How would we know? We don't know them. We don't know what they like, how they play, or why.

I'll just...post pictures...while waiting

>>15983065
well theyre very into RP...
and I hear combat in RoS is quicker than in D&D. they find that it drags on a bit in D&D

will be using rose of battle for delicious guns

>>15983083
Riddle of Steel has mechanics that directly encourage roleplaying while not forcing it. It's a pretty good system, I think.

And Combat is faster IF you know the system. If you don't, it can be pretty slow, because there's so much going on.

>>15983220
really need to figure out combat then... Like... thruoughtly

is the thread with the combat demo that was done on /tg/ long ago in the archives? that'd help.

>>15983339
ooh yes that would be awesome!

>>15983050

I suggest repeated called shots to the groin and face. Riddle of Steel has taught me that this is the best way to solve any dispute!

>>15983371
they'd prolly overpower me and karate my balls tho

>>15983339
anyone got this?

>>15983339
Almost certainly, though it doesn't cover the full scale of the system. If I recall, Galt ran a very short battle between two very direct high level combatants last lasted literally two seconds. In the real game, with two different minds behind the fighters, stuff gets a lot more technical and probing.

>>15983539
I take it neither combatant had full plate?

>>15983552
http://archive.easymodo.net/tg/thread/13849661#p13851205
(somewhere in here.)

One had plate, but the other was a Terry Pratchett character, and had ludicrously high strength. Pretty sure plate-guy would've lived though, level 3 to the abdomen isn't that bad. Still bad, but not that bad.
The runner also admitted that he hadn't done any of the clever maneuvers that'd make for a more interesting match, like overrun or the masterstrokes.

>>15983610
Eegh. Not my best thread. This was before our attempt to transcribe the sum total of the riddle of steel books into a more readable format and edit them.
You find out a lot while you're picking apart someone else's work. As it stands, that's like babby's first battle report right there, I could do a far better one nowadays.

>>15983666
eagerly awaiting it

>>15983671
Sure, give me a minute. I need to dig out some characters.

>>15983688
aaawyeah

>>15983688
Alright, here's what I'm going to do. I've got two fellows here who I've just made. They're much lower level than the other examples I gave, because that'd be too easy. These aren't terribly experienced men, in fact I think it's totally possible that you could make either of them, or better characters, at Character Creation.
I've ignored Gifts for the purposes of this, because Accuracy and Careful are broken as hell.

I'm going to have them fight to the death for you lot's amusement. And I'm going to see if I can't post cuts from the book for the salient parts of their equipment, to make it easier to follow. So without further ado: Our gladiators!

Eisenhund (Norse Sword & Shield)
ST 6 WP 5 Reflex: 6
AG 6 Wit 6 Knockout: 5
TO 5 MA 3 Knockdown: 6
EN 6 Soc 2 Aim 5
HT 4 Per 4 Move: 9
Proficiencies: Sword & Shield 6
Equipment: Norse Sword, Target Shield, Pot Helm, Padded armor (AV 6 head sans-face, AV 1 torso, legs and arms)
CP: 12

Blackpoole (Pike)
ST 5 WP 3 Reflex 7
AG 7 Wit 7 Knockout 3
TO 4 MA 4 Knockdown 6
EN 6 Soc 4 Aim 5
HT 3 Per 4 Move 9
Proficiencies: Polearm 8
Equipment: Pike, Leather Jack, Kettle Helmet (AV 6 upper head, AV 2 torso)
CP: 15

would you say its hard to homebrew races?
I want to make some more fey races + vampires and werewolves and boogeymen availible

>>15983799
That can be done all day every day. What's hard is then placing them in a category for character creation.

Huh, the character creation example in the book seems to suggest that it's a lot harder to get attributes above 5 even for maxed priority.

>>15983796
Now, first for the spotlight on Eisenhund. The man's packing one of the most iconic pieces of equipment in the world of fechten', the sword and the shield.
Now, Norse Sword's pretty sweet. You can see its ATN of 6 on the cut there, and its Str+1 damage. It's a bit weak on the thrust, but it's not like this guy was going to be beating the pikeman on the thrust to begin with.

The target shield isn't actually better at defending than the sword is, as both the sword and the shield have a DTN of 6, but the real point of it is that he can use it to parry missiles, and to defend while he attacks without using really high level skills.

Mr. IronDog here is going to be heavily outreached, and his enemy is faster, but he's got a strong defensive game and he's a tough sumbitch. Will that be enough to pull him through? Let's take a look at his foe, and find out.

>>15983858
It's hard to do it without leaving a crippling deficiency behind. Technically, one is supposed to have a "high stat" and a "low stat" that cannot be equal to any of that character's other stats at creation, but this rule makes it very difficult to build serviceable sample characters.

>>15983899
Now over here, we've got Mr. Blackpool. The outlined weapon is the pike. It's a less pretty sight, if you catch my meaning.

Defensive TN of 10. Yowza. Attack ATN of 8 on the thrust isn't too great either, but it's about par for the course regarding polearms.
The Pike's real advantage though, is that it's got EL range. This isn't as tremendous of an equalizer as some say it should be, so for that, we've also given Blackpoole the advantage of being a bit quicker and more experienced.

In short: Eisenhund is stronger and tougher, and has a more versatile weapon, Blackpoole is faster and more skilled, and has a much longer weapon.

noob question: what does TN stand for again?

>>15983973
oh god Blackpoole better do damn good on the first exchange or he is FUCKED.

So, let's put them in a situation. Blackpoole done got himself lost when his army was crushed by another, while Eisenhund is just wandering bout looting the dead and robbing stragglers.

Conflict is inevitable. The two square off at long range, but aren't sure of how experienced the other is. Certainly, neither of them look like much, but banking on that has gotten men killed before.

So now, the time comes for the players controlling the two characters to throw down their offense/defense dice. They do this simultaneously. Both throw blue, because neither of them is sure they want to be the first to attack.

>>15984029
Target Number. It's what you must roll over to get a success.

>>15984036
Now for those who might not know, the way those dice work is that the combatants throw them simultaneously at the beginning of the exchange.
-If one rolls red and the other rolls blue, then red attacks, and blue defense.
-If both roll red, then both attack at once, which can be disastrous.
-If both roll blue, as here... They circle for a minute, someone coughs, and they roll again.

>>15984059
NAMEfagging not tripfagging. He has no trip, therefore he can't be a tripfag.

>Both throw blue, because neither of them is sure they want to be the first to attack.

>NOT GOING RED/RED

PUSSIES.

>>15984059
Technically he's namefagging, not tripfagging.

I wonder how you'd simulate that init die thing for an IRC game.

>>15984059
Running a very complex demonstration, sir.

>>15984065
So, the two circle for a moment. Then, they roll again. This time, Blackpoole rolls red, while his opponent rolls blue! This means that he's on the offensive.

Now, Poolesy has a choice to make here. What's he going to do? He has the range advantage, and he's got the initiative, but his opponent has a shield, and might be very skillful. What is the wise choice?

He could just go all out and hope that he stabs the guy in the brain, but if it doesn't work, he's totally out of luck.
He could launch a probing strike, but risk it being blocked and his enemy rushing in
He could try try something clever, like stopping short, to scare his opponent a bit and lower his combat pool. This has no chance of killing the guy, but little chance of getting Blackpoole killed in return.

What do y'all think?

Tell your players that when they die, Krom will ask them to play Riddle of Steel. If they refuse, he will throw them out of Valhalla and laugh at them.

>>15984078
Awful lotta slack-jawed faggots in heah, no?

>>15984097

THE FIRST.

RED/RED ALL THE WAY.

In all seriousness, I'd go for the third option, ideally.

>>15984097
Is it weird that I feel that red/red would've actually been better for BlackPool? That shield is going to be a killer.

>>15984097
blackpool sounds like a clever guy. clever option!
(also, keep reading it as deadpool)

>>15984131
Sword & Board proficiencies have a "Simultaneous Block & Strike" maneuver that's pretty killer in a red/red situation.

>>15984150
Yep, and some other profs like Longsword/Greatsword and Kenjutsu have Evasive Attack, which does mostly the same thing.

>>15984097
Alright. Blackpoole, being fairly determined not to fall prey to the rookie mistake of having his weapon caught on a shield and then being stabbed in the balls, Stops Short with 3 dice.

Now this is a bastard of a complicated maneuver here to read, but it's actually rather simple.

Blackpoole rolls his WP (which is 3. Uh oh.) against Eisenhund's Perception (which is... 4.)
So he's rolling 3 dice at a difficulty of 4.

Eisenhund, meanwhile, must roll his Reflex (which is 6) against a difficulty of 10 (7+the number of dice Blackpoole spent from his combat pool, which was 3.)

Yikes. That's not simple at all!

So, Blackpool has 3 dice at difficulty 4.
Eisenhund has 6 dice at difficulty 10.
All of these are D10s, of course.

Who wants to roll, or shall I?

>>15984211
you rollan

>>15984211
Whoops, forgot my name there. That was me, not some specter of stopping short. (I wanted to post in the samurai vs knight thread. But the name would've been inappropriate, no?)

rolled 7, 7, 9 = 23

>>15984211
So! For Blackpoole, 3 dice at difficulty 4.

rolled 10, 9, 3, 9, 4, 5 = 40

For Eisenhund, 6 dice at difficulty 10!

rolled 4, 6, 10, 4, 5, 7 = 36

Consider this Eisenhund's roll

>>15984251
>>15984249
I'll wait a bit longer before I do it myself next time. As it stands, these results are conveniently the same! One success, to Blackpoole's two.

This means that Blackpoole succeeded, but with 2 successes instead of 3, as one is canceled out by Eisenhund. With a Margin of Success of 1, this means that he's "won" the engagement, and cost Eisenhund one die from his Combat Pool on this coming round.

Now to some of you, this might seem like it was a pretty awful deal. Blackpoole spent three dice, and only cost Eisenhund one, but as it stands he's made a successful attack, and denied the swordsman the chance to try anything funny in response to an honest thrust. Now, Eisenhund's turn on the offensive rolls up, after which a new round will start, and the Combat Pools of both sides will refresh.

>>15984291
so he stabbed and missed?

>>15984211

So the dice Blackpool rolls for a Stop Short maneuver are (a) equal to his WP and (b) come from his combat pool?

Doesn't that mean the maneuver is harder to perform the better you are at doing it?

>>15984310

I think he got sword & board to flinch and has him slightly wrongfooted.

Wait wait wait, isn't that 3 sux for Blackpoole? All three of his dice were over 4.

>>15984323
ok

>>15984291
Er, one to Blackpoole's three. Derp.

Anyway, it's Eisenhund's turn. Now let's review from his point of view.

This guy with a 15 foot long spear just sort of circled around him for a minute, and then feinted an attack, obviously out of fear to engage him.
Sounds like a pussy to me, and my name doesn't mean Iron Dog.

Eisenhund knows that that guy just spent more dice than him, but he's still down to 11. He could put 3 dice on a cut, and 6 on a guard, if he had to. The reach difference (Medium, Long, Very Long, Extremely Long) would cost him his remaining 3 dice, but he'd have a good defense, and a pretty solid attack to back it up.

Or he could try some sort of crazy jailhouse rush and throw caution to the wind. I'm betting on the former, whatsay you?

>>15984319
Ah, looking back I didn't make that clear enough.

The dice Blackpool spent didn't do anything for him, they made the other guy's roll harder. Moving it from a difficulty of 7, to a difficulty of 10.
His own roll was his WP against Eisenhund's pitiful Perception.

>>15984310
>>15984323
That's the salient point of it. He wanted to irk the man and goad him into attacking, but he didn't want to get close enough to risk it turning into an exchange of blows. Stop Short is special because it can't be attacked-through. I'm sure it all makes sense to dem HEMA nerds.

>>15984380
Does Swordieboardie know what Tepid's combat pool is? If so, he should know that the weasel still has one die on him. If not, this is the perfect time to attack.

>>15984380
Simultaneous block/strike, I say. Plan on the pikeman attacking through you, the cost of neglecting defense is higher than the cost of missing an attack.

Dude's still packing a pike. Eisenhund can hide behind that shield all day until he makes a mistake. No point getting stabbed doing something stupid when we've got the ace protection. Let's go with the 3/6 split.

>>15984434
A good question, and a major negatory on that one. Neither party is actually aware of what the enemy's combat pool is, unless they somehow infer it from experience and observation.
All Eisenhund knows is how many dice Blackpoole has expended thusfar, and vice versa.

>>15984380
Doesn't Blackpool keep initiative after winning the previous exchange? Are we on a whole new round now, does Stop Short not keep initiative, or did I miss something?

>>15984448
>>15984460
The masses have spoken! Now, seeing this, BlackPoole knows that he's in a pickle, but that he also has an opportunity. He could try to buy the initiative (he knows Eisenhund's Perception is terrible) attack through, but that probably wouldn't work, shields have awesome DTNs.

He could just try parrying, but that's a death sentence.

But what he can do, and with no cost to himself, is try to evade! It has no cost, since he's not wearing heavy armor, and it works better than trying to parry with that big goofy pike.

-Partial Evasion, at TN 7, will allow him to simply avoid the attack and continue as normal.

-Duck and Weave, at TN 9 (!!!) will allow him to dodge out of the way as well... But there are some scary bonus points to be had! If he succeeds at a Duck and Weave and defeats his enemy's attack dice, Eisenhund cannot use his shield during the next exchange. In addition, Eisenhund would suffer 1 shock damage (half of his pool, rounded down) because he counts as fumbling the attack.

So, there are the three options:
-Buy initiative and attack, which is balls-out insane
-Partial Evade for an easy escape, 11 dice at 7
-Daring Duck and Weave, with 11 dice at 9 against Eisenhund's 3 dice at 6!

I'm leaning towards the latter. Sounds ballsy, but pikemen don't always stay alive by being ballsy.

Oh oh, this is important:

Blackpool has won initiative, but not for this immediately coming turn-rather, for the next exchange.

An exchange is sort of like a see-saw. Pool Refreshes, attack/defend, defend/attack. Whoever "won initiative" for that last exchange, by landing or blocking an attack in certain manners, is the Attacker during the next one.

This means that Blackpoole just launched his offensive maneuver, and Eisenhund... Didnt' really get to defend, but sort of did anyway.

Now, Eisenhund is up to the bat, and Blackpoole is defending, both with the remaining dice from their pools. This is why it's so important to preserve your combat pool on the offensive, because the other guy gets a chance to hit back before you can recover.

>>15984526

Duck and Weave. If we can get that shield out of the way, Eisenhund is in a world of shit. 11 dice is a lot to throw at a problem, and if swordsman rolls shitty, it's probably going to be the end of the line for him. Fail, and it doesn't look like the wound would be too nasty.

rolled 3, 9, 1 = 13

>>15984556
I like it! Alright, Eisenhund's defensive dice are wasted, since the Pikeman isn't actually attacking, so all we need to roll are his attack, and Blackpoole's defense.

I'll roll the easy one: Eisenhund's 3 dice at 6. One of your brave lads, roll Blackpoole's courageous defense!

>>15984584
Oh Jesus. I am so sorry Eisenhund.

rolled 2, 1, 3, 8, 6, 5, 3, 8, 9, 10, 5 = 60

Ooh, shitty roll Blackpoole. That's going to cost you.

>>15984584
What an unholy terror this guy is.

>>15984584
>>15984598
Well well well. What has happened here, who can tell me?

>>15984635
Offhand, looks like Blackpoole succeeded on his maneuver by the skin of his teeth. Am I correct?

>>15984598
HA.

>>15984635

I'm guessing Eisenhund stepped forward to take a slice out of pikeboy, who took a hop forward and towards the sword arm, standing next to the swordsman, with his shield and protection on the far side of him, utterly useless for the time being.

>>15984647
You are sir. And you know what that means.

NEW ROUND
Blackpoole has the initiative, after successfully shortstopping the swordsman, and miraculously evading his attack! He's back up to 15 dice.

Eisenhund cannot block with his shield during the first turn of this exchange, and is at 11 dice because he counted as fumbling on his attack thanks to Duck & Weave's bullshit.

Blackpoole is up. It's Trollin' time, ladies and gentlemen.

-Punch him in the dick
-Punch him in the... Face
-Punch him in the... Chest?
(Punch here means stab brutally.)

What're you thinkin' boys? Devoting the full pool might be foolhardy, but there's definitely room to mess this sucker up with the dice advantage. And remember, if Eisenhund chooses to try and bum rush Blackpoole, he's suffering range penalties out the wazoo, making that unlikely.

>>15984682
ALWAYS stab them in the dick

>>15984682
Wait a minute. According to that picture, Eisenhund's sword blocks at 6. He can't simultaneously block and strike, but he can sure as hell parry. The man isn't totally defenseless, we need to be careful.

Dickstabbing's for when you're losing a fight. This one seems to be going pretty well, so let's go for the face, and see if we can't gouge out an eye or something. hit him hard, but leave a little something for dessert, just in case Blackpoole manages to fuck up this golden opportunity.

>>15984704
Exactly what I was thinking. Viking swords defend like fucking bastard swords and only slightly worse than a rapier vs. a civilian blade.

>>15984703
SO IT SHALL BE. Blackpool will put 10 dice into a thrust at zone X.

Eisenhund sees which way the wind's blowing and, for alacrity's sake, parries with 6 dice. He wants to have enough left to try and avoid BlackPoole's inevitable counterattack, but he needs to get back on the offensive, and he's trusting in his good defense number here. Thank god for norse swords eh?

So, Blackpoole with 10 (at ATN of 8, ouch) against Eisenhund with 6 at 6. I'll get the Dog, one of you gents get the Puddle, fair?

>>15984719
B-but, dickstabs! They are practically required in ROS

>>15984738
Lets try then

>>15984552
Wait, really?

My understanding of it was that a combat round went: Refresh, Exchange, Exchange. And each Exchange consisted of a single action, either aggressive or defensive, by each party in the combat. Then between both rounds and exchanges, initiative goes to the winner of the previous exchange (which is why the loser of the first exchange needs to buy initiative if they want to attack in the second, and the rules note that the aggressor and defender "may" have changed between exchanges).

rolled 1, 5, 5, 2, 10, 4 = 27

>>15984739
>>15984719
Aww nuts. I screwed up the roll, and there was dissent!

We could split the middle ground, go for the stomach. Eisenhund's shield won't cover there, and there's no risk of hitting his helmet, but we save the groin thrust for when shit is mega-dire.

y/n?

rolled 8, 6, 2, 1, 6, 4, 10, 10, 2, 6 = 55

>>15984746
and again...

rolled 10, 1, 3, 2, 6, 3, 1, 8, 9, 2 = 45

Well, gentlemen vegetable shishkebab incoming.

>>15984749
...You might actually be right. And if you are, then the egg is REALLY on my face, because I've been playing this way for like two years now. We'll continue with my potentially incorrect method for now, and I'll do some research later.

Good lord. An ominous task for tonight.

Stick with the dick stabs?

>>15984773

May as well. Poole's just fucking with the man now.

>>15984753
Oh wow. Sorry about your dick Eisenhund.

>>15984773
>>15984795
>>15984801
Tummy business redacted, ignore my roll. Dick it is! Who wants to roll the D6 for hit location? And so help me God if both of you roll and get the same thing again, I'm going to find me an exorcist.

rolled 3 = 3

Head, shaft, or testicles, go!

rolled 5 = 5

>>15984813
>exorcist
That won't help. I know what you did last summer, Johnny.

>>15984826
I think his singing voice just improved

.>>15984826
And this is why you should always roll female TRoS characters

Poole the piker poked a piece of pooch's pecker

>>15984829
>>15984826
We'll give it to shishkabob MacGee on this one. 3 is Groin.

Now, with his Margin of Success of 2, Blackpoole does:
His strength (5)+weapon damage (2)+Margin(2) damage, for 9 total damage.
VERSUS
Eisenhund's groin at Toughness (6)+Armor(1), total of 7.

That right there? That's a level 2 wound.

BL: 8
S: 8
P: 10-WP (5)
"Worse, much more blood."

Now, the BL is blood loss, which is awful, but we'll cover that in a minute. Might not even have to.

Shock is immediately subtracted from Eisenhund's combat pool. His remaining 5 dice for this round are gone, and 3 are subtracted from the NEXT round.

His Pain is simply subtracted from his maximum combat pool, so long as the wound remains.

The man has 0 dice left. Next turn, he'll be at 8 fewer than his usual total. He'll be at 4. And there's still one more exchange left. Blackpoole has 5 dice remaining, to Eisenhund's 0.

>>15984887
Another five in the dick, ladies and former gentlemen?

>>15984887
In the words of my favorite TV series:

KILL THE LITTLE CUNT!

>>15984912

Come on, let's just off the guy. Keep in mind, we gotta clean the dickblood off off the pike later. That's gross man.

We can just wash it off in his face. Might need to stab it a few times to get it all off, though.

rolled 10, 8, 6, 2, 2 = 28

>>15984927
>>15984912
The crowd has spoken.

rolled 4 = 4

>>15984938
A level 1 wound to somewhere. Not much, but considering it's two in the same round, it's mostly serving to reduce his pool even more.
Rolling for location, so that we can get you to the fun part. (The 15 die thrust to the throat part.)

why is blackpoole such a pimp

>>15984912
But of course.

Jesus Christ, just kill the man already, my testicles are retracting into my abdomen!

>>15984961
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WUcKgOav0c

Yikes. Ok, Eisenhund doesn't have a pool left.

NEW ROUND.

Blackpoole's at 15 dice. Eisenhund's at 0. The thumb has been pressed. The conclusion is foregone.

The only question is how much it hurts. Go.

>>15984964
Because his name is fucking Blackpoole.

rolled 7, 7, 8, 5, 6, 2, 7, 2, 9, 7, 4, 3, 9, 4, 8 = 88

>>15984985
Lots and to the throat yeah?

>>15984961
Clarifying: The wound's statistics are

BL: 6
S: 7
P: 9-WP (4)
"Yup... Sorry."

rolled 5, 9, 3, 10, 7, 10, 6, 3, 1, 6, 8, 2, 8, 1, 7 = 86

I guess this is it. Hope you have a nice shiny ring Blackpoole can pawn for a ride back home.

>>15985001
Damn I meant to get more 8's and less 7's

Also this is why I love dice pools

rolled 4 = 4

>>15985001
15 to XIII? I'm all for it. That's 4 successes I believe. D6 for location:

Dammit, this game seems fun as hell. Now I'm going to have to dig up people who are willing to give it a shot. Plus learn yet another new system. One where someone whose run it for two years isn't even certain now he was doing it right.

>>15985001
>>15985011
Oh Christ. It's either ST 11 or ST 12. To Eisenhund's unarmored face, both are level 5 wounds...

"Pierced brain. Death is nearly instantaneous, coming from massive brain damage and hemorrhaging."

They didn't even bother giving us bloodloss/shock. How nice of them.

Pikes and groinshots are for bastards and trolls...
Being a bastard WORKS.

Well damn. I've actually found this educational. I had always disparaged the pike (because it isn't a Partisan, you know) but it's not bad at all, with a bit of luck and some brains.

so he piked him in the nads then brained him?

>>15985094

Glad to be of assistance. Nothing like a pack of vicious assholes to remind you anything is deadly in the wrong hands.

>>15985108
Hear, hear.

>>15985098
You bet your ass he piked him in his nads and then brained him. Put his brain on a skewer, no less.

>>15985098
He piked him in the nads... And then did it again on his turn just to be double-sure, and then brained him while he was in a nutshot-induced fugue.

The best part is that this whole fight probably took less than 8 seconds. Quick, hideous, and nobody left happy.

Well no, now I'm just lying, Blackpoole left happy as a bastard.

>>15985108
Aye. It was closer than it looked. If Eisenhund hadn't dropped the dice ball once or twice, he might've actually won. But to the victor go the spoils, and to the loser goes... Uh... Not his nuts, that's for sure.

Willing to run another John? That was fun.

How about another round, say of a dapper ruffian and a scruffy gentleman going at each other with rapiers or smallswords?

>>15985151
>>15985165
Hell yeah, I don't have anything going on tonight. Well, maybe in like 3 hours, but I expect there's much fun to be had 'twixt then and now.

Would you like me to bring some fencers? I can actually give you guys a choice of combatants this time, as cut & thrust and rapier fighters are a personal favorite of mine, and I have many prepared already.

>>15985143

Well, Eisenhund had low pools, and low TNs. That's gambling territory. Blackpoole's high pools and high TNs are a bit more statistically stable, making him the perfect guy to take chances. One bad roll would, and did, completely screw Eisenhund. Eleven dice with nothing above nine is pretty rare, compared to the amount of times playing, say risk, where three dice tend to snake-eye at the worst time.

>>15985189
This man understands the fundaments of dice better than I do. All I know is that I just saw a man get stabbed in the rocks twice in as many seconds.

>>15985185
Lay 'em on us, namebro.

>>15985185
Do you have any Escrima or Case of Rapiers characters prepared?

>>15985185

Can you put in someone with a warmaul or a mace? I'd like to see the effect of shit getting crushed, or do blunt weapons really pooch the ability to attack?

>>15985199
And it was glorious!

>>15985165
will there be guns?

Would a rapier wielder stand a chance against the mountain that rapes?

>>15985232
No. Plate armor is about as much of a trump card in RoS as it is IRL.

>>15985239
Good to know, did we ever figure out what aside from a company of men could take him down?

>>15985248
The same kinds of things that killed plate-wearing dudes historically.

>>15985239

If someone's going to be wearing plate, the other guy should get a falx to even the odds a little.

>>15985248
A couple of dudes several tens of yards back with double-charged muskets and missile pools as high as humanly possible?

Sorry for the delay, fencers coming right up!

Who *is* John Galt?

Oh yikes, I keep forgetting that people don't just freeze in time when I look away. Let me recheck your lots' words and then pose the question of who's fighting whom.

Alright guys, now, we could do this a few ways.

I do have four pretty awesome swordsmen prepared to die for you, but I could also slap together an Escrima fighter, a huge dane with an axe-anything you'd like. They just might not be as well made.

OR....

I could do the Scruffian versus Ruffleman fight now, and come back tomorrow with a well tailored list of bludgeoning and axe-wielding fighters.

What say you? Shall we make it a regular thing?

>>15985387

Let's stick with some of the pre-mades. Don't worry about making a regular thing out of this. Threads'll come and go, and there'll be time for other things. Just keep one seemingly useless clot of a fighter handy and see if we can't find a way to make him work.

>>15985387
The Scruffian vs please and oh yes these are great fun.

>>15985418
Alright then! On to the procession! Here are two of the four.

Sarah Gizka
(Archibald Cunningham with tits. The only fighter here who's part of an actual School, she makes up for being made of dry leaves and sawdust with cunning maneuvers. It won't factor in much, but as a result of her statistics, she's probably about 4 foot 8.)
ST 3 WP 6 Reflex 9
AG 9 Wit 9 Knockout 4
TO 3 MA 3 Knockdown 6
EN 8 Soc 3 Aim 8
HT 3 Per 6 Move 10
Proficiencies: Progressive School (Rapier) (Smallsword +1) 10
Equipment: Smallsword
CP: 20

Byron MacTavish
(A Scottsman in Egyp-er, I dunno where. He's built like a brick shithouse, and he's probably the most experienced man here, if not the most polished. Strong, tough, has a cool sword, can dish it out and take it better than the rest.)
ST 7 WP 8 Reflex 7
AG 7 Wit 7 Knockout
TO 6 MA 3 Knockdown
EN 4 Soc 3 Aim 12
HT 5 Per 5 Move 9
Proficiencies: Cut & Thrust 10
Equipment: Basket Hilted Claymore (Backsword)
CP: 17

And the other two.

Armond Oro
(A spanish sword & buckler man, bringing a breastplate to a stuffed-shirt fight. Has the advantage of being tough and strong, but also having a quick thrusting weapon, and torso armor.)
ST 5 WP 5 Reflex 8
AG 8 Wit 8 Knockout 6
TO 4 MA 3 Knockdown 7
EN 6 Soc 3 Aim 8
HT 4 Per 6 Move 10
Proficiencies: Rapier 10
Equipment: Sidesword, Buckler, Breastplate
CP: 18

Dusan Timotic
(A terribly confused Serb. There's not much to say about him except that he's got good defensive tools, and good reach, but a lower combat pool than the quickies, and less strength than the Scottsman.)
ST 6 WP 4 Reflex 7
AG 7 Wit 7 Knockout
TO 5 MA 3 Knockdown
EN 4 Soc 3 Aim
HT 5 Per 8 Move
Proficiencies: Cut & Thrust 10
Equipment: Schiavona, Small Shield
CP: 17

Let the voting begin! I promise, these folks are trained professionals, and will give a good performance whoever fights whom.

I once fought The Mountain with (a more upgraded version of) Gizka. It took seven minutes. In game. Out of game it took two days.

I vote for Schiavona vs. either the Scotsman or the Spaniard. Preferably the Scotsman, for a battle of the sexy basket hilts.

>>15985495
Srbske 1
Spaniard 1/2
Scottsman 1/2
Pic Related 0

>>15985486
Gizaka vs Oro

Seconding Scottsman and Slav.

>>15985511
Oh fuck that, put the critter against all three of them. Fuck those little cheeping squatters.

>>15985511
>>15985521
or battle of the basket hilts works as well

>>15985457
Run Scotch and Dus, then Gizka and Oro.
Have the victors fight. FINAL DESTINATION.

Clearly the only way to do this is through process of elimination.

So, let's do it the easy way.
First, a contest of the Cut & Thrusts.
Then, a contest of the Rapiers.
Then, a contest between the victors of each. All opposed? I've just cleared my schedule.

>>15985554
Oh hells yeah, it's on like Donkey Kong.

>>15985554
This. Let's find out WHO IS DEADLIEST.

>>15985554
EPIC BASKET HILT BATTLES OF HISTORY

SERBIA
VERSUS
LIAM NEESON

BEGIN!

sarah versus timotick

Ok, now acquiring my cutouts of the weapons. Just a second, and we'll be right in the thick of it!

>>15985486
>>Once fought the Mountain

Need stats for the Mountain ASAP

Alright folks, let's get this show on the road.

This here is a Schiavona, it's the toy Dusan is going to be using to carve up some Celt today. (Or so he hopes.)

It stands out from the other Cut & Thrust derivatives by having a pretty impressive defensive number, while retaining its Long range, and doing balanced damage. Dusan's shield is the same one Eisenhund had above. Let's hope it serves him better.

>>15985644
I assume we will be treating it as a double-edged weapon as it clearly is in both its picture and its description?

>>15985644
And here is the Backsword. Almost identical to the Slavic Saber, except shorter, and with a bit less room to thrust. Thrusting is for girls anyway.

It's got a good DTN, and is one of the few C&T derivatives that actually retained Medium range. A lot of people get worried about that when they see that, but there's a lot of room for stuff to get sticky when it comes to swords, so I wouldn't sweat too much for the Scottsman.

>>15985677
Aye. Same for the Backsword. I don't know what the hell they're thinking denoting both of these as single-edged, I've never seen a single edged version of either.

>>15985687
Some backswords are single-edged, but the Scots basket hilt claymore most assuredly is not.

start the fightan allready

>>15985697
Ahh, that would explain it.

Now, for a review:

Byron MacTavish
ST 7 WP 8 Reflex 7
AG 7 Wit 7 Knockout
TO 6 MA 3 Knockdown
EN 4 Soc 3 Aim 12
HT 5 Per 5 Move 9
Proficiencies: Cut & Thrust 10
Equipment: Basket Hilted Claymore (Backsword)
CP: 17

Dusan Timotic
ST 6 WP 4 Reflex 7
AG 7 Wit 7 Knockout
TO 5 MA 3 Knockdown
EN 4 Soc 3 Aim
HT 5 Per 8 Move
Proficiencies: Cut & Thrust 10
Equipment: Schiavona, Small Shield
CP: 17

Byron is stronger, and about as fast. Dusan has slightly better reach, a shield, and an awesome Perception score. It's going to be rough, and I honestly don't know how this one's gonna be. Let's begin, shall we?

A dimensional rift opens. From the hideous depths of Bosnia, Timotic is flung into the middle of a Scottish cow pasture. MacTavish, glancing over, sees a shifty looking man with hsi sword drawn amongst his cows. Obviously, a cattle thief. He draws his sword, and moves in! The man starts gibbering in incomprehensible tongues, and the conclusion is reached simultaneously between them: One of us is going to have to die here.

Dusan has a shield, and he's got reach, and that guy's wearing a dress. Screw it, he's going Red.

MacGregor still isn't quite sure if this guy is human, or some sort of monster in human garb! Should he go red, or blue?

>>15985744
The correct answer is and has always been RED RED.

>>15985744
Blue he could be a devil in human form what with his speaking in tongues

>>15985730
Did I miss a rundown of the different stats? I didn't see one up above, but maybe I missed it.

And I say go red. We've got to protect those cows, after all.

>>15985744
Kill him quickly, or the devil within him will give him more strength. Full attack!

>>15985757
>>15985751
Recinding that RED RED clearly

>A dimensional rift opens. From the hideous depths of Bosnia, Timotic is flung into the middle of a Scottish cow pasture. MacTavish, glancing over, sees a shifty looking man with hsi sword drawn amongst his cows. Obviously, a cattle thief. He draws his sword, and moves in! The man starts gibbering in incomprehensible tongues, and the conclusion is reached simultaneously between them: One of us is going to have to die here.

i like this story already

>>15985744
Normally I'd say blue (to protect the dick)...

But the best defense is a good offense. Red! For the cows!

The Reds have it. Gentlemen, it's party time! Red/Red is the most fun you're going to have all week!

Here's how a Red/Red works. Both sides must declare their attacks. A man with a shield can defend, yes, though he must still obey all of the rules of defending. Then, a Reflex test is rolled at the attack number of the weapon being used. The winner hits first.

In event of a tie... Well.

So, what should Timotic do? He's got a shield, so the obvious answer is to try and defend himself and cut at the same time, but he has to split it 2/1, so he can't just put 10 on defense and 10 on attack.

I'd say, 5 on a cut to the legs (he left his knees all exposed! How nice of him!) and 10 on a block. This leaves 2 dice left in case stuff goes pear-shaped.

MacTavish is in a rougher spot. He's got 17 dice, and an activation cost of 1 to attack, thanks to reach. He's also really, really got to avoid getting hit here. His best bet: Hit first! A thrust to the face with 10 dice should be enough.

So, both have Reflex 7. Both cut at 7. Dusan has 1 step of reach, so he gets 1 extra die, MacTavish thrusts for 1 as well

Gentlemen: It's 8 at 7 for both. Who wants to roll?

rolled 8, 6, 1, 3, 2, 6, 3, 5 = 34

>>15985824
So wait. Mactavish gets a bonus die for thrusting for terms of seeing who hits first?
If it's 8d10 at a difficulty of 7, I've got the scotchman down.

rolled 8, 10, 1, 6, 10, 5, 7, 5 = 52

>>15985824
Rollin for other guy

>>15985824
Good sir, a thrust to the face with 10 dice will certainly not be enough if the other guy is defending with 10. Or does the Scott know that?

rolled 8, 5, 4, 5, 7, 10, 7, 9 = 55

>>15985824

Timotic had better watch himself. He's on someone else's turf, and that gets people deaded if they don't play it safe.

>>15985851
>>15985855
MacTavish for... 1. Both times. Uh oh.

>>15985865
>>15985874
...Lots for the Serb. 5 and 4 I think. Maybe God actually heard the anthem for once?

Gentlemen, I don't know how to say this, but it's looking like Dusan might go first!

BUT WAIT! There is still hope for the scottsman!

rolled 6, 2, 4, 5, 3 = 20

>>15985899
MacGregor only spent 10 of his 17 dice, right? It was clever of him to conserve, because that means that he can try to buy the initiative, which means he needs to spend dice equal to Timotic's Perception score, to roll. What is that guy's perc-
>8
FFFFFFF

Dusan goes first. 5 dice at 7 for the cut. I'll roll this time, to save us the trouble.

But how will Liam Neeson kill Tim Roth without legs!?

>>15985929

>>15985929
You're shitting me. Not one success. The Scottsman is UNHARMED, and can now roll his attack of 10 dice at 7, against Timotic's 10 dice at 6.

I'm not allowed to touch the roller anymore. Good lord I'm a disgrace. First two rollers will be the canonical ones, to avoid 50 roller pileup.

>>15985937
I don't think he has to worry

>>15985937
>Implying that anything can take Liam's legs

rolled 10, 1, 7, 8, 7, 4, 1, 10, 9, 8 = 65

>>15985960
Timocs now

>>15985960
FOR SCOTLAND!

>>15985972
That should do it don't ya think?

rolled 3, 4, 3, 4, 9, 3, 5, 2, 10, 6 = 49

FOR SCOTLAND ROUND 2

Hm, was this with the Serb's shield or his sword? If the latter, do we have enough dice left over to activate Winding and Binding?

>>15985972
>>15985988

I think Timotic read the scotsman like a book on this exchange.

>>15985972
>>15985988

Timotic, though unable to land a swordblow to save his life, compensates by blocking the hell out of the Scotsman's attack.

But now we're in a pickle. MacTavish is at 6 dice (10 for the attack, 1 for range), while Timotic is... At 2.

MacTavish won the initiative, so it counted as his attack, which means now...
Now it's on Dusan, with his 2 dice.

What should our unfortunate Slav do?

Stab for the balls, hope for luck.

>>15986013
Sheildbash! Hit him with the shield! 2 dice be damned!

>>15986013

Play dirty. Throw mud in the eyes, trip him, feint, or just back off and catch his breath.

Kick directly to dick.

>>15986013
Dick stab its the only way

>>15986042
>>15986031
...This works actually. Dusan is at short range with his shield, which means he'd get 1 die at ATN 6 to land a thump with the shield. It does ST+1 bludgeoning damage I believe.

If he hits, then he forces the Scottsman into short range, where he gets penalties for his weapon's length. Even more severe ones than he'd get for being outranged. And to split the difference: How about a shield to the groin? WHO'S WITH ME?

>>15986053
Oh! Duhh, we could just do what the pikeman did, Blackpoole did the shortstop thing where he fucked with the dog, we can just do that!

>>15986074
>shield to the groin
that's a yes

>>15986074
>Encounter guy with sword
>Miss with own sword
>Fuck swords, KILL HIM WITH MY SHIELD

>>15986074
Doo iiit.

rolled 2, 3, 10, 5, 7, 8 = 35

>>15986092
I love it. Someone roll me a D10!

>>15986115
Why the hell did I roll D10s? Those do nothing, because you can't parry a shield bash. Says so right in the shield bash section.

rolled 6 = 6

DEEZ NUTS SCOTTIE!

>>15986139
...Well. I believe that's exactly the ATN. St+1 is 7, MacTavish's toughness is 6... That's a level 1 wound.

Refer back to >>15984738 for the table.

Who wants to roll a D6?

>>15986168
Wait wait, my mistake! The bludgeoning table is different.
Fly my pretties! Fly!

rolled 4 = 4

>>15986168

>>15986183
BOINK. Someone just got punched in the dick!

>>15986183
Ouch. Well ok.

BL: 0
S: 7 (Thank God, MacTavish was going to put 6 on a cut to the neck if this didn't work.)
P 9-WP (1)

So, a quick analysis of turn 1: The two charged at each other. Timotic swung poorly at the Scotsman's legs. Presumably, the Scott leaped over them to thrust, Sparta style, straight into the Serb's shield. The Serb then did a baseball slide or something, moving that shield STRAIGHT into MacTavish's babymaker.

ROUND 2
Round two begins, MacTavish is at Short Range and down 2 points (1 from pain, 1 from excess shock.)
Timotic is at full, and at his range with that lovely shield. And he has the initiative.

What should our intrepid Serb do with his initiative?

>>15986181
>level 3
>"Surface organs destroyed. May lose consciousness"
>May lose consciousness
>May

>>15986225
The Schiavona is useless! Hit him with the shield again, go for the stomach, work your way up!

Timotic, take a swing at the big guy's arm. See if you can't take a little sting out of the scotsman's future attacks.

rolled 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 10, 7, 10, 6, 1, 3 = 51

>>15986256
In the spirit of alacrity, let's do it! Timotic puts 12 dice on a bash to the lower abdomen. MacTavish puts 10 on a partial evasion, which is at DTN 7, to try and escape!

12 at 6.
10 at 7.
I'll break my promise to speed things up, and roll for Serbia Jack here. Who wants to get Scotty?

>>15986261
No wait, I like yours better! A wollop to the arm, see if we can't get that sword away from him. Same roll applies.

rolled 10, 4, 10, 5, 8, 2, 8, 8, 5, 3 = 63

>>15986271
Scotty is go

rolled 7, 8, 8, 2, 9, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4 = 52

>>15986271
Here's for the True Scotsman. Come on Byron!

>>15986287
MacTavish evades with 5 to 4! What a damn hero!

Alright, that means it's Mac's turn, and he's got 5 dice left, but a range penalty of 1. The Serb has 5 dice left as well, though MacTavish probably doesn't know that.

When you've just been baseball-slid in the rocks, what the hell do you do?

>>15986287
>>15986288
Good thing I went first hey?

>>15986305

I believe it's time for our scottish friend to puncture this bastard's liver.

>>15986305
Any way we can open the range back to Medium and be in position to rain down claymore blows on that wanker?

Goddamn this is going fast. Liam's only choice is to try and cut straight down, given how he must be positioned. I say a cut to the neck, to try and kill the lunatic before he can smash me lucky charms!
No wait that's Ireland. Eh. Full chop anyway!

>>15986315
Damn right. By the skin of our teeth dude.

>>15986318
Full Evasion will do it, though he'd get to attack, your DTN would be 4, and no range penalties because evasion is awesome.

Alternatively, landing any sort of attack will put the bastard back at your range.

>>15986344
Yeah, let's back off for now.

>>15986305
Cut of the Feckers head?

Kill the son of a bitch! Scotsmen don't run from Serbs! That's against the laws of nature!

rolled 5 = 5

Oof. Such division. On one hand, the cooler mind calling for retreat, on the other hand, the blood of the old Celts calling out for decapitation.

How do we decide? I know. A game of chance! 1-5, we'll run away, 6-10, we'll cleave his pate! Either way, little danger to the Scottsman's person.

>>15986378
And so it is. MacTavish has 5 dice at difficulty 4 to escape, while Timotic has 5 dice at... Let's say 7, a thrust with the sword, because the range doesn't matter and that sword's damage could be decisive.

Roll my pretties!

rolled 5, 7, 9, 1, 10 = 32

>>15986390

rolled 4, 7, 8, 4, 4 = 27

>>15986378
>>15986390
Wait wait! If we do full evasion, we end up back at Long range, in the Schiavona's advantage!
Aww balls, well I'll roll for the Scotchman.

rolled 9, 8, 6, 5, 8 = 36

>>15986390
Timoc

>>15986411
>>15986410
Oh snap. Looks like the Scott got away.

Now they've got to roll red/blue again. Essentially, the combat begins anew, except that MacTavish is a bit hurt.

The question is, who will dare to go first?

Timotic and the Scottsman prepare for the final showdown. Is that a deer scare I hear? Japanese flutes?

>>15986436
Time to add my own trollish brand of wisdom, Galt. Timotic is a smart lad, and he's got the reach advantage. Going red doesn't advantage him at all, he gets no bonus dice for it. Going blue does advantage him, however.

Toss aside the shield. Go blue. Counter.

>>15986436
Micky T's just gots to go red here. Needs revenge for the ball blow.

>>15986456
If that isn't decisive, I don't know what is. I love it.

Byron throws red. His plan is to throw a cut at 15 at a cut to zone IV: Upward slash to the groin! if even one connects, it's lights out for the demon.

Dusan spends 2 dice to activate the Counter maneuver with 15 dice! You haven't seen this one yet kids! It's like a regular parry, except that if you succeed, you get to use your enemy's dice against him in an immediate attack! If you don't match his successes with the parry, though, ALL of his successes connect, and yours vanish into thin air.

It's a hail mary. But if it works, it'll be sweet.

MacTavish has 15 at 7

Timotic has 15 at 6.

This is it people, there's no turning back! Both men think they have a good shot, and now's their time to prove it!

>>15986499
The audacity!

rolled 3, 5, 2, 8, 7, 10, 6, 5, 7, 5, 8, 2, 1, 1, 6 = 76

>>15986499
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3a_7242Lc
Let's do this.
For Scotland, we go balls to the wall, and it's not gonna be our balls!

As this thread is getting close to autosage I suggest that, after the conclusion of this bout we start a new thread to begin Round 2 of our contests.

>>15986531
5 successes. A full third of the pool, with only an ATN of 7. Impressive. But can an old fashioned Subotica Boy do better?

rolled 7, 8, 10, 6, 1, 2, 8, 2, 5, 7, 5, 10, 4, 3, 10 = 88

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_tVZv_3ZYM

From the sepulcher of ages,
Springs the resurrection morn,
From the drought of direst slavery,
Serbia a new is born!

>>15986562
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

rolled 5 = 5

>>15986562
I will forgive your laxness with the lyrics of that sacred song, because you rolled 8.
That is sufficient success.

So, the counter is successful: Timotic now rolls Byron's 5 successes as dice against him, at the location indicated by my roll on the Counter chart.

>>15986597
A slash at Zone V: Vertical, straight down on the head.

Will someone do the honors? I regret that my time is more limited than I thought... I might not be able to complete the tournament today, but I can definitely see this one through.

What the hell just happened?

>>15986611
MacTavish swung upwards at Timotic, who somehow parried it, and performed a countermove that resulted in a downwards strike of his own at the Scot.
How well that's going, we cannae yet know.

rolled 2, 4, 1, 8, 4 = 19

Has this thread been put up for archival yet?

rolled 3, 4, 8, 1, 10 = 26

>>15986605
It's 5 dice right? What does MacTavish get to defend?

>>15986635
Nothing, if Counters work like I think they do.

rolled 4 = 4

>>15986640
Aye... You're correct mister. Master MacTavish just took 9 damage, which means a level 3 wound to... Somewhere. This isn't looking good for our old chum.
A D6 for hit location, and I'll find the table.

rolled 3 = 3

>>15986648
Thaaaat's DA FACE. The man loses an eye, and ear, or his nose. One way or another,
BL: 5
S: 8
P: 7-WP (0)

>>15986671
Byron MacTavish, the noseless Scotsman.

>>15986671
Now he ha unleashed the true Scot Within

Pike to the Dick is archived,

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/15983050/

>>15986671
Well folks, Timotic just turned MacTavish's awesome attack into a slit nose. The second half of the exchange, nobody has any dice.

ROUND 3 (SORTA)
Timotic has got the initiative, Byron is down to 8 dice (17-1 pain, -8 shock) and he's back up to his full 17.

...There isn't a whole lot of choice in the matter folks. What do we do when we know we can't lose?

>>15986686
Talk out our differences peacefully from a position of strength?

>>15986686
We could step in and shield bash the manky Scots git square in the noggin, knock him out and leave 'em with a cleft nose and a bruised ego instead of stone dead.

>>15986686
SCHIAVONA TO THE DICK WITH 17 DICE

We go for the dick.
We always go for the dick.

>>15986696
You know, I think I like this option better. Bludgeoning damage to the head is just so fun!

We've already made enough shishkabobs for one day. -1 die for range, that's still 16 to MacTavish's 8, at the same number

16 at 6
VS
8 at 6.

BEGIN.

ST 7
AG 5
TO 6
EN 3
HT 3

WP 3
Wit 5
MA 2
Soc 2
Per 2

Reflex 5
Aim 3
Knockdown 6
Knockout 7
Move 7

6'2"
230lbs

Skills: Swordsmen 9/Soldier 9

Grappling 8
Pugilism 2
Sword and Shield 2
Longsword 2

Combat Pool:
Grappling 13
Pugilism 7
Sword and Shield 7
Longsword 7

Fine Full Plate Suit: 6 Armor everywhere but head, -2CP, -2Move. 50lbs

Fine Full Helm: 6 Armor head, -2CP(-1 additional instead when wearing armor), -1 Per

Long Sword, Medium Heater Shield

My old character, starting stats. Allow me to introduce...The Bear.

Grappling is even more fun in RoS.

>>15986720
>enough shishkabobs for one day
SIR. There is NO SUCH THING. You are abandoning us before the end of the tournament, I beg of you, let me have my final emasculating finisher!

rolled 3, 9, 4, 2, 8, 3, 1, 7, 5, 9, 10, 1, 4, 10, 5, 1 = 82

INTO THE FAAAAACE!

rolled 10, 7, 5, 7, 6, 9, 6, 5 = 55

>>15986720
for the scot

rolled 3, 2, 7, 9, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7, 7, 4, 2, 5, 3, 9 = 87

Rollan shield bash!

>>15986752
No, I like the bashing!

>>15986743
>>15986748
It seems the Scotsman lived.

>>15986748
(Forgive me dickpunch, but I cannae cut off already rolled rolls! 'Tis against my code!)
Damn. I got mixed. Because you cannot parry a shield bash, only evade, the DTN is 7 for a Partial Evasion. That's still 4 successes. Better than I would've expected.

However... It's looking like 8 successes for the Shield Bash.

So. Str (6)+1+Margin of 7.
That, sir, is a Strength 14 hit. After toughness, MacTavish takes a... A... Level 8 wound to the head.

Dear God. They don't even go up that high.

>>15986790
Schroedinger's Scotsman?

>>15986798
Well we TRIED to save the twit's life, it's not our fault Scotsmen have heads made of particle board.

>>15986798
No wait. I missed the first set of rolls up there.
Sorry, it's 6 vs 4.
So only a margin of 2. Thank God. That's 5 less than I thought, that's only Strength 9.

Which is a level 3 bludgeoning wound to the face. That ain't so bad. Probably just unconscious.

>>15986798
My bad, I thought it was 16 at 6.

Oh well. "That's a nice head you had on your shoulders".

rolled 4 = 4

>>15986819
>Actually reads table
I think I'm going to be sick.

>>15986827
It's not unreasonable to assume that at a table, with people more familiar with the system, the pace is far, FAR faster.

>>15986827
It can move faster if everyone knows what they're doing, and, more importantly, when you aren't waiting a few minutes every roll for other people to decide what to do and then roll for you.

>>15986827
Whelp.
BL: 3
S: 10
P: 7-WP
"bones near eye are smashed. Eye is considered lost. Lose 1/2 of current pool."
>Unconscious at -1

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that with one eye, half of his already diminished pool, and BL probably floating around 10, Mister MacTavish couldn't fight anyone even if he wanted to.

>>15986733
Good lord sir. Good lord.

>>15986853
WINNER:

SLAVIC SCHIAVONI

The Doge will be pleased, at least.

>>15986853
He's at bloodloss 8, his halved pool is 7, with pain that's 6. With his 10 shock, he's going to have no pool for basically two full rounds.

The man is dead unless he plays dead. I think we can call that a victory.

>>15986866
Ha! Once he figures out how to get back to the Mediterranean!

This story, my friends, will /also/ be told.

>>15986861
His solution to most every problem was simply to grab it and slowly choke the life out of it. Or throw it at another problem.

The initial encounter, where he basically tore a bandit limb from limb, is still a treasured memory.

>>15986876
And for the rest of his life he was known as Byron the Bloody Hideous. The common story of how he was wounded involved him being attacked by a maddened circus bear and putting it down with his mighty blade, but only his closest loved ones know the shameful, SHAMEFUL truth.

Gentlemen, I leave you now, to go and help my brother handle our parents. I was hoping to shirk that one off to hang out here, but it's been eating at me, so I'm going to drive over there before they start eating him.

But, inspired by the spirit of Mako, I leave you with these words. An epilogue to our intrepid Timotic.


LONG AGO IN A DISTANT LAND, I, MAKU, THE SHAPESHIFTING MASTER OF DARKNESS, UNLEASHED AND UNSPEAKABLE EVIL!

BUT A FOOLISH SERBIAN WARRIOR, WIELDING A MUNDANE SCHIAVONA, STEPPED FORTH TO OPPOSE ME.

BEFORE THE FINAL BLOW WAS STRUCK, I TORE OPEN A PORTAL IN SPACE, AND FLUNG HIM INTO SCOTLAND, WHERE MY EVIL IS LAW!

NOW THE FOOL SEEKS TO RETURN TO THE BALKANS, AND UNDO THE FUTURE THAT IS AKU!

Schiavona Jack. I'd watch it.

So are you looking to finish up the other fights, and if so, when?

>>15986940
Seeya next time, Johnny boy.

>>15986952
If there is a thread tomorrow, whatever the time, whatever the place, I will be there. Sure promise.


...No that'd be to corny.
Fuck it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMQALgAdr_s

>>15986968

>>15986940
YES
YES
YES

good thread

by the way, how large of a CP do you need to cut through plate armor with a katana

F5