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

[Sam Elliot]

Is that because he has four limbs and a head?

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Loran <aillet_l at yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
> And by the way 8W1 +2 +2 + 2 +2 +2 = 18W1 for Azhur...
> Leeeeeeev, have you special plans for Azhur  !?! LOL !
>
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> [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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> 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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