0001 - Wei Jing
"Hehehe..." Wei Jing chuckled, perched as she was at the front part of the gates, grin so wide you could see it from miles away. "That the best you guys got?!?" She called out, swaying back and forth, tapping the flat of her Dao blade on her shoulder. "The big, scary bandits running rampant--what, you have a little bit of trouble with the road? Ankle biters and bugs got you down?" She giggled, a noise incongruous with the gravity of the day.
This was important after all! Some of them were already hurt, and they were wary of fighting. But they weren't cowed yet, give them a chance to reorganize and they'd come back--and the advantage would be lost. The will to fight was the most important thing in any group--as long as that will to fight remained intact, the battle wouldn't be over.
No.
They had to lose. Firmly and unambiguously.
They were sore, they were wary, they were taking their time to think, and that meant they didn't have full control of the situation.
So you capitalized on that, poked that shakiness with all of your strength. Near three quarters of them were injured--if only slightly. They were up against a walled settlement, with crossbowmen on the battlements.
If it came to a fight, a lot of them were probably going to die, and none of them would be willing to risk that.
Which meant there was room to maneuver.
"Bandits, schmabits" Wei Jing bounced from foot to foot. "Betcha a little girl like me can take your best. Why don't we save us all a bit of time and effort and sort this out that way? Your best and me, one on one, I win? You all scram!
You win, maybe you get what you came here for without getting shot up too much more, see?"
They were hurt, they were wary. They were up against a hard target, if they took a moment to withdraw and patch themselves up, the next go wouldn't be in the favor of this little village, not with the traps expended.
Use that wariness though to bait the enemy into a fight though? Take out the leader? The entire force would shatter like glass.
Of course, the rumor of him being an Immortal was concerning... But again, if he was actually an immortal... What's he doing with such a small warband?
She'd put Papa's teachings and the forgecraft he taught her over some petty warlord who knew some martial arts any day of the week!
OOC: Gonna try to take advantage of the relative success of the trap and the fortified defenses to bait their leader into a one on one duel with Wei Jing. Gonna be tight, but even hurt as they are, we're outnumbered two to one and I still suspect betrayal at some point. Best to sort this out while they're wary
97 on the Persuasion Check, pretty good result!
This message was last edited by the player at 23:47, Wed 04 Aug 2021.