Rowaini Musketeers: One For All and All For One

[Rystil Arden]

Tristan disengages and attempts a remise against the Pumpernickle.

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Still keeping 3 Bab in AC

Tristan attacks (1d20+6=16, 1d8+6=10)
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"Ha! Baguette Pirouette!" the Crimson Pumpernickel spins and pivots, dodging the attack and making another of his own, but Tristan blocks this one as well.

 

[Rystil Arden]

“Of course, how insensitive of me,” Gabriel replies with an understanding smile, “I will do as you wish then my lady and confront him alone, if you will but furnish me with his name and a description. And I would be honoured to use one of your father’s swords should it come to a duel, so shall we go retrieve said blade then, and I will see what can be done without disrupting the party too much.” Taking her hand for a moment, he asks, “Do you think you could stand to see him, should he wish to offer a sincere apology for his behaviour?”

"Yes...if he was contrite and ready to offer an apology, I think I could see him then," Anne agrees.

*She leads him to a cloak room area and retrieves her father's sword, which bears the crest of the Debreuil family.*

"Thank you brave musketeer. I don't know if you were well-connected enough to guess this already, but the man in question is Meleagant Degorre."

 

[Fenris]

"Ha! Baguette Pirouette!" the Crimson Pumpernickel spins and pivots, dodging the attack and making another of his own, but Tristan blocks this one as well.

"You fence well, for a baker." taunts Tristan as he thrusts again, but misses the nimble man.

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So can I use Knights Challenge here? I don't know the mechanics of it to know if I can.

Maintaining the 3 BAB shift to AC

Tristan R4 (1d20+6=12)

I had such great rolls to start off and now phfltttt!

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[Rystil Arden]

"You fence well, for a baker." taunts Tristan as he thrusts again, but misses the nimble man.

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So can I use Knights Challenge here? I don't know the mechanics of it to know if I can.

Maintaining the 3 BAB shift to AC

Tristan R4 (1d20+6=12)

I had such great rolls to start off and now phfltttt!

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(OOC: Oh shoot--I never told you. Basically, you wouldn't have used it at the beginning anyway because Tristan didn't respect this guy. You can use Knight's Challenge against a worthy opponent. If the opponent is too weak to be worthy, it fails and you lose a little bit of honour. If you lose the challenge against a worthy opponent, you also lose a some honour. If you make the challenge and then start fighting someone else without finishing, you lose some honour. If you make the challenge and win, you gain honour. If the opponent is also a knight and is a worthy foe for you (that is, if the challenge succeeds on a knight), the knight must accept the challenge or lose honour, and then abides by the same rules as you--this does not apply to non-knights. If one of your allies interferes with the one-on-one nature of the challenge before one of the challenged opponent's allies interferes, you lose honour (again, if the opponent is a knight, this applies to him too), but if the enemy's allies ahev already interfered, you lose nothing for an ally's interference. Making the challenge is a move-equivalent action. It gives you a (+Honour-Courage / 4, rounded up) bonus to Attack Rolls and Damage Rolls against your declared opponent, and the same bonus to Will Saves against any nefarious effects that might prevent you from meeting the challenge. In your case, the bonus is +2. )

"As do thee, for a drooling ogre that fawns over the honour of its own ass."

*But questionably-witty repartee or no, the Pumpernickel just can't seem to get off another lucky hit on Tristan with the Musketeer's defenses up.*

(OOC: Same here for the Pumpernickel--good rolls to start, now bad)

 

[Fenris]

Tristan swings low to trip the masked fencer, he connects and knocks the man down again. " He then stabs downwards at the prone man "For a man who claims to be able to seduce women, you speak poorly of them. Perhaps you wear the mask to conceal the fact that you are a deformed dwarf? Or perhaps it was only your mother. But what then does that say about your father's taste in women?"

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Keeping the CE up for 3 AC

Tristan R4 Trip Attempt (1d20+6=21)

Tristan Str Check (1d20+9=23)

Tristan follow up attack (1d20+10=22, 1d8+6=9)

Not great rolls, but hopefully enough!

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[Shayuri]

Jacen spies a flowering bush of a type he doesn't immediately recognize, but is noteable for the simple reason that it has older flowers nestled among newer blooms...the older ones becoming darker and unsightly.

"There," he says, drawing his sword. "The garden is excellently kept, but this bush could use a little pruning, wouldn't you say?"

He pauses only a moment, marking the stale blossoms in his mind's eye...then he steps forward, tilting his wrist and hand this way and that. The blade of his father's sword moves too fast to see more than a blur of moonlight from its flat, making it look as if there were just a few fireflies in the air between Jacen and the bush.

Then pulls the sword back.

(Don't know if I need a roll or anything. If not, or if it works

There's a pause, and then one by one, the afflicted flowers drop off the bush, leaving the nearby healthy blooms perfectly intact.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Tristan swings low to trip the masked fencer, he connects and knocks the man down again. " He then stabs downwards at the prone man "For a man who claims to be able to seduce women, you speak poorly of them. Perhaps you wear the mask to conceal the fact that you are a deformed dwarf? Or perhaps it was only your mother. But what then does that say about your father's taste in women?"

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Keeping the CE up for 3 AC

Tristan R4 Trip Attempt (1d20+6=21)

Tristan Str Check (1d20+9=23)

Tristan follow up attack (1d20+10=22, 1d8+6=9)

Not great rolls, but hopefully enough!

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"Canst thou not tell a lady from an ass? Tis a mark, methinks, of an ogre's idiot nature. A lady is soft and delicate like a flower, or Marie, while a wild ass's skin is as rough and coarse as its hideous braying," though his reply is immediate, the Crimson Pumpernickel can't hide the wince as he is knocked to the ground and cut by Tristan's attack.

"But now thou hast sealed thy own fate, for mine blade is in the perfect position to execute thee, foul ogre! Rising dough!"

*The Crimson Pumpernickel stands again, and once more twists away from Tristan's attack to score another heavy blow on the much-stronger Musketeer.*

(OOC: Wow, IC is not on your side today. I rolled you a natural 1 on the AoO, almost a fumble, and CP got better luck, dealing 11 more damage, total is 25. The good news is that the 9 damage on the Pumpernickel looks to be a relatively heavy wound (so CP is probably lower level or with significantly lower Con) )

 

[unleashed]

"Yes...if he was contrite and ready to offer an apology, I think I could see him then," Anne agrees.

*She leads him to a cloak room area and retrieves her father's sword, which bears the crest of the Debreuil family.*

"Thank you brave musketeer. I don't know if you were well-connected enough to guess this already, but the man in question is Meleagant Degorre."

OOC: What sort of sword are we talking about, just in case it does come to a duel, which wouldn’t be surprising given Meleagant’s temper and Gabriel’s fearlessness.

*Gabriel takes the sword from Anne, checking it for balance and feel, before adding it to his own blades with a satisfied nod.*

“No, I hadn’t guessed who it was, but from what I’ve heard of Meleagant Degorre this evening I’m not surprised it is him. Fear not, I shall return forthwith, lovely Anne, hopefully with the discourteous and dishonourable cur in tow, ready to apologise for his actions toward you this evening,” Gabriel smiles, bowing and bring her hand to his lips for a kiss, before he heads out to look for Meleagant.

 

[Rystil Arden]

OOC: What sort of sword are we talking about, just in case it does come to a duel, which wouldn’t be surprising given Meleagant’s temper and Gabriel’s fearlessness.

*Gabriel takes the sword from Anne, checking it for balance and feel, before adding it to his own blades with a satisfied nod.*

“No, I hadn’t guessed who it was, but from what I’ve heard of Meleagant Degorre this evening I’m not surprised it is him. Fear not, I shall return forthwith, lovely Anne, hopefully with the discourteous and dishonourable cur in tow, ready to apologise for his actions toward you this evening,” Gabriel smiles, bowing and bring her hand to his lips for a kiss, before he heads out to look for Meleagant.

(OOC: Rowaini Dueling Sabre, but not MW)

"Oh, thank you Monsieur!" Anne curtsies to Gabriel as he heads out.

*Finding Meleagant is not difficult. He is with three young ladies, apparently regaling them with a story of some sort.*

 

[Rystil Arden]

Jacen spies a flowering bush of a type he doesn't immediately recognize, but is noteable for the simple reason that it has older flowers nestled among newer blooms...the older ones becoming darker and unsightly.

"There," he says, drawing his sword. "The garden is excellently kept, but this bush could use a little pruning, wouldn't you say?"

He pauses only a moment, marking the stale blossoms in his mind's eye...then he steps forward, tilting his wrist and hand this way and that. The blade of his father's sword moves too fast to see more than a blur of moonlight from its flat, making it look as if there were just a few fireflies in the air between Jacen and the bush.

Then pulls the sword back.

(Don't know if I need a roll or anything. If not, or if it works

There's a pause, and then one by one, the afflicted flowers drop off the bush, leaving the nearby healthy blooms perfectly intact.

*Jacen's technique succeeds as he intended.*

*Marie's delicate eyebrows raise in surprise as Jacen's blade flashes almost imperceptibly, but as the old flowers fall away to reveal the new ones, she grins and claps her hands.*

"Wow, that was great! I guess we should get back to the main party though, right?"