Quidditch Slytherin vs Hufflepuff - Winter 2023

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The game was clearly coming down to the wire now. It was something of a miracle that everyone was still airborne, but Avery found her gaze drawn to the two seekers giving it their all to chase down the snitch. She could barely catch sight of the small golden ball from where she was situated, but the precise maneuvers of both seekers trailing after it was all that mattered. The first year finally gave into temptation and hopped to her feet to cheer the badgers on. "C'mon guys, you've got this! You're doing great, nearly there now!"

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Action: Benched.

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Stats: STA - 6 { 7 } EVA - 7 { 8 } STR - 8 WIS - 5 ARC - 4 ACC - 6 { 8 }

========== Broom: Comet 180: +2 acc, +1 eva, +1 sta Abilities: Obnoxiously Strong: +15% strength ==========

Mentioning: ~

She watched the skies carefully yet again, and this time, the Hufflepuff team wasn’t so lucky as to not have any falling players. She watched with worried eyes as Rita and Atlas both fell from their shared broom. Alma and Clark both raced to catch them, and catch them they did. “Close call, huh?” Alma asked her new broom buddy.

Stats: EVA - 5 | STR - 5 | WIS - 10 | ARC - 7 | ACC - 5 | STA - 3

Broom: Comet 180 - +2 acc, +1 eva, +1 sta
Abilities: Perfectionist

Percival frowned slowly as he glanced toward the skies. Nothing seemed to really be going their way. In all honesty, it was a bit depressing to watch the players knock around like a cue ball. The boy maneuvered his broom to rest the tip of it against the bottom of his jaw. His head has been almost completely supported by the broom.

| Stamina 9 | Evasion 6 | Strength 10 | Wisdom 8 | Arcane Power 8 | Accuracy 15 [+4] |

Foulplay | Lovely Creature | Beast Master | Rebound

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1. In the role of Beater, if you hit an opponent with a bludger the bludger will then ricochet off that user and target a second opponent of choice (must be declared, if not declared the target will be random and can be an ally but not yourself).

2. In the role of Beater, if an ALLY dodges a bludger during the round, there is a 20% chance that you catch that bludger with your bat and you send it at a RANDOM enemy target.

The sharp sound of a bludger hitting a bat caused Jack to glance up and he felt eyes on him briefly only to realize Erin Ryan was looking his way. He swallowed hard and gave a cheery little wave with a less cheery smile as he noticed her annoyed demeanor. He wondered vaguely if she still held him in contempt for some of the things he had done in the past to wrong her. Did she hold a grudge still? He wouldn't have been surprised.

Doing a double take as he returned his attention to Flash, Jack was decidedly unnerved at the smile he saw on his roommate's face. Well, he had his answer; Flash was most definitely not okay. "Whoa, whoa, hey, what do you mean none of it mattered? What didn't matter?" he asked, tugging at his collar subconsciously when the burnet mentioned falling in love. By saying that none of it mattered, did 'it' refer to all he had been doing all this time? But what had suddenly brought that on? Was he having some sort of teenage crisis? A breakdown of sorts?

Moving closer to his peer, Jack's brows creased deeply, especially as Flash's sentence ebbed and he took a moment to recompose himself before sighing. His next words struck the Welsh boy like an arrow through the heart. Jack's jaw fell open, but he quickly closed it and his minds scrambled for a response. He really didn't like the way Flash was talking. It sounded almost as if...as if he were...

"Flash, I am happy. Being around you makes me happy. So why...why do you sound like you're giving up on something?" His voice began to tremble toward the end and he tried to get a grip on his fear, but to no avail. "Why can't you be happy?"

Action:
Mentioning: @Erin Ryan
Interacting with: @Flash Holmwood
Health: 600/600
Stats: | Sta 6 | Eva 9 | Str 3 | Wis 15 | Arc P 9 | Acc 9 (+4 from Firebolt) |
Abilities: Prodigal Charms Learner, Binding Mark, Perfectionist, & Perfectionist II
Broom: Firebolt

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- In the role of Keeper when you attempt to block your goal, if your opponent somehow has advantage on attempting to score a goal, that is negated (they only have their normal single roll against you).
- In the role of Keeper, if the Keeper effectively blocks an attempt to score rather than obtain possession of the quaffle they can kick the quaffle at the user who attempted to score. This must be declared at the time actions are submitted. This would have damage like a bludger using an accuracy roll to hit and the user's strength score to determine the amount of damage done. If the quaffle hits or misses the target, a quafflegrab the next round would be necessary to determine which team has possession of the quaffle again.

Posting on behalf of Jalen due to ban

The second string chaser had not yet been called into the match, so it was that he found himself with not a whole lot to do. He knew he should have been paying more attention, but it was quite difficult for him to turn his mind to the match. Instead he stared mostly out into space, thinking of nothing and everything all at once.

Stamina: 8, Evasion: 6, Strength: 9, Wisdom: 5, Arcane Power: 7, Accuracy: 6
Abilities: Dhampir
Broom: School Broom
Position: Second String Chaser

Come on. They were really doing great this game and Quinn would do everything he could to insure his teams best chances at winning. He was so sure, that they would pull a win. Everyone was working so hard and even if they didn't he could not be prouder of them or himself.

Action: Doing as Strategized

Yet another round went by. This was turning into a long game. The longer she sat, the more she anticipated the worst. Somehow they hadn't lost a single player yet., but she didn't want to have to eat her words. It seemed it was another close call as they now had two pairs sharing brooms meaning 4 single brooms turned to 2 double brooms which made it a lot more difficult to plan for effective strategies. Annie bit her lip in deep concentration as she clung onto every word that the narrator said. A small grin spread across her lips as they grasped the quaffle a few more times and banked themselves a few more points in the lead. But something nagged at her. Next round might be the last round, but then again she had said that for the last two rounds. The game was so close, if they lost it would sting for awhile because of the evenly matched team and strategies. Sighing, she'd stare back out onto the field, the cheering of the crowd drowning her thoughts.

It was very rare that Tyranni lost her cool, but this game really was not going as expected. After the high of their last win, this was almost humiliating. Eyes racing around the pitch, she found her target. Racing forward, a blur of green, it was just a matter of time as she closed in on the Hufflepuff seeker for his untimely fate. Bracing for impact and tucking her head, shoulder out, she made impact. "Yes!" She knew that was a solid hit and didn't care that it was cheating, she would glance back to see the falling seeker. "Wait, what?" Her voice a soft mumble in her head, but in reality loud and angry. Instead of seeing the seeker falling, there were two other badgers falling. She was so sure that no one was around to stop her but alas, she missed Ethan.

Abilities: Seer Effect: 10% auto-dodge & auto-hit Lovely Creature Effect: Affects the snitch search DC for the opponent team Prophecy Effect: 50% chance of vision during mods (not applicable to quidditch) Fearless Effect: Immune to Dhampir's aura, terrible presence, and lycanthropes intimidation

Stamina: 13 (16)	Evasion: 11 (13)
Strength: 7 (10)	Wisdom: 4 (7)	Broom: Silver Arrow | +3 to all stats as indicated by the bold numbers in (#)
Arcane Power: 3 (6)	Accuracy: 10 (13)	Position: First-String Chaser

Action: Doing as strategized
Mentioning: Slytherin Team & Cash Ironwood
Health: 1600/1600
Translations: None this round

Despite being glad none of her teammates fell, Koko found herself feeling more and more agitated. She gripped the shaft of her broom more tightly as her gaze scanned the field. No one was falling, but she kept hearing the treacherous sound of the announcer noting that Hufflepuff had scored goals, and it was meant to be her job to prevent that. She gritted her teeth and refused to ponder things too much longer before she could fall into a rabbit hole of her own negative thinking; instead, she would carry on and do what was necessary - what was best - for her team.

Action: as strategised
HP: 1600/1600
Interactions: N/A
Mod Info:

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Stats:	Abilities:
Stamina: 15 (+1) Evasion: 10 (+1) Strength: 3 (+1) Wisdom: 7 (+1) Arc Power: 5 (+1) Accuracy: 15 (+1)	Alluring - 10% chance opponent move is redirected against one of the opponent's allies Evasive Maneuvers - 10% Auto-dodge Scream: N/A Calming Presence - Allies (which are SLYTHERIN) have 10% chance of auto-success

Broom:

Cleansweep 11 - +1 to all stats - Cleansweep 11 info:

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Excels at catching falling allies as well as getting them back to their broom quickly.

This broom can carry multiple people. When someone uses the catch option to rescue a falling teammate, they can catch one additional teammate in a given round. 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.

On the next round, as a free action (meaning both users can make a normal action) the rider and ONE passenger (if there are multiple sharing the broom, it would cost both of their actions to return them to their broom also) can retrieve a single broom.

ROUND 5

A note to all players: The word count minimum is 50 words. The next deadline to post and submit strategy 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 quidditch moderator (any of the team captains/cocaptains) ASAP so it can be addressed promptly.

CHASERS

Only Slytherin's chasers would go for the quaffle this time around (well, except from Tyranni, who was serving time for her actions), but Atlas, with Clark tagging along also, would be ready. Whoever would get the quaffle between the two, Atlas and Clark would attempt to stop.

First would be Maggie, who'd manage to slip past the two and score. Avery would follow on a second attempt, but his attempt would be stopped. Maggie would attempt to redeem, grabbing the next two, but only being successful on one. Avery would finish up, but his attempt would be blocked yet again.

"20 to Slytherin!"

Meanwhile, Howard and Koko would be watching for any of their respective team members to fall, whilst Alma returned the younger beater to her broom.

BEATERS

Both Slytherin beaters would gang up on the same pairing: Ethen then Quinn.

Cassandra would go first, hitting both targets with incredible accuracy. Erin would then follow with a killing blow to Ethen, sending him tumbling to the waiting Howard to save him. She'd also hit her target of Quinn, leaving him shaky but still on his broom as he also watched for anyone else that may fall on his team.

SEEKERS

Now, both seekers had their eyes on the snitch. They'd begin to spiral dive through the air, with arms outstretched. They'd both grab it at the same time, but Ethen would be able to just snatch it from Dan's grasp to hold it up and mark the end of the game.

"And Ethen gets the snitch! The game stands with 70 points for Slytherin, but 270 for Hufflepuff! Commiserations to Slytherins, but congrats to Hufflepuff on their win!"

Outcome

Current Score
70 vs 270

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