Even Karilyna had to admit she was getting awfully predictable. After all, hadn't she just cast the Knockback Jinx five times in a row? Honestly, the consistency was unusual for the spontaneous girl, but at least she was accurate and her spells potent. But what to cast next? Four of the white team's players still stood on the other side of the board, and while her eyes remained peeled for any opportunity to hit the opposing queen with a spell ─ that was the point of the game, was it not? ─ there was always someone standing in front of him. It was a smart move, of course, and her team was doing the same, but still… irritating, to say the least.

But she had to get to the queen, and thus, there was only one target for her (and only one person she could even hit, really). "Flipendo." Of course. Another good cast, and light was flying out of her wand once more, in an almost practiced manner. Her Flipendo joined Evanore's ─ Ilvermorny power ─ and flew forwards, both hitting their marks. The blonde boy crumpled to the board, remaining there without any further motion. Although Karilyna still looked on rather indifferently, noting with satisfaction how the white team's queen was now exposed, there was a twinge of guilt like the one earlier. She was set upon the fact that this was a duel, and duels without pain were, well, not even duels, but there was just something about seeing someone passed out, her own actions being a good part of the reason why.

As Evanore was hit by the Tickling Charm, Karilyna bit her lip, eyes hardening. Though the tall girl was several years older than herself, they were housemates, and suffering through magically induced tickling seemed horrible. Besides, had Evanore not been standing there, Karilyna herself would've been hit, and that was most definitely not what the team needed. But the raven-haired girl was confident in her team, feeling that they most certainly had the upper hand. Now, all they had to do was strike.

Even with the nagging voice which reminded her that she'd now helped knock two, not just one, people unconscious, the Thunderbird fingered her wand, impish smile still on her face. The heat of the battle was no time to dwell on things much more easily dealt with after everything was over.

Doing as strategized

Writing as Alexei Petrov

Interacting with
Mentioning @Katrina Walker | @Annie Morgan (as Milosh)
Open to interactions!

Stamina: 10
Evasion: 8
Strength:12
Wisdom: 1
ArcPower: 3
Accuracy:8

Abilities: Charmer, Statistically Relevant

Action: Doing as strategized

So, nearly half of his team was unconscious and removed from the board. That didn't bode well. They had managed some damage to the other team, but nothing quite like the damage they had recieved. He crossed his arms and cursed in Russian as he tried to think of something to do. He couldn't just be defeated like this.

No, he had to win or pass out trying.

Action: Unconscious and out of the game.

Round 8

10th of July 2020, 13:24
Chess Combat, Game TWO

With two players down, Team White had to come up with something. Set defences and have someone constantly suppressing the opponent's players. For example, dodging for the Queen, and keeping to harass the opponent with spells — for Raine.

And the opponent went full offence. 4 out of 5 spells went straight towards the white Queen. Alexei had to demonstrate unbelievable evasion to avoid almost all of the spells except one. The one that hits the hardest (Karilyna's). Not standing still, but also not falling, Alexei continued to fight.

Erik and Evanore shot their spells towards Alexei, but their shots took an unexpected path and decided to avoid the intended target. And Neculai's spell again went much farther away almost hitting the medbay near the battlefield.

While everyone focused on the Queen, there's been a silent 1 on 1 duel since the beginning — Bridget vs Johannes. The boy was disoriented by the previous spell, which made him lose another step against the Hogwarts girl. Removing the blindfold to find out he was on fire. Not figuratively speaking.

The clock was ticking.

Team Compositions

Team Black	Team White
@Bridget Collins Evanore Fairclay (@River Dewlight) @Neculai Lazar @Erik Tharaldson Karilyna Kawahara (@Thora Larkston)	Johannes Ambroży (@Astrea Soleil Neptune) Milosh Rehnquist (@Annie Morgan) @Raine Sage @Katrina Walker Alexei Petrov (@Anastasia Beckett)

This match is moderated by @Meenauh Silmataurea

Team Black (2817/3700, 76%) Bridget (347/500), Rook, A2 Reducio Round Start Effects: None Action: Fire-Making Spell II Target: Johannes Spell DC: 12 Wisdom: 9 < 12 → Roll required, >3 to cast (12–9=3) Spell Success Roll: [d10: 6] > 3 → Success Auto-Miss (10): [d10: 8] < 10 → No auto-miss Accuracy: [d20: 10] + 8 – 1 = 17 (Opponents' Charmer) Evasion: [d20: 10] + 0 = 10 (Blindfolded: no stat bonus to Evasion) → Hit (17>10) Damage: 60 + 7 ARC × 10 = 130 –10% = 117 (Karilyna's Terrible Presence) Duration: 2 → 1 round (1d3, 1-2: 1 round, 3: 2 rounds) Round End Effects: None Erik (348/600), Bishop, C1 Reducio Round Start Effects: None Action: Knockback Jinx Target: Alexei Spell DC: 8 Wisdom: 6 < 8 → Roll required, >2 to cast (8–6=2) Spell Success Roll: [d10: 8] > 2 → Success Auto-Miss (10): [d10: 2] < 10 → No auto-miss Accuracy: [d20: 3] + 5 – 1 = 7 (Opponents' Charmer) Evasion: [d20: 10] + 8 + 7 = 25 (Alexei actively dodges) → Miss (7<25) Round End Effects: None Karilyna (800/800), Queen, A3 Reducio Round Start Effects: None Action: Knockback Jinx Target: Alexei Spell DC: 8 Wisdom: 9 > 8 → Roll not required Accuracy: [d20: 18] + 9 – 1 = 26 (Opponents' Charmer) Evasion: [d20: 7] + 8 + 7 = 22 (Alexei actively dodges) → Hit (26>22) Critical?: [d10: 3] < 10 → No critical Damage: 100 + 9 ARC × 10 = 190 Round End Effects: None Neculai (522/900), Bishop, D4 Reducio Round Start Effects: None Action: Knockback Jinx Target: Alexei Spell DC: 8 Wisdom: 7 < 8 → Roll required, >3 to cast (8-7=1 + 1 (Dhampir) + 1 (Karilyna's Terrible Presence)) Spell Success Roll: [d10: 5] > 3 → Success Auto-Miss (10): [d10: 10] = 10 → Auto-miss Round End Effects: None Evanore (800/900), Rook, B3 Reducio Round Start Effects: - –3 Accuracy, –3 Arcane Power (round 7) (Mucus ad Nauseam) - –1 Accuracy and –20 HP per round for 2 rounds (Rictusempra) Action: Fire-Making Spell II Target: Alexei Spell DC: 12 Wisdom: 10 < 12 → Roll require, >2 to cast (12-10=2) Spell Success Roll: [d10: 4] > 2 → Success Accuracy: [d20: 7] + 8 – 5 = 10 (Rictusempra, Opponents' Charmer, Mucus ad Nauseam) Evasion: [d20: 14] + 8 + 7 = 29 (Alexei actively dodges) → Miss (10<29) Round End Effects: - Raine's Rictusempra, –20 HP - –3 Accuracy and –3 Arcane Power next round (round 8 of Mucus Ad Nauseam) - –1 Accuracy and –20 HP per round for 1 round (Raine's Rictusempra)

Team White (2093/3800, 55%) Johannes (483/600), Rook, E2 Reducio Round Start Effects: - Blindfolded by Bridget's Obscuro: no stat bonus to Accuracy and Evasion rolls Action: Remove the blindfold Round End Effects: - Hit by Bridget's Incendio Duo, –117 HP - Aflame from Bridget's Incendio Duo for 1 round, –75 HP per round Katrina (0/600), Bishop, Eliminated Reducio Round Start Effects: Unconscious Action: — Round End Effects: Unconscious Alexei (810/1000), Queen, E3 Reducio Round Start Effects: - –3 Accuracy, –3 Arcane Power (round 7) (Mucus ad Nauseam) Action: Dodge (+5 +8×25% = +5+2 = +7) Round End Effects: - –3 Accuracy and –3 Arcane Power next round (round 8 of Mucus Ad Nauseam) - Hit by Karilyna's Flipendo, –190 HP Raine (800/800), Bishop, D1 Reducio Round Start Effects: None Action: Knockback Jinx Target: Evanore Spell DC: 8 Wisdom: 10 > 8 → Roll not required Accuracy: [d20: 8] + 8 – 1 = 15 (Opponents' Charmer) Evasion: [d20: 19] + 6 = 25 → Miss (15<25) Round End Effects: None Milosh (0/800), Rook, Eliminated Reducio Round Start Effects: Unconscious Round End Effects: Unconscious

Some important links

The Chess Combat Rules can be found here.
The list of Duelling Spells can be found here.
The Duelling Mechanics explanations can be found here.
If you need a reminder of which spells you personally have access to, they are locked-in here.
The spectator thread for this game is here.

Starting now you have 72 hours to post RP for the next round and to discuss and decide amongst each other which actions each of you will take and your Queen will owl your actions to Meenauh Silmataurea AND Professor Zahid AND Professor Vernatis.

Writing as Alexei Petrov

Interacting with
Mentioning @Katrina Walker | @Annie Morgan (as Milosh)
Open to interactions!

Stamina: 10
Evasion: 8
Strength:12
Wisdom: 1
ArcPower: 3
Accuracy:8

Abilities: Charmer, Statistically Relevant

Action: Doing as strategized

He almost did it. Almost being the operative word. Almost didn't count for anything other than hand grenades. He took a knockback jinx and felt the wind get knocked out of him. God, who on Earth had thought dueling was a fun activity for school children? Who exactly thought that making people fire spells at one another was a fun and acceptable pastime?

He had to win this. Between sneezes, he steeled himself for his next move.

Mentions all

She seemed to be getting into somewhat of a rhythm, a fire-making spell following the blindfold. Experience had taught her being on fire was not pleasant--she'd been aflame multiple times during her first duel--but she also knew it was a useful spell, at least in duelling. Anywhere else it tended to burn everything down and just cause more problems. Here, though, it was just the thing to wear your opponent down and somewhat distract them, as it was harder to focus while you were burning.

The White Team's Queen was exposed to her entire team, except for her, and as such it came as no surprise when four spells hurtled his way. What he lacked in casting ability he made up in his dodging, avoiding three of the four spells coming his way. Well, Neculai's went pretty off course so not much focus needed to go into dodging it, but the older Ilvermorny girl's and Erik's took a conscious effort. Their Queen, however, was just too good, and despite his best efforts, her Flipendo nailed him in the chest.

Much too busy avoiding his demise at the hand of all their spells, the White Queen remained in range of her four teammates. She wondered how long he'd be able to last, but then again, the game seemed to be nearing its close. Perhaps he could outlast the clock. Either way, they had a game to finish.

Action | Doing as strategized

Doing as strategized

RPing as Evanore Fairclay (Ilvermorny)
Charmer & Fearless

Evanore watched on as another one of her spells missed her intended target. This time it was a different boy who played as the opposing team’s queen. Cursing sliently to herself as the flash of her flipendo shot right past him and hit some random spot of no interest. At the moment though, she wasn’t that bothered by it, she had some sense of comfort as it looked like they still had the upper hand in this match, and time was ticking toward the end of the game. Taking a deep breath Evanore tried clearing her mind before preparing her next move.

Outfit

Action: Doing as Strategized

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