Relatively short? You've been playing with me for a year now and are just about to begin your fourth game with me (with the first one STILL running)! And a fine year it has been, too. Happy to have you!
Straight up BrawlZipp Dementia says: (8:50:58 PM)
So we left you about to take on two Drakkarim! And Moon was being awesome.
Zipp Dementia says: (8:51:01 PM)
Three Drakkarim!
Silent Wolf says: (8:52:03 PM)
(How far are they from me? And you already said I couldnt block the stairs w/o hampering our engineers. Maybe I can try to shot one)
Zipp Dementia says: (8:52:55 PM)
At this point, you've pretty much got to rush them. I know, it's not the usual array of options I give you, but your long years of experience tell you this is the best way to achieve your goals. Other options exist... but they suck.
Silent Wolf says: (8:54:03 PM)
haha suckage. . ok I pull out Typhoon and charge the approaching Drakkarim, letting out a battle cry as I rush forward
Zipp Dementia says: (8:54:27 PM)
Okay! Roll the CS.
Silent Wolf says: (8:54:57 PM)
oh nice CS, 9
Zipp Dementia says: (8:55:05 PM)
(oh, and the guys at the tower offered you a shield, if you want it!)
Zipp Dementia says: (8:55:14 PM)
(sorry, forgot about that little detail last time)
Silent Wolf says: (8:55:26 PM)
(oh hells yeah 'm taking that and using it)
Zipp Dementia says: (8:55:28 PM)
(we'll make this more awesome)
Silent Wolf says: (8:55:52 PM)
(+1 or 2 CS?)
Zipp Dementia says: (8:55:55 PM)
You hurry down the stone stairs that lead to the West Gate arch. The gate has been holed by an explosive crystal and red-cloaked Drakkarim assault-troopers pour through the ragged gap.
Zipp Dementia says: (8:56:04 PM)
These evil warriors fight like fanatics, seemingly oblivious to any wounds they sustain. The gate guards are soon cut down and you are faced by three of these fearsome warriors. You must fight all three as one enemy.
Zipp Dementia says: (8:56:45 PM)
One of the gate guards had a shield. You duck around a blow aimed at you by a sword that looks more like a saw than a blade and roll forward to the shield, grabbing it up and raising it to block the next blow.
Zipp Dementia says: (8:56:52 PM)
(now you have a shield!)
Silent Wolf says: (8:57:03 PM)
(yeay!)
Zipp Dementia says: (8:58:10 PM)
So the roll of 9 is awesome... that gets added to 10 (base) +2 (shield) and you get +1 damage. You also sense that these berserk warriors are immune to mindblast, but not psi-surge.
Zipp Dementia says: (8:58:48 PM)
That makes your combat skill 21 against their 30 (I'll hold back the info on their life)
Silent Wolf says: (8:59:04 PM)
(becasue it will make me cry
)
Silent Wolf says: (9:01:02 PM)
Still in a crouch from the roll with the shield raised to block the blow, I swing the sword up from under the shield to stirke the attacking Drakkram. With the assult of the sword I stand up, adding more force to the blow. (rolled a 6)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:02:35 PM)
These are the captains leading the charge. Killing them will demoralize the enemy and give the defenders the chance to rally. This knowledge adds strength to your blow and lends you a speed to dodge the returning blow. (roll for the dodge)
Silent Wolf says: (9:02:53 PM)
er, 3
Silent Wolf says: (9:03:03 PM)
>.<
Zipp Dementia says: (9:05:01 PM)
The Drakkarim shrugs off your hit. They are no strangers to pain. They were tortured as children, then allowed to kill their torturers. These Drakkarim are not only masters of their pain, but to feel it makes them all the stronger. The blow that hits you sends you reeling back and, were it not for your training and your leather armour, would've gutted you like a fish.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:05:05 PM)
You take 6 damage
Silent Wolf says: (9:05:35 PM)
(23/30, ja?)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:05:42 PM)
As you try to control your pain, you see the Drakkar have pushed you to a wall and are moving to surround you! Your response?
Zipp Dementia says: (9:05:44 PM)
(yes!)
Silent Wolf says: (9:08:51 PM)
I hold my shield up in defense and try to break the barracade they are forming around me. (oh nice 10) With the shield in my hand I feel a renewed energy and confidance.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:10:22 PM)
Nice; give me another roll for breaking through (the 10 has raised your Combat Skill, this roll will do some damage!)
Silent Wolf says: (9:10:45 PM)
6
Zipp Dementia says: (9:12:13 PM)
This time you feel your attack is more of an even match for the Drakkars. You push one back with a body blow, but then you pull out of the attack before the man's superior strength can overwhelm you. Then you slice with Typhoon, the larger but light sword being a huge help to you; the Drakkarim wield nasty, heavy, blades and it is only by Typhoon's lightness that you are able to match them.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:12:47 PM)
From this attack you take 5 damage. But you've also noticed some things about your enemies.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:13:32 PM)
One, they are fast and powerful, but they aren't thinking tactically. They are here to kill you and push past. They do not want a long engagement but a bloody affair. They will try to cut you down messily and quickly to boost their troops morale.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:13:54 PM)
Also, one of the Drakkarim was hit badly by Typhoon, at a place where the blade could slip in between the plates of his legs. He is close to going down.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:14:50 PM)
His two compatriots have ignored him and are moving forward to engage you again, leaving him slightly behind them, but also forming a barrier to reaching him.
Silent Wolf says: (9:16:45 PM)
I try to manuver to the side of the encrouching two warriors. While I move I will focus on the stronger of the two, but my goal is to get past them to the weakend one and finish him off. I also hope if I can keep them focused on me long enough the engirnners can fix the doors and soldiers on the wall can come assist in combat.
Silent Wolf says: (9:16:51 PM)
oh yeah 8
Zipp Dementia says: (9:18:35 PM)
The engineers are terrified to approach while you fight, but the enemy seems to be hesitating, too. One of the failings of the armies of the Darklord is that they operate off of fear, not loyalty. The smaller-ranked troops are less keen to throw their lives away in the service of Naar than these three.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:18:52 PM)
You have an option here.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:19:28 PM)
Your roll has allowed you to position yourself in such a place that you could get a nice hit on one of the uninjured Drakkarim. Or you could use the roll to get a strike on the injured one and possibly kill him; but it will be another roll to determine that!
Silent Wolf says: (9:22:02 PM)
I dodge past the incoming blows of the healthy Drakkram and strike the injured one. (ok im feeling bad about these rolls cause i just got a 9)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:23:32 PM)
(nice! Did you make the decision before rolling? If you did, all is well. And STOP FEELING BAD. Remember that I WILL KILL YOU if you mess up or don't roll well!)
Silent Wolf says: (9:23:48 PM)
(I made the choice before)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:23:56 PM)
(In that case...)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:25:36 PM)
You dodge around the Drakkarim and spin around, Typhoon flying down and up in a cut that cracks against the injured man's chin, splitting both it and his helm in a cascading spray of gore. As you turn fully around, your shield arm catches the blow aimed at you by one of the remaining warriors. In one movement you have attacked and blocked. Now you are ready to face off two against one. The...
Zipp Dementia says: (9:25:40 PM)
... odds seem much better.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:26:36 PM)
You get next action!
Silent Wolf says: (9:28:49 PM)
I crouch in a defensive possition, cautious of the slick blood spilling out of the dead mans head, as though dareing the Drakkram to attack. When they move in, I'll strike quickly, maintaining the speed I've worked up that seems to be their weakness. (6)
Silent Wolf says: (9:28:52 PM)
( roleld a 6)
Silent Wolf says: (9:29:05 PM)
(not a deamon bat that popped up on my messenger)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:29:43 PM)
(oh, okay!)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:29:45 PM)
(I wondered)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:31:17 PM)
You are definitely more evenly match now, though this pass seems to faze the Drakkarim little. A blow knocks aside your shield and rends your arm. One of the men reaches out a mailed hand and grabs your shoulder then shoves you downward with incredible force. You end up on your knees underneath his incoming sword blow.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:31:32 PM)
You take 4 damage and are now about to be severed. Reaction?
Zipp Dementia says: (9:31:39 PM)
It must be a dodging reaction
Silent Wolf says: (9:34:54 PM)
(good lord even a 6 hurts like a mother!) I lurch upwards, the goal of the action aimed at throwing his blow off while getting myself to my feet.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:35:36 PM)
(OUCH)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:35:42 PM)
(roll)
Silent Wolf says: (9:35:43 PM)
(i havent rolled yet)
Silent Wolf says: (9:35:49 PM)
(WHY OUCH?!)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:35:50 PM)
(STILL OUCH)
Silent Wolf says: (9:35:50 PM)
Im scared
Silent Wolf says: (9:35:54 PM)
>.<
Silent Wolf says: (9:35:58 PM)
don't you ouch me
Silent Wolf says: (9:36:02 PM)
its a dodge
Zipp Dementia says: (9:36:19 PM)
ROLL
Zipp Dementia says: (9:36:34 PM)
Sometimes there are bad actions...
Silent Wolf says: (9:36:36 PM)
9 again
Zipp Dementia says: (9:36:42 PM)
.... and then there are good rolls
Silent Wolf says: (9:36:43 PM)
and im not kidding
Zipp Dementia says: (9:38:46 PM)
You raise yourself directly into the blade of the Drakkarim. By sheer luck do you escape injury. Your ascent stops the blade before gravity can add to its power and by chance the blade catches the metal buckle of the shoulder strap for Typhoone's sheathe. The buckled snaps and the sheath falls away, but you take no damage and are now in a position to strike back or to jump back and reorient....
Zipp Dementia says: (9:38:50 PM)
... your positioning.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:39:03 PM)
The benefit to the former is a powerful strike but one that will leave you open to counter attack.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:39:39 PM)
The benefit to the latter is that you won't get hit and you'll be prepared to attack again... but you will lose your advantage, too.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:39:50 PM)
Risky? Or safe?
Silent Wolf says: (9:41:32 PM)
I take advantage of my foe's possition - pressing my feet into a wide stance I drive my blade into the Drakkram's side.
Silent Wolf says: (9:42:26 PM)
urgh i swear Im not making these rolls up.
Silent Wolf says: (9:42:42 PM)
I rolled another 9
Zipp Dementia says: (9:44:26 PM)
Are those the elvish dice?
Silent Wolf says: (9:44:29 PM)
Yeah
Zipp Dementia says: (9:44:34 PM)
Those dice are keen
Zipp Dementia says: (9:44:47 PM)
Some dice, man, they just fit the person
Zipp Dementia says: (9:45:05 PM)
Hey, we could always go back to the days of the online roller *evil
Silent Wolf says: (9:45:31 PM)
hehee
Silent Wolf says: (9:46:11 PM)
I mean I like not dying and all
Silent Wolf says: (9:46:49 PM)
its actually kinda worked out that she kicks ass in combat but fails at other things. like using 6th sense on this crazy lady whos fighting near me.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:47:07 PM)
Your blade bites through dark metal, the engravings on it that are made to ward off death in combat breaking and crunching together under Typhoon's side. The Drakkarim's ribs are crushed and splinter into his lungs. He goes down, dead, but Typhoon is twisted out of your hands as he falls and you are left unarmed against the last opponent, who has taken the least injury in the battle.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:48:39 PM)
(actually, I wrote that wrong)
Silent Wolf says: (9:48:52 PM)
(ok I delete what I wrote...)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:49:54 PM)
This Drakkar was struck by Typhoon once already, his helm cracked and blood running down his face. Half of a helm fashioned like a skull still sits awkwardly on his head, creating a grotesuqe image of a skull split open to reveal a living creature underneath.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:50:25 PM)
Beard pokes out from the crack like fungus growing on a rotting corpse and the white of the Drakkarim's skin is like a pale maggot writhing in bone.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:50:32 PM)
(okay, go for it)
Silent Wolf says: (9:50:55 PM)
(so i do still have my word?)
Silent Wolf says: (9:50:59 PM)
(sword*)
Zipp Dementia says: (9:51:17 PM)
(no)
Silent Wolf says: (9:52:12 PM)
I hold the shield up and glance quickly across the battle field - is the most recent Drakkram's blade in reach?
Silent Wolf says: (9:53:38 PM)
(er, also becasue your discritption was so great, )
Silent Wolf says: (9:54:34 PM)
I recoild in disgust at the man I see before me, ducking behind mysheild in hopes of defending myself from his attack. I glance around the field nervously, searching for a weapon close by - anything to use against the murderous man before me.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:55:20 PM)
It would be a crouch and a block to pick the Drakkar's dropped blade; that would need a roll!
Silent Wolf says: (9:56:36 PM)
I pull myself into a protective ball, waiting for the oppertunity to roll away from my attacker to grab the sword - rolled a 5
Zipp Dementia says: (9:58:37 PM)
Okay, you have an option. You can take less damage and be knocked away from the blade, to face this man unarmed, or you can take a really bad hit but get the sword.
Zipp Dementia says: (9:59:32 PM)
(weaponmastery would allow you to fight unarmed, no problem!)
Silent Wolf says: (9:59:59 PM)
I roll away form the blade, sensing my plan had failed. "Assitance please!" I cry to the soliders on the wall.
Silent Wolf says: (10:00:06 PM)
(taking the less damage)
Silent Wolf says: (10:00:43 PM)
(and i posed on mouse guard. it took me like 40 minutes to write 3 sentences)
Zipp Dementia says: (10:01:45 PM)
You wince as your roll twists an ankle. Take 4 damage. Your cry has to pass through several layers of stone and past battle cries and the clash of weapons. It goes unanswered and it gives your opponent greater strength to know he has worked you into a corner. He presses forward his attack, swinging again. Reaction?
Silent Wolf says: (10:06:22 PM)
I clench my teeth to keep myself from crying out as my ankle twists. I watch as the Drakkram presses his attack, I move to dodge once again, hoping to give myself another oppertunity to grab the sword again. (7)
Silent Wolf says: (10:07:39 PM)
(I'm not complining about my 9s anymore. I complained and the dice gods took them away)
Zipp Dementia says: (10:08:36 PM)
The Drakkarim is a skilled warrior, as skilled as any you have ever faced. You just barely miss being struck by his backswing, but the weight on your ankle makes you grit your teeth in pain -1 END
Zipp Dementia says: (10:08:46 PM)
Give me a weaponskill roll
Silent Wolf says: (10:09:51 PM)
6
Zipp Dementia says: (10:10:51 PM)
You realize, as you watch this man's movements, that the Drakkarim's blade will do you no good. It is a heavy blade, much heavier then Typhoon, and you have no familiarity with its saw-like edge.
Zipp Dementia says: (10:11:03 PM)
This leaves you with two viable options.
Zipp Dementia says: (10:12:03 PM)
You could try to disarm this Drakkarim and force him to fight you unarmed. Or you could reach into your cloak's pockets and use an item to turn the tides. Two items come to mind: one of your two remaining fireseeds; and the psychic ring.
Silent Wolf says: (10:12:35 PM)
(Yeah i was pondering the fireseeds before. . .so I'll go with them
Silent Wolf says: (10:13:46 PM)
using the possition I've gained I reach into my pouch and pull out a fireseed, waiting for the Drakkram to turn around so I can throw the seed at his chest, hoping the explosion will catch his exposed face giving me a better oppertunity to surive this attack.
Silent Wolf says: (10:14:12 PM)
Ill go with this, 10
Zipp Dementia says: (10:19:12 PM)
The fireseed went high. In this case, it was a good thing. It bounced inside the split skull helm and exploded inside the helmet. The Drakkarim screamed and leapt backwards as if shoved by magic, slamming his head against the wall. Silent Wolf had shown him a new kind of pain. The Drakkarim began swining his sword blindly, cutting the air with it like a farmer would weild a scythe.
Zipp Dementia says: (10:19:39 PM)
Your CS has gone really high: you've blinded the Drakkarim. No time to retrieve your blade, but you have the upper hand, even unarmed.
Silent Wolf says: (10:22:44 PM)
I move in to attack, keeping myself behind my shield and watching the flailing man's incoming blows. I step lightly but quickly then charge in, slamming my shield aginst the man's face. If I can get him down and finish the man off. . .
Silent Wolf says: (10:23:53 PM)
5 >.<
Silent Wolf says: (10:26:37 PM)
(Hey again)
Zipp Dementia says: (10:26:42 PM)
(Power cord)
Silent Wolf says: (10:26:47 PM)
(ah)
Zipp Dementia says: (10:28:44 PM)
You dodge a swing and run up the first few stairs leading to the battlements. The Drakkarim hears you but his attack misses you by a long shot. When he is close, you lash out with your good leg. Pain shoots up your bad leg, but you crack the man's face a good blow.
Zipp Dementia says: (10:28:51 PM)
He is still moving, though.
Zipp Dementia says: (10:28:54 PM)
-2 END to you
Silent Wolf says: (10:30:13 PM)
I use my shield as a weapon, trying to get the edge of the metal against the mans face or neck to crush his wind pipe or skull.
Silent Wolf says: (10:30:39 PM)
7!
Zipp Dementia says: (10:32:50 PM)
You are successful. You leap from the staircase and use gravity to drive the shield into the man's windpipe. He chokes out the rest of his life in a pained cough and then falls, a giant toppling to the ground.
Zipp Dementia says: (10:32:55 PM)
-1 ENd to you again
Zipp Dementia says: (10:33:25 PM)
That was a hard won fight! You pull Typhoon from its new sheath of armour and bone and look towards the bridge.
Zipp Dementia says: (10:34:31 PM)
Inspired by your heroic action, the scattered gate guards rally themselves and erect a makeshift barricade to seal the breach. The enemy holds back, fearful after seeing their three greatest warriors, champions whose names were known amongst the Drakkar, fall to a single woman. You can almost hear the words "Lone Wolf" being whispered amongst the enemy.
Zipp Dementia says: (10:34:53 PM)
One of the engineers, a wiry short man, presses something into your palm as he passes.
Zipp Dementia says: (10:35:12 PM)
"For your wounds!" he says, and you see the object is a Rendalim's Elixer (+10 END)
Zipp Dementia says: (10:35:35 PM)
You can still hear fighting above. Have Moon and the others managed to keep back the seige ladders?
Silent Wolf says: (10:37:52 PM)
I thank him, coughing as I try to speak. I make an effort to stand tall and look powerful as the gate closes, however the moment i can no longer see the army on the otherside I feel my legs give out. I cling to the wall as I drink the elixer the engineer passed me, grateful as I feel it coursing through my body.
Silent Wolf says: (10:39:07 PM)
My head a weary haze I look around, searching the towers above for an idea how the defense is holding. Keeping my free hand on the wall, I limp my way back to the battle, slowly growing stonger as the effects the rendalim's take hold.
Zipp Dementia says: (10:41:31 PM)
The next time we play, you'll see how the wall has fared. From the sounds as you approach, it seems the attack is still raging.
Silent Wolf says: (10:41:53 PM)
god that fight was crazy
Zipp Dementia says: (10:41:57 PM)
I have 16/30 END, by the way?
Silent Wolf says: (10:42:14 PM)
with the +10 i had 21. . . did I miss recording a damage maybe?
Zipp Dementia says: (10:42:59 PM)
Let's see... you were at 29 when it started
Silent Wolf says: (10:43:07 PM)
Yeah
Zipp Dementia says: (10:45:02 PM)
Then you took 6+5+4+4+2+1
Silent Wolf says: (10:45:07 PM)
was I really down to 6 damn
Silent Wolf says: (10:45:28 PM)
7
Zipp Dementia says: (10:45:42 PM)
That's 22, so... oh no wait
Zipp Dementia says: (10:45:45 PM)
Saw another 1
Zipp Dementia says: (10:45:48 PM)
So 23
Zipp Dementia says: (10:45:53 PM)
So yeah, you are at 16
Silent Wolf says: (10:45:57 PM)
dammnn
Zipp Dementia says: (10:46:00 PM)
You were down to 6.
Zipp Dementia says: (10:46:04 PM)
The Drakkarim had 41 END
Silent Wolf says: (10:46:08 PM)
i musta missed a 4
Silent Wolf says: (10:46:10 PM)
haha
Zipp Dementia says: (10:46:12 PM)
CS 30 END 41
Silent Wolf says: (10:46:14 PM)
that wasso painful>.,
Zipp Dementia says: (10:46:24 PM)
Good thing you rolled a CS 9!
Silent Wolf says: (10:46:30 PM)
god yes >.<
Silent Wolf says: (10:46:34 PM)
otherise i woulda been fucked
Zipp Dementia says: (10:46:34 PM)
Good to have a solid fight again
Silent Wolf says: (10:46:37 PM)
i mean i rolled CRAZY
Silent Wolf says: (10:46:43 PM)
CRAZY
Zipp Dementia says: (10:46:46 PM)
Been a while since you've been in a straight up brawl
Silent Wolf says: (10:47:01 PM)
i PM'd V! she's done
Silent Wolf says: (10:47:04 PM)
yeah
Silent Wolf says: (10:47:09 PM)
thesefights are nasty
Silent Wolf says: (10:47:09 PM)
:X
Silent Wolf says: (10:47:17 PM)
thats the second time ive been at 6 this book
Silent Wolf says: (10:47:21 PM)
and its still not over >.,
Silent Wolf says: (10:47:23 PM)
>.<
Zipp Dementia says: (10:47:27 PM)
Not at all, no
Zipp Dementia says: (10:47:33 PM)
When's our next session going to be?
Silent Wolf says: (10:48:00 PM)
hm
Silent Wolf says: (10:48:04 PM)
thursday>?
Zipp Dementia says: (10:48:49 PM)
Yeah, lets do it!
Zipp Dementia says: (10:49:10 PM)
8:00pm?
Silent Wolf says: (10:49:25 PM)
yeah sounds good
Silent Wolf says: (10:49:37 PM)
I'll shoot you an e-mail if I think I'll be alte
Silent Wolf says: (10:49:39 PM)
late
Silent Wolf says: (10:49:46 PM)
you needa phone haha
Zipp Dementia says: (10:50:47 PM)
Okay that will work
Zipp Dementia says: (10:51:01 PM)
It's a roller coaster ride from here on out
Silent Wolf says: (10:51:10 PM)
>.<
Silent Wolf says: (10:51:13 PM)
I'ma diieee
Silent Wolf says: (10:51:14 PM)
Zipp Dementia says: (10:52:22 PM)
Ha
Zipp Dementia says: (10:52:25 PM)
I don't know!
Zipp Dementia says: (10:52:30 PM)
That's the beauty of it
Zipp Dementia says: (10:52:49 PM)
Just keep using those elvish diuce
Silent Wolf says: (10:52:55 PM)
yeah really
Silent Wolf says: (10:52:59 PM)
i cant believe those rolls
Silent Wolf says: (10:53:00 PM)
yet still
Silent Wolf says: (10:53:00 PM)
6
Zipp Dementia says: (10:54:01 PM)
At one point, had you rolled a 1 or 2, it would've been instant death in this battle
Silent Wolf says: (10:54:29 PM)
urgh >.<
Silent Wolf says: (10:54:32 PM)
the dodge?
Zipp Dementia says: (10:54:40 PM)
Going to the wall with Moon was the more dangerous of the two options, for sure. Altan's roll was going to be more difficult to achieve, but safer
Zipp Dementia says: (10:54:54 PM)
Actually, it was the first roll and then, IDK, somewhere in the midle
Silent Wolf says:
almost had my oppertunity to meet him in a dark alley and get that bow back