A few quick ground rules:

1> you guys are running Manfred. First person posting as Manfred in direct response to a call to action by me gets dibs on dictating his actions
1a> if you aren't replying to my call to action directly, I may not recognize your intent and ignore you
2> You guys roll for everything but hit locations (I'll do that)
2a> if I don't call for a die roll, I probably won't honor your roll
2b> first person to roll the dice called for gets it. Please be clear who you're rolling for.
2c> please don't hide your dice.

Base stats (slightly modified to fill out some gaps from last thread, like a full skill list that makes a lick of sense):

ST 4 WP 4 Ref 3
AG 3 Wit 3 Aim 3
TO 4 MA 3 KD 3
EN 3 Soc 3 KO 5
HT 3 Per 3 Move 5
Proficiencies: Sword & Shield (6)
CP: 9 (sword & shield)

Spiritual Attributes:
Drive - Get Laid: 4
Destiny - Lead House Havrisham: 1
Oath - Service to Sir Perceval: 2

Skills (Knight and Courtier at 9, +3 for MA)

Appraisal 9
Battle 7
Dancing 7
Diplomacy 9
Etiquette(c) 6
Etiquette(t) 8
First Aid 6
Forgery 9
Games 7
Hunting 8
Heraldry 7
Intrigue 8
Law 8
Persuasion 9
Reading 7
Ridicule 8
Riding 7
Sincerity 7
Strategy 8
Tactics 9

ince the last thread, Manfred's health has been slow to recover. His HT temporarily stands at 2 (give him two more weeks and he'll be back in form; there was no permanent damage). He is also awarded 2 SA for Drive - Get Laid and 1 SA for Destiny - Lead House Havrisham, bringing him to a total of:

Drive - Get Laid: 6
Destiny - Lead House Havrisham: 2
Oath - Service to Sir Perceval: 2

You may spend SA on character advancement or hoard them. Discuss if you'd like, I'll ask for a verdict in a little while.

Oh hells yeah, I never see these threads when they're happening.

So, if we chat up the serving girl do we get points for following our Drive?

>>16311859

Probably a bad time to run this, most american RoS fans would be asleep.

>>16311992 His HT temporarily stands at 2 (give him two more weeks and he'll be back in form; there was no permanent damage

What's the actual effect of that going to be in play? does it reduce our CP or handicap us in any way?

>>16312154
Manfred's a night owl.

>>16312197
If he gets hurt again, he's that much closer to slipping into a coma. Health isn't called for very frequently.

OK, we get ourselves presentable and head down to the dining hall. I assume it wouldn't be taken as an affront if we take our sword?

>>16311859
http://www.thearma.org/podcast/podcast.html here's a podcast about that

>>16312309
I suppose I could have you roll etiquette (court), but it's ok to wear a sword in your own house. Drawing it around guests is highly-situational.

>>16312450
captcha ate my name, this was me.

I vote we spend our SA now, why not, it's jjust gonna sit around otherwise.

>>16312450

OK, lets head down to the dining room in our best clothes. Right now we probably have a reputation as a drunken, whoring, brawler, and considering our Destiny, that's probably not great. An evening entertaining our grandfathers' honored guests should go some way towards repairing it.

Okay, it's been an hour and only one person weighing in on character progression. Last call: spend some SA on improving young Manfred's baseline stats (or maybe even bump up his proficiency, I think he's got enough) or save them for ad-hoc dice use?

>>16312713

Probably a better idea to bump up his stats.

>>16312750
Very well. How much will you spend where?

It would cost 4 to raise an attribute that currently stands at 3, 7 to raise an attribute that currently stands at 4.

Manfreds Sword & Shield proficiency stands at 6, so it would cost 6 to bump it up one.

The only skill he used enough to merit an improvement was Persuasion. You can improve it from 9 to 8 by spending 6 SA, as I read the rules.

>>16312713

How much can we improve his stats by? if we give a +1 to AG and Wit, that'll give him a +1 to Ref, Aim, KO and CP (through the Ref), all round making him less generally terrible at everything.

>>16312787
pardon me, apparently I've been at the crack pipe again. Manfred can improve his Persuasion free of charge by rolling MA (3) at 6. No SA expenditure necessary until I decide to fully embrace the Companion rules.

rolled 4, 5, 7 = 16

>>16312843 Manfred can improve his Persuasion free of charge by rolling MA (3) at 6.

Doesn't sound like there's any downside.

rollin'

I was wondering where all the RoS threads had gone.

>>16312889
ding! My local copy of his character sheet now shows Persuasion at 8.

>>16312792 if we give a +1 to AG and Wit, that'll give him a +1 to Ref, Aim, KO and CP

Can we do this?

>>16312925
Well, Manfred had better get his dancing shoes on. And by dancing shoes, I mean finest clothes.

Manfred forces back a grimace several times as he dresses himself, but finally he clasps the silvered buckle of his swordbelt and reviews himself in the mirror. Though still a stick of a boy in truth, his chest is now swelled with the pride that can only be born of hard-tested self-confidence. We'll see if grandpa's guests know of his exploits, he thinks. Out the door and down the hall he struts.

He is met almost immediately by Marianne. She is the shrivelled-up battleaxe of a woman that has run the household since Harold was Manfred's age. He pauses and lets her inspect him immediately and without complaint. She gives him a quick nod of approval and curtly informs him "Lord Havrisham's guests are Lord Digieni Digenes, his son Andronichus, his daughter Laskara -- unmarried, so mind yourself --, and his retainers, Sir Jani Alianti, and the brothers Symeon and Simon Chionates." She doesn't pause to make sure he caught all that, confident that he hadn't. "Lord Digenes and his children will be seated with Lord Havrisham and Sir Perceval along with Sir Jani. You will be seated with the Chionates boys. Mind your tonuge and do Sir Perceval proud. Off with you. The party should be arriving any moment."

House Havrisham's visitors have foreign names, Manfred notes. Sir Perceval is waiting in the yard, ready to order the gates raised, receive the guests formally, and send for Lord Havrisham as soon as they cross the threshhold.

>>16312963
Yes. It will leave you with a whopping two SA total (spending 4 to bump AG from 3 to 4, and another 4 to raise Wits from 3 to 4).

I'll pull the trigger on it if the first reply to this post says to.

>>16313015
get the drive and the oath to zero, and give the man more reflexes! Let's get him at least to the human average!

>>16313038
Human average is pretty good. Done. Updated statline will be posted before any combat.

Cool, I guess we save the last two points, and head down to greet the foreign dignitaries.

Three carriages approach the gate, attended by three outriders with light lances, one with a pennant affixed, presumably for House Digenes. The lead outrider tips his hat gallantly. "Pray open your gates and give comfort to weary travellers, landlord!" the rider barks in an odd accent. Sir Perceval calls out for the gatekeeper, and the iron bars slowly creep upward. The riders dismount and talk among themselves in a tongue unfamiliar to young Manfred. They seem to be sharing a joke of some sort.

Finally the gate draws high enough to allow the carriages through, and Sir Perceval greets them in their own strange language. The young man bearing the pennant breaks out laughing and says something unintelligible. Another of the riders sends him a withering glare, then replies "You are both as generous and well-educated as your reputation assays, good knight! Please forgive my companion. He does not know your..." he says something in his own language again. "Accent," Perceval offers. "It is just so, yes."

Ok, what do? Chat up the riders? Boss around some stableboys to attend to the newcomers? Fetch Grandpa? Stab somebody in the dick? Your call.

>>16313124

I say we chat up the outriders. They're probably well traveled and can tell us much of the world.

>>16313124 Fetch Grandpa?

We can order a stableboy to do that, I say we try to get a glimpse of the unmarried daughter.

I read that as "fecht Grandpa", and thought our destiny was at hand.

>>16313140
Very well. Marianne's staff can take care of the particulars while you help Sir Perceval play host.

Upon approaching the riders, it is immediately clear that each is much younger than Sir Perceval. One of the riders has striking dark features and an even more pronounced cocksure swagger than Manfred, the other two are heavily-freckled redheads perhaps three years Manfred's senior.

Give me an etiquette (court) roll, 3 at 6 to not stick your foot in your mouth too badly.

>>16313169
God bless you, /tg/

rolled 2, 7, 4 = 13

>>16313178

rollin'

>>16313183
see? 3 Soc isn't completely unworkable.

Manfred greets the outriders formally, calling upon a stableboy to bring wine and cheese to quench their thirst and sate their hunger. He stumbles through the old phrases Marriane taught him as a boy (for he is a man now, he reminds himself).

Just as the Havrisham servants set up a table with cheeses, bread, and wine, the carriages come to rest inside the yard.

The rearmost carriage's door open first, and a cluster of serving-folk swarm out to attend their betters. The lead carriage is opened, revealing two dark-haired beauties, one somewhat older and lovelier than the other, both dressed in gowns of an unfamiliar cut and strange material. The younger girl descends gracefully, immediately turns, and offers her hand to help the older girl down. Strike that. She offers her hand to help the young woman down. As she descends Manfred is not entirely sure her feet touch the floor of her carriage, the step her serving-boy had set down, or the ground below. For a moment, both Manfred and Sir Perceval are struck dumb.

"Sir Perceval, this is my sister Laskara. Please forgive her presence while we do men's business. She has traveled little and insisted on accompanying our father."

Sir Perceval turns to Manfred. His face is red, his easy manner shaken. "I shall go see what is detaining my lord father," he announced. "Young Manfred, please attend our guests in my absence. I shall return presently."

Perceval turns on his heel and walks briskly back to the manor keep. What do?

>>16313268
stab her in the dick

Another Soc roll to entertain the ladies, I guess. We could tell them tales of our valor, but considering that amounts to getting stabbed in the dick over a whore, probably unwise.

>>16313299
Manfred recently confirmed the rumor that women don't have dicks to stab. Instruction rejected. He thinks a bit about what the beauty has between her legs, but we all knew that because he's a teenager.

>>16313303
3 at 6 normally, but with all this crotch talk I have to bump that up to a 7.

>>16313303
she was a damsel in distress, we rescued her from a blackguard's clutches!
surely that counts for something.

rolled 4, 2, 10 = 16

>>16313319 3 at 6 normally, but with all this crotch talk I have to bump that up to a 7.

"So, miladies, dost thou come here often?"

>>16313328
Surely.

>>16313330
The beautiful young woman bats her eyes and extends her hand to Manfred, accepting his surprisingly-suave greeting. The younger girl titters and says something hurriedly, to which she replies and smiles broadly.

"Oh no, I haven't ever the pleasure." The accent that sounded grating and even drunken from the men dances in Manfred's ears. "You have such pretty hills we ride through on the journey. The trees are so big."

The dark-haired outrider interjects with an edge of anger "Yes, your travelways twist about a great deal and have great bumps that have caused a big problem. No, a small problem. A fuss. Please to have one of you servant girls show these ladies to their rooms, they are exhaust for the ordeal."

>travelways
do you mean the clippity cloppy cobblestoneies?

>>16313393
"Ah, yes, of course, where are my manners? This way please."

We shouldn't neglect the guys though, that would make us a bad host. We should show everybody their room and leave the girls for last though.

>>16313492

Manfred takes the young woman by the hand and turn to lead her back to the manor keep.

She wraps her arm gently around his arm, but does not yet make to move. "First we must wait for our lord father," she admonishes the dark-haired rider with surprising fluency.

The middle carriage's door finally opens, revealing two middle-aged men in fine clothing. They each appear somewhat drained, no doubt the result of their long journey. Simultaneously, as though choreographed, Sir Perceval and Lord Harold emerge from the manor keep, attended by Marianne and the young servant girl. There is a flurry of activity as introductions are made, greeting are exchanged, and Digenes servants and Havrisham servants whirl about trying not to interfere with each other too much.

Perception at 8 (Intrigue) to avoid having to rely on Manfred's heraldry later on to figure out who's who. Fail this an I'm willing to assume he mixed up something as simple as who is Laskara's brother or which of the older men is the Lord and which is the knight.

rolled 6, 8, 4 = 18

Rolling perception

>>16313554
right, then. It's a bit of a blur, but Manfred's pretty sure that

the older man with the mustache is Sir Jani, who has an interest in importing hardwoods

the older man with the beard is Digieni Digenes, who grandpa is treating like a proper equal, not just a respectable guest.

The dark-haired beauty is Laskara Digenes. The younger woman is her handmaiden Rala.

The two redheaded young men are the brothers Symeon and Simon. Neither seems to take much of anything very seriously, and they went through an unseemly amount of wine when given half a chance.

The dark-haired young man is Andronichus Digenes. He immediately intercepted Sir Perceval to prevent him from fawning over his little sister.

One of the servant boys (about Manfred's age) appears to be a favorite of Digieni's.

>>16313647

Manfred also finally realizes that the serving woman that woke him up this morning is the very prostitute that got him stabbed in the crotch. This makes him think about sex again, and his thoughts drift for a moment.

"Manfred?" A voice asks. "Manfred, thank you for escorting us to our rooms. We shall require some privacy now, dear."

He realizes he is standing in the doorway of one of the guest suites with Laskara and Rala. Their luggage is arranged for their use, and Rala throws a somewhat impatient look in his direction. Laskara is surveying the room, her handmaiden is doing something with a basin of water.

>>16313687

Bow gracefully, and leave them. Let's go keep an eye on Symeon and Simon, they look like trouble.

>>16313704
Manfred takes his leave and heads off in search of Symeon and Simon. They are not difficult to find. There is a sound of raucus laughter and teasing shouts in the foreign tongue out behind the stables. A small cluster of House Havrisham servants look on as the two redheads take turns whacking away at one of their servant boys. All three are now wearing quilted jacks and wielding wooden practice swords.

The servant boy look up as Manfred approaches, and makes to greet him. Rap! one of the strikes the boy on the hand, jarring his sword loose.

"Your house has good toy swords!" the other brother exclaims in a thick, drunken accent. "I see why Lord Digieni wants to snatch your forests up out from under you!"

Smile and say: "Yes, we do have some fine practice swords. Would you like a demonstration in how to use them?"

Picking a fight with them is probably unwise. We're trying to impress our grandfather with how sensible we are so we can inherit, remember.

>>16313901
I think we all knew something like this was going to happen.

The brother that spoke flashes a toothy grin and says something to the other, who in turn barks something to the servant boy.

"You look about Pasquali's size, yes? I say we let you show Simon you sword skills, yes? Simon always is looking to learn new things, yes?"

The servant boy takes off his padded mitten and jack, and offers it to you. From the welts on his arms and chest, it appears the brothers haven't been gentle with him.

>>16313935
I think I mentioned in the last thread that Manfred is from a lesser branch of House Havrisham. His destiny isn't to take his grandfather's inheritance but rather his grandfather's older brother's. The bigger purse.

A note about the practice swords: I never saw rules for fighting without the intent to dickmurder a fool. Practice swords have an inherently higher ATN (by 1) than their equivalent weapon, do bludgeoning damage at ST-1 (or 1 less than listed damage if already ST-1 or worse). I'll also allow anybody not currently bent on murder to pull up to his ST off the total successes to avoid annihilating your opponent. Not that this would be a problem when you're scrawny Manfred the Manly.

Practice Arming Sword:
Weapon Length 1H, M
ATN (Cut) 7
ATN (Thrust) 8
DTN 6
Damage (Cut) ST-1
Damage (Thrust) ST-2

The armor in question here is a padded jack, covering the torso and arms, and padded mittens. All of the above provide an impressive 1AV

>>16313989

Throw White and say "When you are ready, ser"

>>16313999
Manfred dons the offered protection, snaps the practice sword up in a well-practiced salute, and invites his opponent.

Simon gives Manfred's stance a dismissive glance and wades in. Simon throws red, Manfred throws white.

Simon declares a 4-die cut to Manfred's right arm (zone VII)

What do?

whats our dice pool again?

>>16314034
ST 4 WP 4 Ref 4
AG 4 Wit 4 Aim 3
TO 4 MA 3 KD 4
EN 3 Soc 3 KO 5
HT 3 Per 3 Move 5
Proficiencies: Sword & Shield (6)
CP: 10 (sword & shield)

>>16314034
10 I think I say we put 4 to defense, play it cautious until we know his capabilities, even if he gets through it's unlikely to get more than one success which assuming str 4 will just bounce off

>two arming swords
are we using the flower of battle?
as in... can we wind & bind the pest?

>>16314044
Address that to >>16314023 and I'll consider it the official choice. Or discuss the matter freely among yourselves. it's all good.

>>16314047
No. I'm barely using the companion yet. Baby steps.

>>16314040
well, i guessing we either dodge or maybe parry. maybe throw a parry with 5 (at 6.. against his 4 at 7.. or something like that) . ill let someone else make the decision.. still pritty hazy with some of the advanced shit, hells im rusty with the basics too

>>16314047
We can't our prof is 6, you need prof 7 to initiate wind/bind and i'm >>16314044
and i was meaning parry if it wasn't obvious.

>>16314023
rolling for simon

rolled 7, 6, 1, 7 = 21

...

rolled 3, 10, 6, 4 = 23

>>16314053
Rolling for Manfred

>>16314067
two successes

>>16314069
two successes

Manfred narrowly redirects Simon's blow, Simon retains the initiative. He brings the sword right back with 3 dice cut at zone III (Manfred's left torso)

rolled 7, 5, 5 = 17

>>16314077
Have at you, Knave!

>>16314077

Counter for 6, I'd say.

>>16314084
whoa there, tiger. Manfred declares defense first.

As for initiative, as I read it the parry had no margin of success, so Simon's still got the reins.

>>16314082
Ties go to the attacker for initiative
>>16314090
I can't help but to agree.

>>16314091 As for initiative, as I read it the parry had no margin of success, so Simon's still got the reins.

You are right, I misread Simon's roll. I've deleted that post to avoid confusion.

>>16314090
ooh, counters! Ok, Sword & Shield offers Counter at a cost of 2 w/out shield, so that'll be

3 dice at 7 for Simon's cut
4 dice at 6 for the riposte. If this defeats Simon's attack (including a tie, as I see it), each success (not the margin of success) becomes an extra die on the next exchange for Manfred. Also tables.

rolled 6, 1, 6 = 13

>>16314104

Rolling for Simon

rolled 8, 10, 1 = 19

>>16314104
here i come, Good sir!

rolled 1, 2, 7, 3 = 13

>>16314104
If it succeeds then you add the opponents successes to your next attack which is determined by TABLES!! and also initiative. Rolling for Manfred

>>16314116
Egads, man. You're right. Counters are nuts.

>>16314113
Alas, Simon has no successes to offer

Manfred wins this crappy-rolling exchange, and gains the initiative for... NEW ROUNDO. Refresh CP, bleed, etc.

Manny's got his full pool, no bonus dice. No need to throw red or white, just tell me what you're up to. Symeon is saying something to Simon in their foreign gibberish.

>>16314116
oh yeah, and somebody give me a d10 for where your next attack is going (consulting the Counters table in RoS core rules)

rolled 2 = 2

Groin!

>>16314129
I think we should toss 6 dice at our next attack, he probably only has 7 dice so lets rip him a new one. Which seems to be slash at 2.

>>16314138
Slash at II (upper legs), sorry. How many dice (the counter dictates it's a cut)

rolled 10 = 10

>>16314134 oh yeah, and somebody give me a d10 for where your next attack is going

I say we throw 3 dice in a cut, then if he doesn't do much to block it, we feint and crack his skull with our whole dice pool.

Let's put this bitch down early.

>>16314143
I live to serve.

Manfred cuts with 6 dice, TN 7
Simon parries with 6, TN 6

Roll please

>>16314147
I like your plan, but >>16314143 directly answered the previous "what do" first

rolled 7, 8, 10, 6, 2, 1 = 34

>>16314155
MANFRED HO!!!

rolled 3, 7, 9, 8, 5, 8 = 40

>>16314155

Simon's roll

rolled 8, 1, 2, 3, 10, 1 = 25

Simon Smash>>16314155

Looks like the foreign dog has stolen initiative.

>>16314173
He may have stolen initiative but I think he may only have 1 die left in his die pool unless he was holding back which is possible especially given that he talked to his bud a bit ago.

>>16314160
3!
>>16314166
4!

Simon parries the cut cleanly away, bringing his wooden blade around and stomping his foot down at Manfred, Stopping Short.

Simon rolls his WP (4) against Manfred's Per(3)

Manfred rolls Ref(4) against 11 (7 default plus 4 for the rest of Simon's dice)

Do he didn't spend them all last round. His CP is 12 with Rapier, but he's using Cut & Thrust at the moment so he's working with 10 dice total.

Guys, we may not want to dickstab these guys, nor do we want to beat them too soundly. If we humiliate them, we make an enemy. If it's a close victory (or even a defeat!) we can say we got lucky and that he may be the better man, stroking his ego and gaining us a friend.

>>16314190
He attacked one of our servants, fuck 'im.

>>16314198
It was one of the foreign servants, a frequent sparring partner and bullying victim they brought with them from home. My apologies if I was unclear about whose servant they where whupping.

rolled 4, 7, 1, 5 = 17

>>16314187

So for a roll of eleven, we're just going to accept 10, right? seeing as how it's functionally equivalent, and all.

>>16314198
Even so, I'd rather have a grumbling servant than an angry rival lord. Who knows how much higher than us the tides of politics may take him eventually? If he likes us, we can use him to buoy ourselves higher at the mere cost of a few sweet words. If we find him lower, we make him beg and scrape like the dog he is.

rolled 2, 5, 5, 3 = 15

>>16314187
For Simon, how much stopped short were we? At most we lose 4 die which puts us at 0 and than we refresh to full, this seems kinda silly from him

>>16314205
correct. I'm discounting that roll because both parties are rolling 4 and you didn't say who the dice were for.

rolled 8, 8, 7, 6 = 29

>>16314213
Ok, I'll roll for Manfred now.

>>16314207
Is Manfred a scheming dog, or a MAN?

>>16314212

It keeps initiative for him. Tactically this was a very sound move.

>>16314221
It's not even our servant, I don't think we care in the least about their bruises. Also say to Simon that we knew he was holding something back.

>>16314212
psyche! made you flinch!

>>16314215

Simon's motive isn't to defeat Manfred. It's to humiliate him.

NEW ROUNDO (cp refresh, stop short had purely psychological reward)

Simon declares a cut to Zone III with four dice

Kindly declare Manfred's defense

>>16314221
It doesn't matter HOW "manly" you are if no one respects you because this brat spreads rumors.
What if he spreads a rumor that you have a small penis, or, even worse, that you're gay? Good luck getting laid then! Also, we may disgrace our family name if we fail to maintain proper relations with other noble houses.

>>16314230 Simon declares a cut to Zone III with four dice

Hmm, he might be expecting us to offer a similarly small parry, then hit us with a feint.

I say we counter for 7.

>>16314233
Good show. Overwhelm and dominate!

>>16314232
Should a man be held hostage by the 'maybes' of a cowardly prat? Should he be held hostage by the rumourmongers of a coward too craven to insult him to his face?

Nay. Fuck this nigga up.

>>16314233 I say we counter for 7.

Oops, I included the activation cost in that roll - obviously we shouldn't counter for 7, as that would leave us a mere 1 die for the next engagement.

>>16314233
He sees through my poorly-veiled plans!

He commits to the feint anyway, burning the rest of his pool to get 7 dice total at ATN7

Defend with 7 dice at DTN6

make sure to declare who you're rolling for, folks.

>>16314232
Who is going to listen to him? Only the foolish would believe the rumours a craven, and only the cowardly would be held back by the potential lies of a rumourmonger.

Do as we did to the pimp, stab this ginga punk bitch in the dick.

rolled 3, 8, 8, 2, 4, 3, 2 = 30

>>16314244
Well if this succeeds we've got him on the ropes. Don't fail me now dice gods, MANFRED!!

Fuck.

>>16314250
>>16314239
heh, though I'd lost that post. You get the gist of it.

>>16314252
captcha ate my offer for retcon The dice have started to speak, we must let them finish.

Oh, the feint was from zone III to zone II

rolled 3, 5, 8, 2, 6, 10, 7 = 41

SIMON!!!

Oh shit, we're about to die. We're taking a hit, and we have a measly 1 CP to defend ourselves next engagement.

rolled 1 = 1

>>16314252
2 successes at 6
>>16314263
3 successes at 7

ST4 -1(weapon) +1 (mos) wound to zone II

Die roll here is for location

>>16314273
We're taking a hit from a wooden practice sword with a jerkin and T4, it'll not hurt at all, and he is out of dice, we have 1 DIE TO HIT IN THE FACE WITH!!

He hit us, point goes to him.
Still, it IS a glancing blow, so we should, at worst, offer best of three.

>>16314276
It hits the knee, but Manfred's iron-like TO aborbs the blow, reducing it to a Level 0 wound. Ha-ha!

Oddly, Simon has the initiative and nothing to spend it on.

Where does the sad fuck not have any armor, we are going to cut him there, if we can't cut anywhere without armor than we thrust somewhere without armor. Only 1 die but we might do better than him.

>>16314280
Cut to the side of the face. Beat him down with all our MANfred might.

>>16314280
Let's whack him in the side of the head!

>>16314283
No head or leg armor, just the padded jack and mittens. I see two calls for the side of the head (zone IV).

1 die at 7 for the cut
0 die at 6 for the non-parry

rolled 10 = 10

>>16314292
I hope he doesn't have T4, otherwise this is just pointless.

>>16314297
YES
ALL OF MY FURY

>>16314297
It keeps the initiative, and yes he has TO 4

NEW ROUNDO

Simon howls something in that horrible language of his, clearly offended that you smacked him in the head.

Symeon leaps to his brother's defense, calling out "Manfred, Manfred, stop! What is this! My brother, he is hit you! Already he is won! Why you do this?"

>>16314306
Best of three bitch. We fight for keeps, we don't play, yo.

>>16314306 Symeon leaps to his brother's defense, calling out "Manfred, Manfred, stop! What is this! My brother, he is hit you! Already he is won! Why you do this?"

"terribly sorry old chap, from the look of your servant boy I assumed we were sparring to first blood".

>>16314313
I've been watching too much breaking bad, sorry....

>>16314306
Say "And he tapped me as well. Were this live steel in our hands, we would yet be alive! Surely you aren't about to give up?"

>>16314306
Just to clarify, Symeon is not physically in the way, he's just verbally defending his brother, who doesn't appear to share a language with Manfred. For his part, Simon clearly hasn't reliquished his guard and looks like he's about to plough into gentle Manfred like a farm.

>>16314306
Unless he really wants to end it I say we go for 10-his perception dice to the lower leg so if he tries to buy initiative we buy it right back.

>>16314325
good idea.

>>16314325
If we can't know Per just make it 6 to be safe.

>>16314328
I was just about to ask for a number.

Alrighty, 6 at 7 cut to Zone I for Manfred
Simon spends 2 to counter with 6 dice at 6

rolled 1, 1, 1, 9, 8, 10 = 30

>>16314339
Manfred, ROLL WELL MY COMRADE!!

rolled 8, 1, 2, 6, 1, 10 = 28

Manfred's cut

Not sure about this, though, we might look like a brute if we keep fighting now.

rolled 2, 3, 6, 4, 4, 7 = 26

>>16314339
THE DASTARDLY SIMON TRIES TO COUNTER!!

rolled 5, 7, 9, 2, 5, 10 = 38

>>16314339

Simon's counter

OK, we won't hurt him with our hit, but we keep initiative and he only has 2 dice left while we have 4.

I'd say another cut to the head.

>>16314359
Second.

>>16314359
I Agree, 4 dice on a vertical swing zone V is my vote.

Damned Captcha ate a perfectly good reply with dialog and stuff.

The Havrisham servants erupt in applause at Manfred's deftly-place stroke slips by Simon's defense, rapping him harmlessly but loudly on the shin.

The foreigner snorts in disgust. He drops his sword, throws in hands in the air, and lets loose what could only by a stream of indignant obscenities, probably cursing his practice sword's mother.

>>16314391
"Thou mad? I've known whore-house pimps who fought better."

>>16314391

"you fought quite well, good sir. No doubt I won more through luck than skill"

No need to overly antagonize them.

>>16314391
It'd probably be considered rather unsporting to bash his head in at this point. I say we thrust the sword into the ground point first and take a bow and ask Simon's brother to thank him for an excellent fight. We'll embarrass him more by being gracious and light about us kicking his ass.

>>16314411
good point.

>>16314401
"Simon says the sword's balance was off for the low guard," Symeon replies for his brother. "I think he just mad he took it in the ass from a pig-licker. Ha ha! I like you, Manfred, you funny young man! Whore-house pimps can be strong men, yes?"

Symeon picks up Simon's sword and begins putting things away where he found them. "We have worked up quite the appetite, yes? I look forward to the slop your people call food. Is most filling, yes?"

And here I call it a night. I'll pick this up again tomorrow night.

>>16314435
As a final statement:
"I prefer to judge a man based on the worth of his actions, not the time, place, or conditions of birth. Even a servant can become a Knight through hard work and piety. But let us go! I'm sure our slop is fine enough that you will wish to be one of our pigs, if only for more!"

Ahh, goddammit, I always miss these threads.

What are the chances someone else is gonna run something?

can this thread now be RoS general or do we make a new?

>>16314717

The OP's gone to bed, I'm not sure who you're asking permission from.

>>16314725
general populus of tg?

>>16314740

By the power invested in me by Quetzalcoatl the Feathered Serpent, I hereby grant you permission to make this a RoS general thread.

>>16314782
.... T?
is that you?

come on, how many prophets might the Feathered Serpent have?

What a bizarre thread. So wait, is this basically a Quest, but with Riddle of Steel rules instead of the more conventional methodologies?

>>16314806
it is you, isnt it?
and here i thought 4chan was safe...

anyways... RoS... Im putting together a DOCTOR skill packet. anyone have any good suggestion on what skills to put in there?
first aid and surgery is obvious.
maybe poison too...

>>16314814
It's not a quest. because our protagonists keep biting the dust HARD.
and because making up, and balancing too, a decent scenario, isn't that straightforward.

>>16314831
Manfred's looking alright... Who died?

>>16314837
Gizkha
Bueno Grande
the steed of a Knight
Sulla

and I'm possibly missing some more

>>16314837
maybe he refers to Sulla

>>16314857
That's a rather confusing list of names. Got time to relate the stories to me in brief? This seems a fun activity, but I'm curious as to what Manny's chances are.

>>16314963
Gizka was a really badass swashbuckling assassin who got firing-squadded, and actually almost lived, but got shot in the stomach and ended up with bloodloss 20 or something crazy like that.

Bueno Grande is a bear. A bear with a poleaxe. He died in an unfortunate batting machine accident. (no wait)

Sulla was a time traveling Roman who gut cut in half by a Dane with an axe, and ended up selling his soul in Elysium to protect his descendants or something. That part is rather unclear.

>>16314963
Gizka, Gitzkha, or whatever her name was, was a middle-eastern slave turned fugitive turned vigilante.
She had wacky adventures in Rome, wacking cardinals for the Borgias, met Sulla's descendant, a soft working girl, and used her as an improvised floatation device.
Died of sudden lead poisoning at the Borgia's hands.

>>16314963

The Riddle of steel threads we've been having recently:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Riddle%20of%20Steel

So far, the two characters we've seen the most of are Gizka (a waifish female assassin who stabbed half of Rome in the face before going down in a hail of gunfire) and Sulla (the universe's most badass Roman legionnaire, who dickstabbed many, many enemies before getting his head split by a fucking axe-wielding viking)

>captcha: axecum 854

>>16315013
>>16315030
A bear with a pollaxe. As in, the halberd thing depicted in the above shot. How the hell did that ever come up? "You know what a bear could use? A fucking axe." This place is a goddamn party.

On the note of the Gikizika and Sulla, am I to understand that these things cross over?

>>16315037
>stabbed most of Rome in the dick
FTFY

>>16315048
someone said something about how you should be able to break a shield with a strong enough blow.
it was answered along the lines of... yes, but to actually hurt someone throught a shield and armor you need a str 16 hit. you know what hits for 16? a fucking bear. with a pollaxe.
sadly, Bueno never got the chance to fight against a shield bearer.

>>16315073
On a more sensitive note, apparently a Norse Huscarl can deliver such a blow as well.

>>16315084
That Huscarl was also a paragon of all that is Huscarl-y. If you looked up Huscarl in the dictionary, it would show only his left leg, because he has more Huscarl-ness in that one extremity than your average one does in his whole body.

>>16315048
It's complicated. Gizka's adventures ended with her getting shot and falling into a river instead of being paid for an assassination. She had Sulla's descendant locked up in a hotel room, and we never really got a resolution on what happened, except that later, during Sulla's adventure, we flashed to the girl having some sort of karmic link with him.

Then when he died, it was revealed that the whore is his only remaining descendant, and that he was being given the chance to save her somehow, in return for his sweet afterlife in elysium.

I personally interpret this to mean that Galt is going to run another one from the whore's perspective, in which we'll use cunning and our uncanny ability to survive huge falls to escape from the Borgia and save Gizka from bleeding out in the Tiber, so that they can then go on to destroy the Borgia.

"If you can kill one Cardinal, you can kill another."

>>16315084
truly he was the son of Bueno grande and fernando

>>16315115
Wait, why did she have Sulla's granddaughter locked in her room? Either the term flotation device has alternate useages I haven't heard, or I'm missing something.

>>16315138

Just read these, and all your questions will be answered:

Gizkas' threads:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16059808/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16109227/

Sullas' threads:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16173878/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16176593/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16214961/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16226145/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16232617/

They're fun reads, and they teach you a fun (if obscure) system.

>>16315164
I had no idea it was this extensive. I'll start reading.

>>16314824
so far I have:
research
read and write -1
first aid -2
surgery -1
herbalist
poison+1

>>16315396

If this is for a medieval doctor you could also justify Theology, Symbol Drawing and Secret Languages.

>>16315422
more like reneissance/1600's

>>16315396
How does the skill system work ?

By the way, what happened to scannon ?

>>16315503
Not much difference really. It was only in the 17-1800s that medicine started to be a specialization more than just an outgrowth of general University study, which would have included philosophy and theology, along with all number of arcane studies.

>>16315396
Good morning!

For the barber in Manfred's story I used the Merchant and Academic skill packages and used First Aid, Surgery, Herbalist, and Folk Lore as the four knowledge/lore skills.

I'm against granting that -1 to Surgery on account of how dicey surgery is before the development of notions like sanitation.

>>16315516
To use a skill (e.g. when Manfred had to check etiquette), you roll a number of d10s equal to a relevant stat (in this case Social). Any dice that equal or exceed the skill number on the character sheet count as successes. Manfred's Social is 3 and his Etiquette (Court) is 6, so he rolls 3d10 with sixes and above counting in his favor.

During character creation you get most of your skills through "packages," predefined lists ranging from a handful (Laborer only has 5) to a dozen or so (Courtier has 12 skills). How good the numbers are in your skill packages depends on how much of a priority you made their skills (as compared to their attributes or proficiencies or social status or merits & flaws...). TRoS is a classless system, so when I go to brew up a manservant or knight or merchant or juggler one of the first things I think of is what their skill packages are.

Most of the named characters in Manfred's story are Courtiers with very similar attributes, and have a variety of second skill packages (Harold is Courtier/Clergyman, Manfred is Courtier/Knight, Symeon is Courtier/Swordsman, whereas Charlene is Beggar/Prostitute)