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Post by Janus on Apr 13, 2023 14:34:28 GMT -5
New life, it begins with a single breath. The fresh warm scent of grass and flowers and the feeling of soft turf under your body.
Your eyes open to a bright blue sky dotted with fluffy white clouds and the sound of bird song. Green leaves of tall trees frame the view and a bright sun warms you through your clothes.
Strangely these are the same clothes you were wearing, when was it? A minute, a day, a life time ago.
Raising your head you are in a forest clearing. Was it all a dream? Have you just been planked by your friends? Were the last few minutes where you met a god, was told that you had died and have been given a new life a nightmare you have just woken up from?
Still you are definitely awake now, and the silhouette of .... both moons.... are showing on the sky.
Maybe you're not in Kansas any more.
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Post by Ushima911 on Apr 13, 2023 17:19:05 GMT -5
Waking up on the grass, Victor took in his immediate surroundings without getting up.
"Weird dream? Or...?" He wondered to himself while continuing to look around. "Dreams feel fuzzy. This feels.." he thought out loud as he felt the grass in his hands, rips some out, lifts his hand up and slowly drops it out of his palm. "real."
"The boys aren't creative enough to come up with a prank like this. Hell, I definitely couldn't come up with it anyways.." He said getting up and looking around. "Two moons? Looks like this was the real deal. I met god, uhh...Susan? And now I'm in a new world. Kinda...weird."
"Well. Sorry to my friends and family that I left behind, but that's death for ya. But I've been given a new chance here int his world I guess. Does everybody get this kind of chance? Probably should have asked Susan. I might still be able to run into people I know. ..er, or knew. ..AGH..but if they're given the chance to be whatever, or whoever, they want, would they come back as themselves? I'm sure a lot of people would choose to be something else if given the chance. ..I could have been anything I wanted too. Well, I guess I just want to be me. ..speaking of me.." He said looking at his body. All the same as the old world, even down to the clothing. But, there was one thing that was different..
"Let's see if it really was the real deal.." He said trying to activate his Chi.
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Action 1: Mastery of Chi 1 to activate my new power.
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Post by Janus on Apr 14, 2023 12:55:57 GMT -5
There is a moment of sensation, almost like pain but without the discomfort, as knowledge that you have never gained connects with your mind. Spells so ingrained they are like reflex suddenly become a part of you and the chi flows through you.
It is like a dam as the river is released. Power flowing through you in a steady stream and you can't help but wonder how it is you have never felt this before. Intellectually you know this is the first time but it just feels so right, so normal, like a kata you have practiced every day for a year. You don't just think you know this, you feel you know it.
You feel your reflexes sharpen, your knowledge of the world around you like a sixth sense. You feel your body solidify, like you have spent years having things broken on you.
And there at the edge of your consciousness, an ability to move in ways that make no sense to conventional physics. It is the ultimate expression of chi, the ability to alter how you interact with the physical world and its natural forces. All you need do is channel into the spells that are already a shape in your mind.
Still other spells are there as well, the ability to channel raw chi into violent blasts that can can cause damage to living things at range. Finally there at the base of it all the spell to create and shape chi. It is like a foundation to all the spells you know but also a foundation to a myriad of spells you have yet to learn.
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Post by Ushima911 on Apr 14, 2023 17:34:58 GMT -5
"Well. I guess that 100% settles it. Not a dream. Not a prank.." He said both giddy but almost somber. "Friends, family...my old life. Goodbye forever I guess. Unless we meet here somehow." He looked forward, feeling the power in his body.
"Time to make the best of what I'm given all over again!" He said as he started to sprint into the forest. Avoiding trees as best as he could he'd run/jump around as if he were in some 80s kung fu movie. He'd even try his best to jump into the trees from branch to branch if he could.
"A start of a new life. Let's do it!" He said continuing to jump forward towards a new life while channeling his energy within himself.
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Action 1: Kung Fu Flying technique (Name pending) 2 to run/jump around testing my new body
Action 2: Mastery of chi 3 to accumulate energy
Modifiers:
Reflex Dodge 3
Toughness 3
+Neglect Armor Penetration
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Post by Janus on Apr 15, 2023 10:11:39 GMT -5
You start off slow, first traveling animal trails, then as the brush under foot hampers your speed you start bouncing off trees and branches.
Soon enough you find yourself in full kung- fu flying technique mode, skipping across the tree tops letting the forest zoom past underneath.
As you reach tree tops there in the distance is what looks like a city at the foot of a huge mountain, a giant semi circular wall surrounding the mountain with the spralling city outside of it.
A road leading to the city can be seen heading into the forest just a little way off and if your estimation is right it should pass quite close to where you are now if it keeps heading in the same direction.
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Post by Ushima911 on Apr 16, 2023 17:21:53 GMT -5
As he jumped from tree to tree, he felt freedom beyond what his old body was capable of. Another freedom he wanted to try was trying to shoot out his chi into the sky to just see what that felt like. He channeled his chi into his hands, and shot straight into the air, aiming for a cloud.
"This is definitely unreal. ..but it's totally real. Wow.." He said catching his breath. "AH, a town. Let's see what adventures await there, then." He says going towards the town
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ACtion 1: Mastery of Chi 1+3 accumulated chi to shoot out a blast
Action 2: Ranged combat 1 to shoot
Reflex Dodge 3
Toughness 3
+Neglect Armor Penetration
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Post by Janus on Apr 21, 2023 9:58:23 GMT -5
In a clearing you drop back down to ground level and aim a blast of chi at the sky.
You feel the chi build, gather around your fist and then fling it out. It felt amazing the visual results however are, underwhelming.
Chi is apparently invisible, silent and has no effect on anything without chi. Not a breath of air is moved.
In the silence that follows however a new noise comes to your attention. Screams, yells, the sound of fighting, far off but still quite audible.
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Post by Ushima911 on Apr 21, 2023 11:08:45 GMT -5
"Huh. An invisible force is the power I've been given. ..such is life. Literally." He said surprised. He wasn't disappointed in the slightest. It could potentially be an advantage someday. But for now, he was happy with what he'd been given. His focus shifted to the screams he had heard, and the sounds of fighting in the distance.
"Sounds like fighting. Trouble? I guess we'll find out." He said jumping towards the noise he heard.
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Action 1: Kung-Fu Flying Technique 2 to run/jump towards the noise I'm hearing
Action 2: Mastery of Chi 4 to accumulate energy
Mods:
Reflex Dodge 3
Toughness 3
+Neglect Armor Penetration
(OOC: From hence forth I will call my Kung Fu Flying technique "Flash Step." I know, generic anime rip off, but it fits I think.
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Post by Janus on Apr 21, 2023 12:04:14 GMT -5
In moments you in the tree tops again, bounding towards the noise. You see it suddenly and crouch on a branch overlooking the scene.
A dozen goblins have a covered wagon surrounded. Atop the wagon is what is unmistakably a Dwarf, sturdy plate armour and what you can only assume is a halberd he is whirling around as though is weighs nothing. Surrounding the wagon are a trio of human soldiers wearing chain mail, helmets and weilding swords. These three are making what you can only assume is a desperate last stand. Dead bodies litter the ground, both humans and goblins.
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Post by Ushima911 on Apr 21, 2023 12:42:29 GMT -5
"Oh...wow.." Victor looked at the area. His initial thought wasn't "Oh my god! Dead bodies!" he wasn't all the way involved personally with this world just yet. It was as if he was watching a show, or playing a game. His initial thoughts were something along the lines of "Huh. It really is a swords and magic type of world here. Something like out of..what? King Arthur or something?" He wasn't used to such things as he hadn't studied olden times, and he wasn't much of a video/board game player in his old world. The most he was used to was cartoons he grew up with, some popular media that he'd sometimes watch, or maybe SOME stories he read while in high school. However, after his initial thoughts passed, he realized that these were actual people. Once that mindset kicked in that this was all, again, real now, his compulsion to stick up for the underdogs desire to help others kicked in. So from atop the tree he was on, he'd spring into action to try and help them. "Wait. Goblins are the bad guys, right? ..probably should have kept watching Stranger Things and no dropped it after the second season.." He ignorantly stated to himself. Jumping to the battle, he'd make his way to the back of the goblin squad. "Hey there! You guys look like you can use some help!" He said firing off another chi blast towards as many Goblins as he could. ======== Action 1: Mastery of chi 5 +4 accumulated energy to fire off an energy blast [Force Blast (ignores non-living armor defense)] Action 2: Ranged combat 3 to fire off the beam Attack: 12 (if able, split attack 4/4/4 to attack 3 goblin enemies) (If unable to split that's cool, just let me know  ) Defense: 6 Mods: Reflex Dodge 3 Toughness 3 +Neglect Armor Penetration HP: 5/5 Energy: 7/15 Regen next panel: 6
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Post by Janus on Apr 22, 2023 15:34:14 GMT -5
Four goblins die in a matter of moments and the Dwarf finishes off a fifth however the remaining goblins swarm one of the soldiers and he dies under a wave of bones knives and rusty swords.
Arrows pepper the clothe of the wagons cover and there is a scream from inside, a child's scream.
A fresh wave of goblins burst from the tree line.
"Aye." Says the Dwarf, his red beard already spattered with goblin blood.
"All aid is very much welcome. Especially when it comes to killing goblins."
He shouts to the remaining two soldiers.
"You two up onto the wagon. Fight from advantage if ya can."
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Post by Ushima911 on Apr 22, 2023 18:18:41 GMT -5
"Huh. That killed them? Are goblins...weak?" He asked himself. "Maybe I should pull my punches?" he, again, asked himself as he went for another attack on two Goblins.
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Action 1: Close combat 4 to attack two goblins with a punch each
Action 2: Chi 2 to boost my attack
Attack: 6 (Split 3/3 for two enemies) +Drain Energy
Defense: 6
Mods:
Reflex Dodge 3
Toughness 3
+Neglect Armor Penetration
Drain Energy +3
+Improved Drain
HP: 5/5
Energy: 7/15
Regen next panel: 6
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Post by Janus on Apr 23, 2023 7:39:16 GMT -5
Goblins are clearly weak, the Dwarf hacks down two more in short brutal strokes and also clearly quite homicidally insane. They swarm another of the humans who take down two more. The issue is less their strength and more their numbers. A human is apparently worth two or three goblins, the issue is there are many goblins for each human.
The two goblins you attack are wounded easily enough, and none of their attacks can get near you, but they are not stopping and with new ones coming out of the tree line there are now more than when you started. Worse still a couple of slightly larger, better armoured goblins have appeared at the back flanking a goblin with a staff and feather trinkets.
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Post by Ushima911 on Apr 24, 2023 0:29:28 GMT -5
"So they just keep coming, then." He asked out loud to the dwarf. He imagined this is what fighting children would be like. They were easily taken down, but they just kept coming. Like a never ending cycle of 3rd graders coming to attack. But then he spotted what could potentially be some 10th graders coming from the back.
"Hm. Those guys are bigger. Wonder if they're stronger." He said skipping the little ones now, and heading towards the big ones. He'd target a big one and shoot it with a blast of his chi energy at one of them to see how these ones stood.
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Action 1: Chi 3 to shoot out a force blast of chi energy
Action 2: Ranged combat 3 to shoot out my chi energy
Attack: 6 towards one of the bigger ones. (Forceblast ignores non-living armor defense)
Defense: 6
Mods:
Reflex Dodge 3
Toughness 3
+Neglect Armor Penetration
HP: 5/5
Energy: 9/15
Regen next panel: 6
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Post by Janus on Apr 25, 2023 12:02:51 GMT -5
"Aye, their raiding parties are most troublesome." Booms the Dwarf, who despite the situation seems to be taking everything in his stride.
The prospect of dying does not seem to bother him so much as making sure they pay as dear a price for killing him as he can arrange.
The big goblin goes down, his companion however, the guy with a staff and trinkets appears to have noticed you. He, after a moment of hopping from one foot to the other and some frantic waving of his arms throws a bolt of lightning at you and it really hurts (-1w).
You guess that if not for your chi charged body it would have killed you out right and he does not seem to be stopping with just one bolt.
Having had much of the pressure taken off them the Dwarf and remaining guard appear to be holding out. More goblins die at their hands and no more goblins appear to be coming out of the tree line.
"Kill the Shaman." Cries the final human, now holding a shield. "We can hold here!"
You are not sure his optimism about their survival chances is warranted but he does appear to know what he us talking about.
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