CL BROOM RACING - HUFFLEPUFF vs GRYFFINDOR - WINTER 2023

This is a courtesy reminder that there are about 4.5 hours left to post and send in actions! I am missing posts from @Jack Warren and @George Henry

Only lost in thought for moments before Jack's mind caught up to reality. Everyone had already dipped, and Jack stood there like a deer in headlights. Anger flared in his chest, and forward he went. Never had he been so severely behind, and only anger fueled his way forward. Damn it.

Stats:
Sta: 7 + 3 = 10
Eva: 14 + 3 = 16
Str: 10 + 3 = 13
Wis: 5 + 3 = 8
Arc: 7 + 3 = 10
Acc: 10 +3 = 13

Broom: Silver Arrow ( +3 to every stat)

Abilities:
Charmer & Fearless

George blinked in surprise as he felt the rush of air that accompanied Hugh taking up a place next to him. He gave the big Gryffindor a little smile, the captain tugging up his racing goggles so he could look properly into the giant's (for now unobscured) eyes. The smaller lad's smile drooped a bit as he heard what Hugh was proposing... refreshments? Did he mean this in a sportsmanly way, or like... a real... way? Was it presumptuous to announce that he had a boyfriend that went to another school? No, no... better to hold off on that. He might not have even meant it that way, and he didn't want to completely bomb his relationship with Hugh at this delicate stage.

"Someone's in a good mood - try to keep that up," he teased, with a cocky smirk, some smugness to smooth over the awkwardness of the situation. George brandished his wand and adjusted his racing gear, which was selected for style over safety in this race. Gone were the kneepads, and now there were several patches and pins which - although shiny and stylish - would no doubt hurt like hell if he was sent off his broom. The Hufflepuff gave his wand a playful wave in the giant's direction. "Enjoy the view while you can! If I win, you pay for the refreshments, though."

The racers shot off from the starting line, and gunned it ahead down the course. Serena, poor thing, was knocked off her broom like a dry leaf falling from a tree in the autumn wind. Jack was nowhere to be seen. This race was going some kind of way already... but there were always some tricks to pull. And when all else failed, there was cheating... even if Serena was substantially less gullible about the rules this run around.

Moderation info below

Reducio

STATISTICS:

Stamina: 10
Evasion: 10
Strength: 3
Wisdom: 10 + 3 = 13
Arcane Power: 7
Accuracy: 10 + 3 = 13

BROOM:

Nimbus 2001
Stats: +3 accuracy, +3 wisdom, +1 crit range
Speed: Top Speed is 5, however when you reach a speed of 6 this increases to a 10% chance that you will auto miss (with anything requiring an accuracy roll) and you will be auto-hit (with anything requiring a dodge roll).

ABILITIES

1. Prodigal Charms Learner: Makes me feel smart
2 & 3. Perfectionist I & II: Prevent crit fails
Spell Spread: Allows targeting two adjacent racers

ROUND 2

A note to all players: The word count minimum is 50 words. The next deadline to post is 120 hours from the time this is posted. If you believe a mistake has been made in the calculations of this round, please reach out to a broom racing moderator (any of the team captains/cocaptains) ASAP so it can be addressed promptly.

OFFENSIVE MOVES

George spell spreads Obscuro at Nick and Hugh

Wisdom DC: 15 17 (+2 from Spell Spread)
[d20:1] + 13 = 14 Crit fail
Due to George's Perfectionist II, the spell does not backfire.

Hugh throws an Improvised Projectile at Sophie

Hugh's Accuracy: [d20:10] + 9 - 3 spd = 16
Sophie's Evasion: [d20:9] + 11 - 5 spd = 15
Sophie's Evasive Manuvers (Success on 10): [d10:4]
HIT
Damage: 12 (Hugh's Str)* 25 = 300 * 1.3 (Part-Giant 30% more damage) = 390

While the racer's may have started off racing as fast as they could, it seemed that now it was time to up the stakes with a few offensive attacks. George took aim at what appeared to be ahead of him, pointing his wand and yelling something, but nothing, not even a single spark, erupted from his wand. 'He's lucky that didn't backfire...' Starlee thought. Hugh was also gearing up for an attack, swiftly picking up a large boulder and hurling it toward the young Hufflepuff, Sophie. It was a really close call, but it managed to hit Sophie in the shoulder, surely causing quite a bit of damage. "Wouldya look at that, Lowe managed to hurl that giant rock at Verlice! That had to hurt... Hopefully she can recover from it!"

UNIT 2: Easy Thorns [Accuracy DC 12]
Hufflepuff

Jack Warren: [d20:9] + 13 - 4 spd = 18 Success

It appeared Jack had woken from whatever reverie he had been in, and he shot forward looking to reconvene with the rest of the Hufflepuffs. He made the thorns look easy as he shot around them.

UNIT 3: Moderate Narrow Passageway [Accuracy DC 19]
Hufflepuff

Jack Warren: [d20:16] + 13 - 4 spd = 25 Success

The tight passageway proved to be no match for Warren as he sailed easily through it as well.

UNIT 4: Easy Waterfall[Strength DC 12]
Hufflepuff

Jack Warren: [d20:4] + 13 = 17 Success

_______________________________________
Serena returns to her broom.

Jack burst through the waterfall with ease, and would perhaps see his fellow Hufflepuff in the waters below, returning to her broom. Luckily Serena was able to do so rather quickly, and she would be back in the race soon.

UNIT 5: Hard Trees [Accuracy DC 20 (x3)]
Hufflepuff

Jack Warren: [d20:20,1,2] + 13 - 4 spd = 29,10,11 Success, Fail, Fail

_______________________________________
Jack hits two of the trees.

Jack: 5x5=25 (x2) = 50

Marina, Della, Hugh, Simon and George start the round here.
Jack ends the round here.

Jack's streak of successes would end here, as he managed to whack the branches of two different trees, one of them directly to the face. It would be around here that a majority of the racers would begin.

UNIT 6: Empty

Nicholas, Xailah and Sophie start the round here.

Unit 7: Moderate High Winds (SDC 12)

Nicholas McCowan: [d20:5] + 16 = 21 Success
Marina Oriel: [d20:6] + 9 = 15 Success
Xailah Alptraum: [d20:14] + 5 = 19 Success
Della Barfield: [d20:2] + 6 = 8 Fail
Hugh Lowe: [d20:4] + 12 = 16 Success

Hufflepuff

Sophie Verlice: [d20:13] + 6 = 19 Success
Simon Kincaid: [d20:7] + 12 = 19 Success
George Henry: [d20:9] + 3 = 12 Success

_______________________________________
Della is KOB and ends the round here.

Damage: 10*5 = 50

Sophie Blatches Hugh

Sophie's Accuracy: [d20:4] + 10 - 5 spd = 9 Success

Autofail (Success on 1): [d20:3] Fail

Hugh's Evasion: [d20:3] + 6 - 3 spd = 6
HUGH IS KOB
Damage from fall: 10*4 = 40 * .8 (Part-Giant) = 32

George, Della and Hugh end the round here, and Hugh and Della are KOB.

"Whoa!" Starlee yelled, "Seems like Verlice wasn't going to let that rock go unanswered for, she just pushed Lowe clean off his broom! That girl's got quite a lot of spunk, ey?" Starlee added while chuckling. It appeared that Della lost her grip to the rather hard winds that began rippling across the field, and she tumbled down to the ground alongside Hugh. Two Gryffindors down, but there was still plenty of time.

Unit 8: Hard Snowfall (StaDC 22)

Nicholas McCowan: [d20:7] + 12 = 19 Fail
Marina Oriel: [d20:14] + 9 = 23 Success
Xailah Alptraum: [d20:4] + 15 = 19 Fail

Hufflepuff

Sophie Verlice: [d20:5] + 7 = 12 Fail
Simon Kincaid: [d20:10] + 11 = 19 Fail

_______________________________________
Nicholas, Xailah, Sophie and Simon are affected by the cold. They take freezing damage and their top speed next round is halved.

Nicholas: 6x10=60
Marina: DC 22 - roll 19 = 3 * 10 = 30 damage
Xailah: DC 22 - roll 19 = 3 * 10 = 30 damage

Sophie: DC 22 - roll 12 = 10 * 10 = 100 damage
Simon: DC 22 - roll 21 = 1 * 10 = 10 damage

After the winds, the snowfall picked up immensely, making the area almost impossible to get through, and it was clear that most of the racers were feeling the cold.

UNIT 9: Empty

Sophie ends the round here.

UNIT 10: Empty

Marina and Simon end the round here.

Unit 11: Moderate Bright Light (StaDC 17)

Nicholas McCowan: [d20:4] + 12 = 16 Fail
Xailah Alptraum: [d20:6] + 15 = 21 Success

_______________________________________
Nicholas is blinded by the bright light. All wisdom and accuracy rolls have a 10% chance of automatically failing for 1 round. (DC 17- roll 16)

It was in this unit that the sun would shine particularly brightly, and if racers hit the wrong angle, the sun would glint off just right enough to partially blind them. Xailah would have no issue avoiding the light, but it seemed Nicholas was not as fortunate, as a light beam would cross into his eyesight. That wasn't going to be nearly as bad as what awaited the two in the next unit.

Unit 12: Cockatrice

Wisdom Check over 20 fails

Nicholas McCowan: [d20:10] + 7 = 17 Success
Xailah Alptraum: [d20:10] + 19 = 29 Fail

If passing the Wisdom check, an evasion check of 25+ is needed to avoid the Cockatrice's flames

Nicholas McCowan: [d20:7] + 7 = 14 Fail
_______________________________________
Xailah is affected by the Cockatrice's gaze. She has -2 accuracy and evasion, and -4 strength for 3 rounds.

Nicholas has been hit by the Cockatrice's flames, and is now seared (additional 10% damage on attacks and obstacles).

Xailah and Nicholas end the round here.

Now this was the unit that practically the entire crowd had been waiting to see, and it was all thanks to the Cockatrice that had been flying about. The rooster-lizard was clearly in a bad mood, and although Xailah probably knew she shouldn't gaze into the creatures eyes, she couldn't help but meet them anyway, causing a stiffness in her body. Perhaps that was better than how Nicholas fared, as while he managed to avoid the beast's eye, he couldn't avoid the flame's that came shooting out of its mouth, and it caught him on fire. "Oh wow, we all knew that Cockatrice was going to be a doozy, and look at that! It definitely seems to have caught Alptraum's eye, she looks stiff as a board! And... WHOA! It looks like McCowan got seared! That's gotta put a damper on things!

Round Outcome

Gryffindor Captains: Della Barfield & Marina Oriel
@Nicholas McCowan is in unit 12. 781/1200, Bleeding (-72 per round), Freezing (Top speed halved next round), Blinded (acc and wis rolls have 10% chance of failing next round), Seared (additional 10% damage on attacks and obstacles) [posted]
@Marina Oriel is in unit 10. 735/900, Bleeding (-45 per round) [posted]
@Xailah Alptraum is in unit 12. 1320/1500, Freezing (Top speed halved next round), Slowness (-2 accuracy and evasion, -4 strength for 3 rounds) [posted]
@Della Barfield is in unit 7. 625/800, KOB [posted]
@Hugh Lowe is in unit 7. 1568/1700, KOB [posted]

Hufflepuff Captains: George Henry & @Logan Baird
@Sophie Verlice is in unit 9. 60/700, Freezing (Top speed halved next round) [posted]
@Simon Kincaid is in unit 10. 1075/1100, Freezing (Top speed halved next round) [posted]
@Serena Towers is in unit 4. 1300/1300 [posted]
@Jack Warren is in unit 5. 1100/1000 [posted]
@George Henry is in unit 7. 775/1000, Bleeding (-50 per round) [posted]

Submitted Plays

Feb 28, 5:30PM EST Edit: Did not calculate Hugh's 30% damage for the improvised projectile against Sophie. Sophie's health has been adjusted accordingly.

Serena winces as she hears the word 'Towers' thundering in the sky. The water from the fall does not seem to block the sound nearly as well as she would have liked - nor did it block his sight. She could hear him roar as she fell into the water, sighing as she watched people fly overhead with zero hesitation. Hugh was mad. It was definitely deserved.

Looking around as quickly as she could, she spotted her broom and instantly moved towards it. She had to return to her broom before she could do anything else. Hugh was probably still screaming at her but he seemed to have flown so far ahead by this point that she could not hear him, which was the only blessing in this situation.

Maybe she could just... avoid him for the next few weeks? That seemed like the smartest idea if she did not want to have her ears aching and her face bashed in. Ughhh, he was definitely going to throw her in the lake or something trying to get her to dodge or something. Who knows! That guy was too hard to predict - at least when it came to their training sessions and his moves. All she knew was that it would not go well for her. He was definitely mad and this would definitely be bad - at least for her body. Though, maybe it would help her get a little stronger?

ACTION: Whatever the captain wants!

Sta: 10 13 | Eva: 14 17 | Str: 2 5 | Wis: 15 18 | AP: 7 10 | Acc: 15 20
Broom: Pine Chopper +3 to all stats [added above for ease] | Top Speed: 6
Relevant Abilities: Goblin Armour, Evasive Maneuvers, Paragon of Health
Goblin Armour: Slot 1 & 2: +2 Accuracy [added above for ease]
[Allies for Paragon of Health: Jack Warren and Simon Kincaid]

Full Moderation Details Below:

Reducio

STATISTICS:

Stamina: 10 (+3) = 13
Evasion: 14 + (3) = 17
Strength: 2 + (3) = 5
Wisdom: 15 + (3) = 18
Arcane Power: 7 + (3) = 10
Accuracy: 15 + 2* + (3) =20

* From Goblin Armour [Fifth Year]

BROOM:

Pine Chopper
This slender Scots Pine would make a fine Christmas Tree but this tree was modified with purpose. A metallic framed seat complete with windshield and stirrups has been added at the back, serving as the tree's counterweight. This sturdy, reliable tree that will definitely get the job done.
Stats: +3 to every stat [Added above for ease]
Speed: Top Speed is 6, however when you reach a speed of 6 this increases to a 10% chance that you will auto miss (with anything requiring an accuracy roll) and you will be auto-hit (with anything requiring a dodge roll).
Ability: Immune to broken broomshaft.
This broom is intended to carry multiple people. When someone uses the catch option to rescue a falling teammate, they can catch one additional teammate in a given round. This broom can carry up to four users. If the user has the ability Catch then a user can catch an indefinite number of teammates in a round, but for each person they catch after the first there is a stacking 20% auto-failure chance. Returning users to their broom is a free action for the owner of the blue bottle, but those being returned to their broom need to use their action getting to their broom. Only one person can be returned to their broom as a free action (for the owner) per round, they can use their action to return a second user however.
May attach a compass

ABILITIES

Part-Goblin
1. Gobbledegook: N/A
2. Evasive Maneuvers: 10% Auto-Dodge
3. Wandless Magic
4. Beastmaster: N/A
5. Goblin Armour: +2 Accuracy
6. Paragon of Health: +10% temporary health points from your stamina (Allies: Jack Warren and Simon Kincaid)

Outfit of the Day

Marina was enjoying this race so far. She was slightly surprised that she made it through the snowfall, since it looked incredibly hard to pass. She took a moment to look around and saw that two Gryffindors had fallen off their brooms; she hoped that they would get back on them soon.

Stamina: 6-Evasion: 8-Strength: 6-Wisdom: 7-ArcPower: 5-Accuracy:8
Broom: Silver Arrow
Actions: As strategized
Abilities: None

Coming into this race he knew it would be a tricky one; or at least challenging, one might say. His team has won their race and Gryffindor had won theirs. This was a match of champions and both had their sights set on another win.

Simon was determined, hopefully, to do his part to lead his house of Hufflepuff to success.

ACTION: As directed!

Sta: 8 11 | Eva: 9 12 | Str: 9 12 | Wis: 6 9 | AP: 5 8 | Acc: 6 9
Broom: Silver Arrow, compass attached +3 to all stats [added above for ease] | Top Speed: 5
Relevant Abilities/Race:Dhampir - Fangs and Claws, Unsettling Aura TURNED OFF

Turn left, turn right. All Jack could do was go faster if he wanted to be a part of this race. Past thorns, between a possible gnarly wipeout, and zipping right through the waterfall. Being wet only exacerbated his annoyance and anger. He needed to catch up, or he would kill himself trying.

Action: Doin' what I'm told

Stats:
Sta: 7 + 3 = 10
Eva: 14 + 3 = 16
Str: 10 + 3 = 13
Wis: 5 + 3 = 8
Arc: 7 + 3 = 10
Acc: 10 +3 = 13

Broom: Silver Arrow ( +3 to every stat)

Abilities:
Charmer & Fearless

Nicholas's typical strategy worked as well as it always did. He flew straight through obstacles, barely bothering to attempt to avoid snowfall or the cockatrice that he inevitably didn't see. It would seem that near-constant thoughts of loiking brooms did not lend itself naturally to intelligence or perception. But what he lacked in evasion or in accuracy, he made up for in sheer, stubborn determination. He pushed ever onward, ignoring the stabs of pain that threatened to throw off his focus.

His fellow lions were falling piece by piece, and the former captain could not bring himself to tear his eyes away from the course to check on them. Hands blue with chill, the third year grit his teeth, casting doubts aside as he focused on doing whatever it was he bloody well could to win.

Stats: STA: 12 | EVA: 7 (6) | STR: 16 (15) | WIS: 7 (6) | ARC: 4 | ACC: 9 (7) Abilities: Foulplay | Statistically Relevant | Fearless Broom: Nimbus 1700 (+2 ACC +1 EVA +1 WIS +1 STR, Top Speed 6) Action: Strategised

Credit to Xailah Alptraum

⬩Cat's Grace |☆| Blindvision⬩

Lack of response from McCowan only deepened Xailah's concern. She hovered for a moment near him but eventually gave another lax shrug with her shoulders; having assumed he either could not hear her, or just wasn't feeling up for some chitchat. Whatever the case may have been, she wasn't really bothered with either possibility.

And so, she wove around the track to assume a more tactical position. Although still early in the race, things were looking promising for Gryffindor- but that wasn't any reason for either team to start letting their guard down. There was well over half the track to still get through. Don't count your dragon eggs before they hatch, as the saying goes... or something of the like. Maybe it was chickens. Ah, well, both came from eggs regardless, so that little detail didn't quite matter.

An attack from Hugh, presumably, (by now the who was easily identifiable) would hit the leading badger square. Ouch. That would never not look painful. Like the collapse of a domino, several series of events would be set off- some unseen, others blatantly obvious. A glance behind, and Xailah would see Della nowhere in sight, and the young badger enacting revenge on her perpetrator in the form of a mean looking blatch. It was disappointing to see that two lions were temporarily out of the race, but Xailah had to admit; seeing someone so tiny knock a big fellow like Hugh off of his broom was pretty impressive. Either that kid was immensely stupid, or she had an incredible amount of gumption.

Through biting frost and aggressive flurry, Xailah pressed on. She fancied she could feel her fingers growing numb beneath the thin protection her gloves provided. But, she held tight in spite of the cruel and relentless caress of winters breath. The chill slowed her (and Delta too apparently) significantly, but a little snow was nothing. Some time in the patchy rays of sunlight smattered around the course, and she would thaw in no time.

...A cockatrice on the other hand? Now that was kind of a problem. No, definitely a problem. Xailah was a perpetual observer- a quality that would actually be her downfall within the next few moments. She wouldn't even realize this until she spied the scaled winged rooster, and felt her joints begin to lock up. No amount of sunlight was going to be able to loosen up that stiffness anytime soon.

Broom's special ability is in effect.

Delta

Model: Starsweeper XXI Effects: +3 to all stats. Auto-dodge attacks every three rounds. Speed: 6 ────────────────────────────────────────── Stam- 15 Eva- 16 Str- 5 Wis- 19 Arc- 7 Acc- 15