A couple quick ground rules:

1> you guys are running Manfred. Everybody else's stats are unknown to you by default. First person posting as Manfred in direct response to a call to action by me gets dibs on dictating his actions
2> You guys roll for everything but hit locations (I'll do that)
3> if I don't call for a die roll, I probably won't honor your roll
4> first person to roll the dice called for gets it. Please be clear who you're rolling for.
5> please don't hide your dice

>>16201448

Any relevant skills/gifts? Apparently we have the small "rapier" flaw...

>>16201613

Manfred has the standard Knight and Swordsman skill packages at 9, no notable gifts or flaws

He's a teenager, so he has no spiritual attributes to speak of. He just texts with his friends all day and reads 4chan.

>>16201637

I'm without my copy of the book, any chance we can get a list of skill levels? And are we using the original skill rules or the updated ones from companion?

>>16201675
splat from the core rulebook:

Combat Weapon/Art -2
First aid -2
Body Language (read) +3
Style analysis +2
Etiquette (School) -1
Riding-1
First aid -1
Hunting
Heraldry -1
Strategy
Tactics + 1
Etiquette (Tourney)

Little Manfred doesn't have a lot of skills that strike me as pertinent, but that's really more for you lot to judge.

Grapple the prostitute, KO her and run away

>>16201714

A fight it is, then! Not surprised. She's got a hand under the pillow, your sword is lying on the floor somewhere on the other side of the bed. Time for initial initiative, I assume you're throwing red?

A quick word on Wrestling:

Manfred has a Grappling proficiency that defaults to 5. Offensive grappling has an activation cost of 2cp, which would leave you with 3 total and leave you with nothing on the next exchange.

>>16201730

>She's got a hand under the pillow

Might be time to rethink this. Buckle on our sword as part of our getting dressed and beckon her to come to us to receive her payment. "M am a very busy person, come collect your payment, I am in a hurry."

>>16201760
doesn't reflex count for the cp?

>>16201807

He means it defaults from 6 to 2. The CP is 5 after reflex. But we don't want to go grappling against a likely armed opponent, even if it's only a whore.

>>16201819
what he said

>>16201787
Dissembling, young Manfred? Soc (3) at 8 versus her Per (4) at 9 to keep a lid on things until you can get your swordbelt on.

rolled 5, 5, 8 = 18

>>16201845

Should work, she has no reason to suspect anything

>>16201876
one success. Somebody roll for Charlene, please.

rolled 8, 3, 3, 5 = 19

>>16201906

rolled 7, 5, 6, 5 = 23

>>16201941

So will one success be enough to keep her from being suspicious?

>>16201941
Zero successes to Manfred's one! Maybe she didn't see you poking your finger through that hole in your purse.

"Uppe Greyide has been pestering me for days regarding a debt I owe him. He always gets his money, tis true..." she chatters away idly for a moment, then her brow narrows and her voice goes shrill. "Wait, that's just your sword belt! Where's my money, you little rat!?"

She springs to her feet, still naked, a dagger in her hand. Your arming sword is at your hip in its scabbard. Your keen fighting instincts tell you this crazy bitch is about to stab you.

HEAVEN OR HELL? RED OR WHITE? LET'S ROCK!

>>16201961

enough to get your sword nearby, not enough to get out of the door without trouble.

>>16201979

Adopt defensive stance, throw white, and attempt to calm her down. "I am a squire of Sir Perceval of Havrisham, I can repay you twice what you are owed!"

>>16201985

You just beckoned her over where you picked up your sword belt to get her payment. Changing your story right now isn't getting a lot of traction.

Charlene is in an aggressive stance, throws red, gains initiative against your white, and puts six dice into a thrust (ATN 5) at your chest (zone XII), shrieking in outrage at your intransigence. Getting your sword out will cost you 2cp, leaving you with 7 to work with (+2 to a defensive maneuver thanks to your stance).

Somebody declare Manfred's action (I'm assuming a parry, but that's your call)

Manfred's sword, for reference

>>16202019

Can I declare a terrain roll as well as a defense? If so 9 dice on a full evasion and 2 dice on a terrain roll to get to/through the door. If not, full 11 dice on full evasion.

>>16202019
attack, attack, attack. Kill the bitch and get out of there.

>>16202029

Terrain roll sounds reasonable. Charlene's between you and the door, and the room isn't very big. 2 dice at 7 should get you over the bed , successful full evasion should get you out of the room.

Manfred: 2 at 7 to get to the door, then 9 at 4 to full evade

Charlene 6 at 5 to prick the little prick in the chest.

>>16202033

Murder won't impress Sir Percival, especially not of a woman. Her screams might attract attention and a squire of a (presumably) honorable knight should be believed over a whore.

>>16202033

there's the /tg/ I know and love. >>16202019 beat you to the draw, though.

rolled 1, 3 = 4

>>16202046

Rolling terrain

rolled 6, 7, 7, 10, 6, 8 = 44

>>16202053

Attack

>>16202057
oh shit

rolled 1, 8, 2, 5, 7, 1, 2, 8, 5 = 39

>>16202057

And evasion. And damn it better be good.

>>16202057
>>16202062

1 MoS...How strong can the whore be anyway? We'll be fine.

How much noise is she making by the way?

>>16202053
0 successes, Charlene doesn't fall for your fancy footwork, you're still in the room.

>>16202057
>>16202062
1 MoS, happily Charlene's using a ST-2 weapon and doesn't quite get enough on it to penetrate Manfred's imposing TO of 4.

New exchange, Charlene maintains initiative. You're pretty sure Sir Perceval can hear her a half-mile away at the manor keep.

Manfred's out of dice at the moment. Charlene spends the rest of her CP (2) on another stab, ATN 5, same location.

rolled 3, 3 = 6

>>16202095

rolled 4, 8 = 12

>>16202095

>>16202108
Zero successes. No bleeding, no shock, Manfred's sword is still sheathed, CP refreshes.

NEW ROUNDO

It's unclear that Charlene even remembers she's holding the blade as she beats away ineffectively at the squire's chest with both of her hands. Tears stream down her face as she spews a torrent of the most profane insults young Manfred has ever heard.

Charlene attacks at 6 dice (no more stance bonus dice), still zone XII, ATN5.

>>16202126

Draw sword, parry attack with 5 dice, hold 2 in reserve.

rolled 6, 8 = 14

>>16202126
I suggest we try for the door again, unless there's a more convenient way out?

We're no Gizka, but a window fall might prove less lethal than an angry hooker with an uncomfortable amount of attack dice.

>>16202136
Manfred gets 5 dice at DTN 6 to parry
Charlene gets 6 dice at ATN 5 to stab

Yes, these are the least competent combatants we've seen in a RoS thread to date.

>>16202144

She's starting to break down into tears, she might give up, or at the very least, get a penalty to combat pool. We can win this, and probably without hurting anyone.

rolled 2, 5, 2, 2, 4, 10 = 25

>>16202150

Thrust

rolled 2, 9, 4, 10, 3 = 28

>>16202161

Parry. Let her know that I don't want to hurt her, and that I am doubtful of her ability to hurt me (which should be evident)

>>16202161
only 2 successes

>>16202166

Cutting it close there, squire! 0 MoS to Charlene. She technically retains initiative but had spent all her dice due to an unfortunate reading error on my part. She strikes again with zero dice (effectively doing nothing). "You don't know Uppe Greyide! I told him I'd have his money today!"

As if on cue, you hear footsteps heading up the tenement stairs. "What is the meaning of all this caterwauling?" shouts a deep voice from the hallway.

Wat do?

>>16202193

Technically if she has no dice left we could declare an attack (and thus gain initiative) but in this case it doesn't matter. Turn to see who addresses us, using our remaining 2 dice on a terrain roll to put distance between ourself and Charlene if she insists on continuing her assault.

>>16202193
Place myself between the whore and the door, and promise sincerely that if she is endanger because of my actions I will protect her.

huzzah I've been doodling for my RoS setting!
(emphasis on 'doodle')

>>16202216

technically you can declare an attack even when you don't have initiative and your opponent *does* have dice to spend, your blow would just land a moment after.

I'll think of your terrain roll as a full evade instead (same basic result: nobody gets to attack, but really low TN): 2 dice at 4

>>16202217

I also support this course of action

>>16202241

I think all of the above can happen simultaneously. 2 dice at TN4. Success means you're between her and the door and there is a pause in the action.

>>16202235
What's up with the masked guy using a dick cannon?

rolled 9, 5 = 14

>>16202236

Well yes, in this case she can't strike first though. Either way, rolling full evade and assuring her that if she is in danger we can get out of it together.

>>16202254
the tribes of Elysium has a primitive flamethrower. leftover technology from the fall of atlantis they say

>>16202256

Roll your impressive Social (3) against TN 9. She's hysterical. One success should be enough to stand her down for a moment

rolled 9, 3, 10 = 22

>>16202277

rolled 2, 7, 3 = 12

>>16202284

Hell yes, 2 successes! At this point get in position next to the door so that I can blindside whoever is coming up the stairs.

>>16202284

She collapses to her knees. The stiletto clatters to the floor and he hugs herself, sobbing messily.

BANG! The door kicks open. A swarthy lower-class man with an uneven beard and a thick jacket looms there. He sees a barechested teenager standing over the naked woman sobbing on the floor.

"You filthy, stinkin trollop! Been robbing cradles when you supposed to be workin!" He looks as if he's about to push past you when he sees the steel in your hand. "What you do to my woman, little man? You think you gonna cut her up? You think she can work like that? Huh?" He had dips to a dagger at his belt.

Try to talk your way out of it, red/white, or something else, your call folks.

rolled 8, 4, 4 = 16

>>16202333

Aggressive Stance, Red, Vertical Cut at 11 dice as soon as he enters, before he has a chance to draw his weapon.

>>16202344
second.

>>16202344

ooh, aggressive indeed. That's 11 dice at ATN 6 to zone VI.

Uppe leaps back, full evasion 8 dice DTN 4

>>16202333

Also any chance of a penalty for him being caught off guard here? (besides being unarmed?)

>>16202361
belay that, you may have surprised him. Uppe rolls Reflex (4) at TN 7 to even get to defend.

rolled 1, 7, 4, 5, 3, 3, 7, 5, 1, 1, 6 = 43

>>16202361

rolling for skull splitting

>>16202372
yeah, maybe to the tune of "take that 11 dice like a man"

>>16202361
Tell him to back off and let me leave peacefully with the whore, or there will be trouble. Make sure to tell them who our master is, and that if he and the girl are harmed Sir Percival would surely bring retribution on our behalf.

Since I don't know the system, just have him in an agressive stance.

>>16202373
that was me, captcha ate my name.

4 dice at 7 so Uppe can even defend, please.

rolled 6, 8, 1, 7 = 22

>>16202373

Rolling for surprise

>>16202384

Ok, he gets to roll 8 at 4 to evade, then

rolled 4, 6, 5, 5, 6, 1, 5, 8 = 40

>>16202376

Evasion

rolled 5, 5, 9, 9, 7, 8, 9, 5 = 57

>>16202390

Looks like we're back to the drawing board.

Also Aggressive stance and Red again, to take advantage of him still lacking a weapon. Cutting again vertical at 11.

Good morning folks. Nice to see another Riddle of Steel thread. Nice to see one which is different from the 'Deadliest Mammal' theme.

Remember. There are social consequences for randomly slaying pimps.

rolled 7, 7, 8 = 22

>>16202400

Accidentally rolled. 3 more dice to make 11, or we can reroll if you prefer.

>>16202376
>>16202390

Looks like Uppe got out of the way. Manfred's upward cut meets open air. Uppe curses and clutches his dagger's hilt.

"Uppe Greyide?" Charlene pleads "I swear he said he had the money, love!"

NEW ROUNDO

>>16202400
vertical back down this time, or are we carrying the groinshot banner tonight?

For what it's worth, Uppe throws white and adopts a defensive stance.

>>16202410

Perhaps, but there are heavenly consequences for not defending a woman in need!

>>16202413
> Tell him to back off and let me leave peacefully with the whore, or there will be trouble. Make sure to tell them who our master is, and that if he and the girl are harmed Sir Percival would surely bring retribution on our behalf.

Since I don't know the system, just have him in an agressive stance.

this.

>>16202412
New roll, please. 11 die cut at ATN 6 against which zone? I just want to know which charts I'm digging up here.

Regardless of zone, Uppe spends 2cp drawing his dagger, then dumps 6 (including his stance dice) into a partial evade at DTN 7.

>>16202413

Going for the head. Vertical downwards.

rolled 2, 1, 10, 2, 5, 7, 2, 5, 7, 5, 8 = 54

>>16202432

May God guide my blade!

Adopt a defensive stance too. Try and talk our way out of this. If he tries to stab us with the dagger, we stop-cut to his wrist.

rolled 3, 8, 7, 1, 9, 9 = 37

>>16202432

Rolling for the low born rat.

>>16202448
4 successes, good odds to still hurt the bastard.

I liked that first try better, but I'm not comfortable with declaring the number of defensive dice when I already know how many the bad-guy needs.

>>16202452
I spoke too soon. The skeezy commoner is lucky indeed. 0 MoS, Manfred retains the initiative but has no dice left by my count.

Uppe spends his none-too-impressive two remaining CP on a thrust to the little man's face (zone XIII).

2 dice at ATN 6

rolled 7, 5 = 12

@6

Being bold should have been to our advantage there, damn the dice gods.

>rroordi fishman

Yes captcha, he is a rroordi fishman

rolled 3 = 3

>>16202466

1 MoS plus Uppe's impressive ST of 5 versus Manfred's TO of 4 and utter lack of armor.

die here is for location on location XIII

>>16202475
level 2 wound to the face

BL: 2
S: 6
P: 6-WP
"As a graze, only deeper. The skull is still unbroken; may lose consciousness"

Roll for knockout. Manfred isn't the pillar of stone that other combatants have been in these threads. The shock may take him out here.

As I read it, that's 5 dice (Manfred's KO stat) at TN 7. I don't see any modification in the appendix for level two at this location.

>>16202475
That's fine. Every true man has a scar from a knife fight with a pimp.

rolled 4, 6, 5, 6, 7 = 28

>>16202501

>>16202510
Manfred's still awake.

His CP has been knocked under 0, so he also has to roll knockdown. Happily that's 4 dice at TN 2 (twice Uppe's MoS), so only a fumble's going to land him on his ass.

As I see it, we remain conscious, have a BL so low it's negligible, have a CP now of 7 (but 1 for this next round), and a fine scar to show off.

Not too shabby.

rolled 8, 3, 2, 10 = 23

>>16202518

>>16202532

Wait a second! No wound! We are at medium range, so that 2 CP attack would have no dice attacking from a range of hand!

Ok, now we try to talk our way out, get the whore out with us if we can.

>>16202547
The gods of retcon smile upon our boy! The face-stabbing was a terrible dream. I'm embarassed to have missed that. I'll capriciously rule that Manfred's fine, but Uppe has closed the gap to hand range and retains initiative.

NEW ROUNDO

>>16202547

this

>>16202558

Sounds fair, so what does uppe plan to do then?

>>16202547
I'm only seeing a blank post here. What the fuck are you all on about?

>>16202558

Also question, Uppe has a thick jacket. Does he have any other armor?

Do we get penalties now that we're at close range?

Uppe has to respect that Manfred tossed 11 dice at him a moment ago. He thrusts at Manfred's abdomen (zone XI) with 4 dice at ATN 6.

At this range, Manfred suffers a -2cp cost to defend.

He's within range. Talking has failed.
Aggressive stance. Make feint at the dagger guy's head, pull the cut short, stab him in the dick.

>>16202579
Seconding the dick-stab.

That's what pimps get in this town.

>>16202572
Uppe appears to be wearing trousers, civilian boots, a cloth cap, and the aforementioned think-looking jacket.

>>16202574

Yeah, 2 CP activation for parries, but maybe only 1 CP activation for attacks, because we will use draw cut which reduces our effective range by one, as long as we can find an unarmored area to attack.

>>16202589
Draw-cut to the dick?

We are going to saw this man's junk off.

>>16202579
Sounds good.

>>16202577

Ignore the close range penalty by performing a full evasion, at 9 dice, instead of a parry. We're reseting the range on this bitch.

>>16202579

We don't have initiative. Yet. Lets full evade to reset range.

>>16202589
Everybody please bear in mind that Uppe has the initiative. Are you all proposing Manfred simply suck the stab, hope to survive it, and hack away madly at the pimp? I'm cool with it, I just want to make sure we're clear here.

Also, changing stances without a full pause costs like 2cp, negating the whole point.

>>16202606
Attack, attack, attack.

Full evasion at 9, regain the advantage here.
Then he can attack.

First to post with Manfred as the name breaks the tie. I think attacking's crazy, but its you guys' call not mine.

Also, you could try to buy initiative.

>>16202610
Jesus god no. Flight From Danger!

We need to be alive to de-cock this fucker.

>>16202602

This is our best chance of dealing damage. If we attack we lose our pool to shock and pain.

Full evade

>>16202624
bail like a frenchie.
run if not run bail out the window
throw sword at the man as we dive gracefully out the window

>>16202636
Fuck you. We are keeping our sword.

>>16202634
so it is written.

4 at 6 for Uppe's thrust
9 at 4 for Manfred's evasion

Fly you fools!

>>16202636
And lose our sword!?

A knight-in-training does not flee. Least of all, one does not flee from a 'bitch-ass pimp'.

Cut him up into sushi.

rolled 1, 9, 6, 6 = 22

Attack

rolled 3, 5, 8, 9 = 25

>>16202644
am i doin it rite?

rolled 1, 5, 3, 7, 5, 3, 1, 5, 1 = 31

"tactical retreat"

>>16202658
you're doing great, but >>16202656 was a little faster on the draw.

>>16202660
again cutting it close! with a MoS of 1, Manfred evades the flesh-peddlar!

NEW ROUNDO.

Uppe is feeling pretty good, adopts an aggressive stance. RED OR WHITE? HEAVEN OR HELL? PAPER OR PLASTIC?

>>16202660

That was closer than it should have been, but we did it. Defensive and white.

red.
maybe throw a 6 to a slash to the groin
saving afew for another attack.

then we bail like a frenchie

>>16202665

Uppe throws red (I guess I telegraphed that with the stance) and stabs at zone XIII again, this time taking the -2cp for reach into account for a whopping

6 dice at TN 6 please
What does Manfred do?

Defensive white halfsword to short, counter to zone XIII.

>>16202668

No, he's in aggressive stance and we don't have the reflex for a red/red encounter. Defensive and white is the way to go.

>>16202674

10 dice in a full evade, 1 die in a terrain roll to gain high ground (bed, solid table, whatever is available)

>>16202675
That's a cut-and-thrust einhander you're playing with there, boy. Switching to doppelhander style here's gonnna cost you a ton of CP

I say that we go defensive. We have the range advantage. We can deal with his next attack without too much hassle, and then counter attack when he's off balance.

>>16202678
parry with 6. then we hack a reply. or something like that.

>>16202681
Ok, 10 at 4 to evade, 1 at 5 to hop onto the bed (it's right behind you)

Somebody still owes me 6 at 6 for Uppe

>>16202681

This, by the way, if successful, will give us 2 more CP and prevent any face stabs from mr short weapon over there.

>>16202693
true, but eventually you're going to have to stop prancing around the room and hurt something.

rolled 5, 3, 7, 2, 5, 10, 1, 5, 6, 1, 1 = 46

>>16202690

First 10 dice are evasion, last die is the Terrain roll. (11 dice total rolled)

rolled 3, 1, 6, 5, 6, 1 = 22

>>16202690
i shouldnt be rolling for this guy

>>16202682
1CP and Reflex TN6, although I just realized that arming swords don't get halfswording.

>>16202693
but it puuts out crotch closer to his face!

rolled 10, 1, 2, 5, 7, 5 = 30

>>16202704

Attack

So we are back in the same place we've been so many times before.

>>16202706
the real cost lies in the proficiency drop from 6 (sword & board) to 2 (default at -4). I was willing to give the benefit of the doubt that just about any sword with a thrusting point _can_ be halfsworded even if it wasn't really made for it.

Anyhow, evasion is a stunning success! I'm not waiting for the terrain roll, so let's say you're on the bed (high ground, +2cp benefit).

Uppe spends his remaining 2CP on a thrust at Charlene's upper leg (zone IX), 2 dice at ATN 6

"Look at the ruckus you've caused!"

captcha ate my name again

>>16202706
the real cost lies in the proficiency drop from 6 (sword & board) to 2 (default at -4). I was willing to give the benefit of the doubt that just about any sword with a thrusting point _can_ be halfsworded even if it wasn't really made for it.

Anyhow, evasion is a stunning success! I'm not waiting for the terrain roll, so let's say you're on the bed (high ground, +2cp benefit).

Uppe spends his remaining 2CP on a thrust at Charlene's upper leg (zone IX), 2 dice at ATN 6

"Look at the ruckus you've caused!"

Charlene was caught unawares, no defensive dice.

rolled 5, 4 = 9

>>16202743

That villian! Striking a woman! Surely she isn't completely helpless? A reflex roll to allow an evasion? Either way, 2 dice to the attack

>>16202724
Perhaps you should stop wasting all out CP on the first dodge then?

Also, any pointy weapon can be 'half-sworded', there is plenty of half-swording daggers, for example. Here was have (a shitty but surviving copy of) Durer's sketch of a messer being half-sworded.

>>16202743
He dies tonight. He dies bloody. offensive stance, full attack at his fucking face.

Okay, seriously, I've been reading this whole thread and RoS sounds amazing, but it sounds like fucking rocket science. Jesus Christ guys, someone please tell me I don't need excel spreadsheets to learn this awesome-looking system?

Don't get me wrong, I'm good for dedicating myself to learning it, but I'm an arts student. Numbers aren't my thing. Am I doomed?

>>16202754
no need for it, as it turns out.

NEW ROUNDO

Uppe is definitely going for an aggressive stance. His face is red with anger. You're not sure if he means to kill the girl or you at this point. WAT DO?

>>16202758
A simplified cheat sheet might help.

>>16202758
not a lot of numbers, just a lot of options. Way less complicated than a D&D fight IMHO

>>16202762
Feint at face to dickstab.

>>16202762
Charge him, stab him in the neck. Just take the bastard down.

>>16202757

Agreed. We cannot allow a woman to be harmed by this brute! We might earn our first SA point tonight. Also we may die.

Aggressive, red

>>16202769
Man, I can't wait till we get back.
"So, young Manfred, have you managed to sheath your sword?"
"Yes. I didn't pay the strumpet and I killed the pimp. Seemed the honourable course of action."

No need to declare a feint ahead of time, that happens when it's time to actually roll the dice.

Uppe flubbed his attack on Charlene, so I'm thinking we can call this a pause. RED OR WHITE? RED BLOOD SPLATTERED ON CHARELENE'S PALE WHITE FLESH?

Not really. There's just a fair amount of stuff which can influence combat (but which generally doesn't).
There's also the problem that the game desperately needs a second edition which unifies all of the rules adjustments which have happened in the Flower of Battle, the Companion and so on.

Personally, I'm tempted to make The Riddle of Steal 2.0 when I have the free time. Probably after I return from backpacking.

Here, have historical knife-fight.

>>16202796
You bastard, you made me choke on my drink!

>>16202797
RED!

LETS KILL THIS BASTARD!

Assuming he went red we need to roll reflex against our ATN to see who goes first. Also assuming we have the lower Reflex (I think we do) we declare our attack first. I'm for a vertical downward slash after a leap from the bed. Maybe worth a bonus?

I DEMAND AN APPROPRIATE BATTLECRY.

>>16202792
Challenge accepted. Red/Red both aggressive. Charlene throws white and scrabbles for her stiletto.

Manfred gets 3 dice (reflex) at TN 6
Uppe gets 4 dice (reflex) at TN 6

>>16202797

Aggressive stance, Red, jump off bed, cleave down onto his villainous head.

rolled 3, 5, 8 = 16

Manfred

rolled 5, 1, 9 = 15

>>16202816

>>16202811
I'll give a +1 to damage in the event of a hit, and you lose your high ground bonus after your attack is resolved. (pulled out of my ass, feels fair)

>>16202814
RESPECT LA DONNA!

(points for getting the reference)

rolled 4, 8, 5, 6 = 23

For uppe

rolled 9, 9, 2, 9 = 29

>>16202816

>>16202831
Italian Spiderman?

rolled 9, 10, 8, 6 = 33

>>16202828

Sounds fair to me, rolling for the villian

>>16202836
Bingo!

>>16202832
or
>>16202834
doesn't matter.

Uppe's in a world of shit if this doesn't go right for him. Do-or-die 8cp thrust (-2 for reach +2 for stance) at zone X, ATN 6

Manfred's committed to the attack

>>16202848

>Manfred's committed to the attack

He's in the goddamned air, you bet he's committed.

rolled 6, 1, 5, 3, 3, 3 = 21

>>16202848

rolled 9, 10, 7, 8, 9, 7, 9, 6 = 65

>>16202848
Are we about to land on a goddamn knife?

>open itypinis
How apropos.

rolled 3 = 3

>>16202858

MoS 1 plus Uppe's ST of 6 versus Manfred's TO 4... level 2 harm to the crotchal area. Dice for location

Well

>>16202867
Did we just land, dick-first, on his knife?

Good thing I got to use my junk before it got stabbed. Any bonus for our aforementioned small member?

>>16202880
Yes, like "small target area"?

>>16202879

Looks like, 3-4 is a dickstab. damn it /tg/, because of you I know that off the top of my head....

>>16202867
Oh my.

BL 8
S 8
P 10-WP
"Worse; much more blood"

The shock doesn't incapacitate Manfred, but his options with women in the future have been limited a bit. Reduce the CP by 8 and procede with your slash

9cp + 2 (stance) + 2(high ground) - 8 (OMG DAGGER IN NUTS) = 5 dice at TN 6, verus Uppe's stupid head.

>>16202867
God bless ye, Manfred. We hardly knew ye.

Wow, Manfred is a pretty terrible fighter. Sir Perceval is going to be so disappointed.

rolled 2, 1, 2, 7, 5 = 17

For our nuts!

rolled 3, 5, 10, 1, 5 = 24

>>16202887

>>16202867
sorry, Uppe's ST is 5, the damage was correct, just how I got there was wrong.

>>16202892

So 4+1(jump)+1(MoS)+1(Sword)=7

If he has TO 5, Manfred's in deep shit, if he has TO 4, I think we're both in deep shit.

rolled 2 = 2

>>16202892
1 success plus Manfred's burly ST 4 plus 1 for the daring leap against zone V (possibly hits that jacket, so dice for location really matters)

>>16202911

Don't forget our +1 for the sword! We need every point!

>>16202908
your totals are better than mine, forgot sword bonus.

Uppe's toughness is indeed 4, so level 3 damage to the upper head:

BL 4
S 10
P 12-wp
"Cracked skull. May lose consciousness (-3 to roll)

KO roll (3 dice at 7) or Uppe is out.

rolled 1, 6, 3 = 10

>>16202924

rolled 2, 8, 2 = 12

>>16202924

>>16202929
omfg. I seriously didn't expect that.

Uppe is unconscious and bleeding. The strange boy that tried to get a free fuck is bleeding. Charlene is conflicted.

>>16202933
Tell her that she's fucked now and may as well run away. We can tell Sir Percival we saved her from an abusive pimp, and tell her that if she plays along, she can maybe get a job as a chambermaid in the manor.

>>16201705

>First aid -2

Rolling this!

>>16202947
Also, who's for circumcising Uppe for "shortening our reach?"

>>16202933
Stab the shit out of the pimp, and turn to the girl. Give her a grin, ask her to find your master, pass her something that'll tell Sir Percy you sent her, and ask her to bring him back here.

As I see it, Manfred can try to apply first aid to himself (with his awesome MA of 3 and TN of 8) or try to get help. Charelene doesn't look too bright, so having her peform medical work may not be wise

Either way, bloodloss roll (endurance at BL, so 3 at 8)

>>16202947
I'm for this. We score nobility points if she shuts up. Also, we should probably kill the pimp to cover it up. Make it a frontal wound so they don't suspect foul play.

this looks fun. too bad I know nothing about rpgs

>>16202235
the man with messer (if that is a messer) and shield is just FABOLOUS!

rolled 5, 3, 2 = 10

>>16202957

>>16202968
Well, shit.

rolled 9, 8, 3 = 20

>>16202957

Apply first aid to self, ask charlene to find Sir Percival. If he has a manor half a mile from here, he should be known to her.

>>16202968
not good, Manfred's health drops 1 from bloodloss. two more of these and we're looking at a coma.

Upon further review, First Aid treatment is at Per, not MA. Manfred can try to self-apply at... the same 3 dice, TN 8. Charelene may not be totally useless at this.

Moral of the story: pay your whores and don't fight their pimps.

>>16202982
Why should she NOT let us die and help her pimp back to health? She's got literally no reason to do anything we ask of her!

I say we still go with the plan involving taking her to Sir Percival and giving the story about the abusive pimp. Then she's got a reason to help.

>>16202982
Ask Charlene for assistance, politely. If it works, send her to find Sir Percy.

>>16202980
same dice are same.

You grab Charlene's knickers off the floor, wad them up, and apply direct pressure to your wound. This seems to have done the trick for the moment.

Roll Social to goad Charlene to productive action (3 dice at TN 5, she's fragile and guidable at the moment)

>>16202982

Should be TN 7

>>16201705

Second skill is first aid -2 from 9.

rolled 3, 9, 7 = 19

>>16202990
Ask her to help us to Sir Percival if we can walk, or to go and get him if we can't.

>>16202987
you make an excellent point, but a GM's gotta err on the player's side once he's spoken. I'll leave the TN at what is, in hindsight, an artificially low threshhold

rolled 5, 7, 7 = 19

>>16202990

Offer her gainful employment at the manor for her help.

>>16202994
oops, actually it's 6 because he also got it at -1. Happily Manfred isn't bleeding to death at the moment either way.

>Whore wears knickers.
>Doesn't understand how medieval clothes worked.

Only gently mocking. Awesome outcome to Manfred's stupid decisions.

>>16203009
Actually, he is still bleeding at BL 5

>>16203009

Damn something he's not useless at.

>>16202997
You can walk, but the idea doesn't strike you as terribly pleasant. Make up your mind while Charlene pulls her dress over her head. She makes no effort to wipe the splattered blood off herself as she does so. You're not sure if it's yours or Uppe Greyide's. She has a somewhat vacant look in here eyes. She nods as though she understands what she is to do. This isn't the first horrible thing to happen in the whore's life. Maybe this is how she copes.

>>16203011
and medieval pimps aren't named Upgrade. You're breaking my delicate illusion! Shh!

>>16203017

Send her and stay here. It's not fitting for a future knight to walk about with women's bloody knickers about his mangled privates.

Also the strain could undo our attempts to stymie the blood flow.

>>16203027
Manfred sends the woman away, hopefully to fetch Sir Perceval's help. Manfred sinks down to the floor, clutching his privates, and finishes the beligerent pimp off with a firm stab to the neck.

Blood spurts. Manfred flinches, and catches a glint of metal from the corner of his eye. Five pence under the bed where Charlene's knickers had fallen.

Fade to credits. I gotta get some sleep.

It was a pleasure, gents.

>>16203017
While she's gone, stab that cunt Uppe. Make sure he's dead.

rolled 10, 1, 3 = 14

>>16203036
What a twist!

That was pretty fun!

rolled 61 = 61

>>16202990
>>16203017
we are her new pimp boyos!

Huzzah for the birth of the whores pimp knight!


also dunno the rules to riddle of steel so im just going with percentile. sry

>>16203049
If things go poorly with our recovery, she'll be the only woman we've ever slept with. Hope she was worth it.

So its celibate warrior monk or love that's strictly courtly in the future.

we should stat out a sorcerer and a bowman and have them duke it out

>>16203498
How about POWER RANGERS

>>16203527
Ronin Warriors!

Yeah let's do something a bit more complex, but also not including animals for once...

>>16203598
An Australian Aboriginal warrior.

>>16203598
Siegfried vs the Wyrm?

>>16203598
I'm not a weeaboo... I think... but I'm really curious if there's a way to stat zoro in the RoS

great ideas for RoS campaigns:
Kingdom of dragon pass
zombies!
conqistadores vs aztecs
greek heroes
if all else fails...throw in vikings!

>>16203620
>>16203598
Or a Maori Warrior even.

I am toying with the thought of somehow adapting this combat system to Eclipse Phase.

>>16203640
>I'm not a weeaboo... I think...

You're posting on 4chan, brah

>>16203598
Well, if you really want something complex, I guess we could always just reenact the battle of Hastings.

I've got a wyrm and a wyrm-slayer almost ready for a bout, if there's any interest.

>>16204086
do eet

>>16204174
>cutscene begins
Your horse rears at the sight of the mists of the Gallan's valley open on your quarry.
The fetid wind of his breath reaches you as it roars his challenge to you and to humankind, and you know what you must do.
You must rid the world of this abomination.
>cutscene stops
>presenting the Brave Knight
our Brave Knight is one of those a-bit-larger-than-life hero (St 6, To 6, Reflex 5, WP 4, En 4), armored at least in fine chain mail, with a mail coif (av 4 all over, or you can choose an other kind of fine armor, sponsored by the local nobles).
he has trained with the master of arms of those same nobles, so we'll count him as coming from a Chivalric school of arms, with a focus on swordsmanship (11 points, he train from child, so it's 12 in swords and 10 in lances).
you get to choose the exact sword, and choose it wisely: you have a magical one (it's a fine sword of its kind, with a spiritual attribut of 6: wurmslayer!). he's also carrying a reinforced (needs to break twice to actually break) light or heavy lance, again you choose.
and since we're talking of spiritual attributes, his own destiny: become the hero of the land! (2 points) is flaring up.
>present the Noble Destrier
it's a basic, but very brave, destrier, with normal armor of your choice.
the default would be chain flanchard and crinet, with a nice leather saddle.

>presenting The Wurm
it's a big piece of abomination, turning the whole valley into a putrid swamp with its presence.
also, it's roaring at you.

>choose your weapons, and we'll get back to the scene.

>>16204246
hmm the wurm scales are probarly as goos as steel armour lets go with a cut and thrust sword and a buckler and a heavy lance for that initial crunch

>>16204246
I knew I was forgetting something:
the Brave Knight is quite good at riding, but no master: he has 5 dice (plus the school bonus when it applies) at 6.

>>16204286
you have to choose a suit of armor as well...
but, feel free to bounce ideas among whoever is following this.

>scene continues
>the Brave Knight is now armed with a Wooden Buckler, an Heavy Lance, and has a Magical Sword (with the fine bonus still to be assigned) by his side! (feel free to change his attire until the first actual exchange is rolled)
>The Wurm roars, and charges!
>Brave Knight, throw your die! red or white?

>>16204404
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war! Straight at 'im! (red)

>>16204404
RED ! that's what lances are for.

your defiant cries won't stop The Wurm!
>The Wurm lunges with a bite worth 16 dice.
>choose your attack, without range penalties: your lance has the same reach as The Wurm.

and again, forgetting to write half the post:

>The Wurm charges aggressively (+4 dice on attacks for the charging and the stance)
and
>it's a karmic strike!

>>16204520
Wait, I thought Stance: Agressive IS charging, so it's +2 dice.

>>16204503
How can it have the same reach if I aim for the open mouth of the monster ?

By the way, how does mounted combat works ? Bonus CP ? How much CP do we have ?
I want to ready myself to jump off the horse as soon as the attacks are resolved.

>>16204528
the flower of battle says otherwise.
I think it's strange as well, and I have no idea how A Wurm would charge you defensively (a man would charge from behind a shield... but a Wurm?), but he isn't, he's chomping your horse's head off!

>>16204534
from my understanding, you get 3 bonus CPs from being on a destrier, but you're going to need a Ride check every time you're hit to avoid falling.
There are more complex manouvers, again, in the flower of battle, should you want to charge the horse into The Wurm or something similar.
Jumping off is a full evasion, and follows the same rules - it's sort of hard to commit to a couched charge and do that at the same time!

in short, that makes your Combat Pool 20 (5 reflex, 10 school, 2 destiny, 3 the Brave Destrier). use it wisely!

>>16204580
I mean, combat pool with Lance, not including your choice of stance.
use it wisely anyway!

>>16204580
ALL 20 DICE RIGHT TO THE NOGGIN. DEATH OR GLORY!

Buy initiative! Then all the rest of the dice into the attack! Go out in a blaze of glory!

There was talk of a rescanned version of the original rulebook? Anyone got that?

>>16204601
Pretty sure you can't do that if it's red/red, which I was under the impression it is. Can we maybe do a simultaneous block-strike with the shield/lance...?

>>16204635
both are rules-legal choices, I think.
one is safer, the other is more... heroic.

so, Knight, what is your attack?

>>16204665
Initiative gamble!

>>16204681
that would still be a lance to the face, but with how many dice?
if you attack with 20, you won't have any left to steal the initiative!

>>16204697
With 17 then, as I recall it costs 3 to attempt it with our proficiency.

rolled 5, 3, 3, 1, 3 = 15

>>16204697
Shouldn't we roll reflex before seeing if we need to steal the initiative ?

>>16204715
not quite: stealing initiative costs... the enemy Per.
(if you think that's too much, feel free to change strategy - the reward would be high, a free hit to the face!)
from the basic rulebook, I don't know if it has been updated.
>>16204727
of course you'll get to roll reflex, at your ATN.
5 dice at 8. and you have just seen what might happen.

>>16204739
FoB page 39
To determine the activation cost for buying
initiative, look at the table below, and reference
your Profi ciency with the weapon you are
using. This is your raw Profi ciency, remember,
not your Combat Pool.

>10+ +3CP

>>16204761
So. We roll for initiative, to see if we don't go first. If we DO go first, we hit to the face with the lance at 20 dice.

If we lose, we pay the activation cost, and then hope it works. We both roll Reflex at our weapon's ATN (with modifiers). Following that, we hit with the remaining 17 dice.

rolled 9, 9, 4, 3, 4 = 29

>>16204782
Okay, so let's say my last roll wasn't the one.
Reflex.

>>16204761
interesting. let's follow the most recent ones then, shall we? but by those rules you can't steal initiative in a double red situation.
>but it's a karmic strike!
there is an optional rule that looks pretty interesting: both opponents can spend dice from the CP to add to the reflex roll.
a duel of wills, a game of chicken with The Wurm, and might the craziest one win.

if that's the course of action you want to take, of course.

>>16204807
FINE. THEN WE ADD 3 DICE TO THE REFLEX AND HIT WITH THE REST. LET'S DO THIS, IT'S TAKING TOO LONG.

>>16204807
But we still need enough successes to get through that fucker's toughness. I say we spend another 3cp on that roll.

>>16204814
I don't think it's a good idea, because I metagamed and now know that the wyrm has much more reflex than we do.
It's much less expensive and surer, if I understand it right, to buy the initiative than to match the reflexes of the dragon.

>>16204830
I was almost asking for rolls - can you reach a consensus?

>>16204807
Ok, so what's the roll of the dragon ?

>>16204830
You have to test reflex anyway. It's not like you pay to get to go first. "Buying initiative" is buying an attempt to test against the opponent's reflex in the hope we beat it with whatever modifiers we have.

>>16204830
Spielverderber. Then have it your way!

>>16204854
>>16204836
>>16204852
Oh I don't know. Maybe losing initiative and putting all on a block/strike would be best then.

>>16204852
Pardon the confusion, but I've been corrected.
Using something out of the flower of battle, you can put dice on the reflex roll, but only get that one chance to roll.

please reach a consensus.
first choice to get 2 votes from now on, stands.

>>16204852
He's talking about the optional rule.

Hey, has anyone thought about, y'know, not going red? Go white, buy initiative with 3 dice, declare Simultaneous Block/Strike, put 6 dice into the block (have to put at least half of the attack into the block) and the remaining 11 dice into the attack.

Okay, I'm using a name for this. I say we put 6 dice into the Reflex role plus our modifiers (yo, long lance against face, can I have some advantages?) and the remaining 14 into the attack.

>>16204888
I think we should put double on the block and simple on the attack. The dragon won't defend, but it will attack hard.

>>16204888
actually simultaneous block/strike is an offensive manouver, so you can do it while throwing red, if you don't want to spend the 3 cps to steal initiative.

> 1 vote offensively block & strike
> 1 vote defensively block & strike
> 1 vote steal initiative & strike
who will cast the tiebreaker?

>>16204910
Yeah, okay. I like this one.

>>16204927
AND SO IT SHALL BE

>>16204927
Sorry, that was me saying +1 to the defensive block/strike

>buy init with 3, 6 on the strike, 11 on the block.
we'll need:
8 dice at 8 for the initiative
6 at 8 for the strike
11 at 7 for the block

and for The Wurm:
11 at 7 for initiative
16 at 7 for the bite

feel free to roll'em!

>>16204955
acceptable as well.
that's 3 successes on the block, and no successes on the strike. what a knight.
we still need the Brave Knight's initiative and The Wurm's rolls

rolled 8, 4, 5, 5, 10, 8, 5, 8, 7, 3, 8 = 71

>>16204952
Init

So it's 14 dice on the defend, 6 dice on the attack.

>>16204977
Guh, yes, right sorry, ignore my 14/6 split.

youlostme.jpg

>>16204968
Sorry, I deleted because it didn't follow >>16204952, not because it was that bad...

rolled 5, 7, 9, 4, 6, 4, 1, 5 = 41

>>16204952
Knight's Initiative

rolled 2, 3, 3, 9, 7, 5, 10, 3, 7, 8, 8, 9, 2, 3, 10, 5 = 94

>>16204952
Attack

>>16204990
well fuck.

>>16204997
Well fuck.

Attack for the Knight

rolled 6, 7, 6, 5, 2, 8 = 34

>>16205006
guh, failed. Let's try again.

rolled 3, 10, 8, 4, 8, 10, 9, 7, 3, 7, 10 = 79

Defense for the knight.

So... everything rolled?

>>16205012
woot

>The Wurm has the initiative! (and a MoS of 5 on the attack! please don't delete rolls again)
>scene unpauses
the Knight readies a charge, but the sin against nature in front of them is too much for the Noble Destrier! the steed rears as the man and the hellspawn clash, as if desperately jumping into the thing's maw!
All the knight can do is try to bail, and find a new footing as his companion becomes Wurmchow!
>please roll a ride check. my notes say it's 6 dice at 6

rolled 9, 7, 5, 7, 4, 9 = 41

>>16205026

six at six to stay on the horse

>>16205043
NINJA!

rolled 9 = 9

almost, but not quite. (4 successes, needed 5).
in exchange, the ground isn't hard enough to really hurt, it's becoming Wurm-swamp.
rolling 1 DR for the fall.

The Wurm feasts on the Noble Destrier, while the Brave Knight lies on the ground, hurt.
What now?

rolled 4 = 4

>1 bashing damage at zone VII

>>16205070
Fuck it, I'm going home.

>>16205070
Fuck it. Drop lance, draw arming sword, charge in while it's busy with the horse.

>>16205070
I think I missed something. Why did Dudley Do-Right need 5 successes on his ride check? that strikes me as a bit severe.

>>16205076
no permanent damage, 1 shock that will be soon gone.
>>16205097
it is, it was the MoS that the Wurm got.
it's a deadly beast.

>>16205091
it's a cut and thrust sword, fine, with the bonus still unassigned.

a Spiritual Attribute flares up (passion for horses? knightly temper?)!
the Noble Destrier won't go unavenged!
your combat pool gets a +2!

rolled 8, 1, 3, 7, 3, 10, 2, 7, 6, 2, 9, 4 = 62

>>16205122
I'll never learn to post all the stuff in one post...
the Cut and Thrust CP is...
27 (5 reflex, 12 school, 6 sword SA, 2 destiny, 2 avenge the destrier SA).

The Wurm needs a perception roll against 8. with a pool of 12, not to be sneaked upon.
Prepare for (probably) an other round with The Wurm

Fuck you, wurm! It's still eating the destrier? Sword out, I presume we have initiative while he tries to eat the destrier? Or at least he's getting a big penalty?

>>16205192
let's say he gets the successes on the Per roll instead of his full Reflex for the initiative roll.
but, he still gets to bet part of his CP on it.
that's a -8 penalty. substantial enough.

let's reasses the situation:
we have a new charge,
we have a Wurm that actually goes white, his eyes gleaming with cunning - the thing has a plan! - and a charging knight with a 27 CP pool.
We need a stance, an attack, and could someone assign the fine bonus to the sword? or it goes to the parry!

>>16205239
I say aggressive stance, feint and slash (since it's not like he can parry but he can certainly evade!), to the head, anyone?

I'll need to double-check how feints work, can we get some dice pools used in the meanwhile?

>>16205289
Fuck it, I say we just go all in. 27 dice on the attack. That, or we wait and declare a Master-Strike in the next exchange, when it finally decides to attack.

First option is heroic, second option is very feasible now with our ridiculous 27 dice pool.

>>16205335
Actually, know what? Yeah, I'm in on just going at it. 27 Dice to the attack, just a cut on the charge. Let's just hit him with our sword.

>>16205335
I don't think you get master strike yet, not until proficency 15. but you still have the buckler on, if you want to do attack and defense at the same time. or there are overruns, and a number of similar manouvers. by the faq, you get evasive attacks as well.

>>16205239

what page are the rules for weapon quality on? I can't seem to find them in the core or flower of battle, are they in a different book?

>>16205362
Evasive Attack might be a good idea.

We can spare 3 dice. 1 for the activation, 2 for raising his TN, and then the remaining what, 24 dice, if I have it right?

>>16205417
somewhere in the main book and the companion. you can get a -1 to an ATN or DTN, or a +1 to damage.

>>16205434
and here I hoped you had your decision...
as before: first option with 2 votes from now, stands.

>>16205434
Huh. That sounds pretty okay. His last TN was what, 7? 9 sounds pretty good for the cost of 3 dice. Our TN goes up by 1, though. Maybe just 1 dice. Roughly TN 8 is still pretty tough.

>>16205460
Fair enough. 25 on the attack, 1 to the activation and 1 spent in the evasive attack. I say -1 to our ATN about the sword.

>1 vote for evasive attack
is that it? and what of that sword?

>>16205472
-1 ATN is cool. Let's do this.

>>16205472

I agree with everything this person says

1, 1 and 25. and -1 ATN.

A consensus has been reached!
But, The Wurm is a more cunning foe, he laid the trap, and the Brave Knight fell into it!
>paying 4 CPs, with an 8 dice penalty, the Wurm attempts to steal the initiative, paying an extra 9 dice (total: 12 dice at 7)!
>he goes for your head, with a 4 dice attack, ATN 7, trying to outsmart the sword!

rolled 5, 2, 9, 8, 2, 3, 1, 2, 5, 4, 3, 8 = 52

>>16205510

12 at 7

we'll need:
5 dice at 6 for the Brave Knight's initiative
12 dice at 8 for The Wurm's initiative

25 (what?) dice at 6 for the Brave Knight's attack
4 dice actually at 8 for The Wurm's attack

rolled 10, 9, 1, 4, 9 = 33

>>16205526
Knight's Initiative (gulp)

rolled 7, 1, 8, 4, 9 = 29

>>16205526
5 at 6 for initiative

>>16205523
>>16205539
12 at 8 for The Wurm's initiative give.. 3 successes.
5 at 6 give... 3 successes.
The vile beast can't outsmart a sword. but just barely.

>>16205523
>>16205539

3 successes each, so what do we do in the case of a draw?

rolled 7, 2, 10, 8, 6, 6, 7, 1, 7, 9, 9, 6, 7, 1, 6, 4, 3, 8, 1, 2, 4, 5, 2, 5, 7 = 133

>>16205548
25 at 6, let's do this!

>>16205553
it was a red/white situation, so the attacker (the Brave Knight) gets to go first

FUCK YEAH.

>>16205557
cunning dragon. not as cunning as a yard of good steel, it seems

>>16205557
So that's 14 successes. Good roll.

>>16205557
is that 14 successes, on The Wurm's head? actually, we need to take 3 dice away for the reach (the beast had the same reach of the lance)... let's remove the last 3 ones, that's 13 successes. +6 strenght, -12 toughness, level 7 wound to the head.

>final scene unfolds
with the united powers of his mighty dragon-slaying smallsword, his noble destiny pushing to unfold, and his affection toward his noble destrier, nothing can stop the Brave Knight's blow. Not mortal armor, not draconic scales.

The day is saved, the valley freed, the beast vanquished
But it wasn't an easy victory.
His Noble Destrier lies dead, under The Wurm's carcass, and only his honed reflexes (and probably the sword's own will) saved his own hide.

>get an SP to Destiny
>get an SP to Knightly Temper (or what it was the horse's one)
>gain a free SP for the sword's dragonslaying

>>16205626
Huzzah! Fuck you, Wurm. Eat our horse, will you.

>>16205626
Build a funeral pyre for our Noble Horse. Shed a single manly tear for our steed.

and now I'm not a namefag anymore!

that was a fun mess, but it takes a lot of time!
and you guys do that every day?

>>16205626
Newbie who's been following here; what happens when the wound level is higher than 5, which is the maximum? Doesn't make any difference, I presume? Just lost overkill points?

>>16205698
Goes a lot faster when it's just one person making the decision, it's the consultation that takes the longest.

Not saying that it's necessarily faster in real life. Seneschals should kick their players to go faster if they're slowing down and humming and hawwing.

>>16205708
too true.
next time, should there be one, the moment a post complete with pools and all gets just one motion of approval, it will be final.

>>16205698
that's why I tried to take the first input offered that I was confident I was interpreting correctly. Manfred's little scene still took quite a while. I blame captcha.

more RoS dooles for my setting from your least favourite drawfag!
yeah quality is shit but setting up the scanner takes so long time... so camera

>>16205856
love the look on your conscript's face.

>>16205869
thanks.
The way soldiering works in the empire is that knights raise men and train them. so they have a sort of standing army. there is a saying when crops go bad or things look grim "theres always the army..." the army is always recruiting. so you can imagine the dirt farmers get a bit dumbfounded when they have a spear pushed in their arms and told to run at the enemy

ok...so what can magic do?
excactly?
do you have spells n shit?
do all magic age the caster?

>>16206056
magic can do EVERYTHING. it follows a system similar to WoD Mage.
exactly, it can roll too big pools, against too small resistances, if any, with customizable TNs. also, you have to split that excessive pool and get as many successes as the TN on the 'defensive' part to avoid aging.
actually it's even more fiddly, and there are actually 2 systems, one old and one revised, but those things are true in both of them.
>tl;dr: I don't like the magic system.

Anyone fancy another?
2 humans this time, no beasty buggering around this time.
I'll run this like an actual encounter, so all you know about your opponent is what I describe to you.
As for your guy, I'll give you some numbers and you can assign them at will. and pick a weapon and proficiency.

6, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2

ST, AG, TO, EN, HT
WP, Wit, MA, Soc, Per
Aim, KD, KO, Move
Proficiency (x) 7
CP:

First two votes for the same value on a stat are final, lets see how you do at this.

>>16206219
one vote for To 6.
but why 14 stats? I thought Aim, KD, KO and Move were functions of the other 10.

>>16206252
upon further reflection yes, they are, however I'll leave you the numbers just in case you want to set your strength to 2 or something...

>>16206219

Unless I'm missing something, the most important stats in a straight fight are Ref, ST and TO, right?

If we're setting TO to 6, we should probably have ST and Ref at 5's.

sure hope "of beast and men" have stats for moose

fuck it, obviously there's not so much interest in stating random fighters.

ST 4, AG 5, TO 6, EN 4, HT 4
WP 5, Wit 4, MA 4, Soc 4, Per 5
Aim 5, KD 4, KO 8, Move 6, Ref 4
Proficiency: Mass Weapon (Flail) 7
CP: 10

Equipment: Heavy Flail, Light Mail Hauberk

>>16206533
can we go flail and shield?
not having any 'attack while defending' options takes a bit away from the fun

>>16206575
sure, that's fine, have a Kite shield, which is a Medium shield under FoB I believe.

>>16206612
great! this marauder just needs an opponent now!

>>16206703 great! this marauder just needs an opponent now!

I think that information is being hidden from us..

Right, so my boredom demands that this scenario is run.

You are a Norman Free Company Man At Arms, seperated from your brothers during a skirmish with a similar English employed Free Company. You are trecking down a hill back in the direction of your unit's billet when you spot a glint of metal in the corner of your eye.

Someone roll Perception, 3 at 8 please.

rolled 9, 1, 1 = 11

parbleu! something shiny! it must be gold! or cheese!

>>16206785
success!
You spot the distinctive glint of sunlight off a helmet, as well as the profile of a figure holding something long outstretched in one arm, with the other pulled back with his hand near his shoulder.

ok, you can do anything right now, ignore the figure and walk on? call out to him? give a wave? prepare for a charge? it's up to you.

>>16206741

This thread is auto-saging, 90% of /tg/ isn't going to see it. Start a new one if you're starting a new combat.

>>16206839

signed. three scenarios is too much Riddle for one thread.

New Thread here >>>16206892