(1209) AFD Archery Competition

[Animus]

Animus nods appreciatively at the compliment, letting a momentary sense of wonder flow through him has his glance briefly flicks to the arrow. "It just ... felt right."

A deep breath to center himself and refocus. The truth was, the bow wanted to fulfill its purpose. And whatever the outcome, it belonged as much to that latent spirit as to him.

Another arrow nocked and fired, to land solidly in the red ring. A nice, clean shot, certainly, but it didn't have quite that same sense of elation.

That was the problem with perfection. You could feel it, once, but then anything less seemed paler by comparison. Still, nothing to do but press on, giving the bow subtle encouragement as he went.

Another shot, another soft thud of impact, completing a neat brown and white triangle near the center of the target. The grouping brings a soft smile. Something to be proud of, certainly. Just one more shot, to finish it off. One last bit of effort.

As the Thyrsus takes aim, however, his attention is momentarily pulled away by the brief clatter of an arrow flying wide of the mark. His own shot goes wide, barely grazing the edge of the target. Not the best ending. Eyes track over to Vae just in time to see her last arrow land just off-center. It takes a few seconds for the score to register, punctuated by a soft laugh. "That's quite the finish. You might almost think we'd planned it out."

  4 suxx, 4 suxx, 1 suxx

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2012-10-28 23:28:53		Animus rolls 13 to Dex + Ath + 1 + 14 (CtS) (10 Again)		5, 5, 4, 7, 1, 3, 5, 7, 3, 7, 7, 3, 9		1 success
2012-10-28 23:28:32		Animus rolls 9 to Gno + Spi (10 Again)		7, 1, 9, 1, 9, 10, 4, 1, 7, 9		4 successes
2012-10-28 23:28:01		Animus rolls 11 to Dex + Ath + 1 + 2 (CtS) (10 Again)		7, 8, 4, 10, 8, 4, 1, 6, 2, 7, 5, 8		4 successes
2012-10-28 23:27:08		Animus rolls 9 to Gno + Spi (10 Again)		3, 3, 9, 10, 7, 2, 6, 1, 5, 6		2 successes
2012-10-28 23:26:27		Animus rolls 10 to Dex + Ath + 1 + 1 (CtS) (10 Again)		7, 2, 7, 8, 5, 10, 10, 9, 4, 3, 6, 6		4 successes
2012-10-28 23:26:00		Animus rolls 9 to Gno + Spi (10 Again)		10, 5, 3, 4, 4, 2, 7, 4, 4, 5		1 success

Total points: 3+10+7+7+1 = 28 points

[Key]

The first shot was obviously some fluke of luck, or at least that was what she knew it to be. Avalon drew back the bow again, waiting out for the other strands to launch so she could get a small piece of mind as she shot, all the while willing the gift of Arcadia into the arrow.

It was clean, but not as clean as she wanted it.

The next shot she left the wishful hope of Arcadia alone and only focused on her breathing, this time the shot went wide missing even the white band. From there she keep pulling Luck onto her bow, but it only casually increased the aim, perhaps her own tie to the supernal wasn’t as strong as it should be.

Either way it was fun. “Congratulations, all. Shall I see you at the end perhaps?

Twelve points wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t the best she could do. The Painted Hierarch nodded at the other gentlemen as they continued their own challenge before walking away to get more of that food.

Toren Bigpaw Cryotic Beej Xander

  2 suxx, Failure, 1 suxx, 2suxx

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2012-10-30 21:08:48		Avalon rolls 7 to Archery (5) (9 Again)		4, 8, 5, 6, 2, 10, 4, 2		2 successes
2012-10-30 21:08:35		Avalon rolls 6 to Archery (4) (9 Again)		2, 10, 4, 5, 3, 5, 6		1 success
2012-10-30 21:08:12		Avalon rolls 5 to Archery (3) (10 Again)		5, 2, 4, 7, 7		failure
2012-10-30 21:07:55		Avalon rolls 5 to Archery (2) (9 Again)		10, 10, 6, 2, 6, 3, 2		2 successes

Total Points: 5+3+0+1+3 = 12 points

[Toren]

Toren follows suit as his turn comes once again and once more for a final attempt. He managed to hit the target again along the edge but he had already been pushing his luck on the last arrow. "Ah well, I think I learned something at least. Maybe with practice who knows?" he asked nobody and expected no response in return.

He put his hands on his hips proudly for one who had not entirely failed in his best effort.

Thunk, Whiff

  1suxx, 1pt

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2012-11-01 02:02:47		Toren rolls 3 to fire his 4th arrow [Dex+Athletics+1-2] (10 Again)		6, 8, 7		1 success

  Miss, 0pt

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2012-11-01 02:02:58		Toren rolls 3 to fire his 5th arrow [Dex+Athletics+1-2] (10 Again)		7, 7, 4		failure

0+0+3+1+0=4points

[Vae]

Vaeltia had settled back to watch the others shoot. Sometimes she wanted to wince, it was nearly painful the amount of arrows that missed the target.

She didn’t though, she had been working on that, but it did give her an idea of what to offer if anyone ever decided they wanted to spend time with her.

She will give a smile to Avalon , Reverb ( Beej ), and Toren if they look back at her. “You can step back off the line, but I am requesting help retrieving the Arrows in the end.” In one motion she walked up to the older Mystagogue and looked up at him. “Practice, yeah you never know, you also might be shooting with the wrong eye. We could fix that.”

[Cryotic]

8 Points in total

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2012-11-01 19:40:31		Orpheus rolls 4 to Last Shot! (Shot 5) (+2Aim) (10 Again)		8, 5, 5, 3		1 success
2012-11-01 19:40:00		Orpheus rolls 4 to Fire Correctly (Shot 3) (+2 Aim) (10 Again)		3, 1, 5, 8		1 success
2012-11-01 19:39:00		Orpheus rolls 4 to Shoot an Arrow (Shot 3) (+2 Aiming) (10 Again)		3, 8, 8, 9		3 successes

0+1+5+1+1= 8

After some minor attempts at figuring out a way to improve his chances, he sighs, using Forces was too vulgar, and causing a paradox was definitely not ideal. Settling for just taking more time on each shot. He fires his remaining three arrows, surprisingly, all of them hit! One even got into the blue of the target. "Fair round of shooting for me I guess." He smiles a little, scratching the back of his head. He places the bow down and steps off the line, working on removing the last pieces of shooting equipment from his forearm and hand.

[Leo Lockheart]

Leo took his time between each shot. He knew he wouldn't win, but that was no excuse to just give up. He took his time with each shot, aiming for that golden circle in the center. He lined up his third shot.

  1 suxx

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2012-11-01 20:19:29		Leo Lockheart rolls 6 to Fire an arrow (10 Again)		4, 5, 9, 7, 1, 1		1 success

Still not the best, but with a deep breath he lined up his fourth shot.

  7 suxx

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2012-11-01 20:19:51		Leo Lockheart rolls 6 to Shoot another arrow (10 Again)		10, 3, 9, 2, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9		7 successes

Just a few millimeters away from dead center on the target. For one quick second Leo loses his composure and mutters, "Holy shit" as he stares at the target like a toddler looking at an overpacked Christmas tree. He quickly remembers what he was doing and returns to the more calm and relaxed demeanor he had when he approuched the archery range. He now lines up his final shot with a grin.

  1 suxx

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2012-11-01 20:20:34		Leo Lockheart rolls 6 to Shoot the final arrow (10 Again)		4, 8, 1, 3, 4, 3		1 success

Back to normal.

Total Points

5+1+1+10+1=18

[Miach]

Even though he was curious about everyone's results, Miach tried his hardest not to look around and get distracted. Thankfully, being both a doctor and a willworker had been good training for his focusing ability, and he looked at his target and only his target instead.

The first arrow was like all three before, in the dark, but the last one was noticeably closer to the center, being in the red circle, and made Miach smile broadly. At least, he would finish on a bright note.

  2 & 4successes

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2012-11-04 17:37:08		Miach rolls 7 to AFD - Archery - 5th roll - Dex 3 + Ath 2 + Equipement 1 + Aiming 3 - untrained 2 (10 Again)		4, 10, 10, 2, 3, 5, 10, 7, 7, 8		4 successes
2012-11-04 17:36:43		Miach rolls 7 to AFD - Archery - 4th roll - Dex 3 + Ath 2 + Equipement 1 + Aiming 3 - untrained 2 (10 Again)		2, 5, 9, 4, 7, 1, 10, 2		2 successes

Total = 3+3+3+3+7 = 19 points.