Encounters - Clay

"Okay, then let's get started... Chicken Girl." Hey, if she can't be bothered to learn his name, why should he bother to learn hers?

Clay twirls his staff as Tavi rears up on his hind legs to draw his seamitars. The two long, razor-sharp shells clash together as he crosses them.

Clay's Init: 19
Tavi's Init: 17

Clay squints his eyes as the setting sun glares brighter, making the thin air heat up around them. "Ugh, great. Maybe I shoulda asked Calli to teach somebody to make rain..."

He takes a deep breath, focusing his energy on Tavi. Brenda doesn't seem to be going for him right away, so he has a moment to prepare. His aura shines into visibility around his head, glowing blue - strongest right at that "third eye" spot on his forehead, and Tavi's brow starts to shine with the same light. "You go right, I'll go left. Try and douse that lizard!"

Clay bounds forward at an angle, off toward Brenda's side to close in on her while making sure she can't hit him and Tavi both in one swing like she did last time. Meanwhile, Tavi breaks north and barks - and the bark itself carries his attack, a pulse of sound and water directed at the lizard.

Clay channels Tavi.
Clay binds Spirit Bond! Tavi gains +6 bonus damage on Special Attacks.
Clay uses Splash! +2 Evasion until end of his next turn.

Tavi uses Water Pulse on Heather!
AC 2 vs izufTt8u1d20, Confuse 17+
2d8+37 Special Water damage

Clay calls out to Tavi, "Stay on your toes! Get ready for her!"

At the beginning of next round, Clay uses Agility Orders as a priority swift action. Tavi's Initiative increases to 21.1d20·2d8+37

Tavi gives a low growl of frustration when Heather evades his attack, but he doesn't close the distance between them - instead he digs his paws in and waits, bracing for an attack.

Tavi declares Revenge! At the end of the round, he will shift and use Revenge.

Well, that doesn't really look good for Tavi's strategy. But it does mean that Heather is within reach of Clay now. Time for a change in strategy.

Clay bounds over to Heather, rather than Brenda, and lashes out at her with a shattering kick. "Take this!" The ideal, of course, is to take Heather down before she can seriously zap Tavi.

Clay uses Splash! +2 Evasion until the end of next turn.
Clay uses Brick Break on Heather!
AC 2 vs XpuR2eKY1d20
3d8+25 Physical Fighting damage
A critical hit! 3d8+10 additional damage!1d20·3d8+25·3d8+10

Well, Tavi was unable to bait Heather into attacking, but he can still take a bit of revenge for Heather's attack on his trainer. He charges at her with his head lowered and slashes at her with the spiny prong of his helmet. "Prepareth to square! I shall heave the gorge on thy livings, naughty mushrump!"

Tavi uses Revenge on Brenda!
AC 2 vs Rh05H1nf1d20
2d6+32 Physical Fighting damage

"Yeah! Go, buddy!" Clay's voice is a little weak, mostly from getting kicked in the back of his ribs, but he does his best to encourage Tavi and his incomprehensible battle cries anyway. "Now hit this lizard quick and take her down!"

Tavi takes a cautious step out of Brenda's reach to fire another pulse of water at Heather, hoping to take her out before she can do something unfortunate like, say, zap him with the electric field charging the ground.

Clay uses Agility Orders!
Tavi Disengages!
Tavi uses Water Pulse on Heather!
AC 2 vs 1d20 Confuse 17+
2d8+37 Special Water damage1d20·2d6+32·1d20·2d8+37

Clay's turn to finally go in for a strike. He decides to be showy. He backflips right over Brenda's head to land on her other side, and brings his new staff into play as he goes into a technique his Infernape family favors - hitting her with every body part he can manage at once, swinging the staff from one end to the other, striking with a free hand, lashing out with a kick, in a furious volley of attacks.

Clay uses Splash! +2 Evasion until the end of next round.
Clay uses Furious Strikes!
AC 3 vs RD8_y2Kn1d20
Five Strike! 1d8 2 hits!
3d8+25 Physical Normal damage1d20·1d8·3d8+25

Clay springs back away from the whirling hammer... but not far enough. He lands on the ground hard, sounding like he's in serious pain. "Owwww... hell."

Tavi doesn't fare any better. He looks disturbingly still for a moment, though at least he's still breathing. After a moment, groaning in pain, Clay recalls him. "Nngh... you could hurt somebody swinging that thing around. C'mon, Flower, let's fix her up."

He sends out Flower, and the Lampent floats onto the field serenely, little yellow eyes roaming from Brenda to Heather.

Flower's Init: 15

For all her serene floating, Flower can move surprisingly quickly when she wants to - she drops down, skimming along the ground underneath Heather's thunderbolt, and retaliates with a rush of ghostly fire. Clay is clearly not up to more fighting himself, but he takes a painful breath and centers himself again, projecting his aura to circulate deeper reserves of Flower's strength into her attacks.

Clay channels Flower and uses Spirit Boost. Flower's Special Attacks do +6 bonus damage!
Flower uses Flame Burst on Heather!
AC 2 vs Q9AQG_yy1d20
2d10+41 Special Fire damage (+6 from Spirit Boost, +5 from Sunny Day)
Anyone cardinally adjacent to the target loses 5 hit points.

Meanwhile, Baloo stomps out to confront Brenda, staring up at her challengingly. He clashes his paws together, then takes a low, defensive stance, apparently prepared to throw her despite her size advantage if she attacks him.

Baloo's Init: 16
Baloo will declare Vital Throw if Brenda attacks him; otherwise he is delaying until Initiative 13 this round.

That's not how it happened:
1d20·2d10+41·1d20·2d10+26

When she kicks him, he grabs at the offending leg, pivoting on his feet in an expert throw.

Baloo uses Vital Throw!
Vital Throw cannot miss. Crit check: 6bMCzxKP1d20
2d10+26 Physical Fighting damage1d20·2d10+26