Closed Broom Race: A Way To Fight The Cold

Abilities: Part-Veela's Alluring, Prodigal DADA Learner
Stats: sta 6, eva 6, str 5, wis 7, arc 4, acc 8 12
Broom: Firebolt
Maverick's Outfit:

Reducio

@Zach Zaphiere, @Renelle Dalton, @Delainie Silverwing, @Maverick Castle, @Ophelia Northwell, @Elisa Shakestra

Astra's Speech Thoughts Other's Speech = Their Hex

The Racer's Academy. A fun little start up created by a girl Astra now knew as her cousin to spread the love of racing. It would be Astra's second race, and the second one she would borrow the aforementioned cousin's Comet 180. Many, many thanks to @Alyssea Brown.

Astra had been notified of the teams, of course, but the only teammate she new for certain was Renelle. The viper had been ecstatic to race with her best friend.

This race didn't scare her quite like the first one had (the pigeons, however, had her less than excited), for this simple fact: five out of the six racers (including herself) were first-years. The only second year was Castle, a person she had met on multiple less than auspicious occasions. He was also the only official broom racer as far as she could tell, a bona fide member of the red and gold. Astra figured that though the odds may be stacked against them, she, Renelle, and their teammate could win out, somehow.

"Hi Zach!" Astra greeted cheerily as she entered the track. To Castle, she gave a calm and polite nod. He had a Firebolt with him. Oy vey.

Unfortunately, the Firebolt was least of her troubles when she saw her final teammate.

Silverwing. Of freaking course. "Hullo," the snake said a little coldly, moving to stand beside Renelle as Zach explained the course. "You two have any racing experience?" she would ask after the older bird was done, eying the broom Silverwing had with her. Renelle's Silver Arrow was a sight to behold, and Astra indeed beheld it with bright eyes.

As she moved to the starting line and made sure Cyrus (the Comet) was all ready, she tried to dispell the sudden feelings of unease. At least they both can cast spells, right?

action: whatever the team wants
stats: sta • 6 7 | eva • 5 6 | str • 5 | wis • 6 | arc • 6 | acc • 7 9
broom: Comet 180 (+2 accuracy, +1 evasion, +1 stamina added above; top speed 5)
abilities: Prodigal Charms Learner

ooc: n/a

o p h e l i a . l y n n . n o r t h w e l l

<perfectionist>

<nimbus 1000>

<sta 6 | eva 5 | str 6 | wis 7 | arc 6 | acc 5>

Ophelia blinked at the race track before her. After the last Racer's Academy broom race that she'd been a part of, she hadn't expected to use her Nimbus 1000 again so soon. That didn't mean that she hadn't enjoyed the race. In fact, she'd liked the thrill it had brought, even though the race had been cut short. So, when the time had come to sign up for another unofficial race, she’d quickly signed up.

She shivered, remembering how chilly it had been before. At least it wasn’t as bad today, since it would’ve certainly ruined the appeal of the upcoming race for the young Ravenclaw.

Looking around, she saw her teammates and absentmindedly drifted over to join them. She hadn’t met either of them before, and neither of them were Ravenclaws like her, but she was sure that they would get along well. Elisa and Maverick. A first and second year. While the thought of meeting an older student had easily scared Ophelia, she knew that it might benefit her team to have an older and, hopefully, more experienced, teammate.

As they all got in position at the starting line, Ophelia found herself feeling almost confident, though she didn’t let herself get carried away. With a smile, she got in a ready stance. As the command to fly came in, she felt herself lift off into the air, her worries about the race hurrying, and failing, to catch up with her.

<action> as team strategized

<team> @Elisa Shakestra | @Maverick Castle
<others> @Zach Zaphiere | @Renelle Dalton | @Delainie Silverwing | @Astra Norrick

Renelle wasn’t sure how she had managed to miss the last race she’d been signed up for, but she seriously hoped history wouldn’t repeat itself. Everything had been in place - the team, location, lack of broom - but somehow, the Ravenclaw had failed to show up at the last second. If it had happened to someone else, she would have laughed.

As it was, she just carelessly marked the big day, and hoped no one would remember. Shouldn’t be a challenge - nobody probably cared, and she was just overthinking. She’d been known to do it once too many times, after all. Look to: The Fall Ball Disaster.

One thing was for sure, though; since then, she’d gotten a pretty sweet ride. Well, strictly speaking, the Silver Arrow wasn’t hers (instead lent by an older year), but why dive so deep into the technicalities?

She would just have to ensure that the broom didn’t go through too much damage by the time the race was over - Renelle doubted her funder would be very happy to get his very expensive broom back in two pieces. Hell, she’d have to sell her brother or something just to pay back the debt.

The cool winter air was quite refreshing. Heading over to where a few people had already gathered by the track, she saw, with delight, that Astra was already there. Very nice. The other two were both from the enemy team, one of whom she recognized as an official broom racer. And he had a Firebolt. Yikes.

The moderator she knew, a second year named Zach. A Prefect much like herself, and while she lacked Astra’s sheer cheeriness, she gave him a polite nod as she took her place beside her red headed friend.

The exchange between their other teammate and Astra, however, was nothing short of sheer confusion. Briefly, Renelle wondered if the two had a past, but she could ask that later. Right now, they had a race to get to.

“You know I don’t,” She replied, grimacing. “You do, right? I think I remember you being in a few before.” Or she could just be going bonkers.

Action: As strategized

Stamina: 7 10 | Evasion: 5 8 | Strength: 3 6 | Wisdom: 5 8 | Arcane power: 2 5 | Accuracy: 8 11

Abilities: N/A | Broom: Silver Arrow(+3 to all stats)

Info: Reducio Broom: Nimbus 1001 Wand: 34,4 cm walnut wood and phoenix feather IC Date: January 7th, 2024, 10:00 Position: N/A

Notes: Reducio @Renelle Dalton @Astra Norrick

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Today I would be doing my second race. Another broom race, but hopefully I’d do better this time. At least now I have a better broom, so that’s good I guess.
I had a good broom, I knew more spells, I had a good team other than stupid Astra Norrick, so I think I’m set. The other team though. They all looked really good, and I knew at least one of them was probably a second year, so they definitely were better than me at, well, everything.
I gripped my broom tight, I better not wreck it. This was just a temporary broom, I borrowed it, so if I wreck it, whoa I’m probably as good as dead. At least in my mind I would be. My wand was secured tightly on my inside pocket so I would be sure not to loose it.
I looked over at Renelle, she seemed ready, at least to me. Last time the race didn’t go too well, and I was determined not to let that happen again. I readied myself as well and started up at the path ahead. It didn’t look too hard, and I needed to get that in my head. Well, here we go I thought, let the race begin.
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"Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind."
word count: 210/200

'Thoughts' "Speech" "Parseltongue"

Outdoor Club Area

@Maverick Castle , @Ophelia Northwell, @Zach Zaphiere, @Astra Norrick, @Renelle Dalton, @Delaine Silverwing

16:15 am at Monday, January, 2024

Elisa never thought that she would be back to broom racing this sooner but here she was, standing near her team, One was a girl named Ophelia if she was right, she looked enthusiastic while the other was an older student named Maverick who was judging her and Ophelia for being rookies but not as Elisa cared, he seemed like the type who would practically judge anyone, she had come here to work together and play for her passion and not for some credits or to get judged,

It was pretty chilly but her grip on the broom was enough to warm her hands, After a while, she finally decided to wind up the courage to mount her broom and finally flew off towards Maverick who had already flown away, The moment she flew through the air, all her confidence came back to her, after a few minutes of gliding, she finally decided to move to the starting line and prepared both her anxious self and the broom since she couldn't afford to have a rickety broom or panic attacked self in between the race, After a couple of inhalations and exhalations, the young girl was finally ready for the race.

STATS- Stamina: 5 ,Evasion: 3, Strength: 4, Wisdom: 7, ArcPower: 4, Accuracy: 7

ROUND 1

ATTACKS AGAINST ENVIRONMENT

Delainie casts Nix Facitur (WDC = 15)
Delainie's WIS = d20(11) + 7 = 18 (success!)

ATTACKS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER

Maverick blatch attempt at Renelle
Maverick's ACC = d20(2) + 12 = 14
Renelle's EVA = d20(15) + 8 - 4 (speed) = 19 (failed!)

UNIT 0 - Starting Line - Frigid (STA DC 5)

TEAM A

Maverick
Maverick's STA = d20(16) + 6 = 22 (success!)
Ophelia
Ophelia's STA = d20(9) + 7 = 16 (success!)
Elisaa
Elisa's STR = d20(20) + 5 = 25 (success!)

TEAM B

Astra
Astra's STA = d20(16) + 7 = 22 (success!)
Renelle
Renelle's STA = d20(9) + 10 = 16 (success!)

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Maverick stays here

UNIT 1 - Moderate Snowfall (STA DC 14) and Frigid Effect (STA DC 5)

TEAM A

Ophelia
Ophelia's STA (snowfall) = d20(7) + 7 = 14 (success!)
Ophelia's STA (frigid) = d20(5) + 7 = 12 (success!)
Elisa
Elisa's STA (snowfall) = d20(15) + 5 = 20 (success!)
Elisa's STA (frigid) = d20(12) + 5 = 17 (success!)

TEAM B

Astra
Astra's STA (snowfall) = d20(18) + 7 = 25 (success!)
Astra's STA (frigid) = d20(11) + 7 = 18 (success!)
Renelle
Renelle's STA (snowfall) = d20(2) + 10 = 12 (failed!)
Cold damage = (14 - 12 ) * 10 = 20 HP
Renelle's STA (frigid) = d20(20) + 5 = 25 (success!)
Delainie
Delainie's STA (snowfall) = d20(11) + 5 = 16 (success)

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Renelle's HP 1000-20=[980/1000], speed will be halved for next round
Delainie stays here

UNIT 6

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Elisa ends here

UNIT 4 - Easy Fog (ACC DC 12)

TEAM A

Ophelia
20% auto-miss (1-20) from the top speed: d100(27)
Ophelia's ACC = d20(10) + 6 - 5 (speed) = 11 (fail!)
duration = d3(1)

TEAM B

Astra
Astra's ACC = d20(9) + 9 - 4 (speed)= 14 (success!)
Renelle
Renelle's STA = d20(8) + 11 - 4 (speed) = 15 (success!)

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Ophelia's ACC&EVA are halved for the next 1 round

UNIT 5 - Hard Trees (ACC DC 18)

TEAM A

Ophelia
20% auto-miss (1-20) from the top speed: d100(98,38,99)
Ophelia's ACC (tree 1) = d20(20) + 4 (halved) - 5 (speed) = 19 (success!)
Ophelia's ACC (tree 2) = d20(5) +4 (halved) - 5 (speed) = 4 (fail!)
Ophelia's ACC (tree 3) = d20(14) + 4 (halved) - 5 (speed) = 13 (fail!)
damage taken = 2 * 6 * 5 = 60

TEAM B

Astra
Astra's ACC = d20(17) + 9 - 4 (speed)= 22 (success!)
Astra's ACC = d20(13) + 9 - 4 (speed)= 18 (success!)
Astra's ACC = d20(1) + 9 - 4 (speed)= 6 (fail!)
damage taken = 1 * 5 * 5 = 25
Renelle
Renelle's ACC = d20(4) + 11 - 4 (speed) = 11 (fail!)
Renelle's ACC = d20(2) + 11 - 4 (speed) = 9 (fail!)
Renelle's ACC = d20(9) + 11 - 4 (speed) = 16 (fail!)
damage taken = 3 * 5 * 5 = 75

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Ophelia's HP 700-60=[640/700]
Astra's HP 700-25=[675/700], ends here
Renelle's HP 1000-75=[905/1000], ends here

UNIT 6

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Ophelia ends here

Round Outcome

TEAM A
@Maverick Castle - is in unit 0 [600/600] [posted]
@Ophelia Northwell - is in unit 6 [640/700] [posted] | ACC&EVA are halved for the next 1 round
@Elisa Shakestra - is in unit 3 [500/500] [posted]

TEAM B
@Astra Norrick - is in unit 5 [675/700] [posted][/color]
@Renelle Dalton - is in unit 5 [905/1000] [posted] | speed is halved for the next round
@Delainie Silverwing - is in unit 1 [500/500] [posted][/color]

Average Racer Stats for Obstacle DCs: Stamina - 6 | Evasion - 5 | Strength - 5 | Wisdom - 7 | Arcane Power - 5 | Accuracy - 7
Average Team A Wisdom + 10 = 17
Average Team B Wisdom + 10 = 16

Submitted Plays

OOC Information

- You have 168 hours (7 days) from the time of this post to make your own reply.
- In the same time, captains (nominated by their teammates) are expected to send the actions of their team to me by owl.
- If you haven't already, please have a read of the. broom racing system.
- You can communicate with each other through Discord DM or the site's Owl, whichever is most comfortable for each team member
- A minimum word count of 200 words is expected as this is an unofficial race.
- No post = no action.
- Place your broom, abilities, and stats in each of your replies for ease of moderation.
- Rolls will be made on the #bot-spam channel in the H.io Discord server.
- Most importantly, have fun! If you have any questions, reach out.

@Zach Zaphiere, @Renelle Dalton, @Delainie Silverwing, @Maverick Castle, @Ophelia Northwell, @Elisa Shakestra

Astra's Speech Thoughts Other's Speech = Their Hex

“I've raced once,” Astra said in response to Renelle’s question. She didn't mention that her teammates were a) both older years, and b) experienced racers. The devil's in the details, yes?

Astra leaned down, body close to her broomstick. The broom wasn't hers, but she had raced with Cyrus before. There was a trust there. She knew he was a good broom, and she knew he would fly true to her commands.

So she tucked in low and flew, focusing all her attention on the immediate now. She saw Castle take a swipe at Renelle, who also shot forward, keeping speed with Astra. Both brooms sailed through the chilly air, and snow began to fall in the starting unit.

Pretty soon, though, the snow continued into the first real unit. You must understand that Astra is quite used to the cold, hot-blooded, if you will. That did not make her immune to cold, however. Strangely enough, as she cruised through the snowy cold she felt nothing. Must be the new coat.

By this time, Elisa, Delainie, and Castle had fallen to the wayside, already outflown by Astra and Renelle and the Ravenclaw whose name she didn't know. Still the three continued, the Ravenclaw slightly outpacing her opponents.

Fog, thin but still ethereal and cold, enveloped all three. Astra nearly lost sight of Renelle as she migrated from air pocket to air pocket, a trick she had learned last race both from observing her teammates and flying so high.

She shot through the mist, the moisture cold against her face. Little flecks of ice would likely form in her hair after this. Exhilaration took over the Slytherin and she felt as if flying was instinctual, every move part of her natural programming, not thinking about her next twist or turn.

She definitely got may have gotten cocky as she entered the trees, dodging the first two in quick succession, but slamming into the last one. Astra's focus broke in an instant and she grunted, rubbing her sore shoulder. “Crap,” she hissed. She had to get back in the zone, she simply had to if she was going to overtake her adversary.

action: whatever the team wants
stats: sta • 6 7 | eva • 5 6 | str • 5 | wis • 6 | arc • 6 | acc • 7 9
broom: Comet 180 (+2 accuracy, +1 evasion, +1 stamina added above; top speed 5)
abilities: Prodigal Charms Learner

ooc: n/a

Renelle had no idea why the second year had opted to single her out, but she didn’t like it. Practically the moment the race started, he tried to collide with her, obviously an attempt to knock her off her broom. Luckily, she managed to escape unscathed, shooting forward with Astra. She smirked. Ha! Take that!

By the time she got to Unit 1 though, she was starting to feel less smug. The snow was really piling up, and annoyingly enough, no one seemed affected by the cold except from her. She shivered, tucking lower to press against her broom. Really starting to regret not wearing a few more layers now.

By this time, all of the racers save three, including herself had fallen to the side. The only ones were Astra, Renelle and some other Ravenclaw on the opposing team she didn’t know. Speaking of which, her nameless housemate appeared to be a bit distorted by the fog. Good. The prefect hoped she flew into a tree or something.

But maybe she ought not to have hoped for such misfortune to fall upon someone else, for her wish came true in the Unit 5. Except the poor soul who fell on the wrong end of the deal was herself. It was impressive really. Not everybody could managed to hit every single tree in front of them. It hurt like hell. She was starting to think she had made the right choice missing the previous broom race.

Now their opponent was far ahead of them. Just great. Honestly, Renelle wasn’t even sure she wanted to follow her. At this rate, she was going to break both her arms by the time the race ended. And perhaps get a concussion as well.

Action: As strategized

Stamina: 7 10 | Evasion: 5 8 | Strength: 3 6 | Wisdom: 5 8 | Arcane power: 2 5 | Accuracy: 8 11

Abilities: N/A | Broom: Silver Arrow(+3 to all stats)