Kenzo grimaced as the Jinn rose up, gripping his pistol tightly.

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Initiative vs Jinn: 6d10o10k3 40
Stance: Attack
Armor TN: 25
Reduction: 3

Ruqqayah prepared herself for the Jinn's action, bracing herself.

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LM 8, Initiative: 4d10o10k2 7
ATN: 17
Stance: Defense

Special Rules:

• Jinn attacks combatants before he attacks non-combatants.
• Jinn of the Windless Air attacks by asphyxiation - his attacks don't do any tissue-breaking harm, just magically steal oxygen from your body. Reduction still applies. You can regain 1k1 Wounds on your turn as Free Action, just by taking a breath, and another 1k1 for every Simple Action dedicated to catching another breaths.
• Non-combatants, if they are within 40' of the crowd, as a Complex Action, can Mess with the Crowd i.e. can do a Social Skill Roll vs. TN20 to direct them in such a way that they distract the jinn, block his line of sight and impede his attacks. If successful, until their next turn they provide a bonus to the ATN and Attack Rolls to all other participants equal to 2 plus the number of effective Raises (if successful), or a corresponding penalty equal to the number of failed Called Raises. BB applies, 1FR fro BC1.

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Round #1

Jinn of the Windless Air - 45 (ATN 30, Reduction 0, Attack) - 0', and 5' above the ground
Kenzo - 40 (ATN 25, Reduction 3, Attack) - 40'
Anzai - 34 (ATN 24, Reduction 0, Defence) - 70'
Yasuhiro - 29 (ATN 30, Reduction 3, Attack) - 40'
Suihime - 27 (ATN 24, Reduction 0, Defence) - 40'
Akarei - 16 (ATN 18, Reduction 0, Defence) - 40'
Ruqqayah - 7 (ATN 17, Reduction 0, Defence) - 40'

"YOUR CURSE, BETRAY WHO YOU LOVE, INGENIOUS!"



Jinn chortled, took a deep breath as he turned toward the Yogo. Blue tendrils of smoke hurtled toward her throat...

LM8. Round #1 Attack. 2 Raises for Damage. TN28.: 8d10o10k6 36
LM8. Round #1 Damage Akarei. 2 Raises for Damage.: 10d10o10k6 47

Kenzo waited, his pistol ready to fire, until some of the crowd had been cleared out.

(Delaying until after Suihime; Anzai is up)

Mess with the Crowd! (Awareness 4, Courtier 7, Benten's Blessing, Courtier Mastery 5, Gossip Emphasis, 1FR BC1, 3CR, 1VP, TN35): 10d10ro1o10k7 64 (+6 Bonus to ATN and Attack Rolls roll till my next turn)

Seeing what was going on Anzai began to move through the crowd. Whispering and starting little rumors about the displau before them. He smiled when he saw the Dragon Yojimbo, and knew what he had to do.

"Kenzo! Mighty is he! Kenzo the Yojimbo!" He would speak to anyone he could listen, encouraging to lend their aid against the creature.

"Strong as ten regular men, definitely! He faced the galloping hordes! A hundred bad guys with swords! Who sent those goons to their lords? Why, Kenzo, he!"

Seeing the Mirumoto stay his blades the Lion took the time to take a shot. Nocking a arrow to his bow he let fly.

Attack =46
Damage =30
Current atm = 38
Reduction = 3

Suihime winced a little as the Jinn attacked - she wasn't the recipient of the damage, but it looked painful. We need to keep him distracted!

She moved away from the fight, using her courtly skills to help rile up the crowd - the noise would hopefully distract the Jinn enough to give her allies an advantage.

D8 LM Jinn meeting - distracting Jinn - Courtier(Rhetoric)/Awareness+IEtech+void - TN20: 8d10o10k4 45

(+2 bonus to ATN and attack bonus until my next turn - including Anzai, that's +8 bonus total)

Moving a little away from the combat

The arrow stuck in Jinn's arm. He was not too amused. Or maybe he was, it was hard to tell with Jinn.

[Voiding damage to 20]

Kenzo gave the Scorpion a surprised glance, feeling strangely touched. Usually people seemed to look down on him, and his slightly scruffy-looking appearance. Some even went so far as to call him riff raff, street rat. Kenzo didn't buy that. If only they'd look closer...

The crowd was cleared. Into the empty space, Kenzo moved, taking careful aim. His lips thinned as the weapon discharged with a bang and a puff of smoke, its shot finding its target. "Hah!" He called, lips peeling back into a grin.

He let that pistol fall to the ground, pulling another with his left, and swapping hands in a smooth, practiced motion.

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Free - close 10'
Complex - Fire pistol
pew pew Jinn, firearms(pistol)/int, range penalty, +8 helpful people, +2 mountaineer, TN30: 7d10ro1o10k3+10 42
damage Jinn: 5d10o10k2 26
Free - drop pistol
Free - draw pistol
Free - yelling
Stance:Attack
ATN: 33

Akarei, shocked by sudden asphyxiation, focused on restoring her breath.

[VP to 37]
[Breathing: Free, 2 x Simple: +16]
[Damage taken: 21 - Nicked]

The bullet stuck in Jinn's side.

[Damage taken: 46]

Ruqqayah closed her eyes for a moment, forming the Seal in her mind and murmuring to herself as she adjusted in, forming a blessing toward the man with the bow.

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Blessings 1 on Yasu, add +2k0 to his Kyujutsu roll for the purposes of defeating the Jinn. Passed.

Round #2

Jinn of the Windless Air - 45 (ATN 30, Reduction 0, Attack) - 0', and 5' above the ground; 46 Damage
Kenzo - 40 (ATN 25, Reduction 3, Attack) - 30'
Anzai - 34 (ATN 24, Reduction 0, Defence) - 70'
Yasuhiro - 29 (ATN 30, Reduction 3, Attack) - 40'
Suihime - 27 (ATN 24, Reduction 0, Defence) - 50'
Akarei - 16 (ATN 18, Reduction 0, Defence) - 40'; 21 Damage
Ruqqayah - 7 (ATN 17, Reduction 0, Defence) - 40'

Special: +6 to Attack Rolls and ATN until Anzai's turn; +2 to Attack Rolls and ATN until Suihime's turn

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The jinn turned toward Yasuhiro who had made made the biggest impression on the jinn, and so advanced in the ranking of being worthy. The jinn floated sideway, taking a deep breath as the blue smoke drew life out of Yasuhiro...

"YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S LUSTFUL POSSESSION, INEXPLICABLY CAPTIVATING!"

LM8. Attack #2. Yasu. VP. TN38.: 9d10o10k7 51
LM8. Damage #2. Yasu.: 8d10o10k6 50

[Move away by 20' from Kenzo.]
[The Jinn regenerates by half of the stolen air; +25 Wounds, at 21]

Grimacing, Kenzo continued to advance. He fired another shot as he closed. His lips pulled back, his teeth bared, he forgot to yell as he fired the pistol this time.

He drew his wakizashi, holding it defensively in front of him.

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Free - Advance to 40'
Complex - Fire pistol
Round 2 pew pew Jinn, firearms(pistol)/int, range penalty, +8 helpful people, +2 mountaineer, TN30: 7d10ro1o10k3+10 39
Round 2 damage: 5d10o10k2 15
Free - Draw Wakisashi
Stance: Attack
ATN: 36

Jinn took the bullet in his blue bicep, but didn't feel too disturbed.

[15 Damage, 36 Wounds]

The wind sucked from his lungs the Lion was far to short of breath to shout a battle cry. Taking a shallow breath, he refocused his efforts on the strange creature. Sending another arrow into its blue flesh.

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Rolls:
Void damage: 37 wounds with reduction
Free breath:Taking a breath, free action day 8 pm combat: 1d10o10k1 9
28 wounds

Attack: Attacking the Jinn +6 from Anzai. + 2 from suihime. -7 from wounds 1 called raises for damage, fr for dmg. Tn 35. +2k0 from ruq: 10d10ro1o10k5+1 58

Damage: Damage to Jinn 5k3+2k0from raises: 7d10o10k3 32

Which dug deep, to the jinn's appreciative amazement.

[Damage: 68]

Akarei took a really deep breath...

LM8. Breathe! (Free, Round #2): 1d10o10 16 - Down to 5 Damage

...and closed up on the jinn with her wakizashi, on fire.

[Up to 5' from the Jinn]

Ruqqayah cast once again, moving over to Yasuhiro and speaking strange words as she touched him. His wounds closed, though.

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Casting Life 1 with 2 raises. Passed.
Healed 10