To Find a Way Home (Mamono Assault Force)

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Gripping his hammer high, he pointed to the remaining alarune, "Just surrender!" he shouted to them, holding back for only a moment to see if they would accept and retreat, but ready to strike at them when they would not accept his demand.

(Bakan demands the alarune surrender, and if they decline, he beats them up via hammer while maintaining his wall.)

Spoiler

WHEN INTRODUCED TO FLUFFY TAILS: roll 1d4 to see if he gets stunned.

WHEN RECEIVING PLEASURE: Bakan receives +4 PP damage, and plus an extra 8 PP damage if Ashloriel is present during the stimulation. He has to at the very least know she's watching him for the added stimulation to count.

WHEN PENETRATING (OR PENETRATED, LOL): Bakan deals +2 PP damage.

Fanged Warhammer: (2 Hound's Teeth, 6 Monster Fangs)
Total Damage: 2d8 + 58 = (2d8+5) + 12 + 29 + 10 +2 (Base Damage + Upgrade + Body + Heavy Weapons Specialist + Knight)
To-hit: (+72) +58 +12, +2 (Body + Skill with HAMMERZ + Knight)

Bakan's Stats:
Speed: 24(21)
Dodge: 41(51 Against succubus powers)
Armor: 10(28)
Resistance: 37(47 Against succubus powers)
Perception: 24(36 WHEN FINDING HI-HO TREASURE!)
Stealth: 10
Grapple: 58

 

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Spoiler

Bakan: HP = 109/118, PP = 44, EP = 78/84, Status = Fine, Holy Wall

NPC stats
Cory: HP = 70, PP = 51, EP = 51, Status = Pregnant
Rhep: HP = 99, PP = 43, EP = 44, Status = Fine

Rolls

Spoiler

Round 1

Bakan smash. Plus one EP upkeep for his wall.
Attack: Hit.
Damage: 7 + 7 + 58 - 26 = 46 damage.

The two barkskin alraune attack! They use tentacle lash and shield bash!
Attacks: 3/4 hit.
Damage (bash 1) : 3 + 3 + 3 + 17 - 28 = 0 damage. 7 TP damage.
Damage (lash 2) : 3 + 9 + 17 - 28 = 1 damage. 7 TP damage.
Damage (bash 2) : 1 + 4 + 1 + 17 - 28 = 0 damage. 6 TP damage.

Total of 1 damage on Bakan, and his armor takes a total of 290 damage leaving it at 1/50 TP.

Rhep Smash!
Attack: Hit.
Damage: 2 + 2 + 44 - 8 = 40 damage. Another one bites the dust!

The creatures try to bust out of Bakan's wall.
Resistance: Bakans wins.
Damage: 1 + 4 = 5 damage each, total of 14.

Cory has to move back to the group, doesn't get an attack yet due to having to go around Bakan's bubble.


Round 2

Bakan smash again, plus 1 EP upkeep.
Attack: Hit.
Damage: 1 + 8 + 58 - 26 = 41 damage, one dryad down.

Rhep Smash!
Attack: Hit.
Damage: 4 + 2 + 44 - 26 = 24 damage.

Cory strikes thrice!
Attack: Hits.
Damage: 6 + 1 + 25 + 8 + 6 - 26 = 20 * 3 = 60 damage. Down she goes!

The creatures try to bust out of Bakan's wall again.
Resistance: Bakans wins.
Damage: 2 + 5 = 7 damage each, total of 21.

"Never!" the remaining alraune cried, and the battle continued as Bakan hammered one in the face. Rhep leaped into the air and smacked the last of the normal looking alraune in the head, splatting her head like a melon, and Cory came rushing over as the two heavier plant-kin once more lashed and bashed at Bakan. His armor kept the brunt of the blows from hurting, but the enchanted gear was showing a great deal of wear and tear from the repeated blows, and soon there would be enough damage on it to prevent it from being useful.

The fight was clinched mere moments later as Bakan brought down one of the barkskinned women with a second blow from his hammer, and Rhep and Cory finished off the other one via their combined efforts. With the battlefield clear save for the three creatures that had been throwing themselves ineffectively against the barrier that Bakan had placed around them, the burns covering their heads and shoulders telling the tail of their failure to escape. "That.... Wasn't so bad really!" Cory said, as if surprised that the battle had gone so easily when they'd been that badly outnumbered. "That was a pretty awesome move with the cloak!" she added, and Rhep nodded her agreement, "Bakan good at smashing, shrug off stupid plant's attacks!"

 

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After the battle was over with, Bakan let out a relieved sigh. "For now, let's just get rid of these... Ravenous beasts." Bakan announced, turning his attention to the beasts beating at the shield he was maintaining. After giving them all a firm thwack to ensure they would be causing no woman any harm, ever, he looked to Cory and Rhep as they complimented his initiation into the battle, and blushed a bit. "Heh... Well, I suppose I was pretty awesome back there." he acknowledged with a grin, before giving Cory and Rhep a muddy thumbs up and a wink. "See? What did I tell ya? You girls can leave everything to me. Their main objective seemed to be you anyway. They seemed like they knew you two were in the bushes... Really, their hunt for victims... I'll put a stop to it!" he announced, before shouting aloud into the forest. For some reason, he felt his morale at an all time high.

"You hear that!? Stop attacking innocent women, and face me directly, you cowards! Fight someone your own size!" he taunted no one in particular.

 

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Spoiler

Bakan: HP = 109/118, PP = 44, EP = 76/84, Status = Fine

NPC stats
Cory: HP = 70, PP = 51, EP = 51, Status = Pregnant
Rhep: HP = 99, PP = 43, EP = 44, Status = Fine

Rolls

Spoiler

Not really, gain 4 exp and 8 darkhearts.

Also, Bakan has startled the horde.

After the three beasts had been thoroughly thwacked, Bakan's hammer putting lethal-looking indents in their heads, his two companions came to him each holding a pair of dark red stones, dug from the corpses of their enemies. Smiling and winking at his thumbs up, Cory nonetheless added; "I don't know about that, they did all rush for you even after their leader told them that we were in the bushes. I'm honestly not sure that any of them even actually saw us, they might just have assumed that you had someone else nearby and tried to flush us out. She never saw me coming, and the alraune that went after you obviously didn't see Rhep coming either."

Following his shout, Rhep jumped up and down excitedly, waving her club about as if in challenge. "Yes! Come out and fight, stupid plants! Rhep and Bakan will smash!" she called, and Cory (who had been collected the treasure from the lead alraune and the three dead monsters) frowned, causing the goblin to quickly amend, "And Cory will stab!" The half demon smiled, and she turned to Bakan and said; "I doubt anyone's going to show up to that, besides, the alraune are-" She was cut off by an incredibly loud crashing sound followed by a series of loud thumps, the sound of voices and the alien ululating call of some strange creature closing in on them from around the source of the thumping echoing through the swamplands.

"Well... Never mind then," Cory said, obviously somewhat shaken. "So... Plan?" she asked, turning towards Bakan expectantly. Rhep was jumping up and down even more excitedly now, reaching heights of nearly five feet. Their terrain didn't seem like it would confer any advantages, the murky ground as likely to hinder as it was to help and their surroundings not offering enough cover for Bakan himself to remain hidden. Of course, that posed no problem to Rhep and Cory, but that was based on the assumption that their enemies wouldn't search the area after dealing with Bakan (assuming that they won of course, which was hardly a given even with Bakan's armor as damaged as it was.) Alternatively, they could try and flee rather than fight, though they were already fairly lost in these swamps as it was, and having to run through them would only exacerbate that problem in addition to the risk of running into another group of alraune or a bog into which they would simply sink to their deaths.

 

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Upon hearing the bizarre call, Bakan made a quick look to his two companions. His question that he was going to ask was answered before the words could leave his mouth. They planned on staying despite the incoming hoard. "I don't want either of you two to be here, Cory, Rhep... They're going to go after you." he said, looking to Cory with an expression she may find familiar. "Even with a few broken bones, I've made it through situations like this before. But rather than death, I'm sure they have a fate worse than that planned for you, just like that alien did. If the battle ever looks bad, I'll call Ashloriel to come and take you two away, understand?" Bakan announced to them. "If it ever looks bad... I refuse to let you suffer the consequences. I won't let the BASTARDS touch you again!" Bakan shouted, his voice fueled with unreasonable hatred and anger. And perhaps at a glance, Cory might see the celestial wings on his back, glittering as they were, now visible through his beaten armor, turn into a sinister shade of black for a moment.

"I'll limit their numbers with my shield, and we'll fight inside my arena of light." he explained his plan. "We'll kill them all, one by one... Or else, Ashloriel will come to save you... I hope."

 

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Spoiler

Bakan: HP = 109/118, PP = 44, EP = 76/84, Status = Fine

NPC stats
Cory: HP = 70, PP = 51, EP = 51, Status = Pregnant
Rhep: HP = 99, PP = 43, EP = 44, Status = Fine

"They're going to go after you too!" Cory argued exasperatedly, and Rhep nodded in agreement, "Rhep not leave and let Bakan get raped by ugly plants!" Cory then said, very firmly; "If you have to call for Ashloriel, then she'll be taking ALL THREE OF US WITH HER, UNDERSTAND?" Rhep nodded her agreement once again, and the two women both glared at him until he said yes, even following Bakan's shouted promise that he wouldn't allow either of them to be harmed by their enemies again. Though understandably concerned with other things at the time, Bakan might then notice the slight look of concern that cross over Cory's features as his wings momentarily blackened, though she would brush it off as worry over the coming battle if he asked about it.

After he had laid out the plan, Cory and Rhep both nodded. "We stay in bubble, squash plants. Not fight too many at once. Is good plan! Rhep glad she thought of it!" Rhep said, grinning mischievously while Cory rolled her eyes. "We'll only have to fight a few at a time... But won't that take a lot of your energy to keep the barrier up? And to keep changing it over and over?"

The sounds of their enemies were getting closer, but they weren't there yet. Bakan estimated that he had a few minutes in which he might be able to do more to prepare himself. Summoning allies and positioning them, searching out a more effective battleground, or trying to make repairs on his armor were all options. As it was, they were on a fairly wide patch of muddy ground, littered with dead plant-kin and surrounded on two sides by some shallow, murky water. There were a few rocks and a boulder on an island off to their right, and a more narrow strip of land between two stretches of deeper water that was extremely muddy at the bottom a short ways back on the path.

 

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"I'm not going to get raped." Bakan said in reply to the glares cast at him. "Just like the aliens, and the rapist bandits, they will try to go around me to get to you. I will not let that happen. I'll make sure they will have to go through me. I don't really want to... But I must take every measure to ensure their cowardly tactics do not make it to you." Bakan announced. They were waiting for him to say yes, and say yes he did not. Instead, he closed his eyes, and called out to some friends he met a long time ago. "Can you hear me, gruffs of the fey? Do you remember me?" he called out in his mind. "Two of my friends are in danger, I want you to protect them. I will have gifts for you if you do it. Please, help them." he pleaded, hoping they would answer his call.

(Bakan summons 4 gruffs, using 12 EP, and orders 2 each to defend Cory and Rhep.)

Should they answer his call or not, Bakan looked to the island surrounded by mud, and decided that would be the best arena to fight the oncoming hoard. "This way!" he announced, leading the way.

 

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Spoiler

Bakan: HP = 109/118, PP = 44, EP = 64/84, Status = Fine

NPC stats
Cory: HP = 70, PP = 51, EP = 51, Status = Pregnant
Rhep: HP = 99, PP = 43, EP = 44, Status = Fine

Rolls

Spoiler

Bakan Summons 4 gruffs for 12 EP!
Cory hides. Stealth = 5 + 40 = 45.
The gruffs, Rhep, and Bakan all form up on the island after some introductions. Then some plant monsters show up, and four of them move into attack range, giving Bakan and co a turn to bap them.

Rhep and Cory continued to level their withering stare at him, clearly not pleased at Bakan’s refusal to bend on this particular issue. His call for aid was answered promptly, as it always was when he opened with payment. “Yo! Bakan! Bro!” a familiar voice called out from the swamp, and soon enough a familiar black furred gruff stepped out of the swamp and grinned at Bakan. Jeff the gruff grinned at Bakan, the expression almost as odd on his goat-like face as his voice might sound coming from the same. He’d brought three friends as well, though Bakan only recognized two of them immediately, an aging gruff with thinning brown hair named Ogg who preferred a shield in addition to his sword, and a fairly young gruff with whom Janne had been very familiar with whom some enterprising young summoner had taken to calling Garakaius. The last Bakan didn’t recognize because he had been a child when Bakan had last seen him, now grown to full adulthood by faerie standards, one whom Bakan himself had named when the goat-man had been growing up.

Once Jeff reached Bakan, the four gruffs moving across the swampy ground with ease despite their hooved feet, he held out his fist for Bakan to bump his against, a silly grin on his face. Cory did not seem to think much of this particular fellow, as she turned her scowl onto him and said; “And you are?” Jeff turned to her and smiled, but when he actually sized her up his expression became somewhat strained. Even so, he offered his hand and replied; “I’m Jeff! This is Ogg,” he gestured to the older gruff who was even then unlimbering a shield, “Garakaius,” he nodded his head towards the gruff who had a pair of ornate bronze swords hanging from his belt, “And… Uhhh, what did you name him again Bakan? I never remember…” he gestured to the last gruff who had an axe clenched in one hand, obviously somewhat nervous. Cory frowned, “Right… Well, I guess you lot will be…. Helping… Us with the alraune then?” She clearly didn’t think much of the gruff’s combat abilities, and Jeff was quit to catch on to that, his expression becoming strained even further.

“Hrm. Goat men clumsy. Get smashed easy. Or get raped by plant woman,” Rhep grunted plainly, clearly not impressed either, and Jeff sighed. “Everyone’s a critic…. So, I’m guessing from the sound of… Well, that,” he gestured towards the sounds of whatever was coming for them, “That you’ve got plant problems! Well,” he unlimbered the halberd that had been hanging over his back, “I think you called the right people to help with your gardening!” The gruff grinned and posed with his weapon, something that the three behind him were already doing in a way. Rhep stared at them, and Cory facepalmed before turning around and moving over to the island as Bakan instructed, jumping up onto the rock and then kneeling down, vanishing all but completely from sight. “You’re the boss bro!” Jeff replied, “Let’s move out troops!”

The rest of them waded through the murk that Cory had practically bounded across just in time, as they reached the outcropping and formed up around it just in time, Ogg and Jeff standing next to Rhep defensively while the other two formed a loose semicircle around the rock that Cory was hiding on top of. They had only just barely gotten their act together when the first of their enemies appeared out of the swamp, a half dozen of the wretched plant-cats charging from the underbrush. Five of them oriented towards Bakan and his allies and charged, their maws wide and hungry for blood as tentacles writhed from their backs, but the last paused briefly and let out another of their strange calls, the sound traveling through the thin woods and signaling the rest of the approaching plant-kin where to find their prey. The charging beasts were forced to slow by the water and the mud concealed beneath it, and two of them even ended up stuck in the muck, forced to thrash wildly while the other four hurled themselves across the expanse as quickly as they could. Even so, the terrain afforded Bakan’s group a bit of extra time to prepare, and the murky ground prevented the creatures from pouncing on them, giving them all an opportunity to attack.

 

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Upon seeing the Gruffs show up, Bakan quickly recognized them, and gave Jeff a ceremonial fist bump with a grin. "They may not be the most elite of the fey, Cory, but this is the most I can do. You will have to accept this if you won't let me handle this on my own. Even if you hate me for it, I will put your safety above my own." Bakan announced strictly to Cory before regarding Jeff and the others as he ran. "Thank you so much for coming! I don't know why so many are hostile here, but they are! Rhep and Cory are in extreme danger in these kinds of lands, as many women are. It's our job to protect them! Let's show what it means to be a man!" Bakan announced, trying to rile up the Gruffs into high spirits. "I'll do what I can to take on the brunt of their forces that make it through! You guys have to protect Rhep and Cory at all costs! I'll throw up a shield if the enemy's numbers start to look intimidating!"

Reaching the rock, and watching Cory and the other Gruffs hide, Bakan stood at the ready as he regarded Rhep. "Rhep, please be concerned for your own safety. If only for me. I don't want to see you get hurt, okay?" he requested of the goblin. "If you're ever in danger, defend yourself! Let me and the others take care of what comes after you!" With that said, Bakan turned to face the oncoming hoard. "Just a few yet, but there will be more. We can handle these so far without the shield!" Bakan announced. "Just hold your ground! Let them come to us, and strike them as they move through the mud to come out onto land! With such poor footing, they'll be easier to hit... Maybe!" Bakan reasoned, before standing at the shore of all the mud, holding his hammer ready to strike at the cat beasts that got close.

(Bakan tries to force the cat things to fight in the mud, with Bakan on land, to try and gain a terrain advantage.)

Spoiler

WHEN INTRODUCED TO FLUFFY TAILS: roll 1d4 to see if he gets stunned.

WHEN RECEIVING PLEASURE: Bakan receives +4 PP damage, and plus an extra 8 PP damage if Ashloriel is present during the stimulation. He has to at the very least know she's watching him for the added stimulation to count.

WHEN PENETRATING (OR PENETRATED, LOL): Bakan deals +2 PP damage.

Fanged Warhammer: (2 Hound's Teeth, 6 Monster Fangs)
Total Damage: 2d8 + 58 = (2d8+5) + 12 + 29 + 10 +2 (Base Damage + Upgrade + Body + Heavy Weapons Specialist + Knight)
To-hit: (+72) +58 +12, +2 (Body + Skill with HAMMERZ + Knight)

Bakan's Stats:
Speed: 24(21)
Dodge: 41(51 Against succubus powers)
Armor: 10(28)
Resistance: 37(47 Against succubus powers)
Perception: 24(36 WHEN FINDING HI-HO TREASURE!)
Stealth: 10
Grapple: 58

 

[Tassadar]

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Spoiler

Bakan: HP = 97/118, PP = 44, EP = 64/84, Status = Injured

NPC stats
Cory: HP = 70, PP = 51, EP = 51, Status = Pregnant
Rhep: HP = 99, PP = 43, EP = 44, Status = Fine

Rolls

Spoiler

Bakan hammerz.
Attack (Bakan) : Hit.
Damage: 8 + 1 + 58 - 4 = 63 damage. One down!

Jeff slashes.
Attack (Jeff) : Miss.

Ogg shield bash and swing.
Attack (Ogg's sword) : Hit.
Attack (Ogg's shield) : Miss.
Damage: 2 + 5 + 25 - 4 = 28 damage.

Garakaius swings two swords!
Attack 1: Hit.
Attack 2: Hit.
Damage: 6 + 2 + 20 - 4 = 24 damage per hit, 48 total.

The Gruff That I Asked You To Name But Who You Didn't So He Gets This Sentence attacks!
Attack: Hit.
Damage: 1 + 11 + 10 - 4 = 18 damage.

Rhep smashes with 20 points of defensive fighting!
Attack: Hit.
Damage: 1 + 3 + 44 - 4 = 44 damage. One more down!

~~~~~~

Two down, leaving four more. One attacks Bakan, one attacks Jeff, one attacks The Gruff That I Asked You To Name But Who You Didn't So He Gets This Sentence, and one attacks Ogg. They take penalties due to terrain this round, but they all also pounce up onto the more stable ground.

Attacks: Bakan is hit, Jeff is hit, Ogg is hit, The Gruff That I Asked You To Name But Who You Didn't So He Gets This Sentence is hit.

Damage (Bakan) : 9 + 4 + 24 + 3 - 28 = 12 damage. Bakan's armor is destroyed.
Damage (Jeff) : 1 + 11 + 24 + 3 - 8 = 31 damage.
Damage (Ogg) : 8 + 6 + 24 + 3 - 10 = 31 damage.
Damage (Derp) : 1 + 11 + 24 + 3 - 4 = 35 damage.

Jeff looked somewhat worried at Bakan's attitude as they moved through the mud to the rocky outcropping. "You really haven't met many alraune, have yah? Well, with us here you won't get a chance to find out about it first hand!" he said, and then Rhep scowled at Bakan as he told her to concentrate on her own defense. Though she didn't seem to like it much, the goblin nodded in acceptance of Bakan's orders and stood a bit behind the gruffs that had been appointed as her guards. There was a shout of general consent from his allies (other than Cory who was still silent and hidden) to his initial instructions when their first enemies appeared, and then the battle was on!

The creatures surged through the muck, those that had gotten stuck pulling themselves free to join in on the assault as each of them clamored for blood, showing no signs of caring who they attacked so long as they were able to attack someone. Bakan's hammer smashed into the leafy head of the first to come near, leveling it into the ground where it gave a single shudder and then went still. The second coming for him, however, pulled itself out of the mud around the base of the island and lunged past him, landing solidly on dry land. Only after it had landed did he realize that it was no less dangerous for having its back turned, as a whip-like tail ending in a scythe-blade came hurtling at his face, very nearly getting his throat. It slashed across his shoulders and back instead, severing most of what remained of the straps holding his breastplate in place. It dangled from a single strap, the back half having already fallen off, and rather than offer any real protection, the armor would now do nothing but get in his way until he had time to repair it.

The gruffs, despite the face that their foes were slowed by the terrain, faired no better than Bakan. Jeff slashed at the creature nearest him with his halberd, but the blade hit only air as the plant monster leaped over the goat-man's head. It slashed down at him with its tail as it soared over his head, and when the goat man turned around to face his attacker he had a long gash running down his back. Ogg set himself for his enemy, but like Jeff he was ill prepared for his enemy's sudden mobility despite the muck, and while he cut into the creature's side with his sword, his shield missed its target and the creature gave him a vicious wound along his chest, his leafy armor offering only limited protection against the plant creature's bladelike appendages.

Garakaius, meanwhile, slashed twice at the feral plant coming for him, but it survived the twin slashes and just kept on coming. But, before it could lunge the fairy, Rhep suddenly appeared and slammed her club into the beast's head, smashing it down just as Bakan had the one that had attacked him. The last of the creatures, the one that had sent up its loud, ululating call that likely signaled for more of its wretched kin, went for the gruff that Bakan had named. The goat-man beat it to the punch, however, as rather than use the blade in his hand, the gruff suddenly slammed his head forward just as the beast opened its jaws and lunged for his throat. The gruff slammed his horned head into the monster's face, causing a sickening smashing noise and making the plant recoil in confusion for a moment. It only remained stunned for a moment before it leaped up onto dry land, however, and the gruff took a nasty cut across the chest from its tail at the same time.

NPC Stats

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Jeff, taken Gruff Berzerker, taken 31 damage.
Ogg, taken Gruff Warrior, taken 31 damage.
Garakaius, the Gruff Slayer, unharmed.
The Gruff That I Asked You To Name But Who You Didn't So He Gets This Sentence, the Gruff, taken 35 damage.

 

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Bakan named the gruff Stephano.

In response to the feline plants invading their little arena, Bakan's first reaction was despair. 'The gruffs... They can't hold them at all.' Bakan thought before letting out a growl of pain as he was cut by the feline. Turning, he raised his hammer, seeking to strike the beast. "Don't focus on offense, they're too strong!" Bakan shouted. "Defend! Whatever you do, do not fall!" he commanded his company of gruffs.

(Bakan commands the gruffs to defend while he hammers the creature that attacked him.)

Spoiler

WHEN INTRODUCED TO FLUFFY TAILS: roll 1d4 to see if he gets stunned.

WHEN RECEIVING PLEASURE: Bakan receives +4 PP damage, and plus an extra 8 PP damage if Ashloriel is present during the stimulation. He has to at the very least know she's watching him for the added stimulation to count.

WHEN PENETRATING (OR PENETRATED, LOL): Bakan deals +2 PP damage.

Fanged Warhammer: (2 Hound's Teeth, 6 Monster Fangs)
Total Damage: 2d8 + 58 = (2d8+5) + 12 + 29 + 10 +2 (Base Damage + Upgrade + Body + Heavy Weapons Specialist + Knight)
To-hit: (+72) +58 +12, +2 (Body + Skill with HAMMERZ + Knight)

Bakan's Stats:
Speed: 24(21)
Dodge: 41(51 Against succubus powers)
Armor: 10(28)
Resistance: 37(47 Against succubus powers)
Perception: 24(36 WHEN FINDING HI-HO TREASURE!)
Stealth: 10
Grapple: 58

 

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Spoiler

Bakan: HP = 97/118, PP = 44, EP = 64/84, Status = Injured

NPC stats
Cory: HP = 70, PP = 51, EP = 51, Status = Pregnant
Rhep: HP = 99, PP = 43, EP = 44, Status = Fine

Rolls

Spoiler

Bakan hammerz.
Attack (Bakan) : Hit.
Damage: 7 + 2 + 58 - 4 = 63 damage. One more down!

Jeff rages and slashes again, this time with Supreme Might for 10!
Attack (Jeff) : Hit.
Damage: 6 + 2 + 42 + 10 + 10 - 4 = 66 damage. Another down!

Ogg shield bashes and swings, with 10 points of defensive fighting.
Attack (Ogg's sword) : Miss.
Attack (Ogg's shield) : Miss.

Garakaius activates whirling death and scissor defense, taking 4 damage and putting himself in front of the one attacking Stephano.

Stephano strikes again!
Attack: Hit.
Damage: 5 + 4 + 10 - 4 = 15 damage.

Rhep smashes with 20 points of defensive fighting!
Attack: Hit.
Damage: 2 + 4 + 44 - 4 = 46 damage. One more down!

~~~~~~

Three down, leaving only one that attacks Garakaius.

Attack: Hits.
Damage (Garakaius) : 6 + 12 + 24 - 34 = 8 damage.

Garakius Counters with both swords... Using Flurry.
Attacks: All 4 hit.
Damage: 6 + 1 + 20 + 8 - 6 - 4 = 25 damage per hit, total of 100 damage even. Ribbons.

Jeff took one look at the beast that had just opened up the gash on his back and spat; "FUCK THAT!" The gruff barreled into the beast, knocking it onto its back by sheer weight as he let out a low, bleating roar. Raising his halberd, Jeff plunged it into the beast, which gave one last wild flail before going still, and then he spat on it for good measure. "Ugly freak!"

Bakan, having successfully smashed down the monster that had torn his breastplate off despite how awkward it was to move with the broken armor obstructing him, was able to watch as Ogg stepped in front of Rhep protectively, his attacks doing nothing to the agile creature besides holdings it attention squarely on the wounded gruff, who now held his shield high, in a defensive position. That gave Stephan a chance to charge and ram into it, flipping it onto its back much as Jeff had, and then Rhep suddenly leapt to the offensive, landing on the creatures belly and smashing its head in with her cudgel. Garakaius, meanwhile, stepped in front of the last of the monsters as it flung itself at Stephano. It was stopped in its tracks as it ran into the heavier goat-man, and then as it recoiled away the gruff followed it, slashing at it rapidly with his swords. The last monster died screaming, cut to ribbons as it tried and failed to back away from the faerie killing it, and then there was a moment of calm.

"Cat things ugly and squishy!" Rhep said, an expression of glee on her face as she gave the creature that she and Stephano had downed gleefully. "Hit hard though," Jeff replied grimly, eying the wounds on him and his men. Garakius had only taken a scratch, but the other three gruffs had fairly severe wounds that would, if left unattended, begin to weaken them.

"More...." Cory whispered harshly from her hiding spot, and Bakan turned to see three more of the cat creatures, smaller than the ones they had just fought, emerge from the undergrowth at the edge of the murky pool around their tiny sanctuary, and immediately start toward the beleaguered group. Behind them came three more of the bark-covered plant women, each of them grinning lasciviously as they spotted the group of men, "Look at all the new toys! We're gonna have a good night tonight~ Circle around!" The cat-plants, which had been going right for them, turned in the muddy water and began circling around the rocky outcropping, well out of reach of any of their weapons. The alraune started into the water directly toward them, shielding arms raised, but behind them came a mighty crash as a massive creature seemingly made entirely of wood emerged from the woods. It was vaguely humanoid, but its head was practically featureless and its arms were titanic compared to its body.

With a low groaning noise split by a few loud cracks, the creature lurched forward and hucked a rock the size of a small cow at them, which crashed into the center of their formation without harming anyone even though the gruffs and Rhep were forced to scatter. "That not good!" Rhep said, and as the hulking plant monster lifted another rock over its head Jeff added; "That definitely not good!"

NPC Stats

Spoiler

Jeff, taken Gruff Berzerker, taken 31 damage.
Ogg, taken Gruff Warrior, taken 31 damage.
Garakaius, the Gruff Slayer, taken 12 damage.
Stephano, the Gruff, taken 35 damage.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: To Find a Way Home (Mamono Assault Force)

"Jeff, don't be careless! Please protect them!" Bakan pleaded with the gruff before grunting at the beast in front of him, and swinging his hammer with a yell. "I'll die before I'll see them hurt again..." Bakan snarled under his breath, before looking to the new arrivals approaching them. His heart sank as even more powerful foes appeared. "I could fight them without worry... If 'they' weren't here..." Bakan murmured under his breath. He felt taxed mentally, even though he was still in the fight physically. The stress of constantly glancing at Rhep, and wondering if Cory was fine was making Bakan's head pound painfully.

The sudden boulders being thrown didn't help either. Diving for safety, Bakan quickly looked back to make sure everyone was okay. "Damn it...! I don't have a choice now!" Bakan cursed. He wanted to save the shield for later, when he could cut the enemy forces in half, but those boulders would likely kill someone.

"Vanish from my sight, behind a wall of light!" Bakan chanted, closing his eyes as he rose to a knee and concentrated, trying to form a dome over the island, so that those on the edge wanting to get in would have to suffer in the mud, and thus be worse off in battle.

(Bakan summons a holy wall for the default 4 EP, and loses 1 EP every round.)

Spoiler

WHEN INTRODUCED TO FLUFFY TAILS: roll 1d4 to see if he gets stunned.

WHEN RECEIVING PLEASURE: Bakan receives +4 PP damage, and plus an extra 8 PP damage if Ashloriel is present during the stimulation. He has to at the very least know she's watching him for the added stimulation to count.

WHEN PENETRATING (OR PENETRATED, LOL): Bakan deals +2 PP damage.

Fanged Warhammer: (2 Hound's Teeth, 6 Monster Fangs)
Total Damage: 2d8 + 58 = (2d8+5) + 12 + 29 + 10 +2 (Base Damage + Upgrade + Body + Heavy Weapons Specialist + Knight)
To-hit: (+72) +58 +12, +2 (Body + Skill with HAMMERZ + Knight)

Bakan's Stats:
Speed: 24(21)
Dodge: 41(51 Against succubus powers)
Armor: 10(28)
Resistance: 37(47 Against succubus powers)
Perception: 24(36 WHEN FINDING HI-HO TREASURE!)
Stealth: 10
Grapple: 58

 

[Tassadar]

Re: To Find a Way Home (Mamono Assault Force)

Spoiler

Bakan: HP = 97/118, PP = 44, EP = 60/84, Status = Injured, Holy Wall

NPC stats
Cory: HP = 70, PP = 51, EP = 51, Status = Pregnant
Rhep: HP = 99, PP = 43, EP = 44, Status = Fine

Rolls

Spoiler

Bakan summons a holy wall around them for 4 EP.

The assorted enemies try to pierce it!
Resistance: The plant-lions all fail, as do the alraune.
Damage: 5 + 6 = 11 damage each.

Bakan's companions didn't have attention to give in order to notice his distress about the continued presence of Cory and Rhep, but when the white bubble of energy formed over them in order to protect them from more rocks they all had a moment in which to collect themselves. Jeff in particular was breathing heavily as he calmed down, his muscles tensing as he glared at the creatures beyond the wall. "Lemme at 'em! Nobody'll need protecting when those things are lying in pieces!" he growled, though he didn't try to rush through the wall just yet. The three alraune walked right up to the wall and attempted to walk through it, but each of them came away with burns on their front and scowls. They stepped back immediately, moving out of reach as another rock came souring from the massive creature and slammed into Bakan's barrier. Composed of magic as it was, his wall didn't even shiver at the purely physical blow, and the monstrous plant creature groaned and started lumbering forward.

"You're only delaying the inevitable you know~" one of the plant women said, "You can't possibly beat all of us. Why not surrender and spare yourselves the pain of further battle? We only want to give you never ending pleasure~ Wouldn't you like to have us play with you?" The three plant women grinned and adopted alluring poses, emphasizing their feminine aspects, but the gruffs didn't seem particularly impressed. "Not interested. Why don't you go back to wherever you came from and leave us alone, eh?" Garakaius shot back sardonically, but the three alraune merely giggled. "I'm afraid not~ You're in our territory now, and you have to pay the tribute!"

Around the other side of the wall, the three less humanoid plant monsters charged the wall only to bounce off harmlessly, the dome of light rebounding and burning them. They let out a yelp and then back off, the sound of their splashing footsteps audible even though Bakan couldn't see them through the rocks. "Whatever, you can't stay in there forever, and we have friends coming!"

NPC Stats

Spoiler

Allies
Jeff, taken Gruff Berzerker, taken 31 damage.
Ogg, taken Gruff Warrior, taken 31 damage.
Garakaius, the Gruff Slayer, taken 12 damage.
Stephano, the Gruff, taken 35 damage.

Enemies
Plant Hulk, unharmed
Dryad 1, taken 11 damage
Dryad 2, taken 11 damage
Dryad 3, taken 11 damage
Feral Stalker 1, taken 11 damage
Feral Stalker 2, taken 11 damage
Feral Stalker 3, taken 11 damage

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: To Find a Way Home (Mamono Assault Force)

Seeing all of the plant creatures bounce harmlessly off of his shield, Bakan sighs. Hearing the plant's announcements, he looked to the gruffs and their injuries, before looking back to the alarune. "Quite frankly, I'd rather die than let you harm my friends, or rape the girls here. No matter what, your hands will not reach them, even if my corpse has to ensure that." Bakan replied to the alarune seeking to 'pleasure,' according to Bakan's mind, Bakan and the gruffs in exchange for using Cory and Rhep for breeding.

"Gather 'round," he told the gruffs, "I'll heal your wounds. I can restore you back to fighting shape while they wait outside my barrier." Bakan announced, before making to heal the gruffs.

Spoiler

Bakan goes on a healing spree!

He spends 5 + 1upkeep EP to heal Jeff, Ogg, and Stephano each, healing 30 HP for each of those three.

He then spends 2 + 1upkeep EP to heal Garakaius for 12 HP.

Bakan spends 21 EP in total, unless the plants manage to break in through his shield. If they do, he turns to hammer whoever got in while maintaining his barrier.

 

[Tassadar]

Re: To Find a Way Home (Mamono Assault Force)

Spoiler

Bakan: HP = 97/118, PP = 44, EP = 48/84, Status = Injured

NPC stats
Cory: HP = 70, PP = 51, EP = 51, Status = Pregnant
Rhep: HP = 99, PP = 43, EP = 44, Status = Fine

Rolls

Spoiler

Resistance check each round to see if the plant hulk breaks through the barrier.
Round 1: Bakan wins, Jeff is healed for 30 HP. Spends 6 EP.
Damage: 1 + 4 = 5 damage.

Round 2: Bakan loses, Ogg is healed for 30 HP. Spends 6 EP.
Damage: 5 + 4 = 9 damage.
In the words of Critikal; "Fuck, shit, we're not safe!"

"The girls?" the alraune replied bemusedly, "We have plenty of females already. No.... Actually the only ones we're going to rape is you, silly human~ Your corpse is of no use to us, but not only a human man, but a group of the fey as well, all alive! Once you're ours, we'll be sure to have a big party so that everyone gets a turn! I wonder if any of you will survive it?" She grinned wickedly at Bakan through his protective barrier, her lewd intentions clear, and the gruffs each took a small step away. "I... Think I'll pass, thanks."

The fey circled around Bakan as he offered to heal them while the massive plant lumbered slowly through the muddy water. Jeff was first to receive Bakan's healing touch, and he grunted his thanks as the gash on his back sealed itself. "Thanks, but others needed it more than I did!" he said, but just then the plant hulk let out a groaning sound, drawing their attention. It raised both of its massive arms over its head and then brought them down against Bakan's holy wall. A spike of pain in Bakan's skull came in time with the blow, a thunderous boom sounding aloud and a pair of depressions appearing in the dome of light protecting them from which a series of cracks began to spread out from the strike zones. "He'll be through in a minute," the alraune stated pleasantly, "Are you sure that you wouldn't like to surrender? I can offer to let your goblin go free, but I don't speak for the collective as a whole at the moment. You can be sure that continued attempts to resist will result in exactly what you fear. Giving yourself and your fairy companions up will probably save her from harm~"

Rhep scowled at the alraune, and furiously replied; "Bah! As if Rhep would let herself get beaten by stupid plants! Rhep will fight all of you!" Though she spoke boldly, Rhep didn't dash past the barrier and into the fray despite the set of her body telling Bakan that that was exactly what she wanted to do. "We would not submit to that, regardless of the terms of our contracts!" Garakaius stated plainly, and the other fairy warriors nodded. "We are warriors! We would not suffer so ignoble an end!" Ogg added, and then Stephano piped in; "Why don't you surrender? We've only had to kill you because you attacked Bakan. If you stopped attacking people, maybe you wouldn't have these problems!" Jeff nodded and grinned, "You've got your answer lady! We're not giving up, and if that tree breaks through the barrier, then all you'll be doing is giving us plenty of fuel for your funeral pyre!"

The alraune rolled her eyes as Bakan moved to the next gruff in line, Ogg, and healed his wounds. The shielded gruff gave him a nod of thanks, but then the plant monster's second blow slammed down onto the shield in the same place as before. The spike of pain in his head was far more intense this time, and Bakan's magical wall could not withstand the second blow. It shattered inwards at the point of impact, and the rest of it flickered and faded away. Bakan felt wetness leaking from his nose and ears, his head still throbbing painfully, but it didn't distract him from the howl of glee from the three plant lions that bounded onto the backside of the island and began circling around towards them. They came to a sudden halt just before they could pounce, however, and the hulking plant monster paused in the middle of its attempt to extricate its feet from the muck in which they'd become mired following its two blows against Bakan's barrier.

"Last chance to surrender. No one else needs to get hurt," the speaker of the three bark-skinned alraune said simply, smiling brightly while the two similarly armored plant women nodded in silent agreement. Off in the distance, four more of the smaller plant cats were accompanied by a single alraune with an overabundance of tentacles. They turned towards the besieged group and started towards them immediately, but were slowed by the water and would take a moment to reach them and join the fray if battle recommenced.

NPC Stats

Spoiler

Allies
Jeff, taken Gruff Berzerker, taken 1 damage.
Ogg, taken Gruff Warrior, taken 1 damage.
Garakaius, the Gruff Slayer, taken 12 damage.
Stephano, the Gruff, taken 35 damage.

Enemies
Plant Hulk, taken 14 damage
Dryad 1, taken 11 damage
Dryad 2, taken 11 damage
Dryad 3, taken 11 damage
Feral Stalker 1, taken 11 damage
Feral Stalker 2, taken 11 damage
Feral Stalker 3, taken 11 damage

Feral Stalker 4, unharmed, across the water
Feral Stalker 5, unharmed, across the water
Feral Stalker 6, unharmed, across the water
??? Alraune, unharmed, across the water

Those across the water will take two turns to get into melee attack range.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: To Find a Way Home (Mamono Assault Force)

The first pang of pain as the hulk smashed against his barrier yielded good results. "I have to hold strong..." Bakan steeled himself as worry creeped into his mind. Even more reinforcements were arriving... There was simply too many... "So long as the barrier holds... Their numbers... Mean nothing...!" Bakan growled, focusing on healing the gruffs as his head pounded painfully. Healing the two gruffs, "Soothing light, please give my friends the strength to fight!" he pleaded with the magic within his soul to give him the strength to mend the wounds of his allies. But as he healed the second gruff, Bakan let out a loud yell before he fell to his knees, and his barrier fell. "NO!" Bakan screamed. Shaking his head, Bakan's heart began to race, seeing the blood drip from his ears and nose, he coughed and found blood from his mouth as well, spilling out over the ground.

When the alarune spoke of their intentions of raping only the men, Bakan snarled at them, "You're a damn LIAR!" he snarled at them with pure hatred. "You... FREAKS!!! I'll die! I'll die before I see it again!"

"ASHLORIEL!"

Bakan screamed at the top of his lungs, before gathering what energy he could to summon her. "Ashloriel! Take them! Take Cory and Rhep, and flee! Come back when they're safe!" he pleaded, shouting so loud that he hoped she would hear him in the heavans above, while his soul reached out desperately for her.

 

[Tassadar]

Re: To Find a Way Home (Mamono Assault Force)

Spoiler

Bakan: HP = 97/118, PP = 44, EP = 48/84, Status = Injured

NPC stats
Cory: HP = 70, PP = 51, EP = 51, Status = Pregnant
Rhep: HP = 99, PP = 43, EP = 44, Status = Fine

As his power surged up into the sky along with the echoing shout of his angel’s name, Bakan felt his metaphysical call for help answered. In the meantime, the speaker for the still passive plant-kin looked confused by Bakan’s shouting and affronted by his snarled accusation in equal measure. “Hey now! There’s no need to go calling people names!” the bark-skinned alraune said angrily, “And I’ll have you know that I’m a woman of my-“

The woman didn’t have the opportunity to finish her sentence as thunder rumbled in the skies above, so loud that it was nearly deafening. There was a brilliant flash, blinding, and through the spots in his vision Bakan saw that the alraune and their ilk were lit up by a continuous bolt of lightning, burning power of blinding intensity that left them paralyzed. Despite its power, the bolt was not lethal immediately. Flames appeared on the plant-kin, and Bakan heard their screams of agony beneath the crackling of the electricity, heard their eyes pop from within their heads and their bodies’ burn until each of them was reduced to little more than a standing pile of charred plant matter. Only then did the lightning fade and the fires of the damned alraune go out, allowing them to flop lifelessly to the ground, including those that had just arrived.

That was not Ashloriel’s work. Bakan had seen her fight a spare handful of times, but she had never committed violence like that, not even against the most offensive of enemies. She had never and would never cause any creature to suffer as the alraune and their ilk had just been made to. As such, when the figure descending from the heavens turned out to not be Ashloriel at all, it wasn’t too much of a surprise. Clad in grey and silver armor and oddly wingless, the angel fell to earth just in front of Bakan, a small explosion of earth burst out from his landing point and reached up to around Bakan’s knees at most, but he dropped only halfway to his knees before straightening and looking at Bakan with an expression that was almost a scowl, but fell just short and ended up looking vaguely troubled instead.

“Bakan Jeru,” he said in a deep, cold monotone that was slightly menacing. “Ashloriel is preoccupied. I was sent in her stead. The plant-kin were killed in order to facilitate calm communications between us, so that I could outline your assignment.” Everything that he had said was stated in a completely matter of fact manner, and Cory climbed down from the rocky outcropping and stared at him. She and Rhep stepped up to either side of Bakan while the gruffs stood back, watching the angel respectfully. “Who are you exactly?” the half demon said, and he gazed at them for a moment before grasping both women by the shoulder and simply vanishing. He was back a few seconds later, alone, and stared at Bakan calmly. “I come with a vital task, and as mine is finished, you are bound to obey by the laws of the contract.”

NPC Stats

Spoiler

Allies
Jeff, taken Gruff Berzerker, taken 1 damage.
Ogg, taken Gruff Warrior, taken 1 damage.
Garakaius, the Gruff Slayer, taken 12 damage.
Stephano, the Gruff, taken 35 damage.

Enemies
None

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: To Find a Way Home (Mamono Assault Force)

The sudden violence before Bakan's eyes shook him to the core. The brutal fashion with which the alarune were suddenly killed was not a fate even he would bring upon them even if they held such evil intent towards the people he cared for. They were still women. They were still living things that might have a heart. Any possibility of knowing that was evaporated in an instant upon the unknown angel's arrival. His eyes agape as he watched the eyes of the alarune fall from their skulls and their screams join together in chaotic agony, Bakan nearly fell forward and released the contents of his stomach, what little of that there was to be released. He had no words to say. The shock was too much, and after all that has happened, was nearly the tipping point that sent Bakan over the edge. Nearly.

Looking over to the angel, and hearing his voice, Bakan looked upon him with a frown. What idea did he have that was good which involved the merciless slaughter of those alarune, and in such cruel fashion? It was when he suddenly vanished with Cory and Rhep did Bakan erupt in outrage. "I did not form a contract with a being who would make even my enemies die in such a cruel fashion!" Bakan shouted. "Even beasts have hearts, why did you use such a spell to make them suffer!? Benevolent have the angels always been, what would drive you to do something so cruel!?"

Shaking his head, Bakan grit his teeth. "And where did you take them!? I sense no good will nor kindness from you, I will not budge for you until I know they are safe and not suffering."

 

[Tassadar]

Re: To Find a Way Home (Mamono Assault Force)

Spoiler

Bakan: HP = 97/118, PP = 44, EP = 48/84, Status = Injured

NPC stats
Cory: HP = 70, PP = 51, EP = 51, Status = Pregnant
Rhep: HP = 99, PP = 43, EP = 44, Status = Fine

They did not suffer without cause," the angel said simply. "They were among the group that has plagued this area of late. They've already wiped out one human village, just North of here. They're well on their way to doing the same to Manmere Marsh. Making their final moments painful was the only retribution that I could offer, and they would have suffered no less if left to battle you and your comrades. The end result is the same. Leave it at that."

At his question regarding the whereabouts of his comrades, the angel calmly replied; "Therion." After a moment he added; "They are safe. And will remain so." Again he paused, and then began to head off Bakan's questions before he could ask them; "The largest city in Crolia. Ashloriel took you there once as a child." Bakan remembered the snow-capped mountains around the city then, Gods-Reach just barely visible off in the distance and the glimmering pin of the Tower Goldspike, the oldest building in the known world, reaching up towards the heavens. It had been a good place, a safe place, and by all accounts remained as such despite the invasions of the aliens and the orcs into the Northlands.

"Now... As I stated, I have a vital task for you. The being that leads these alraune.... It must be destroyed. It is imperative... Essential. Do you understand?" Everything that he said was stated matter-of-factly, but after he finished his expression shifted into a genuine scowl. Once more he began to answer Bakan's most important questions as he asked them; "The being that leads these plant-kin is not something that can be reasoned or bargained with. It is the remains of a primordial god, from long before your kind or mine even walked this world. It has lain dormant for centuries, but the alien incursion caused it to awaken, and since then it has been gathering strength. We only recently became aware of it. Now that it has taken a physical form, it can be destroyed permanently, as it isn't strong enough to survive without a body any longer. You must destroy it, and whoever it uses to communicate with the other alraune, or it will only jump into her. The pain of that transfer would be excruciating, nothing that you could even imagine, so you would be doing her a kindness.

"I know that it isn't the ideal scenario... That it isn't what you want to hear, but the being that I'm asking you to destroy.... It doesn't even understand the concept of language. There is no manner in which you could speak to it, as even the alraune that it's using to control the other sentient plants can only receive instructions on an instinctive level. This being seeks nothing less than a return to the state in which the world was in a form that it can understand. Do you understand what that means?" He paused and eyed Bakan darkly, but then explained before Bakan could answer with more than a yes or a no; "It means to wipe out all intelligent life on the planet. If it isn't stopped, it might very well succeed. The problem is.... It isn't powerful enough by itself for us to detect. We can't sense it, and therefore this task falls to you. If you find yourself unable to defeat it... Call on me when you find it, and I will see to it that it is eliminated."

NPC Stats

Spoiler

Allies
Jeff, taken Gruff Berzerker, taken 1 damage.
Ogg, taken Gruff Warrior, taken 1 damage.
Garakaius, the Gruff Slayer, taken 12 damage.
Stephano, the Gruff, taken 35 damage.

Enemies
None