Alectai
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He wasn't dying apparently. You know the rule. As long as you've got 1
NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
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He wasn't dying apparently. You know the rule. As long as you've got 1
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Outnumbering people is no joke in this system (or in real life, for that matter). We won largely because there were two of us (and because, as you say, Abjorn is an absolute unit).
Halfdan is clearly no slouch and was fighting off three of their warriors...and their entire tactic was to break his morale because they thought they needed to in order to take him. I'm not saying that guy wasn't their big gun (he clearly was), but them retreating makes a lot more sense when you realize Halfdan is probably significantly more badass than the guy we just killed.
Per the benchmarks, we were only slightly advanced for our age in orthstirr before the fight, at least for a warrior, since the average for a 16 year old is 20-30. At 21 Orthstirr Halla would've been at the low end of average if she'd gained no more before hitting 16. At the minimum of 40 Orthstirr she'll have by 16 now, she's more on par with warriors of 20 (who are listed with 40-60 orthstirr).
He wasn't actually dying so he didn't need it. Also, prior to the gain of 15 we did in fact not have enough.
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I.F. Ister
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Totally.
Alectai
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Well then, I guess we're going spearmaiden then. If we've got an option to use magic to create a hands-free Shield and the capacity to use a lot of Hugareida, why not go for it? Our build's significantly ahead of the curve apparently in terms of Orthstirr supply, and this very much appears to be a setting where early advantages snowball.
[X] The Atgeir, Sagaseeker (4d6, but is two-handed)
[X] The Atgeir, Sagaseeker (4d6, but is two-handed)
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Does this include Drengskapr? Because I'm assuming it does but previous instances have noted it and this one doesn't, so I'm just making sure.
Absolutely. Agreed entirely. Prospective trick added to my current training plan immediately.
I.F. Ister
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Yep. I also forgot to mention this, but your Drengskapr went up by 1.
[X] The Atgeir, Sagaseeker (4d6, but is two-handed)
Goddamn, that was awesome!
Goddamn, that was awesome!
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[X] The Atgeir, Sagaseeker (4d6, but is two-handed)
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[X] The Atgeir, Sagaseeker (4d6, but is two-handed)
I.F. Ister
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If you're curious about the Skirsvikingr Enforcer's stat spread, I can tell you that he was at full HP at the start of the fight and that he had between 6 and 9x the amount of orthstirr you had at the time, though he'd already spent about 2/3rds of that. He also was 23-ish years old.
Another thing to note: Reinforce. You guys got your first taste of it in this battle and I think it left something of a mark.
Another thing to note: Reinforce. You guys got your first taste of it in this battle and I think it left something of a mark.
Alectai
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Christ, no amateur then, this was a seasoned fighter who'd made War his trade and was in the prime of his life.
No fucking wonder Hallr practically shit himself when he recognized the guy's style. He probably thought we were stone cold dead. But in the end, even if he had more gas, a 2v1 when you've already spent a lot of your gas tank is steep.
Guy had 8 Hugr as well given that I counted him losing 8 Endurance before he died. Absolutely fucking insane that we survived that battle, He also apparently had a free punish effect that applied to anyone that took a swing at him and missed, given how Halla took damage from him winning a tied defense roll.
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[X] The Atgeir, Sagaseeker (4d6, but is two-handed)
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[X] The Atgeir, Sagaseeker (4d6, but is two-handed)
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On what? The fight? The rolls are actually all available as invisible text. We did okay, but this guy definitely outclassed us.
Alectai
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Yeah, he outclassed us, but ultimately he wasn't able to win a 2v1 when he had already burned most of his orthstirr, especially when Halla clinched that nutshot and set him up for the fatality.
But yeah, just to give you guys a further example of how wild this guy was. He was easily in the range of an elite adult raider, and might have possibly met the standard of an 'Age 30 or more' one. Again, 8 Hugr is a gigantic investment, even if he has Giant's Blood.
This guy was no joke and no nameless mook, so what the hell were they doing here?
But yeah, just to give you guys a further example of how wild this guy was. He was easily in the range of an elite adult raider, and might have possibly met the standard of an 'Age 30 or more' one. Again, 8 Hugr is a gigantic investment, even if he has Giant's Blood.
This guy was no joke and no nameless mook, so what the hell were they doing here?
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Yup. Some of this is also likely due to the fact that you actually distribute orthstirr very differently for single combat and fighting a group. Winning enough tests to take out a single foe is likely doable with tricks alone even with a small dice pool. But when fighting a group that's a bad mistake. Our last attack hit him because we just had more attacks than he had defenses left, remember.
By the analysis of our maxed Tactics roll, they were there very specifically to kill Halfdan and thought that, even with all of them, they needed to resort to dirty tactics to do so. So the question we need to be asking is: who in all the nine worlds is Halfdan?
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Mmm. Maybe a bastard son of the Danish king? Would fit with the name. Could also be a feud.
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He actually did have defenses left, it's just that he was, well, completely incapacitated.
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Ah! That also makes sense, yeah.
Alectai
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Huh, I guess taking almost half of your Endurance in a single hit to a sensitive spot makes it hard for you to defend yourself against any follow up, huh?
So, was this dude the band's Thorkell or something? Like, if the leader is stronger than this dude, I don't know what we're going to do.
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Knee-Groin Trick probably also has some specific effects in this regard when it goes well.
I suspect he's stronger in the sense of being built with more xp/training successes. Probably not stronger in the sense of actually having higher combat stats. Like, I'm guessing the Enforcer's build was a tad one sided towards physical combat stuff while the leader's is more balanced.