2024/25, Stage1 Slytherin vs Gryffindor: Match 1

NOTE: I just caught a slight edit in my last mod post. I took away 5% of the damage from the Confringo that hit Meenauh wrongfully, as she only has 2 strength. So she actually should have been hit for seven more points of damage. I have edited the Round 3 mod post to account for this.

Round 4

Bridget Collins vs Meenauh Silmataurea

Reducio

Bridget Collins casts Confringo at Meenauh Silmataurea.

5% Auto-Fail Chance: [d20: 8] → No Auto-Fail (Evelynn's Wampus Hair Wand)

Wisdom DC: 17
Wisdom Check: [d20: 6] + 16 = 22
22 > 17 → Success

10% Auto-Miss Chance: [d20: 12] → No Auto-Miss (Astrea's Terrible Presence)

Accuracy Check: [d20: 14] + 17 = 31
Evasion Check: [d20: 5] + 10 - 8 (Trip Jinx) = 7
31 > 7 → Hit

Damage: (150 + (10 × 15)) = 300 × 0.9 (Astrea's Terrible Presence) = 270

Ruby Cazares vs Meenauh Silmataurea

Reducio

Ruby Cazares casts Offendo at Meenauh Silmataurea.

5% Auto-Fail Check: [d20: 6]→ No Auto-Fail (Evelynn's Wampus Hair Wand)

Wisdom DC: 16
Wisdom Check: [d20: 17] + 17 = 34
34 > 16 → Success

Effects: Meenauh suffers -8 Evasion (-4, with additional -2 Evasion for each 5 points AP [12]) for the current round.

Astrea Soleil Neptune vs Meenauh Silmataurea / Ruby Cazares

Reducio

Astrea Soleil Neptune casts Confringo at Meenauh Silmataurea

5% Auto-Fail Check: [d20: 18] → No Auto-Fail (Evelynn's Wampus Hair Wand)

Wisdom DC: 17
Wisdom Check: [d20: 13] + 15 = 28
28 > 17 → Success

Accuracy Check: [d20: 1] → Critical Miss!
New Target: Ruby
New Accuracy: [d20: 8] = 8
Evasion Check: [d20: 14] + 12 - 4 (Nebulus) = 22
8 < 22 → Miss

Damage: 10 + ( 10 × 8 ) = 90 * (.95) (STR: 5) = 85.5 → 86

Meenauh Silmataurea

Reducio

Actions were sent after deadline
Missed posts/action: x1

Evelynn Decipio

Reducio

Actions were sent after deadline
Missed posts/action: x1

Galton Lansdale

Reducio

Actions were sent after deadline
Missed posts/action: x1

Last round, the Gryffindors had begun to turn the tides, but Meenauh's shocking spell had taken a lot out of her, and the other Gryffindors as well - they had been caught in the crossfires too, after all. What would happen next might make them wonder if it had all been worth it.

The Slytherins had been affected sure, but they still knew that out of all the duelists in this duel, Meenauh had taken the most punishment of all of them. They MUST have known...and they were coming in for the kill.

This time it was Ruby who managed to trip Meenauh, using that devastating spell that made dodging near impossible while trying not to fall on your face. And in that moment, the other two snakes struck. A powerful blasting curse hit Meenauh head on! She would feel her energy slipping away, unable to stand up to much more of this, but only one thing would save her at the last moment. Astrea had also been readying a blasting curse in her direction, Jake could tell - because what ACTUALLY happened couldn't have been on purpose. The blasting curse went rogue, and barrelled straight towards Ruby! Perhaps Galton's fog had paid off after all, throwing her casting off. Ruby would jump out of the way of the errant spell but feel just a bit of its singe as she did.

With the dust settled, and most of the Slytherin team still in fog, the Gryffindors would have to work with the knowledge that one of their team-mates might just be on their last legs...

I N F O R M A T I O N

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He’d seen it happen to others. In matches he’d moderated and matches he’d fought in. There were moments where it seemed as if a duelist’s (or the whole team) brain would skip a beat. They’d stand there, wand in hand, not casting. And in all of his time he’d never thought it would happen to him.

What foolish pride. It happened so fast. In a blink it was too late. They’d missed their casts. It was dumbfounding. How could he have missed such an opportunity?! As much as he wanted to lament on the shock of the situation he couldn’t let it happen again. “No, not yet.” He’d mumble in response to Evelynn.

Action: Unfreezing

Credit to Ernest Baird

After her plan to disarm Evelynn failed, she half-considered trying it again, hopefully without the shockwave this time, until Ruby incanted a Trip Jinx. That changed her strategy in a blink, moving her target from Evelynn to Meenauh and switching disarming for a small explosion. The Trip Jinx was a team play, ineffective if they didn't take advantage of it, and Bridget could see that Meenauh wasn't looking well. Which was a good thing for her in this context, on opposing sides of a duelling match. The blast was nothing personal.

The same curse was going rather haywire next to her, Bridget recoiling slightly from the heat off Astrea's mishandled targeting. Ruby avoided the worst of it; they could brush off the friendly fire, but it certainly wasn't something she wanted to repeat. She'd much rather lose to Gryffindor in a well-fought battle than to themselves.

Action: Doing as strategized

Twitching still with strange electricity and unused to the effects of such foreign magic, Astrea’s aim had never betrayed her quite as painfully as it did now. Her spellwork had been so severely jerked out of reach that, between the gritted incantation and sudden sharp intake of breath, it had instead veered completely towards Slytherin’s own territory. It was only due to skill and that her Confringo had been so easily dodged even amidst the fog, the splinters of its destruction still hot with regretful power. To make matters worse, her rare blunder had been ever starker with Gryffindor’s complete lack of action. There was no way to mistake it as anything other than what it was.

If Astrea were a kinder duellist, or perhaps just one one afflicted with a less severe personal code, she would have immediately admitted her remorse as it swept over her. Unfortunately, as it stood, the young heir was also as quietly prideful as any good pureblood. She could apologise to her slighted teammates after the duel, unwilling and therefore unable to reveal the crack in her stoic mask for the world to see. Thank the gods for the thinning but still existent fog. Burning with amended perfectionism, her non-dominant hand came to still the other. Down the barrel of her wand did she peer, grip tightened and seeking some opportunity at retribution.

Action: Doing as strategised.

Ruby was not a big fan of the Fog Charm; she didn't like when her senses were impacted. At least this was just an official duel, though, and so the amount of actual harm that could be caused was likely pretty limited—there were rules and surely enough capable people were watching. She sent a Trip Jinx in Meenauh's direction, hoping it would land, and two calls of "Confringo" came from her teammates. Unfortunately, one of those, seemingly coming from Astrea's direction, was now headed at her, and while she managed to get out of the way even despite the fog, there was still the debris from the blast. Had this happened with pretty much any of her previous teammates, Ruby would've made an irritable or snide remark, but, well, this was Astrea. She could forgive this mistake as long as it didn't repeat itself.

Doing as strategized

Note: I realized that last time I said Meenauh/Galton had one missed post/action due to actions not being sent in time. I've since realized that while that does mean their move was invalid, this should not count against team participation, so their missed post/action count is still at 0

Round 5

Bridget Collins vs Evelynn Decipio

Reducio

Bridget Collins casts Nec Divinos Crepitus at Evelynn Decipio.

5% Auto-Fail Chance: [d20: 19] → No Auto-Fail (Evelynn's Wampus Hair Wand)

Wisdom DC: 12
Wisdom Check: [d20: 19] + 16 = 35
35 > 12 → Success

10% Auto-Miss Chance: [d20: 7] → No Auto-Miss (Astrea's Terrible Presence)

Accuracy Check: [d20: 13] + 17 = 30
Evasion Check: [d20: 11] + 17 = 28
30 > 28 → Hit

Damage: (50 + (10 × 15)) = 200 × 0.9 (Astrea's Terrible Presence) = 180

Radius vs Meenauh

Accuracy: 30
Evasion Check: [d20: 5] + 10 = 15
30 > 15 → Hit

Damage: (20 + (10 × 8 )) = 100 × 0.9 (Astrea's Terrible Presence) = 90

Radius vs Galton
20% Auto-Dodge Check: [d20: 12] → No Auto-Dodge (Galton's Evasive Maneuvers II)

Accuracy: 30
Evasion Check: [d20: 3] + 18 = 21
30 > 21 → Hit

Damage: (20 + (10 × 8 )) = 100 × 0.9 (Astrea's Terrible Presence) = 90 × 0.95 (3 STR) = 85.5 → 86

Duration: 1 Round (Spread to more than 1 target)
Effects: All hit players receive -3 Wisdom for the duration of the spell.

Bridget 10% Recoil Damage Chance: [d20: 1] → No Recoil Damage

Ruby Cazares vs Evelynn Decipio

Reducio

Ruby Cazares casts Nec Divinos Crepitus at Evelynn Decipio.

5% Auto-Fail Chance: [d20: 12] → No Auto-Fail (Evelynn's Wampus Hair Wand)

Wisdom DC: 12
Wisdom Check: [d20: 1] + 17 = 18
18 > 12 → Success

Accuracy Check: [d20: 16] + 17 - 4 (Nebulus) = 29
Evasion Check: [d20: 2] + 17 = 19
29 > 19 → Hit

Damage: (50 + (12 × 15)) = 230

Radius vs Meenauh

Accuracy: 29
Evasion Check: [d20: 2] + 10 = 12
29 > 12 → Hit

Damage: (20 + (12 × 8 )) = 116

Radius vs Galton
20% Auto-Dodge Check: [d20: 11] → No Auto-Dodge (Galton's Evasive Maneuvers II)

Accuracy: 29
Evasion Check: [d20: 3] + 18 = 21
29 > 21 → Hit

Damage: (20 + (12 × 8 )) = 116 × 0.95 (3 STR) = 110.2 → 110

Ruby 10% Recoil Damage Chance: [d20: 19] → Recoil Damage!
Damage: (20 + (12 × 8 )) = 116 × 0.95 (5 STR) = 110.2 → 110

Duration: 1 Round (Spread to more than 1 target)
Effects: All hit players receive -3 Wisdom for the duration of the spell.

Astrea Soleil Neptune vs Evelynn Decipio & Galton Lansdale

Reducio

Astrea Soleil Neptune casts Ventus at Evelynn Decipio and Galton Lansdale using Spell Spread

5% Auto-Fail Check: [d20: 5] → No Auto-Fail (Evelynn's Wampus Hair Wand)

Wisdom DC: 11 + 2 (Spell Spread) = 13
Wisdom Check: [d20: 4] + 15 = 19
19 > 13 → Success

vs. Evelynn

10% Auto-Split Check: [d20: 14] → No Auto-Split

Accuracy Check: [d20: 6] + 20 - 4 (Nebulus) - 2 (Spell Spread) = 20
Evasion Check: [d20: 4] + 17 = 21
20 < 21= Miss

vs. Galton

10% Auto-Split Check: [d20: 10] → No Auto-Split

20% Auto-Dodge Check: [d20: 15] → No Auto-Dodge (Galton's Evasive Manuevers II)

Accuracy Check: [d20: 18] + 20 - 4 (Nebulus) - 2 (Spell Spread) = 32
Evasion Check: [d20: 13] + 18 = 31
32 > 31 → Hit

Damage: 50 + (10 * 15) = 200 × 0.95 (3 STR) = 190
Duration: [d3: 1] → 1 Round (1-2: 1 round, 3: 2 rounds)
Effects: Galton suffers -4 Evasion for the duration of the spell

Meenauh Silmataurea

Reducio

Meenauh Silmataurea casts Protego.

Wisdom DC: 12 + 2 (Astrea's Lovely Creature) = 14
Wisdom Check: [d20: 13] + 25 = 38
38 > 14 → Success

Effects: Meenauh has cast protego, and any spells targeting her have a chance of reflection.

Evelynn Decipio & Meenauh Silmataurea

Reducio

Evelynn Decipio casts Reparifors at Meenauh Silmataurea

Wisdom DC: 11
Wisdom Check: [d20: 19] + 15 - 4 (Limbo Mist) = 30
30 > 13 → Success

Healing: 50 + ( 10 × 8 ) = 130

Galton Lansdale vs Bridget Collins / Ruby Cazares

Reducio

Galton Lansdale casts Fulgari at Bridget Collins and Ruby Cazares using Spell Spread .

Wisdom DC: 16 + 2 (Spell Spread) + 2 (Astrea's Lovely Creature) = 20
Wisdom Check: [d20: 10] + 20 = 30
30 > 20 → Success

vs. Bridget:
10% Auto-Miss Check: [d20: 20] → Auto-Miss (Astrea's Terrible Presence)

vs. Ruby

10% Auto-Miss Check: [d20: 11] → No Auto-Miss (Astrea's Terrible Presence)

Accuracy Check: [d20: 2] + 17 - 2 (Spell Spread) - 2 (Nebulus / Blindvision) = 15
Evasion Check: [d20: 15] + 12 - 4 (Nebulus) = 23
15 < 23 → Miss

Meenauh was on her last legs, and everybody knew it. No matter how she tried to fight on, it was impossible to ignore the damage that she had taken this far. Perhaps that was why Meenauh valiantly put up a shield charm, ready to take the spells that were coming her way. Evelynn even tried to bolster her team-mate, casting a healing charm to give her just a bit more energy. But this time it wasn't going to work...because the Slytherins were ready for all of this.

Exploding firecrackers, EVERYWHERE! So much chaos on the platform that Jake had to cover his ears. The explosions were so persistent, so all-encompassing, that even Ruby took damage from her own explosions. But when the dust settled, Meenauh was down...her shield charm was overwhelmed, ready for a full-on assault but unable to protect her from the sides, where the Slytherins wisely struck. And not only had they gotten Meenauh, but Galton and Evelynn would feel the singes as well. Galton fought bravely, trying to stop the assault by attempting to tie up his opponents, but his spells missed in the chaos, and all he got for his troubles were a wind jinx to the face from Astrea. The Slytherins had gone with an all-out attack, one that not even the fearsome Gryffindor team could fight back from. Jake was in awe at the strength of the Slytherin assault, which had managed to stop any Gryffindor comeback in its tracks.

Jake held out his hands to stop things until Meenauh could be removed from the platform...the first duelist in this explosive battle had fallen. And now, if the lions had their work cut out for them before they certainly were going to now, both of them feeling their energy waning. They weren't out yet, not by a long-shot, but the Slytherins had so far taken full control of this duel.

I N F O R M A T I O N

• You have 96 hours from the timestamp of this post to owl me, Jake Morris, your actions. If you do not send your actions or post within the allotted time, your action is void. There are no extensions.
• Word count minimum is 50 words, but feel free to write as many as you like. Do not hint at your actions in your post, as it'll let the other team strategize against you.
• Your stats, abilities, and spells have been locked as of the posting of this thread. Any new spells that are added after today cannot be used.
• For any questions, comments, or concerns I ask that you only contact me through my owls.
• Check the latest patch, especially the parts about the KO limit, ARC Power, and the round limit!
• And most importantly, have fun!

Duelling Spells

Duelling System

Newest Patch

[Spectator Thread: Morning]

Credit to Ernest Baird

Meenauh was the first to go down, which wasn't surprising with the way things were going. She even shielded at the right time, but the Slytherins had one more trick up their sleeves: Cracker Jinxes tended to go everywhere, including where you didn't want them to, such as back in Ruby's face, but also around the carefully constructed edges of a Protego. And that was enough to do it, to make this three versus three into a three versus two and a mental note for Bridget to visit Meenauh after this, unless of course she ended up in the Hospital Wing, too. It wasn't a concern on her radar right now, she felt fine, but Galton and Evelynn were powerful and skilled enough to still sour the morning for at least one of them.

Action: Doing as strategized