but the school was just that. A bunch of newbs that couldn’t punch themselves out of a broken clay pot. Not yet at least. Some of the students had already been injured and he had to stop anymore from being injured before the halberds arrived.
Out of nowhere, stone came flying towards Gerhart’s head. Shaa sees it coming and steps on front just in time to take the strike to the shoulder.
You are not the only one who knows the earth bull man. I will crush you under the weight of your own hubris.
Shaa looks over at Gerhart.
Rule number 4: Don’t abandon your buddies. There is something going on inside. I need you to check on the students and make sure Zarius is ok. You are probably thinking that leaving me here is abandonment but don’t forget rule number one. I got this guy. I’ll catch up to you both later. Shaa winks and points at the broken front door.
He turns back to the terramancer. You are going to be real close to the earth when I put you 6 feet under it. Bring it!
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Post by Ser Gerhart Stanislav on Oct 18, 2022 22:10:02 GMT -5
"Know your enemy, got it." He grins as he delivers a kick to the mage's head in front of him to knock him out. "Back in a flash." He laughs and dashes forward to the door kicking it down. As he bursts into the next room, he takes a quick glance around to assess the situation. It didn't look great.
"Forgetting someone?" Gerhart waves at the terramancer before activating the dashing dagger again. He uses the increased speed to hit the mage with a lariat to the neck, causing the mage to sputter and choke as he gets the wind knocked out of him. He reaches a hand down to Zarius to help pull him out of the earth bind. "Come on, stop getting lazy~ at this rate I'm going to end up taking out more guys. I'm already on three. Shaa's on....like 8."
As he gives another little laugh of overconfidence, Gerhart takes a water whip to the thigh as a hydromancer comes in. "Damn, lost focus....Don't tell Shaa." He looks to Zarius before splitting off to deal with that mage.
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Post by Eameia (Zarius unavailable) on Oct 19, 2022 0:37:28 GMT -5
Zarius is about to thank the young human for coming to his aid, but then decides not to when he hears him being smug. He narrows his eyes at the kid. "Thanks for the advice."
He quickly dusts himself off and makes sure the terramancers are fully knocked out before looking up the building. The pyromancer up there had made their way from the roof into the top floor and was setting things ablaze. It would take too long to get up there using the stairs, so the tiefling takes the obvious next course of action and starts running up the walls.[1]
The pyromancer laughs from side the top floor.
"Serves you muscle-heads right! You think your little comeback story impresses anyone? Ha! You can't do anything against practitioners of the arcane arts! Watch as I single-handedly burn your precious little academy to the ground!" The pyromaniac cackles as he casts a spell to set the floor on fire.
Zarius spots him from outside the window and his focus locks on him as he casts the spell.[2] He jumps through the window and confronts the caster.
"You certainly have made a mess of things with all that hot air you are spouting."
"You dare appear before me? Do you want to get burned that badly?"
"I am not afraid of a little heat. Bring it."
The pyromancer waves his hands in a circle and gathers up some of the surrounding flames into a condensed sphere. He then throws the ball of flames right at Zarius as it expands to engulf him in the inferno.[3]
The tiefling holds his hand out and braces his arm as the flames almost slow and freeze in time before they are sucked up into his open palm.[4] A wisp of smoke extends from his hand as the heat of the spell surges through him and heals his previous wounds which glow through his charcoal skin like smoldering embers.
"What?!" The pyromancer exclaims in disbelief at what he just witnessed.
Zarius exhales a puff of smoke then runs forwards and grabs the caster by the front of his shirt with his opposite fist raised. "That won't work on me.[5] If you want to keep all your teeth, you'll tell me what this is all about."
"N-never!"
"Sounds like you need more…convincing." He hisses with a menacing smirk in the caster's face.
[1] Spider Silk Boots [2] Sworn Enemy [3] Fire Ball (pyromancer) [4] Spell Drinker (½) [5] Smooth Talking
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Oct 19, 2022 14:48:09 GMT -5
Shaa and the Terramancer looked each other up and down like a showdown in the Wild West. Shaa had spent a long time studying terramancy but even he hadn’t seen all of the different applications yet. The opening volley was made by the Terramancer who fired a fireball right at him. With a simple side step, Shaa doges the ball and the Terramancer smiles.
You are quick on your….hooves…if you don’t mind me saying so. Most Minotaur are mindless brutes. Let’s see if you are an exception.
The mage flicks out his hand and a thick vine wraps around Shaa’s arm, thorns cutting into him. Shaa tries to yank the whip out of his hand but the mage unsummons it and Shaa ends up pulling at nothing. He starts to make a move at the mage who creates a hole underneath himself and disappears under ground. Shaa had sent this one.
He quickly slams his hand to the ground, causing tremors and forcing the Terramancer back up to the surface with a thump.
The mage quickly stands up, throws his hands out and catches Shaa with another vine whip. This time he is ready for him and grabs the vine and yanks. To his surprise, the mage goes nowhere. He had cast earth bind on his own feet and effectively prevented himself from being tossed. Shaa looked at him stunned.
I have to admit, I have never seen someone use earth bind on themselves before. That’s pretty clever.
For true masters, earth is both offense and defensive. Your views are so rudimentary it’s laughable.
Shaa sniffed at the comment. Oh I bet the fighters guild has something you have never seen before.
Shaa bull rushes with adrenaline pumping, instantly appearing in front of him. Shaa grabs the mage at the hips and viciously yanks his body upward. As the mages legs are sill grounded, the move rips both legs off at the knees, leaving bloody stumps behind.
Ahhggg my legs! My legs? What have you.
Shaa brings the mages body down on a blended knee, breaking his back and causing him to be silent.
Still had something to learn after all. Shaa rushed to the academy to look for his companions.
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Post by Ser Gerhart Stanislav on Oct 19, 2022 15:37:26 GMT -5
As Gerhart tried to close the distance the hydromancer summoned a glacial wall to try and cut off access. With the dashing dagger, Gerhart got to the top of the wall as it was rising. The sheer speed almost caused him to lose his balance, but he caught himself and slid off the edge to try and drop down with a falling knee to the hydromancer.
It seems as he had fallen into the trap of the hydromancer as during his descent the wall shattered and pelted Gerhart with ice shards. His cuirass absorbed most of the damage, but the concussive force that sent him into a column did hurt. “Clever, I’ll give you that.”
He wipes the blood from the corner of his mouth, looking up just in time to see Zarius eating the magic. That would be a cool trick to learn. Gerhart rolls to the side as the hydromancer tries to hit him with more of the water whip. He ducks under and gets in close, slashing the mage’s arm to cut off his magic.
As her magic fades, there’s a brief look of panic before Gerhart continues with a few quick and decisive punches to finish them out. He kept the pressure on until he was sure the mage was out cold.
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Post by Eameia (Zarius unavailable) on Oct 19, 2022 16:11:08 GMT -5
Zarius' face is splattered with blood as he peers out of the broken windows down at Gerhart and Shaa. Seems like things are quieting down below. There were several unconscious mages laid out across the academy grounds but it didn't look like there were that many left still actively fighting outside. In fact, it looked like a lot of the mages were still unaccounted for. Had they gotten inside? He can't hear any fighting from the lower floors over the crackling of the roof burning above his head.
The pyromancer he had been dealing with laid face down on the floor with one arm bending the wrong way at the elbow and a pretty bloody and battered face. He might still be breathing, but the tiefling didn't care about that too much. He looks at the smoke and flames still rising from the root. There wasn't much her could do about the fire itself though. At least it was the top floor so people could easily evacuate to the lower floors. He decides evacuating and students remaining in the building is probably the best use of his time now.
As he starts to head down the stairs to do that, the whole building starts to rattle and shake as if there is an earthquake. He stumbles and catches himself on the handrail.
"Great. What now?"
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