Shugo, when you go to strike Lady Amestris with your first astral arm, she leans backward, and her flexible body allows her back to bend at a perfect 90 degree angle, dodging the fist. When she rears back up, however, your second fist catches her cleanly in the chest, and she stumbles a step backward, and you take this time to land a strong hook that catches her offguard. The hook seems to leave her dazed, and thinking that you now have her, you attempt to land a kick aimed at her mid-section. However, to your surprise, she suddenly turns around and lifts up her knee, blocking the kick with her limb. "Way of The Astral Self, hmm? Useful, but at times a bit too dull for my taste. But then again, I am just one person," Lady Amestris says.
Suddenly, she brings her hands together and forma them as if she were to carry a sphere shaped object about the size of a basketball. Suddenly, a blue ball of electricity begins to form within her hands, growing in size, until she then shoots the ball of lighting at you, saying, "Thunder of the Wyrm!" Using the ball as a attempt to overwhelm, she dashes forward, and drawing on the ki from her body, jumps up into the air and spins around, her legs becoming enveloped in fire while she did this, making her look as if her body half wete in a flaming tornado, and she attempts to hit you with two fiery kicks.
Make a Dex save or take 15 electric damage on a fail.
Fire kick 1
Hit: 20
Fire damage: 13
Fire kick 2
Hit: 20
Fire damage: 7
(After you make you dex saves) Lady Amestris kicks you squarely in the chest, and leaving behind a lingering, searing pain, byt not before she follows up with another kick, this one hitting you again in the chest, thus knocking you over. If you attempt to get up, however, it will only cost half of your movement, but you are now prone due to being hit by both kicks. Take 20 fire damage alongside 15 electric damage if you fail dex save
Huzur cocks his head a little as he watches the sparring match, paying attention to Lady Amestris' tactics.
"Hmm. They are very aggressive and confident. Sparring is one thing, but I suspect in a real fight outside of a ring like this you could use those traits against them. They could likely be lured into a trap."
(I'm going to guess that he dodges that? Either way the outcome will be the same.)
Dodging her 'Thunder of the Wyrm' only to be struck with to firey kicks. Shugo falls flat on his back, astral arms flickering. Sitting up, he pats his chest to put out the fire and flinches. Maybe patting the newly forming bruise was a bad idea. Still smiling, he squints up at the woman. "Hmmm, you really are a firey one." Still sitting on the ground, he holds out his hands, "You are waaaaaaay out of my league. I surrender."
Before Amestris can respond, Shugo suddenly disappears... (He cast invisibility on himself.)
Once invisible, he gets up and moves 25ft away staying as quiet as possible.
Lady Amestris takes your invisibility as a sign of changed and i.proviaed tactics and still thinks that your in the fight. She hears you, and says, "You are making this too easy!!"
She dashes towards the spot where she heard you, and is very accurate. Flame envelops her fist as she sends the fiery punch your eay, when suddenly the red hand of your red dragonborn teacher smothers the fist, the flame doing very little. "Thats quite enough, Ms Amestris," the teacher says. He then turns to you, Shugo, "Let this be a lesson. Some fights, such as this one, shpuld be handled with more tactics then instead of charging straight on. Let your opponents aggressiveness wear themselves down."
Dropping his invisibility, Shugo shrugs. That had been his intention. He had only charged in to begin with to get a better idea of what he was dealing with. Had the two actually though he would surrender that easily? ...well maybe he would, but he really had meant to continue the fight. He'd even had a plan to send her on a wild goose chase while he danced around her. Ah well. Still smiling, he says, "Good fight. Since we're both still standing I guess this is a draw. Heheh." He puts his hands behind his head and stretches. "Ah, you could have spared my shirt though." As he moves the large singed hole in his shirt is all the more obvious, along with his bare burned chest underneath. "I suppose I should go get a new one." Turning around he starts to walk away, "Keep training girly. With your strength you should've taken me out way faster."
"Cocky? Me?"He chuckles. That's rich coming from her.... "Oh my dear, I'm not sure you know the meaning of that word. I'm just giving you some constructive criticism."
The instructor nods to each of you respectfully for you both to go sit back down. After you do so, he then crosses his arm behind his back, and says, "Now, I am aware that some of you may have heard of this 'Universal Knowledge' hmm? And some of you wonder why this monastery is more like a school rather than a monastery, if I am correct."
Huzur takes a deep breath and looks carefully at the instructor. Finally he nods.
”We are not children. There is much to learn but I did not journey here to sit in classrooms to be lectured by those who know little more than I do.“
Huzur could feel his impatience surfacing. Maybe this had been a mistake.
The instructor nods, and replies, "I understand your frustration. I myself was of the same mind when I was at this place. However, I myself possess this 'Universal Knowledge' and I will tell you, it is something that you can learn in a classroom or even at a monastery. Rather, as the great monk, Jashin "The Seeker" put it, 'Knowledge is power.' However, in this case of this monastery, such sayings should be taken quite literal. That is all 8 can say for now without revealing too much. You are all dismissed." The entire student group begins to file, when the four of you find yourselves together outside of the training area, only the four of you. What will you say or do?
Nargun turns to the others, " Should we perhaps take it upon ourselves to train? I have only fought my guru and occasionally local ruffians or bandits. How about yourselves?"
She stretched up to her full enormous height and rolled her shoulders....
Shugo glances up at Nargun. She doesn't look any easier to beat than that other woman. "Heheh, maybe another time. I'm a bit tired from that last skirmish."
Then he looks at Huzur, "Yeahhh, I kinda am getting that feeling as well. They clearly know more than we do, but they don't seem super open about sharing." He cocks his head and grins, "I agree, let's go find the restricted areas. ....after I uh...go back and get a new shirt." He gestures to his bare, thoroughly burned chest. "I won't be long! And no need to wait for me unless you want to of course. If you want to look around for yourselves I'll find you eventually."With that he puts his hands behind his head and starts casually walking towards his room, leaving plenty of time for any of his companions to catch up to him...
Huzur nods at Shugo. "There is no rush. We may not know who to trust but we might as well stay together for now."
If Nargun let any of those words actually get said out loud she would have only found Huzur nodding in agreement, missing any trace of sarcasm that might have been there.
Lady Amestris dex saves
Save 1: 26
Save 2: 13
Shugo, when you go to strike Lady Amestris with your first astral arm, she leans backward, and her flexible body allows her back to bend at a perfect 90 degree angle, dodging the fist. When she rears back up, however, your second fist catches her cleanly in the chest, and she stumbles a step backward, and you take this time to land a strong hook that catches her offguard. The hook seems to leave her dazed, and thinking that you now have her, you attempt to land a kick aimed at her mid-section. However, to your surprise, she suddenly turns around and lifts up her knee, blocking the kick with her limb. "Way of The Astral Self, hmm? Useful, but at times a bit too dull for my taste. But then again, I am just one person," Lady Amestris says.
Suddenly, she brings her hands together and forma them as if she were to carry a sphere shaped object about the size of a basketball. Suddenly, a blue ball of electricity begins to form within her hands, growing in size, until she then shoots the ball of lighting at you, saying, "Thunder of the Wyrm!" Using the ball as a attempt to overwhelm, she dashes forward, and drawing on the ki from her body, jumps up into the air and spins around, her legs becoming enveloped in fire while she did this, making her look as if her body half wete in a flaming tornado, and she attempts to hit you with two fiery kicks.
Make a Dex save or take 15 electric damage on a fail.
Fire kick 1
Hit: 20
Fire damage: 13
Fire kick 2
Hit: 20
Fire damage: 7
(After you make you dex saves) Lady Amestris kicks you squarely in the chest, and leaving behind a lingering, searing pain, byt not before she follows up with another kick, this one hitting you again in the chest, thus knocking you over. If you attempt to get up, however, it will only cost half of your movement, but you are now prone due to being hit by both kicks. Take 20 fire damage alongside 15 electric damage if you fail dex save
Nargun grimaces, " Ow..."
Huzur cocks his head a little as he watches the sparring match, paying attention to Lady Amestris' tactics.
"Hmm. They are very aggressive and confident. Sparring is one thing, but I suspect in a real fight outside of a ring like this you could use those traits against them. They could likely be lured into a trap."
Dex save for electric damage: 27
(I'm going to guess that he dodges that? Either way the outcome will be the same.)
Dodging her 'Thunder of the Wyrm' only to be struck with to firey kicks. Shugo falls flat on his back, astral arms flickering. Sitting up, he pats his chest to put out the fire and flinches. Maybe patting the newly forming bruise was a bad idea. Still smiling, he squints up at the woman. "Hmmm, you really are a firey one." Still sitting on the ground, he holds out his hands, "You are waaaaaaay out of my league. I surrender."
Before Amestris can respond, Shugo suddenly disappears... (He cast invisibility on himself.)
Once invisible, he gets up and moves 25ft away staying as quiet as possible.
Stealth if necessary: 10 (oof)
Lady Amestris takes your invisibility as a sign of changed and i.proviaed tactics and still thinks that your in the fight. She hears you, and says, "You are making this too easy!!"
She dashes towards the spot where she heard you, and is very accurate. Flame envelops her fist as she sends the fiery punch your eay, when suddenly the red hand of your red dragonborn teacher smothers the fist, the flame doing very little. "Thats quite enough, Ms Amestris," the teacher says. He then turns to you, Shugo, "Let this be a lesson. Some fights, such as this one, shpuld be handled with more tactics then instead of charging straight on. Let your opponents aggressiveness wear themselves down."
Dropping his invisibility, Shugo shrugs. That had been his intention. He had only charged in to begin with to get a better idea of what he was dealing with. Had the two actually though he would surrender that easily? ...well maybe he would, but he really had meant to continue the fight. He'd even had a plan to send her on a wild goose chase while he danced around her. Ah well. Still smiling, he says, "Good fight. Since we're both still standing I guess this is a draw. Heheh." He puts his hands behind his head and stretches. "Ah, you could have spared my shirt though." As he moves the large singed hole in his shirt is all the more obvious, along with his bare burned chest underneath. "I suppose I should go get a new one." Turning around he starts to walk away, "Keep training girly. With your strength you should've taken me out way faster."
Lady Amestris crosses her arms, and replies, "Hey, don't get cocky."
Note: if anyone wants to interject and say something, now is the time
"Cocky? Me?" He chuckles. That's rich coming from her.... "Oh my dear, I'm not sure you know the meaning of that word. I'm just giving you some constructive criticism."
The instructor nods to each of you respectfully for you both to go sit back down. After you do so, he then crosses his arm behind his back, and says, "Now, I am aware that some of you may have heard of this 'Universal Knowledge' hmm? And some of you wonder why this monastery is more like a school rather than a monastery, if I am correct."
Nargun shrugged, unsure of the exact lesson they were supposed to have learned.
" I have never been to a monastery before....so I have no expectations, myself."
Huzur takes a deep breath and looks carefully at the instructor. Finally he nods.
”We are not children. There is much to learn but I did not journey here to sit in classrooms to be lectured by those who know little more than I do.“
Huzur could feel his impatience surfacing. Maybe this had been a mistake.
The instructor nods, and replies, "I understand your frustration. I myself was of the same mind when I was at this place. However, I myself possess this 'Universal Knowledge' and I will tell you, it is something that you can learn in a classroom or even at a monastery. Rather, as the great monk, Jashin "The Seeker" put it, 'Knowledge is power.' However, in this case of this monastery, such sayings should be taken quite literal. That is all 8 can say for now without revealing too much. You are all dismissed." The entire student group begins to file, when the four of you find yourselves together outside of the training area, only the four of you. What will you say or do?
Nargun turns to the others, " Should we perhaps take it upon ourselves to train? I have only fought my guru and occasionally local ruffians or bandits. How about yourselves?"
She stretched up to her full enormous height and rolled her shoulders....
Huzur looks over at Nargun.
"I don't know what to make of this place," Huzur says. "It feels like they're using this promise of universal knowledge as bait to lure people here."
He looks around.
"I'd prefer to take a look around and see where we're not allowed to go."
Shugo glances up at Nargun. She doesn't look any easier to beat than that other woman. "Heheh, maybe another time. I'm a bit tired from that last skirmish."
Then he looks at Huzur, "Yeahhh, I kinda am getting that feeling as well. They clearly know more than we do, but they don't seem super open about sharing." He cocks his head and grins, "I agree, let's go find the restricted areas. ....after I uh...go back and get a new shirt." He gestures to his bare, thoroughly burned chest. "I won't be long! And no need to wait for me unless you want to of course. If you want to look around for yourselves I'll find you eventually." With that he puts his hands behind his head and starts casually walking towards his room, leaving plenty of time for any of his companions to catch up to him...
" Yes, lets absolutely get into trouble on our first day here.....", Nargun said to herself.
Though she followed along regardless.....
Huzur nods at Shugo. "There is no rush. We may not know who to trust but we might as well stay together for now."
If Nargun let any of those words actually get said out loud she would have only found Huzur nodding in agreement, missing any trace of sarcasm that might have been there.
10 minutes pass and shugo arrives back with a new shirt. So do you all agree to explore the monastery?
" Lead on, Fierce One."
Huzur starts off once the group is back together.
"We might as well test the boundaries of where we're allowed and not allowed," he suggests to the others.
Is there a central main keep like building, somewhere the masters reside, and maybe the main library or such?