STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- Holocron

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How many Hopefuls are there even down here?

"They're leaving us no choice..." Rianna says quietly, very unhappy about what they'll have to do.

You have twelve total.

Xavier's face grows grim with the thought.

"This is the saddest day of my life," Xavier says return.

"Aim to disarm them if at all possible," Rianna replies. "I refuse to kill anyone if it's not necessary."

What are our Padawans doing?

"Understood and agreed Master Xi," Xavier replies with a nod.

Now that you mention it...

Brath and Tilith have raised their lightsabers and are marching on you as well.

"Not you two, too..." Rianna says, moving herself so that she does not get trapped between their Padawans and the Hopefuls.

Xavier moves with Rianna, "Tilith stop this..." he pauses before continuing.

"Rianna I think we are gonna have to stop being civil."

He raises a hand and tries to do a combat push to disarm one of the Hopefuls.

Combat Push is not going to do anything against a Named Character, and certainly not in this circumstance.

This is going to be a Lightsaber duel, slightly altered to fit the situation. Rianna and Xavier will be going head-to-head with their students, and normally that is not a challenge, but it is a bit harder to fight with six Hopefuls trying to stab at them.

Your Lightsaber skills will be reduced by six points each as you battle your Padawans. You can, of course, elect to target the Hopefuls. If you win a round against a Hopeful, that Hopeful is dispatched and your score increases by one.

Ick. Okay.

Wow this does not sound very fun at all.

Should we dispatch the Hopefuls as quickly as possible Lana?

Sounds like that would probably be the best plan of action...otherwise we're going to lose, and lose fast.

Agreed so I guess we start out dispatching the Hopefuls. By dispatch does that mean kill them or can we disarm them fairly easily?

At the very least, you will be seriously maiming them. Being mobbed as you are, you will not have time for precise disarming strikes. This is to the death.

Xavier's long face grows even longer at the realization of what he must do now, but Rallo must be stopped. He raises his saber and takes down the first Hopeful he sees.

Rianna might be getting tired of this, but it's been awhile for Xavier! Let's go over the rules for dueling again as a refresher. Plus, I believe it's changed slightly since the last time Xavier dueled anyone.

THE SET-UP: During the historic Battle for Vorkuta, Jedi Masters Rianna Xi and Xavier Kolarn have found themselves cornered in the Jedi Temple by their own students! Rallo's reach across Vorkuta is great and his will is strong...

HOW THIS WORKS:

Each turn, duellists exchange lightsaber blows, trying to beat their opponent's guard and score a points until that final blow is struck to win the duel. One player is made the attacker, though who the attacker is changes each round.

There are three moves you can make, based upon the three physical stats of Strength, Agility, and Dexterity. You add your rating in chosen stat and apply it to your Lightsaber score, which makes for the final score of your attack.

There are two complications- first, some moves are better than others. Strength gets a bonus against Dexterity, Dexterity against Agility, and Agility against Strength. Said bonus is worth two points. Second, your chosen move has an inbuilt extra power of +0 (Weak), +1 (Normal), or +2 (Strong).

At the start of each duel, each combatant chooses six moves, choosing no more than three of each type. The strength of each hand is randomly determined; there are more weak moves than normal, more normal than strong.

Highest score wins each turn. In the event of a draw, attacker gets the point. First to five wins, so long as they are winning by two clear points. If not, duel continues until that gap is made. Winning by more points can have worse consequences for your opponents.

ANALYSIS:

Masters Kolarn and Xi are impressive swordsmen both, having trained long in hard in the Jedi arts! Their Padawans have learned from the best and may have some physical advantages over their Masters. And, of course, the army of Hopefuls...

If I could get your six moves from each of you...

Usual split - three Agility, two Dexterity, and one Strength.

(also, me? Tired of dueling? Yeah, like that will ever happen 😛)

I think the fact that you say 'usual split' certainly reveals that.

What can I say. Rianna winds up in a lot of freaking duels. And that combo generally works well for me 😛

3 strength, 2 dexterity, and 1 agility