Despair and Wisdom: Imperial March

Like a heavy foot treading on a sodden, decaying melon, Yoshiko's tetsubo thunders down and leaves only a blackening pulp atop the commander's neck. A couple of teeth plink off of her greaves. ~~~~~ Crit resisted, https://sakkaku.org/r/14378, 4/0/2; Severity reduced to 9; repeated injury moved to Dy...

Arrow in its neck, the thing gurgles sloppily as it keeps twitching, a spider spasming as a wasp stings it to inject its young. ~~~~~ Range 2 from Nobu, Masayuki, Mukai and Yoshiko; Range 3 from everybody else Crit resisted, https://sakkaku.org/r/14376, 3/1/2; Opp spent to remove 2 Strife; Severity ...

Whatever flaws or failings or memories of older days might have prevailed before, as Masayuki's tetsubo comes crashing down, deflecting slightly off of the remnants of the kabuto on the commander's head--which shows a dark blue where the weapon scores through clinging viscera--but still driving the ...

Between the blows of the towering Crab and the pillar of Crane before him, Kippei falls to his knees. What drips from him is not blood, or not just blood; it steams as it falls to the dust, and a layer of choking ammoniac stink is added to the foul air. ~~~~~ Range 1 with Nobu, Range 2 from Mukai an...

The arrow bites deeply, although it loses some of its force from the armor that yet hangs upon Kippei's suppurating body. A roar of pain leaves its mouth, putrescent in Nobu's face. ~~~~~ Range 1 with Nobu, Range 2 from Mukai, just into Range 3 from everybody else ~~~~~ Initiative 10 Affliction irre...

...and with gratuitous speed, he stands before the big Daidoji, snarling with fetid breath and unnaturally good dentition. His katana, ichor-stained, swings in a wide arc, connecting solidly with the Crane's midsection, just above the hips. "Suffer!" ~~~~~ Kippei moves one range band to close with D...

Suddenly, he is there, his rotting flesh stinking, bloody armor showing hints of blue where it is not scarred or besmeared with brains and bile and worse. He draws his katana and moves in... ~~~~~ Initiative 10, https://sakkaku.org/r/14363 Affliction irrelevant; he's already Lost TN to Be Hit 2 (Arm...