Take That, Zakhan Kimah!

[Dusk Fox]

I did it! I took Zakhan Kimah out fair and square! I used every single rules-abiding ability available to me, but I did it. Now forgive me while I brag about it, because I killed him on the first try--no do-overs, no mulligans, no blatant cheating.

It was his CS 44 E 50 versus my CS 42 E 40--odds are against me, but it's not a total landslide. Here's the breakdown.

CS 19 to start (okay, so I didn't roll that, but it's possible playing by the rules, so it's not totally cheating).
Weaponmastery Sword +3
Lore-Circle of Fire +1
Lore-Circle of Spirit +3
Sommerswerd +8
Silver Helmet +2
Shield +2
Leading up to a total CS of 38, at which point I took that distilled Alether I've been leaving back in safekeeping but took along with me on this adventure. This may sound like convenient thinking, but to be honest, I took all the Alether I had left on this mission, not just the "good stuff." For some reason I thought there were more tough fights in this adventure.

For Endurance, I had...

E 29 to start (we've been over this).
Lore-Circle of Fire +2
Lore-Circle of Spirit +3
Chainmail +4
Padded Leather Waistcoat +2

So grand total of CS 42 E 40 for the duration of this fight.

According to the Combat Results Table, a 3 is the "break even" roll, and a 4 is the perfect ratio (meaning that we lose an equal 10% of our E if I roll a 4). Anything better than a 4 is a net win for me.

It took nine rounds, but in the end I had 11 E left, and Kimah had -7 (I hit him with a solid 9 for the killing blow). All numbers rolled by the LWAC random number roller.

It was the toughest fight I'd had thus far in my replay of the series, but honestly... what's the big deal?

[Wolfus]

Heh, nice When I played it for a first time, I haven't finished circle of spirit yet, so I was maimed

[Laguna Blade]

Wow~~
So you've spent your distilled alether.
Then what about CM and Deathlord?
I would rather spend distilled alether for CM and Adgana for Deathlord, well at least I haven't consumed any Adgana before the effect won't be that much *sigh*

[Wolfus]

Hmmmm... When you fight against Kimah, you have absolutely no idea about any Chaosmaster or Deathlord Real Lone Wolf won't hesitate to use any items to defeat as lethal oponent as Kimah was.

[Dusk Fox]

lagunablade said:

Wow~~
So you've spent your distilled alether.
Then what about CM and Deathlord?
I would rather spend distilled alether for CM and Adgana for Deathlord, well at least I haven't consumed any Adgana before the effect won't be that much *sigh*

To be honest, I'm not all that worried about the Deathlord or the Chaos Master. We'll see how that goes when I get there. When I get to the Chaos Master, I'll have another Lore Circle completed, and the Deathlord has never really been much of a problem for me (though I'll have Adgana if I need it).

[Dusk Fox]

wolfus said:

Hmmmm... When you fight against Kimah, you have absolutely no idea about any Chaosmaster or Deathlord Real Lone Wolf won't hesitate to use any items to defeat as lethal oponent as Kimah was.

In my case, it was a calculated risk. I figured I'd gamble on needing it more for Kimah.

[Wolfus]

I am looking forward Deathlord will be available at Project Aon... There is almost no way to buy Lone Wolf gamebooks 16-28 here, so I am completely in hands of PA creators

[Honza]

When I first played the book 9, I have before the fight with Zakhan just only 5 EP. Guess what happened
(It seemed always weird to me, that Sommerswerd is't able to deflect or absorb this magical bolt.)

On another attempt I left Sommerswerd in safekeeping and wanted to strike Kimah with Vashna's dagger. I missed...

[Peregrine]

Not to detract from your glorious victory, but 44/50 vs 42/40 is actually in Lone Wolf's favour. The -2/-1 column on the Combat Results Table gives damage at an average ratio of 26:65.

[Al]

I am no math guru, but is not the -6/-5 result the most even? the average damage LW will suffer on a roll is 3.5, and the enemy is 4.5 (-7/-8 is LW 4.6 en 3.6)... in reality, as long as LW has a fair number of EP left, anything in the -2 or better range is a totally winable fight.
Just thought I would add my 2 cents/pence to this, as I always thought that it was odd that they did not match up the "0" column on the results table.

And I always use a random number generator when I play on line to ensure that I have fiar rolls (So my LW has a CS of 16 right now, making things very difficult!)

Al
Allan

[Dusk Fox]

peregrine said:

Not to detract from your glorious victory, but 44/50 vs 42/40 is actually in Lone Wolf's favour. The -2/-1 column on the Combat Results Table gives damage at an average ratio of 26:65.

Point taken, but this was less about how cool I am and more about how this fight was really not as difficult as people remember it being. I mean, I've done nothing exceptional here.

[Al]

no, you are right, you can pull it off, the results table is heavily favoured towards LW

[Dusk Fox]

Which is actually inconvenient, at times. I mean, I beat Kimah pretty soundly (11 E is nothing to sneeze at), and it's not like I went to extreme lengths to do so. If I hadn't taken the Alether, I probably still would have won with the right rolls (and I'm thinking I may go back and test that).

[North Star]

It's fairly fair (!) I think. After all, each monster only fights once, but LW fights throughout the book. A balanced table would leave him quickly mangled!!

NS.

[Dusk Fox]

northstar said:

It's fairly fair (!) I think. After all, each monster only fights once, but LW fights throughout the book. A balanced table would leave him quickly mangled!!

NS.

Except it doesn't take long for you to run through most basic enemies like a chainsaw through jello. This is, after all, why I have "Thresher of Wheat" in my sig.