[LP] The Way of the Tiger. (Complete)

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Fri May 20, 2016 11:23 pm

Holy mother of god of shit.

Cobra Strike, then Forked Lightning, then Winged Horse, then Tiger's Paw, then Leaping Tiger until SOMETHING FRICKING STICKS.

SGamerz · Post by **SGamerz** » Sat May 21, 2016 1:33 am

We've tried punch and throw, try a kick next.

Forked Lightning.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sat May 21, 2016 3:39 am

Forked Lightning was the super effective one against Yaemon and I guess this guy expects us to use the poor man's anti-Yaemon move (I'd avoid starting with Cobra Strike for the same reason--it's also good against Yaemon). So I'd vote for Winged Horse Kick.

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Sat May 21, 2016 7:23 am

Sure, whatever, Forked Lightning, I was mostly expressing frustration with two "fuck you, no damage" results in a row.

Esp. given the throw ended with "Fuck you, in Soviet Inferno enemy throws you" and not even Yaemon's "On a hit, your attack is dodged instead of reflected" response to needles.

Dr_Noface · Post by **Dr_Noface** » Sat May 21, 2016 11:02 am

if we kick we're at -5 for the next attack

Forked ligjtening

Mr Shine · Post by **Mr Shine** » Sat May 21, 2016 3:04 pm

I still think we should do Kwon's Flail at the next oppoutunity, (but not right now at-5). I vote for Cobra Strike.

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Sat May 21, 2016 3:07 pm

Flip-flopping back to Cobra Strike due to the stacking kick penalty.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sat May 21, 2016 8:50 pm

Well it's five votes and a tie, so I'm counting the quantum superposition of Omegon's votes to break it in favor of Forked Lightning.

You whip your foot up twice in quick succession against Amin. If you succeed and you have the skill of Yubi-Jutsu, you may add 1 to the damage.

AMIN THE FIDA'I
Defense against Forked Lightning: 7/8
Endurance: 18
Damage: 1 Die + 2

The longer Amin fights you, the more he will learn from your fighting style and adapt his own. If this is the first time you have tried to kick him, using any kick at all, his Defense is 7, not 8. He will use the higher Defense against all subsequent kicks.

• if you have defeated Amin...

If you have not defeated Amin, he counters with a rear leg roundhouse kick to your ribs. Your Defense against this is 7.

• Iron Fist?
• Cobra Strike?
• Tiger's Paw?
• Forked Lightning? (Return to top)
• Winged Horse?
• Leaping Tiger?
• Kwon's Flail? (new)
• Whirlpool?
• Dragon's Tail?
• Teeth of the Tiger?

With a Defense of 8 and a -5 total modifier, our attack cannot succeed.
Amin's counterkick is a 10. This is a tough decision, but hitting this guy is hard and blocking here has a <50% chance of success, so I'm taking the hit. He does 3+2 damage, leaving us at 10.

Avarice · Post by **Avarice** » Sun May 22, 2016 12:02 am

Repeated forked lightning's succeed at 10 or more.
Well, im stumped.

No vote.

FYI, by avoiding the -modifier traps, Avenger can start book 3 with +3 kick&+2throw or +2kick&+3throw

Dr_Noface · Post by **Dr_Noface** » Sun May 22, 2016 12:41 am

have we done cobra

i vote cobra in that case

SGamerz · Post by **SGamerz** » Sun May 22, 2016 2:06 am

It looks like the kick was generally a better option since it doesn't get auto-countered....but that negative modifier is just too much of a killer.

Kwon's Flail again, I want to see what the new section does.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sun May 22, 2016 4:32 am

We still have to roll really high on a kick though (unless it's an auto-success).

So I'm voting for Cobra Strike. I'm wondering if there's any rhyme or reason to Amin's strengths/weaknesses. He seems to be less 'fuck you' than Yaemon or the Grandmaster of Shadows but we also haven't touched him.

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Sun May 22, 2016 7:01 am

Cobra strike - maybe not having to roll a 10 will mean we stand a chance in hell.

Also because it was first on my initial proposed "try everything in this order because we had nothing to go on at that point" list.

Mr Shine · Post by **Mr Shine** » Sun May 22, 2016 7:41 am

Kwon's Flail. There's obviously at least 2 "good" kicks, and we've already had the auto-fail option on KF, so I'd like to see what the other outcome is.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Mon May 23, 2016 4:49 pm

You jab your fingers at Amin's throat. If you succeed and you have the skill of Yubi-Jutsu, you may add 1 to the damage.

AMIN THE FIDA'I
Defense against Cobra Strike: 7/8
Endurance: 18
Damage: 1 Die

The longer Amin fights you, the more he will learn from your fighting style and adapt his own. If this is the first time you have tried to punch him, using any punch at all, his Defense is 7, not 8. He will use the higher Defense against all subsequent punches.

• if you have defeated Amin...

If you have not defeated Amin, then he counterattacks with a twist punch so fast that you may not block it. Your Defense against this is 9.

• Iron Fist?
• Cobra Strike? (return to top)
• Tiger's Paw?
• Forked Lightning?
• Winged Horse?
• Leaping Tiger?
• Kwon's Flail? (new)
• Whirlpool?
• Dragon's Tail?
• Teeth of the Tiger?

Our punch is a 9, for 3 damage; and the counterpunch is flubbed with a 4. Even with the unblockability and adapted parry, the odds here are in our favor, but is it enough to overcome our Endurance deficit?

Mr Shine · Post by **Mr Shine** » Mon May 23, 2016 5:19 pm

Keep on Cobra punching to the end.

Avarice · Post by **Avarice** » Mon May 23, 2016 6:18 pm

So cobras will strike on 9+, 11 if blocked
kick will strike on 10+,12 if block, but will do +2 damage.

I think we need to find the throw that isnt an auto-fail.

That said, im voting "Dragon Tail"
Since its 'dragon', as opposed to 'tiger' it might stand a chance catching him off-guard.

Mr Shine · Post by **Mr Shine** » Mon May 23, 2016 6:32 pm

With Cobra Strike we do an average of 0.97 per turn damage, he does 0.58. That's quite a hefty difference, I'd rather not blunder through the auto-fails to find the good throw that probably won't be much, if any, better than this setup.

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Mon May 23, 2016 7:05 pm

Cobra Spam and hope there isn't another boss fight after this.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Mon May 23, 2016 10:02 pm

Sure, Cobra Spam, although after this is over I'll have a lot of questions about this fight.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:00 pm

I'm not going to give the full play by play because I don't have a proper keyboard atm. Suffice to say there was a lot of whiffing and about half of it was very tense because we were in ' the next hit could end it for either person' territory. In the end, we dropped the Fida'i with 2 End left ourselves.

Amin crumples with the force of your last blow, lifeless. No longer will he track and kill the followers of Kwon on Upanishad's dusty streets.

You turn to see that the Keeper has been crushed completely by Glaivas, ichor splattering out by his repeated stamping. He regains his composure and looks back at you with a shrug, but his eyes still contain a haunted quality. At the death of their Keeper, the octopus-like creatures flop down from their alcoves to leave the cells open. You see that three contain blocks of dark ice, each containing a prisoner.

• Free no prisoners, flee back the way you came with all haste?

Otherwise, it seems touching an Amulet of Nullaq against the ice will free the prisoner within. You may retrieve the one from the Keeper's waist sash where it lies discarded if you do not already have your own.

• Free the tall man in silver armor?
• Free the man in the gold robes?
• Free the stocky man in the white surcoat bearing a red cross?

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Thu May 26, 2016 9:03 pm

Red cross.

Mr Shine · Post by **Mr Shine** » Fri May 27, 2016 8:00 am

Free the priest of Avatar (red cross).

SGamerz · Post by **SGamerz** » Fri May 27, 2016 1:34 pm

Red cross, because he's the most likely to be a healer-type character who might be able to restore some End back to how our mangled body.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Fri May 27, 2016 5:20 pm

You touch the amulet to the dark ice and it melts in a rush to revealva thick-set man with a white surcoat bearing the emblem of a red cross. He appears to be in a sort of stasis, like a living statue.

'Perhaps his faith in Avatar protects him from this place,' Glaivas says. 'No doubt they were waiting until they had a way to weaken his devotion.'

• Free the man in silver armor?
• Free the mapn in gold robes?