[Taocow PBEM] Chapter VIII - The Portal And Beyond - CombatRound #1

[April Mead]

>From: Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM <taocowpbem at zork.net>
>To: The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM <taocowpbem at zork.net>
>Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] Chapter VIII - The Portal And Beyond - 
>CombatRound #1
>Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:32:59 -0800 (PST)
>
>OOC 1: To keep things straight in my head (and hopefully in all of yours'),
>I'm adding a bit of description to what the nasties are doing.  If anyone's
>still confused, let me know.
>
>OOC 2: Boy, I've never seen the posts coming so fast and furious!
>
>[Initiative]
>Phaeton
>D-wolf 1 (hit by Ted)
>Bongo
>Alex
>D-wolf 2 (struggling with Phaeton)
>Talas
>Rod
>Lena
>Kyle
>Angelica
>D-wolf 3 (coming at Angelica)
>D-wolf 4 (coming at Alex)
>Lady Frost
>Ted
>D-wolf 5 (just hit by Lady Frost's "bone")
>D-wolf 6 (severely injured by Bongo)
>[/Initiative]
>
>>[Alex]
>>Alex climbs on top of a relatively stable-looking rubble pile that looks
>>like it would be pretty hard for one of the creatures to climb.
>>[/Alex]
>
>[Phaeton]
>Phaeton tries desparately to get his sword into the D-wolf, but somehow it
>manages to do dodge his blow.
>[/Phaeton]
>
>[D-wolf 1]
>Enraged by Ted's hit, it leaps at Ted, trying to wrap its maw around his
>throat.
>[/D-wolf 1]
>
>[Ted]
>Ted easily dodges the D-wolf's attack.
>[/Ted]
>
>>[Bongo]
>>"Sorry about that cousin," Bongo sneers as his shot hits home, "but when
>>it's kill or be killed, I'd rather be the one doing the killing.  Now do
>>yourself a favor and die..."
>>
>>He squeezes off another long burst at the same D-wolf, hoping to put it
>>out of its misery.
>>[/Bongo]
>
>[GM]
>Bongo's second shot blasts the beast into eternity, leaving behind a few
>pieces of burning flesh and fur.
>[/GM]
>
>>[Alex]
>>Alex does what she can, firing three round bursts from her JA-12 rifle.
>>[/Alex]
>
>[GM]
>Alex's shot, while not perfect, does hit the D-wolf, doing a fair amount of
>damage and blasting the creature as it struggles up the rubble pile, and
>knocking it to the bottom.
>[/GM]
>
>>[Talas]
>>Seeing the number of party members fighting Hand-to-hand, Talas determines
>>that firing large numbers of flashest to be a bad idea. So Talas holsters
>>the rail gun with one hand and draws his Katana with the other. And
>>attacks the nearest D-Wolf.
>>[/Talas]
>
>[GM]
>Talas attacks the D-wolf engaged with Phaeton, giving it a good cut with 
>his
>Katana.  It yelps and loosens its hold on Phaeton.
>[/GM]
>
>[Rod]
>Rod fires another shot from his bracer at the D-wolf, this time connecting. 
>Yet another creature is running about with its fur on fire.
>[/Rod]
>
>[Lena]
>Lena whips out an energy pistol and fires at one of the D-wolves, missing
>hopelessly and blowing a hole in a neighboring building.
>[/Lena]
>
>>[Kyle]
>>Kyle swings around and sees the two D-wolves, realising that Alex could
>>more than likely handle hers, Kyle goes into a dive and attemps to body
>>block the other D-wolf.  If he can he will grab hold of the wolf and take
>>it as high as possible say 300m and let go.
>>[/Kyle]
>
>[GM]
>Kyle manages to block the wolf heading at Angelica, but grabbing it is a 
>far
>more difficult proposition as it easily evades Kyle's grasp.
>[/GM]
>
>[Angelica]
>With Kyle's unexpected aid, Angelica easily parries the wolf, and the wolf,
>now preoccupied with two attackers, is hit square in the nose by Angelica's
>strike, and jumps back with a loud yelp like it was stung by a bee.
>[/Angelica]
>
>>[Lady Frost]
>>Knowing that the others can handle themselves, but not knowing if this new
>>woman could, Frost charges for the D-wolf attacking Angelica loosing ice
>>at it's legs as she moves.
>>
>>Once to the thing, she grabs it and as she dismisses the ice around it she
>>lifts it into the air and throws it as far down the street as she can
>>manage. These were wolves after all and as far as she knew they aren't
>>evil, just hungry.
>>[/Lady Frost]
>
>[GM]
>With unbelievable ease, Frost tosses the creature.  It sails several
>hundred feet, howling the whole time, disappearing behind a rubble pile,
>with only a distant WUMPH! to mark where it hit ground.
>[/GM]
>
>>[Ted]
>>Ted fires on another wolf, doing his part until the group decides to
>>escape.
>>[/Ted]
>
>[GM]
>Ted fires at the wolf attacking him, but it dodges and makes another leap 
>at
>him.
>[/GM]
>
>[D-wolf 4: Alex's critter]
>The D-wolf begins howling as it tries to scramble up the rubble pile to 
>Alex
>again, but failing miserably and sliding back down.
>[/D-wolf 4]
>
>[GM]
>While the party seems to have this under control, in the not-so-distant
>distance can be heard the howls of the rest of the D-wolves.  They seem to
>have got over the confusion that Kyle had sowed.  They make no attempt to 
>be
>quiet now, and are running at a full gate, and even the deafest, it sounds
>like there is a lot of them.
>[/GM]
>
>OOC: Recap; D-wolf 1 still attacking Ted, D-wolf 2 still attacking Phaeton
>but hit by Talas, D-wolf 3 is no more, D-wolf 4 is picking itself up after
>being hit by Alex, D-wolf 5 is on fire from Rod's attack,  D-wolf 6 is no
>more.
>
>--

[Angelica]
"Idon't think we can fight them all off. It's time to go."
Angelica turns and makes a run for it.
[Angelica]


>Aaron Clausen	mightymartianca at gmail.com
>
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