Eleas
Avian-at-arms
- Location
- Malmö, Sweden
While I have considered your request, I must regretfully decline. I apologize for the mental trauma my politeness may or may not engender.
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Mana Based System - FoZ/Gamer
- Thread starter minuseven
- Start date
While I have considered your request, I must regretfully decline. I apologize for the mental trauma my politeness may or may not engender.
- Location
- The word mines
And this is precisely how and why Monterency is freaking out!
- Pronouns
- They/Them
I apologize for freaking you out =P
Oh, damn, I'm late to the party...
- Location
- Brazil
You know, I'm having this Taylor Hebert moment: "This people can't possibly be this nice''.
It's like we've fallen off the internet.
It's like we've fallen off the internet.
One thing to think about when considering the amount of strength it takes to wield a sword.
You don't just need to wield a sword, you need to do so effectively. The amount of strength you can bring to bear greatly alters the speed you can move the hunk of metal though space. This relationship is not linear. The stronger you get, the less speed you add per incremental increase in strength. The bigger the sword, the more noticeable this relationship is.
You don't just need to wield a sword, you need to do so effectively. The amount of strength you can bring to bear greatly alters the speed you can move the hunk of metal though space. This relationship is not linear. The stronger you get, the less speed you add per incremental increase in strength. The bigger the sword, the more noticeable this relationship is.
JoshieWoshie
Mister Doge
So stronger men would benefit the most from bigger swords?
Eh, to over complicate the issue; define strength. Like what strength? Strength of your grip? Your legs? Your core muscles that generate rotational force?
I think we can all appreciate the simplicity of the Gamer system now.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
Especially Louise, who got that strong by riding a horse and giving a dragon piggyback rides instead of practicing with a blade.
- Location
- US
Of course she's practiced with a blade, she's practiced with it for thousands of hours. In her head.Especially Louise, who got that strong by riding a horse and giving a dragon piggyback rides instead of practicing with a blade.
And by the time this
The joys of leveling.
I going to have to explain this again as your getting bizarre results from reading my post. Personally, I blame skimming and false positives from confirmation bias.
Seista is kind of a major anomaly among commoners in that she can read at all. Its a skill that is for reading books and stuff... which aren't commoner things. Only wealthy nobles learn this as part of their schooling. Nobles needing to read the magic books and all.
Trashy novels aren't aimed at the commoner class at all. They are aimed at the nobles. The nobles actively pretend such scandalous things don't exist... all the while pursuing them in private.
That maid who can randomly read, for some inexplicable reason, is the one who has them. Certainly not us nobles. Why else would a commoner know how to read than to read those kind of books... which we nobles certainly aren't reading. Now if only we could get that one maid to stop leaving them everywhere. <-- This is known as a cover story for the nobles and a business opportunity for said maid.
???? Yes? Stronger people can wield larger weapons than weaker people. They can also wield lighter weapons more quickly. Take a look at the arms of competitive fencers sometime. Those guys are lean, but ripped and those foils are basically feathers.
You need many types of strength to wield a sword. Lacking in any type of strength will slow movements that require that form of strength. A weakness in a form can be exploited to kill you.
The gamer throws this all into a mess by aggregating strength into a single number.
- Pronouns
- Yes
Where did you get this from?
If you're referring to canon cite please, for the equivalent historical period this was false.
cite. My impression is that Siesta in canon enjoyed the Tristain equivalent of Penny Dreadful bodice ripper, do you have any evidence to the contrary?
- Location
- Canada
The Tarbes episode.
Her grandfather was in the Japanese military and made it a village tradition that the children be taught how to read.
this strongly implies that reading skill amongst commoners is very rare outside Tarbes.
SAVEFILE 27
- Location
- Portugal
- Pronouns
- She/They
««« LOAD 27 »»»
Louise knew that when Sébastien restarted the spar, it would be on a different level. After all, they had yet to actually use magic. She risked a glance upwards, taking in her full red bar of health and her half-empty blue bar of Willpower. Enough for now. So she recast the blunting spell on Derflinger and assumed a two-handed guard position.
She wasn't prepared for how her opponent stepped it up.
A war cry erupted from Sébastien's throat and he was on her in an instant, sword raised high above his head and already descending! Louise barely managed to dodge, forgoing any attempt to even parry in her haste. But now he was offering her his side so perhaps she could take advantage of- Sébastian rammed against her, his shoulder level with her face. Louise fell down and hit the ground harshly, her breath leaving her. She had no time to dodge, to roll away, anything, before a boot came into violent contact with her ribs. She clearly saw the reduction on her red bar. Not as much as Sylphid's tackle but close. The pain was similar.
But the pain wouldn't last.
Sébastien did pause after his kick. It was a good lesson, and he thought he'd heard a snap. It wouldn't do to hurt the lass too much. It was only intended as a lesson, nothing more. Plus, the blonde over to the side was starting to-
Louise sprung up.
Sébastian side-stepped the point, feeling the wind from the blunting spell caress his face. His reaction was as instantaneous as it was instinctive, and so was his counter-attack. Using his momentum, he slammed his blade against Louise, catching her in the shoulder. The girl stumbled back, using the blow to put some distance between them, and raised Derflinger in front of her body, keeping him at distance with a long point.
So the lass wasn't staying down yet? She was behaving like his hit hadn't bothered her at all. That, he had to admit, he hadn't been expecting.
The fight resumed without any words. Sébastien pressed the offense, raining down heavy blows on Louise. They looked wild and random, maybe they even were, but Louise could see how his eyes were clear. She remembered Lecküchner's words. Here she should use a nach reysen, striking as his blade came down but…. But there was nothing she could do about it but defend, defend, defend. It took all of her speed just to keep up with his attack. The blows, blocked or parried by Derflinger, shook her arms. Some grazed her and hit her arms, the pain making her want to drop her sword. And all the while, she was being driven back.
Her health was slowly but steadily decreasing under the blows. She had to do something before she was forced to yield. Anything.
So when she saw an opening, minuscule as it was, she cried out, pulling on her willpower, "Spark!" The half-dozen sparks that leapt from Derflinger's blade made her opponent give a single step back and she capitalized on that. The chance would not come again. "Gust!"
But he stabbed his sword on the ground and the strong wind washed over him without being able to dislodge him. Had he bonded himself to the ground somehow? Earth magic?
The inn owner's lips were moving. Louise took a step back only for the ground under her to collapse, chunks moving up and down. Even as her foot got stuck between two stones and the pain of a badly twisted ankle reached her brain, Louise could only think of one thing. She'd lost her footing. And losing one's footing in a fight meant….
Sébastien's fist impacted with her midsection, driving the air from her lungs. Oh, there went a little bit more of her red bar. A pair of punches snapped her head up, then down and right.
Louise fell down to the ground, Derflinger slipping from her limp fingers.
Sébastien watched, a couple of steps away, as she twitched and slowly got back up. Remarkable.
Montmorency cried out again for them to stop right that instant. Her wand was in her hand as she ran to them.
The combatants locked eyes. Louise bowed her head.
"I yield."
Quest Completed!
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- Location
- NC
Ooh, Louise is going to need a medic... Good thing Mommon's right there! (Hopefully, she's not to angry/disturbed to help.)
BlackoutSampler
So Easily Forgotten
so, how does a healer react to The Gamer's Body? hmm? how does one go about restoring HP you cannot see and a fracture that by all rights doesn't exist anymore? I feel Monmon is gonna find out the answer real soon.
- Pronouns
- she/her
She cast Reinforce on herself before the fight? Claim it wasn't as bad as it looked or sounded? The safest thing would be to refuse treatment and pretend to get healed elsewhere, I suppose.
Good point. I wonder actually if this is going to end up with Louise being forced to confess? If she just tries to deny it, then odds are Monmon will go public and claim Louise is not Louise anymore or whatever. Louise claiming that its ok since she got her new powers in a "sacred summoning ritual" is probably how Louise could try to convince Monmon to keep quiet.
Though I guess Louise could just flat out refuse the help too. Suspicious as heck though.
NorthSouthGorem
To Walk Down Every Path
- Location
- Maplewood, NJ
Not really. Gamer's Body means that her body is unaffected and she only loses HP.
Yo dawg, I heard you liked wands
- Location
- Head in the clouds
Not really, Louise isn't used to help and has plenty of ammunition to throw at Monmon's face if Monmon tries to insist. Louise just did throw some of that ammunition before the spar, and not trusting Monmon is a reason to refuse help. Not an 'optimal' reason or choice, but a human one.
Long term it won't work but if she does so, it could buy her space here.
- Pronouns
- she/her
But if she acts too abrasive Monmon might decide to ignore her protests and start casting. Plus Seb is there and might insist on healing her himself.
Damn, who knew it would come down to charisma so soon... the one stat she hasn't leveled!
