[OOC] The Hot Headed, Heavy Hitters, Have it Out (Fury vs Kanitah, Round 2)

[LeeRoy]

I would figure the strike upwards would at least move Fury's arm over Kanitah's head. But I can go ahead and write Kanitah getting punched in the face, if you'd like.

[MelonHead]

I would figure the strike upwards would at least move Fury's arm over Kanitah's head. But I can go ahead and write Kanitah getting punched in the face, if you'd like.

@LeeRoy

I don't think it's viable to defend yourself from a jab with the forearm, it's too quick a strike and the forearm had to move too far.

It's worth mentioning that your character isn't in Fury's guard anymore, he's right at the edge of his reach, with only a small area of contact to work with. It doesn't take much time at all for Fury's arm to move into Kanitah's range and then back out again, especially with a jab.

You just have to look at how quickly someone can throw that punch to see that trying to brush it away would be incredibly difficult, it's far faster than moving ones arm up to brush it away.

The flip side being that a jab doesn't really do much damage, from a wider standpoint.

[LeeRoy]

I'm gonna go ahead and take the hit.

But just for future reference, point your left arm forward and bend it so that your arm runs parallel with your chest. Then raise it upwards sharply. That's the movement he made. Not aimed to block, but to strike.

[MelonHead]

I'm gonna go ahead and take the hit.

But just for future reference, point your left arm forward and bend it so that your arm runs parallel with your chest. Then raise it upwards sharply. That's the movement he made. Not aimed to block, but to strike.

@LeeRoy

I understand that, if you wanted to block you would have moved your hand in front of your face, but try moving your arm from around chest height to your head in that fashion and then watch the speed at which a basic jab causes your fist to move within striking range and back, I'm not sure which of our characters is quicker but the jab is a significantly faster move, it is designed after all to be incredibly difficult to counter, making it low risk low reward.

[LeeRoy]

Fury's probably faster with the punching, though the punch landing on his face basically guarantees the forearm strike landing as well.

[LeeRoy]

Edited the post.

[MelonHead]

You could probably do with explaining the effects of your abilities a little better, at the moment you're taking for granted that I understand how rings on your forearm are going to cause a usually pretty ineffective strike to disable Fury's arm.

I actually don't, because you only have abilities you explain in IC, so I rely on people to explain them so I don't have to read CS. If you strike me with the rings and don't bother to explain that they numb people's bodies or something and then point to your CS it doesn't count for anything, that's how tournaments like WOTW ran in the past where you never actually get to see your opponent's character sheet.

Unless we're not working with T1, but I don't really fight in any other fashion.

[MelonHead]

Also for your own benefit there is no way Fury's strike would have broken Kanitah's nose, our characters are of comparable strength, so I doubt Kanitah has had his bones broken by his own people by a single fairly weak attack. For the most part we can compare this fight to two relatively similar humans boxing, as our stats are comparable.

If Fury was in his Unbridled Form and using martial force, then yes, but not in his normal form.

[LeeRoy]

To explain the Disabling of his arm: That's his end goal, not his current goal. He's trying to numb the arm with repeated strikes, this is just one of many. Sorry if I wasn't entirely clear about that. The upward strike would have three times the effect of a normal strike, as his rings add 2x the force to each strike on top of the normal strike. Making each strike 3x as effective as a normal strike. It wouldn't break or even come close to disabling his arm as of yet, but since his arm was already struck by a previous blow, a follow up would cause it to sting even worse.

And on Kanitah's nasal bone; Cracked, as in slight breakage. Like, barely a splinter, but still noticeable enough to cause pain. Nothing that would cause a nosebleed, and not even a significant enough injury in real life for someone to stop fighting. But remember that Kanitah is old. Certain things are worse on him than they would be on other people.

[MelonHead]

Eh, fair enough.

In future you would have to explain the effects the rings have of increasing the force of the strike at least once in IC if you expect your opponent to accept the damage it can cause. I was aware your rings had some sort of momentum increasing ability, but I wasn't technically obligated to have Fury injured by your initial attack any more than if it had just been a stand-up attack. Even your characters strength isn't necessarily taken into account unless you make note of the sort of damage it -could- cause, that's where I usually reference the damage my strike would do to a normal human for reference sake.

Just a pointer for T1 fighting, I'm sure not everyone follows the rules but it also just makes for better reading, as you can't expect any audience you may have to know the characters involved or to have even read the sheets at all.

[LeeRoy]

Entirely fair point, and I'll remember to take that into account in the future.

[LeeRoy]

Also, fun fact:
When this started, a couple days ago, I started watching Dragon Ball GT. On a whim. I forgot how short GT was in comparison to Z and Dragon Ball. I'm probably going to finish GT up before the fight ends, I'm already on 55 out of 64.

[MelonHead]

Probably, I have a tendency to slow down when I need some time to consider the next flurry of moves.

[LeeRoy]

I didn't realize that the last fight of GT was 6 and a half episodes long. By any account, that's way too long.

[MelonHead]

DBZ is predominantly stares and charging giant ball attacks so that's not that surprising.

[LeeRoy]

This is true, but GT is like, zero filler. It gets down to the nitty gritty pretty swiftly.

Also, @ the planning out thing. I never do that, I write purely on the actions and reactions in relation to the previous actions and reactions. Everything comes naturally in pace with the fight for me.

I only plan if I've got a few turns to spare.

[LeeRoy]

@MelonHead I've been meaning to ask. How many times has Fury actually lost a battle?

Also sorry about posting in the IC, don't know how I got into the IC, but I posted this question there on accident.

[Rilla]

Question, as I take a break from packing my stuff up, is this fight T1, and if yes, do the rings require a charge to boost the attack strength, or is it a passive ability?

Note, I haven't read much of the fight yet, actually just finished reading the OOC.

[LeeRoy]

Passive ability, the word engine requires a charge and then becomes passive.

T1, though I'm not the best at T1 I suppose. As I made a noticeable fuckup earlier.

[LeeRoy]

Though the rings can be 'charged' but they hold their charge. By moving the rings to a different part of the body, they build up a charge.