[Taocow PBEM] Fwd: Book 3 - Chapter II - Koba, Lyle, Ted, Alex, Owen and Raven

[Koba Rowers]

[Koba]
Not wanting to leave Ted behind, Koba will make another attempt to get  
him out of the current while the others deal with the assasin.
[/Koba]

On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com>  
wrote:

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> From: A Gardner <threeplusoneis4 at hotmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 15:38
> Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] Book 3 - Chapter II - Koba, Lyle, Ted,
> Alex, Owen    and Raven
> To: The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM <taocowpbem at zork.net>
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>
> [Owen]
>
> Seeing the assassin turn towards Raven, Ender will cast a Mind Bolt,
> hoping to take advantage of his focus on Raven.
>
> [\Owen]
>
>> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:50:44 -0400
>> From: white.mist at execulink.com
>> To: taocowpbem at zork.net
>> Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] Book 3 - Chapter II - Koba, Lyle, Ted,  
>> Alex, Owen and Raven
>>
>> On 3/24/2010 4:48 PM, Aaron Clausen wrote:
>>>
>>>> [Raven]
>>>> Raven hangs on to a nearby railing and manages to stop her fall.  
>>>> She barely
>>>> hangs on to her rifle as well. When the world stops moving from  
>>>> under her she
>>>> focuses her attention on the Sunaj assassin. She has no idea how  
>>>> dangerous
>>>> that being is and so has only briefly considered her next move.  
>>>> She has no
>>>> power of her own in order to feed her magic and she would not use  
>>>> the PPE
>>>> batteries which was meant for their escape.
>>>>
>>>> So Raven hopes that the assassin had not spotted her as of yet...
>>>>
>>>> Raven slings her rifle and Prowls over to the Sunaj and does a  
>>>> Body Throw on
>>>> him - she means to throw him over the railing on the scaffolding...
>>>> [/Raven]
>>>>
>>> [GM]
>>> Raven's sneak attack doesn't quite work out. Her foot catches on a
>>> piece of metal,
>>> and she briefly pitches forward. The Sunaj does not seem to react  
>>> as she does
>>> her Body Throw [Strike: 4]. Unfortunately she can't seem to get  
>>> her position
>>> right, and the Sunaj reacts with lightning speed [Strike: 18],  
>>> pivoting on his
>>> foot and attempting to land on punch on Raven. Raven seems to  
>>> regain her
>>> prowess, and barely manages to dodge [Dodge: 20].
>>> [/GM]
>>>
>>> [GM]
>>> Seeing that Raven and the Sunaj appear to be in close combat, Owen  
>>> opens
>>> fire on the remaining fishman [Strike: 4]. Unfortunately, his shot  
>>> is no better
>>> than Alex's, though the fishman prudently ducks down behind some  
>>> boxes.
>>>
>>> It's at that moment that, above the sound of gunfire and rushing  
>>> water, another
>>> klaxon begins to sound. The lights in the chamber begin to  
>>> flicker, and then,
>>> after a second, everyone was is plunged into darkness. It takes a  
>>> few moments
>>> and then a few dull red emergency lights come on, but without  
>>> optics, it's
>>> all but impossible to see more than ten feet in any direction.
>>>
>>> The water is now about ten feet below the scaffolding and still  
>>> rising. There
>>> is another shudder, like a major earthquake. The scaffolding tears  
>>> from the
>>> wall again, and while no one can see it, in the distance can be  
>>> heard
>>> what sounds a lot like large boulders falling into the water.
>>> [/GM]
>>>
>>
>> [Raven]
>> Raven took the opportunity to try to use the darkness to hide  
>> herself in
>> a new location that she had not been before, in order to escape the
>> Sunaj's attention (preference being his rear or flank; also,  
>> hopefully
>> her Chameleon spell is still up). As soon as it brightened up again
>> Raven cast Blinding Flash on the Sunaj.
>> [/Raven]
>>
>> OOC: Using her last sole remaining solitary lone 1 PPE point to do  
>> a 10
>> ft Blinding Flash spell (remember that Raven has +1 spell strength to
>> save vs her spells). After that, Raven will try to flee the  
>> scaffolding
>> - can she go through the tunnel the Sunaj came from? If not, then it
>> will have to be the water. She can't remain in a fight like this  
>> and win...
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> [Owen]
>
> Seeing the assassin turn towards Raven, Ender will cast a Mind Bolt,
> hoping to