You splash your creation with sticky petrol. It looks pretty flammable.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You hurl a vial of Nitro at your creation. It explodes with a resounding boom and deals 28 fire damage, but it desperately escapes all but 18 damage.
Your creation bounds away from your fire.

You arc a grenade towards your creation. It explodes a moment later for 20 fire damage.
Your creation recoils as the petrol soaking its body bursts into flames.

Your creation recoils as the petrol soaking its body bursts into flames.

—

You toss a grenade, landing just in front of your creation. It explodes, peppering it with hot shards of metal for 19 fire damage.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 21 etheric damage.

Your creation's bones grind and change before lashing out at you for 16 etheric damage.

—

You arc a grenade towards your creation. It explodes a moment later for 25 fire damage, but it desperately escapes all but 8 damage.
Your creation bounds away from your fire.

Your creation flickers and changes into a twitching mass, reaching out with some unidentifiable organ to touch you for 15 etheric damage.

—

You toss a grenade, landing just in front of your creation. It explodes, peppering it with hot shards of metal for 22 fire damage.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 21 etheric damage.

Your creation's bones grind and change before lashing out at you for 16 etheric damage.

—

You splash your creation with sticky petrol. It looks pretty flammable.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You hurl a vial of Nitro at your creation. It explodes with a resounding boom and deals 27 fire damage.
Your creation gazes into your flame, drawn like a moth.

You arc a grenade towards your creation. It explodes a moment later for 22 fire damage.
Your creation recoils as the petrol soaking its body bursts into flames.

You've won the battle!

After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 2 hit points.

You've earned 10 XP in Reflexes

3 Etheric Power
20 Melee Power

Defense
26 Etheric Defense
3 Fire Defense
16 Melee Defense
2 Ranged Defense

You take a great leap and tumble to avoid incoming attacks.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You catch it with an explosive round. It deals 2 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all of the damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You continue firing for 2 damage.
Your creation flickers and changes into a twitching mass, reaching out with some unidentifiable organ to touch you for 2 damage.
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You fire a single, well-aimed explosive bullet at it. Your creation takes 1 damage from the shot, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all of the damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You continue firing for 1 damage.
Your creation flickers and writhes, reaching out to touch you for 2 damage.

You masterfully compensate for your previous shots and fire another burst at your creation for 5 damage.
Your creation wraps a stitched hand around you and crushes down for for 1 damage.
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You take a great leap and tumble to avoid incoming attacks.
Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 2 damage.

You catch it with an explosive round. It deals 2 damage.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You continue firing for 1 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all of the damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You masterfully compensate for your previous shots and fire another burst at your creation for 7 damage.
Your creation flickers and changes into a twitching mass, reaching out with some unidentifiable organ to touch you for 1 damage.
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You fire a single, well-aimed explosive bullet at it. Your creation takes 1 damage from the shot.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You continue firing for 2 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all of the damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You masterfully compensate for your previous shots and fire another burst at your creation for 8 damage.
Your creation flickers and writhes, reaching out to touch you for 1 damage.

Your creation wraps a stitched hand around you and crushes down for for 2 damage.
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You fire a tightly clustered burst at your creation for 1 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all of the damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 5 damage.

Your creation's bones grind and change before lashing out at you for 6 damage.
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You take a great leap and tumble to avoid incoming attacks.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 6 damage.
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You take a great leap and tumble to avoid incoming attacks.
Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 1 damage.

Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

Your creation flickers and writhes, reaching out to touch you for 1 damage.

Your creation wraps a stitched hand around you and crushes down for for 3 damage.

You've run out of options and are slowly dragged under. You've been beaten to hell!
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6 Etheric Power
15 Melee Power

Defense
17 Etheric Defense
3 Fire Defense
18 Melee Defense
2 Ranged Defense
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You attempt to patch together a defense.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You punch your creation, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 13 damage.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You slam into your creation and deal 17 damage before it can fend off the attack.
Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 13 damage.

You latch onto your creation and tear a chunk out of it with your teeth, dealing 20 damage.
Your creation's bones grind and change before lashing out at you for 9 damage.
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You brace your spear to stab your creation for 11 damage.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You punch your creation, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 10 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all of the damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You attempt to patch together a defense.
Your creation flickers and writhes, reaching out to touch you for 1 damage.

Your creation wraps a stitched hand around you and crushes down for for 1 damage.
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You attempt to patch together a defense.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You punch your creation, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 11 damage.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You brace your spear to stab your creation for 12 damage.
Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 13 damage.
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You latch onto your creation and tear a chunk out of it with your teeth, dealing 16 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all of the damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You slam into your creation and deal 16 damage before it can fend off the attack.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You punch your creation, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 12 damage.
Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 12 damage.

You attempt to patch together a defense.
Your creation's bones grind and change before lashing out at you for 11 damage.
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You latch onto your creation and tear a chunk out of it with your teeth, dealing 20 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all of the damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

Your creation flickers and changes into a twitching mass, reaching out with some unidentifiable organ to touch you for 11 damage.

You've been beaten to hell!

When you awaken, you find yourself covered in more of that frigid blood.

You've gained 9 duration of Ectoplasmic Gore.

I had:
Power
3 Evasion Power
2 Melee Power
18 Ranged Power
2 Stealth Power

Defense
15 Etheric Defense
2 Fire Defense
8 Melee Defense

You fire a cloud of metallic powder at your creation, dealing 14 damage.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You fire a heavy round at your creation for 19 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all of the damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You fire a single carefully reserved bullet at your creation, dealing 28 damage.
Your creation flickers and changes into a twitching mass, reaching out with some unidentifiable organ to touch you for 12 damage.

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You fire a cloud of metallic powder at your creation, dealing 18 damage.
Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 11 damage, but the powder in the air crackles, somehow absorbing all of the damage.

You fire a heavy round at your creation for 15 damage.
Your creation's bones grind and change before lashing out at you for 17 damage.

You fail to imitate the smooth firing of a needler. You do still succeed in shooting your creation for 17 damage.

You appraise your creation and take a weighty shot at your creation's weak point for 19 damage.

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You fire a heavy round at your creation for 24 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all but 11 damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You fail to imitate the smooth firing of a needler. You do still succeed in shooting your creation for 22 damage.

You masterfully compensate for your previous shots and fire another burst at your creation for 36 damage.

You've won the battle!

You've unlocked the Whipstitched Avatar

After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 4 hit points.

You've earned 7 XP in Perception

You've earned 2 XP in Reflexes

You've earned 1 XP in Strength

You fire a rocket. It travels slowly towards your creation, but it manages to avoid it.
Your creation bounds away from your fire.

You pull out a microrocket, but your creation stays too close for you to use it effectively.
Your creation flickers and writhes, reaching out to touch you for 22 damage.

Your creation wraps a stitched hand around you and crushes down for for 14 damage.

—

You hurl a vial of Nitro at your creation. It explodes with a resounding boom and deals 15 damage, but it desperately escapes all of the damage.
Your creation bounds away from your fire.

You throw a Molotov cocktail onto your creation. It bursts into flames, taking 22 damage.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 28 damage.

Your creation's bones grind and change before lashing out at you for 40 damage.

You've been beaten to hell!

You lay into your creation for 23 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all of the damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You punch your creation, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 18 damage.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You strike low, using your creation's inertia against it for 22 damage.
Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 10 damage.

Your creation's bones grind and change before lashing out at you for 13 damage.

—

You lay into your creation for 20 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all of the damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You punch your creation, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 18 damage.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You strike low, using your creation's inertia against it for 22 damage.
Your creation gazes into you with unnatural eyes, drawing out flesh and blood for 7 damage.

You latch onto your creation and tear a chunk out of it with your teeth, dealing 22 damage.

—

You punch your creation, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 16 damage.
Your creation strains its artificial mind against you.

You strike low, using your creation's inertia against it for 24 damage, but your creation's quick dodges avoid all but 10 damage.
The stitches on its legs stretch taunt as your creation dodges this way and that.

You latch onto your creation and tear a chunk out of it with your teeth, dealing 17 damage.

You've won the battle!

You've unlocked the Whipstitched Avatar

After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 4 hit points.

You've earned 2 XP in Perception

You've earned 2 XP in Reflexes

You've earned 4 XP in Strength

You've earned 2 XP in Will