[2024/25, Stage 1] Gryffindor vs Hufflepuff: Match 3 - page 7 - Duelling Club

20 Jan 2025, 17:06

Nicky winced when her spells reached the target, however, this was the way of duelling matches and that was how it usually went when one was winning. She knew that her opponents would ultimately be fine so that gave her some peace of mind at least. But at the present moment, she had to focus on her own team and support them to the best of her ability. They were going to win this one for sure.
RAWR.

Nicky

Rose Moon

Adult, I

1 418 156

21 Jan 2025, 19:13

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Despite Jake's efforts to heal Hades, the combined strength of Elsa and Rose's spells managed to knock the badger out. Cassius paused the duel, and Rose took advantage of those moments to catch her breath, taking in her team, as well as the remaining Hufflepuffs. She watched Hades being carried off the stage, hoping that he'd be okay, but trusting in the skills of the staff. Rose had seen just about as bad during duels, and had come out of the Hospital Wing as good as new, so she had full confidence that Hades would be okay. She turned her gaze back to the remaining opponents as the duel resumed.

♦ Andrew Lycan

Rose Moon ✿

Kim Sato

Sixth year, Duellist, Gryffindor

19 972 864

21 Jan 2025, 23:23

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Ever since Val had made his life have more meaning to it since last summer, things had slowly been looking up for him in almost all aspects. It was as if a beautiful light had shone down on him from the heavens and blessed him with good luck. Kim hadn't won a duel in almost the past two years but now was on the verge of winning his first one since his former never-ending downward spiral.

He credited it all towards Val, even though it probably had nothing to do with him at all but as it was all Kim could think about was Val these days. Well, Val and Durmstrang in general. Rose's Knockback Jinx ended up knocking Hades down this time around and Elsa's fire spell made full contact with him. Even though Hades tried to take Kim down with a Cracker Jinx, he ended up failing to attack him and the after-effects didn't come anywhere near either his teammates.

Hades was now out of the match and Cassius signaled a temporary pause to remove his body from the piste. One down and two to go. Julian was just hanging on by a thread and it was only a matter of time before he went down too. And then there would be Jake, the lone badger. If his teammates had been snakes, Kim would have thought of three snakes going in for the kill on the lone badger.

Survival of the fittest. Take out the weak ones and then band together to drag the strong down. It was what all predators tended to do.

Unfortunately, Kim's Knockback Jinx didn't manage to hit Julian, which was a shame. Julian also had similar results by casting the Cracker Jinx at him. But Kim anticipated it and moved back and off to the side. The after-effects didn't hit anyone on his team either. It made him feel as if they were trying to cling to their last bit of life before being killed. But it wouldn't do them much good in the end.

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@Rose Moon, @Elsa Veronica Bennett, @Aodhan Shaw, @Gekko Phillips

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Julian Pritchard

Seventh year, Hufflepuff

251 61

24 Jan 2025, 02:51

Considering the state of his thoughts, it was no surprise that Julian's first thought as spells flashed in his team's direction was that he was done for. It had been, all in all, an impressive feat of endurance to last this long.

He squeezed his eyes shut, casting his own spell and shifting his body to the side in a fruitless effort to protect himself, only to crack them open s few seconds later when nothing actually hit him. (Given none of the Gryffindors looked much too worse for wear, he suspected he hadn't managed a hit either.)

Unfortunately, Hades hadn't been so lucky and Julian watched somberly as he was carried off the platform towards the Hospital Wing. He could never decide which was worse, being the first to fall, which always felt like failing his team, or watching his teammates fall unconscious and the smidge of guilt and worry that came with having avoided that unpleasant fate.

Well, he was probably next.

Jake Morris

Adult I

1 289 201

24 Jan 2025, 06:12

Well, he had tried....He had TRIED to save his team, but the first one had fallen, and he was sure that Julian was going to be next. Jake was trying his best, but he didn't know what to do - why had nobody tried to hit HIM? At least then he could feel like he could do something to stop it - but when it was his team-mates hitting the ground one by one, the only thing he could do was try to heal them (But it was too hard when the spells kept coming!) or try to stop the casters, and he was TRYING that, but his aim was just off today. There wasn't anything he could do! He braced himself for what was about to happen, and tried his best to fight against the unsurmountable odds.

Cassius Eden

Explorer, I

798 723

30 Jan 2025, 00:57

Round 9

Gryffindor: 78% HP (2584/3300)	│ │	Hufflepuff: 28% HP (700/2500)
[ Rose Moon, Y6, Human ] 103% HP (1032/1000) STA: 10 \| EVA: 13 \| STR: 5 WIS: 14 \| ARC: 11 \| ACC: 13 Keen Eye Lovely Creature Healing Sage Calming Presence ────── No effects	│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	[ Jake Morris, Y6, Human ] 100% HP (700/700) STA: 7 \| EVA: 19 \| STR: 1 WIS: 11 \| ARC: 6 \| ACC: 14 Evasive Maneuvers II ────── No effects
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[ Elsa Veronica Bennett, Y6, Human ] 93% HP (1300/1400) STA: 14 \| EVA: 14 \| STR: 5 WIS: 11 \| ARC: 5 \| ACC: 14 Fearless Evasive Maneuvers Paragon of Health Advanced Casting Spell Spread ────── 10% AFC (Spell Spread) No effects	│ │ │ VS │ │ │	[ Hades Schweighöfer, Y6, Metamorphmagus ] 0% HP (0/1000) STA: 10 \| EVA: 10 \| STR: 9 WIS: 10 \| ARC: 8 \| ACC: 10 Skilled Transfigurer ────── No effects
&	│ │	&
[ Kim Sato, Y4, Parselmouth ] 28% HP (252/900) STA: 9 \| EVA: 13 \| STR: 2 WIS: 8 \| ARC: 5 \| ACC: 15 Perfectionist ────── -190 HP (Flipendo) +90 HP (Reparifors)	│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	[ Julian Pritchard, Y5, Human ] 0% HP (0/800) STA: 8 \| EVA: 10 \| STR: 2 WIS: 12 \| ARC: 10 \| ACC: 11 Perfectionist Evasive Maneuvers ────── -135 HP (Incendio Duo)

Rose vs Julian

Reducio
Rose casts Flipendo at Julian.

Wisdom DC: 9
Wisdom Check: [d20: 16] + 14 = 30 > 9 → Success

Auto-Dodge: [d20: 7] = 7 → No Auto-Dodge
Accuracy Check: [d20: 9] + 13 = 22
Evasion Check: [d20: 20] + 10 = 30
22 < 30 → Miss

Elsa vs Julian

Reducio
Elsa casts Incendio Duo at Julian.

Wisdom DC: 12
Wisdom Check: [d20: 4] + 11 = 15 > 12 → Success

Auto-Hit (10%) - Auto-Dodge (10%) → No Auto-Hit
Accuracy Check: [d20: 15] + 14 = 29
Evasion Check: [d20: 7] + 10 = 17
29 > 17 → Hit

Duration: [d3: 2] → 1 Round
Damage: 60 + 5 × 15 = 135
Effects: Julian loses 135 HP and is set aflame for 1 round.

Kim

Reducio
Kim casts Reparifors.

Wisdom DC: 11
Wisdom Check: [d20: 14] + 8 = 22 > 11 → Success

Healing: 50 + 5 x 8 = 90
Effects: Kim is healed for 90 HP.

Jake vs Kim

Reducio
Jake casts Flipendo at Kim.

Wisdom DC: 9 + 2 Lovely Creature = 11
Wisdom Check: [d20: 9] + 11 = 20 > 11 → Success

Accuracy Check: [d20: 12] + 14 = 26
Evasion Check: [d20: 3] + 13 = 16
26 > 16 → Hit

Damage: 100 + 6 × 15 = 190
Effects: Kim loses 190 HP.

Missed post count: 1

Julian vs Kim

Reducio
Julian casts Ventus at Kim.

Wisdom DC: 11 + 2 Lovely Creature = 13
Wisdom Check: [d20: 4] + 12 = 16 > 13 → Success
Auto-Split: [d20: 18] = 18 → No Auto-Split

Accuracy Check: [d20: 16] + 11 = 27
Evasion Check: [d20: 18] + 13 = 31
27 < 31 → Miss

Missed post count: 1

...And then there was one.

After a valiant effort and surviving every type of mishap possible, Julian finally fell in a blaze of glory. Literally. He was on fire. Such were the effects of the aptly named fire-making spell cast by Elsa at the Hufflepuff duellist.

"Pause!" Cassius shouted, again needing to pause the duel to allow the unconscious body to be removed from the duelling stage and doused with water. "Resume!"

Though the badgers had been reduced to one, they still had some bite. Jake, now the lone duellist for his side, managed to land a knockback jinx on Kim as he endeavored (successfully) to heal himself. It was not the only knockback jinx cast this round, however, as Rose cast one as well but it ultimately missed its mark.

The duel was nearing its conclusion and though the result seemed certain, perhaps there were some surprises for the duellists yet.

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Kim Sato

Sixth year, Duellist, Gryffindor

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31 Jan 2025, 05:19

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Kim focused on healing himself again this round and actually had decent success yet again. Perhaps Valentin had been right and his calling was to be a healer. But despite his healing spell going off without a hitch, Jake ended up hitting him with a decent Knockback Jinx. It rocked him back on his feet a little but Kim managed to keep his balance. Julian tried casting Ventus at him but missed him.

Both Rose and Elsa targeted Julian, intent on taking him out of the match this time. And their efforts bore fruit at last with Elsa being the one to hit while Rose's spell missed him again. With that, two badgers were down and only one remained standing at the end of the match. Or rather almost the end of the match. There was still one round left but it was all but hopeless for the badgers...

Kim was fairly certain there was no possible way for Hufflepuff to win this match with only one round remaining. Even if all their spells backfired on themselves and Jake managed to hit with his own, it still wouldn't be enough for Hufflepuff to win the match now. The only way the badgers would win the duel would be if Gryffindor forfeited the match and that would not happen ever again in his life.

The duelist had only forfeited one time in his life and he regretted it even to this day. He'd been convinced by the moderator that it was fruitless to continue, as his partner had frozen on the piste and never recovered until it was over. What he hadn't known at the time, since he'd been a rookie back then, was that he would have won despite this... just from their combined health alone in the end.

So he'd ended up losing when he would have won.

Such trauma tended to stay with him and probably always would throughout his entire life. Similar to how Kim had been on a losing streak during his severe depression and felt incredibly guilty for bringing down all of his teammates with him. But now, things were different. Now, things were looking up for all of them. With a little bit of courage and some hope, everything was different for them all.

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kim sato
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Jake Morris

Adult I

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2 Feb 2025, 06:19

And then there was one... Jake had known it was inevitable, but his partners falling one by one still felt awful. There was nobody left but him. And now, he had barely any time to try to swing this and turn it around. He knew there was no chance that he could win. The best he could do was go down fighting. He nodded at his opponents, they were impressive for sure. Now at least, they would be forced to turn their attention on him. He should be worried, but he felt kind of guilty watching his fellow Hufflepuffs drop while he faced nothing. At least now he'd not be the only one unscathed.

It was time for the end of this duel.

Rose Moon

Adult, I

1 418 156

2 Feb 2025, 20:28

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And another one down. Julian was taken out by Elsa’s fire, and Rose let out a breath. Julian had fought well, handling quite a lot throughout the duel before passing out. Now it was just Jake against the three Gryffindors. She nodded towards her two teammates, knowing the duel was reaching its end and they were almost certainly on the winning side.

♦ Andrew Lycan

Rose Moon ✿

Elsa Veronica Bennett

Seventh year, Gryffindor

239 49

3 Feb 2025, 06:42

Nicky thought it was a bit sad to see the Hufflepuff duellists carried off one by one. She bore no ill will towards that house and those guys. It was a bit depressing. However, when only Jake was left standing she knew they'd won the match. There was no way he could turn things around all on his own.

Nicky

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