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Anderson Quest: Killing Vampires and Werewolves and Leprechauns (Hellsing/Bloodborne)

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Exploding lasso: 20% scythe damage, 20% scythe destruction
Ward armor: Creativity bonus! 70% damage, 15% major damage, 5% grievous damage
???: 40% damage, 15% major damage, 10% grievous damage

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vs. Gehrman, the First Hunter: Burst
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    • Neither your lungs nor your brain are getting quite enough oxygen at the moment, but that's never stopped you before. It only took you two quarts of air to throttle El Demonio Negro, after all, and at least this time you're not dealing with nitrogen narcosis and a case of the bends that would have left Jacques Cousteau shitting himself to death.

    You wobble a bit and reach into your sleeves. Gehrman frowns and takes a traditional stance for the first time in the fight, eyes locked on your forearm as you search for appropriate shenanigans to unleash. You give him a couple of pump fakes to keep him honest, but he doesn't bite, only reacting when you launch a chain at him. He instinctively brings his scythe forward to intercept it and steps into range as the string of bayonets wraps itself around his weapon. There's just the slightest tinge of awkwardness in his swing from the added weight, enough to let you slip it and leap back into one of the increasingly rare untouched flower patches. You mumble as he watches your fall, counting down.

    "Listen to the bass go-"

    Some instinct drives Gehrman to toss the scythe away just as the chain detonates, adding to the already irresponsible amount of fire in the area. Gehrman looks at you and nods before reaching down to extract his weapon; the snath is ravaged, held together by a few threads and wishful thinking. He pulls the blade free from it and casts the shaft back into the flames, filling his free hand with a customized blunderbuss.

    "Not bad," he says, strolling towards you once more. "But my gear...what are you doing?"

    "You tell me," you reply as pages and nails pour forth from your sleeves. The cloud swirls higher, away from the searching flames, and bears down on you in a furious wave. Nails dig into your coat and the flesh beneath, pinning the pages to your torso and your limbs as they roar to life in a burst of holy light. Your jaw crunches back into place, allowing you a proper grin as patches of blood slowly bloom across your body.

    "You're completely mad," says Gehrman.

    "So I've been told." You crack your neck. "Ye gonna come at me or just sit there gawpin' 'til yer arse is medium-rare?"

    Come at you he does, leading with a piston-like flurry of stabs before forcing his gun through your roving bayonets. He thrusts the barrel inches from your chest wound and pulls the trigger. The look on his face when the pellets shatter against it is beautiful, though not quite as beautiful as the sound his nose makes when you show him what a real headbutt looks like. You barrel forward as he struggles to regain his composure; only having to block his head strikes leaves you free to ramp the aggression up to eleven.

    As you bully him closer and closer to the fence, he plants his feet and fires off a combination. Midway between his third and fourth swings, you bring your bayonet up to intercept. The blade stops dead against your ward while your blessed steel bites deep into his bicep. His head snaps to look at the wound and you shoulder-check him into the metal barrier before giving him a matching chest wound. You don't let up, pounding away at his guard with increasingly brutal swings.

    He's not even trying to throw back, both blade and gun too occupied with your sledgehammer blows to mount a counter-attack. You slip in elbows, headbutts, every trick the Dirty Bastard's Guide to Improper Biffing has to offer. His shell grows ever tighter beneath your rampage, his hands sizzling from the brief moments of contact with your armor.

    Then, just as you think you've got him wilting, the necessary chunk of grey matter finally gets enough oxygen in it to tap you on the metaphorical shoulder and tell you to get the fuck back before Gehrman can kill you.

    His "cowering" body erupts with cyan tendrils of energy and a pressure wave that piggybacks on your desperate backstep to send you flying. You scramble up and he closes the distance with terrifying speed, laying into you with animal fury as the light rises from his shoulders. Your armor buckles, shakes, but holds strong. In one smooth motion, he holsters his gun and grabs you by the neck with the same hand before hurling you into the growing fire. There's no mirth in his face as he watches you pat the opportunistic sparks away.

    "Every Hunter you faced tonight was trying and failing to be me, Anderson. Do you understand?"

    [] Write in...
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    CURRENT STATUSES:

    Anderson: Partially regenerated heart and lung damage, cracked jaw, windpipe damage, minor burns

    Gehrman: Damaged right bicep, chest wound, assorted bruising, minor burns
     
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    • Ok, this is just badass.

    That was a cool idea.

    Now the question is, is him drawing upon the eldritch energy of the Moon Presence gonna make the Ward armor more effective or not?
     
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    Well, Gehrman is certainly putting up a fight. I was kind of expecting the power-up to be kicking in after the Scythe got destroyed.

    I wonder if he will be able to do the Wind Blade trick with just the sword too.
     
    consider what happened last time we used wards against eldritch whatever?
     
    Whatever we do, can we add something like this
    [] "Even Maria? You remember, tha girl you were crying about while being miserable in this place?"

    Cause I think we're gonna need to make the Moon Presence feel something like guilt over what it's doing to make this work.
     
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    [X]"Gehrmen, I'm not sure if you're aware but I'm a Priest, not a hunter. So i'ma do something priestly and save a man's soul"

    now i know we need a plan here but i cant think of a good one so im countin on you guys
     
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    [X]"Gehrmen, I'm not sure if you're aware but I'm a Priest, not a hunter. So i'ma do something priestly and save a man's soul"

    Edit: you know i wonder if a good old fashioned Exorcism would break Gehrmans connection to the moon presence?
     
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    Again, pithy one-liners are good, but it's actual strategies/plans/general brawling idea that'll win the fight.


    Also
    colesign said:
    He hasn't seen Anderson's exploding bayonets, his chained exploding bayonets, or his bible wards/teleport. The Amygdalan Arm is similar to much of what Gehrman created for Anderson...but it's ability to move on it's own may surprise him.

    Reading through Tricia's last post, it's clear that Gehrman is better than Anderson...but Anderson has enough skill and experience to draw out the fight. The longer Anderson lasts, the more German will be worn down by fatigue and wounds. We need a way to boost Anderson's defense, buying him time to heal...but without giving German the initiative.

    We've used Anderson's Bible Wards to protect buildings. We've created circular barriers to cage enemies and wall off Anderson. We've applied Wards directly on enemies to scorch them with God's wrath.

    Is there any reason why Anderson can't use the Bible Wards on himself, armoring his arms, legs and torso? True, he might have to drive nails through his skin...but he can put restrictions in his prayer to give his ward extra kick and protect himself from its divine energy.

    [x] Whip one of your exploding bayonet chains at German's Scythe, trying to tangle them in his Scythe.

    [x] Use the explosions as cover. Hop back into a non-burning part of the field and cast a Holy Ward, wrapping bible-page armor around your torso and limbs. Pray for the ward to spare followers of Christ and burn non-believers.

    ...I'm stumped on what the proper offensive would be after that. If anyone has attack strategies or wants to modify this idea, go right for it!
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    You beautiful person, I could kiss you right now.
     
    I kind of want to go low with the Amygdalan fist to try and take out his pegleg, but we'd probably need an opening for that and I can't think of a good write-in right now. Maybe after I've slept.
     
    Okay, I think this could legitimately count as a Demonic Possession. Should we bust out the Holy Water now?

    And I realized, we might'be missed a huge force multiplier with the Amygdala arm. With enough practice and experience, it could've acted as Anderson's third arm, which would've resulted into hilarious combinations.
     
    [X] Yeah your good, no question. Your the legend whose's footsteps they all follow. You know you remind me of someone I fought once. He was the last fight I had before I came here. Truly it should been the last fight I had, period.
    -[X] See he was , is I suppose since the protestant bastard won, the Monster of Monster's, the thing all the bloodsuckers and beasts of my world want to be like. Fighting him when he went all out was like trying to turn back the tide.
    -[X] And you know what? I gave that fight everything I had, I pulled out every trick I had, I fought until I had nothing left but the soul I was born with and I gave that too so I could strike him with the Wrath of Heaven. Because that's who I am Hunter. I may bleed, I may break but I an't givin up until I am dead or the Job's done.
    -[X] Engage the enemy, focus on pure offense using your defenses and healing ability to tank hits, only bother to block strikes you can't survive.
    -[X] Shout the account of the Crucifixion, the sacrifice made by the divine to forgive man's failings , If this your last fight you want the enemy to know why your fighting.
    -[X] Use a bombardment of bayonets and any weapons you have in your sleeves not on him directly but to deny him room to retreat or maneuver in the face of your attack.
     
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    [X] Yeah your good, no question. Your the legend whose's footsteps they all follow. You know you remind me of someone I fought once. He was the last fight I had before I came here. Truly it should been the last fight I had, period.
    -[X] See he was , is I suppose since the protestant bastard won, the Monster of Monster's, the thing all the bloodsuckers and beasts of my world want to be like. Fighting him when he went all out was like trying to turn back the tide.
    -[X] And you know what? I gave that fight everything I had, I pulled out every trick I had, I fought until I had nothing left but the soul I was born with and I gave that too so I could strike him with the Wrath of Heaven. Because that's who I am Hunter. I may bleed, I may break but I an't givin up until I am dead or the Job's done.
    -[X] Engage the enemy, focus on pure offense using your defenses and healing ability to tank hits, only bother to block strikes you can't survive.
    -[X] Shout the account of the Crucifixion, the sacrifice made by the divine to forgive man's failings , If this your last fight you want the enemy to know why your fighting.
    -[X] Use a bombardment of bayonets and any weapons you have in your sleeves not on him directly but to deny him room to retreat or maneuver in the face of your attack.
     
    [X] Yeah your good, no question. Your the legend whose's footsteps they all follow. You know you remind me of someone I fought once. He was the last fight I had before I came here. Truly it should been the last fight I had, period.
    -[X] See he was , is I suppose since the protestant bastard won, the Monster of Monster's, the thing all the bloodsuckers and beasts of my world want to be like. Fighting him when he went all out was like trying to turn back the tide.
    -[X] And you know what? I gave that fight everything I had, I pulled out every trick I had, I fought until I had nothing left but the soul I was born with and I gave that too so I could strike him with the Wrath of Heaven. Because that's who I am Hunter. I may bleed, I may break but I an't givin up until I am dead or the Job's done.
    -[X] Engage the enemy, focus on pure offense using your defenses and healing ability to tank hits, only bother to block strikes you can't survive.
    -[X] Shout the account of the Crucifixion, the sacrifice made by the divine to forgive man's failings , If this your last fight you want the enemy to know why your fighting.
    -[X] Use a bombardment of bayonets and any weapons you have in your sleeves not on him directly but to deny him room to retreat or maneuver in the face of your attack.
     
    [X] Yeah your good, no question. Your the legend whose's footsteps they all follow. You know you remind me of someone I fought once. He was the last fight I had before I came here. Truly it should been the last fight I had, period.
    -[X] See he was , is I suppose since the protestant bastard won, the Monster of Monster's, the thing all the bloodsuckers and beasts of my world want to be like. Fighting him when he went all out was like trying to turn back the tide.
    -[X] And you know what? I gave that fight everything I had, I pulled out every trick I had, I fought until I had nothing left but the soul I was born with and I gave that too so I could strike him with the Wrath of Heaven. Because that's who I am Hunter. I may bleed, I may break but I an't givin up until I am dead or the Job's done.
    -[X] Engage the enemy, focus on pure offense using your defenses and healing ability to tank hits, only bother to block strikes you can't survive.
    -[X] Shout the account of the Crucifixion, the sacrifice made by the divine to forgive man's failings , If this your last fight you want the enemy to know why your fighting.
    -[X] Use a bombardment of bayonets and any weapons you have in your sleeves not on him directly but to deny him room to retreat or maneuver in the face of your attack.
     
    [X] Yeah your good, no question. Your the legend whose's footsteps they all follow. You know you remind me of someone I fought once. He was the last fight I had before I came here. Truly it should been the last fight I had, period.
    -[X] See he was , is I suppose since the protestant bastard won, the Monster of Monster's, the thing all the bloodsuckers and beasts of my world want to be like. Fighting him when he went all out was like trying to turn back the tide.
    -[X] And you know what? I gave that fight everything I had, I pulled out every trick I had, I fought until I had nothing left but the soul I was born with and I gave that too so I could strike him with the Wrath of Heaven. Because that's who I am Hunter. I may bleed, I may break but I an't givin up until I am dead or the Job's done.
    -[X] Engage the enemy, focus on pure offense using your defenses and healing ability to tank hits, only bother to block strikes you can't survive.
    -[X] Shout the account of the Crucifixion, the sacrifice made by the divine to forgive man's failings , If this your last fight you want the enemy to know why your fighting.
    -[X] Use a bombardment of bayonets and any weapons you have in your sleeves not on him directly but to deny him room to retreat or maneuver in the face of your attack.
     
    [X] Yeah your good, no question. Your the legend whose's footsteps they all follow. You know you remind me of someone I fought once. He was the last fight I had before I came here. Truly it should been the last fight I had, period.
    -[X] See he was , is I suppose since the protestant bastard won, the Monster of Monster's, the thing all the bloodsuckers and beasts of my world want to be like. Fighting him when he went all out was like trying to turn back the tide.
    -[X] And you know what? I gave that fighteverything I had, I pulled out every trick I had, I fought until I had nothing left but the soul I was born with and I gave that too so I could strike him with the Wrath of Heaven. Because that's who I am Hunter. I may bleed, I may break but I an't givin up until I am dead or the Job's done.
    -[X] Engage the enemy, focus on pure offense using your defenses and healing ability to tank hits, only bother to block strikes you can't survive.
    -[X] Shout the account of the Crucifixion, the sacrifice made by the divine to forgive man's failings , If this your last fight you want the enemy to know why your fighting.
    -[X] Use a bombardment of bayonets and any weapons you have in your sleeves not on him directly but to deny him roomto retreat or maneuver in the face of yourattack.
     
    [X] Yeah your good, no question. Your the legend whose's footsteps they all follow. You know you remind me of someone I fought once. He was the last fight I had before I came here. Truly it should been the last fight I had, period.
    -[X] See he was , is I suppose since the protestant bastard won, the Monster of Monster's, the thing all the bloodsuckers and beasts of my world want to be like. Fighting him when he went all out was like trying to turn back the tide.
    -[X] And you know what? I gave that fight everything I had, I pulled out every trick I had, I fought until I had nothing left but the soul I was born with and I gave that too so I could strike him with the Wrath of Heaven. Because that's who I am Hunter. I may bleed, I may break but I an't givin up until I am dead or the Job's done.
    -[X] Engage the enemy, focus on pure offense using your defenses and healing ability to tank hits, only bother to block strikes you can't survive.
    -[X] Shout the account of the Crucifixion, the sacrifice made by the divine to forgive man's failings , If this your last fight you want the enemy to know why your fighting.
    -[X] Use a bombardment of bayonets and any weapons you have in your sleeves not on him directly but to deny him room to retreat or maneuver in the face of your attack.
     
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