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'Dammit!' Quinn thought to themselves. He had practiced that play for months to get it just right with him massive frame. And this time it was highly accurate too. He glared at Erin Ryan his rival and foe. He'd get her back properly one of these days, but looking around on the field he couldn't focus too much on that now. He had a team to lead, and Ethen was really doing his best, so he whizzed back around.

"Good job badgers! Keep things tight and focused like we practiced!" He bellowed out encouragingly pushing his accent down so his words were clearer especially over the crowd and the wind as they all flew around.
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Stats: STA: 14 (+3=17) | EVA: 2 (+3=5) | STR: 15 (+3=18) | WIS: 8 (+3=11) | ARCP: 2 (+3=5) | ACC: 7 (+3=10)
Abilities: Sixth Sense
Broom: Silver Arrow (+3 to all stats)

To fear the unknown is to fear progress, don't shy away from it. Embrace it and discover something new.
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Shit. There were so many Huffles taking falls today! The Slytherins weren’t playing around. Though unlucky for them, neither were the Hufflepuffs. Rosie gripped her broom tighter and whizzed back towards the game, her eyebrows furrowed as she tried not to hold any individual bias. Though if Erin got knocked off her broom, she wouldn’t be heartbroken. She was getting quite irritated with their aggressive play style, but if that’s how they wanted to play, so be it.

With another Huffle on her broom, Rosie nodded to Quinn’s encourage, flying back towards the loop. She was too stubborn for this game! But that was probably for the best. She grinned and soared ahead, determined to revive their win streak.

note: currently in a rush, so i didn’t have the time to repost my stats. will do so soon!

STAMINA 13 // EVASION 13 // STRENGTH 6 // WISDOM 6 // ARCANE POWER 9 // ACCURACY 8
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Thread is closed for moderation as of 5:30pm today. I am missing posts from Slytherin's Alexx and Dancelos as well as Hufflepuff's Serena and Enrico. Rolling in a few minutes. Good luck, everyone!

I probably haven't collected my allowance yet.
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M O D E R A T I O N — R O U N D 4
H U F F L E P U F F
FIRST STRING
Keeper:@Atlas Reid
Chasers:
-
-
-
@Serena Bowen
@Howard White
@Rosie Parker
Beaters:
-
@Quinn Healy
@Ami Procoppio
Seeker: @Ethen Emrys
SECOND STRING
Keeper: @Annie Morgan
Chaser: @Enrico Gathorne
Beater: @Vivian Nightshade
Seeker: @Stanley Buttons
"Only the gentle are ever really strong."
B U F F S
10% auto-hit/auto-score (Calming Presence [Ethen])

D E B U F F S
10% auto-failure on actions (Unsettling Aura [Howard])
+2 to Snitch Find/Catch (Lovely Creature [Dan, Tyranni, Alexx])
S L Y T H E R I N
FIRST STRING‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‎
Keeper: @Koko Riddle
Chasers:
-
-
-
@Tyranni Whitethorn
@Alexx Séverin
@Maggie Hawkins
Beaters:
-
@Erin Ryan
@Cassandra Ironwoods
Seeker: @Dan Palmer
SECOND STRING
Keeper: @Avery Chen
Chaser: @Dancelos Grey
Beater: @Percival Rainwood
Seeker: @Flash Holmwood
"The power to make people fear
is the only power you need."
B U F F S
10% auto-hit/auto-score (Calming Presence [Koko, Maggie])

D E B U F F S
10% auto-failure on actions (Unsettling Aura [Howard])[
+2 to Snitch Find/Catch (Lovely Creature [Vivian])/center]
C H A S E R S
───── Hufflepuff ─────

serena: ACTION VOID
missed posting deadline

howard: RTB
ft atlas

rosie: defend @ ethen
ft vivian
───── Slytherin ─────

tyr: blatch @ ethen
see offense column

maggie: Lifeguard Duty
priority dan

alexx: ACTION VOID
missed posting deadline
K E E P E R S
───── Slytherin ─────
koko: PENALTY LAP
see round iii
───── Hufflepuff ─────
atlas: RTB
ft howard
───────────── Results ─────────────

It would seem as if once again the Quaffle was left disregarded in favor of more imminent matters – in the case of Howard, returning poor Atlas to her broom took precedence, and in the case of Rosie, Maggie, and Tyr, the more physical side of the wizarding game. However, perhaps it was only a matter of time until the red leather ball found more action. Besides, it wasn’t as if the game was boring in the least – in the opposite sense, the turmoil was only beginning, if at other points in the field.
B E A T E R S & B L A T C H E R S
───── Hufflepuff ─────

vivian/rosie: defend @ ethen
─────
quinn: defend @ ethen
TYRANNI! Penalty Lap!
───── Slytherin─────

erin: bludger @ ethen --> quinn
SFX: CP [8=F]
DEBUFFS: N/A
AC: [1d20] 16 + 13 = 29
quinn: evades
EC: [1d20] 13 + 5 = 18
quinn is hit
18 x 75 = 1,350/2 = 675 damage dealt
quinn has 1025stam remaining

─────

tyr: blatch @ ethen --> vivian/rosie
SFX: CP [2=F] AH [6=F]
DEBUFFS: UA [5=F]
AC: [1d20] 8 + 13 = 21
vivian/rosie: evades
EC: [1d20] 8 + 12 = 20
vivian/rosie are KOB, out of the game
─────

cash: bludger @ ethen --> quinn
SFX: CP [2=1]
DEBUFFS: UA [5=F]
AC: [1d20] 3 + 12 = 15
quinn: evades
EC: [1d20] 1 + 5 = 6
quinn is hit
10 x 75 x 1.15= 865.5/2 = 452.75 damage dealt
quinn has 572.25stam remaining
───────────── Results ─────────────

Slytherin was starting off the round quite aggressive, the crowd would soon note, Slytherin’s resident veela beater christening the round with the brandishing of her bat, gaze set upon the popular target of the morning – Ethen Emrys. Without a moment’s worth of hesitation, she would lock in on an incoming bludger, and with the succinct swing of the bat, the bludger would go whistling through the air, right towards the chasing seeker. However, Hufflepuff wasn’t in the least unprepared – Captain Quinn Healy would soon heed the call to action, intercepting the hit and taking it with his own burly frame. What a save!

However, this wouldn’t be the first of the assaults on Ethen – Slytherin captain and chaser Tyranni would soon swoop down, perhaps having found her window of opportunity. Whistling through the air, her foot would extend outwards, boot ready to intercept the seeker – only to be intercepted by broom duo Rosie and Vivian? The defenders succeeded in defending their chaser, but the attack would prove to be fatal for them, and both ladies would soon fall towards the grass below, their game promptly over. The announcer would afterwards call for Tyranni to take her penalty lap, and having brought success to her team, she would soon comply.

Perhaps the last of the round’s attacks, Cash would brandish her own bat, setting her sights on her golden target with a steely determination native to the players of Slytherin. Opportunity would call in the name of an incoming bludger, and Cash would heed its silky voice, sending her own steely ball of destruction towards Hufflepuff’s resident seeker. However, Hufflepuff was ready – Quinn soon intercepted the attack, once again taking the brunt of the blow. And with that, Ethen survived to chase the snitch for another round. What a round for both teams!
S E E K E R S
───── Hufflepuff ‏‏‎─────
DC: 15+[LA = 16]= 26
ethen: Catch
AC: [1d20] 2 + 11 + 1 = 14

ethen does not catch the snitch.
───── Slytherin ─────
DC: 15+[LW=16] + [LC=2] = 33
dan: seek
SFX: KE [7 = F]
WC: [1d20] 6 + 17 + 3 = 26

dan does not find the snitch.
───────────── Results ─────────────

Unfortunately, another round saw both Ethen and Dan no closer to their goals than the last – Dan’s eyes would not happen upon the golden visage that was the snitch, nor would Ethen’s fingers grace its brassy frame. Only time would tell whose hands the ball would eventually end up in. Could Slytherin pull ahead in time? Could Hufflepuff hold out?
S C O R E B O A R D
SLYTHERIN
10
HUFFLEPUFF
30
* * *
A C R O N Y M S
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—B = Bludger [d20 +acc]
—Bl = Blatch [d20 +acc]
—BB = Bludger Backbeat [d20 +5 +acc]
—C = Charmer [-1 to opponents' accuarcy]
—Cob = Cob [d20 +2 +acc]
—CP = Calming Presence [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic success of hit/score]
—D = Defending [d100: 76 – 100 = successfully redirect incoming bludger back at attacker]
—E = Evasion [d20 +eva]
—EM = Evasive Maneuvers [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic dodge]
—FP = Foulplay [d100: 76 – 100 = avoid detection for cheating]
—GS = Giant Strength [increases damage by 30%]
—KC = Keeper's Catch [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic block, roll rng target (quaffle dmg like bludger)]
—KE = Keen Eye [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic snitch find]
—KOB = Knocked Off Broom
—LA = Lowest Accuracy [lowest accuracy between opposing seekers]
—LC = Lovely Creature [increases opposing team's Snitch Seek/Catch DC by 2]
—LW = Lowest Wisdom [lowest wisdom between opposing seekers]
—MC = Muggle Condition [+2 to non-magical accuracy checks]
—MT = Moontrimmer [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic dodge]
—OS = Obnoxiously Strong [increases base strength by 10%]
—QG = Quaffle Grab [d20 +acc]
—S = Score attempt [d20 +acc]
—SC = Snitch Catch [d20 +acc]
—SF = Snitch Find [d20 +wis]
—SI = Seer's Intuition [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic success of hit/score]
—SFS = Starfish & Stick [+3 to block attempt | disadvantage on dodging]
—TB = Tinderblast [Chaser: +3 to pass recipient's attempt to score]
—UA = Unsettling Aura [d100: 1 – 10 = automatic failure of action]
—VA = Veela's Allure [d100: 91 – 100 = attack is redirected/forces score automiss]
H E A L T H
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Hufflepuff
Atlas [1300 / 1300] —w/ Howard
Serena [1000 / 1000]
Howard [1400 / 1400] —w/ Atlas
Rosie [0000 / 1600]—w/ Vivian
Quinn [572.25 / 1700]
Ami [-650 / 700]
Ethen [1000 / 1000]
Annie [benched]
Enrico [1300 / 1300]
Vivian [0000 / 1600]—w/ Rosie
Stanley [benched]
Slytherin
Koko [1800 / 1800]
Tyranni [1400 / 1400]
Alexx [1000 / 1000]
Maggie [50 / 900]w/ Cash
Erin [1100 / 1100]
Cash [50 / 900]w/ Maggie
Dan [350 / 1200]
Avery [benched]
Dancelos [benched]
Percival [benched]
Flash [benched]
Players have 120 hours (five days) from now to post and submit actions (February 21st @ 6:15pm EST/5:15pm CST). Anything posted later than this time will not be accepted. Again, thanks to Evelynn Decipio who lent me her frickin beautiful code. Please DM me if you have questions, and good luck, everyone! @Rafael D'Spacito

I probably haven't collected my allowance yet.
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The tide of the match was possibly turning. Their numbers dwindling, Ethen had still not caught the snitch, not that Dan had seen the snitch. Still, there were not many left to defend Ethen, a dangerous prospect for their Seeker. Try again? The obvious choice. Try again and take down Ethen or one of the unyeilding walls before him. Try again and take one more of them out.

"Ethen or the big one?" The likely barrier. The only one that was a real risk to her. Perhaps she had grown confident, seeing Dan as potentially expendable at this point. If Palmer goes down, Holmwood had also not found the snitch either. The biggest risk to date was Ethen followed by Quinn.
Action: whatever I am told.
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Position: Beater
Stats:
- - Stamina: 8 [+3 silver arrow]
- - Evasion: 13 [+3 silver arrow]
- - Strength: 15 [+3 silver arrow]
- - Wisdom: 3 [+3 silver arrow]
- - ArcPower: 3 [+3 silver arrow]
- - Accuracy: 10 [+3 silver arrow]

Abilities:
- - Part Veela
(Alluring) If a Part-Veela is being attacked there will be an urge to assist or protect them. Each round there is a 10% chance that an opponent in a duel or a moderated situation will decide to ally with the Part-Veela even against their own allies and attempt to protect them.
- - Fearless
Fear effects such as a dhmpir's aura, the ability terrible presence, a lycanothrope's intimidation or certain charms, potions and jinxes that would normally cause a fear effect do not work on you as you are immune to them.
- - Evasive Maneuver

Broom:
- - Silver Arrow
+3 to stats, twink broom.

Just a trick of the lighting they said...
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Outfit: Quidditch Uniform
Sunday, January 16, 2022
XXXHealth was dwindling. Maybe it was the chill seeping in, or the fact that Maggie's hands felt as if they were stuck to her broomstick, fingers wouldn't pry themselves off even with the strongest iron crowbar, but she just couldn't find it in her to fight as hard as she maybe should. Even the spunky Slytherin's morale was sinking from discouragement as yet another round went by with no scores. No quaffle grabs. No nothing.

Still, keeping up appearances was, she supposed, among the most important things in Quidditch. So, with a grin she didn't quite feel, one that didn't meet her eyes, Maggie sailed off in search of new horizons (or, at the very least, a very large red ball).
STATS
ST: 5 (8) | EVA: 10 (13) | STR: 4 (7) | WIS: 3 (6) | ARC: 6 (9) | ACC: 7 (10)
BROOM: Silver Arrow {+3 to all stats}
ABILITIES
Calming Presence
Allies Are Slytherin Team
ACTION
As announced
INTERACTION
Interacting With:
Mentioning:

I really value when people use violence for me, it's actually one of my love languages.
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Flash's words were certainly not amusing Avery, though that was no surprise. He was wrapped up in his thoughts about family so much, that he barely paid attention to the action on the field. He could see badgers falling, and none from their own bench being called on, so assumed the game was going well. Letting his words go without thinking of Avery's feelings, he felt bad once he saw his face. He remembered what it felt like last summer when Darius told him their whole family was narcissist, how he felt losing the pride he had in his older brother. Instead of reciprocating with anger or sadness, Avery began to bargain and explain. Something Flash recalled also doing at his age. It was painful to listen to, a grimace growing on his tired features. Flash would spare a momentary look at Rainwood, worried that too much vulnerability was being shared in the presence of someone who was no better than a common bully, one with access to Avery's bedroom.

"I... I'm sorry, I..." Flash's answer would falter in the face of Avery's logic. Not because he had no retort, but because it was so depressing. He knew the logic was sound, that it was meant to stand up to scrutiny even though intuitively anyone would know that was not how you were meant to treat children. It wasn't stocks, it wasn't selective breeding. Still, how was one meant to argue with it, and how was one meant to tell another that their choices did more harm than good, when reality was often too complex to boldly declare such positions. His brother's teaching on how to be politically correct were sometimes a thorn in his side. "Listen, I can't just tell you what is right an wrong, I don't know what your family is like. I just... you're a good kid, Avery, and I don't like hearing that you have to hit a bar to be acceptable. You are still a good kid even if you stumble or fail. Failure is part of learning, it's not something that diminishes you every time it happens."

Flash would shift around in his seat uncomfortably, his eyes looking at everything but Avery. "At least that's how I see it. You don't have to agree with me."
Stats
★Sta: 7 ★Wis: 15 (17)
★Eva: 5 ★AP: 3
★Str: 7 ★Acc: 10 (12)
Abilities
Calming Presence
Sixth Sense
Keen Eye
Broom
Cleansweep 1
(+2 accuracy, +2 wisdom)

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Effect: In the role of Seeker, when using the search action if you critically fail on your search you get a re-roll in an attempt to find the snitch. In an attempt to grab the snitch, if you critically fail on your attempt to grab the snitch you get to re-roll your attempt to grab the snitch.
Interacting with
@Avery Chen
Mentioning
@Percival Rainwood
Allies for Calming Presence are Team Slytherin

For we dreamed a lot//And we schemed a lot//And we tried to sing of love before the stage fell apart
Sta: 9 ★Eva: 5 ★Str: 7 ★Wis: 15 ★AP: 3 ★Acc: 15
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What in the world did Rainwood mean by that? Was Avery Chen just that edible and delicious? Irresistibly cute and fluffy? He wouldn't have doubted the fact that he embodied those adjectives normally, but by the context in which they were speaking, it seemed that Rainwood meant otherwise. Our poor boy wasn't the brightest, and was somewhat quite the narcissist, but one could only talk to a wall for so long to get the message.

However, unfortunately for Rainwood, Avery was the type of boy to knock his head against walls, just to see if it would bounce back or bowl its way through.

"Why would anyone want to keep to themselves?" he asked, frowning a bit, thinking it was quite impossible. He yearned to ask questions, be heard, speak, argue, laugh, fight. "Don't people live in search of fun and a stimulating life? It would be such a waste to not take all those opportunities you have to interact with everything around you." He absent-mindedly kicked a pebble, briefly wondering if it was a bit lonely and sedentary, like Rainwood. "I'm obviously having much more fun than you are," he flashed Rainwood a cheeky grin, almost as if to prove he was having a better time than the moody older boy.


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OOC: Sorry, only have enough time to write half my post but thought I'd get something up to meet WC before I leave! Will write the other half next week.

Action: Benched
Interacting with: @Percival Rainwood @Flash Holmwood

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Abilities: Blindvision
Broom: Silver Arrow
Stats: Stamina: 6 [+3] | Evasion: 6 [+3] | Strength: 6 [+3] | Wisdom: 7 [+3] | ArcPower: 4 [+3] | Accuracy: 6 [+3]
Quidditch Hufflepuff v Slytherin Jan 2022 Done
A great round last round like she predicted and then another cut throat round. One of the two pairs sharing the brooms, Rosie and Vivian were taken down. If she remembered correctly they didn't have another beater so they'd now fully be down a player. Crap. Ethen was still hanging in there and Quinn got hit with several bludgers not meant for him at all. "Dear heavens take it easy Quinn- you are a life saver but maybe try hitting one of em' back this time, not catching it!" She cupped her hands to yell reassuringly. It could've sounded mean in a sense too but it depending on how you recieved it. Yelling and sarcasm were her way of caring sometimes. Overall, her hope was dwindling for the team, but they could never give up, not until the snitch was caught or they were all put in the hospital wing.

"C'mon Badgers let's pull this victory out, broken bones and all!"
Stats: Stamina | 9 +3 = 12
Evasion | 8 + 3 = 11
Strength | 10 + 3 = 13
Wisdom | 7 + 3 = 10
Arcane Power | 8 + 3 = 11
Accuracy | 13 + 3 = 16
Abilities: Obnoxiously Strong | Blindvision | Perfectionist | Catch
Broom: Silver Arrow (+3 all stats)
Action: Benched/Doing as Strategized

♡ Life is just a trip, don't let it trip you up - Cash Campbell
Quidditch Hufflepuff v Slytherin Jan 2022 Done
Yet another round passed with Howard being unable to do something offensive. Although he was glad to have saved Altas from falling he yearned to do more. Score, blatch, zoom around and shout insults, anything to put points on the board or take out Slytherins, but he would be a good Badger and do as was signaled. All he could do was return Atlas to her broom and watch as two more Hufflepuffs fell and Quinn took a beating. It felt like their chances had all been used. Now or never.
Stats: STA- 11 | EVA- 9 | STR- 14 | WIS- 0 | ARCP- 0 | ACC- 17
Abilities: Fangs, Claw & Bite | Martial Artist | Unsettling Aura | Blindvision | Keen Smell
Broom: Silver Arrow
Action: As strategized