Drifting Pollen

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

Whoa, getting heated again.

Just want to point out that I never actually agreed to Doc Doctor's whole sending-me-information-Melon-doesn't-know thing.

If both of you are okay with this and want to follow through (which it seems Melon has IC), then I'm willing to help out as a witness to Doc's secret plans. However, from what I'm seeing in the OOC it seems Melon is rather peeved at it? So perhaps it would be best for you two to make sure you're both on board with this and willing to continue in such a manner, hopefully with some degree of civility.

Arena Chat Thread

Okay, so who wants to do a 2Vs2?

Me with Kentucky Tom and @TheTwistedOne who will be using Rick Scott. Yes, THE Rick Scott.

@Doc Doctor

As in, Rick Scott the governor of Florida?

Anyways, I'd be up for it, if there's anyone else insane enough to get themselves into a fight like this.

Arena Chat Thread

Okay, so I am not sure if this was addressed or not, nor am I aware if anyone is available to answer my queries, but:

Where does one post their character, and is it okay if a character sheet does not follow the cheat sheet you have provided?

@Fang

When you're starting a fight, you'll generally post the character you're using in the "Characters" tab of that thread. Otherwise, put them wherever you wish... the "Character Sheets" forum on this site is a good place to put them IMO.

Also, no character sheet has to be exact. So long as you get the essentials down (appearance, skills, equipment, and powers are the areas most important in the arena) then any format should be fine.

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

Also, what the fuck am I supposed to do instead? Should Higan remain stock-still and just wonder what's going on, can I look rightward as a guess or do I have to look left because otherwise it would be meta-gaming? Can I move away from the creature or do I have to move towards it? There's really no good follow up for me in this, as Doc can and probably will accuse me of meta-gaming if I do anything other than write 'The Pater wins at everything'

@MelonHead

What do you think Higan would do in this situation? So long as there's plausible reasoning behind his actions based on IC evidence, it's unlikely to count as meta-gaming.

Alternatively, if you really do want to have him guess, I can provide coin-flips... though I'm hoping that won't be necessary.

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

If you read the post, he states that it 'shoved off with its tail and both arms.' It was obviously moving itself with significant force, not simply sliding to one side. The other thing is, it supposedly lands two yards to the mech's right, which seems a bit far for just a fall. Last but not least, who/what in their right mind would fall off something when they could jump?

Part of the reason you even have me around is to get an impartial reader for all this, and when I first read that action, before any of this mess went down, it seemed pretty obvious to me that it was effectively jumping. Perhaps not majestically, but I've already made it clear that it didn't need go particularly high to get clear.

Also, you earlier said:

I said it would have had to pass over the pauldron to clear itself off the Mech, impeding its progress and revealing which direction the Pater jumped off.

@MelonHead

Which leads me to believe you had a good idea of what Doc meant to say.

As for hitting the Pater... I see a few ways this could potentially be done, but to try and give you hints would be cheating. I'll just say that, based on a previous experience, it doesn't seem impossible to me at all.

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

What jump?

@MelonHead

I seem to recall it moving from being basically on top of the mech to landing on the bone-covered ground to its right. The movement was described as a "lunge," which is a little unclear, but the same post made it obvious that the Pater was in 'midair,' making it clear enough that it was a jump.

Arena Chat Thread

The lantern shield, AKA the uber-buckler 2000.



Not shown here: the attached lantern that you could throw in your opponent's face to blind them!

Running and Gunning - Higan Vs. The Magna Pater

Tricky one here. Technically, having the Pater effectively knock into something on its way out, which in this case proves to be a critical mistake, is an auto of the character... on the other hand, the pauldron is clear on the reference picture, and Doc Doctor did ignore it completely, and similar situations would result in viable hits (e.g. someone walking into a magic circle).

I'm with Doc on this one, though. Technically, Melon would have been justified in writing that the Pater knocked against something if a) he had prepped in some manner (for instance, in the post where he slammed back into the wall, he might have described shifting his right arm into a position that would make the pauldron a greater obstruction), or b) if it had been a very obvious obstacle (something the Pater would have trouble getting over). In either case, if Doc had ignored it, that would have been an oversight on his part. However... based on the reference picture and the size of the mech (and a couple of handy measurements), it ain't that big. Heck, I could probably jump over it myself, if for some reason I found my frail human self trying to get off the mech. Essentially, Melon's argument is viable in theory, but in practice the pauldron is too small to be plausible as an obstruction, and thus having the Pater essentially crash into it (a mere brush would be difficult to 'feel' from inside the mech, unless it has pressure sensors or something like that) is pretty much assuming it's hella weak and/or lazy.

Tldr; the Pater makes its jump unobstructed.

Black Mountain Tournament: Sigurd vs Gigue

To be fair, it's not always possible to anticipate exactly how busy one will be... Though it has been a while.

Also, we're looking for an edit rather than a post right now, just in case anyone was getting that mixed up.

Arena Chat Thread

No. Just no to everything.

Also what needs validating?

@Rilla

Wins for Doc Doctor:
roleplayerguild.com/topics/91411-the-b..

roleplayerguild.com/topics/90819-black..

Win for MelonHead:

roleplayerguild.com/topics/90814-black..

Win for FallenReaper:

roleplayerguild.com/topics/90821-black..

If you have the time.