USH'S STAR WARS GAME- CAMPAIGN II EPISODE IV (JEDI)- Purity

Yeah, but forward guard tapped would give him +12 attack pool, and if he can destroy two of the Bots it might give him a lot of successes too, through the cleave tap, or do I see that wrong?

If it is incorrect then he shouldn't swap out Othodox guard for forward guard, but instead swap riposte for Perfect Strike, which at least will give him 2 defence if tapped.

I am not sure what he is hoping for by the way, is it that Jelena and the other guy (name escapes me) will come to finish the battle? Cause he obviously can't beat them? What about retreat btw? Defensive leap and Ward and running really fast?

Assuming he strikes first. That is always the risk.

There's no way out of the room.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Assuming he strikes first. That is always the risk.

There's no way out of the room.

Does he know initiative in advance?

Not before he makes his swaps.

Hmm if he didn't get initiative and was in cover in the last round would he still be for their attack?

Yup.

Hmm, if you just want to survive as long as possible (and maybe do at least some damage) I think there's two possible ways to go about, I am not sure which is preferable and I guess it really depends on luck. But this is what I can see the best options for the next four steps to be (considering you can only swap in one thing at a time)

A:

1. Dodge and Weave Tap (+5 Defense), get cover, swap Forward Guard for Orthodox Guard
2. Swap Cleave for Dodge and Weave, tap Cleave and Forward Guard attack droids, Ward (if you have initiative you have to be hit at 6, +12 Attack Pool and possible protection from your Cleave, if you don't at least you have cover in the beginning, might still work)
3. Swap in Orthodox Guard forForward Guard, tap Orthodox Guard (+2 Parry)
4. Swap in Perfect Strike, tap Perfect Strike (+3 Defense)
5. Die or luck out with Refresh, though probably still die

or

B

1. Tap Dodge and Weave, Swap in Perfect Strike, get Cover
2. Tap Orthodox Guard, swap in Cleave, attack,
3. Swap in Forward Guard, Tap Perfect Strike, Tap Cleave, Tap Forward Guard, attack
4. Get Cover, Ward
5. As A.

Maybe I make a mistake in thinking here, but at the limitations those schticks seem to be your only option really, and with only 16 HP left and and like 12 Supermooks attacking you will have to tap the hell out of them, I think.

Originally posted by Bardock42
I am not sure what he is hoping for by the way, is it that Jelena and the other guy (name escapes me) will come to finish the battle? Cause he obviously can't beat them? What about retreat btw? Defensive leap and Ward and running really fast?

Well, he's hoping to do enough damage that the next two will get through this part that much easier. Andro knows he is trapped, he tried talking to Kathya to stall, but messed that one up. The only choice seemed to be to fight, so the goal is to take as much with him as possible. The first choice would have been to take Kathya out, but Ush seemed to indicate the massive concentration of droid fire nixes that. I thought of just running around hiding until the other showed up, but Ush said that wouldn't get me anywhere either. Can't flee or stall or hide, so Andro is doing his very best to mop up as many droids as possible before he falls, which looks to be pretty soon. He is pretty impressed with the mess he's making of the place, though. He'll consider it a moral victory if he can clear out half the droids. 😉 )

(I will refresh Cleave, or does everything auto refresh? Do blade schticks and combat schticks combine in any way? Like will the guard effect still apply while using dodge and weave?)

Just to be fair here- I didn't say you couldn't hide.

You can refresh Cleave and Perfect Strike; you can only do two and they have to be out of your cache.

Combat and Blade schticks can't combine or you'd be terrifying.

(That's what I thought, just wanted to be sure. When you advices included swapping guards and combat schticks, I wondered. There's a lot of planning ahead in this system, isn't there?)

When there needs to be!

Too late for Andro to try to hide I assume, Ush?

Originally posted by Jazzman_78
Well, he's hoping to do enough damage that the next two will get through this part that much easier. Andro knows he is trapped, he tried talking to Kathya to stall, but messed that one up. The only choice seemed to be to fight, so the goal is to take as much with him as possible. The first choice would have been to take Kathya out, but Ush seemed to indicate the massive concentration of droid fire nixes that. I thought of just running around hiding until the other showed up, but Ush said that wouldn't get me anywhere either. Can't flee or stall or hide, so Andro is doing his very best to mop up as many droids as possible before he falls, which looks to be pretty soon. He is pretty impressed with the mess he's making of the place, though. He'll consider it a moral victory if he can clear out half the droids. 😉 )

(I will refresh Cleave, or does everything auto refresh? Do blade schticks and combat schticks combine in any way? Like will the guard effect still apply while using dodge and weave?)

You can refresh two swapped out Schticks per Refresh turn, I think. In your case I think that would mean refreshing Perfect Strike and Cleave, which are the only tapped ones that are not currently swapped in (Riposte)

Anyways, I do think you should use the first round to swap in a Blade Schtick in consideration of your next attack. If you get to cover, tap Dodge and Weave and use Co-Ordination, not much should happen to you in that round, and you can think of what to do.

I think depending on how you go at it, and how lucky you are, you should be able to destroy between 4 to 7 (thouh probably not) enemies.

Like I said, I think it makes sense for 1. to be tap Dodge and Weave, go to Cover, use Co-Ordination

and then perhaps

1. Swap in Cleave for Riposte (+5 Defense, Only hit with 6s, Cover)
2 Swap in Perfect Strike, use Ward, attack (+2 Defense, +2 Attack, Only Hit by 6s, Cleave)
3. Tap Orthdox Guard, attack (+2 Parry,1 and 2s successes, +2 Attack, Cleave)
4 Swap in Forward Guard, tap Forward Guard, tap Perfect Strike, tap Cleave (+12 Attack Pool, +3 Defense, Cleave and all successes get subtracted from the next Mook attacks)
5. Attack

I mean there are a lot of variations which might be more or less useful.

Alternatively you could attack the Named Character 😗

Though that would probably not help your allies that much

Man, I wish you had charge, I love charge.

Originally posted by Captain REX
When there needs to be!

Too late for Andro to try to hide I assume, Ush?

Not really a question that can be answered like that. A bit like asking if it is too late too attack Kathya. You have to judge the battle situation.

But there's an option still to hide even during the battle? Wouldn't they know where he is?

If you mean hiding as in getting away, then no, that's not possible.

I am confused, haha.

There are enormous pieces of cover to hide behind.

Maybe that's something you could consider then, Andro. Like I said, before with a dodge and weave tap and co ordination you should hardly be hit, and could maybe hide out for a while, and maybe swap in all schticks you need before you have to fight again?

Can he get to such cover in one round?

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Just to be fair here- I didn't say you couldn't hide.

(Ah, sorry. I have a bad habit of misinterpreting you hints. The above isn't meant as a rant, more of an explanation/justification on how I got to be in the pickle I'm in. Looking back, I see several opportunities I had to not get into this mess, but I plowed ahead, never once considering the trap might have been set for all of us, not just Andro. Anyho, let's refresh Cleave and Perfect Strike. Swap Cleave for Dodge and Weave, use Cordination. Let's get to some of that massive cover!)

Focussed so intently on the battle, Andro suddenly is jarred into the realization that he wearing down when he realizes how much closer the incomming fire is getting to him. He had hoped to clear out at least half of these blasted droids, but he's wearing down and he knows it. He almost decides to go out in a blaze of glory, but what use dying to a mob of droids? There is still a mission to complete, Jelena and Roan surely must be looking for hm by now, and they are certainly smarter then he is. If he can just hold off long enough, they might get here in time... AFter leaping to the catwalk and cutting down a droid, Andro hopes urprise will be on his side as his tactics take a sudden about-face. He leaps back down to the floor and dashes behind a vat.