Beating the Odds PV | Group Closed

High in the sky, Sabrina made a new discovery: flying on the Firebolt was nothing like the school broom. Frankly, it is to be expected, given that it's one of the best brooms there is, but she wasn't prepared at how utterly different the experience would be. She was used to the resistence and imperfections of the old, worn out types, the smooth effortless gliding through air somewhat of a shock to her. A whole new world opened up to her, a world where she didn't have to give all her strenght to turn, where she could just lead and the broom followed.

Ironically enough, it took a bit of adjusting to get used her. So for a bit, she was just drifting around, feeling the new broom out, swaying her bat, the weight of it foreign in her palm. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught movement. Swiveling her head, she just caught one of her teammates dodged a bludger which was now rocketing towards her. Straightening, her breath caught in her throat as she shifted to get into a better position, raising her bat and taking a swing - this time, with purpose. To her surprise, she actually hit it, sending it towards a girl from the other team.

She was honestly surprised that the force didn't knock her off, her eyes a little wider and heart racing, which probably didn't show, judging by the cheerful praise from their captain @Maisie Gemmell. A little shaken up, and quite far away, Sabrina managed to give the Ravenclaw a small grin with thumbs up. She felt this almost trembling pressure in her chest, expanding and shooting off sparks into the very tips of her fingers. Her grin widened, recognizing the familiar mix of nervousness, excitement and most of all, adrenaline. Adjusting her grip on her bat, more sure with it now, she mentally prepared herself for what was to come next.

Action: As strategized
Stats: Stamina: 7 | Evasion: 4 | Strength: 5 | Wisdom: 9 | ArcPower: 6 | Accuracy: 4 8
Broom:

Firebolt - +4 to a single stat of choice

Broom ability:

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Ricochet
In the role of Beater, if you hit an opponent with a bludger the bludger will then ricochet off that user and target a second opponent of choice (must be declared, if not declared the target will be random and can be an ally but not yourself).

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The game wasn't much interesting at first, infact Elisa couldn't even remember properly who scored but the bore in her eyes instantly switched with curiosity when the true beauty of Quidditch, the violence started to play as bludgering and blatching began,

She couldn't believe how easily most of the people from the other team were evading the bludgers, it was almost impressive, it was as if they had a reflex faster than that of a cat, but perhaps she had thought too soon as a rogue bludger crashed into one of them, while they remained in their broom, their situation couldn't be called perfectly fine

The Blatching however seemed to lack the spice as Tracey smoothly escaped Ruths attack as Koko handed down the penalty lap, quite a speciality of the just Koko. Elisa's eyes slowly fell on Piérre, he seemed to be in a lack of luck as he continued to search for the snitch but the good thing was that so was the other teams seeker yet hadn't succeeded in searching the snitch .

Elisa sighed as she leaned on to a wall and continued to watch the game play infront of her eyes, all she hoped was for neither of the beaters to be down early.

Stats:
Stamina: 5
Evasion: 6 7
Strength: 6 7
Wisdom: 7 8
ArcPower: 4
Accuracy: 7 9

Broom: Nimbus 1700

Actions: As strategized

If it wasn't clear by now, Oliver was a proud fellow, proud of his family, proud of his skills in studying. Most of the time he felt like everything he painted should belong in a museum all of his baking was the best thing he ever tasted. And according to his mom, the best thing that she ever tasted as well. Some could say he was a little cocky, and had a tad of an ego. But had it ever hurt anyone in thinking that you were the best and everyone else was beneath you? He was choosing to ignore any situations where that bit someone in the ass. He had bigger problems.

The buldger had come right in to his line, giving him the perfect opportunity for his shoot, if he could knock someone off the broom or at the very least hit them hard. As he knew he could do, he was quite strong, he would become the star player of the unofficial game. He thought he had good chances, he was pretty accurate. He set his sights on the opposing teams keeper, and hit it right at her. And the stupid girl had the audacity to duck and dodge his attack. How dare she. At the last second to. Instead of it hitting her square in the chest, it whizzed right past her ear. He gripped his bat harder. So close, so close.

OUTFIT & INVENTORY Reducio Broom, idk sports robes or something

OOC NOTE Reducio So sorry about how short this is, I couldn't think of much. My other posts will likely be this length to

Interacting : @Quidditch teams |||| @n/a : Mentioning

STATS
BROOM - Nimbus 1000 +1 accuracy, +1 strength, +1 stamina
Stamina: 7 8 Evasion: 5 Strength: 10 11 Wisdom: 3 Arcane Power: 2 Accuracy: 8 9
Fearless Not scared easily, not effected by terrible presence or unsettling aura
Action As strategized

So far, Saunders has not had a very successful performance. "I wish," he thought, "I was a little more built. Then the quaffles would bounce right off my body and I wouldn't have to try to catch them." Well, it was always possible - in theory - to develop ideas more in keeping with the nature and very mentality of Quidditch, but Saunders seemed determined today, as he so often did, to show how deep the gulf between theory and practice could be.

It would be a massive lie to fib and say that he didn't feel a tad alienated by the sight of the other Hogwarts students buzzing around on their brooms. The sole reason for his presence on this pitch was to give Quidditch, the game the wizarding world had gone mad for, a chance. But for some reason, he and this sport were like two lego pieces that didn't quite fit together. Perhaps it was the sheer fact that he had yet to achieve any noticeable success that made the Napier boy feel this way. It had happened before - when he excelled at a game he thought he didn't like, he would suddenly discover how beautiful it was. Would today's match be another such experience? One had to wait and see.

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Nimbus 1001 [+2 wisdom, +2 strength, +1 evasion]
STA 6 | EVA 5 6 | STR 3 5| WIS 5 7 | ARC 7 | ACC 9
Prodigal DADA
As strategised

Ira soared through the sky while gripping the broom to the point where her knuckles turned white. The cold air nipped at her skin, but it was the thrill of flying up in the air with the peril of bludgers in her vicinity that made her almost quiver. Nevertheless, the least she could do was put forth her best effort for her team, though it wasn't very simple. Truth be told, it was anything but easy, but she wouldn't show her lack of confidence to others.

Her eyes flitted across the pitch in search of the golden snitch while she made sudden weaves and turns while also keeping an eye on the beaters and the bludgers. On that note, the bludger crashed into Promise. Ouch! Ira contorted her face at the sight. Fortunately, Promise managed to stay on the broom. Whoa! Before Ira could blink her eyes, the bludger came zooming in on her. Ira stopped in her tracks for a moment before she caught herself and nimbly sidestepped it so that the bludger didn't even graze her hair.

An instinctive, proud smile lit up on her face, and Ira immediately peered down to see if Koko had seen it for just an instant before resuming her flight. But of course, she was unable to gauge Koko's reaction from up there.

Statistics:Stamina:6(+1)|Evasion:8(+1)|Strength:4|Wisdom:5|Arcade Power:4|Accuracy:3(+2)
Special race/Abilities: Part-Veela
Broom: Comet 180
Action: Doing as Strategized.

• Rolls:
  
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  Quaffle Grab 1:
  Louisa: 11 + 12 = 23
  Jan: 19 + 14 = 33
  Tracey: 13 + 8 = 21
  
  Jan grabs the Quaffle
  
  Jan: 17 + 14 = 31
  Maisie: 14 + 14 = 28
  
  Jan scores 10 points for team 2
  
  Quaffle Grab 2:
  Louisa: 18 + 12 = 30
  Jan: 15 + 14 = 29
  Tracey: 16 + 8 = 24
  
  Louisa grabs the Quaffle
  
  Louisa: 7 + 12 = 19
  Saunders: 9 + 9 = 18
  
  Louisa scores 10 points for team 1
  
  Quaffle Grab 3:
  Louisa: 18 + 12 = 30
  Jan: 12 + 14 = 26
  Tracey: 20 + 8 = 28
  
  Louisa grabs the Quaffle
  she scores because Saunders is travelling (play the field), but I'll roll a d20 to check for a crit success
  
  d20: 2 -> no critical success. She scores 10 points
  
  Quaffle Grab 4:
  Louisa: 12 + 12 = 24
  Jan: 19 + 14 = 33
  Tracey: 13 + 8 = 21
  Saunders: 18 + 9 = 27
  
  Jan grabs the Quaffle
  
  Jan: 10 + 14 = 24
  Maisie: 11 + 14 = 25
  Maisie blocks
  
  Quaffle Grab 5:
  Louisa: 18 + 12 = 30
  Jan: 2 + 14 = 16
  Tracey: 13 + 8 = 21
  Saunders: 8 + 9 = 17
  
  Louisa grabs the quaffle
  
  d20 to check for a critical success: 13. She scores 10 points.

• Rolls:
  
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  Find DC is 25 for team 1 and 27 for team 2.
  Ira: d20: 12 + 6 = 18 < 27 -> Failure
  Piérre KE: 3. Does not proc. Wis: d20: 6 + 17 = 23 < 25. Failure.
  
  Neither Piérre nor Ira find the snitch.

• Rolls:
  
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  Oliver is backbeating Prat
  Oliver accuracy: d20: 19 + 14 = 33
  Prat evasion: d20: 17 + 10 = 27
  Prat is hit for 550 damage and has 350 HP left.
  
  Promise is bludgering Prat
  Promise accuracy: d20: 3 + 5 = 8
  Prat evasion: d20: 4 + 10 = 14
  Prat evades
  
  Sabrina & Prat are Dopplebeatering Oliver
  CP: 10 -> procs.
  Oliver takes 1050 damage and is KOB with negative health, and therefore cannot be saved. HP: -250.
  
  Ricochet to Jan
  CP: 1. Does not proc
  Acc: d20: 7 + 14 = 21
  Eva: d20: 7 + 9 = 16
  Jan takes 525 damage and has 175 HP remaining
  
  Rogue bludger
  t!choose team 1 | team 2 -> Tatsu picked team 1
  redirect?
  Sabrina d10: 9. No.
  Prat d10: 5. No.
  Target? t!choose -> Piérre
  Bludger accuracy
  d20: 4 + 5 = 9
  Piérre broom veer: d10: 5. Does not proc.
  Piérre evasion: 6 + 22 = 28
  
  Snitch attack: d10: 2. No.

• Jan scores 10 points for Team 2
• Louisa scores 30 points for Team 1
• Neither Piérre nor Ira sees the Snitch
• Oliver backbeats Prat for 550 damage; Prat has 350 HP left.
• Sabrina/Prat dopplebeater Oliver for 1050 damage and he is KOB with negative HP and cannot be saved.
• Sabrina/Prat dopplebeater ricochet Jan for 525 damage, he has 125 HP left.

- This is an unofficial Quidditch game. Please refer to the Quidditch system here.

- House rules added below. These are only valid for this unofficial game and are not in use in any official games.

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Mechanics changes:
- The Snitch Find DC is average player wisdom + 15 + d10. Does not include broom stats.
- The Snitch Catch DC is average player wisdom + 15 + d10. Does not include broom stats.
- The Cheat DC is average player wisdom + 15 and only varies per team depending on abilities.
- Bludger ricochet damage is halved.
- A blatch that has a successful acc v eva check must then undergo a str vs sta check. If that is successful, the player is blatched.
- The snitch has a 10% chance, per round, to attack a random player on the field. If it does so, it will be attacking with +10 accuracy, and it will cause a -3 debuff to wisdom, evasion and accuracy.
- There is one rogue bludger that can attack all teams no matter if a bludger action is taken or not. Beaters have a 10% chance to intercept this if it attacks their team. Please note an interception target with Beater actions.


Action changes
- Beaters can attempt a Quaffle grab (and score) at disadvantage due to holding the bat.
- Passing a Quaffle requires an accuracy check between both Chasers involved. If a pass is successful, the receiving Chaser has +3 accuracy when attempting to score. Can be stacked with the Oakshaft/Firebolt ability.
- Beaters can have a bludger interception target.

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Calming Presence in Effect: Figaro & Team Martingale Affected

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Statistics: Stamina 7 | Strength 8 | Evasion 18 [22] | Wisdom 12 [16] | Accuracy 16 | ArcPower 9

Abilities:
Keen Eye • Calming Presence • Beast Master [Cat] • Cat's Grace • Animagus • Muggle Condition

Broom: Oakshaft 79, +4 to Wisdom & Evasion, 3 Person Carrier, +3 Abilities

Jan, the opposing captain, was quickly becoming the pebble in her shoe. He was quick to grab the quaffle and yet again lobbed the ball into a hoop behind her. Narrowing her eyes at him, she watched him fly away. They'd only met once before in the common room, when he'd seemed perfectly nice. But out here on the pitch, things were different.

And she was determined not to let him get away with it again.

Thankfully, Louisa seemed to be absolutely shining as a chaser, scoring twice more in a row as Saunders was...Saunders was where? Her favorite rival seemed to have abandoned his hoops and—wait—attempted to take the quaffle at one point? Shaking her head, she was at least glad that this meant Louisa and the other chasers should have an easier time.

And it was as she was still thinking, that Jan again came in her direction. This was getting old. But this time she was able to reach out just in time and knock the ball away and Team Martingale was able to maintain their lead.

She was repositioning herself in front of the hoops when—

crack—

a bludger collided with skin and bone. There was no mistaking that sound. "Prat!" she called out, but it was too late. "Are you okay?" she called out feebly, knowing she was likely to far away and it really didn't matter. The damage was done.

But not quite. Clearly, Prat still had some strength and initiative left. Lining up with Sabrina, they pulled off something so smoothly she wouldn't have believed it happened if she hadn't just seen it: together they were able to knock Oliver off his broom with a remarkable calm precision. And perhaps even more remarkably, Oliver tumbled right off his broom. "Great team work—what a hit!" she encouraged the beaters.

Meanwhile, Pierre was still out there struggling somewhere. They just needed to buy him a little more time. So far, they weren't doing half bad at that.

Stamina: 7 10 | Evasion: 7 10 | Strength: 2 5 | Wisdom: 7 10 | Arcane Power: 4 7 | Accuracy: 8 14
The Muggle Condition | Silver Arrow
(Broom and MC included in stats above)
Action: As strategized

𝕽uth grumbled slightly as she went for a penalty lap, her fingers tightening on her broom. Well. She did deserve it. Ruth cast a gaze back at @Tracey Bailey, who seemed to be helping her teammates with the quaffle. She suddenly felt sullen, realising that @Louisa McStately was really the only one doing something, though she was smashing it. Ruth let a small, lingering smile onto her face and continued zipping around, a silent spectator.

It seemed like Pi was having a hard time with the snitch. That was a bit of a pity, but it satisfied Ruth nonetheless when she realised @Ira Thornfield couldn't either. Yet, with each passing round, the realisation that the chances of winning the snitch was getting lower struck her. She glanced back at Ira, a frown forming on her face, then ventured on.

That was when she caught poor @Oliver Armani get whacked so hard he fell straight out of his broom. Yow. Ruth couldn't imagine how badly it would hurt, but she knew better to wish for herself to be in his shoes simply to experience the moment. Ruth steered clear of them, her eyes carefully following along with the bludgers, particularly the one that @Sabrina Lyons and @Prat Pass, the iconic beater duo, had careened towards Oliver. To her horror, the bludger made a ricochet for @Janosch Dehoff and she braced herself for the harsh impact.

But golly, he clung on. Ruth, while competitive, felt relieved. Was it weird that she wanted to rush to him and whisper an apology? She turned away.

Stamina: 6 7 | Evasion: 7 8 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 8 | ArcPower: 4 | Accuracy : 6 8
Broom: Comet 180 [Stats: +2 accuracy, +1 evasion, +1 stamina]
Ability: ’s Grace

Action: Doing as strategised.