Fight! Spider vs. Orc

[Yagathai]

This is the actual fight thread. Your characters, die rolls, scripts, colour and so forth go here.

[Tobias]

Allrighty, here's the orc.

Gorrack, the oft-beaten 'lesser brother'
Vengeful lesser brother to 2 masters of Eight. Vengeance starts now!

Age: 44

Lifepaths: Born Chattel, Forge Slave, Ravager, Night Seeker, Black Hunter, Bears the Lash, Whisperer

Circles: 2
Resources: 0

Affiliations: 1D with the Clan

Relations:

Minor, Hateful, Family: Thormak, Master of Eight, oldest brother
Minor, Hateful, Family: Bhi'skag, Master of Eight, older brother
Minor, Love interest: She Whose Hips have Cast forth Man-Eaters

Wi: 4
Pe: 5

Ag: 4
Sp: 6
Po: 4
Fo: 6

Health: 4
MW: 11 (4,7,8,9,10,11)
Reflexes: 5
Steel: 7
Hate: 6

Skills:

Brawling 3
Intimidation 3
Back-Breaking Labour
Orienteering 3
Stealthy 3
Climbing 3
Bow 4
Black Bile Poison
Command 3
Sword 5
Poisonous Platitudes 4
Falsehood 2
Persuasion 5
Ambition-wise 2
Cartography 2

Traits:
Enemy of the Sun
Pain Life
Numb
Pack Hunter
Tasting the Lash
Where there's a whip...
Forked Tongue
Cannibal
Cold Black Blood
Breeder
Fanged & Clawed
Loathsome & Twisted
Lynx-Eyed
Vile Language

Gear:
Superior Quality Plated Leather
Run of the Mill Bow
Rags, Gear, Boots, Whip
Dwarven sword (Spoil of War)

Beliefs:
I'll destroy my brothers one spider at a time
Once my brothers are gone, they'll need new blood in the ranks of the Servants - that will be me.
Dwarves have what should be ours - Fireforge hold shall belong to my clan.

Instincts:
Vomit on my weapons before the fight
Make my point (always put at least 1 point in each DoW exchange)
Pay them a compliment when they might think they've hurt me


Positioning: Well, the bonus for 'longest' weapon would imply we're close enough to deploy touchy-feely weapons, so I guess I'd have the sword out. I didn't read up the elongated forelegs, but I assume my sword isn't longer, at least, and you've got me beat on reflexes and speed modifier (again, I assume), so I'm just rolling speed here:

6,5,3,3,2,2 - 2 successes. Hmmm.

[Verrain]

And here's the spider


Eclavdra, the Untamed
She follows the Masters of Eight on her own terms

Age: 30

Lifepaths: Broodling, Wall-Crawler, Stalker, Strand-Hunter, Devourer, Hunter-Seeker

Circles: 2
Resources: 0

Affiliations:

Relations: Intermediate Thormak, Master of Eight

Wi: 5
Pe: 5(6)

Ag: 6
Sp: 6
Po: 4
Fo: 5

Health: 4
MW: 11 (4,7,8,9,10,11)
Reflexes: 6
Steel: 6
Hesitation 5

Skills:

Climbing B4
Stealthy B4
Male-wise B3
Snares B3
Lariat B6
Brawling B6
Intimidation B5
Interrogation B6
Throwing B3

Gear: Silk Net

Traits:
All Common Spider Traits
Middling Stature
Vile Language
Chitinous
Strand Runner
Single-minded
Patience
Elongated Forelegs
High Speech

Beliefs:
- All but spider kind is prey, I shall devour the Masters of Eight at my leisure.
- My alliance with Thormak is currently useful, I shall dispose of his troublesome brother.
- The path to strength is to cull the weak, I shall hunt and kill all weak males.

Instincts:
- Drop a drag line.
- Always have a lariat ready.
- Always have a net ready.


I am positioning with my Net. I get the bonuses for longest weapon, higher speed modifier, and higher reflexes. So 6D+3D for 9D positioning.

3, 6, 1, 4, 4, 1, 3, 4, 1 = 4 successes.

Thus I decree that we start at optimum range for my Net which puts you at outside striking distance for your sword.

Do you want to reveal a volley or exchange at a time? I'm set either way.

[Tobias]

Let's do it the official way and reveal a volley at a time.

My first volley is Close, Avoid, Avoid

So, on the close, 6d = 2,4,3,3,6,4 = 3 sucs.

Then to see how well my avoids do,

action 1: avoid: 5,4,5,4,5,6 = 6 sucs! Hope you were doing something other than aiming :). I take +1 ob for the moving quickly (close), so that's 5

actions 2: 2,4,5,3,1,2 = 2 sucs, with +1 ob means 1 suc. Bet this is the action you're using to hurt me. :)

[Verrain]

My volley is Maintain, Acquire Target, Aim

So 9D positioning 5, 3, 2, 5, 1, 3, 5, 1, 5 = 4 successes. No change in position.

Gorrack and Eclavdra stare each other down.

Volley Two: Maintain: Aim, Throw Net

[Tobias]

Ducking and weaving between stalactites, Gorrack tries to find a clear route to the spider, but he can't find one. Still, he keeps trying, waiting for the net to come, hoping to duck behind a stalactite at the right moment.

Ok, I went with Close, Avoid, Avoid again..

6d for close... 4,4,4,2,2,2 = 3 succ

6d for both avoids:

The first one is academic, but the results were: 3,2,6,5,2,2 = 2 suc
The second avoid: 5,2,3,3,5,5 = 3 suc, lose one for the +1 ob for closing, =2 sucs to reduce your throw by. (right?)

[Verrain]

OK so +1ob for me maintaining, +1ob for you closing, and +1ob for you avoiding. I get +2D for aiming. That makes it either 8D for an Ob5 Agility test or 5D for an Ob4 Throwing test. Think I'm going with Agility.

6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 1 for 7 Successes!

Rolling the DoF 3 +1 for an extra success over the Ob still gives a 2D lock from the net.


As the silken net drops gracefully over her hapless opponent, Eclavdra drools at the thought of the tasty meal to come.

Volley 3 Positioning with legs Close: Avoid, Lock

[Tobias]

The dice sure chose their moment to heat up for you! :)

hmm, a 2d lock... I had close, strike scripted. I believe I cannot abort to breaking lock, right? So roll what you can, and tell me what I can (I'll look it up as well, but ain't that experienced).

[Verrain]

Well let's do the positioning test thing first. My intention is wanting to get inside but I can only move two places max I believe from outside attack range to optimal. This is where you want to be for your sword I presume so no rolls needed there.

For my avoid I roll 6D for Speed at +1ob for closing 5, 2, 4, 6, 2, 3 = 2 Successes.

[Tobias]

Ok, so I get -2 D for the lock, but I do get to strike at you. 5 dice, +1 for the dwarven quality, -2 = 4. No FoRKs.

4, 4, 5, 1. = 2 sucs. Which isn't enough to get past your avoid.

You're locking from optimal?

[Verrain]

Yes but the Extended Forelegs trait probably eliminates the penalty for doing so. Let me know if you agree with the ruling in the discussion thread.

So spider can lock with Agility or Power so that's 6D +1D for the Eight Legged trait. +1Ob for closing, and +1 Ob for Avoiding in the volley.

So, 7D 3, 5, 1, 6, 3, 6, 6 = 2 successes or 0 if you don't buy the Extended Forelegs thing.

In the first case, you get your full power for Natural Defenses.

[Verrain]

OK, abzu has spoken and the +2ob for Locking from optimal remains resulting in no lock that round.

Onto exchange 2!

For my first volley, Close: Lock, Lock

[Tobias]

Well, staying in the net is dying, so my script is:

maintain: b reak lock (net), break lock (net)

rolling 4d for positioning, I guess, due to the net, I get: 5,2,2,1

The first break lock is at full power - I don't think anything is forkable, so that 4 dice for an ob 4 test? jay!

5,3,2,1

Your lock?

[Verrain]

So rolling my nine dice for positioning gets me 4, 2, 6, 3, 6, 3, 4, 6, 2, 2 = 5 successes so I am now successfully on the inside.

Now for my lock, 6D +1D for Eight legged Agility with the +1 Ob for closing.

3, 5, 6, 5, 1, 5, 5 = 4 successes. Roll your natural defenses.

[Tobias]

4d nat def, 6,6,5,3. 3 sucs... so you increase your lock by 1.

My second attempt to break lock, 4d, 6, 5, 1, 1, would not be good enough to get off the net, but could it be used to reduce the lock of 1 you just added?

[Verrain]

Afraid not. Pg 179 of the monster burner under wrapping. A spider wraps its victim instinctively in silk on a lock. To escape from the web-lock requires the web to be cut, burned, or an Ob8 power test.

Now for my lock, 6D +1D for Eight legged Agility with the +1 Ob for closing.

5, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 3 = 4 successes. Roll for natural defenses.

[Tobias]

Nat def: 3,4,5,3 = 2 suc. All locked up and no place to go!

Congrats - and good luck against the troll :)