Riddle of Steel: THE GAUNTLET!

[Sutton]

The crowd cheered as the announcer began to speak: "Ladies and Gentlemen! The match you have all been waiting for! Two of our newest stars, teaming up against an ONSLAUGHT of opponents! Two brave heroes stand against EIGHT adversaries, and only one group will walk away alive! Without any further ado, I give you: Paer Tandri, and Daril Tanm!" The crowd burst into cheers as the two gladiators walked into the ring. "And here come their opponents!" Eight men, wielding longspears, poured out of the entrance on the opposite side, about 100 feet distant.

Militamen:
Temporal: 4 (EN 5)
Mental: 4 (Soc 3)
Reflex: 4
CP: 6
Move: 6
Gear:
Poor quality Longspear (Long, 2h, 8 ATN, 9 DTN, ST+1 thrust damage)

Daril looked out at the approaching force and drew his dopplehander. "You better be as good as your billing, elf."

Pools
Daril: 9 (11 base, -3 from armor, +1 from SA Drive: Earn enough money to ensure his families welfare (see prior to match roleplay))
Paer: 6 (7 base, -1 from armor)
Militia: 6 each

[Miles]

wouldn't mine be 13 since I'll be using sorcery?

Paer drops his sack of pebbles to the floor."And you'd best stay out of my way."

[sgtkill]

The mob of militia seems confident in thier numbers."Come on boys, two easy kills await."The group charges the two lonely men.

(they move 24 feet closer to the 2, they are now 76 feet away)

[Sutton]

(This is just noting the combat pools for quick reference, your SP stays the same)

Daril pauses for a second and then has a flash of realization. "Oh, right!" He quickly dashes out of the way. "It's all yours, Tandri."

[Miles]

"There we go, a nice clear view."His voice is eerily familiar. Paer lifts up his spellbook and starts reading aloud, moving his arms around above where the pebbles are.

one success for verbal component. Another success for the Somatic. Needing only one success to prevent aging, I'm putting only one dice into it(TN2 I have a 10% chance to fail) I make it with an 8. I put two dice into the casting two successes, I split it so one stone goes at two targets in the groin. Ad Hoc aim roll against TN6 -1 to my aim for 2 targets. Splits his 4D 2-2 getting 1-2 successes.

"Sai Si Mylaer Shor O!" Paer whips his hands forwards as the pebbles fly forth at the groins of the two unfortunate militia men.

[sgtkill]

"Sir, Roy is hit!""He will be fine soldier, now keep moving."They continue to charge leaving their comrades writhing in pain on the ground.

(24 more feet, 52 feet away, 1 down)

[Sutton]

That's... Wow. No comment.

One of the militiamen dives to the side, avoiding certain doom (3v1 on dodge roll), but the other is struck most horribly. Infact, he fumbled his dodge roll, so he "dodged" right into it. He takes a 5 level wound to the lower abdomen, and is completely disemboweled by the pebble. Deary me.

Daril's jaw drops beneath his thick wrapping of Maille. "You just... Remind me never to make you angry, Tandri." "I could have sworn I'd heard that voice before..."

[Miles]

Paer shoots his arm forth again, aiming this time for the foremost militia man's heart."Sai Si Mylaer Shor O!"

Rolled two successes to lower it with verbal, and another one success for somatic. put one in casting and one in anti-aging. Both succeed, no aging and spell works. For aim I roll four successes.

[Sutton]

The militaman attempts to dodge, but is struck in the chest with the pebble, which strikes him under the ribcage, and sends him tumbling to the ground with a third level wound, bleeding heavily. He'll be gone on this side of 2 minutes without immediate first aid.

The militia will be 28 feet away if they continue their approach.

[sgtkill]

"The commander is down. Charles and Riley, protect and aid the commander. Jeff, you are on me now charge."They continue their charge evnthough thier casualties. They are heading for Paer. The 2 behind start preforming first aid on their commander.

(another 24 feet, 28 feet away)

[Sutton]

Daril steps out in front, twirling his dopplehander. "Don't bother with another shot! Sword!"


Miltia First aid rolls:

2 fumbles. WOW. How are they helping the guy, stabbing him so less blood comes out of where he was hit? His bloodloss TN is now 18. It was 3. Yeah.

[Miles]

Paer nods"Agreed." Paer draws his Rapier, which looks very familiar, and falls into a defensive stance, with his sword at chest height.

Passive initiative

[Sutton]

Alright, one new mechanic here is terrain rolls. They are rolls focused around maneuvering and such. In this case, Paer and Daril are trying to limit the amount of men they will have to face at once, by ensuring that only 1 person can maneuver to strike at them at once. They have a TN of 6, and must spend dice from thier CP for the round if they wish to do this. Paer elects to spend one, and Daril spends 2.

Paer: 6 --6--> 1
Daril: 7,3--6--> 1

Both succeed, and will face one opponent.

Daril raises his sword into an aggressive stance and then charges forwards!

Aggressive init, if you couldn't tell.

[sgtkill]

"The commander is dead. Lets kill the bastards."The two that were "operating" on the commander charge. The two that were already take an aggressive stance.

aggressive initiative

[Sutton]

Daril has 9 dice, counting stance
Militia has 8 dice

Double strike engagement! These are 1 exchange only, so pouring all dice in is advised. As well, you cannot take defensive actions, as you have commit to an attack. This ends up bloody often.

Reflex Versus ATN roll from both parties is needed along with thier strike declarations


Daril is going to take a 8 dice (1 cost) downward cut in the / direction.

4,10,10,7--7-->3