2023, Stage 2 Slytherin vs Ravenclaw: Match 12

Round 6

Bridget vs Delilah

Reducio

Bridget casts Oculitumescere at Delilah
Wisdom DC: 14
Wisdom Check: [d20: 19] + 13 = 32 > 14 → Success
Auto-Miss (10): 4 → No Auto-Miss (Astrea's Terrible Presence)
Accuracy: [d20: 19] + 13 = 32
Evasion: [d20: 15] + 11 = 26
32 > 26 → Hit
Damage: 30 + 10 ARC × 5 = 80
Duration: [d3: 3] → 2 rounds
Effects:
— Delilah is hit with Oculitumescere and loses 80 HP.
— Delilah's ACC and EVA will be halved for 2 rounds unless nullified.
— Delilah will lose 30 HP per round for 2 rounds unless nullified.

Astrea vs Delilah & Aida

Reducio

Astrea casts Ventus at Delilah and Aida
Wisdom DC: 11 + 2 (Spell Spread) = 13
Wisdom Check: [d20: 4] + 12 = 16 > 13 → Success

vs Delilah (Spell Spread)
Accuracy: [d20: 6] + 15 – 2 (Spell Spread) = 19
Evasion: [d20: 14] + 11 = 25
19 < 25 → Miss

Auto-Split (19-20): [d20: 11] → No Auto-Split

vs Aida (Spell Spread)
Accuracy: [d20: 4] + 15 – 2 (Spell Spread) = 17
Evasion: [d20: 9] + 12 = 21
17 < 21 → Miss

Auto-Split (19-20): [d20: 17] → No Auto-Split

Effects:
— Astrea gets a 10% Auto-Fail Chance for Spell Spread in next round.

Delilah vs Astrea & Bridget

Reducio

Delilah casts Confringo at Astrea and Bridget
Wisdom DC: 17 + 2 Astrea's Terrible Presence + 2 (Spell Spread) = 21
Wisdom Check: [d20: 13] + 15 = 28 > 21 → Success

vs Astrea (Spell Spread)
Auto-Miss (10): [d10: 7] → No Auto-Miss
Accuracy: [d20: 4] + 14 – 2 (Spell Spread) = 16
Evasion: [d20: 16] + 12 = 28
16 < 28 → Miss
Damage: 10 + 13 ARC × 5 = 75 (Confringo's Splinters)

vs Bridget (Spell Spread)
Auto-Miss (10): [d10: 2] → No Auto-Miss
Auto-Dodge (10): [d10: 8] → No Auto-Dodge
Accuracy: [d20: 16] + 14 – 2 (Spell Spread) = 28
Evasion: [d20: 8] + 11 = 19
28 > 19 → Hit
Damage: 150 + 13 ARC × 10 = 280 –10% (Astrea's Terrible Presence) = 252

Effects:
— Astrea evades the spell, but is hit with flying splinters and loses 75 HP.
— Bridget is hit with Confringo and loses 252 HP.
— Delilah gets a 10% Auto-Fail Chance for Spell Spread in next round.

Aida vs Astrea

Reducio

Aida casts Incendio Duo at Astrea
Wisdom DC: 12 + 2 (Astrea's Terrible Presence) = 14
Wisdom Check: [d20: 10] + 10 = 20 > 14 → Success
Auto-Miss (10): [d10: 6] → No Auto-Miss
Accuracy: [d20: 15] + 13 + 2 (Wandmaker) = 30
Evasion: [d20: 19] + 12 = 31
30 < 31 → Miss

Additional Spell: [d10: 3] → No Additional Spell (Wandmaker)

The short pause sparkled with non-stop action — not all as fruitful as it could be, but still something to applaud for.

Astrea wielded a split Ventus at two opponents at once. Both gusts seemed very powerful, not the split that even Meenauh was able to do, it was different. It would be a nice feat, but both gusts missed. Most probably, Astrea was busy dodging Aida's fire — barely missing by a hair, but at least making sure Astrea could hurt them in return.

Delilah, in her full might and force, the same Delilah that Meenauh duelled that day. A powerful split Confringo (painful) launched at the two Slytherin girls. Astrea managed to evade the spell's full blow, but a few splinters hit her painfully in the thigh. Bridget, probably anticipating what was coming, managed to gracefully incant one of the most difficult spells — Oculitumescere and laid it on her opponent, blocking her vision for a while. But the anticipation like a fiery tsunami covered her with a full-fledged heat, throwing her away and leaving a few burns for sure. If only their duel was a game with health points or something, Bridget would feel as it she lost no less than a quarter.

I N F O R M A T I O N

• You have 96 hours from the timestamp of this post to owl me, Meenauh Silmataurea, 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 on the 26th of January. Any new spells that are added after that day cannot be used.
• For any questions, comments, or concerns, I ask that you only contact me through my owls.
• And most importantly, have fun!

Duelling Spells

Duelling System

Spectator Thread, Day 2

“UGGHH! What is WRONG with me?!”

Aida couldn’t believe it – was this the wix’s third miss? The pretty snake didn’t even seem that hard to hit compared to some, what was even going on?

“I’m so sorry, I’m really trying. I can’t understand why I can’t seem to hit today. You’re doing great, though, Delilah. What should I do, nrghhhh….”

Aida slapped the old CoMC wand against one leg as if trying to wake it up a bit.

“Come on, we’ve got this.”

Stamina 10 ✵ Evasion 12 ✵ Strength 1 ✵ Wisdom 10 ✵ Arc Power 10 ✵ Accuracy 13 (15)
Abilities: Blindvision, Sixth Sense, Beast Master, Wandmaker; Ency

Wand: Chestnut, Phoenix Feather, 26,6 cm, Whippy; "Ancient, ideal for magizoology, has a will of its own, showy, prone to giving away tells"– details

Reducio

Doing as strategized.

@Aida Mòrsgor-Ama Ellwood | @Astrea Neptune | @Bridget Collins

"Hey hey hey, you don't need to be so hard on yourself, it happens, it's okay." She said to Aida, mostly to reassure them, but also hopefully so they didn't snap their wand with the gusto that they were walloping it. "I know you're trying, you're doing great." She smiled to Aida, although within seconds of that sentence, she got hit in the face with some fun conjunctivitis.

This definitely had to be one of Delilahs least favourite spells to be hit with, as her eyes swelled up and itched and burned.

Unlike the many other legal spells within any good duellist's handbook, Confringo was a unique case in which even theoretical complete misses and (in this case) skilful dodges could not escape from its wrath. It was one of particular brutality not quite peculiar upon the duelling field if not for its sheer devastation, rending flesh and stone alike. To be targeted in such a way, with nary a word of further acknowledgement from their chatty opponents...

It was salt in the wound, venom on the tongue, insult to injury for ignorance's sake.

Even with pain lancing up her leg and radiating along Astrea's sternum, there was but pity and deep gratefulness that she was not to experience the same explosion of magic that her partner did. If this was what Confringo did to a victim, what would its fallout be in the inevitable situation of magic's fickleness? In this sense, Astrea hoped to never find out first-hand, the electric buzz of talent seeming to momentarily sting in agreement.

Action: Doing as strategised.

Credit to Hanako Tone

Bridget had not been blown up before. She'd been cursed, and set on fire, and choked on toxic gas, probably some other things. A bunch of really fun kid-friendly stuff basically, but not blown up. Her report? Terrible, 0/10 would not recommend. Or maybe 1/10, only because being cursed was still worse. 2/10 because she was in less danger of dying.

Anyway she was— staggering back to her feet. If Bridget was a more talkative person, she might have said at least one choice word, because that would about sum it up. But instead she was gritting her teeth and getting back into stance; the worst thing would be getting caught staggering by another spell. At least she'd hit Delilah? Not a pretty spell, it looked uncomfortable and had an incantation you could choke on, but at least it wasn't getting exploded.

Action: Doing as strategized

UPD: Delilah's Reparifors removed the debuffs and damaging effect from the next round. This round, the –30 HP still counted in, but no effects from the next round.

Round 7

Bridget vs Delilah

Reducio

Bridget casts Confundo at Delilah
Wisdom DC: 14
Wisdom Check: [d20: 1] → Critical Failure (1 CritFail Range –1 CritFail Range due to Perfectionist +1 CritFail Range due to Astrea's Terrible Presence = 1 CritFail Range)
Duration: [d9: 8] → 4 rounds
Effects:
— Bridget's Confundo backfired, and she can't cast the following spells in the next 4 rounds: Oculitumescere, Reparifors, Finite Incantatem.

Astrea vs Aida

Reducio

Astrea casts Ventus at Aida
Wisdom DC: 11
Wisdom Check: [d20: 15] + 12 = 27 > 11 → Success
Accuracy: [d20: 10] + 15 = 25
Evasion: [d20: 18] + 12 = 30
25 < 30 → Miss
Auto-Split (19-20): [d20: 7] → No Auto-Split
Effects:
— Astrea is no longer affected by the 10% Auto-Fail Chance for Spell Spread.

Delilah

Reducio

Delilah casts Reparifors at herself
Wisdom DC: 11 + 2 (Astrea's Terrible Presence) = 13
Wisdom Check: [d20: 19] + 15 = 34 > 13 → Success
Healing: 50 + 13 ARC × 5 = 115 +30% = 150
Effects:
— Delilah heals 150 HP and removes Oculitumescere effects (no effect from the next round).
— Delilah is affected by Oculitumescere and loses 30 HP.
— Delilah is no longer affected by the 10% Auto-Fail Chance for Spell Spread.

Aida vs Astrea

Reducio

Aida casts Incendio Duo at Astrea
Wisdom DC: 12 + 2 (Astrea's Terrible Presence) = 14
Wisdom Check: [d20: 12] + 10 = 22 > 14 → Success
Auto-Miss (10): [d10: 3] → No Auto-Miss
Accuracy: [d20: 3] + 13 + 2 (Wandmaker) = 18
Evasion: [d20: 18] + 12 = 30
18 < 30 → Miss

Additional Spell: [d10: 6] → No Additional Spell (Wandmaker)

Aida kept conjuring the fire to hit Astrea, but so far the aiming kept failing for the reasons beyond understanding. Whether it was some tension building up, or Astrea was just a slithery Slytherin.

Astrea in her turn decided to go for Aida this time (it seemed) and threw Ventus at a different direction with no proper application. The spell went astray.

Delilah used the moment when she wasn't targeted and healed a few bruises on her and removed the nasty effect that impaired her vision, which was done at the very right moment — something build-up for future offence, probably.

Delilah didn't know that it was Bridget, who would cast quite an advanced spell at her. At her who? Yes, at her self. The spell intended to cause someone's head to get dizzy, and sometimes the affected person forgot a few of the spells they were recently using. A concussion of sorts. It went terribly wrong and backfired, meaning a short memory loss would be Bridget's pain for quite a while.

I N F O R M A T I O N

• You have 96 hours from the timestamp of this post to owl me, Meenauh Silmataurea, 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 on the 26th of January. Any new spells that are added after that day cannot be used.
• For any questions, comments, or concerns, I ask that you only contact me through my owls.
• And most importantly, have fun!

Duelling Spells

Duelling System

Spectator Thread, Day 2

“What is wrong with me?? Have I missed, what, four times now? I just…! HUMPH! Really sorry, Delilah. Thanks for trying to calm me down. I just want to understand what I’m doing wrong.”

What had gotten into Aida this match? Really, it was just getting too amped up and worrying. What the white wix really needed was to leave behind the hypertension and find that elusive flow state once more…

Stamina 10 ✵ Evasion 12 ✵ Strength 1 ✵ Wisdom 10 ✵ Arc Power 10 ✵ Accuracy 13 (15)
Abilities: Blindvision, Sixth Sense, Beast Master, Wandmaker; Ency

Wand: Chestnut, Phoenix Feather, 26,6 cm, Whippy; "Ancient, ideal for magizoology, has a will of its own, showy, prone to giving away tells"– details

Reducio

Doing as strategized.

@Aida Mòrsgor-Ama Ellwood | @Astrea Neptune | @Bridget Collins

They were back to a somewhat clean slate, Delilah got rid of that nasty conjunctivitis, Bridget managed to backfire her own spell, which looked uncomfortable but Del couldn't say it didn't help the ravenclaw cause. And the other two spells missed.

"I'm sure you're not doing anything wrong, these guys just seem to be decent at dodging them."

Credit to Hanako Tone

Bridget was doing fine, she hadn’t just been hit by a spell and Astrea was still by her side. Things hurt though, her skin felt roasted and wrong, and all the noise was too loud, too much, and she was sure her duelling stance usually felt more solid than this.

She couldn’t remember what she’d just cast. Or had she even cast? Surely she had, right? Standing there uselessly was not a thing Bridget did, not on the duelling platform. But she didn’t know, her head was full of the fog Galton liked to wreath his duels in, except for not that fog literally because that probably wasn’t supposed to lurk amongst her brain matter. She didn’t know, and Bridget? She was kind of freaked out by that. More than kind of. The duelling stage was somewhere she had control and could leverage observation and strategy and quick-thinking and—

And she felt like she’d been steamrollered, and she was spilling out, neat threads unraveling at the edges. She was in the middle of a duel, she knew that, but why wasn’t she on top of the situation? What was happening? Her sweaty hand wrapped tighter around her wand, and in a voice she made reasonably steady, she asked her partner, “How are we doing?” An innocuous enough check-in, but she literally just didn’t know.

Action: Doing as strategized

For all of the Vipers' evasive prowess, this round was not well-representative of an experienced dueller's trained accuracy. Known spectators - for which there surely were none, perhaps as a side-effect of Astrea's antisocial nature resulting in a complete crowd of strangers at every turn - would feel only disappointment at the wasteful bout of actions. Even so, this stalemate was an essential part of every duel, a constant push and pull of power.

Action: Doing as strategised.