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Yagathai
02-23-2007, 02:51 PM
My character:

http://www.burningwheel.org/forum/showpost.php?p=36526&postcount=27

This fight should be a lot more even.
TimP
02-23-2007, 03:05 PM
Bohemond.
http://burningwheel.org/forum/showpost.php?p=35780&postcount=25
TimP
02-23-2007, 03:05 PM
I'm ignoring my instinct and starting with a pistol cocked and drawn.
Kublai
02-23-2007, 03:14 PM
Bringing a pistol to the Arena is just so wrong!
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 03:15 PM
Noted. And I'm using my shield to protect my legs, so you can't target those with your pistol.
TimP
02-23-2007, 03:25 PM
Outside striking distance.
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 03:25 PM
Bringing a pistol to the Arena is just so wrong!

I don't mind, at least not in this fight. Just as long as Tim doesn't forget to roll that gunpowder die. ;)
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 03:26 PM
Outside striking distance.

You're starting at outside? Didn't see that one coming.
TimP
02-23-2007, 03:29 PM
I don't mind, at least not in this fight. Just as long as Tim doesn't forget to roll that gunpowder die. ;)

Are pistols illegal, or something? Seems like I remember Jack Calgary or somesuch using them.

Tim
TimP
02-23-2007, 03:30 PM
You're starting at outside? Didn't see that one coming.

Hang on. I've actually never used a ranged weapon in Fight! (believe it or not). You can shoot from the outside, right? Does it increase the ob?
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 03:30 PM
Nope, they're perfectly legal. Pete is just kvetching.
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 03:32 PM
Your pistol is essentially a Longest weapon in Fight! My axe is Long, so you can put yourself at Optimal, and me at Outside.
TimP
02-23-2007, 03:34 PM
Your pistol is essentially a Longest weapon in Fight! My axe is Long, so you can put yourself at Optimal, and me at Outside.

Ah, crap. My entire exchange is....nothing, then.
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 03:35 PM
Ah, crap. My entire exchange is....nothing, then.

Eh? If you want to start at Outside for your pistol, then we're doing R&C.

Change your exchange if you like.
TimP
02-23-2007, 03:39 PM
Eh? If you want to start at Outside for your pistol, then we're doing R&C.

Change your exchange if you like.

No, I wanted to start with you outside. I just wasn't sure how to phrase it.
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 03:40 PM
Yeah, that's what I figured. You Optimal, me Outside.
TimP
02-23-2007, 03:40 PM
cool. Thanks for not holding my feet to the fire. ;)
TimP
02-23-2007, 04:15 PM
E2, V1, A2: Now I die! ;)
Iskander
02-23-2007, 04:15 PM
Hey! What happened to the colour, you robots?!
TimP
02-23-2007, 04:16 PM
It's Yag! I missed, I figured he'd want to color that! ;)
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 04:21 PM
I've been throwing up all morning and well into the afternoon. I've had plenty of color in my life, thank you.

Anyway, usually the winner narrates, and I've won precious little.
TimP
02-23-2007, 04:27 PM
I've been throwing up all morning and well into the afternoon. I've had plenty of color in my life, thank you.

That sucks, sorry you're sick!

This combat is a comedy of errors.
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 04:27 PM
Let that be a lesson to you, kids. Never script a Charge right before a Set, Great Strike, because if you fail, you lose two actions instead of one.
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 04:28 PM
NOW you blow your positioning? I hate you so much right now.

ETA: I'm assuming you closed to Optimal?
luke
02-23-2007, 04:29 PM
Can you guys slow down a bit?!

Can you post complete whited out volleys in one post, then reveal them one at a time in subsequent posts that include Exchange/Volley/Position/Action markers, successes/results and color descriptions?

I actually think it's the lack of description that makes it hardest to follow!

EDIT: Didn't see the chatter up thread. Sorry for the boarding!
TimP
02-23-2007, 04:35 PM
Yeah, we're at optimal, now.
TimP
02-23-2007, 04:42 PM
hmmm. Feint vs. Block/Strike. Does my Strike go off, at all, or am I just well and screwed?
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 04:46 PM
No, you get your strike. Just not your block.
TimP
02-23-2007, 04:50 PM
groovy
Iskander
02-23-2007, 05:07 PM
What is "a sucking chest wound," Alex?
TimP
02-23-2007, 05:09 PM
What is "a sucking chest wound," Alex?

That's correct, for $500!

That was a jacked up chaotic fight. I'm pissed about my Disarm!
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 05:14 PM
Dude, you needed 7 successes on 8 dice. I don't know what you were thinking. And why didn't you already have your knife out at the beginning of the match. That puzzled me too.
TimP
02-23-2007, 05:21 PM
Yeah. I could have had my sword out, for that matter. I was all excited about getting to shoot the pisol, I guess. Thanks for all the schooling. ;)
Kublai
02-23-2007, 06:33 PM
Exchange 2, V2
Maintain 6, 4, 5, 2, 3, 5 (4s) bwahaaahahah!
a1 Draw Dagger
a2 Set

What was this Set action? You know daggers can't Great Strike, yes?
TimP
02-23-2007, 06:40 PM
It was a fake-out script. I had my sword in my hand, and could have great-struck with that. It might even be an effective fake-out if it was done in the last action of volley 3.
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 06:47 PM
Many a time have I used the Set action as a fake-out. It might have worked, too, had I not been hesitating. =)
Kublai
02-23-2007, 06:53 PM
Neat!
Yagathai
02-23-2007, 06:56 PM
The placement wasn't ideal, though. Since the fakeout came before the last volley in the exchange, and I only had the 1 action scripted, there was no way for me to abort that action to an Avoid or a shield-block (which is what you're trying to when you pull that particular fake). Now, if you set at the end of Volley 1, or even as you said, at the end of volley 3... now you're cookin' with gas.