Jack_Spade
Oct 20 2018, 12:17 PM
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Mage Ini
Ini:
16+4d6 36-10 for Full Defense and -10 for late to combat. He gets one action before the first round is over
I assume you are firing the modified Savalette Guardian
Full Defense (to pretty to hit) -5 Burst:
18d6t5 79 DV AP -1
Soak:
14d6t5 54 Stun
Retaliation:
At Ini 15
Complex Action: F10 Lightning bolt
Ligtning Bolt:
16d6t5 7DV 10P(e) AP-10 + net successes
Drain Resist:
Drain resist:
15d6t5 7No Drain
Meanwhile on the corridor:
On Assault's turn he tries to
Cut:
18d6t5 5 Sharkboy
Last combat phase of the first round:
8 bnc (jumped into James) -- inside the kitchen appartment (bnc is in the van): Shoots at Mage
15 Mage (inside flat - acts after bnc, since she is the triggering event for his initiative ): Shoots Lightning at bnc
7 (E3R8) Assault (unarmed) -- in front of appartment: Uses spurs on Sharkboy
7 (E3) Anna -- in corridor:
4 (E7) Nova -- in the staircase:
4 Anna's Spirit -- in corridor:
2 Aeraziel (Wraith's Spirit) -- in astral space:
2 Aeraziel (Wraith's Spirit) -- in astral space:
*Guardian Spirit -- inside appartment: Too surprised to do anything in this round
While at least one bullet hit the mage he still managed to roll around fast as a snake and send a bolt of lightning at James.
Meanwhile, the mercenary with the spurs tried again to cut Sharkboy in half who still maintained his grip on the mechanical man.
Thanee
Oct 20 2018, 08:12 PM
Nova, standing in the middle of a cloud of gas, needed to move away fast. She still took her time to fire another shot at the merc with the shield, before moving forward and past the melee to the other side of the corridor, far away from the gas cloud.
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Simple Action: Take Aim
Simple Action: Shoot "Battery" (Longarms
7 hits + Edge
1 hit (*sigh*)
Movement: Walk 18m towards the other end of the corridor
Jack_Spade
Oct 21 2018, 06:34 AM
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Battery
Defense:
20d6t5 10Although the Merc had been battered quite a bit by now, he still managed to duck behind his shield in time, to deflect the APDS bullet away from him and his chummer.
Gilga
Oct 21 2018, 07:12 AM
Anna followed by levitating Battery toward the gas cloud. He did not budge "What a useless mage I am" she thought frustrated by her own incompotency.
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She had 5 successes, resist with body + str (with -1 due to wounds?)
Volker
Oct 21 2018, 08:36 AM
Shreaking in distress, bnc drops to the ground. She can feel the heat of the lightning bolt jolt right through between her arms and her torso, and she realizes that it was nothing but sheer luck that prevented her from being hit.
bnc gulps at how little effect the salvo had on the mage, and realizes: Here she picked an opponent she cannot best. She was expecting an unprotected and distracted mage, not a professional, augmented battlemage with a huge and brutish spirit to protect it.
Then she realized that this realization might have come too late.
Luckace
Oct 21 2018, 03:58 PM
The blue apparition dashed down towards the man with the shield and the intimidating axe and lashed out at him with its pale, icy-cold embrace.
Meanwhile, a second shape started to manifest: it seemwd to be the winged, angel-like creature like that the team already knew, although a dangerous crackling noise seemed to surround it, as if conducting a strong electrical current.
[ Spoiler ]
Undiel (spirit of water) attacks unarmed+ elemental aura: resulting damage is physical cold damage.
@Jack: please roll for any armor the merc is using, as cold could technically break it.
Unarmed Combat (cold):
13d6t5 3 not what I was hoping for...
Aeraziel (spirit of air) manifests.
I reallz hope these spirits aren't too confusing
they're all listed in Wraith's sheet with their powers and services owed.
Jack_Spade
Oct 21 2018, 09:27 PM
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Battery
Defense:
19d6t5 6The mercenary avoided the cold embrace with his large shield, still blocking his chummer and by necessity Sharkboy from the rest of their attackers.
Jack_Spade
Oct 22 2018, 05:38 PM
Meanwhile in the flat, bnc had escaped the mage's attack with only the tiniest margin, when suddenly the room filled with smoke. Her ultrasound sensors told her that the mage had suddenly vanished, leaving behind only a robe and shoes.
The mist lifted upwards and diffused through cracks in the ceiling, leaving her alone with the big Guardian Spirit and his sword.
In the corridor, the shielded mercenary easily avoided the shot from Anna, meant to disarm him, and instead flicked his hand to regain the Axe in a graceful swing of the sling, while also trying to cut the spirit in front of him.
Luckace
Oct 22 2018, 09:29 PM
The spirit hissed at the mercenary who just blocked its attack and swiftly moved right to get around his shield - moving right into the man's incoming axe, struck with uncanny brutally. There was a high, painful shriek as well the sound of shattered ice, and then with a burst of icy shrapnells the apparition disappeared as suddenly as it had come.
Down below in the janitor's flat, Wraith unlashed a pained, furious scream as he felt the link to his spiritual companion getting brutally disrupted.
Gilga
Oct 23 2018, 03:37 AM
... "And a useless gunslinger... I can't hit a man from minimal distance." the increasingly furstrated mage thought. Then she saw the mage in bnc's feed turns into myst and felt with dred for James. Without geeking the mage, he is doomed. bnc would be devistated - she thought... but the situation also offered an opertunity - if the mage escapes through the cielling he is exposed! She notified her spirit of the opertunity using their mental connection. She hoped that at least this time they'll get a break, before the oposition gets lucky with their strikes.... Speaking of lucky the magnificant ice spirit was no more with a single strike of that axe. These guys are immune to everything... we'll be lucky to get out alive.
Jack_Spade
Oct 23 2018, 05:00 AM
The icy shrapnell got blocked by the shield and the man's armored forearm, making them smoke with cold.
With a pinging sound a big crack fromed diagonally across the shield and shattered, making it fall to the ground. Suddenly their targets were quite exposed.
Volker
Oct 23 2018, 03:16 PM
Seeing that her attempt was nut only suicidal but also in vain, there's only one thing left to do: flee!
"Mage fleeing!", is all she manages to yell, while she turns and bolts towards the door. Panic grants her wings, as she breaks the door at the lock with a violent kick, sending it crashing against the wall. bnc then dashes through the doorway and dives for cover.
Jack_Spade
Oct 25 2018, 05:13 AM
Having an opponent come from the flat, the mercenary in a clinch with Sharkboy tried to break free, moving towards the now open door.
Meanwhile, Anna's spirit found the mage one floor up outside his protections - though he was remarkably hard to hit in astral combat.
Luckace
Oct 25 2018, 11:37 AM
The crackling around the winged angel seemed to intensify and small sparks of electricity could be seen flashing through its misty body. It turned to the man that just slayed its fellow spirit, flapped its wings and with the sound of a thunderclap, it sent an arc of lightning towards the mercenary.
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Elemental Attack against the spiritslayer:
Elemental Attack:
15d6t5 6If hit, he suffers -5 ini and a general -1d penalty.
As well as 12+net hits DV (AP:-6).
The ward can't actually stop an elemental attack, as it is tecnially a ranged attack and not a magical attack, right?
Jack_Spade
Oct 25 2018, 06:34 PM
The shieldless merc evaded the spirit's attack - barely while his partner fled into the flat, taking a diving leap to prevent Sharkboy from knocking his teeth out, ripping open a duffel bag lying on the ground...
This was made possible by the fact that the large spirit hadn't followed bnc's drone outside, but instead also vanished - only to appear one level above on the astral, right next to the mage in mist form.
Clattering, the huge sword fell to the ground.
Thanee
Oct 26 2018, 05:32 AM
Nova fired another shot at Battery. But it was not nearly as well-aimed as her previous attempts to hit him.
[ Spoiler ]
Simple Action: Take Aim
Simple Action: Longarms (just
4 hits)
Jack_Spade
Oct 26 2018, 03:17 PM
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Battery
Defense:
14d6t5 6Despite much lowered defense, the guy keeps going.
Op Force Spirit attacks Wraith's remaining spirit
Astral Combat:
14d6t5 5If successful 7P + Net successes damage
Battery evaded the shot, but was a lot more slugish than before.
Meanwhile, Wraith noticed that the remaining spirit attacked his angel from the astral.
Luckace
Oct 26 2018, 03:57 PM
The winged spirit jolted for a moment, as if shaking off an invisible attacker. It shook off whatever had seemingly bothered it and kept fixating the axeman.
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Evade Astral Combat:
12d6t5 5Tie. Never had that in astral combat before, but as its not listed as one of the exceptions to the rule "defender wins at a tie" on p.173, I assume it does no damage.
SquirrelDude
Oct 27 2018, 01:44 AM
Sharkboy chose not to follow the gunslinger into the apartment with the mage on his own and instead directed his attention to helping Nova finish off the axe man. He closed and threw a bad punch that was a evaded easily.
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Luckace
Oct 27 2018, 02:14 PM
Wraith was biting his lips. One part of him wanted stay in the relatively safe flat, keep checking the surroundings in case the mage attempted to leave the site physically, the other part screamed at him to join the fight.
I'm not here as a witness! Let's see how you like loosing your spirit...He closed his eyes to the mundane world and opened them to the astral world around him, looking for the astral forms of his enemies and prepared to engage them.
Aeraziel, the mage must not get away. If he or his spirits attempt anything, stop them! [ Spoiler ]
Simple action: Shift perception.
Simple action: Command Aeraziel "if necessary: prevent the mage from getting away and the spirits from ripping me to astral shreds"
Jack_Spade
Oct 27 2018, 03:28 PM
Anna's spell worked, as the mercenary tumbled backwards and fell to the ground, leaving the way free to his buddy inside the flat.
Volker
Oct 30 2018, 11:00 AM
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phase 17: Complex Action
Gunnery:
17d6t5 5I just realized that Gunnery isn't a simple but a Complex Action.
How does burst fire via Savalette work through Gunnery? Can I do it? If so, I want.
James moves to the door, trying to stay in cover behind the door frame. The built-in Savalette bends around the corner to bring down Assault.
Jack_Spade
Nov 5 2018, 08:23 PM
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Yeah, complex action BF works -5 to dodge
Defense:
11d6t5 5Anna: 20 (Stun Bolt at Battery)
bnc: 17 (shoots at Assault)
Aeraziel Spirit Team 15
Mage: 14
Anna's Spirit: 13
Guardian Spirit OP-Force (with Mage): 13
Nova: 12
Bound Spirit OP-Force (Astral): 11
Assault: 6
Sharkboy: 5
Wraith: 3
Battery: 0 (on the floor).
The spray of bullets connected, but the huge mercenary protected his face with a raised armored arm, deflecting the spray neatly, while raising an AK98 with an underbarrel grenade launcher.
Luckace
Nov 5 2018, 11:03 PM
The spirit's gaze turned to the remaining mercenary. For a moment, its eyes seemed to change to pitch black, and it let out a deep, quite unholy growl. The air around it seemed to darken and the electrical crackling was now almost palpable.
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spirit uses fear against the remaining opponent, Assault::
Fear:
12d6t5 4So about LOS: I have no clue how far into the flat he ran, the spirit is still hovering inside the corridor. If necessary, I'll use my free action to float wherever I need to float to have LOS, but if I still have my free action, I'll float away from his direct LOS afterwards.
Jack_Spade
Nov 6 2018, 06:23 AM
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Assault resists Fear:
Resist:
9d6t5 2Edge Reroll
Resist Edge:
7d6t5 32/3 Edge spend
The mercenary recoiled from the psychic attack but caught himself to stand his ground.
Jack_Spade
Nov 6 2018, 06:57 PM
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Mage uses astral combat against Anna's spirit:
Astral Combat:
18d6t5 5Spirit defense:
12d6t5 2Do you want to roll edge on the spirit's behalf?
Otherwise the spirit is in for 10 DV + net hits
Spirit soak:
6d6t5 2So pretty much exactly disrupted.
The fog the mage had turned into didn't stop on it's way upward, but delivered a powerful mystic punch to Anna's spirit.
Gilga
Nov 6 2018, 07:19 PM
With a series of defensive maneuvers, Anna's spirit dodged the mage and seized an opportunity to lend a powerful kick to the unholy thing.
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Anna has no edge, but her spirit will go full defense.
Full defense dice: 6d6t5 4
In Jack's words 'Denied!'
Spirits can (and should) play to their strengths. No reason why it'll allow itself to be disrupted.
In her turn, (either initiative 13, or 3) - she'll power kick the mage back into hell.
Astral combat: 12d6t5 7
Jack_Spade
Nov 6 2018, 07:45 PM
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Fair enought, but dare I say: not so fast: That means the Guardian Spirit that followed it's master can act now:
Ini 13: Guardian Spirit
Astral Combat:
14d6t5 3Anna's Spirit defense:
17d6t5 4Followed at Ini 11 by the Spirit of Man
Astral Combat:
12d6t5 5Anna's Spirit defense:
16d6t5 5After that your full defense Spirit is resolved.
Mage goes to full defense too (forgoing his remaining action)
Full Astral Defense (to Pretty to Hit):
20d6t5 5Full Astral Defense (to Pretty to Hit) Edge reroll:
15d6t5 4The astral attack was almost guaranteed to hit, but the massive forms of two spirits and their psychic attacks delayed the spirit just a fraction of a second long enough for the mage to evade again, moving steadily upwards.
Thanee
Nov 7 2018, 09:25 AM
Nova moved into the entrance of the flat, where Battery had gone down, with cold determination. She ignored the other mercenary for now, while her gaze was focused on the one that had been such a thorn to their side. Raising her rifle, she fired a single shot right into his head to make sure that guy would not see the light of day again.
[ Spoiler ]
Poor Self Control (Vindictive): Kill Battery.
Jack_Spade
Nov 7 2018, 07:10 PM
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I need the exact result of your shot, so correct me if I got the numbers wrong:
Shoot Battery:
20d6t5 10Total of 23 DV AP-8
Soak:
14d6t5 3Spending edge to reroll misses:
Soak (Edge):
11d6t5 515 DV
Full P Track and 4 into overflow.
Assault: Sees his buddy getting executed,
Simple Action: fires grenade launcher at 6m distance directly at Nova's position.
Grenade:
12d6t5 5Simple Aciton: Vault through the closed window (now shattered window)
16P AP-2 -2/m distance
Assault gets blasted with 4P AP-2
Soak:
35d6t5 13No damage
Battery:
Soak:
20d6t5 3Ground zero takes 13 damage (reduced to stun through armor), but still rolls over into overflow, killing him
The cheap walls do not reflect the blast.
Everyone who wants to use run for your live, please calulate how much movement you have left at the end of this round. Anna and Sharkboy are 1 m away while John and Nova are at ground zero.
Despite being shot at, the huge mercenary watches in horror as Nova executes his friend. For the first time in this combat the team can hear the man's voice - a surprisingly high, raspy sound:
"Noooo!"That moment vanishes in an explosion as the man pulls the trigger on the cheap rifle with the attached grenade launcher.
A "Fump" sound is followed by the detonation of a high explosive grenade, that tears through the cheap drywalls and fills the air with smoke and dust. The merc himself is hit by the blast and uses the momentum to smash through the window behind him and vanishing from sight.
Gilga
Nov 7 2018, 07:55 PM
Anna is horrified by the execution and the grenade, but living with the nightmares is for later. She runs instinctively and without much thinking back to the flat she entered, and into the scaffolding. Perhaps she'll have a glimpse of the escaping combat monster, though she does not feel especially motivated to incapacitate him right now.
[ Spoiler ]
I rolled composure to see if she can carry on despite her emotions.
six success so she will.
Thanee
Nov 8 2018, 09:43 AM
Nova stood right next to the grenade, when it went off, but her body was quite resilient and so the blast did not cause much more than some minor bruises.
[ Spoiler ]
Damage Resistance
10 hits + Edge
4 hits => 2S
Volker
Nov 8 2018, 10:15 PM
James sets in motion when his sensors pick up the flying grenade, and does what he really was designed for: move nimbly and quickly.
Quickly, bnJames runs down the stairwell full of gas and keeps their head down.
SquirrelDude
Nov 8 2018, 10:22 PM
"Don't leave before you get an autograph!" Sharkboy yelled as the mercenary as he ran out through the apartment and dove after the mercenary.
[ Spoiler ]
Action: Run for your life, -5 initiative.
Gymnastics, Diving through a window:
17d6t5 2 Well that happened
Gilga
Nov 9 2018, 06:58 AM
Anna is astonished by the fearless James and Shark that run after the mercenary. She fires her stunbolt at him requiring a small hand gesture.
[ Spoiler ]
Initiative 5: (third initiative pass) Compelx action F6 stunbolt, (3 drain).
Stunbolt:
13d6t5 6Drain:
Stunbolt (drain):
15d6t5 5
Luckace
Nov 9 2018, 12:30 PM
The spirit inside the corridore had swiftly dashed away from the incoming grenade.
In the flat below, Wraith's body sunk into his chair again, as he fully entered the astral plane.
Jack_Spade
Nov 10 2018, 04:26 PM
The mercenary had rolled onto the cold scaffold, still holding his rifle as Anna's psychic assault hit him hard, yet he didn't even seem to notice as blood began trickling from his nose.
Upstairs, Anna felt through her spirit's connection as the Mage errected a powerful magical barrier around him - yet it was extremely focused allowing him to exclude the spirit. His two minions used the opportunity to bash at the spirit but didn't manage to land a hit before they too went to the side of their master, hiding within the barrier.
Small fires had broken out in the demolished flat and bnc had barely time to realize that she would have to clean James really carefully before working on him with all that DMSO Narcoject coating the robot.
A short mesage reached her from Eliza: <<The hacker reappeared a moment ago. I'm keeping him occupied, but I'd guess that means someone has called in reinforcements. My suggestion is: Disengage at your earliest convenience.>>
Volker
Nov 11 2018, 10:20 AM
Ugh, frag! James, darling...
Before responding to Eliza, bnc tries a last time to bring down the mercenary. If they could caught him alive, he might provide vital informations. Besides, the others were slower to retreat than James anyway, so why hurry?
With some quick mental switch flips, bnc turns down some of the more aggressive and more illegal utilitiy progs to gain an edge in processing power she'd need for a clear shot. A blink of an eye, and the camera feed of the drone maximizes in her vision, sporting an aggressive crosshairs somewhere in the middle. With a flick of her hand, she turns the drone around, focusses on the fleeing Assault and quickly - rap-tap - hits the salvo button twice.
Jack_Spade
Nov 11 2018, 11:41 AM
The salvo hit true on the mercenary lying on the ground, but despite the heavy armor piercing caliber, there was no blood, as once again the man had managed to bring one of his heavily armored arms between himself and the bullets.
Thanee
Nov 12 2018, 09:22 AM
Nova moved to the window, where the other merc vanished and seeing him down below, she aimed her rifle at him and fired a shot.
Afterwards, since she heard the warning from Eliza, she cuts her wireless connection to the Matrix.
[ Spoiler ]
Move: Walk to the window
SA: Aim
SA: Shoot Assault (Longarms
7 hits ) - DV 13P AP -8
Free: Shut down wireless connection
Jack_Spade
Nov 12 2018, 07:47 PM
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Defense:
14d6t5 4Soak:
28d6t5 79 stun to his existing 8
Means full stun track and 3 physical
Ok, new Ini for everyone left on my side:
Assault:
Ini:
15+3d6 22Mage:
Ini:
16+4d6 27Bound Guardian Spirit
Ini:
14+3d6 23Ini:
14+3d6 25 Ther merc mec shuddered at the impact and by the dent in his armor had clearly taken a bad hit, but still didn't stop moving.
Gilga
Nov 12 2018, 08:15 PM
Anna's spirit quickly enveloped the mage wiht a mana barrier, and then used a second barrier offensively - but alas the mage's barrier was too powerful for the spirit.
Volker
Nov 13 2018, 10:57 AM
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init phase 31:
Free Action: talk and share ARO feed (I didn't find any rules regarding the image feed required for I am the Firewall, so I just assume it's kind of a Free Action. Also, I'm not sure whether I can still talk when doing so but a single word should always be possible. If not, bnc'd just shut up, as it's not important anyway.)
Simple Action: command van
Simple Action: take aim
Movement: walk to the window
(@team) "Coming"While slowly moving towards the kitchen window of the flat next to her old room, bnc sends a message to the autopilot of the van to start the engine and steer the car round the corner. She then focusses on her flying drone again, hoping against hope that she can take out Assault before he can escape once and for all.
Jack_Spade
Nov 13 2018, 06:22 PM
Upstairs the fog suddenly coalesced back into the form of a man - which promptly lost it's dual nature and just walked out of the effect of the mana barrier and out of the room.
One of the guardian spirits raised it's fist and smashed it against the barrier
[ Spoiler ]
Guardian Spirit
Astral Combat:
14d6t5 5Resist:
6d6t5 0Barrier takes 12 damage and collapses.
Bound Guardian Spirit
Uses Fear on Anna's Spirit
Fear:
14d6t5 3Fear Resist:
12d6t5 5Anna's spirit resists
The barrier shattered and the other spirit made a thundering roar meant to terrify Anna's spirit, but somehow failed to do so.
Thanee
Nov 13 2018, 10:44 PM
Since her previous shot hit the mercenary pretty well, Nova continues to fire at the man, hoping to bring him down, eventually.
[ Spoiler ]
SA: Aim
SA: Shoot Assault (Longarms
6 hits ) - DV 13P AP -8
Sorry, 2 dice less, removed from the back (Smartlink no longer has Matrix connection, but the result is the same).
Jack_Spade
Nov 15 2018, 06:04 AM
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Assault:
Defense:
13d6t5 4Soak:
28d6t5 8Takes 7 Stun,
which is turned into 3 additional Physical Damage
Full Stun, 6 Physical Boxes filled
Another hit rocked the body of the large man, denting his body armor.
SquirrelDude
Nov 15 2018, 01:38 PM
Sharkboy moved along the scaffolding, considered trying to get the mercenary into a cross-face chicken wing or an ankle-lock but instead went for a simple knee to the face.
[ Spoiler ]
Melee Attack:
19d6t5 8 with Reach 1
DV 13P
Luckace
Nov 15 2018, 03:34 PM
The angelic spirit that had just narrowly dodged the exploding grenade never returned from the flat it dashed into - instead, it had dissolved its physical body while its astral form dashed upwards.
[ Spoiler ]
complex action: astral projection
free action: move upwards to start looking for enemies
Jack_Spade
Nov 15 2018, 09:27 PM
[ Spoiler ]
Assault:
Defense:
11d6t5 5Soak:
36d6t5 79 Stun
10 Physical stun boxes filled
@Luckace
Make a tracking test with Assensing for your spirit
The knee to the face of the mercenary did possibly the most damage so far, breaking a few teeth despite the man's attempts to evade the attack.
Gilga
Nov 16 2018, 08:45 AM
Anna wiggled her hand and said softly
"Up you go... no running away from us".
[ Spoiler ]
Initiative:
18+2d6 24Anna's action Complex action levitate.
Levitate F7 - (5 drain).
Levitate:
13d6t5 8 Wow --> only 7 hits kept.
drain:
15d6t5 41 drain.
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