In reply to Christine Bjorn (msg # 674):

Three archers left, two yards apart, closest one is four yards from wall. Five yards from three archers on right, those regrouping away from Jednesa, trying to aim from gate at six yards out.

In reply to Chris (msg # 675):

"Are any of them waiting for me with bows drawn?"

OOC Any other active members other than Jednessa?

Also, which ones can Christine target most easily?
This message was last edited by the player at 12:34, Sun 26 May 2019.

Christine Bjorn:

OOC Any other active members other than Jednessa?

Stenet is charging the archers on the left.

Three of the archers let fly at Stennet as the dwarf charges!

Unless defended against, he takes 3, 4, and 3 points impaling before DR!

The ogre raises a ball of lightning, and continues to raise its strength

Haskell darts out, toward the swordsmen harrying Jednesa, and sinks his blade into the man's back.

Jednesa makes another blind swipe at a nearby foe.




OOC:  All-Out Attack (Determined).

20:41, Today: Jednesa rolled 8 using 3d6.  Grab, Wrestling 10 (Skill 16 + 4 AOA).

Stenet blocks the first, the second one lodges into his breastplate, and he sidesteps the third as he closes and tries to slam into the nearest archer with his shield!



OOC:  20:49, Today: Stenet Fjall rolled 14, 13, 8 using 3d6, 3d6, 3d6.  Block 15, Block 10, Dodge 10.

Didn't know if you are using iterative Blocks, if not, he'd have failed a Dodge just as well on that middle shot.

Unless they're armor piercing, the second hit does not penetrate his Scale+Tough Skin.

Move and Attack, Shield Rush.
20:58, Today: Stenet Fjall rolled 14 using 3d6.  Shield 16, Slam.

20:59, Today: Stenet Fjall rolled 2 using 1d6.  Shield Rush Damage.  Plus Speed/Range bonus depending on far he moved, +0 for 2 yards or less, +1 for 3 yards, +2 for 4-5 yards.

His opponent (if he fails to defend) must roll their thr-2, plus any Sumo bonuses (this is the damage they deal back).  If they roll lower than 2, they must roll DX or fall down.  If they roll 1 or less, they auto fall.

In reply to Stenet Fjall (msg # 682):

[OOC: Still waiting to see which ones Christine can target with minimum exposure? After this action, it should be clearer. Did Stenet include his shields Defensive bonus to those rolls?]
This message was last edited by the player at 01:28, Thu 30 May 2019.

Stenet doesn't have a Shield skill of 24...  so, yes, and counted it added to Dodge as well.

In reply to Stenet Fjall (msg # 684):

What would you need a shield skill of 24 for? That would amount to a blocking roll of 12+3+DB of shield, minimum 16! If you have combat reflexes (+1 to all defences) then Dodge, for example, is Basic Speed, usually 5+3, sometimes 6+3 if you are fast, +1 for Combat Reflexes, up to 9 or 10, +2 or +3 depending on the size of your shield, so 12 or 13. For blocking, 3+ half your shield skill, + the defensive bonus of the shield, so a shield skill of 14 with a medium shield would block on a roll of 13...

Christine Bjorn:

What would you need a shield skill of 24 for?

The question you asked implied I hadn't added the DB of the shield.  If Stenet had no other bonuses... he'd need a Shield skill of 24 to hit a Block of 15 without adding the DB of his Shield.

As it is, it's skill 16, Enh Block 1, Large Shield.

In reply to Stenet Fjall (msg # 686):

You can block and dodge, but not block block dodge, and any shield slams happen on the next round, vs the swordsmen, rather than the archers ( to get to the archers is another round of movement, and involves giving your back to the swordsmen

Jednesa grabs hold of someone's arm!
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:23, Thu 30 May 2019.

Narrator:

You can block and dodge, but not block block dodge...

So no iterative blocks.  Copy.

quote:

...and any shield slams happen on the next round, vs the swordsmen, rather than the archers ( to get to the archers is another round of movement...

2 rounds of movement is 10 yards... how far away were they considering Stenet was at the gate?

quote:

and involves giving your back to the swordsmen

I thought one group of swordsmen moved to harry Jednesa and the others moved towards the gate, after Stenet had begun running at the archers on the left.  If they were moving to excerpt him, fine, he slams one... but then how far away were they?  And why would it take 3 actions of movement (let alone 2)?

I thought they were 7 yards from the gate?  And did you miss Stenet's action back in #662?

In reply to Stenet Fjall (msg # 688):

[OOC: Still waiting to see which ones Christine can target with minimum exposure? After this action, it should be clearer. Did Stenet include his shields Defensive bonus to those rolls?]

Stenet, those numbers suggest you have a Blocking skill of 15, that was why I was unsure why you were hit.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:18, Sun 02 June 2019.

Christine Bjorn:

Stenet, those numbers suggest you have a Blocking skill of 15, that was why I was unsure why you were hit.

You do know how iterative defenses work right?  Every time you Parry, it's reduced for the next one until you stat your next turn.  Works the same way for Block (if it's allowed, apparently gwythaint isn't allowing it).  Only Dodge remains unreduced for iterative defenses.

In reply to Stenet Fjall (msg # 690):

Which is what makes dodge the best defence to max out on...but you parried on the first, and blocked on the second, so iterative defences carry across defence types?

Christine Bjorn:

Which is what makes dodge the best defence to max out on...but you parried on the first, and blocked on the second, so iterative defences carry across defence types?

I tried to "Block, Block, Dodge", you can't Parry missile attacks without special skills.

In reply to Stenet Fjall (msg # 692):

I was just going on a limit on number of actions being 2 for all out defense or all out attack, unlessusing a rapid strike maneuver which cost fatigue iirc unless a weapon master.

I was counting from inside the gate, so you are now on top of an archer trying to draw their bow, while three swordsmen start flanking you.

Christine can cast spells at -5, guessing at a hex, but cannot fire missle spells around corners. Stepping outside puts her in line of sight of the three archers and the ehp.


One swordsman chops at Jednesa's leg, doing 14 cutting before DR. The one she is holding swings ineffectively at her wrist (she can feel the blade swing past) while the other is turning to fight Haskell, who just stabbed him.

The EHP is casting something.

Narrator:

I was just going on a limit on number of actions being 2 for all out defense...

The limit for All Out Defense is two defense per attack or +2 to one type of defense; chosen when the Maneuver is chosen.  There is no actual limit on 'most' defenses.

Parry is iterative.  You may Parry as many times as you want* (once per attack), at a penalty of -4 per Parry after the first; -2 per Parry if have Weapon Master (WM) or Trained By a Master (TBaM).

Per Basic you may only Block once.  As per Martial Arts pg 123 there is an option to allow multiple Blocks at -5 per Block, half round up with WM or TBaM.

You may Dodge as many times as you want so long as you aren't Dodging more than once per attack or defending more than once per attack (unless using AOD (Double Defense))

quote:

... or all out attack, unlessusing a rapid strike maneuver which cost fatigue iirc unless a weapon master.

Rapid Strike is -6 per extra attack (all attacks suffer the total penalty) unless you either spend FP (1/attack) or have WM or TBaM, at which point it is -3 per attack.  If you have either WM or TBaM and spend the FP, it's a -1 per attack.

quote:

I was counting from inside the gate, so you are now on top of an archer trying to draw their bow, while three swordsmen start flanking you.

That's fine.  Let them flank...  just let me know how the archer does with the Shield Slam.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 693):

Christine will cast a spell...

[Private to GM: Rain of fire, where she last saw the middle archer who could target her, radius 2, 1d-1 damage.]

In reply to Christine Bjorn (msg # 695):

Christine hears a scream as one archer burns.

Stennet knocked the knuckles of the archer with his shield, causing him to drop his bow.

Haskell blocks a shot from the injured swordsmen, and cuts him again in the leg.

In reply to D'IVORIE archer (msg # 696):

Christing creates another fireball, this one in her hand.

[Private to GM: Rolled 2 under skill to cast.]

Have all the NPCs gone?  Are we free to act again?

Well poor old Azrael has shot his wad for now ... his Fatigue level is around -5 or -6 or so...