CL BROOM RACING - HUFFLEPUFF vs GRYFFINDOR - WINTER 2023

It didn't take long for the tall half-giant to find his broom, in actuality a flying tree, lying behind some bushes on the ground. Before long he had ascended again, and was back in the race. He failed to count just how many had passed him by just now, but he was still sure he wouldn't end up last. Dashing forward, he swung past the initial treeline in his vicinity and set himself back on the imaginary racetrack. The race was starting to get uglier. He guessed both teams really wanted to win this one. But Hugh was just happy to be able to race and no longer worry about his co-captaincy. It had been a temporary thing anyway, he was mostly there to support a lone McCowan who had no second at the time. And then today that same former captain seemed gloomier than ever. Perhaps he forgot to enjoy himself? Hugh growled under his breath as he wondered. Maybe he ought to knock some sense into McCowan after this race was done. If the Hufflepuffs hadn't done it for him by now.

Stats: Sta: 15 - Eva: 6 - Wis: 10 - Str: 10 - Arc: 1 - Acc: 7 Abilities: Part-Giant Broom: Autumn Cruise (+2 All Stats aside from Evasion, Top Speed 5) Action: As strategized

Credit to Xailah Alptraum

It was cold.

The air was frigid and there was snow falling and the now soaking clothing from the waterfall didn't help things. Sure, he knew the hot air charm and could take a moment to dry himself off but that would be an extra moment he wasn't focusing on the race. This race was much more intense than the last and required his full attention - although, he did pause a moment to glance toward the stands, thinking he could have quite possibly heard his name and smiled quickly, before looking back ahead and to the race.

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

English | Parseltongue

As she rose high up into the sky, next to Hugh's large form, Della tried to get the lay of the land. In the far distance, there were three red figures. Good. They still had the lead. However, one of the figures was wavering. Knowing the badger play style, Della supposed they would have to fight to keep the lead.

Credit to Xailah Alptraum

Action: as strategized Stats: stamina: 5 8 | evasion: 10 13 | strength: 3 6 | wisdom: 7 10 | arcane power: 5 8 | accuracy: 8 11 Abilities: Evasive Maneuvers (10% auto-dodge) Broom: Silver Arrow (+3 all stats) Top Speed: 5

Going fast was not always the best idea, but Jack needed help to think of something else. Trees whipped past him as he barreled through any obstacles in his way. He was gaining, and thankfully he wasn't just stopping in last place. Jack would make himself a part of this race if it killed him.

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

The race was a little over halfway done and Marina was happy to see that the Gryffindors were several units ahead of the Hufflepuffs. It seemed that the other team had wasted too much time being violent and would now have to be more careful with their moves. Marina hoped that Gryffindor would be able to keep its lead.

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

George shivered and braced for something terrible to happen. He couldn't see Hugh and the other Gryffindor behind him, but he knew that it was likely that any moment, a giant rock would go sailing over everyone's heads and slam square in the back. If that were to happen, Hugh would certainly be the one purchasing any refreshments that were to be had after the race. But nothing like that happened... yet. But there was always next time.

Moderation info below

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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

He had become used to being hit by obstacles and by improvised weapons. He'd been flying for all of a year, and being harangued by injuries and pain had become second nature. Nicholas wasn't loathe to the hurts, after all, winning was more important. Yet, he could not compartmentalise the wounds as he so often could. The boy grit his teeth, beat back the beginnings of tears, and clenched his fist tightly around his broom. He'd been in better spots, he'd been in worse spots, all that mattered was that someone from his team was in the winning spot.

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

ROUND 4

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

Sophie throws an Improvised Projectile at Della

Sophie's Accuracy: [d20:11] + 10 = 21
Della's Evasion: [d20:13] + 13 - 6 spd = 20
HIT
Damage: 6 (Sophie's Str)* 25 = 150

Serena casts Bombarda at Unit 15

Serena's Wisdom Check (20): [d20:14] + 18 = 32
Evasion DC is 10 (Serena's Arc) + 10 = 20

Nicholas Evasion: [d20:12] + 7 = 19
Xailah Evasion: [d20:10] + 16 - 2 (slowed) - 5 (spd) = 19
Marina Evasion: [d20:18] + 11 - 2 (slowed) - 7 (spd) = 20

Damage: 30 * 10 (Serena's Arc) = 300

Illegal Spell(Wis DC 19)
[d20:1] + 18 = 19

George casts Alarte Ascendare at Xailah

Georges's Wisdom Check (15): [d20:18] + 13 = 31
Georges's Accuracy: [d20:19] + 13 - 2 (slowed) = 30
Xailah's Evasion: [d20:19] + 16 -2 (slowed) - 5 spd = 28
HIT

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Della takes 150 damage due to an improvised projectile.
Nicholas and Xailah are hit with Serena's Bombarda. Xailah takes 300 damage, Nicholas takes 330 (seared) and is KO'd after Alley Ooping Marina.
Xailah is cast up into the air and is unable to move this round.

Hufflepuff was out for blood. Three of the racers opted to get their attack on, be it casting spells or throwing objects around. Sophie once again remained still, perhaps trying to preserve what little stamina it looked like she had left, and threw a well aimed rock at Della.
Serena opted for a more illegal move, although she was so crafty, she knew she wouldn't get caught. An explosion would boom from Unit 15, where Nicholas and Xailah would be directly in range of it, feeling most of its damage. This wasn't good news for Nicholas, who was already on his last legs, and he came crashing to the ground.
In even more bad news for Gryffindor, Xailah was hit with George's Alarte Ascandare, sending her way up into the sky, held still. She wouldn't be going anywhere this round.

The boom would be heard throughout the field, though where it came from, no one would be able to pinpoint. "H-Hey now! That's illegal! Y- you better not do that again... whoever you are!" She said, trying to sound as authoritarian as possible. "Although to be honest, that was pretty bada- I mean... cool. Very cool. But... wait... is that McCowan on the ground? Looks like he's out of the race!" One boy passed out on the field wouldn't be enough to halt the race, the match would continue on.

Unit 7: Moderate High Winds (SDC 12)
Della and Hugh start the round here.
Hugh stays here after Alley-Ooping Della.

Unit 8: Hard Snowfall (StaDC 22)

Gryffindor

Della Barfield: [d20:5] + 8 = 13 Fail

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Della is affected by the cold. She takes freezing damage and their top speed next round is halved.

Della: DC 22 - roll 5 = 17 * 10 = 170 damage

After being knocked down, Della was raring to get back into the race, and to catch up with the rest of the Gryffindors. She opted to have Hugh swing her forward, trying to get as much momentum as possible, but she neglected to prepare herself for the heavy snow that was just ahead, and you could tell it was a bit too cold for the young girl.

UNIT 9: Empty

Sophie starts and ends the round here, still throwing things.

UNIT 10: Empty

Serena and Jack start the round here.

Unit 11: Moderate Bright Light (StaDC 17)

Gryffindor
Della Barfield: [d20:13] + 8 = 21 Success

Hufflepuff
Serena Towers: [d20:19] + 13 = 32 Success
Jack Warren: [d20:6] + 10 = 16 Fail

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Jack is affected by the bright light. All wisdom and accuracy rolls have a 10% chance of automatically failing for the next round.

Simon Alley Oops Jack.
Simon and Serena end the round here.

The racers were all progressing forward, but in Jack's haste, he managed to catch a particularly bright flash of light off the snow, causing his accuracy to waver. Hopefully that wouldn't be a huge hinderance.

Unit 12: Cockatrice

Wisdom Check over 20 fails

Gryffindor
Della Barfield: [d20:16] + 10 = 26 Fail

Hufflepuff
Jack Warren: [d20:1] + 8 = 9 Success

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

Jack Warren: [d20:13] + 17 - 6 (Spd) = 24 Fail

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Della is affected by the Cockatrice's gaze. She has -2 accuracy and evasion, and -4 strength for the next 3 rounds.
Jack has been hit by the Cockatrice's flames, and takes 125 damage and is now seared (additional 10% damage on attacks and obstacles).

George starts and ends the round here.

Aside from the explosion earlier, this would probably be most viewer's favorite unit, since it contained the most entertaining creature. This round would be no different, but the crowd would get to see yet another racer, Jack, engulfed in the Cockatrice's flames, while Della managed to catch its gaze directly. She would feel herself stiffen, and moving accurately would become more difficult.

Unit 14: Empty
Della ends the round here.

UNIT 15: Easy Trees [Accuracy DC 10 (x3)]
Hufflepuff

Jack Warren: [d20:9,17,4] + 13 - 6 spd = 16,24,11 Success, Success, Success

Autofail - Alley Oop (Success on 1): [d10:1,2,9] Success, Fail, Fail

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Jack hits one tree.

Jack: 7x5=35 (x1) = 35


Nicholas, Xailah and Marina start the round here.
Nicholas is KO'd here after Alley Ooping Marina.
Xailah is Alarte Asandere'd into the sky here, unable to move this round.

Marina was either very skilled, or very lucky, or maybe both, as she managed to avoid the explosion in the unit, shooting forward as Xailah shot up into the sky beside her. The lone lion would press onward, clearly hoping to take the lead for their team.

UNIT 16: Moderate Trees [Accuracy DC 15 (x3)]
Hufflepuff

Jack Warren: [d20:3,14,13] + 13 - 6 spd = 10,21,20 Fail, Success, Success

10% Autofail - Alley Oop (Success on 1): [d10:10,3,3] Fail, Fail, Fail

Gryffindor

Marina Oriel: [d20:16,11,8] + 11 - 6 spd - 2 (slow) = 19,14,11Success, Fail, Fail

15% Autofail - Alley Oop (Success on 1,2,3): [d10:19,13,19] Fail, Fail, Fail

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Jack hits one tree, Marina hits two.

Jack: 7x5=35 (x1) = 35
Marina: 8x5=40 (x2) = 80

The trees certainly weren't getting any easier, and with the high speeds that both Marina and Jack were maintaining, it was a miracle neither of them had fallen off yet. But continue onward they both did, right into another patch of snow.

Unit 17: Easy Snowfall (StaDC 12)

Hufflepuff

Jack Warren: [d20:1] + 10 = 11 Fail

Gryffindor

Marina Oriel: [d20:9] + 9 = 18 Success

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Jack is affected by the cold. He takes freezing damage and their top speed next round is halved.

Jack: DC 12 - roll 1 = 11 * 10 = 110 damage

Jack ends the round here.

Marina was able to make it through the snow with relative ease, but Jack wasn't quite so lucky. While this snow wasn't as bad as the snow before, it proved to be too much, and Jack just couldn't take it.

Unit 18: Easy Bright Light (StaDC 13)

Gryffindor

Marina Oriel: [d20:13] + 9 = 22 Success

Marina would take the lead, making her way easily through the sunlit snow.

Unit 22: Easy Narrow Passageway [Accuracy DC 14]
Gryffindor

Marina Oriel: [d20:20] + 11 - 7 spd - 2 (slow) = 22 Success

15% Autofail - Alley Oop (Success on 1,2,3): [d20:1] SUCCESS

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Marina hits the passage due to Autofail.
8*10 = 80 damage.

It seemed Marina's luck couldn't hold forever, and she would quickly realize her broom was beginning to shake violently as she made her way into the passage, and she was unable to tame it, sending her crashing into the walls. At such high speeds, that had to hurt.

Unit 23: Hard Vines - Devil's Snare [Accuracy DC 19]
Gryffindor

Marina Oriel: [d20:5] + 11 - 7 spd - 2 (slow) = 7 Fail

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Marina is snared by the Devil's Snare.

While Marina was in the lead, she would be haltered by her entanglement in the vines. So close to the finish, yet so far. "It's getting down to the wire, folks! Oriel representing Gryffindor is in the lead, but she's caught in some Devil's Snare! Will she break out before the Hufflepuffs can catch up?"

Round Outcome

Gryffindor Captains: Della Barfield & Marina Oriel
@Nicholas McCowan is in unit 15. -205/1200, KO'd [posted]
@Marina Oriel is in unit 23. 485/900, Bleeding (-45 per round), Slowness (-2 accuracy and evasion, -4 strength for next 2 rounds) [posted]
@Xailah Alptraum is in unit 15. 1020/1500, Slowness (-2 accuracy and evasion, -4 strength for next 1 round) [posted]
@Della Barfield is in unit 14. 305/800, Freezing (Top speed halved next round), Slowness (-2 accuracy and evasion, -4 strength for next 3 rounds) [posted]
@Hugh Lowe is in unit 7. 1568/1700 [posted]

Hufflepuff Captains: George Henry & @Logan Baird
@Sophie Verlice is in unit 9. 60/700 [posted]
@Simon Kincaid is in unit 11. 1075/1100 [posted]
@Serena Towers is in unit 11. 1250/1300 [posted]
@Jack Warren is in unit 10. 745/1000, 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]
@George Henry is in unit 12. 635/1000, Bleeding (-50 per round), , Slowness (-2 accuracy and evasion, -4 strength for next 2 rounds) [posted]

Submitted Plays

Another target hit! So far, everything has been going quite well. Surprisingly, no one threw a single projectile at her. And if she wasn't so lost in attempting to kill her opponents, she would've moved, which she thought was a good idea until she realized how many more obstacles she'll have to pass if she wanted to move. So she decided not to. After all, what could go wrong?

Action: As strategized	Broom: Nimbus 1700 (+2 accuracy, +1 evasion, +1 wisdom, +1 strength)
Stats: Sta: 7 | Eva: 10 (11)| Wis: 6 (7)| Str: 5 (6)| Arc: 5 | Acc: 8 (10)|	Abilities: Fearless | Evasive Maneuvers (10% autododge)

One of the best parts of broom racing was how fast-paced it all was. To feel the rush of the speed, the wind blowing past, to dodge obstacles - it was quite invigorating. Now, one of the worst parts of broom racing was how fast-paced it all was. You could be the most observant person, or be someone like a dhampir with quick reflexes, and you could still lose sight of where everyone was in relation to where you were. That was happening this race, but Simon was pretty sure that there were more Gryffindors up ahead than his teammates and that several of his teammates were still behind him.

Oh well, down but not out! - the Badger way!

The fight continued!

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