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Attack the body

[Nerjin]

Nenjin, that was beautiful.

Nenjin, that was beautiful.

Nenjin

Nerjin actually.

[Dwarmin]

@NeRjin: You were only a few letters from ninja~

[Nerjin]

It is the point of the matter actually. I've been confused with Nenjin so often that it makes me quite sad.

[Dwarmin]

@The 'rj' of your name combination seems particularly prone to that error.

[Nerjin]

I have noticed. I didn't know there even was a Nenjin until a few months ago.

[Maxinum McDreich]

Mastah, I doubt these creatures will appear until we've killed this thing, but it might be prudent all the same. I'll do it once I've been flung off or the creatures dead to make use of my higher senses.

[mastahcheese]

Nerjin actually.

Sorry, I have trouble noticing that it's an R.
I did not there was a nenjin, actually.

Mastah, I doubt these creatures will appear until we've killed this thing, but it might be prudent all the same. I'll do it once I've been flung off or the creatures dead to make use of my higher senses.

Good point, I'll keep eating faces.

[Joben]

A sudden jolt catches you off balance as you strike and you go tumbling off!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Yes, just a search for deinonychus vs tenontosaurus. I didn't carefully examine it for details.

2) At this point, wouldn't it be wiser to wait until it runs out of vigor?

Yes, and we could also sit around and debate the philosophical ramifications of a group of predators attacking a weaker adversary in hopes of reaching some sort of tithing system where the weaker animals will give away their dead/dying to the predators to end their suffering, keep the predators fed, and the non-dying herbivores keep not being dead.

hahaha...wait... that's an interesting idea thematically. I'm writing that down for future reference in RPG play. Although you're right in an overtly combat only game it would be a bit odd.

2) At this point, wouldn't it be wiser to wait until it runs out of vigor?

I'm 60-70% certain that raptors didn't hunt like that.

Considering the inherent problems with stating absolutely how raptors hunted I won't presume to tell you guys what to do. I will however point out that quite a few predators strike a serious wound then retreat until the prey is weakened by blood loss.

I made sure that the game play would support this, so it's there if you want it. On the individual scale you can spend turns resting out of reach, or if you all agree we can skip forward several minutes until the next interesting thing happens.


Turn soon.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Considering the inherent problems with stating absolutely how raptors hunted I won't presume to tell you guys what to do.

Alright, let me rephrase that.
I'm 60-70% sure that current consensus indicates that raptors did not hunt like that.

[Tomcost]

I made sure that the game play would support this, so it's there if you want it. On the individual scale you can spend turns resting out of reach, or if you all agree we can skip forward several minutes until the next interesting thing happens.

This means that something is going to happen. Who was the paranoid raptor, anyway?

[Joben]

continue attacking its leg.

It's thrashing too much and you can't do more damage.

(Attack 1+2 vs 6+1)

Get up, find an opportunity to strike one of the uninjured (or the least-injured) limbs!

You see an opportunity to strike it's left arm and do, so ripping the skin.

(Attack 4-0 vs 1+1, 4 damage)

Move to Body. Attack Body.

This is too easy, so I'm very much aware that once this thing's down, we'll probably have to defend it. A few of us should conserve vigor.

You clamber onto it's back and start scratching.

(Attack 4+1 vs 2+1, 4 damage)

Be very unhappy. Try to stomp on guy who ate my face.

(Attack 10 vs 8+1, hit dmg 5)

Rip off some more skin, latch onto it's face.

It rushes toward you, striking a glancing blow. You respond by once again mauling it's face and latching onto it's nose with your jaws.

You realize that it's going to have a lot of trouble moving with it's head restrained.

(Attack 7+1 vs 4, hit dmg 8 HELD status effect applied)
(5 dmg taken)

Action: Imma get that tail! Wild Attack!

You destroy major musculature in it's tail. It bleats pitifully and staggers!

(Attack 9+5 vs 3+1, dmg 20, Wound inflicted)

Attack the body

You slam your kill-claw repeatedly into it's side opening gaping holes in it's torso.

(Attack 8+1 vs 1+1, dmg 14, Wound inflicted)

Spoiler: GM notes (click to show/hide)

I'm not 100% sure in this case, but it's my understanding that dinosaurs with this body plan had major locomotion muscles for the rear legs that were attached to the base of the tail at one end.

I recently decided that strings of +1 and -1 modifiers were a pain to a calculate. Thing in this system that gave a -1 are gradually being shifted to instead give a +1 to the opponent. Hopefully this makes opposed rolls easier to compare.

http://tinyurl.com/DinoArenaSheets
http://tinyurl.com/DinoArenaRules

[Tomcost]

((Well, I guess that you only have to finish the head and that will be the last chance of escaping of that thing. Hell, you can inflict like 3 wounds in the next turn, and it will run out of vigor in like, 2 turns then.))

[Dwarmin]

Action: Continue wild attacks on the tail! Rip it off and carry it away!

[Joben]

Considering the inherent problems with stating absolutely how raptors hunted I won't presume to tell you guys what to do.

Alright, let me rephrase that.
I'm 60-70% sure that current consensus indicates that raptors did not hunt like that.

Ahhh fair enough. Though I guess my point is that you guys can fight however you want. I do my best to make any reasonable strategy viable in the system.

I made sure that the game play would support this, so it's there if you want it. On the individual scale you can spend turns resting out of reach, or if you all agree we can skip forward several minutes until the next interesting thing happens.

This means that something is going to happen. Who was the paranoid raptor, anyway?

lol well quite possibly. That was a general statement though. "Something interesting" would just be the next real decision point. Certainly if there was an interruption, but also if it ran off or attacked, or just plain died as expected. It would be one turn until one of those happened, not like 20 where everyone just typed "I wait another 10 seconds" for the next real-time month.

((Well, I guess that you only have to finish the head and that will be the last chance of escaping of that thing. Hell, you can inflict like 3 wounds in the next turn, and it will run out of vigor in like, 2 turns then.))

Yes, they could also kill it outright if they mauled it's head deep into negative hp values.