(On this side, a man who needs no introduction. The Plebean who you're seein',the Roman for all seasons, the breaker of formations, the gutter of Gauls, the instigator of Illyrians, the immolator of Iberians,

Legionary Gaius Gaius Sulla!

(Legionary Sulla)
ST 6 WP 6 Reflex 6
AG 6 Wit 6 Knockout 8
TO 5 MA 4 Knockdown 6
EN 7 Soc 3 Aim 5
HT 7 Per 5 Move 9 (8)
Proficiencies: Sword & Shield 12
Equipment: Short-Sleeved Mail Shirt(AV 4), Pot Helm (AV 5, open faced), Scuttum(-.5 CP, -1 Move), Gladius, 2 Pilum Javelins, Pugio Dagger, Cestus (right hand) (AV 4, bonus punch damage.)
CP: 18 (17 in armor w/ shield)

(This deathmatch brought to you by Cinna's Slaves. A Slave for every occasion.)

I think I'm gonna bump this

And on the other side, the teeming, timeless hordes of EVERYTHING THAT ISN'T ROMAN.

From first to ninth shall be shown now, the tenth fighter will be a bonus, a mystery, and the return of an old favorite.

1 A Gallic Warrior
2 A Germanic Warrior
3 A Saxon Warrior
4 An incredibly well dressed Bulgarian Warrior
5 A Genoese Warrior
6 A Samurai Warrior
7 A Norse Huscarl
8 A Swiss Halberdier
9 A Hussite Warrior
10 ???

Yes, Legionary Sulla will be time traveling today, why?

>>16174027
But first, all rise for the national anthem of whichever place I pick randomly out of my directory first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3RToBymttA
...Alright, a little bit out of date (about 2000 years.) But it'll work.

Fuck, I still haven't done my flail master.

What is it with me and excessively aggressive characters?

Now I know that I don't always get everyone online at once, so I'm going to wait a few minutes before starting. Let's say, until 3:00 4chan time, in the hopes that I attract the usual company. That's about 12 minutes now.

In the mean time, if you're here, let me know!

>>16174085
Flails are pure evil.

>>16174121
your faith in your shield makes you weak!

>>16174121
Well, yes and no.

They're pretty nasty weapons, yes, being so pure offense.

However, nothing in RoS is as evil as grappling.

Fuck, Galt didn't even want to finish the grappling fight he did. The results were simply too horrible.

>>16174098
I've made no more than two posts in your threads total. I don't count.

>>16174131
>The Bear Fight
I feel physically ill just remembering it.

>Incredibly well dressed bulgarian warrior
I'm very curious as to what this is going to be.

>>16174146
That was about how his first session as a character went too.

Only that time, I was fighting an inexperienced cut throat with a pitiful little dagger.

I should totally give him the berserker trait as a gift though. That'd be quite fitting.

>>16174126
>>16174131
I'll believe you on the point of grappling. The flail scares me because it's such an offensive weapon. I'd be as scared using one as fighting against one.

I'll give this thread a bump just for your name.
Bitches don't know bout my objectivism.

No Egyptian enemy? :(

>>16174177
The big flail isn't that big of a deal. You just always, always throw red, get a good chance at having high init, and depend on that VL reach.

At least, that's what I intend to do. It's not like you need more than one solid hit with the thing either.

>>16174195
Objectivism is a philosophy that I am sympathetic to, but I'm going to go out of my way here to say that I am not an adherent. The name is a result of a very long and unfunny joke. It's a punchline to itself. That's all.

With that said, I think we're about ready to begin. Just gotta try not to ruin my shishkabob as I type...

>>16174199
No mongolian or turkish enemies either.

That... IsbecauseIhaveasequelplanned.

>>16174264
Mongols are the best, man!

>>16174098

This will be the first thread I'll be actively following, rather than just reading the colourful descriptions and giggling at the sauna fights. Hopefully I can understand the system better through your examples, which as I understand it was how these threads began.

Alright! So. Here's going to be the format for this one.

You guys are going to control Sulla. He's a brute, he's the sort of guy who breaks formation so hard that even Chronos can't reign him back in.

He's the kind of guy who gets bored in the morning and time travels so that he can fight Hannibal Barca, Oda Nobunaga and Jack Churchill at the same time.

I'm going to throw these ten adversaries at you, and control them myself. However, almost all rolling will be handled by you since, as we demonstrated before, my dice-rolling hand is cursed, and I will end the world if I try.

Fatigue and wounds will carry over between matches, so don't go getting this poor guy's leg cut off first round. Play it like a champ, and Sulla will surf his way into the future on a wave of corpses a mile wide.

>>16174296
Heck yeah man, that's what we're here for. If you have any questions, I'm sure someone will be able to answer 'em. I don't know everything, hell, someone actually pointed out a major rules error I had been making a few threads ago.

This is a learning experience for all of us.

I cannot wait. *grin*

Legionary Sulla is having a good day. A better day than usual, even. He's up to six, and he isn't even feeling the burn yet.

A gaul swings low. He catches it on his shield, and steps forward to smash the boss right into the longhair's face. There's a crunch like... The crunch of a smashed face. Seven. He smiles, and steps back. Oh, how he wants to keep going forward. But he knows that the Centurion would be upset...

Eight comes along, nine comes along... But he does not break rank. Centurion Mallo had such a heartfelt talk with him yesterday about sensitivity in the workplace. "You make the rest of us feel just awful," he had said. "Nobody can keep up with you, and that makes us sad. Please consider other peoples' feelings too!"

Also, they had whipped him.

Sulla sighs around twelve. It just isn't the same, getting them like this. It feels like eating one slice out of an apple and claiming the whole. Sulla looks to the sky, and prays.

"Oh heavenly badasses above, please, hear the plea of Sulla, your number one fan, and grant me an eternity of breaking rank and killing barbarians... Pretty please?"

And somewhere above, beyond the clouds, something seems to have heard him. For a great void opens up right there, in the heart of cisalpine gaul, and swallows Sulla up.

There, in the darkness, momentarily confused, he sees his first enemy approaching. T'is a savage gaul, with murder in its eyes. Sulla braces his shield, and adjusts his grip on his sword. And just to complete the effect as he advances...

"Legionary Sulla, get back in formation!" he chuckles to himself.

Red or Blue, /tg/?

Bumping in hopes we can get people to kick this off.

>>16174422
Alright, I'm in. Remind me what this is? We're deciding whether we're attacking or defending, right? So if we choose red we have the initiative, if we choose blue the enemy does. Do we have any reason not to choose red?

>>16174446
The enemy chooses red or blue TOO!

If both go red then we generally see two bodies on the ground. Not one.


I vote for Blue. These strange circumstances are worthy of caution. Also he's totally going to come to us and we should take our time and enjoy this.

>>16174446

I have no idea. I'm going to assume blue lets us wait and take their shit then whack the fuck out of them when their combat pool is out. Let's do that.

>>16174453
I vote for red. Strange though they may be, they are not unknown to us!

Besides, it's a dirty Gaul.

At the beginning of combat, both combatants throw red or blue, to decide what their very first move is.
If both throw red, than they try to attack at the same time, which is very dangeorus for both of them.
If both throw blue, they have to throw again because they just circle around each other.
If they mismatch, then it turns into a pretty regular fight.

>>16174462
True they are a dirty Gaul. Perhaps rushing to dispatch them and possibly find new and less dirty opponents IS the best option....

>>16174446
>>16174459
Basically are you making an aggresive play or being defensive that round.

Mind I've not read my Riddle book in some time and do not have it at hand. So some of my memories may be flawed.

>>16174422
I vote Blue as well. We may break ranks often, but we're still more disciplined and better trained than any Gaul barbarian. Let him flail on our shield, then counter with gladius to the neck!

>A gaul swings low. He catches it on his shield, and steps forward to smash the boss right into the longhair's face.
This is going blue.

That scene in Troy where Achilles rushed the huge guy and jumped up and stabbed him in the neck before he could be hit in return? That's going Red.

we could attack and defend on the same round: with red we could do a simultaneous block/strike, defending we could overrun (better if we're investing at least 9 dice in defense)

...We have a shield. These choices are exactly the same. Let's go blue so that we guarantee that we're going to kill this idiot on his turn.

>>16174509

And blue sounds like the better idea. We're facing a dynamic target and we're stationary. Plant the scutum in the ground, let the dumb Gaul motherfucker bounce off it then stab him in the balls.

I'm hearing a lot of blue. That's not very aggressive, but I guess the man is just breaking into his stride. Hard to break years of training, no?

The Gaul throws red, obviously. He will devote 5 dice to a cut with his deadly gallic blade that totally isn't a slightly inferior Norse Sword. This cut will be aimed at Zone IV, or Sulla's neck-shoulder-lowerhead area.

With the aggressor's action declared, Sulla may now declare his response.

>>16174543
Sulla's combat pool is 18, right? What's the length of the Gaul's weapon? And is he using a shield?
I move that we simultaneous block/strike with 10 and 5. Unless the Gaul's sword is VL, that should be allowed right?

>>16174543
Not sure how it works out in game mechanics, but how would deflecting the blow with the shield and striking with the sword work? Total noob here.

Block the attack, duck low and stab the son of a bitch in the thigh? What kind of actions would that entail?

This here is Sulla's primary weapon. The Gladius. There are many like it, but this one is his.

It's got Thrusting ATN of 6, and it can cut alright too. It does have Short range though, and the barbarian's weapon has Medium range, which means that Sulla does suffer a 1 die activation cost to attack the guy, until he closes his range.

Now on the subject of blocking with a shield and stabbing with a sword, that's a maneuver called Simultaneous Block/Strike. It lets you... Simultaneously block and strike.

However, it does entail that you devote half as many dice to either the striking or the blocking as the other. So, Sulla with his pool of 18 could Strike for 2 (with cost of 1 for range) and Block for 4, for example, and still have 11 dice left for the second Exchange before the round ends and he gets 'em all back.

5 dice on the incoming attack? Block with 8 dice and finish him off on the next exchange.

>>16174593

Not a bad idea.

>>16174557
a norse sword would be medium, against our short gladius.
I'd rather keep a couple more dice for the second exchange, but I'm with you for the block/strike.
blocking with 7, attacking with 5 should leave us with 6 dice and the range advantage.

(Now, of course, Sulla is wearing armor so his pool is actually 17, but you know what I mean.)

>>16174593

Anyway, this is a good action. Sulla has 8 dice at difficulty 5, against the Gaul's 5 dice at difficulty 6.

Gaul: 5 at 6.
Sulla: 8 at 5

Let the rolling commence! First come first serve, as always. After this, unless Sulla somehow dies, he will make his attack of 4 (5-1 for range) at difficulty 6 to the Gaul's nonexistent defense.

rolled 8, 1, 7, 4, 10, 5, 10, 6 = 51

>>16174628
8 at 5

>>16174636
8 may have been overkill

The Gaul obviously has a shitty pool, or he'd have blocked too. I think we're going to kill his ass.

rolled 4, 6, 2, 9 = 21

>>16174628
4 at 6 to stab (we didn't declare location, so let's just say his ugly face, zone XIII)

>>16174656

Should have gone chest. Ripped the son of a bitch open.

Just for clarification, we're trying to roll over the target number, right? Not under?

rolled 5, 1, 2, 9, 3 = 20

>>16174673
Correct, rolls over the TN are hits.

Dice for the Gaul's futile attack, 5 at 6

>>16174673
Aye, it's over the TN.

>>16174685
book says "equals or beats," so we're looking for die roll >= TN

>>16174711
Of course, yes. Equals or beats, sorry. Wasn't thinking.

Now if I'm reading this right, it's a solid block. 6 blocking successes to... What, 1 success from the Gaul?

Sulla blocks the absolute fuck out of that attack.

>>16174722
Does our Gallic friend get to try to defend against the strike portion of Sulla's block & strike maneuver, or is he just gotta eat that ST6 + 1 + 2 (rolled successes) thrust to the head?

rolled 2 = 2

>>16174656
Oh my, that's 2 successes on the thrust. Now, the Gladius does Str+1 damage base (Strength 7 in this case) plus margin of success, which is 2.

So, that's 9 damage to the face. The Gaul has a plate helmet (AV 5) and Toughness 4, but it only covers the upper head.

So, now we roll for hit location! I will roll this, as my cursed rolling is often beneficial here. This determines where exactly the attack hits, and thus, if armor applies.

>>16174741
Nom nom delicious gladius.
Well, his doctor DID say to include more iron in his diet.

>>16174741
Yep, he's just got to take it, because Sulla blocked and struck simultaneously. This is the power of the shield/sword combo.

Did the Gault just die in one exchange? A pox on all gauls for hardly being a fight.

Light up a cigarette and chill for the rest of the round.

>>16174769
>>16174749
YARP.

Sulla blocks the Gaul's strike, and stabs him in the throat. The proto-frenchman falls like a stack of wet newspapers. That's One.

Sulla glances about for another foe, and immediately one is upon him!

A German, in a bear skin with a spear and a small shield.

Sulla's pool has refreshed, and he can now roll red/blue. The German looks more seasoned than the gaul! Let's see what happens this time!

>>16174749
Is that... Level 5 damage to the throat?

Blue again.
That spear could wreck us if we're not careful.

>>16174789
Oh yeah. Delivering a low die attack with no defense on a sword shield fighter? The man committed suicide by Roman.

>>16174788

Blue again. We've got the shield for a reason.

>>16174802

Agreed. Knock it aside with the shield then stab the fucker in the throat.

Alright! Sulla throws Blue. The German throws red, but he's looking to be more of the cautious sort. He throws 6 dice on a thrust to Sulla's chest, and 3 dice on a block with his shield.

Because of his spear's VL range, Sulla's attacks will suffer a 3 die activation cost, which is rough, but not unsurmountable.

What will Sulla's reaction be?

Not to rain on people's parade here, but can't Simultaneous Block/Strike only be used if you throw red, not blue? That said, a similar maneuver exists for defense called Block Open and Strike.

>>16174823
Is the spear wood or metal-hafted? Lop the tip of the spear off with the gladius!

>>16174823
Straight block w/out attack, let the kraut burn the 3 on a needless block. 8 dice.

>>16174828
yeah, we ended that round with only like 6 dice left because that incurred a 2cp cost

>>16174828
By my understanding, you can use offensive maneuvers during a defense, but because they always hit after the aggressor's attack, they're generally a bad idea unless you buy the initiative, which ranges from tricky to impossible.

Simultaneous Block/Strike is the exception, to the point that there are optional rules suggesting that players MUST try to buy the initiative in order to initiate an attack as a defensive action. But those are complicated, so screw those.

>>16174851
I thought the only reason for the Block Open & Strike to exist was so you could use it reactively, as Sulla just did.

>>16174859
Block Open & Strike is a more conservative move, because it does not force you to devote dice to attacking, and it doesn't restrict as much.
Simultaneous Block/Strike is a more ballsy and dangerous maneuver that tends to eat up a lot of dice in one exchange, but it's a good way to nuke an enemy with a lot less in the way of skill without much risk to oneself.

>>16174842
However, this is a good idea. Why waste an attack? 8 on the block it is.

So, the German's 6 dice on the thrust, to Sulla's 8 dice on the block.
German: 6 at 6
Sulla: 8 at 5.

>>16174875
oh, you also get an extra die for each additional success you got over the attack you just blocked (so Sulla should have had 9 dice instead of 4 on his thrust against the gaul?)

rolled 9, 10, 5, 1, 10, 8 = 43

>>16174893
Pierce the heavens with my drill! 6 at 6!

So I take it we can't cut the spearhead off?

Damn.

>>16174896
That's if you use Block Open and Strike, which is what makes it awesome. But, it also forces you to launch the counter-attack on the next exchange.
Sim-Block/Strike, which we used against the gaul, lets you hit instantly, but requires a large dedicated pool, and doesn't give you any bonuses for blocking successfully.

We should use a BO&S in one of the next exchanges, it's a great maneuver.

WOO! John Galt is back!
Shower us with your wisdom!

>>16174920
Aw, sorry I totally forgot about that. Yeah, that's not an option they included, though they mentioned that such things are possible. The closest is Expulsion or Disarm, which is something you do when you don't have an awesome shield to block the hell out of someone with.

rolled 1, 2, 8, 7, 2, 1, 6, 9 = 36

>>16174893
sulla's defense, 8 at 5

Sulla, you going to roll? I don't trust myself to have our hero's life in my hands.

>>16174920
There's a "beat" maneuver that attacks the opponent's gear, but I don't see it on the list of Sword & Shield maneuvers.

>>16174933
tie means the German keeps initiative, right?

>>16174929
what the fuck

Let's see... Sulla successfully blocks with 4 successes to 4, though just barely. That's very impressive rolling on the German's part.

However, because he didn't actually hit, I believe Sulla retains the initiative.

Sulla spent 8 dice, so he has 9 remaining. The German has an unclear amount remaining himself. Sulla must declare his action, and then the German will retaliate.

Gentlemen, what should Sulla do?

>>16174943
yes, and the roman has the option to full evade next round.

>>16174946
Ignore the monkey. It's exactly what it looks like.

>>16174946
Bear with a poleaxe started in the previous thread because somebody was complaining about how shields can theoretically let damage through since they have armor ratings, and it was pointed out that yes, they can in theory, but it takes a horrendous amount of strength to inflict actual injury if the guy is even modestly buff and armored behind his shield. The example of what would be needed was a bear with a poleaxe.

Would sundering our foe's weapon do us any good? A strong strike on the spear might break of the pointy bit, and then we go choppy on our demoralized foe.

>>16174973
WOW. My mistake, Ties result in the aggressor retaining initiative!
I'm dumb. Sorry about that, I got it into my head that Sulla got 5 successes.

>>16174946
bear with a poleaxe.
it...happened.... in the late night riddle of steel thread...

>>16174973
actually...
page 77, on ties initiative goes to the aggressor

>>16174973
The German can try to simultaneously block & strike, but at the cost of 1/3rd of his remaining pool. Screw it. Lose 2 dice to range and spend the rest on a 7-die thrust to zone XIII (he wasn't described as having a helmet)

>>16174980
you mean APE

>>16174981
Wait, seriously? Oh no, I can see it. If the guy has like good chain on, and a shield, and average toughness, you'd need like 15 damage to hurt him. Bear with a poleaxe. Even with the armor penetration, that'd be a tiny wound unless he got a lot of successes.

That's fucking hilarious.

>>16174994
We await Ze German's declaration, then. Ignore >16174999

>>16174998
Good eye chief. I almost let it slip through there myself.

Alright, the German and his small remaining pool will throw down 4 dice on a thrust to Sulla's head.

This is seriously all he's got left for a win strategy. He can't even expect to block/strike.

Sulla's retaliation?

>>16175042
9 dice left, simultaneous block/strike doesn't strike me as great, as we've have a 4/2 split of some sort after the 2-die range penalty. 9 dice to Open Block & Strike. Killerate the fool next round with massive pile of d10s

Block Open and Strike then? Noob again, not sure about the dice amounts.

>>16175062
sorry, 7 dice. Open Block & Strike costs 2

>>16175062
Ah yes! A chance to play with our new favorite toy, Block Open & Strike.

Now it does have an activation cost of 2, so it's actually only 7 dice.

...7 dice at 5. Versus the German's 4 at 6. This is totally gonna be a close call guys.

Sulla: 7 at 5
Germany: 4 at 6

LET THE BLOCKING OPEN BEGIN.

rolled 6, 7, 2, 3 = 18

>>16175086
4 at 6, last chance for glory here

>>16175069
Damn you, Sullaninja.

>>16175064
Yepper! Feel free to roll if you haven't been, the more the merrier.
This will all get more educational once we move past the fodder rounds. Next adversary is where things start getting interesting.

rolled 1, 9, 10, 2, 4, 8, 4 = 38

>>16175086
7 at 5, setting up the overkill for next round (if the dice Gods are reasonable)

rolled 5, 8, 4, 9, 2, 7, 8 = 43

(Block) Open Sesame!

>>16175117
>>16175112
Mother of God. Luckily for the German (though surely, not luckily enough) Sulla only succeeds by a margin of 1. This still means that he will get 1 bonus die during the next exchange!

NEW ROUND
Pools refresh, Sulla is back up to 17+1 if he attacks.

Sulla has the initiative! This is the time, gentlemen!

>>16175117
Damn. For a moment I saw my roll and thought we'd have 20 dice this round. Still good though.

>>16175149
SPIRAL POWER TIME
THROW RED
ALL DICE INTO ONE MASSIVE LUNGE FOR THE GROIN

>>16175177

No, you fool! What have you done!?

the german has a pool of at probably 13.
let's keep 6ish dice, just in case we need to defend later, and that's still a thrust for 12 - almost his whole pool.

>>16175149
I'm a little worried about what happens if we somehow fail to kill this guy here. What's our range penalty here,
Short>Medium>Long>Very-Long
So 3? Is 15 dice enough to overwhelm this guy's... What is his pool, like 13? Is 15 at 6 enough to overcome 13 at 5?

>>16175195
Luckily, the German has a small shield, so his DTN is 6, not 5. Sulla has a very large Roman Scuttum, which lowers his combat pool a bit, but gives a better defense score of 5.

So it'd be 15 at 6 vs (about) 13 at 6. Those are good odds, but maybe not gamblin' man's odds.

>>16175194

This. I like this idea the best.

>>16175177
You know what? Hell yes. I say hell yes, let's do it. If the noob wants to try and reserve some dice for hitting us, then he'll pay for it with his blood.

>>16175194
The problem is the range penalties because his weapon is xboxhueg. We'd only be hitting with 9, which is worse odds. Especially if the jerk just does what we did last turn and blocks open.

do we get extra Javelins between rounds?

I'm hearing some calls for the conservative option of 12(-3) and saving some for defense, and others for full attack.

Let's hear a bit more discussion on it, before we commit. This is an important moment.

>>16175262

Well, if we full attack then would our strike override any simultaneous block/strike the german does? Because if so then it might not be a bad deal. But if the German can hit us, then we're fucked with nothing for defense.

I still like the 12-6 deal.

I'm now seeing a flaw in the defensive plan:
if we don't attack decisively, the german will give us a taste of our own medicine, and do a simultaneous block&strike for... 8 and 4?
decent defense against our 9, and a free attack

I think the longer we play this guy's game, the more tired we're going to be when we start fighting people who are actually tough. We need to end this now. Full attack has good odds, and can only fail if the guy totally commits, which just puts us back where we started, to do it again.

>>16175261
this is sort of important. knowing whether or not our ranged options are limited to 2 Pilum Javelins total vs 2 Pilum Javelins per fight could change our whole battle strat

>>16175283
If we full attack, our blow will land before his, even if he block/strikes, and he'll have to divide his pool. That means we can kill him and cause his attack to flub.
If we miss, then we're in trouble.

>>16175310
It is total, yes. Though there might be a chance to go and pull a javelin out if it doesn't bend in a guy's shield or something.

rolled 2 = 2

>>16175316

Flipping a coin then. Heads (1) we go full attack. Tails (2), we do the 12-6.

>>16175325
ok that's what I thought but wanted to double check

would it make any sense to keep just a couple of dice back from a full attack, so that if the german fully commits we can blindside him next turn?

>>16175346

As it often happens, you find out precisely the result you want when you flip the coin. I switch the result the full attack because I want to see this German son of a bitch die here and now.

I vote all 18 into assaulting this fucker.

>>16175368
TO THE GROIN IT IS!

>>16175396
Oop, I see you there. Scratch this post.

15 dice at 6 for Sulla
8 at 6 for the German!

rolled 6, 6, 7, 7, 5, 10, 2, 9, 5, 10, 7, 2, 1, 2, 10 = 89

WHOO

>>16175412

Fuck yeah! 9 successes. Kicked the mangy fuck all the way back across the Rhine.

rolled 1, 5, 9, 10, 1, 1, 1, 4 = 32

>>16175405
All for Germania. Time for a repeat of Teutonburg.

>>16175426
9! So he can't even HOPE to block!
FUCK YEAR
ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH

>>16175426
>2 successes

>>16175412
>>16175426
9 vs 2
well this is the end of the German

I... 9 successes to 2 blocking successes.
That's a margin of 7. That's... That's 14 damage.

Where are we hitting this guy? It's going to be a level 5 wounded literally no matter where you choose, now it's just a matter of which table you'd like to roll on.

MoS of 7.
was it groin?

>>16175451
WE DEMAND GERMANIC TESTICLES.

WE ATTACK THE GROIN

>>16175451
Chest. Go through his shield. Straight fucking through. Legionary Sulla is a bear with a poleaxe in a Roman body.

I'd just like to take this break in between fights to state that this is better than Deadliest Warrior in every single way. I think on Wednesday nights we should have a DW thread where we stat out the fighters for that night and then battle them here ourselves. But perhaps this isn't the time for that idea.

Regardless, bring on the saxon!

>>16175459

The full attack idea was for the groin, so that's where we strike.

>>16175459
even in death, he has 1/3 chance to disarm us

rolled 4 = 4

>>16175459
>>16175464
'Tis true, the first cry was of groin, and I must honor that sacred rite.

>>16175466
Not a terrible idea, actually. It'd be impossible with more modern stuff of course, but there's not much of the ancient battles that you couldn't simulate as well or better in RoS.
But we're not narrated by that guy. You know the one.

>>16175484

This is true. The one eyed Spartan does have a pleasing voice.

Regardless, food for thought.

>>16175484
Like I said in the last thread; at least DW demonstrated why it is a bad idea to, for example, only have cloth leggings against a guy with a katana.

>>16175519
And not stick a goddamn aventail under your pot helm.

...Yikes.

Sulla rushes in, and skims off the lower edge of the German's shield, slamming the sword straight into his groin at an upward angle.

It is a horrible thing to behold.
"TWO."

The German collapses in a heap. But there is a clanging of a sword upon a shield... And as Sulla turns, there is a blond man with a hauberk of chain, a shield, and a strange helmet, some 30 feet away, with a javelin already raised!

Quickly, what is to be done? Sulla could draw his own javelin, trying to block the Saxon's on his shield and then return fire, or advance with his sword and close to melee.

>>16175535
Get in there, this guy isn't dangerous enough to warrant a javelin, better to get into close range while he's got something other than a sword in hand.

>>16175535

Oh shit!

I say we close for melee with shield raised. Save our javelins for the samurai and shit without shields. Let's stab this fucking Saxon right in his Saxon face.

>>16175554
>>16175558
Fair enough! We'll say that Sulla can split this Exchange into his defense against the Saxon's javelin, and then his attack on the afterwards mostly-helpless Saxon!

The Saxon's throw is, however, 8 dice. That's something pretty fierce all things considered.

>>16175595

He's a Saxon. They lost to the Normans. Can't be that bad.

>>16175595
So we devote a defense, and what we've got left is our attack next exchange? Fair enough. I saw we put 10 on it, 7 is enough to kill a guy.

>>16175641

Agreed. Although with the 8 throw, that's a pretty vicious move. Maybe 11-6?

Either way, it's either 10 or 11.

>>16175641
That's the idea. So, Sulla's shield has a missile block of 6.

So it's:
8 at 6 for the Saxon
10 at 6 for Sulla
Go! This Marathon's not even half way over!

>>16175650
10-11 is good, I'd err on 10, because there's a really good chance that the javelin will hit the shield anyway and do dick for damage even if we fail to outright block it. Missile weapons really suck against shields in Riddle of Steel...

rolled 4, 3, 2, 5, 5, 6, 1, 1 = 27

>>16175654

Sulla, roll your shit!

They're d10s right?

>>16175668

Also, that roll was for the Saxon. Figured I should make that clear.

Galt, as the guy who bitched and whined for so long to get this, I must thank you with all my heart!

Now, to get some popcorn.

rolled 5, 9, 9, 6, 2, 1, 9, 1, 10, 3 = 55

>>16175654
10 at 6 for Sulla

rolled 6, 5, 2, 3, 1, 6, 1, 8 = 32

>>16175654
And now we come to swordtime! Well, javelintime.

>>16175668
Should probably not noko the rolls in here. Someone could rig the enemy to lose very simply by not rolling d10's.

>>16175668
Oh yeah, I saw that. 8 dice is what the Saxon rolled, and that's 8. That's... 1 success.

>>16175680
To Sulla's 9001 successes.

Sulla catches the javelin upon his shield, and knocks it aside, closing the distance to the unfortunate nord!

Sulla has 7 dice remaining, and the initiative! The Saxon is also currently unarmed, having only his shield out.

>>16175680

Well that was a success. 5v1. Javelin rolls away harmlessly or some shit.

Either way, let's stab this guy now. I demand Saxon blood.

rolled 9, 3, 9, 5, 5, 2, 6 = 39

>>16175707

Also 7 into the attack! Press the assault! Sweep the leg! Hack the bone!

>>16175707
7 TO GROIN
FINAL DESTINATION

>>16175726
HACK THE BONER, YOU MEAN. WE DEMAND MORE GROINSHOTS.

rolled 6, 10, 2, 3, 9, 8, 1, 3, 8, 10 = 60

what's the Cestus like in combat?

>>16175746
ignore the dice Capcha ate my noko

>>16175726
Yikes. A swing to the lower legs might actually be the best idea, as this guy does have a hauberk, and the Gladius does hit on 6s with a cut or a thrust.

The Saxon, either way, will defend with 5 dice at 5. He has a big shield too.

>>16175746
Oh, Cestus is awesome. ATN 5, but it's Hand range, and only does Str bludgeoning damage. Its advantage is that it is totally unstoppable compared to regular punches.

rolled 10, 8, 10, 1, 7 = 36

>>16175767
Here's for Saxywaxy.

rolled 10, 10, 1, 5, 5, 6, 2 = 39

>>16175781

JUPITERS THORNY COCK! FUCKING SAXON!

>>16175781
Agh, lucky blond bastard.

>>16175774
I once tested a starting character with an arming glove, which apparently works the same, in wrestling against a peasant. It ended with a level 5 bludgeoning wound to the face in the 3rd exchange.

Alright. The Saxon blocks the blow with his shield.

NEW ROUNDO
Sulla is back up to full, so is the Saxon.
Unlike the Saxon, however, Sulla has a sword out. Technically, the Saxon has the initiative. Technically.

>>16175816
Feint!

Right. The Saxon, sort of at a loss for options, attempts a shield bash. He is outranged, so he loses 1 die. He attempts this bash with 10 dice.

So 10 at 7 for the Saxon. What will Sulla do?

>>16175816

So what does the Saxon decide to do? Because I think Sulla might have to do another simultaneous block/strike. That seemed to work well. Maybe go 10/7 (block/strike) depending on what the saxon does.

>>16175839

Can one block a shield bash? Or should we go all out attack and thear this fucker's heart out?

>>16175840
A bash for 10 at 7? That Saxon is a real card. We have to go 2:1 ratio with a simultaneous block and strike, but it's worth it. Let's go 10/5, with the 10 on the defense.
He bashes at 7, we defend at 5, and then stab him in the brain. If he lives, then WE bash HIM in the groin next turn.

>>16175865

Go for it, broheim.

rolled 10, 6, 5, 2, 6, 3, 9 = 41

>>16175839
10 at 7

>>16175848
In fact, blocking is just about the only thing that works on shield bashing. Parrying is impossible, though partial evasion can be done.

So, the Saxon is bashing with 10 at 7
Sulla is blocking with 10 at 5, and then counter-attacking with 5 at 6.

...This isn't going to go well for the Saxon. Such is the price of not being quick enough on the draw.

rolled 2, 3, 2 = 7

>>16175870
>>16175839
>10 at 7
>roll only 7
oops have 3 more

rolled 4, 9, 3, 4, 1, 10, 3, 2, 4, 5 = 45

10 at 5

>>16175892

Thank Mars he only rolled 2 successes.

rolled 7, 2, 7, 4, 8 = 28

>>16175875
counter-attacking with 5 at 6

>>16175904

Eh, could have gone worse.

>>16175870
Yikes. Soundly blocked, and its looking like a good hit too. Where should it be targeted?

Let's disarm this guy, litterally. Elbow!

>>16175925
condescendingface.jpg

>>16175925

Upper thigh.

rolled 2 = 2

>>16175936
I LIKE IT. Arm strike! That's 3 margins of success, for a total of 9 damage, unless you somehow hit the chain hauberk.

>>16175951
Er, sorry, that's a level 5 unless you hit the hauberk.
You don't.

So, level 5 to the... Forearm. Oh lordy.

>BL: 12
S: 10
P: 12-WP
>"Arm destroyed, perhaps cut off"

Sulla catches the Saxon's shield bash with his own shield, and reaches over to neatly snip the nord's arm off at the wrist, just as it manages to close around the hilt of its sax.

>>16175968

Now the Bulgarian. The well-dressed Bulgarian. Let's fuck this fashion conscious central European up.

Dude, the guy isn't dead. Let's just step back and laugh at the guy as he bleeds out screaming.

Hmm, can the Saxon shrug this off? if so go for a grapple, he's gonna die anyway, he might as well make it messy.

>>16175977
the Saxon isn't quite dead

>>16175993
grapple and punch him in the face with our Cestus

>>16175994
He's missing an arm and is in quite a lot of pain. It would be a simple matter to execute him now, so we may as well skip it. Unless Galt doesn't want to?

>>16175999
I meant the saxon grappling, but I suppose they could both go for it, mano e mano

>>16176002
let's finish him. it would be bad form to let him bleed.
then proceed to loot his javelins.

The blonde northman collapses, holding his wrist and screaming. He vanishes, likely back to his frozen homeland.

Suddenly, Pic-Related appears. He looks as shocked to be seeing Sulla as the other is to see him, but they quickly get with the program.

He has no shield, but a very vicious looking mace, and strange armor of uncertain durability.

>>16176002
either way I still want to punch him with our Cestus

>>16176014
We don't want to catch that mace on our body or flat on our shield.
Javelin time!

>>16176014

Seriously? That guy? Fuck it, Full attack going for the gut. Let's just stab the everloving fuck out of him and move on to an actual threat.

>>16176014
Oh shit, what a swagger motherfucker. Sulla better be careful, only tough motherfuckers show up on the battlefield with their swag on like this.

>>16176014
> that helmit and neck guard
looks like I don't get to face punch this round.
also do disarmed or discarded weapons stay around, or do they vanish with the opponent?

Stab to the gut, but leave about 6 for a defense if he manages to block.

and can swords break in tRoS? because if so then I am worried about what that mace might do on a parry.

>>16176026
Exactly. This guy is probably strong as shit, and who knows if he has leather or chain under that chic sheet he's wearing.

>>16176024
Seconded

>>16176040
or even plate.
but he brought a mace to a sword and shield fight.
if we dupe him into an attack, we can capitalize on that.

>>16176040

Exactly. He could have leather under that chain, so let's get the init fast, and go for a full out gutfucking.

>>16176033
The Saxon's javelin is still laying where it fell after Sulla blocked it aside. Dropped weapons seem to remain, things still being held seem to return with the slain/defeated.

So, am I hearing a full stab, or a stab with 6 left over (11)? The mace and the gladius have the same range, so there is no penalty.

>>16176033

This. Let's loot the Saxon's javelins. Facepunch guy, you'll get to do it whe we get to the samurai. Beat the yellow off that Nip with the cestus.

As for a course of action, throw one of those pilums at this motherfucker. The only other obvious target I can think of would be the Swiss halberdier. As of right now, it's either pilum to this fucker's chest, or running straight at him to block the mace then stab him in the gut.

>>16176053

No range penalty?

Agree with >>16176049 that guy, and go for full stab.

Oh, sorry, I'm getting a head of myself.
We must first throw Red/Blue. Contextually, I'm assuming Sulla threw Red, is this correct? The Bulgarian has thrown blue, for his part.

>>16176055
yeah but remember what just happened when you don't keep you hand on your sword?

I say stab and block,11 and 6

>>16176064

Yeah red.

So, he threw blue, we have init, and he has no ability to block. Gut stabbity.

Well, whatever we do, if we take the mace on our shield it could shock our arm numb. More force on a small area and all that.
I could be talking out of my ass, never read the rules for RoS. I just understand combat, and this seems so close to IRL it's scary.

Yep. A Mace to the shield could screw our blocking ability all to hell. Which is why... full stab.

Alright, full thrust seems to be the consensus, which is 17 at 6.

The Bulgarian (dun dun dun) Will devote 18 at 6, a parry with his light mace!

So
17 at 6
17 at 6

LET'S ROCK.

>>16176083
not as much as a mace to the face, and we don't know what this guy is packing. a poorly rolled all out stab maght bounce off and leave us defenceless before his skullcrusher.

rolled 3, 7, 8, 3, 8, 5, 1, 3, 1, 1, 6, 4, 6, 3, 3, 8, 7 = 77

>>16176097
17 at 6 attacking

>>16176083
Not a stab, we don't know what sort of armor he's got.
Cut his hand off.

>>16176097
Sorry, not a consensus, but the best bet given that this guy has no shield.
Also, it is 17, not 18, my mistake. He's savin' one just in case he survives this.

That is all. Proceed!

rolled 2, 8, 8, 1, 6, 10, 6, 4, 8, 2, 8, 8, 10, 5, 1, 10, 4, 7 = 108

Rollan for Parry.

rolled 1, 10, 10, 1, 6, 1, 10, 8, 9, 5, 10, 4, 3, 8, 7, 2, 3, 7 = 105

ok
Bulgarian, 18 at 6 right?

>>16176105

You're not allowed to roll for Sulla anymore.

rolled 1, 9, 3, 3, 8, 10, 10, 10, 9, 4, 7, 8, 8, 6, 2, 3, 3 = 104

>>16176097
17 at 6 defending

rolled 1, 2, 7, 10, 8, 4, 1, 4, 2, 3, 7, 5, 10, 10, 8, 10, 5, 4 = 101

>>16176111

Well crap, discount that roll then since it's 1 die to many.

Wait, if we're thinking he's packing some armor, though there are some obvious exposed bits in the picture, what if we went for more conservative stabs, leaving more dice for some kind of dodge maneuver?

rolled 2, 2, 7, 7, 5, 1, 7, 9, 6, 6, 5, 2, 5, 2, 5, 6, 2 = 79

>>16176112
>>16176111
OH, too bad, he's rolling 17 now.

rolled 2, 9, 5, 1, 3, 9, 10, 7, 3, 1, 9, 7, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 3 = 83

Well fuck. No matter what the result either 18 or 17 on all of the results we have, it's a full parry after Sulla's failure of a roll.

>>16176105
>>16176116
(It was 17 for the defense, yeah, sorry about that.)

Shockingly-indeed, for almost the first time in his life, Sulla finds his attack outright delected by something other than a large plank of wood.

The Bulgarian, in the second exchange, tosses his 1 remaining dice for a blow at 5 to Sulla's head, straight down.

Fear the Fine Light Mace. FEAR IT.

1 at 5 for the Bulgarian.
Sulla has no remaining pool.

rolled 6 = 6

>>16176135

rolled 7 = 7

1 at 5

>>16176141

FFFFFUUUUUCCCCKKKK!!!!

>>16176141

Nooooooooooo!

I told you all the full attack wasn't the way to go! Now Sulla has to deal with the embarassment of being struck by a BULGARIAN!

rolled 2, 6, 8, 8, 7, 6, 2, 8, 6, 3, 9, 5, 9, 9, 6, 9, 2 = 105

>>16176141
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Let's hope for something like a grazed toe.

>>16176141
head bump!
will we even have a pool next round?

Wait a moment. Straight down? Pot helm with AV5 for the fucking win.

rolled 3 = 3

That's one die, for a total of 7 damage to wherever it is he ends up hitting. 8 if it's the helmet or chain armor.

Sulla might actually get hurt here, ladies and gentlemen.

>>16176149

Full attack would have worked out just fine if only >>16176105 that guy hadn't been allowed to roll.

>>16176156
+1 damage vs armor, 1+dr (that doesn't include either av or toughness, does it?) shock...
I don't think the helm will save us from a painful next round.
BUT, we can full evade

>>16176158
Wait, dammit. Not a thrust. Keep the 3 though.

Thank you for this Galt. It's made my morning.
Sorry I haven't been able to scan recently. Life's been topsy-turvy. I'll go and make a bacon sammich and then get on it.

>>16176173
I do believe this is the same result no matter what. Sulla's face just got caved back through the other end of itself.

>>16176163
>if only >>16176105 >that guy hadn't been allowed to roll

oh sure blame me and not /tg/ dice

rolled 4, 2, 3, 10, 8, 3, 8, 2, 5, 6, 10, 3, 6, 6, 4, 9, 3, 10 = 102

>>16176173

A blow to the head, the exact reason I said we should keep 6 to block.

so are we stunned or what?

Fuck, I need to be getting to bed. I've got to be at a brunch in like 6 hours.

Hopefully Legionnaire Sulla is still up and fighting by the time I get back.

rolled 2 = 2

>>16176163
Face it - we got caught up in "all full attacks all the time" and failed to adapt. Don't blame anyone but yourself.

>>16176182
I do believe we are in fact, DEAD unless that helm covers the lower head and face, which I don't believe it does.

>>16176189

>Blame God or blame yourself!

ftfy

>>16176189

Well.... yeah. But it would have been fucking glorious to have the guy just show up and BAM, spitted like a roasting pig.

>>16176195

AV5 on the helm, mace does 8 dam, and I think ignores the helm and our toughness. So... 8 dam... I think we just lost an eye.

>>16176173
Alright, Str 7 vs Sulla's Toughness 5.
That's a level 2 to the lower face.

>BL: 1
S: 8
P: 6-WP
Let's go with a broken nose. I don't think Sulla could fail a knockout roll if he tried. The Bulgarian grazes Sulla's with the mace, and there's a painful crack. The Roman emits a sound about halfway between cursing and laughing, before the blood starts running down his face.
"Son of a circus whore!"

Sula might just be in trouble... His WP is strong enough to ignore the Pain, but he's just suffered 11 shock total from his already nonexistant pool...

He's going to start the next round with 6 CP.

>>16176195
>MoS 1
>dead
really? are we fighting a bear in disguise?

>>16176198
yeah but we're now taking a strength 7 hit to the lower head. your fault.

He IS an eastern European. We should have known better. That sauna fight should have thaught us to be wary of the crazy Balkanites.

>>16176212
>>16176214
Nope, I just thought the 7 damage was AFTER Toughness for some reason. Carry on, gents.

6 cp?

Fine with me, go with full evade and backing up to force him to move to us.

>>16176215
I wasn't the only one advocating for full attack.

Is there any way we can back off and regroup? Maybe grab a pilum or that javelin?
We're gonna get creamed if we stay within arm's reach.

>>16176212
Bulgarian has the initiative right? if so then I vote he should swing left to right, aiming for Sulla's shoulder/neck region. and if he has a poll of 17, we can throw 11 dice on the strike and still match Sulla's 6 if he decides to take the hit and strike back.

>>16176226
definitely full evade.
once we have a pool back, we can talk about strategy.

So if we dodge with 5 dice we might stand a chance to hit back in the next round? Like I can't see blocking twice with 3 dice a pop going well, but on the other hand, he doesn't have a shield so if we can get on the offensive, he can't very well do simultaneous block and parry, can he?

>>16176226
>>16176215
Don't be so critical of the man's decisions. To be entirely fair here, this could've gone either way. If Sulla had connected at all, the situation would be exactly reversed. Significantly more in fact, because the Bulgarian doesn't have awesome WP, and piercing wounds are the scariest thing in the world.

How was anyone supposed to know that this particular random warrior had a combat pool of 18? Aside from >>16176220 of course.

>>16176233
Uhh, hate to break it to you, but the Bulgarian is the enemy here.
Let Galt decide what he does. You focus on keeping The Angriest Roman alive.

Galt, at some point could we stat up Hans Trollhoffer?

Also, does TRoS have rules for fighting on horseback?

Arright arright, we can salvage this people!

Full Evasion is an option. Let's say that the Bulgarian, still wary of the Roman, devotes 10 dice to a blow to the side.

>>16176246
Sorry, I suppose I'm just anti-roman. Well, Sulla's best bet now is to put all his weight on another stab, there's no way we're getting away from this one if we lose momentum

>>16176261
Proficiencies: Everything 15; Trollhofing 16

>>16176226
Yeah that's the problem with mob mentality - it's got a kind of inertia to it.
Reading back thru the posts is pretty cool if you imagine it as Sulla's thought stream, where he's all fired up and makes a split-second decision and then as he's swinging he's already realizing that it was the wrong one.

>>16176268
Remember, we have 6 cp for this next round. He has 17.
He can block for 10 and cut us up with his remaining dice in the second exchange.

I must bow out of this one as it is late, I hope the results are up on the archives should this thread be gone by my return.

>>16176267
10 dice? the roman is done.
we might get lucky on a full evasion, but averages say the balkie wins, and then hits us again with no chance to dodge.
or we can take the hit, and gladiate his face.

>>16176267
What are the rules on full evade?

>>16176275

but that's just delaying the inevitable. The only way out of this situation is a lucky stab.

rolled 5, 4, 8, 2, 2, 9, 10, 5, 1, 5 = 51

>>16176267
lets see these 10 dice

>>16176267
Full evasion ERRY DAY.

Sulla's just been given a smarting knock to the head. If I were him, I'd get the fuck out of there and cower behind my shield until the ringing stops. Then we switch up tempo and gut the fucker. Remember - for all we know the dick has Brigandine on under the fabulous clothes.

>>16176284
we could cut his arm off it don't look nearly as armored

>>16176284
But we aren't in pain and shock wears off, doesn't it?

>>16176292
you know what? that's a far better idea than mine. arm slash anyone?

>>16176283
If Sulla successfully full-evades, the Exchange ends instantly, and the two must throw red/blue again.

Since Sulla's decreased pool is only Shock, he would regain it for the next round. He actually has no pain damage, because he's got balls of savage steel. This would more or less put him back on even footing.

If it fails? Well... You know. Then it fails. Hail mary if I've ever heard one no?

>>16176292
Get him on the hand.
No armor on the wrist; we can see it.
And anywhere else, we may get lucky and disarm him.

>>16176293
yes, but we're facing 2 exchanges before refresh.
with 6 dice.
if a full evasion fails, the first blow won't kill us, but the second will.

A stop-hit to the wrist on one of his swings would work. Hans Trollhoffer style.

>>16176292
>>16176294
The problem is that the Bulgarian has the initiative right now. If we attack, we automatically hit AFTER that guy kills us! We need to withdraw first, regain our bearings, and then do this the smart way. A sobering blow from a mace is the only good kind.

PEOPLE.
What we need is, we NEED to get back INITIATIVE.

>>16176295
Full evade!

>>16176309
I concede, Full Evasion and pray. I still think we're just going to die slower.

>>16176315
with 6 cp?
full evade.
can we roll acrobat to get more dice on the evasion?

Alright.
10 for the Bulgarian at 6.
6 for Sulla at 4.

rolled 2, 6, 7, 9, 2, 8 = 34

6 for Sulla at 4

>>16176324
Er, yeah, just forget I said anything, Sulla's got some good stats, but his odds aren't phenomenal given what he knows. Better to try to dodge.

rolled 8, 7, 7, 10, 6, 9, 6, 4, 1, 2 = 60

>>16176325
Bulgarian pride man!
I don't even know where that is...

rolled 9, 10, 2, 6, 6, 10, 8, 10, 1, 9 = 71

dice+10d10

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

>>16176338

quick disregard this roll >>16176338 and use this one >>16176286

rolled 4 = 4

Oh damn. 7 to 4... That's a margin of 3. That's a Str 9 wound to somewhere on the upper body. Sulla can actually shrug that off, most anywhere, but that's not the problem, per-se...

>>16176338
Oh cock!

>>16176357
>BL: 0
S: 5-WP (0)
P: 4-WP (0)
"Glancing Blow-Will leave a nasty bruise"

Sulla catches the hit straight on his side. He is not terribly impressed.

However, the real problem is that because Sulla failed to escape, the Bulgarian can now actually use his 8 remaining dice on him.

And there can be no defense. Vertical blow to the head will do... No need to get fancy here.

The Bulgarian gets 8 at 5. This may be the end...

rolled 8, 3, 8, 3, 7, 2, 5, 8 = 44

>>16176381
The Bulgarian gets 8 at 5
is this the end of our hero

>>16176379
Ah. Sulla's chain armor gives him AV 4 on the torso. His Toughness is 5, for a total of 9. This means that the Str 9+1 (plus 1 for armor penetrating mace stuff) only actually inflicts a level 1 wound on him.
And for Sulla, that's a joke. He pisses more level 1s than this every morning.

rolled 3, 8, 3, 9, 5, 3, 2, 2 = 35

>>16176381
FUCK.
Here goes...

rolled 3, 1, 4, 7, 5, 4, 8, 5 = 37

>>16176389
5
yeah that looks like it's over

rolled 5 = 5

>>16176173
Yikes. That's a Str 11 hit.


Refer here:
>>16176389
For the table. It... It is actually still possible for Sulla to basically ignore the damage done by this.

the mystery opponent is Bueno-grande the pollaxe bear.
calling it.

>>16176389
Could be worse... could be 1 success

>>16176405
IT HITS THE HELMET.
That's Sulla's Toughness 5 plus armor 5, for a total of 10.

A level 1 wound.

>BL: 0
S: 8-WP (2)
P: 5-WP
"Glancing Blow."

Sulla is made of lead wrapped in steel wrapped in Rome, ladies and gentlemen.

Sulla takes 4 shock damage thanks to the mace's weird special abilities, but besides that, he has just walked away from this without actually dying.

NEW ROUNDO

The Bulgarian is shocked. Sulla is still alive, and at a pool of 13.

The Bulgarian has the initiative. In what might actually be desperation, the Bulgarian puts all 18 dice on a swing for Sulla's neck.

Course of action?

>>16176426
Unfuckingbelievable

Uh, 10 on a shield block, and if that's a success we can try a handectomy with 3

>>16176426
catch the mace with your mouth and bite it off

>>16176426
>IT HITS THE HELMET.
what is this witchery

So we are utilizing some kind of a Roman version of rope-a-dope tactic here?

>>16176436
This is an insane plan, but I like it. 10 dice on a block, and then try to cut the guy's arm off in the following exchange. Alternatively we could buy the initiative, and then just try to beat him to the cut. I seem to recall Willpower factoring into it, and Sulla is some sort of will beast.

So it shall be!

We will finish this exchange, and pick it up in the next thread, as we're really hitting autosage levels here.

18 at 5
10 at 5

If Sulla actually gets this hit off, then the Bulgarian is in seriously deep shit, be aware of that, and roll!

>>16176455
either way we need to cut that god damn arm/hand off

>>16176462
Er, 18 at 6 sorry. Durp.

rolled 2, 8, 8, 1, 2, 2, 4, 6, 5, 5, 4, 1, 7, 6, 6, 1, 5, 4 = 77

>>16176462

>>16176455
Buy the initiative. Stop-cut to the mace holding hand.
Sure, it might CRITICAL FAILURE, but guys, this is Sulla. LET'S NOT BE VAGINAS ABOUT THIS.

rolled 7, 7, 9, 2, 3, 10, 7, 8, 7, 8, 2, 6, 4, 1, 9, 9, 9, 2 = 110

>>16176462
18 at 5
>please go low

rolled 2, 1, 3, 4, 9, 7, 9, 5, 5, 7 = 52

>>16176474
6 successes!
Not unbeatable!

>>16176476
You know what? The man's got a point. If you are willing, we'll do this. It could be the fastest way to decisively spit the nails into this coffin.

>>16176486
Beaten.

Sulla... Successfully blocks the unblockable! The Bulgarian's total advantage has turned in upon itself!

Sulla now has 3 dice that cannot be blocked. 3 dice at 6!

3 AT 6 BOYS, MAKE MARS SHED A MANLY TEAR.

rolled 8, 6, 10 = 24

3 dice at 6
what's the worst that could happen

rolled 3, 7, 10 = 20

>>16176506
Cut his fucking arm off, we've been wanting to do it all day

>>16176520
GREAT SUCCESS

rolled 3 = 3

>>16176520
3 Successes. Total of a Str 9 hit.

>>16175951
is the table.

>>16176520
redemption

>>16176520
Now, can someone archive this thread and Galt begin the next?

A level 4 to the forearm.
BL: 6
S: 8
P: 8-WP (4)
"Arm Broken, lots of blood."

Sulla blocks the Bulgarian's swing with his shield, and brings his Gladius down upon it in a hideous cut. The bones crack beneath the force of the blow, and the Bulgarian's mace falls heavily to the ground. The Bulgarian curses in an indecipherable tongue-though one needn't speak it to get the gist, somehow.

The Bulgarian does not Vanish, though it is clear he is now helpless. Sulla could take one more refreshed round's worth of actions against him, or let him go like the defeated dog that he is.

Your call.

He broke our nose, OF WITH HIS HEAD!

>>16176560
can we beat him to death with his our mace?

>>16176560
Stab to groin.

>>16176560
Can we poke at his torso?
I just wanna see if he's actually armored, after all that.

>>16176585
>own
derp. or we could punch him with the cestus

>>16176593

BOING