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Ravana Quest [Exalted/Aberrant]

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So, just to verify... the King of All Kings Numen "for one action" - would that cover all of the attacks this tick, all of the attacks from one target, or one attack?
 
Defend yourself against the Coordinated Attack
[X] King of All Kings Numen (1.4x 7 motes, ignore all penalties to Parry DV for an action. Roll 7d10X7 to stop people from entering melee against you through sheer sorcerous will. Downside: You create a glowing barrier of power and authority as you stop your enemies with sheer force of will in an incredibly obvious display. Upside: see Downside. Long live the motherfucking king.)

If you pick King of All Kings, Invincible Crown, or Imperishable Majesty on the defense select one of the following:
"What...what the hell are you?

[X] "The Overman" (1.3x)

Duh. :p

Physical Combat Approach!
[X] Infernal Monster Bonus to Maximum, ORAORAORAORA! (Three hit flurry of 18d10X7 on target of your choice. IMS Physique bonus maxes out at +3, third and final arm is grown.)
->[X] Hit the ARJUN (1.4x, Torso.)

I cannot resist the chance to go full JJBA on him. MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!
 
[X] King of All Kings Numen (1.4x 7 motes, ignore all penalties to Parry DV for an action. Roll 7d10X7 to stop people from entering melee against you through sheer sorcerous will. Downside: You create a glowing barrier of power and authority as you stop your enemies with sheer force of will in an incredibly obvious display. Upside: see Downside. Long live the motherfucking king.)
"What...what the hell are you?
[X] "The sexiest thing on this planet"
[X] Infernal Monster Bonus to Maximum, ORAORAORAORA! (Three hit flurry of 18d10X7 on target of your choice. IMS Physique bonus maxes out at +3, third and final arm is grown.)
->[X] Hit the ARJUN (1.4x, Torso.)
 
Havocfett said:
The other Sarath charges in, hemming Ravana in against the massive warstrider. Ravana has no room to maneuver, heat warnings across his cockpit are screaming at him, he has fractions of a second to react, and, though he loathes to admit it

"Piece of fucking cake."​
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It just cuts off.

Defend yourself against the Coordinated Attack
[X] King of All Kings Numen (1.4x 7 motes, ignore all penalties to Parry DV for an action. Roll 7d10X7 to stop people from entering melee against you through sheer sorcerous will. Downside: You create a glowing barrier of power and authority as you stop your enemies with sheer force of will in an incredibly obvious display. Upside: see Downside. Long live the motherfucking king.)

"What...what the hell are you?
[X] "The sexiest thing on this planet"

While I fully expect Ravana to run his Overman gag into the ground and then some, sometimes it's nice to mix things up a bit.

[X] "A Dalit"

Physical Combat Approach!
[X] Infernal Monster Bonus to Maximum, ORAORAORAORA! (Three hit flurry of 18d10X7 on target of your choice. IMS Physique bonus maxes out at +3, third and final arm is grown.)
->[X] Hit the ARJUN (1.4x, pick a section to target.) - two attacks, one on each leg
->[X] This is a duel between exalts, clear the field! (1.2x.) - one attack


Are there any downsides (mote expenditure, less damage, etc.) to punching instead of swording, or is it outright superior in this situation?

Also, it seems the particle lance takes 4 ticks to recharge (since we'll be acting on Tick 10,) but shooting it is Speed 6. Odd.
 
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[] King of All Kings Numen (1.4x 7 motes, ignore all penalties to Parry DV for an action. Roll 7d10X7 to stop people from entering melee against you through sheer sorcerous will. Downside: You create a glowing barrier of power and authority as you stop your enemies with sheer force of will in an incredibly obvious display. Upside: see Downside. Long live the motherfucking king.)

[] "The sexiest thing on this planet"

[] Infernal Monster Bonus to Maximum, ORAORAORAORA! (Three hit flurry of 18d10X7 on target of your choice. IMS Physique bonus maxes out at +3, third and final arm is grown.)
->[] This is a duel between exalts, clear the field! (1.2x.)

I don't think we can sustain a seven mote expenditure every time these clowns act.
 
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[X] King of All Kings Numen (1.4x 7 motes, ignore all penalties to Parry DV for an action. Roll 7d10X7 to stop people from entering melee against you through sheer sorcerous will. Downside: You create a glowing barrier of power and authority as you stop your enemies with sheer force of will in an incredibly obvious display. Upside: see Downside. Long live the motherfucking king.)
[X] Excellency (Write-in, you're defending yourself against up to 5 attacks, 2 from the last Sarath and 3 from Janaka. You can add up to 7 dice from charms to any, but must use a minimum of 4)
[X] "A Dalit" (1.2x)

The two mechs slam forward like an industrial press, intent on pinning Ravana between them. All they need is to slow him, to bust up a joint or shear off a servo, and then they'll have a chance at pulling off the wind-up for a killing blow. They don't hesitate - with one of their trio out of action, the trap's not inescapable, but if they're fast and sure, they can still catch the enemy in a pincer.

In this situation, it would be sensible to back off, get some distance so their charge interferes with itself. Use the close terrain to his advantage. Focus on avoiding the Exalt, and try to keep the mortal's attacks from falling on anything but armour plating.

It would be sensible. That's what Surpanakha tells him.

Ravana plants his feet, crouches - and then thrusts his arms, his whole torso, skyward. A coruscating aura of dishcloth-dirty light smashes out from him, rumbling like close thunder, knocking the superhumanly-coordinated attack completely off its timing. Janaka flinches, perhaps thinking it's a close defense rad-weapon. The Sarath outright stumbles, trips, rights itself, but the moment's lost. Ravana stands there. Like he just doesn't care.

Then he lowers all but two arms into a boxing pose, slightly warped by how many of them there are, and lets the other two hang free, gesturing to each of the stalled mechs.

"Come on, then." Every mouth speaks at once, a dozen different pitches, reverberating through the radioactive mantle of his soul. "If you think you've got it in you."

"What-" the Dragon-blooded is unsure, now. His voice doesn't tremble, he's still an elite among elites, still sure of himself, just not sure of what he's facing. This is no psychoreactive cybrid or engineered numenman. This almost looks like- "what are you?"

"Me?" A single mouth barks it, splitting the mecha-monster's chest like a smoker's laugh. "I'm like those poor bastards you were about to trample over! I'm collateral damage. I'm acceptable losses. I'm literally straight-up Un-fucking-touchable. I'm a Dalit, you arrogant freak of birth."

And then all Hell breaks loose.

[X] Infernal Monster Bonus to Maximum, ORAORAORAORA! (Three hit flurry of 18d10X7 on target of your choice. IMS Physique bonus maxes out at +3, third and final arm is grown.)
->[X] Hit the ARJUN (1.4x, pick a section to target.) - two attacks, one on each leg
->[X] This is a duel between exalts, clear the field! (1.2x.) - one attack
 
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... you know, I'd forgotten what a Dalit was.

[X] King of All Kings Numen (1.4x 7 motes, ignore all penalties to Parry DV for an action. Roll 7d10X7 to stop people from entering melee against you through sheer sorcerous will. Downside: You create a glowing barrier of power and authority as you stop your enemies with sheer force of will in an incredibly obvious display. Upside: see Downside. Long live the motherfucking king.)

[X] "A Dalit" (1.2x)

[X] Infernal Monster Bonus to Maximum, ORAORAORAORA! (Three hit flurry of 18d10X7 on target of your choice. IMS Physique bonus maxes out at +3, third and final arm is grown.)
->[X] Hit the ARJUN (1.4x, pick a section to target.) - two attacks, one on each leg
->[X] This is a duel between exalts, clear the field! (1.2x.) - one attack
 
[X] King of All Kings Numen (1.4x 7 motes, ignore all penalties to Parry DV for an action. Roll 7d10X7 to stop people from entering melee against you through sheer sorcerous will. Downside: You create a glowing barrier of power and authority as you stop your enemies with sheer force of will in an incredibly obvious display. Upside: see Downside. Long live the motherfucking king.)
[X] "A Dalit" (1.2x)

[X] Infernal Monster Bonus to Maximum, ORAORAORAORA! (Three hit flurry of 18d10X7 on target of your choice. IMS Physique bonus maxes out at +3, third and final arm is grown.)
->[X] Hit the ARJUN (1.4x, pick a section to target.) - two attacks, one on each leg
->[X] This is a duel between exalts, clear the field! (1.2x.) - one attack
 
Ravana's riding a pretty good ego high here from the max-successful social attack on this guy, and about to flare off a massively noticeable attack essentially based on ego. 'A Dalit' is kind of going for the opposite feeling. The Overman joke is something Ravana's going to beat like a dead horse, but here its just much more appropriate than emphasizing his low-caste roots.
 
[X] King of All Kings Numen (1.4x 7 motes, ignore all penalties to Parry DV for an action. Roll 7d10X7 to stop people from entering melee against you through sheer sorcerous will. Downside: You create a glowing barrier of power and authority as you stop your enemies with sheer force of will in an incredibly obvious display. Upside: see Downside. Long live the motherfucking king.)
[X] "The Overman" (1.3x)

[X] Infernal Monster Bonus to Maximum, ORAORAORAORA! (Three hit flurry of 18d10X7 on target of your choice. IMS Physique bonus maxes out at +3, third and final arm is grown.)
->[X] Hit the ARJUN (1.4x, pick a section to target.) - one attack to an arm
->[X] This is a duel between exalts, clear the field! (1.2x.) - two attacks

So as should be obvious if you look at the numbers, Coordinated Attacks are a problem. Now, Janaka's pools are high enough to be worrisome even on their own but what we don't want is our DVs getting low enough that lucky shots from mooks would hit us -or- that Janaka can threaten us even without spending on excellencies.
 
Imma give that a native 3 die, @Revlid.

tryingtobewitty said:
Are there any downsides (mote expenditure, less damage, etc.) to punching instead of swording, or is it outright superior in this situation?

Also, it seems the particle lance takes 4 ticks to recharge (since we'll be acting on Tick 10,) but shooting it is Speed 6. Odd.
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Your tick six action was punching dudes. If you fire the Particle Lance on Tick 10 then it'll be recharging until tick 25 (12 ticks to recharge, +3 because of Overheat).

Swording does more damage than punching and is Size 8 instead of 6 but it doesn't have the Penetrating tag so enemy armor effects it more, it'd also mean that your enemies no longer have Reach over you and lose a +1 accuracy bonus they've been gaining as a result.

The downside is that it doesn't synergize with your styles, is lower rate, you're worse with it, etc.
 
[X] King of All Kings Numen (1.4x 7 motes, ignore all penalties to Parry DV for an action. Roll 7d10X7 to stop people from entering melee against you through sheer sorcerous will. Downside: You create a glowing barrier of power and authority as you stop your enemies with sheer force of will in an incredibly obvious display. Upside: see Downside. Long live the motherfucking king.)
[X] "A Dalit" (1.2x)

[X] Infernal Monster Bonus to Maximum, ORAORAORAORA! (Three hit flurry of 18d10X7 on target of your choice. IMS Physique bonus maxes out at +3, third and final arm is grown.)
->[X] Hit the ARJUN (1.4x, pick a section to target.) - one attack to an arm
->[X] This is a duel between exalts, clear the field! (1.2x.) - two attacks
 
Strypgia said:
Ravana's riding a pretty good ego high here from the max-successful social attack on this guy, and about to flare off a massively noticeable attack essentially based on ego. 'A Dalit' is kind of going for the opposite feeling. The Overman joke is something Ravana's going to beat like a dead horse, but here its just much more appropriate than emphasizing his low-caste roots.
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I disagree. We're a dalit who's breaking the arrogance of our supposed "betters" and smashing in their view of the world while protecting our home. Our ego-trip synergises perfectly with the fact we're proving them all wrong and showing them, showing them all, ahahahaha. So to speak.
 
[x] Plan Revlid


I like the way that emphasizing Ravana's status as a Dalit feeds off the previous social attacks against the moral and genetic superiority of the Dragon-Blooded. Creating the impression of Ravana as a champion of the lower classes also seems like a good way of garnering large scale support and strengthening his strained bonds with the revolutionaries.
 
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[x] Plan Revlid
Revlid said:
Ravana plants his feet, crouches - and then thrusts his arms, his whole torso, skyward. A coruscating aura of dishcloth-dirty light smashes out from him, rumbling like close thunder, knocking the superhumanly-coordinated attack completely off its timing. Janaka flinches, perhaps thinking it's a close defense rad-weapon. The Sarath outright stumbles, trips, rights itself, but the moment's lost. Ravana stands there. Like he just doesn't care.
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PRAISE THE SUN
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[x] Plan Revlid

We'll have to save the revelation that the Overman is a Dalit for later.
 
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