Test 1, fight 3 -- jeep vs. thorred

[jeep]

Nithrar stops dead in his tracks with the uneasy feeling that something is amiss. He pulls his Da'Tashi sticks out of their carrying case on his back and mutters to himself. "An ounce of prevention..."

Most people wouldn't describe Nithrar as forbidding, but with him standing there holding the two 36" sticks used in the Elvish Martial Art of Da'Tashi, almost anyone would give him wide berth.

Da'Tashi is very similar to Escrima or Kali, for those who know of such things

He scans the street looking for anything unusual.

If, after the scene is set, this is not appropriate, feel free to delete it

[jeep]

Damage? Or is that only assessed after the round?

Nithrar silently cursed himself for looking at the first dwarf as he used hit left hand to pick up the mace strike coming for his head. He was able to redirect it so it was just a glancing blow instead of the crushing blow that threatened to remove his brain from his skull. He followed up with a quick one-two strike with the sticks.

Two sticks, two attacks.

[jeep]

Nithrar rotated and settled into the first strike (with his right hand) and landed a solid strike to dwarf's head. Immediately, Nithrar's left hand traced up the dwarf's arm and the thunk of the stick hitting his forehead was heard across the street.

The dwarf was tough, though. He spun with a wild slash that came closer to Nithrar than he would have liked- a quick pass-through cleared the strike. Taking advantage of the opening he struck again.

Second verse, same as the first. Two more strikes with the sticks, please.[/OCC]

[jeep]

Nithrar struck with a backhand slash with his left, but the Dwarf ducked under it. Nithrar then adjusted the path the right slash was following and connected solidly. The dwarf stumbled back and the two sqared off again.

"Is that enough Dwarf? It looks like there was plenty of blood spilled today. I won't let you spill any more of mine."

[jeep]

The Dwarf took a deep breath, but was apparently distracted by the lump forming on his head. The dwarf charged and tried to destroy Nithrar's right arm with a back handed blow. Nithrar attempted to pass it and step in, but got a little ahead of himself and took the blow on his chest. Nithrar, cursing, finished passing the strike and launched his counter. Nithrar considered using a bit of magic to trip the dwarf up, but discounted the thought immediately. Instead, he decided to force the Dwarf into submission using more mundane tactics.

Seeing as how my char will not go for the killing blows in this situation, I would propose that no HP remaining will indicate a knock-out. Also, there must be a penalty for attempting a disarm, otherwise, why not try every turn. I would suggest no or half damage if unsuccessful. I'll assume no penalty for this fight...

Nithrar decides it's time to Defang the Snake.

Two strikes to the arm please

[jeep]

Nithrar stuck down towards the Dwarf's writst with his left and a strike to the forearm with the right was immediately behind. The strike to the wrist missed completely and the second wasn't nearly enough to loose the mace.

The dwarf rode the motion of the strike to the arm down and looped his arm overhead and landed a crushing blow to nithrar's shoulder. "I'm going to be stiff for a month!" thought Nithrar.

what are the units of time?

Nithrar uncoiled with a flurry of attacks.

Two strikes please.

In AD&D there is a concept of a "natural hit" and a "natural miss". That is if you roll a 20 it's an automatic hit and a 1 is an automatic miss. With d10 it might be too frequent, but maybe we could incorporate something along those lines.

[jeep]

It's clear that under the current rules Evasion is a required sill for anyone who might get into a fight. I suspect that Willpower will also be required.

That is going to limit the diversity of the characters, I think.

However, it looks like Nithrar should usually win the fight, since he has greater skill in evasion and greater weapon skill and the HP difference is only 1. If Yaw doesn't beat me to it, I'll run the numbers.

-JEEP

[jeep]

OK quickly running the numbers:

Nithrar hit:

w/ at least one stick: 85%
Critical with at least one stick: 25%

w/both sticks: 72%
Critical with both sticks: 6%

Raydan hit:

45%
Raydan critical hit: 0

-JEEP

[jeep]

I snagged the wrong numbers. The 85% is to hit with the first stick... Looking at the character sheet, it looks like Nithrar should win fairly easily, so the numbers sound right.

I like the idea of 1 = miss no matter what and 10 = hit no matter what. I think it balances things a little.

-JEEP