[HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Re : Re : Scene 87: Fiery the Angels Fell...

[Loran]

[OOC]
Plate isn't very useful against grapping attack, I admit it easely, but against some higly acidic stuff, I personnaly prefer to have layer of steel and leather above my skin before feeling the sensation... :-)


Mhumm, let's recapitulate to make sure I understand well..
We have: Azhur's 8W1 vs tentacle's 15W1, right?
(I previously believed that each tentacle was making a different attack on a different target, a chance that we didn't had 100 tentacles attacking the same target or we would have achieved a nice tentacles' traffic jam, resulting into a nice puzzle-game for the bat priests to unknot the demon after th battle... LOL!)

Ok, back to my understanding, as masteries are ignored, so we have: Azhur's 8 vs tentacle's 15, right?
For scores, we have: Azhur's 4 vs tentacle's 5, right?
For results, we have: Azhur's success vs tentacle's success, still right ?
In my book of HQ rules, I have: Success vs Success = "Low roll receives marginal victory, else tie"

Lower roll is 4 (Azhur's one), so marginal victory should be for Azhur instead of the tentacle, no?
(I think that the tentacle's unique matery can't both bump up its success and reduce Azhur's success).

Rephrasing humbly the GM...
a marginal victory for Azhur, is the Bat spending any Hero Points? ;-)

Anyway, I think I will spend the 1HP to avoid this low victory at the expense of Azhur's plate armor (the most probable price for a marginal victory), and to get a critical against a success thus a minor victory...

or did I missed a point ?
Loran

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Objet : Re: [HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Re : Scene 87: Fiery the Angels Fell...

On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 21:40 +0000, Loran wrote:
> [IC]
> 
> Having called on him
> the joyous blessings of Saint Talor to find the strength to come back in the
> battle, Azhur was leading the defense of his death-brother Kalen the Mostali.
> When the acidic tentacles sprouted from the mouth of the giant demon, the
> elected king of Seshnela sniggered:
> - “What? Just six of
> them? Couldn’t you do better than that? Perhaps are you perturbed by a little
> tickling pest?” 
> 

OOC: Good a reason as any :)

Azhur's comments seem to ring true, as over a score of the tentacles
flail about over the Bat's head seeking an unseen itch that it cannot
scratch.

> 
> But a slimy amorphous
> worm-like thing turned around him, trying to catch him by the waist, the heavy
> rider giggled while waving his true silver sword:
> - “No, Moonson’s
> bitch! I will not accept you invitation to dinner! We are battling you know,
> not flirting! You have a very tempting mouth but your breath is too foul to be
> the one of a fair maiden!”
>  
> As the tentacle was
> tightening around his arms and neck, trying to extract him from his charger’s
> war harness, he roared, laughing in a quite vulgar loskalmi language:
> - “I also do not
> dance! I’m a married guy, you know! Don’t insist or I will have to be more
> abrupt with you! You already have a cohort of quite ugly men apparently very
> busy on your bump, so forget me! Our love is impossible I told y… ”
> 

OOC: Nice work Loran :)


> [OOC]
> Sword and Shield 8W1
> 

Yes.


> Augmented with:
> - Scan for danger 17/+2 (to avoid being too much entangled)
> 

Yes

> - Riding 17/+2 (to use his horse to escape)

Not this one..

> - Mounted Combat 20/+2 (to stay in saddle)
> 

But you can have this one..

> - Combative 17/+2 (to fight and fight again)
> 

Yes.

> - Try Harder 17/+2 (to put his last energy to survive)
> 

Yes.

> - BlackMane's Strong Horse 12W1/+3 (the strength of the horse pulling on the tentacle)

Not this one..

> - True Silver SWord 20/+2 (to cut the tentacle with an enchanted weapon)

Yes.

> Let's not forget that's Azhur a heavy western plate.

Not so useful against a grappling attack.. :)

> Total 3W2 with 1 HP of course

A total 8W1, roll 4. A success bumped to a critical success.

Now something I forgot.. It has 6 attacks at 20 *each*, not 20 total; so
I rule that as the equivalent of 15W1 (a bonus of +3 per attack,
equivalent of -3 per attacker); it rolled a 5, which is a success bumped
to a critical, bumping your critical down to a success.

Your success versus its critical success is a minor victory for the Bat.
Spending any Hero Points?



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