Open RPG-Quest: Beautiful Stranger

Duke feels overwhelmed by her song. Why does it feel like he's the one being courted here? He grows wary of this reversal to the usual routine, and cautiously answers the Siren in rhyme:
"Succumbing, is that any way to behave?/
Don't you want a man and not a slave?"
(Duke Defends)

Aizelia swings at the Siren!
Aizelia's Aim:3+(roll 3)=6
Siren's Reflex:2+(roll 6)=8
Failure! The Siren tries to back up and slips on the mud. The attack sails over her!

Duke begins to lose confidence and takes up a defensive stance!
Duke's Toughness and Focus are doubled this turn!

The Siren looks up at the more aggressive women and begins to sing.

"Why must you be so eager to fight?
Why not make merry, into the night?"

Swansong-action-free
A basic Sensuality attack. Once it successfully does Willpower damage and the user doesn't suffer any Stamina or Willpower damage until the next turn, this action automatically wins its Aim roll.
Success! Aizelia is surprised when she realizes the Siren was singing to her.
Siren's Sensuality: 4
Aizelia's Focus:1
Success! The Siren's Song echoes in Aizelia's head!

Willpower Damage! Aizelia's Willpower is now 12!

Party's Turn!
Duke's Option's are:
Attack(Power or Sensual)
Defend
Flee

Aizelia's Option's are:
Attack(Power or Sensual)
Defend
Flee

Taken aback by her sudden change of focus, aizelia becomes more aware of the threat before her. "I will not let your honeyed words distract me from my purpose!" As she yells the last word, she rushes in, attepting to hit her throat.

Duke is miffed that the beauty is not paying attention to him anymore!
He adds to the Siren's song: "Why have you turned?/My affection is not easily spurned!"
He unrolls his whip and gives a threatening snap into the air.
When the midara doesn't turn to him, he decides to grab her attention in a somewhat harsher manner!
(Power Attack)

Aizelia lashes out!
Aizelia's Aim: 3+(roll 1)+(good description 1)=5
Siren's Reflex: 2+(roll 3)=5
Partial Success! The Siren tries to roll out of the way and ends up taking the blow on her shoulder!
Aizelia's Power: 4*(Glance 0.5)=2
Siren's Toughness: 1
Success! The Siren let's out a moan of pain!

Stamina Damage! Siren's Stamina is now 18!

Duke's Whip strikes though the air!
Duke's Aim: 3+(roll 1)+(great description 2)=6
Siren's Reflex: 2+(roll 2)=4
Success! Duke's whip strikes her across the face!
Duke's Power: 4
Siren's Toughness:1
Success! The whip leaves a cut across her cheek!

Stamina Damage! Siren's Stamina is now 15!

The Siren raises a delicate hand to her face and carefully wipes the blood away.

"A true gentlemen is loving and tender.
Cool your rage to smoldering embers."

Siren's Aim: 3+(roll 4)=7
Duke's Reflex: 3+(roll 4)=7
Partial Success! Duke tries to cover his ears, but he can't stop himself from trying to listen.
Siren's Sensuality:4*(Glance 0.5)=2
Duke's Focus:1
Success! Duke calms down now that the Siren is focused on him.

Willpower Damage! Duke's Willpower is now 8!

Party's Turn!
Duke's Options are:
Attack(Power or Sensual)
Defend
Flee

Aizelia's Options are:
Attack(Power or Sensual)
Defend
Flee

"Stop squirming you vile monster!" Getting frustrated about the constant half hits, aizelia attacks with reckless abandon, hoping to smash the misty vixen into pieces.

"I am not a gent, I am a rake!
And your heart is what I shall take!"
The Duke is fired up now, as this feels like some of the snappy poetry games some of the lads back in his hometown used to play, seeing who could come up with the best rhyming retort. He plans to give the upstart vixen a proper lashing before she can melt his mind with her magic!
(Power Attack)

Aizelia lashes out!
Aizelia's Aim: 3+(roll 2)=5
Siren's Reflex: 2+(Roll 3)=5
Partial Success! Aizelia losses her footing on the mud and, flops down on top of the Siren!
Aizelia's Power: 4*(Glance 0.5)=2
Siren's Toughness: 1
Success!

"My, you aren't exactly a featherweight." The Siren grunts as she's pinned beneath the adventurer.

Stamina Damage! The Siren's Stamina is now 14!

Duke cracks his whip!
Duke's Aim: 3+(roll 6)+(Great Description 2)=11
Siren's Reflex: 2+(roll 2)=4
Success! The Siren is trapped beneath Aizelia and can't avoid Duke's attack!
Duke's Power: 4
Siren's Toughness: 1
Success! The attack tears through her dress and leaves an angry welt on her thigh.

Stamina Damage! Siren's Stamina is now 11!

"You're both playing so rough." The Siren complains. "Why don't we play a different game? Like Hide n' Seek?"

Mist-action-5 Willpower
Blankets the area in fog, given all combatants a -2 penalty to their total Aim score. This Field effect lasts 3 rounds, unless it is replaced by another Field effect in the meantime.

The Siren blows a kiss at Aizelia, who backs away from the Siren in panic as a think cloud of fog billows forth from the midara's mouth.

Willpower Cost! Siren's Willpower is now 24!

Field effect lasts for 3 more rounds!

Party's Turn!
Duke's Options are:
Attack(Power or Sensual)
Defend
Flee

Aizelia's Option's are:
Attack(Power or Sensual)
Defend
Flee

"I can hardly see my hand in front of my face in this mist.." Realizing that attacking in such poor visibility would be reckless, aizelia hunkers down for defense, anticipating an attack from any direction. (Defend)

Duke is surprised by the fog. He now realizes midara can do more than simple charm magic, and is intrigued. "Ha, you're a magician. Let us see how well this mist of yours works, I've got a keen eye." Duke closes his eyes and listens carefully, before letting his whip snap to the side he hears a sound from, making sure it is not the direction his ally is standing in.

Aizelia takes a defensive stance!
Toughness and Focus doubled this turn!

Duke's attempts to cut through the fog!
Duke's Aim: 3+(roll 5)+(Great Description 2)-(Mist 2)=8
Siren's Reflex: 2+(roll 2)=4
Success! The whip hits The Siren right between the eyes!
Duke's Power: 4
Siren's Toughness:1
Success! The Siren is knocked off her feet by the sudden blow.

Stamina Damage! Siren's Stamina is now 8!

"So cruel, have you no mercy?
Relax yourself and let us make merry."

The Siren attempts to guilt Duke!
Siren's Aim: 3+(roll 4)-(Mist 2)=5
Dukes' Reflex: 3+(roll 5)=8
Failure! Unfortunately, her song is muffled by the mist!

Field Effect last 2 more rounds!

Party's turn!
Duke's Options are:
Attack(Power or Sensual)
Defend
Flee

Aizelia's Options are:
Attack(Power or Sensual)
Defend
Flee

Aizelia grows restless, seeing as the mist hasn't cleared in the slightest. "You can't hide forever you coward!" Seeing a shadow in the distance not unlike the form of her adversary, she rushed it, hoping to surprise her. (attack)

Duke hears a vague singing voice, and swirls his whip around again. Perhaps it's wise to let her run out of steam before attempting to seduce her. In the meantime, a good lashing will do(Power Attack).

Aizelia attempts to cut through the fog!
Aizelia's Aim: 3+(roll 6)-(Mist 2)=7
Siren's Reflex: 2+(roll 4)=6
Success! Aizelia scores a clean hit on the Siren!
Azelia's Power:4
Siren's Toughness:1
Success! The Siren let's out a shriek as the blade carves into her back!

Stamina Damage! Siren's Stamina is now 5!

Duke strikes with his whip!
Duke's Aim: 3+(roll 2)-(Mist 2)=3
Siren's Reflex: 2+(roll 6)=8
Failure! The whip hits nothing but air!

The Siren glances around in worry. She was no match for these two. Maybe if the man had come alone, she could have had some fun with him. But his girlfriend seemed to be vehemently against sharing.

In desperation, the Siren flees towards the river!

To Flee the escapee must elude all opponents!
Flee vs Duke: (roll 1)>(roll 1)-(Mist 2)= Success!
Flee vs Aizelia: (roll 3)>(roll 2)-(Mist 2)=Success!

The Siren rushes past Duke. By the time he realizes it was her, she was already diving into the water. When the Mist finally clears, both adventurers are left confused by the midara's absence. They both make their way back to the town with an air of disappointment around them: Aizelia for letting the beast escape, Duke for letting such a beauty escape his charms.

They tell the millworker of the battle. He thanks them anyway, saying that a small reprieve was better than no reprieve.

QUEST END! PARTIAL SUCCESS!

Duke and Aizelia each receive: +1 Level, 100 gold, and a Minor Potion!

(Is this alright, or should there be some penalty for letting the Siren get away?)

(The goal of the Quest has been reached and the Siren substantially hurt, so I'd say yes. Perhaps in case where opponents fly early we can cut the experience to 1/2 level, but the Siren probably wouldn't have lasted another turn)

(I agree, i won't complain about the outcome, but in future quests, we shouldn't get full xp is pretty accurate)

Erik looked somewhat confused at his companion. A swordsman that talked to his sword. Still, despite the man's foreign get-up, he seemed reliable enough. The mayor had his hands in his hair about a Siren that kept appearing near the village's fishing pond, waterwheel and now the place in the river where the women did their washing. Sending a handful of adventurers to beat her off for a time seemed to have become a regular occurence. Still, Erik was not complaining about having some help along, or fighting a midara that had been certifiably beaten before.

Tsurugi and Erik arrived at the crossing where the Siren was supposed to be, and indeed, she was lounging on the bank, pretty as ever: https://greenfeelings.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/sea-siren-mermaid-costume.jpg

"Oh my, I love this place! I just have to hang around for a while and then they send a handsome batch of men my way!" she giggled.

Erik and Tsurugi gave each other a look and then drew their weapons. No use talking this out, it seemed.

BATTLE START!

Adventurer: Tsurugi(Lv. 1 Journeyman)

Equipment:
Weapon: Worn Katana(Power+1)
Armor: Common Hakama(Toughness+1)
Head: None
Feet: Leather Boots:(Reflex+1)
Accessory: None

Stats:
St-15
Wp-15
P-4
S-1
T-2
F-1
A-3
R-4
Rec-1

Abilities:
Sharpen Sight-action-costs 2 Willpower
You observe the movements of the opponent carefully, giving you a +2 bonus to your total Aim score on your next two turns!

Items: None
Coins: 0
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Adventurer: Erik(Lv. 1.5 Journeyman)

Equipment:
Weapon: Worn Sword(Power+1)
Armor: Common Cloak(Toughness+1)
Head: None
Feet: Leather Boot:(Reflex+1)
Accessory: None

Stats:
St-15
Wp-15
P-4(+1)
S-1
T-3(+1)
F-2
A-3
R-2(+1)
Rec-1

Abilities:
Nimble-passive-
If you roll a 5 or higher on the dice roll for Reflex, you gain a +1 bonus to your next total Reflex score.

Weakness:
Angel Lust(-2 Focus against Sensual attacks by midara of the Angel faction)
Duration: 3 Quests

Items: none
Coins: 0
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Opponent: Siren

Faction: The Wild Ones

Stats:
St- 20
Wp- 30
P- 2
S- 4
T- 1
F- 3
A- 3
R- 2
Rec- 1

Abilities:
Swansong-action-free
A basic Sensuality attack. Once it succesfully does Willpower damage and the user doesn't suffer any Stamina or Willpower damage until the next turn, this action automatically wins its Aim roll.
Mist-action-5 Willpower
Blankets the area in fog, given all combatants a -2 penalty to their total Aim score. This Field effect lasts 3 rounds, unless it is replaced by another Field effect in the meantime.
Flood-action-costs 6 Willpower
An attack that manipulates nearby water into a devastating torrent. It hits all opponents and adds +2 to the basic Power score. If the Aim roll is a 5 or higher, targets get Drenched(Ailment 6, targets must make an Aim roll of 3 or higher when using recovery items to make sure they aren't spoiled, and midara suffering from the Ailment get a wet look, doing 1 direct Willpower damage per turn to each opponent).

It's the party's turn!
Tsurugi's options:
>Attack(Power/Sensual)
>Use Ability
>Defend
>Flee

Erik's options:
>Attack(Power/Sensual)
>Defend
>Flee

Pretty as the midara in front of him was, she was no Angel.

Erik rushed forward and slashed at the Siren!

Tsurugi looks her over for a brief moment and then he draws his blade, and rushed after swinging his blade.

Erik and Tsurugi attack in tandem!
Erik is the first to reach the Siren!
Erik's Aim: 3+(roll 4)=7
Siren's Reflex: 2+(roll 3)=5
Succes! Two adventurers attacking at once causes the Siren to panic!
Erik's Power: 4+(equip 1)=5
Siren's Toughness: 1
Succes! 4 Stamina damage! Siren's Stamina is now 16!
Another day, another wound for the seductress!

Tsurugi strikes next!
Tsurugi's Aim: 3+(roll 5)=8
Siren's Reflex: 2+(roll 2)=4
Succes! Still hurting from the other slash, the Siren has no time to dodge!
Tsurugi's Power: 4+(equip 1)=5
Siren's Toughness: 1
Succes! 4 Stamina damage! Siren's Stamina is now 12!
The blade rakes across her previous wound, bleeding her out even more!

The Siren is clearly angry now. "I keep needing to waste ages in the healing springs thanks to you twerps! You almost aren't worth the trouble!" she shouts. With a gesture, the water around her rises up!
Flood-action-costs 6 Willpower
An attack that manipulates nearby water into a devastating torrent. It hits all opponents and adds +2 to the basic Power score. If the Aim roll is a 5 or higher, targets get Drenched(Ailment 6, targets must make an Aim roll of 3 or higher when using recovery items to make sure they aren't spoiled, and midara suffering from the Ailment get a wet look, doing 1 direct Willpower damage per turn to each opponent).
Siren's Aim: 3+(roll 4)=7
Erik's Reflex: 3+(equip 1)+(roll 1)=5
Tsurugi's Reflex: 4+(equip 1)+(roll 6)=11
Succes! Tsurugi senses what's happen and is able to dodge the sudden spout, but Erik gets buffeted in the stomach!
Siren's Power: 2+(ability 2)=4
Erik's Toughness: 3+(equip 1)=4
Failure! The swordsman is thrown backwards, but stands up quickly with little more than a few bruises!
Aim roll 4=No Drench Ailment!
6 Willpower cost for the ability! Siren's Willpower is now 24!

The midara looks somewhat discouraged by the fact that her most potent magic had zero effect!
The two adventurers get ready to attack again!

It's the party's turn!
Tsurugi's options:
>Attack(Power/Sensual)
>Use Ability
>Defend
>Flee

Erik's options:
>Attack(Power/Sensual)
>Defend
>Flee

Erik was surprised by how weak the surging torrent actually was. He was quick to recover from the attack and rush in for a stab.

After dodging the torrent he readies himself.
"Of course she can use water. Well, I can afford to get wet. I already showered today."
He charged in for another attack.

The pair is not intimidated by the tricks of the Siren!
Erik resumes the attack!
Erik's Aim: 3+(roll 6)=9
Siren's Reflex: 2+(roll 2)=4
Succes! The Siren is still dizzy from the use of her powers!
Erik's Power: 4+(equip 1)=5
Siren's Toughness: 1
Succes! 4 Stamina damage! Siren's Stamina is now 8!
Erik stabs her in her foot!

Tsurugi follows up on the attack after a quip!
Tsurugi's Aim: 3+(roll 1)=4
Siren's Reflex: 2+(roll 5)=7
Failure! He slips in the water and misses!

The Siren feels her bravado ebbing away! "Time to take a step back, it seems!" she says with a breathy voice as fog comes rolling out between her lips!
Mist-action-5 Willpower
Blankets the area in fog, given all combatants a -2 penalty to their total Aim score. This Field effect lasts 3 rounds, unless it is replaced by another Field effect in the meantime.
The area is blanketed in the stuff!
-5 Willpower cost for the ability, Siren's Willpower is now 19!

Field effect lasts 3 more rounds!

The adventurers suddenly lose their opponent in the magical mist!

Tsurugi's options:
>Attack(Power/Sensual)
>Use Ability
>Defend
>Flee

Erik's options:
>Attack(Power/Sensual)
>Defend
>Flee

He lifts his head from the water, shaking himseout off. He sees the fog around them.
" You can't hide from me."
Use skill: sharpen sight

Wary of any tricks the midara might try, Erik takes up a defensive stance.