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Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)
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Arc 14 Post 3: Of Mettle and Metal
Of Mettle and Metal
18th of February 2007 A.D.
"She's my vassal." You answer, having not even considered a Twilight joke, not much at least. "That is the other thing you have to keep in mind about the world you all inhabit now. A great many of the powers great and small are made up by personal relationships like feudal oaths..."
"Or street gangs," an older bespectacled guy points out. "All about territory and keeping face. Seems kind of weird to be trying to police the whole world from Edinburgh. Wasn't so long ago that trying to run Ulster from London got in people's craw."
"You have to run it from somewhere and the Hidden Halls are among the greatest mystical fortresses in the world," you point out. "Knights need their castles after all." Other than the literal knights who can have a cool house in the suburbs and trust in Divine Providence. That is another kettle of fish though.
He thankfully seems satisfied with the answer, White Council politics is something you can only guess at, other than the list of traitors locked up in your head.
Carlos seems to share the sentiment and the wish to get things back on track. Granted this is not quite the training some of the Senior Council might have expected if he simply delivered a report that said engaged with ghouls in the Chicago Under-City, but between throwing darts and playing dice twister and limbo it quickly becomes clear all in good fun that a wizard not using magic will be outplayed by even the youngest and least experienced of the Jade Dogs. Vampiric reflexes, ghoulish perceptions to cheat a blindfold, the list goes on. So then the trainees are encouraged to experiment, see what works and what doesn't. For most its variations of firecracker noises and distracting gusts of wind, but some of them do come up with some interesting ideas like altering friction coefficients or playing with magnetism. There are a few close calls, like Terry trying to hex the tennis ball launcher to mess with his opponent and causing an electric fire from putting too much oomph behind it.
Even Augustus gets in on the fun, though in his case it's not against an opponent for reasons that are quite apparent when he leaps twenty feet in the air, rips an old steel girder coming down with his bare hands and throws one of the resulting pieces like a javelin. Even you had almost forgotten how good he and his peers had been at tearing through armor. For the kids it is a sobering reminder of how much damage a more experienced vampire than Isabela can do.
"Alright, now I want all of you to think of how you'd fight someone like that, alone and in pairs," Carols announces.
"We'd run away," some joker calls from the back, to which the vampire in question, not inexperienced in such training sessions spears the party in question with his gaze and smiles a slow unsettling smile. "I am faster master wizard."
"Fire," Terry calls out suddenly.
"There's one who should be talking to Harry," you laugh before adding more seriously. "You'd still have to hit him though."
"Not if I heat up the metal as he's grabbing it, keep some steel shavings on me, different kinds of steel for a connection. Wouldn't just work with big ol' hunks o' metal, you could make folks guns catch fire, knives, swords, the works."
"Good, that's what we're looking for," Carlos congratulates him. "Anyone else?"
Tina raises her hand.
"Yes?"
"I'd do what he's doing too, on account o' you saying its good and me having ears to hear it with."
Some of the others start snickering but you're quick to point out. "He never said you aren't allowed to give the same answer, that's an important lesson too, listen to how people say things and bend it to your advantage if you can. Plenty of things are going to try to do the same to you."
"So do you think we should show them what you can do?" Carlos asks, more than a little eager to test himself out you suspect.
[] Yes, do a demonstration duel
-[] Write in buffs and tactics
[] No, if Augustus going to town on some pieces of steel is enough to shake some of them you getting it on is probably too much for the audience
[] Write in
OOC: Enjoy.
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Rolls
INT+Politics
Trainees working with magic: Arette; Wits Occult
Augustus: Rending Steel, Girder Toss
The Twins Answer: Terry, Tina
INT+
Trainees working with magic: Arette; Wits Occult
Augustus: Rending Steel, Girder Toss
The Twins Answer: Terry, Tina
Also a point should be raised that while steel is a useful tool, you will run into enemies who don't use it, and the moment that trick is used once anyone gunning for you in specific is going to counter it.
Brass, after all, is also a good metal.
A tactic that relies on the enemy to do something is inherently flawed in that the enemy can simply not.
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Silvereagle21
Soaring through the Sky
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] Yes, do a demonstration duel
I dont have any idea on the appropriate buffs/tactics at the moment but am definitely in favor of this.
I dont have any idea on the appropriate buffs/tactics at the moment but am definitely in favor of this.
OctarineShrike
Avatar of Mandos
Shintai seems like something of a pointless display. Wardens need to not be so spooked as to abandon their magic at the moment. I'm sure there's some other way to introduce the concepts of faction leaders and apex predators.
- Location
- Germany
Don't waste Shintai, we only have one guaranteed per arc.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
[X] Yes.
-[X] The trainees have seen superhuman feats of physical prowess, and magic itself is not new to them. Instead of demonstrating such "common" feats, Molly will instead use her powers to craft something special, and she'll do so in a suitably impressive manner.
--[X] Perhaps Carlos would appreciate a suit of skintight armor like we once crafted for ourselves?
-[X] The trainees have seen superhuman feats of physical prowess, and magic itself is not new to them. Instead of demonstrating such "common" feats, Molly will instead use her powers to craft something special, and she'll do so in a suitably impressive manner.
--[X] Perhaps Carlos would appreciate a suit of skintight armor like we once crafted for ourselves?
In my mind spooking them a bit is the point. We are a peer combatant to... I won't say Yama Kings, but basically Yama kings, or, closer to what they are likely to encounter, Lords of the Outer Night. We are as high a tier of a combat specialist as they are likely to ever see before becoming archmages or getting their own exaltation. The point would be to show how the high level combat works, what, in principle, they are likely to encounter. Both overwhelming might, and bizarre effects.
- Location
- Germany
[X] Yes, do a demonstration duel
-[X] Show of some resilience, counterspell, soak or shaping-defend some attacks before stricking back.
-[X] Show of some resilience, counterspell, soak or shaping-defend some attacks before stricking back.
Ivar
Dark Reaper
- Location
- Russia Moscow
[X] Yes, do a demonstration duel
Shintai is redundant for now. Let them see default bullshit first and when they more or less digest it we will reveal our magical girl of nuclear fire transformation and God Queen of realm of billions deal in same package
Shintai is redundant for now. Let them see default bullshit first and when they more or less digest it we will reveal our magical girl of nuclear fire transformation and God Queen of realm of billions deal in same package
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So, I think I got an idea how to get what I want without expending shintai.
[X] Yes, do a demonstration duel
-[X] Demonstrate escalation throughout the fight, showcasing how different "tiers" of combat might work, starting from mid-level vampire, and up to an elder god
-[X] Show of some resilience, counterspell, soak or shaping-defend some attacks before stricking back.
-[X] Summon some of the gurvel heavy combatant shadows using Emergency Minion Hologram mid-combat to demonstrate the possibility of enemy calling upon some nasty things
-[X] Finish by imitating your shintai using BMI (don't actually use shintai)
[X] Yes, do a demonstration duel
-[X] Demonstrate escalation throughout the fight, showcasing how different "tiers" of combat might work, starting from mid-level vampire, and up to an elder god
-[X] Show of some resilience, counterspell, soak or shaping-defend some attacks before stricking back.
-[X] Summon some of the gurvel heavy combatant shadows using Emergency Minion Hologram mid-combat to demonstrate the possibility of enemy calling upon some nasty things
-[X] Finish by imitating your shintai using BMI (don't actually use shintai)
OctarineShrike
Avatar of Mandos
[X] Yes, do a demonstration duel
-[X] Demonstrate escalation throughout the fight, showcasing how different "tiers" of combat might work, starting from mid-level vampire, and up to an elder god
-[X] Show of some resilience, counterspell, soak or shaping-defend some attacks before stricking back.
-[X] Summon some of the gurvel heavy combatant shadows using Emergency Minion Hologram mid-combat to demonstrate the possibility of enemy calling upon some nasty things
-[X] Finish by imitating your shintai using BMI (don't actually use shintai)
-[X] Demonstrate escalation throughout the fight, showcasing how different "tiers" of combat might work, starting from mid-level vampire, and up to an elder god
-[X] Show of some resilience, counterspell, soak or shaping-defend some attacks before stricking back.
-[X] Summon some of the gurvel heavy combatant shadows using Emergency Minion Hologram mid-combat to demonstrate the possibility of enemy calling upon some nasty things
-[X] Finish by imitating your shintai using BMI (don't actually use shintai)
Dmol8
The Undead Unhinged Lunatic of the Web
- Location
- Belgrade,Serbia
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] Yes, do a demonstration duel
-[X] Demonstrate escalation throughout the fight, showcasing how different "tiers" of combat might work, starting from mid-level vampire, and up to an elder god
-[X] Show of some resilience, counterspell, soak or shaping-defend some attacks before stricking back.
-[X] Summon some of the gurvel heavy combatant shadows using Emergency Minion Hologram mid-combat to demonstrate the possibility of enemy calling upon some nasty things
-[X] Finish by imitating your shintai using BMI (don't actually use shintai)
-[X] Demonstrate escalation throughout the fight, showcasing how different "tiers" of combat might work, starting from mid-level vampire, and up to an elder god
-[X] Show of some resilience, counterspell, soak or shaping-defend some attacks before stricking back.
-[X] Summon some of the gurvel heavy combatant shadows using Emergency Minion Hologram mid-combat to demonstrate the possibility of enemy calling upon some nasty things
-[X] Finish by imitating your shintai using BMI (don't actually use shintai)
OctarineShrike
Avatar of Mandos
For the sake of my curiosity when did we get Emergency Minion Hologram?
- Location
- Brazil
[X] Yes, do a demonstration duel
-[X] Demonstrate escalation throughout the fight, showcasing how different "tiers" of combat might work, starting from mid-level vampire, and up to an elder god
-[X] Show of some resilience, counterspell, soak or shaping-defend some attacks before stricking back.
-[X] Summon some of the gurvel heavy combatant shadows using Emergency Minion Hologram mid-combat to demonstrate the possibility of enemy calling upon some nasty things
-[X] Finish by imitating your shintai using BMI (don't actually use shintai)
-[X] Demonstrate escalation throughout the fight, showcasing how different "tiers" of combat might work, starting from mid-level vampire, and up to an elder god
-[X] Show of some resilience, counterspell, soak or shaping-defend some attacks before stricking back.
-[X] Summon some of the gurvel heavy combatant shadows using Emergency Minion Hologram mid-combat to demonstrate the possibility of enemy calling upon some nasty things
-[X] Finish by imitating your shintai using BMI (don't actually use shintai)
The vote before the last one. We got ohr first Fivefold Court charma then.
OctarineShrike
Avatar of Mandos
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
I'm not sure why y'all are so intent on displaying combat prowess to these kids. Yes, it will impress them, but they're already getting that introduction to the supernatural. Why not do something cool that also fits what preconceived notions they already have of us?