Well of there is a small enough thing like a dagger that Fox can move with MoM to stab it with even if in the foot that will help! Lol

Nexus would allow you to stab somebody with a dagger - Mind over Matter would at best allow you to trip somebody with it. Still, if you're ok with that, I can allow it. You would inflict no damage this turn, but you might get a bonus to your damage next turn. Are you ok with that?

With a low roll this round I think it's best! With luck as it trips I could try and disarm the Gourgaz?

That would require you to inflict no damage next round too - but, if the trip attempt succeeds, that'll make the disarming easier. If you feel alright with that, just say so and post your disarming roll.

Given the CR of -6, you take 5 damage this round; since you took more damage than you inflicted, the Gourgaz only stumbles rather than falling, but that will still mean that next turn you will get a +2 damage for the round. If you go for the disarming attempt, you'll only succeed if you would inflict more damage then you'll take, although, as I said, you would have to forego that damage to make the disarming attempt - but if the damage attempt succeeds, the Gourgaz will lose 2 CS since it will be fighting barehanded.

As the Gourgaz charged, Sabre Fox seemed to be standing his ground, but then, at the last moment, he suddenly dodged to the side, using his Mind Over Matter to move a dagger straight under the beast's feet. That made the monster stumble and fell on one knee for a moment as it roared in pain from the weapon entering the underside of its foot, but even like that, he still managed to wildly swung his sword in the general direction Sabre Fox's had dodged toward, the lenght of the blade opening a thin line of blood on the Kai Lord's chest despite the lack of coordination from the movement.

Rolled a 5 and going for straight up damage here. Need to finish it quick! Lol

:) Ok! That, of course, means that the Gourgaz keeps his Broadsword and won't lose CS. That means that the CR remains -6, so you take 4 damage but inflict 6.

Black Gourgaz (with Broadsword): CS 24, END 29/35

Sabre Fox's eyes darted at the Gourgaz's weapon for a moment, but then he seemed to forgo the idea and simply swung forward, aiming for a decapitating blow to the still kneeling form of his opponent.

The gourgaz, however, managed to move at the last minute; the sword bit deeply into the beast's right shoulder, but missed its intended mark of the creature's neck, allowing it to make a sudden movement with its head that hit Sabre Fox in the middle of his chest, sending him toppling backwards and stealing his breath for a moment.

While the young Kai shook his head to regain his bearings, the massive lizardman slowly got back to its own feet, raising his sword even as its malicious eyes aimed a deadly glare at Sabre Fox that promised great pain...

Actions?

Fox gave a glance of his own to the Gourgaz and pointed his sword towards it

"Come on you ugly bastard! Don't just stand there looking mean! Back it up and do it!"

Trying to enrage it to throw it off its game for a moment. Combat roll of 6

Nice. I'll rule that this will apply a -1 damage penalty to its next five rolls (including this one), but you would have to forego your damage this round, as always when you're using a combat ability. Are you fine with that?

Ooh, we'll ill stick to that decent roll after all! Don't want to loose a potential good attack!

Well, you'd be also quite reducing the amount of damage you would be taking, but I understand your point. :)

Enraged by Sabre Fox's words, the Gourgaz charged, thrusting his sword forward with a brutal motion; the young Kai, though, had been expecting that, and dodged to the left, making a wide, swiping motion with his sword that opened a long, linear wound in the beast's belly, making it bleed.

However, in making the attack, Sabre Fox had to enter the Gourgaz's reach - which resulted in the lizardmen's left hand striking forward, the claws on it piercing through Sabre Fox's leather armour and pinning him to one of the nearby walls of the fortress.

A growling sound that seemed almost a chuckled came from the gourgaz as it raised the browasword high over its head, preparing to strike down the young, pinned Kai...

Next turn, you can't make any kind of tactical move that would require you to move from your place, but things are fine other than that so don't feel like you've only attacking as your possible choice. :)

For this turn, you inflicted 5 points of damage and took 4. Current situation:

Black Gourgaz (with broadsword): CS 24, END 24/35

Sabre Fox: CS 18, END 4/29

Actions?

Well if its directly infront of Fox and its hands are raised with the broadsword, Fox will make a strike at the creatures throat. Hopefully severing its jugular or something will stagger it so he can get a precious second or two to move to a better position, hopefully it might even drop its weapon as it clutches its throat!. Rolled a nice 7 for this
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Even as the Gourgaz blade fell on him, Sabre Fox blindly struck forward, planting his sword deeply into the beast's chest with all of his strenght.

The hit was so brutal, even the Gourgaz staggered back, letting go of Sabre Fox; as the boy fell to the ground and the monster took a couple of steps back, the blade of the darksteel black sword, which would have otherwise split his head open, only hit him superficially with its tip; he could feel the steel leaving a thin crack in his skull even as his skin was ripped open, red blood falling from it and covering his eyes with liquid, the head exploding in pain.

Staggered, Sabre Fox heard the roar of the Gourgaz above himself, and as he looked upward, despite the blood almost blinding him, he could nevertheless see that the monster was once again preparing itself to strike...

So, current situation:

Black Gourgaz (with Broadsword): CS 24 END 18/35

Sabre Fox: CS 18, END 1/28

Roll your next attack: you're getting a +6 to the roll thanks to the Gourgaz still having your sword struck into its own chest! ^_^

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Rolled a 6 :/ don't know if that will get me through, but the strategy is this, literally charge the beast to drive the sword further in its chest. Holding onto the sword for leverage, literally punching it continuously in the face like a mad man since Fox is at deaths door, and hopefully being that close it can't strike with its weapon

You do realize that 6+6 gives you a result of 0, yes? ^_^

Also...

Just as the beast was about to strike, suddenly, an arrow cam sizzling out of nowhere, and embedded itself into the Gourgaz's eyes; it had been thrown with such strenght and precision, only the fletched end was still sprouting from the eyes, and Sabre Fox could even see the shaft inside the beast's maw, where it had pierced downward through it's palate.

As Sabre Fox looked in the direction of the tower's doors, he could see a figure with light brown hairs and a green cloak for a fleeting moment, guiding what looked like a great number of men in the red uniform of the Sommerlending army, who was discarding an used bow to wade into melee with the giaks closer to its position, leading its troops in the attack and disappearing from the young Kai's sight.

Then, the sudden sound in front of himself drew Sabre Fox's arttention back to what he was facing. The Gourgaz had let go of his broadsword, which had clattered to the ground with a metallic sound, and was now clawing at its head with a sickening howl of pain, clearly completely unaware of its surroundings.

So, things as they stay now are as such:

Black Gourgaz (unarmed -2 CS, distracted -2 CS, blind to one eye -8 CS): CS 12, END 18/35

Sabre Fox: CS 17 (using Broadsword), END 1/28

That gives a +5 Combat Ratio, and as we've said, your roll is a critical. I'll leave you a present, and allow you to describe the killing strike yourself in your next post, as well as Sabre Fox's removing himself from the battle because of tiredness/his wounds however you like.

I hope you liked the battle! :D

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Fox was disorientated, he didnt really pay attention to the fact that the Gourgaz had lost an eye........ he felt the blood trickling down his head........ and the red was getting in his eyes....... and thats when he felt it, pure rage.

With a roar that could have make a Darklord quiver he charged the Gourgaz despite being almost at deaths door himself. With a leap he jumped at the sword sticking in its chest and drove it in harder. He could almost feel the sword piercing its organs as the Gourgaz roared flailing is arms

With a surge of strength he pushed it again further and further until finally the Gourgaz's leg strength left it and it fell to the ground on is back with Fox still on top of it. Rushing along its body he sat on its chest and started punching it hard in the face, over and over and over again.

Even the enemy around him did not dare interfeer, the sheer bloodlust they could see on the young Kai's face and what he had done to the Gourgaz was enough to shake any of their resolves.

Several minutes later, Fox's hands were covered in blood, and the Gourgaz's face had been beaten to a bloody pulp. Looking at his hands, Fox saw they were raw from punching the hard scaly skin for so long. Stnding up, the din of battle all around him, he smiled for a momen realising the allied forces were there.

Seeing the stables nearby, he hobbled towards them, once again the enemy not paying attention, he fell to the floor on the hay, his own blood already staining them.

"You did good Fox........" He muttered "You did good......" He said passing out

I misread it as a +6 to CS! Hahah! There we go!

Very cool post - I think I'll give you a FP for it. Nice work. :)

When Sabre Fox came to his senses again, the sounds of battle had quieted; he could still hear the sound of people moving around and the moaning of the ones dying, sign that the victors were now collecting their spoils and finishing what of the enemies had been lethally wounded but not slain during the fight.

Then, a shadow loomed over him, and although he couldn't see who he was, as he was lying face down, the voice was unmistakable.

"So, despite my orders to the contrary, you launched your attack to this place anyway, Sabre Fox. You've also lost all but one of the men who followed you, although you were so crazy lucky that all three of you Kai survived it. Do you have anything to say in your defense?"

Golden Sparrow's tone was not enraged, but instead icy and scolding in a way Sabre Fox hadn't ever heard from him before today.
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As he lay there, his own body was throbbing. The fight with the Gourgaz had pushed him completely to his limits, and he felt like he couldnt move. Pushing himself up slightly he suddenly felt another sensation on his face. Reaching up he found it was bandaged, but he could already feel what was under there..... a scar across the middle of his face

"What do you expect me to say?" Fox said weekley

Golden Sparrow brsitled at that, and shouted back:

"Anything! You got ten good men killed with your recklessness despite my explicit order not to do it, you almost got two of your own brethen killed, and if we hadn't come to your rescue, the enemies might well have discovered the secret passage and used it to take the jump on our forces and kill us all in our sleep!"

He slammed his fist on the wall of the stables before adding, his voice almost a growl:

"So, do you have any excuse for your reckless behaviour? Or are you really going to just stand there and fail to justify your insubordination in any plausible way?"
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"Because you we're wrong Sparrow" Fox said weakly. "They reinforced...... Those brave men knew it and gave thier lives to make sure that outpost was took with minimum casualties without a bloodbath........ You were wrong" Was all he could say

"Those men knew nothing; you only discovered the reinforcements were coming when you noticed them from the top of the tower, the soldier who survived confirmed it to me; they only wanted their revenge, and look what that got them!"

There was a pause in Sparrow's voice and then he added, his tone very dark:

"Yes, your stupid assault allowed you to dicover the coming reinforcment, which in turn gave me enough reasons to require a forced march from a part of the reinforcements so that we could bring them here earlier. And yes, if that hadn't happened, then taking back this outpost would have costed us more than we can afford to lose with the Darklords turning their armies toward Sommerlund right now. And that's the only reason I'm not deferring you to Master Starfire for court martial."

The young man's voice filled with a harsh tone of disappointment, as he added:

"However, I expected better from you, Sabre. I thought you were smarter than this, that you could become a worthy leader. Instead, you recklessly put in danger the life of many just to satisfy your crave for glory. How can you call yourself a Kai after doing something like this, how can you expect me to ever trust you again if you can't see how idiotic your actions were!?"

By the end of the speech, Sparrow was shaking, his voice filled with a sense of pained suffering that was impossible to miss.

"I knew it well before that" Fox spoke weakly. "So did they, they have figured it out....... and I knew you wouldnt listen Sparrow. For all your intelligence, you only ever consider yourself right....... and in this instance our instincts proved you wrong"

Weakley crawling onto his feet with his back still to Sparrow, he reached up and touched the bandage across his face, taking it of satisifed his own natural Healing skills had stopped the bleeding, he kept talking

"The only one with glory here Sparrow ......... is you. No one will ever remember us or those men that gave thier lives here today....... They will remember you, the man who led the charge to take back the outpost, the stalwart commander. Idiotic as it was, it needed to be done...... to stop you taking more casualties...... You think I have glory?"

It was at this point he turned round to face Sparrow

"My glory is now with me forever" He said referring to the scar. "Thats no glory"

Yeah, you guessed it early... but the soldiers didn't knew; they didn't launched the attack because they expected reinforcements, Sabre Fox. Your character misread the soldiers reactions there - I didn't told you because I was keeping it for this point in the thread, as I knew it would make this conversation more emotionally charged. :)

Golden Sparrow was first surprised, and then astonished by the scar that ran in a diagonal line though Sabre Fox's face, then wordlessly moved forward and pulled him into a strong, warm hug.

He stood there for a long moment, before finally saying, in a whisper:

"You are an idiot, Sabre Fox, you know that, right? I... I suspected reinforcments could be coming but... I couldn't risk it... I couldn't go there and risk the life of you all just because of my own hunch. You're like a brother to me, you knucklehead; I didn't wante you to die."

Fox was actually suprised to be in Sparrow's embrace. He had never seen him like this before, he was always usually so cold or hot headed. Never actually seeming to feel genuine emotion. Fox didn't really have the strength to return the hug

"For all my courage, this is what it gets me, scarred for life while you take all the glory for this. That's really why I did this, to do what you could not because you don't act on your hunches like me....... I wasn't throwing my life away.... Or Nightingale or Ash....... Maybe Ash" Fox sniggered

Fox allowed himself to slump forward onto Sparrow for support

"just remind me not to do this again hmm?"

Well Fox misread the reaction. Of course I knew different in this scenario, I was just trying to play it in character after all

:) I just wanted to be sure you knew.

Golden Sparrow scoffed, then took a step back, keeping his hands on Sabre Fox's shoulders and then looked down at him seriously for a moment... before grinning widely.

"I'll do a better one - next time you say me to do something crazy, I'll try it. You might be a reckless moron... but you are a ton smarter than you look, and those instincts you follow, they're not always wrong."

He chuckled, then all of a sudden let go of Sabre Fox shoulder and punched him - lightly - in the stomach, and added, in a provocatory tone:

"And how about you promise to follow what I say from now on, rather than doing whatever the hell you feel like?"

Sparrows punch despite being only a friendly gesture felt like being hit by a wall after his recent ordeal, and he found himself falling back onto the shoulders of his friend

"Im not always right" Fox said, the wind well and truly took from his sails. "But just promise me this instead........ that if i tell you something....... you'll listen....... none of that tatician bull shit your used to........ just listen to someone to oppose you and not dimiss it out of hand......... Who knows when ill disobey again and it will get my killed right?....... You know i know your smarter than me in tactics..... that will never change....... but just listen to me...."
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