Quidditch Fall 2021 Slytherin v Ravenclaw

Doing as strategized

@Sylvain Wyllt

If there was one thing River should have learned at this point, it was that once u let your guard down, things tend to go south. And they did. She barely noticed the whizz of the incoming bludger before a crack of pain shot through her body knocking her straight off her broom. And then she began to free-fall.
She fought hard to keep calm, and laid herself out becoming an easy catch for her teammates. If they didn’t grab her, then her impact with the ground would for sure be extremely painful and probably even knock her out. But she tried to not think about that. She felt the thought of her impending doom would perhaps interfere with her snitch-catching skills.

Luckily she didn’t have to skydive too long before she felt someone grab hold of her and she landed on a broom once more. She wrapped her arms respectfully around the person in front of her, trying to hold on as best as she could. The calming vibes around her rescuer made it quite easy to know who it was without opening her eyes right away. It was the same presence that had shadowed her for quite a bit now. And her assumptions were only confirmed once he spoke. “Thanks Syl, really appreciate that” she laughed through heavy breaths trying to put her head back straight. Spotting the snitch again after her fall was not the most difficult task, she scanned the area she’d seen it moments before. And sure enough, the faint golden glimt was back in sight.“That way!”, she called out and pointed in the snitche’s direction.
She never got used to sharing a broom, it always felt slightly claustrophobic. But that was just something she’d have to work through.

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Action: Doing as strategized

Stats
Stamina: 7 (10)
Evasion: 6 (9)
Strength: 4 (7)
Wisdom: 12 (15)
Arcane Power: 7 (10)
Accuracy: 9 (12)

Broom
Silver Arrow (+3 to all stats)

Race and Abilities
Dhampir (Aura On), perfectionist, Beast Master(Owl)

In a game that seemed so short, a lot had happened. Not one, but two brooms had been broken by Jorah, the led had changed twice, and there were more penalty laps than she could keep track of. Emma's hands immediately went for her head, protecting herself from the remains of the shattered broom should they decide to fall in her direction.

After a long, hard battle (that was still going on) they had had taken the lead. Things were getting pretty bad on Slytherin's end, but hey, she didn't have to worry about it.

Interacting with @Maggie Hawkins

Action: Doing as strategized

STA: 8 + 3 = 11 // EVA: 7 + 3 = 10 // STR: 4 + 3 = 7 // WIS: 10 + 3 = 13 // ARCP: 7 + 3 = 10 // ACC: 9 + 3 = 12

Abilities:

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• Charmer: -1 accuracy to all of Aly's opponents (defined as the Slytherin first-string and second-string Quidditch players)
• Keeper's Catch: 10% chance to automatically block an attempt to score a goal as long as the Keeper is in the goal area. If an attempt to score has been blocked through this effect, the Keeper may as a free action hurl the quaffle at the opponent team in an attempt to injure a player of their choice (it would be recovered with a quaffle grab action) and treated like a bludger or pass the quaffle to a team mate. This must be declared by the Keeper if either of these free actions are to be utilized

Broom:

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Silver Arrow: +3 to all stats

Stamina: 5 [+1 Comet 180] = 6
+Evasion: 6 [+1 Comet 180] = 7
+Strength: 5
+Wisdom: 7
+ArcPower: 6
+ Accuracy: 6 [+2 Comet 180] = 8

Abilities:
+none

Broom:
+Comet 180

Action: bench

İnteraction:@Cassandra Ironwoods
@Maggie Hawkins
@Avery Chen

Going for the snitch should have been easy. Once Dan had seen the little thing, after all, they just had to go after it and catch it. Not too hard, right?

The issue was, well, there were a lot of people who didn't want Dan to catch the snitch. Filthy beaters, always trying to knock a barefoot child from his broom - and sometimes breaking it in the process.

Silver Arrows were expensive. Ravenclaws were supposed to be smart. Did they know anything?

Koko attempted to steer the broom well enough, but as she and Dan had multiple near-misses with bludgers and poor Percival went down, it seemed that things were not going according to plan.

"This isn't going well," she whispered to Dan. "Just tell me what to do and I'll do my best. We'll win this. We have to."

'Have' was a very strong word.

Action: as strategised.

Reducio

Stats:	Abilities:
Stamina: (15+3) 18 Evasion: (9+3) 12 Strength: (3+3) 6 Wisdom: (6+3) 9 Arc Power: (5+3) 8 Accuracy: (10+3) 13	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 (Slytherin) have 10% chance of auto-success

Broom:

Silver Arrow - +3 to all stats

Percival noticed the bludger racing towards Dan and blocked the attack successfully, if being knocked off your broom was considered a success. Crap. Tyr raced off towards where they boy was falling towards the ground, shattered bits of his broom falling down with him. She covered her face with her hand, allowing herself to peek through her fingers hoping the broken wood would not cause any serious harm.

There was a slight jolt in her flight pattern as Percy landed on her broom. "Hey! I got you. Hold tight. We aren't done yet. But I don't think your broom made it through the attack." She glanced back at the boy, ensuring he was situation before taking off to get ready for the next round.

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)

Stamina: 11 (14)	Evasion: 7 (10)
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: @Percival Rainwood
Health: 1400/1400
Translations: None this round

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Sunday 24th October 2021, 7pm

Tension was, undoubtedly, building. One goal from Slytherin; two more from Ravenclaw - Gabriella's own house was still winning, but that twenty-point lead hardly mattered. Not if Slytherin caught the snitch. And while Dan had no prospect of getting back on his broom blasted to smithereens, now existing as mere particles in the air, he still posed a very true threat to the game.

The Slytherin Seeker, however, was not Gabby's current responsibility. No, her target now was Maggie Hawkins, a first-year and one of Slytherin's Chasers. Truth be told, Gabriella detested playing against first-years - or, more accurately, she detested having to aim for second-years. There seemed to Gabby something incredibly unjust and immoral about whacking a large magical cannonball straight at an eleven-year-old's head, which she knew most players seemed to ignore, but Gabby couldn't help but feel incredibly sorry for the young girl whom, although being only a year younger than Gabriella herself, Gabby felt an urgent need to protect. Maybe, then, this is why, when the Ravenclaw got her club to the Bludger, she didn't hit it with as much force as she might have liked to in the interests of the game. Sure, it was an accurate hit, smacking Maggie right in the chest. The first-year reeled, and Gabriella winced, terrified she was going to fall backwards. Luckily (unluckily, Gabriella said to herself angrily, forcing herself to put her team first and foremost), she remained on her broom - slightly winded, but still, somehow, in the air.

"Sorry," mumbled Gabby. She wasn't sure whether the Slytherin girl would hear her, but it was worth a try, no?

doing as strategised 287 words

stats~ stamina: 8+3=11 | evasion: 5+3=8 | strength: 8+3=11 | wisdom: 7+3=10 | arc power: 5+3=8 | accuracy: 7+3=10 broom~ silver arrow (+3 to all stats) abilities~ broken broomshaft, muggle condition

hex code: 010e4b mentioning: @maggie hawkins

Another penalty lap.

Alexx couldn't seem to find her rhythm; she couldn't seem to get it in shape. Perhaps that first lap was a bit too jarring for her, and she simply couldn't get her head back in the game after the embarrassment of missing once.

She dreaded what the knowledge of missing twice would do to her.

It was shameful. Once Slytherin's greatest cheaters, now turned just another blonde girl who couldn't play the game. Just another mediocre player. It was shameful.

She could only hope that the next round would harness change. Next time she wouldn't miss. Next time would be better.

Action: penalty lap

M O D E R A T I O N — R O U N D 4

R A V E N C L A W

FIRST STRING Keeper: @Aly Salinger Chasers: - - - @Cecily Quinn @Lavinia Cloven @Sylvain Wyllt Beaters: - @Jorah Moussa @Gabriella Haworth Seeker: @River Dewlight

SECOND STRING Keeper: @Selina Knight Chaser: @Winnie Harper Beater: @Emma Milanes Seeker: @Aurora Ranvier "Knowledge is a weapon with which we are formidably armed"

B U F F S
10% auto-hit/auto-score (Calming Presence [Sylvain])

D E B U F F S
10% auto-failure on actions (Unsettling Aura [River])
+2 to Snitch Find/Catch (Lovely Creature [Dan, Alexx])

S L Y T H E R I N

FIRST STRING‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‎ Keeper: @Koko Riddle Chasers: - - - @Tyranni Whitethorn @Alexx Séverin @Maggie Hawkins Beaters: - @Erin Ryan @Cassandra Ironwoods Seeker: @Dan Palmer

SECOND STRING Keeper: @Avery Chen Chaser: @Dancelos Grey Beater: @Percival Rainwood Seeker: @Flash Holmwood "The power to make people fear is the only power you need."

B U F F S
10% auto-hit/auto-score (Calming Presence [Koko])

D E B U F F S
10% auto-failure on actions (Unsettling Aura [River])
-1 to all accuracy checks (Charmer [Aly])

C H A S E R S | K E E P E R S

───── Ravenclaw ───── Sylvain: Two-headed Dragon riding with River Cecily: Blatch targeting Dan Lavinia: Blatch targeting Dan Aly: Alley-oop assisting River

───── Slytherin ───── Maggie: Lifeguard priority Dan Tyranni: Two-headed Dragon riding with Percival Alexx: Penalty lap no action Koko: Two-headed Dragon riding with Dan

───────────── Results ─────────────

With both seekers now having spotted the snitch (River's revelation made clear as she and Sylvain signaled for an Alley-oop) the match was quickly transitioning from mid- to end-game. Despite only a 20 point lead and the quaffle up for grabs for some easy goals, neither team would--or necessarily even could--spare the players to go for it. Instead, all hands were on deck to belay the competition and protect their own assets.

B E A T E R S || C H E A T E R S
Order of Operations: Erin > Lavinia > Jorah > Cecily

───── Ravenclaw ───── Gabriella: Defend defending River ───── Lavinia: Blatch @ Dan UA[55] | CP[13] Bl[6]+14(acc) = 20 [!] Percival is defending Percival: Evades riding with Tyranni SI[88] E[3]+10(eva) = 13 Percival and Tyranni are KOB FP[66] Lavinia receives a penalty ───── Jorah: Backbeat @ Maggie UA[83] | CP[83] BB[6]+13(acc)+5(BB) = 24 [!] Maggie: Evades E[8]+11(eva) = 19 Jorah hits Maggie Dmg: 18(str)×50(BB) = 900 HP: 50-900 = 0 Maggie is KOB ───── Cecily: Blatch @ Dan UA[4] [!] | CP[18] Cecily misses Dan FP[40] Cecily receives a penalty

───── Slytherin ───── Erin: Bludger @ River unaffected by UA CP[100] | auto-hit [!] Gabriella is defending Erin hits Dmg: 18(str)×75(BB) = 1350 HP: 1100-1350 = 0 Gabriella is KOB ───── Percival: Defend defending Dan P E N A L T I E S Cloven, penalty lap! Quinn, penalty lap! E F F E C T S Jorah: Broken Broomshaft Br[84] Maggie's broom is broken

───────────── Results ─────────────

With their captain hot in pursuit of the snitch astride Koko's broom, Alexx serving a lap, and Tyranni doubled up with Percival, their options were severely limited. With only four viable players, they would have to take care with their formations so as not to leave gaps and the subsequent outcome of the game to chance. Apparently adamant to err on the side of caution, or perhaps not quite finding the right opening, Dan would not be spiral diving for the snitch. In refraining from doing so, however, Percival was able to keep up with him, ensuring a protective guard. Erin, however, would not be so similarly constrained. Per the usual, she was loosed upon the Ravenclaw team, this time her eye upon their seeker. With little difficulty in pinning down a bludger, her bat would CRACK! against it with awesome reverberation to send that iron canon careening towards the eagle. There would be little doubt in anyone's mind that both River and Sylvain would have been sent grasswards had that ball connected.

Like the snakes, however, Ravenclaw had opted for something of a defensive play. Counter to their strategy towards the start of the match, they opted to pull one of their beaters from the offense. Mirroring Percival, Gabriella had dropped back to dog her seeker and co-captain. A good call, too. Well, in a sense. Had she been any further out, she wouldn't have been able to intervene. As it was, however, she was able to intercept the changling's bludger, defending River from an untimely unseating. Unfortunately, that was all she was able to do. The blow had been uncannily precise and with far too much power to deflect, never mind any thought to rebound it back towards its attacker. Taking the full brunt of the blow, Gabriella was knocked clean from her broom and with nobody on duty to catch her, would fall (slowly and safely) to the grassy pitch below, unaware of the events above.

But as they say, and eye for an eye, a claw for a claw. Or in this case, a fang for a talon... River wasn't the only seeker pegged with a vibrant target above their head. With Dan closing in on the snitch, his threat level was rising to emergent levels. Ravenclaw couldn't afford to ignore his progress, and they knew it. Once again, they would amount a two-pronged assault with Lavinia and Cecily. This time, however, they weren't playing nice. Aiming to eliminate instead of maim, the two would charge in. Percival and Tyranni, much like Gabriella, intervened just in time to take the brunt of Lavinia's attack. Brooms and bodies would collide in a clatter of chaos that would see the serpents dismounted.

"Cloven! Penalty lap for blatching!"

Falling towards the pitch, Slytherin couldn't hope to save the pair of them, but Maggie could try to at least spare one. Flying in hot pursuit, she would close in on the nearest (feel free to choose as it was never rolled), but she would never make it. A bludger sent sailing by Jorah would see its mark. Barely holding onto consciousness as it was, even a glancing blow would have been enough to end her. Unfortunately, she would take the full blow, consciousness snuffed out with the splintering if her broom as she, too, was sent airborne and Jorah added another tick to his growing tally of shattered shafts.

In a matter of seconds, four players (one eagle, three serpents) would be eliminated from the game. Ravenclaw's captain would endeavor to make that six. With Percival and his defensive bat out of the way, the path to Dan was clear. Opposite Lavinia, her path would take her on a collision course with the seeker-keeper pair, bent on blatching them from the skies. No tell-tale sound of impact would be heard, however. A sense of dread would grip her for a split second, interrupting her trail for just enough time for Dan and Koko to veer out of the way. What was worse, karma had finally caught up with her.

"Quinn! I saw that attempted blatch! Join Cloven for a penalty lap!"

S E E K E R S

───── Ravenclaw ‏‏‎───── DC: 15+12(LA)+2(LC) = 29 River: Alley-oop SC#1[5]+12(acc) = 17 SC#2[12]+12(acc) = 24 River does not catch the snitch

───── Slytherin ───── DC: 15+12(LA) = 27 Dan: Snitch Catch SC[7]+13(acc)-1(C)+2(bonus) = 21 Dan does not catch the snitch.

───────────── Results ─────────────

The chase was on, and neither side would spare a moment in attempting to grasp hold of victory. As soon as she had spotted the snitch, River and Sylvain signaled for an alley-oop, one that Aly was all too willing to accommodate. Abandoning her efforts with the quaffle, the Ravenclaw keeper would offer a hand, spinning on the spot to release the seeker-chaser pair on a snitch-bound trajectory. Unfortunately, being a notoriously difficult maneuver, the path wouldn't quite be on point. Sent a little too far to one side, River's hand would meet only air as she snatched at the golden orb.

Dan would hardly fair any better. Apparently fortune's smile would favour sparing him the unfortunate collision of a blatch instead of bringing the snitch near enough to grasp. The flighty little devil would dart perpetually out of reach, denying him the satisfaction of cold metal against his palm and elevating the urgency of his flight to new heights. He still had the advantage, hotter on the snitch's trail than his competition, but that lead was decreasing at an alarming rate. It was anybody's game.

S C O R E B O A R D

SLYTHERIN 30

RAVENCLAW 50

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A C R O N Y M S Reducio —B = Bludger [d20 +acc] —BB = Bludger Backbeat [d20 +5 +acc] —Bl = Blatch [d20 +acc] —Br = Broken Broomshaft [d100: 76 - 100 = on a KOB, broom is broken and target is unable to use the Return to Broom action for the remainder of the game] —C = Charmer [-1 to opponents' accuarcy] —Cob = Cob [d20 +2 +acc] —CP = Calming Presence [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic success of hit/score] —D = Defending [d100: 76 – 100 = successfully redirect incoming bludger back at attacker] —E = Evasion [d20 +eva] —EM = Evasive Maneuvers [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic dodge] —FP = Foulplay [d100: 76 – 100 = avoid detection for cheating] —GS = Giant Strength [increases damage by 30%] —KC = Keeper's Catch [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic block, roll rng target (quaffle dmg like bludger)] —KE = Keen Eye [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic snitch find] —KOB = Knocked Off Broom —LA = Lowest Accuracy [lowest accuracy between opposing seekers] —LC = Lovely Creature [increases opposing team's Snitch Seek/Catch DC by 2] —LW = Lowest Wisdom [lowest wisdom between opposing seekers] —MC = Muggle Condition [+2 to non-magical accuracy checks] —MT = Moontrimmer [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic dodge] —OS = Obnoxiously Strong [increases base strength by 10%] —QG = Quaffle Grab [d20 +acc] —S = Score attempt [d20 +acc] —SC = Snitch Catch [d20 +acc] —SF = Snitch Find [d20 +wis] —SI = Seer's Intuition [d100: 91 – 100 = automatic success of hit/score] —SFS = Starfish & Stick [+3 to block attempt | disadvantage on dodging] —TB = Tinderblast [Chaser: +3 to pass recipient's attempt to score] —UA = Unsettling Aura [d100: 1 – 10 = automatic failure of action] —VA = Veela's Allure [d100: 91 – 100 = attack is redirected/forces score automiss]

H E A L T H Reducio Ravenclaw Aly [1100 / 1100] Cecily [1000 / 1000] Lavinia [1200 / 1200] Sylvain [900 / 900]—w/ River Jorah [1300 / 1300] Gabriella [KOB] River [1000 / 1000]—w/ Sylvain Selina [absent] Winnie [benched] Emma [1200 / 1200] Aurora [benched] Slytherin Koko [1800 / 1800]—w/ Dan Tyranni [KOB] Alexx [1000 / 1000] Maggie [KOB] Erin [1100 / 1100] Cassandra [KOB] Dan [0 / 1200]—w/ Koko Avery [benched] Dancelos [600 / 600] Percival [KOB] Flash [benched]

Players have until Saturday, November 20th @ 23:59 EST to post and submit actions