Weekend Report. Since I'm reporting on two games, I'll make this a two parter.
Anyways, to start, let's go communal since more people are interested in that one. (If only because they're playing in it)
So, when last we left off, our intrepid heros were at Grog Hill, getting their butts kicked. But that was a random, and what're the odds of getting that ra... pretty good apparently.
This time Archer Cyril gets Blastered Twice, but Shaker Heals him, before getting Chocoballed himself and then yelled at by Cyril. Then Jasmin is charmed, but Fargus shoots her out of it before she lays down a Moogle. Then we get to be offensive, and the battle essentially ends.
Yuguo Woods - Take one, things start off decently well. We march forward, and while the stop and the other status is annoying, we're doing alright. Then comes the wizards, and Bolt 3 hurts. Despite having PD, we can't win in time, and a close fought battle ends with the undead waking up again instead of crystalizing.
This time we make sure not to bunch up. So one of the enemies crits instead, knocking Shaker next to Cyril, allowing the Wizard to Bolt 3 the two of them. Shaker Speed Saves then dies, and Cyril gets stopped then killed himself. Fun. Meanwhile, Jasmin and Fargus manage to get control of their side of the battle, with some well placed PDs, and a redirected Fire 2 killing a ghost and a well placed Mogri saving Fargus. At this point, Rafa hops up with a well placed Asura and, despite the Wizard having a White Robe, hammers him to one hit away from death. At this point, Jasmin brings Shaker back and he ends the fight. Cyril, in preparation for Wiegraf, is still 13 JP short of Concentrate. Curses! On the other hand, Shaker's over to Monk.
Riovannes Gate, the first attempt doesn't go so well, with Shaker getting the seat up front because his player wants to beat on Archers. Sadly, he never reaches the archers, though he does .3HKO Malak before getting turned into a pincushion, and Ramza gets fairly cut up by knights. Jasmin can't do anything first turn, and Fargus also manages to waste his. There's some brief attempts at damage control, but Cyril isn't worth much, and Shaker never does get revived.
Take two, Cyril picks up Item and PD, and Jasmin takes the spot up front in order to nuke the archers. Also, we leave Malak alone. This leads to a) the archers picking on Rafa instead of people we care about, and she survives long enough to draw the Knight hit too. And b) realizing the change in speed for Knights means that Jasmin is going right before the knight, preventing her from nuking the archers for two rounds, and she dies before she gets to that point. However, on the other side, Fargus is keeping people alive, and Shaker manages to land a Secret Fist on the Feather Boots Knight, they eventually decide going after the other knight isn't worth it, after Shaker goes down to Archers, and instead the battle is for Cyril and Fargus to stay alive, using PD to reset Shaker's counter. Eventually, the standing still back to back pays off as Cyril double turns everyone and gets a PD on Shaker as his CT hits 100. Fargus then moves the battle to getting Jasmin back. This eventually happens, and the Knight goes down hard as Shaker moves up and starts cleaning out archers. It's a long battle, but successful.
At this point we hit Wiegraf 3 and Velius. In anticipation of a hard fight, Cyril picks up Critical Quick, Concentrate, and Charge +2. He then goes over to Bard, equips a Bloody Strings, and picks up as much PA/MA as possible, ending up with an effective 7 x 26, or 182 damage. Then add in his being Taurus for good compatability. So... yeah, Attack -> Lightning Stab -> Attack. Cyril goes into Velius with full HP. Velius is a bit trickier. Jasmin is setup to be a Faith Samurai, which means she starts off as a decent healer. Ramza starts off the fight with two shots at Velius, making any healing that isn't also revival obsolete. Shaker then punches Velius a bit, but we quickly decide that with Velius having probably more HP, it'd be better to take out the demons first. Bad move. We take two out before Shaker, Cyril, and Jasmin are themselves killed. At this point it's just Fargus. So, he slaps a PD on Jasmin and runs. Velius kills Jasmin and runs himself, while the Demon Gigaflares Fargus. Now, Cyril's about to crystalize, so no more time to stall. Fargus PDs Cyril, and puts himself in range of Velius, who takes the bait. Cyril then gets his shot, against a non-critical Velius, and pulls out Charge +2, which we barely have time for before the Demon finishes him off. One plucking of the strings later, we're prepping for a reset as we hear a monstrous groan. By the skin of our teeth, we've beaten Velius.
After a brief period of celebration, we call it a night for LFT.
