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The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

@Peik@POOHEAD189

Yes, I left my post for Sevine ending in a grapple with Armiger 9.

Poo, I did some back tracking to the post where Peik first announced the dice rolls, and where we claimed each Armiger to attack. You did say that your first target was 8, then 7’ll get the axe.

Lololol I just need to know if Sevine is still attacking 9.

@MacabreFox

Well, chronologically Sevine attacks A9 but fails and gets wide open, but A9 misses his counter-attack so Sevine doesn't get critically wounded. After the rest of the combat resolved I had first NPCs and then the party members who weren't wounded attack him since he was the only person left.

Now that I think of it I guess Dax will have to remove his encounter with the dude from his current post. Then if you want you guys can wrap up a collab where everyone fucks up against the Lone Warrior.

Or I can wrap that part-up in the move along by adding another PoV to it. I like the guy, it wouldn't be a problem.

The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

@Peik But you said in discord that I could be wounded by him in this post. How could that be possible if he's in the middle of a grapple?

I'll edit.

Edited!

@POOHEAD189

Guess he dropped Sevine for other targets in the heat of combat. Shit gets wacky in melee.

The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

<Snipped quote by Peik>
Sweet.

Ok, I just posted!

Also, since I am the first to post and am wounded by the Rambo Amiger, I'm having it so he showed up around the group's flanks to give some credence to his wounding a lot of people, entering the battle behind a few peeps. It's what Dax was trying to prevent by killing one of the flankers (4), but 9 he did not see, and that was when the wounding began. Feel free to switch it up but that's how I'm having him enter. I also left how he looked and what weapons he was using vague, so you guys got free creativity. :)

@POOHEAD189

A9 had earlier wounded Sevine and was grappling with her last bout - he's very much in the fight. I think @MacabreFox had him use a sword.

The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

THE ROLLENING OF BLEAKROCK AMBUSH, SECOND EDITION

Righto! I've made the rolls and now you have the results. The fight's practically over, you've nearly murdered the entire enemy party. Dumhuvud would be pissed but there are some live captures.

Result of the bout!

I've gone first-come first-serve again, just so everyone knows.

Do'Karth manages to hit his opponent, rolling a 5, but it's not enough for a KO. However, opponent can't do anything because of the stun.

Sevine rolls a 1, meaning she gets a critical failure against Armiger 9 (watch this guy). Thankfully Armiger 9 can't hurt Sevine any further, having rolled a 1 on his 1d2 roll.

Roze manages to hit her opponent, having rolled a 4 on Armiger 3, but she gets wounded as well, as Armiger 3 rolls a 2 on his counterattack roll. For the sake of plot, I had Armiger 3 bleeding to death and not killed instantly - he gets KO'd by Dumhuvud. It's up to you guys to save him.

Dax kills Armiger 4, rolling a 10.

Narzul gets locked in combat with Armiger 1, rolling a 6 which is not enough for instant KO.

Sadri kills his opponent, Armiger 2, by rolling a 10.

Elmera kills Armiger 7 who had been locked in combat with Do'Karth, rolling a 6 (forgot to add her -1 from her wound on the roll, fyi).

Narzul rerolls against Armiger 1, rolling a 2, and Armiger 1 rolls a 2 on his 1d2, wounding him.

Sadri kills Armiger 1 by rolling an 8.

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Here begins the Saga of Armiger 9, who proves himself more capable than the entire Kamal assault on Windhelm. He has one hit-point and is against the entire party.

Dumhuvud rolls a 2 against Armiger 9, which is failure. Armiger 9 rolls a 1 against Dumhuvud, which means that Dumhuvud makes it unscathed - barely.

Elmera also rolls a 2 against Armiger 9. Armiger 9 proves merciful and similarly rolls a 1.

At this point I wanted the guy to surrender, but then I decided to get cruel on him, thinking that the healthy PCs could easily give him a gory death. I kept the wounded ones out of the fight for the sake of safety. Smart move in retrospect, since it turned out that Armiger 9's got a lotta fight in him.

I had Do'Karth attack Armiger 9 non-lethally. He rolls a 3, which means that he can't knock the dude down. Thankfully Armiger 9 does not get to counter attack (I misread and actually had Armiger 9 counterattack Karth thinking our cat had rolled a 2, disregard it in the rolls).

Then I had Dax attack Armiger 9, who rolled a 1. Armiger 9 is not so merciful against the Argonian and rolls a 2, wounding Dax.

I had Dumhuvud reroll against Armiger 9. Dumhuvud rolled a 4, which means that he stunned him enough to not get attacked. But Armiger 9 kept standing...

...Until Elmera rolled a 6 on her attack against Armiger 9, which critically wounds him. It'd have killed him instantly, but I thought after his hard and fair fight that he deserved a choice on whether to get captured or not.

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In short, the entire enemy party is now killed, save Armiger 3, who's knocked out and bleeding to death, and Armiger 9, who's pretty badly wounded and seems to have no intention of fighting any further. Remember that Dumhuvud wanted some alive.

Now, however, our party has Dax, Roze, Sevine, Elmera and Narzul wounded. Niernen spent this bout healing herself and the bout was chaotic enough that nobody attacked her in the meanwhile, so I'll say that she's all healed up for the sake of further enemy attacks, but she'll still get a -1 on her rolls because of fatigue.

The bout's over. I'll make a move-along post once everyone's posted and made their decision on how you want to treat the survivors. If you guys want to collab about the aftermath of the fight and the survivors, go ahead. I'm also available for collabs in case you need Sadri (for @Hank - if you're busy I can wrap our part of the fight in the move-along) or Dumhuvud in the scene.

The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

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@POOHEAD189

I hadn't made the rolls yet mang

The Elder Scrolls: Swords & Septims

I'm sorry that I've been quiet on this front lately, I've been somewhat busy. I should be writing up a review for your character quite soon, @DearTrickster.

The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

Narzul goes for another attempt to non-lethally take down the Armiger he's fighting.

@Hank

And Niernen?

The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

Righto folks, time to keep the Bleakrock rolls rolling.

As you know, last bout Sevine, Niernen and Elmera were wounded. Three Armigers were killed, courtesy of Niernen, Roze and Daixanos, and three Armigers were wounded, courtesy of Sadri, Sevine and Elmera.

This leaves us with Armigers 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 9. Armigers 2, 4 and 9 are wounded. Armigers 1 and 2 are engaging Narzul and Sadri respectively. So the party above has to deal with Armigers 3, 4, 7 and 9. They have been ambushed and taken casualties, so if a player wishes to roll Speech to coerce them into surrender, it is a possibility.

Below are the rules repeated again.

Rolls for Bleakrock

For everyone in the Bleakrock mission, I'm going to go with a 10-sided dice system like the rest of the GMs when there's dice rolling involved. I'm stealing Dervish's system mostly, quoted below, but with a few modifications:

1-2 is a failure, your character will be injured and brought down, where a second roll of the dice will determine if the enemy will continue to focus on this character to finish the job or take on another target (less than 5, continue the attack, 5 and up, move on unless there’s no other characters to fight). Depending on the circumstances, GMs will decide if the situation will be fatal. Close characters may elect to intervene, where if a player says they wish to intercept, will have to do another combat roll to see if they both make it to the character in time and receive injury in the process

3-6 is a success, but with minor injury. Your character receives a minor wound that will have to be treated and will hinder their ability to fight somewhat, but it won’t take them out of the fight. Each subsequent roll with an injury will have a -1 penalty on the roll, and each injury added increases the penalty.

7-10 is a success where the best possible outcome for that engagement occurs.

@Dervish

However, as I said, I'm modifying the system a bit, so you have three options to proceed with and the rolls will be made accordingly.

1 - Lethal Attack: Your attack's meant to kill, pure and simple. A full success (7-10) is an instant kill. A regular success (3-6) means that your foe's wounded, and will need either another full success or another regular success similarly to die, but it also means they can hit you back. The effectiveness of the foe's strike will be also decided by a dice roll 1d2, 2 being a success, to see whether they miss or not (they don't get the instant-kill privilege you do, just a valid strike which will wound if successful). A failure (1-2) means your hit misses and they roll 1d2.

2 - Nonlethal Attack: Your attack's meant to stun, which will obviously help you from making a mess, and a captured foe means a hostage and information, and also means Dumhuvud will hate you slightly less for doing a good job. A full success (7-10) is an instant KO. A regular success (3-6) means your attack hurts enough to stun them from hitting you, but they're still going to be up unless you land a full success or decide to go lethal. A failure (1-2) means they get to strike at you, for which they'll roll 1d2, 2 being a successful hit.

3 - Kick: This Spartan maneuver's meant to kick your opponent off the bridge, which means the fight's much shorter. It also gives you one bonus success in your roll for momentum. A full success (7-10) kicks them off the hill completely and they fall, upon which a 1d3 roll will be made to see if they are killed by the impact (1), get stunned (2) or survive and help their two friends below against Sadri and Narzul (3). A regular success (3-6) means that you both fall down the hill, upon which they still make the 1d3 roll, and you get a minor injury. A failure (1-2) means an epic fail that you miss and lose your balance, and fall down the hill yourself, while your foe is undamaged.

Those who are below (Narzul, Sadri, whoever falls alongside their opponent/falls on their own in a failure) do not have the kick option.

Three failures in a row will cause major injury, and any wound received after a major injury can be fatal. Fleeing, falling down or asking for help is always an option, but given Dumhuvud, there will probably be consequences.

@Peik

Rules For Enemy Surrender

Once the bout is over (i.e. everyone has made their posts), you can choose a spokesperson to try and coerce them. That person alone will be making the roll.

The spokesperson will roll 1d10 with the Speech skill and need to score 7 or above. Those without the skill will get -3 to their roll. Novice gets no bonus. Apprentice will get +1, Adept +2, Expert +3.

Should the roll get a failure (1-2) the spokesperson will be wounded by a projectile. A regular success (3-6) will have the spokesperson's suggestion rejected, and there will be formal restart of combat. Full success (7-10) will have the Armigers put down their arms peacefully.

The spokesperson will not be able to make any attack rolls in the bout, should the roll fail.

Those below (Sadri, Narzul) can also attempt a Speech roll, but their success or failure will be separate from the rest of the party and the Armigers.

@Peik

Once everyone calls in their shots I shall roll. This time the rolls will continue until the fight is completely over. Please do not hesitate to ask any questions.

The Elder Scrolls: Swords & Septims

It's short, but hopefully it's not that bad.

_{Now there's something you don't want to hear in bed}

The Elder Scrolls: Swords & Septims

"We're not dead yet, are we? I'm not dead either. Well shit, better look alive."

Balen, admittedly, did not have much experience with combat - aside from the occasional fighting off the hungry dog with a branch or such, he definitely did not have much experience fighting beings that used weapons. While he had killed before, it had been two pirates who were trying to carry a chest, which made things quite easier - physically, at least. Even then it had been quite simple, just some stabs and simple bleeding out (for people who grow up in Morrowind, stabbing people when they are helpless isn't very hard). Nothing like shattered spines and disembowelment. Or whatever the fuck was going on in the 'front' of the party with angry Nord noises - he hadn't even dared to look there, and just delayed the advance of a Draugr on the flank by looking angry and feigning thrusts. In retrospect, it was possibly more entertained rather than intimidated. Well, laugh they could (could Draugr laugh?), they were shambling corpses, and the group was making short work of them.

While 'Victory or Sovngarde' wasn't as appealing as 'Victory or tactical retreat' to the Dunmer, he'd still admired the foolhardy way in which the cry's source launched into battle, even sporting an unintentional smirk upon witnessing the man bash into the group of revenants. But now, things were packing up - Hector was cleaving through with fire and sword like he was wielding the damned Goldbrand, and it seemed that Balen had to do something other than look scary, keep the dead away and anxiously contemplate his surroundings.

"Attack!"

And with that, it was made official. He was going into the fray again. As he moved cautiously, he eyed his opponent, the 'big one', who'd been thankfully taken down a notch by an arrow. While using a bow and arrow in surroundings like these felt foolish to Balen, he was no archer, and he found the facts more satisfying than his nitpicking assumptions. There was no need to be an armchair tactician, not in the midst of a life-or-death battle.

Moving left as to stay away from its blade wielding arm, Balen was momentarily startled by a 'woosh' of purple light behind him, and looking behind he saw a wolf - a familiar, he assumed from the disturbing hue it gave away, and the fact that the mage and the Bosmer were behind it as if it were a barrier. He turned back and saw the Khajiit bash her mace into the Draugr. "You go, girl," he thought to himself as he had a moment of paralysis, unsure on what to do; feeling a tang of shame at standing still, he began a sudden sprint and plunged his sword in the general direction of the Draugr's neck, hoping it would sever something important.