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[Toaster]

Will my fight will Null come to a conclusion?

[piecewise]

Will my fight will Null come to a conclusion?

Yeah, something will happen, thats for sure.

[Nahere]

New character sheet:

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Name: Nahere
Appearance: Short, with black hair and green eyes. Otherwise nonedescript, he is one of those people who tends to fade into the background.
Stats:
STR:0
END:0
SPE:1
DEX:1
AWR:1
WILL:1
POT:3
CHAN:3

[Empiricist]

Character sheet:

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Name: Silica Tykki
Appearance: Pale with white hair that seems to slowly attenuate out of existence rather than end, glass-like eyes with blue flames inside. Other than that, nothing else about her indicates that she is a spirit possessed construct.
Stats:
STR:0
END:0
SPE:0
DEX:0
AWR:0
WILL:0
POT:8
CHAN:2

[miauw62]

Can't be arsed to find my other character.

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Name: Windsor Woodlock
Description: Windsor is a classy man, relatively young and he has looks a bit aristocratic. His hair is black.
Strength: 0
Endurance: 3
Speed: 1
Dexterity: 0
Awareness: 0
Potency: 3
Will: 0
Channeling: 3

[piecewise]

So today I did several things. I finished the area descriptions and spawn rates for one area, and worked on the bestiary for it as well. Those are always kinda difficult because I'm trying hard not to be too generic. So no giant spiders, rats or normal zombies.


The thing that might interest you all as well is that I reviewed my melee combat system and decided to try and make it more interesting. The way it works is here:

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Vs Speed to see whose attack gets through
Dex (attacker) see how well aimed it is
str (attacker) see how much damage it would do.
Speed (Defender) compared  to attacker spd. If this roll is greater then the original spd of the attacker, then they get to defend.

Defense comes in two forms,dodging and blocking.

Dodging is more effective at keeping you from incurring penalties such as being knocked off balance and can cause your opponent to became disoriented or thrown off balance themselves, but is more dangerous.

Blocking will often result in some sort of short term negative side effect, such as being staggered or dazed, but is almost always effective in preventing the brunt of the blow.

Dodging is a Speed roll, vs the Dex of the attacker's blow. The defender needs a roll of TWO OR MORE higher then the attacker to completely dodge the attack. Lower scores mean simply getting hit more indirectly. Ties go to the attacker.

Blocking is a Str roll vs the Str of the attacker's blow.  The defender needs to roll two or more LESS then the str of the attacker to be hit by the full force of the blow. Anything less then that and they get hit by some but not all of it. Ties go to the defender.


In general, blocking and dodging will be handled automatically depending on the attacks that the defender is facing. Ie if the attacker is coming at the defender with a broad sword and the defender is unarmed, they won't try to block the blade with their hands. A generalized break down is:

Hand Vs Hands: Blocking
Weapon VS hands: Dodging
Hands VS weapon: Blocking
Weapon Vs weapon: Usually blocking, although specific weapons and instances may differ, ie blocking a warhammer with a dagger.


However, players are free to dictate their own preference regardless of the situation.

Beyond this, weapons now have Str and Speed modifiers specifically for these rolls. In general, big heavy weapons will have +Str and -Spd, while quick, light weapons will have the reverse. Note that these bonuses will be in effect for defense as well, so big weapons block better and small weapons allow for easier dodging. The exception to this is a shield, which has a str bonus for blocking but not for attacking. Of further note, heavier armor lowers your speed.   

Hopefully this will lead fights to being a bit more interesting then (X rolls high dex, Y dies.) yet also not make things last too long or be to complex.


I'm looking for two people (who have submitted a new character sheet) to try it out real quick. First two to volunteer and chose their armament (Weapon and clothing) get it. You don't even really need to understand the above gibberish, I just need Guinea pigs.

[Unholy_Pariah]

Leather armor + longsword

Rewaitlist
Name:sven
3 speed
3pot
1end
1pool
1 dexterity
1 awareness

Seeing as this is a melee test can i swap my 3 pot for 3 str for the duration of the test?

[superBlast]

Let me be a guinea pig!

Two daggers and chain mail

Strength: 0
Endurance: 1
Speed: 0
Dexterity: 3
Awareness: 1
Potency:  3 
Will: 1
Channeling: 1

[piecewise]

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Let me be a guinea pig!

Two daggers and chain mail

Strength: 0
Endurance: 1
Speed: 0
Dexterity: 3
Awareness: 1
Potency:  3 
Will: 1
Channeling: 1

Leather armor + longsword

Rewaitlist
Name:sven
3 speed
3pot
1end
1pool
1 dexterity
1 awareness

Seeing as this is a melee test can i swap my 3 pot for 3 str for the duration of the test?

Alright you two, you are now on a 15 foot by 15 foot square stone platform a few stories off the ground. First one to kill and or knock the other one off wins.

[Unholy_Pariah]

overhand slash at superblasts neck

[superBlast]

Slash out his legs!

[piecewise]

Slash out his legs!

overhand slash at superblasts neck

Longsword:+0spd, +1str
Daggers: +1spd,0str
Leather armor: 0 spd
Chainmail -1 spd

So Unholy has a weapon dependent +1 str, Super's bonus and neg cancel.

[Super spd:5-1]
[Unholy spd:5+1]
[unholy dex:3]
[unholy str:1+1+1]
[Super spd:3]

Unholy opens with a blow toward Super's neck that catches the human explosion in the shoulder and skips off his armor without drawing blood. Super takes a step back, looks down at the undamaged armor and then points his dagger at Unholy, jabbing the air with a malevolent grin.

[superBlast]

So... as long as he's faster then me, I can't fight back?

Stab him in the face!

[Unholy_Pariah]

Crud, backhand slash at his hands, disarm the malevolant rogue

[piecewise]

[U spd:2+1]
[S spd:4-1]

(ah, here's a thing. When you tie speed you get a clash. Clashes resolve with str, and if the winner wins by 2 or more, they get a "Free" hit, that is to say a hit that can't be defended against)

[U str:5+1+1]
[S str:3-1]
[U dex:4]
[U str:6+1+1]
[S end:1]

Super dashes forward, jabbing a dagger at Unholy's face. Unholy catches the dagger's guard with the edge of his blade and the two combatants struggle against each other for a moment. Unholy jerks his blade to the side, dragging Super's dagger with it, and drives his shoulder into Super, pushing him back and staggering him. Unholy capitalizes on the moment with a lightning fast flourish that severs Super's right hand at the wrist.

Super screams, clutching at the bleeding stump, and falls to his knees, blood flowing between his fingers.