The Bells

[Styx]

Looked like time lapsed, so I went ahead and posted. Morse last posted Saturday, 5:44 am for me, and it's now Monday 2:14 pm. Nothing really hurts you guys for it though, so no big deal for anybody.

Just to specify, the window I break is to my left which I imagine is basically at Dax's 1 o'clock? and the window I peek out of is straight ahead for me which I imagine is at Dax's 11 o'clock? Ish? Maybe more of a distance?

@Taz @Rimrald @Morse

 

[Rimrald]

I apologize, holiday weekend kept me more than busy.

I will request a map as all this movement outside the initially defined area is becoming hard to follow post by post and I would like to avoid any future spats over positioning and what not.

Please include distances from relevant points in the defining post about the intiial layout if you would!

 

[Styx]

I apologize, holiday weekend kept me more than busy.

I will request a map as all this movement outside the initially defined area is becoming hard to follow post by post and I would like to avoid any future spats over positioning and what not.

Please include distances from relevant points in the defining post about the intiial layout if you would!

Na no problem. And made a quick edit.

 

[Styx]

I'm no good at map making, so I'll leave that to Morse or either of you if you like. I will put this out there though: it took us a couple rounds to get where we are, Morse and I. So that distance could take a similar timeframe to get to us.

 

[Rimrald]

I’m just asking for relevant distances between the players rather than distance traveled to account for timing.

MS paint is a great tool for maps lol, if one of you two can make it that would be ideal but I can make it at work tomorrow if not.

 

[Morse]

....... did the map I made not work for you?

 

[Rimrald]

I didn't even see that map, my apologies Morse!

 

[Styx]

Taalong gets across the street, into the first floor under Dax and up the stairs before Essien can reach the window right in front of him. Sounds kinda funny lol. Doesn't matter, but it sounds funny.

 

[Styx]

So first and third paragraph are the action bits. Second paragraph is just detail and summary. Last paragraph is hypothetical.

 

[Rimrald]

"His lightsaber in hand he vaulted over the wall and burned into the nearby building with the most vicious forceful sprint, breaking into it while Essien moved upstairs to either engage or distract their assailant. He made the 20m dash in a matter of seconds, and did not stop once inside."

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"Vorr on the first floor of that building, could sense the presence of one above, and preceded with an unstoppable spring towards the stairs that led upward. He climbed them fiercely, blade in hand, the glow shining in the dark hall as he was upon the floor."​

"He was 3 meters from the Mandalorian when he appeared. And Vorr would not waist a moment. He continued his sprint, his lightsaber hilt steadied in both hands and the blade angled 45 degrees across his body. Once close he rammed the blade forward at the Mandalorian and bringing it downward, prepared to either impale or slash as he jutted it towards the Mandalorians heart and dragged the blade down to the victims right hip."


"Dax simply turned his left wrist, activating his the flamethrower to burst into the top of the stairs as the Sith charged up them. In that same action, opened fire with both pistols. Pulling the trigger twice with each of them. For a total of four shots from the Quickdraw pistol, and two from Westar aimed at the Taalong's center mass at point blank range. As he topped the stairs and into the flame."

"Juulius holstered his blaster upon reaching the 10m mark from the building and heard the roar of flames and blaster fire from above, unaware of the number of attackers he would move quickly but effectively. Keeping himself out of view of the blown out windows of the second story building directly parallel to his partners position, finding a sizeable pile of rubble for cover. He removed a grenade from his bandoleer and armed it, counting two heartbeats before sending it through the bottom floor window in an attempt to sandwich the attacks from his partner and further assail the attacker."


"He could sense the anticipation in the helmeted warrior, and could see the light of the fire, which gave away the trap. Perhaps if it had delayed a moment longer Vorr couldn't see it, but he did. His slash turned into a batted block, smacking away a pair of blaster bolts as he tumbled aggressively to his right in a controlled duck and roll. Well trained and well experienced Vorr's reaction was instinctual and instantaneous, leaving two bolts zipping inches to his left and one more singing the outer left corner of the shoulder of his armor, half an inch from the skin as it corroded the durasteel. The flames had provided an impenetrable shield that followed him as he'd moved, and burned the loose outer edges of his robes.

But before Vorr could cease his tumble as he'd shoulder rolled, there was a disturbing addition to the duel. He could not tell what yet he knew he was about to find out. Suddenly there was a loud cracking explosion, and the vibration beneath him rippled as his hands came to recover on the floor beneath him. The grenade thrown by @Juulius Kryze had exploded in the room below."

White = Sith | Tan = Mando
@Morse per your previous round. You have sequentially committed to three separate actions, the final one being my bone of contention. Due to the nature of your final action I find it near if not totally impossible you would come out the other side virtually unscathed. You have commited your action of charging up the stairs by readying the strike against Dax, to which you were interrupted by six blaster bolts and a stream of fire from a wrist flamer, which you are batting two of the bolts out of the way and rolling to your side while still on the stairs? Meaning you would continue charging headlong into flames to get up the stairs while you're still focusing on using your force ability.

Your defense has ignored one of the blaster bolts, not that it is the main point here but you accounted for 5 of 6. You were then able to land from mid-roll with the floor blowing out from under you to a threepoint stance and continue moving/fighting. I'm sorry but not even the site owners could get away with that at level 4.

This falls within auto-hit but I wanted to let you know i've reported the post.

 

[Morse]

I think I'm failing to understand an issue with rping on this site. I'm on 2 right now, and it seems that everything we say is equally explained away dismissively as though we might not have even posted.

I say I close a gap and strike.... and I'm met with 6 blaster shots, flames, and a knife and a seamless jetpack scare maneuver away.... but the force used tumble is out of the question.... and yet he can just dodge a shot fired at his back.

I'm not sure exactly what the purpose is here but I'm experiencing enough real life difficulties that im likely going to have to withdraw as I dont think I have the time to keep up with this feverish dissection.

As for the landing... US Army Infantry training teaches you how to handle that floor collapse, so I assumed a force user would have a slightly enhanced capability.

 

[Rimrald]

Well the fact you’re still on the stairs when the attacks begin and you magically are able to get far enough up the stairs to roll out of the way while he is standing at the top of them and six blaster bolts are coming at you in a matter of 2 seconds and the flame thrower mounted on his arm is completely ignored by your defense. With your roll the range of the weapon (3 meters) would still be burning you.

After all of that a level one force user isn’t going to have the ability to maintain and circle around for a second attack all in one round.

I’m not attempting to be dismissive, there’s 101 examples of PvP threads where appropriate reactions written to hard attacks to overcome, but in my opinion this is not one of them and that’s why I reported it.

It’s great that the US Army taught you how to brace falling through floors, they taught me how to fall out of planes and land safely but that’s not while being assailed by multiple attack sources.

 

[Morse]

I've officially requested withdrawal from all my pvp threads. My real world situation is making it too difficult to keep up with these threads since starting them and I cant commit the way I initially hoped I could when we started.

 

[Loco]

Ruling: @Morse did indeed forget one of the shots. A blaster bolt strikes Vorr in the chest, leaving him with a severe wound (third degree burns and a damaged lung) as it burns through his armor, turning his roll into an uncontrolled tumble. The floor collapses beneath him, and he ends this round prone in a heap of rubble. The flamer is at the very edge of its range, and so its damage remains superficial.

As always, this ruling is final.

I'm not sure what you mean about these posts being dismissive of each other Morse. Everything we write in a pvp is merely an attempt, and your opponent is under no obligation to stand there and take it. It's a back and forth game of trying to out manuever each other and finding ways of not letting your opponent do exactly what he wants. That's how pvp is done.

As for the landing... US Army Infantry training teaches you how to handle that floor collapse, so I assumed a force user would have a slightly enhanced capability.

And I'd sure like to know at what point I get to learn this trick. Ten years and a couple deployments, and I've never been shown how to pull a superhero landing after having the floor blown out from under me while I'm getting shot and rolling down a set of stairs. I feel cheated.


Carry on.

@Rimrald @Taz @Styx @Morse

 

[Morse]

I'll edit the post accordingly then and withdraw.

 

[Rimrald]

Writing him as unconscious will do the trick for withdrawing, that way you won’t lose a character and it will be organic.

 

[Taz]

I go to work for 8 hours and miss everything. @Morse tag me here when you edit and I'll react accordingly. If you want to just let him fall unconscious as Rim suggested I'm good with that, but I'm nabbing your light stick for the bounty. So it's Win Win.

 

[Rimrald]

Yeah I’m cool with @Styx editing and withdrawing or finding a partner within your posting block time.

 

[Styx]

Yeah I’m cool with @Styx editing and withdrawing or finding a partner within your posting block time.

Also @Styx you can tactfully withdraw or find a partner in the next 48 hours but I don't recommend sticking in the fight solo. But it's up to you.

Thanks guys! I appreciate the offer, but if we only have a week left to finish this thread then I’ll keep going. Even if I’m solo and will probably die lol. I could’ve died either way.

Unless I’m misunderstanding? How would this play out? I edit my post, withdraw to the front lines and recruit another PC into the fight, and then reengage you guys? Still only a week left in-real-time to finish? Or something else?

 

[Rimrald]

If you can grab someone else PC wise who wants to jump in feel free, or feel free to run away and do an exit post if you want. We just wanted to give you an out since you lost your partner in the middle of the fight.


OR
Feel free to stay and fight to the end.