You only count your turns.

So... knocking him unconcious?

well I changed my post to reflect your bad choice in trying to knock him down. Future refrence Tainted things should be killed if possible. other wise they will kill you, probably in a couple of seconds. the average life expectancy of a fully armored bushi on the Kaui wall is 2 seconds against an oni overlord or Akutenshi.

Aww... didn't I at least get to break his legs?

You more or less turned them into powder. You could have done that to his head if you hadn't tried a called shot to a nonlethal location.

Well, it is a disadvantage of his.

Which I accounted for in a roll which he passed I might add. The disadvantage soft hearted applies to human life, there are schools of thought in which if you become to tainted to the point you grow new appendages you've ceased to be human. I'll accept his choice, but it's a waste of double 10s on a damage roll. You have no idea how lucky you were to get that much.

I see I should introduce an Oni no Pekkle.

A pickle demon!? Insanity!

Yes yes... I know that just because something looks like a word in english, that doesn't mean it's the same.

Also... I'm now gone until about 6 central time. Stupid job.

I'm gone till 8 eastern so don't feel to bad.

back. IHMN toast him please

Don't you have to do a damage roll? Or have you and I beaten the shit out of it so much that just about anything could finish it off?

Anything can finish it off at this point but if we don't burn him, he'll come back as a zombie.

...Zombie? Neat. I'm thinking maybe IHMN should skip the burnination.

Of course, I'm kidding...

Although I know if Windup was here he'd want skipping of the burning as well.

you like shadowlands baddies eh? I can change the focus of the rp if you guys feel much better?

IHMN, if you don't do it I'll have someone else do it.

Do what? I already did the fireball, and my turn is over now because of that. I have nothing to do. It's your turn with the rolls and stuff.

He said he doesn't need to do rolls for this. The guy can't move because his legs are powder, so T.N. to hit would be 0 or 5, very easy to roll... to the point of it being pointless to do so (assuming spells even need to make T.N.s to hit), and a small pebble could hit him at this point and kill him, so far as game mechanics go. My blow did enough to kill him... I just didn't hit a vital area.

If the thing is dead, maybe you guys should get my guy's attention, because he's still casting and I think it would be too engrossing for him to be paying attention to the fight.

um you do realize to cast at a target you need to be looking at it.

I thought Earthquake was a location spell

yes it is, and like all location spells you have to be very familliar with it or have a line of sight, also why earthquake?

Well, Hakuyo is going to be looking very stupid now, coming out after the damn maho-tsukai bit it, but maybe I'll just have him hang around in case JAD decides that he gets back up...

well, I have sight of my target, which was the center of the combat arena, and Earthquake because....hmmm....well, I figured it would be helpful to stop the thing from its castings.

Hakuyo: *leaps out with arrows* DIE VILE DE... err... why's there a smoldering corpse where the demon was?

Taken, Raiden and IHMN's guy: "Nice outfit, shame you missed the party."

Hakuyo: "I hate you, God. I hate you with the fury of a thousand suns."

*Odd chanting in the background
Yoshi: "...hey that sounds like a spell I heard this one time...."
Taken & Raiden: ".....Stop him now!! It's already dead!!"
*The ground starts to rumble and shake

Maybe that'd give Hakuyo something to shoot at...

I see asukane is going to be the village idiot.

How do you interrupt a shugenja's spell?

Punch them in the face, kick them in the groin, garrotte them, kick them in the back, etc. You get the idea.

Don't worry about it. Earthquake is a nonlethal spell in this situation.

Hmm, so I guess Asukane won't have to die this time...

Great job so far guys.