Nue Quest: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> I meant from behind the dizzied celestial. Poking out, as it were, and, well, poking forward.
> That said, if we've lost our celestial, then retreat away from the group, and start to pace in a lazy circle around them, forcing them to reorient.

>That would have been much more physically possible.
>You start to circle around, and it is a good thing too. The other Celestials have not just be standing there during your antics, and have been moving to try to maintain an advantageous position on you. Your circling brings you close to one.

>_

[Fightest]

>You start to circle around, and it is a good thing too. The other Celestials have not just be standing there during your antics, and have been moving to try to maintain an advantageous position on you. Your circling brings you close to one.

>_

> Dirty fighting is also part of the repertoire.
> Kick up any loose stuff at our feet in her face.
> Make a jabbing strike for her sword wrist, nothing fancy, just to make it hurt.

[E-Nazrin]

Or, y'know, we could just take flight.

[Hello Purvis]

> Dirty fighting is also part of the repertoire.
> Kick up any loose stuff at our feet in her face.
> Make a jabbing strike for her sword wrist, nothing fancy, just to make it hurt.

>No sense in fighting fairly if they don't.
>The road doesn't seem to have much in the way of loose stuff to kick; at least not enough to really get in someone's eyes.
>You jab at the the celestial's wrists. She, in turn, swings at your trident and bats the head away to the sidea bit, enough to go past her by few inches. You recover before going too far out, while she is left in a poor position following her parry. You can sense the others are starting to close around you again.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Can we shift our trident with the force of the blow and nail her in the head with the back of it?
>If so, do this, and as we strike, leap upwards into the air
>Quick assessment behind/around us

[Hello Purvis]

>Can we shift our trident with the force of the blow and nail her in the head with the back of it?
>If so, do this, and as we strike, leap upwards into the air
>Quick assessment behind/around us

>You bring the trident around and nail the celestial firmly in the head, sending her stagger away.
>You take to the air and look around. Two celestials are closing in behind you, to the left and right, and another is circling in toward you. The one you had used as a shield is mostly recovered now, and is joining the group from behind you and to the right, likely intending to close off your right side.

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Can we release clouds of darkness normally, or is that restricted to spellcard use? And can we see clearly in said clouds of darkness?

[DracoOmega]

>Turn around and face the one moving to our left
>Thrust out with our trident as we fly towards her
>If she parries the blow aside in a way that positions us to strike with the back of the trident, do so
>If she sidesteps the blow as we charge, swing our path wide in the opposite direction that she sidestepped and quickly circle around - attempt to strike from the back
>If she swings as we pass, try to grab the blow with our tines and disarm
>In each case, if an actual trident trust would make direct contact, hold back the full force of the blow, and upon imminent contact, call: "Yield."

[Hello Purvis]

>Can we release clouds of darkness normally, or is that restricted to spellcard use? And can we see clearly in said clouds of darkness?

>You can, but it takes a fair amount of time to recover from the lost power. You cannot see through them any better than anyone else.

>Turn around and face the one moving to our left
>Thrust out with our trident as we fly towards her
>If she parries the blow aside in a way that positions us to strike with the back of the trident, do so
>If she sidesteps the blow as we charge, swing our path wide in the opposite direction that she sidestepped and quickly circle around - attempt to strike from the back
>If she swings as we pass, try to grab the blow with our tines and disarm
>In each case, if an actual trident trust would make direct contact, hold back the full force of the blow, and upon imminent contact, call: "Yield."

>You go toward the Celestial to the left. She stops, and prepares to strike. You catch her weapon between your trident tines, and with the momentum you've built up you easily disarm her.
>She bows her head as you tell her to yield.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Are there any celestials towards our back at the moment?

[Hello Purvis]

>Are there any celestials towards our back at the moment?

>There are three of them roughly behind you, and one to your current left.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Shift a bit to the right and dash forward, trying to stay slightly out of melee range of the one to our present left.
>If she rushes at us while we dash past her:
>Quickly drop altitude below the height of her attack, thrust trident up from below her guard, towards torso. Hold off on real damage, as before
>If no attempt to intercept, circle around to face her - try to keep this turn as narrow as possible. Then thrust, with similar reaction instructions to previous command's attack

[Hello Purvis]

>Shift a bit to the right and dash forward, trying to stay slightly out of melee range of the one to our present left.
>If she rushes at us while we dash past her:
>Quickly drop altitude below the height of her attack, thrust trident up from below her guard, towards torso. Hold off on real damage, as before
>If no attempt to intercept, circle around to face her - try to keep this turn as narrow as possible. Then thrust, with similar reaction instructions to previous command's attack

>You try to dash through the one to your left. She takes to the air as you charge, and strikes downward, knocking your weapon away, and moves in, leading in with her weapon as she ascends a little higher and  forces your trident down with her feet.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Pull weapon back, dash right, circling to the side of her (wider, this time) while ascending
>Try to sidestep from her attack, rather than parry
>Do we have a sense of how close the ones behind us are now?

[Hello Purvis]

>Pull weapon back, dash right, circling to the side of her (wider, this time) while ascending
>Try to sidestep from her attack, rather than parry
>Do we have a sense of how close the ones behind us are now?

>You pull back your trident and move right; well in time, as the two pursuing celestials catch up wit h you from the left; you just barely avoid them as you move around the recently parried celestial's attack.
>There are now two in front of you, and a third to the front and you right correcting herself after her prior attack. You can see the one you already beat on trying to circle around from the left.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"No slouches; I'll give ya that."
>Shift right, then dash foward towards the rightmost celestial, thrust readied
>Just before reaching melee range, as it looks like the celestial is readying her reaction, ascend quickly, cutting much of our forward momentum
>Thrust at her from above as we pass over her

[Hello Purvis]

>"No slouches; I'll give ya that."
>Shift right, then dash foward towards the rightmost celestial, thrust readied
>Just before reaching melee range, as it looks like the celestial is readying her reaction, ascend quickly, cutting much of our forward momentum
>Thrust at her from above as we pass over her

>You fly toward the one off guard as the celestials do not respond to your taunt. The celestial to the right moves to knock your trident away again, when you ascend. The celestial in the middle strikes out as you do, but your sudden direction change throws her off and the wooden blade passes harmless underneath you. Thrusting down at the rightmost celestial, you force her down to the ground again and in a poor position.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>As we pass her, turn around and descend enough to get viable positioning on the following strike
>Thrust at her from behind (or the side, if this turns out to be more viable). If the attack would hit, halt the momentum of the thrust just before it would have hit and call "Yield."

[Hello Purvis]

>As we pass her, turn around and descend enough to get viable positioning on the following strike
>Thrust at her from behind (or the side, if this turns out to be more viable). If the attack would hit, halt the momentum of the thrust just before it would have hit and call "Yield."

>You pass over her and thrust at her side as she turns. It's not difficult to catch her, and call for her to yield as you draw the attack short. She drops her weapon and bows her head.
>"You could have taken that!" Tenshi shouts as the other two celestials approach and fan out to your right and left, the left one slashing with the right one stabs. "You should've have whapped her right then!

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Shift backwards and aside to let the stab move past us, while parrying the slash
>If this gives leverage to shift the parry into a strike against the celestial with the butt of the trident, do so
>Otherwise, dash a little further back, following the parry

>Call back to Tenshi: "You really want me skewering your students?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Shift backwards and aside to let the stab move past us, while parrying the slash
>If this gives leverage to shift the parry into a strike against the celestial with the butt of the trident, do so
>Otherwise, dash a little further back, following the parry

>Call back to Tenshi: "You really want me skewering your students?"

>You move back from the stab and bat away the slash. Unfortunately, it doesn't leave you in a good position to strike with the butt of your trident. The celestial to the right stabs at you again.
>"They gotta learn somehow!" says Tenshi.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>How high is the stab incoming?
>For that matter, how high are each of us, compared to each other, and the ground?

[Hello Purvis]

>How high is the stab incoming?
>For that matter, how high are each of us, compared to each other, and the ground?

>Both celestials are about level with you, and you are all about five feet above the ground; there is about four feet of clearance above. The stab is going toward your ribs.

>_

[Oldmansour]

>"They gotta learn somehow!" says Tenshi.

>"So, what, does that mean you're just gonna thrash them if I don't?"

[DracoOmega]

>Shift a little to the side of the stab (in the direct that's the most back from the bulk of the ground)
>Hold our trident vertically, tines up, and catch the sword thrust crosswise with the haft. Push it to the side.
>Dash forward, sliding the haft of our trident along the length of her blade as we move
>Shift the tines down to level with the celestial as we move forward, aiming for chest or neck, but halt momentum just before contact.

[Fightest]

Or, y'know, we could just take flight.

That'll just give us two more blind spots to contend with. As long as everyone's on the ground, everything is predictable.

> How's that dizzied celestial doing?

>The stab is going toward your ribs.

>_

> Dodge just to the side, overhead smash to the wrists.
> If it connects, slip past, wrap left arm around their neck from behind and dash down and backwards until our feet are touching the ground, keeping our grappled celestial between us and any active ones.

[edit] Follow up Draco's command with this.

[Hello Purvis]

>Shift a little to the side of the stab (in the direct that's the most back from the bulk of the ground)
>Hold our trident vertically, tines up, and catch the sword thrust crosswise with the haft. Push it to the side.
>Dash forward, sliding the haft of our trident along the length of her blade as we move
>Shift the tines down to level with the celestial as we move forward, aiming for chest or neck, but halt momentum just before contact.

>You move away and neatly entrap the blade, then move forward, wrenching the weapon from the celestial's hands, and stop just short of stabbing her in the chest.

> How's that dizzied celestial doing?
> Dodge just to the side, overhead smash to the wrists.
> If it connects, slip past, wrap left arm around their neck from behind and dash down and backwards until our feet are touching the ground, keeping our grappled celestial between us and any active ones.

>Hard to tell at this exact moment, but she was circling around before.
>The smash to the wrists is unnecessary, you grab the other celestial around her and use her as a shield. This nice forestalls the other from stabbing you in the back, as she was about to do.

>"So, what, does that mean you're just gonna thrash them if I don't?"

>"Might," says Tenshi. "If they don't do good enough!"
>Your prisoner begins to thrash against your neck hold.

>_

[Fightest]

>The smash to the wrists is unnecessary, you grab the other celestial around her and use her as a shield. This nice forestalls the other from stabbing you in the back, as she was about to do.

>Your prisoner begins to thrash against your neck hold.

>_

> See if we can get her to recoil away and smack into the one that was about to stab us.
> Poke our celestial lightly in the back with the pointy end of our trident and, simultaneously, release our grip.

[Hello Purvis]

> See if we can get her to recoil away and smack into the one that was about to stab us.
> Poke our celestial lightly in the back with the pointy end of our trident and, simultaneously, release our grip.

>You let your prisoner go, while drawing back the trident to give her a light prod. She does indeed stumble away, toward the celestial in front of you, then off to the side.
>Something pokes against the small of your back. "Yield," says a voice from behind.

>_

[Fightest]

>You let your prisoner go, while drawing back the trident to give her a light prod. She does indeed stumble away, toward the celestial in front of you, then off to the side.
>Something pokes against the small of your back. "Yield," says a voice from behind.

>_

Do we play fair, or are we a sore loser?