>>38429902
You wake up in the morning to the sound of knocking on your door. Dragging yourself out of bed, you answer the door and a young man in white armor hands you a letter, leaving without another word. You open the letter and read.

"This will be your training schedule for the next week. Please make sure you are on time to all of it.

Breakfast at 8 AM
Weapon training at 9:30 AM at the practice field.
Free time from 11 AM to 12 PM
Lunch at 12:10 PM
Magic training in the arcane practice room at 1:30 PM
Free time from 2:30 to 3:30
Horseback riding from 4:30 to 5:30 PM
Dinner at 6 PM
Meditation at 7 PM

Okay then, so you have sparring practice right after breakfast. You have time before breakfast starts, so you wonder what you should do with your free time.

>Explore the fortress
>Check the library
>Go down to breakfast early
>Look for someone (specify)
>Other

>>38429917
>>Look for someone (specify)
Daniel and Erika, see if they want to join you for breakfast

>>38429917
>Check the library

Let's see if they have any books about the past wielders of Galadriel

>>38429917
>>Look for someone (specify)
lets find Erika and go eat, she is our only friend here after all

>>38430026
>>38430209
seconding these

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>>38429917
You decide to go find Erika and Daniel so you can eat breakfast together. It takes a bit of searching, but eventually you run into them talking to each other on the ground floor.

"Well look who's up already." Erika says with a smile.

"Indeed. It is good to see you are up and about already Siegfried." Daniel says.

"Yeah, someone woke me up early this morning. They had a letter for me from the knight-captain about my training schedule. I figured I'd find you guys while I was up so we could eat breakfast together."

"That is a sound decision. We should go and find seats now then, before the dining hall becomes too full to find seats."

The three of you go to the dining hall and find seats. Already the place is full of people, getting an early start on breakfast. You grab some food from the platters on the table and put them on your plate, as Daniel and Erika do the same. Erika's plate is so full you can hardly see the plate underneath all the food, while Daniel's plate is actually fairly sparse. Your own plate is in the middle, just the right amount to start the day with.

You notice as you eat that the other people here keep glancing over at you, before quickly turning away when they see you've noticed them. You should have figured it would be like this after the knight-captain's announcement last night.

>Talk to Erika about (specify)
>Talk to Daniel about (specify)
>Talk to them both about (specify)
>No words, just breakfast
>Other

>>38430558
>>Talk to them both about (specify)
what can be expected during the weapon training since that's first, also will you be getting armor the same as Erika?

>>38430558
>talk to both about about various weapons out there. We need some ideas, since Galadriel can weaponshift and we want the most out of that kinda versatility.

>>38430558
to help set the tone and atmosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WosAUPVowkI&list=PL6TBB0rDoLaXjCbhvodxVhSELRLwDcwOd&index=6

>>38430558
Ask them how we are going to find the true wielder of Galadriel? There has to be somebody worthy enough to wield her in this tower.

>>38430558
>>Talk to them both about (specify)
so what is Weapon training like? Who will I be up against today?

>>38431051
>>38430619
>>38430558
These

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>>38430558
"So what can I expect from weapon training today?" you ask them.

"Is that what you have next?" Erika asks. "Well in that case, Leonard's probably going to take you to the armory first to get suited up. After that, you're probably just sparring on the first day. Hope for your sake it's not with him, he's a tough bastard."

Daniel chuckles. "Indeed. I imagine brother Leonard will have someone closer to Siegfried's skill range there to practice with instead."

"What, you don't think I could take him?" you ask jokingly.

"No." they both say in unison. Well shit, that was fast.

"Well thanks for the confidence." you tell them dryly. "In that case, who do you think I actually will be practicing with today?"

They both shrug. "Who knows? It could be anyone." Erika says.

"I would think it will at least be someone with similar experience to yourself." Daniel adds. "Though I could be wrong. brother Leonard has been known to put his students to the test from time to time."

"So expect to be knocked on your ass fairly often." Erika quips.

You shrug off that last comment. "In any case, what sort of weapons should I use for training? I doubt they're going to let me use Galadriel for a sparring match."

Erika shrugs. "Greatsword's always worked well for me."

"I think you should decide that based on what your opponent is using." Daniel answers. "You are able to change Galadriel's form in a real fight, so I believe it would make sense for you to learn what weapons work best against others."

"Makes sense, I guess."

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>>38431356
The two of you chat some more over the course of breakfast, until eventually everyone goes their separate ways. Before you go though, Daniel adds one last thing as you leave. "I shall see you again when it is time for magic training Siegfried. The training room is on the third floor, try to be on time."

You'll see him then? You guess that means he's going to be your teacher for magic training then. That or helping the real teacher, who knows.

You make your way back to the courtyard where Erika took you yesterday, the training yard. People are there practicing today as well, but amongst them you see a man wearing light armor and a green cloak waiting for you. He has a stern look on his face, and when he notices you he steps forward.

"You there. You're Siegfried, correct?"

You nod. "That would be me."

"Good. I am brother Leonard, one of the instructors here at the tower. I'm going to be in charge of teaching you how to fight for the next month or so. We'll go get you armored up before we start, but first off I want to ask you something. How confident in your swordsmanship are you?"

>"Confident enough, I guess."
>"Well I went toe-to-toe with Andras, take that how you will."
>"I know what I'm doing. I was a guard before any of this, after all."
>"Not sure really. I made it this far, but it's not like I've had to fight for my life very often until recently."
>Other

>>38431468
>"Not sure really. I made it this far, but it's not like I've had to fight for my life very often until recently."

>>38431468
>>Other
"Well I was just a guard, so I'd say its fair, however, not to boast, but I did manage to cut off Andras' arm in combat."

>>38431468
>"Not sure really. I made it this far, but it's not like I've had to fight for my life very often until recently."

>>38431468
>"Not sure really. I made it this far, but it's not like I've had to fight for my life very often until recently."

>>38431468
"I've scraped by on dumb luck, surprise, and people underestimating me, but I like to think even that takes at least a bit of skill."

>>38431468
>"Not sure really. I made it this far, but it's not like I've had to fight for my life very often until recently."
combined with this
>"I've scraped by on dumb luck, surprise, and people underestimating me, but I like to think even that takes at least a bit of skill."

>>38431468
>"Well I went toe-to-toe with Andras, take that how you will."
Sigh then
>"Not sure really. I made it this far, but it's not like I've had to fight for my life very often until recently."

>>38431468
"Not sure really. I've scraped by on dumb luck, surprise, and people underestimating me, but I like to think even that takes at least a bit of skill."

"Hmm" He mutters, sizing you up. "You're not entirely wrong, but you won't be able to scrape by on luck alone forever. At least it sounds like you're not completely inexperienced. We'll find out how you match against one of the others here soon, but first we need to get you suited up. Follow me."

You follow him past the courtyard and down another hall, to a large door with a big iron padlock on the handle. Leonard pulls out a key and opens the door, leading you inside.

Inside, you see rows upon rows of weapons. Bows, swords, spears, halberds, bardiches, pretty much anything you can think of is here. And not just weapons, but armor too. You see everything from chain to plate to scale, as well as a wide selection of shields. Curiously, you also see what appears to be normal sets of clothing here as well. One thing they all have in common though is that they are all white, if the armor in question could not normally be painted, then it comes with a white tabard, bearing what you assume to be the tower's heraldry: A two-headed dragon holding a sword in one claw and shield in the other whilst looking in opposite directions, set on a flat silver shield.

"You already have Galadriel, so don't bother grabbing any of the weapons here." Leonard says, heading straight to the suits of armor in the back. "You'll need some armor to protect you though, so take your pick, and don't worry about the weight."

>Grab something heavy, like plate.
>Grab something medium, like chain or scale.
>Grab something light, like a chain shirt.
>Grab a set of the clothes you see hanging here. Why are these here?
>Other

>>38431993
>Go with something light
Are there clothes with banded metal here?

>>38431993
>Grab a set of the clothes you see hanging here. Why are these here?

Mystery box!

>>38431993
>Other
Ask about the clothes first!

>>38431993
>Grab something medium, like chain or scale.

>>38431993
>>Grab something heavy, like plate.
plate ain't even that heavy, its actually lighter and better to move around in than chain

>>38432048
this

>>38431993
>Grab something heavy, like plate.

>>38431993
>Grab something medium, like chain or scale.
Lets try to look as plain as possible so our enemies can't find us.

>>38431993
>Grab something heavy, like plate.
Ask about the clothes

>>38432064
>>38432084
seconding>>38432103
these

>>38431993
>>Grab something heavy, like plate.

>>38431993
Breastplate and gauntlets, short scale sleeves, scale greaves and normal leather boots.

Normal clothes underneath

>>38432048
>Grab something light, like a chain shirt.
Seems right with a sword that can change into different weapons

>>38431993
>>Grab something heavy, like plate.
can never go wrong with a full set of plate

>>38431993
>Grab something heavy, like plate.

I don't want us to nearly get disemboweled again, plate master race.

>>38432133
I like this. Good blend of protection and mobility, but it might not be open.

Counting the votes now. One second.

>>38431993
Your first instinct is to head for the plate. If you're going to be fighting demons, you want to be as well armored as you can be. However, you can't help but be curious about the clothes, so you ask Leonard about them.

"What are the clothes here for? I can't imagine they'd offer much protection."

He nods. "You would think that. However, the clothes are enchanted. All of the armor here is enchanted to make it more comfortable to wear, since you'll be wearing it at almost all times, in case of a sudden attack."

Huh. So that's how Erika was able to wear her plate all day back in Morsland. At least now you know she's not as messed in the head as you thought at the time. Not AS messed, at least.

"The clothes here take it a step further though." he continues. "They have some basic wards on them so they can offer at least a little protection, but they also make the wearer move faster than normal. Good for archers and people with a fighting style that emphasizes speed, but try not to get hit if that's what you're choosing."

You look at the set of plate in front of you, and back to the set of clothes. In the end, you decide to go with

>The plate
>The clothes
>Other

>>38432624
>>The plate

>>38432624
>The clothes

>>38432064
>plate ain't even that heavy, its actually lighter and better to move around in than chain
Yeah, I know. When I said heavy, I meant more in the sense of "Good protection, but a little restricting" if that makes sense.

>>38432624
why cant we wear the clothes under the plate?

>>38432624
>>The plate

>>38432624
>The Clothes
If we're shifting weapons on the fly, we'll need armor that can work with multiple fighting styles. Speed = adaptability.

>>38432624
>The clothes

>>38432624
>The clothes
Since we are going to be constantly switching styles mid combat having extra speed should help all of them.

>>38432670
No point. Plate restricts movement heavily. Usually, it's made with a specific weapon in mind, and only has gaps for that form of movement.

>>38432624
>The plate
while it might make us faster, when we do get hit its not going to be good, plate all the way, its only a little restricting according to OP, I'll take that any day over being a soft target

>>38432670
You can, but your movement is still sort of impeded when you're wearing the plate. It's possible, but expect to trip fairly often.

>>38432721
Restricting as in you won't be able to use as many weapons with the same effectiveness

>>38432719
not according to OP and the enchantments put on the plate.
>The plate

>>38432624
>The plate
Even if it is a little restricting (enhancement implies only a little and not alot) we need actual protection. If you want super speed get light armor but the clothing is too little. Plus bitches love plate.

>>38432624
>The clothes
It'll make sneaking up behind someone much easier.

>>38432624
>The clothes

>>38432740
OP is >>38432719
true?

>>38432759
>>38432721
>>38432643
these anons get it
>The plate

>>38432624
>The clothes

>>38432740
lets try both then. its not like we cant just change armor later

>>38432624
>The plate

>>38432779
>>38432747
You can still move alright in the plate, but don't expect to start doing backflip while wearing it. The enchantment isn't so much "make it easier to move" as much as it is "make it not suck to wear this from morning to night every day."

>>38432624
The plate.

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15 votes
12 posters
Come on anons

Calling the vote here guys.

>>38432829
then plate it is, because that's' the only major downside to plate, I'll take a slightly restricted movement, we can stillb ackstep and parry and all that other goodness, might as well be well protected.

>>38432861
Right?
This guy >>38432831isnt even trying to hide it.

>>38432884
How about 'raising arm above your shoulders without bending backwards'? Would you vote for that?

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>>38432861
I was just about to say.

>>38432909
That was actually my first post in this thread. Nice try though, faggot.

>>38432909
It's clear what they were samefagging for, was hoping for the clothes but whatever.

Okay, so since the vote seems a little sketchy, I'm putting it on a strawpoll in the interest of fairness.

http://strawpoll.me/3776617

>>38433002
good on ya OP, this is why I like you.

>>38433002
Fucking platefags, wanting us to get shocked to fuck by lightning sword again.

>>38433043
nigguh all we gotta do is get daniel or another mage to enchant the armor to protect us against that shit.

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>>38433002
OP your'e the man.

>>38433073
You guys want to tank the sword instead of just avoiding the damn sword.

>>38433002
lol its fucking tied

>>38433130
yes and?

>>38433133
No it's not. Clothes pulled out ahead, 7-5

>>38433198
at the time I posted it was tied.

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Well then. After a very close vote, it looks like enchanted clothes wins. Writing.
>>38433198
It was. I was about to make a joke about it, but then it changed.

>>38433043
Good point, though we'd still be holding a metallic weapon, and even enchanted clothes probably wouldn't resist the lightning. Plus most of the threats we will probably face will be physical/blunt/slashing.
>>38433130
Parrying, sidesteping, and other stuff will still be as effective, we weren't a dickass thief/acrobat character for jumping/somersaulting around to really be our main game. Besides OP is cool and make our character ineffective over a style choice.... right? Gulp.

>>38433216
those clothes better be worth it, i swear if we get disemboweled again, that shit's gunna suck

inb4 we get 1 shot by an arrow

>>38433241
*wouldn't make
Well clothes won, not my choice but still a good choice.

>>38433216
wait i just checked the character sheet, we only have 10hp, we are going to be so fucked if we get hit.

>>38433293
no anon the +5 to dodge will surely save us

>>38433293
Last time I checked we're not supposed to be a hero. If anything, we're more of a dickass thief type of a guard.

>>38433334
what? when did that happen?

>>38433334
but we are going on patrol to find daemons anon, I don't think it'll be wise to wear only clothes when going on patrol, but I'm willing to test it out, we do get a whole month to make up our minds on the armor.

Well we can always put a padded coat or some mail on later, even slip a brigantine chest piece and a helm later. Its not so set in stone as to be worth arguing overmuch. While I liked the plate the most none of them were bad choices, just the style we're training/ walking in for the moment.
>>38433261
>>38433267
>>38433293
>>38433319
>>38433334
>>38433369
>>38433384

>>38433427
>training with something that makes you faster then normal

>>38433427
I wouldn't care to add light armor later on, but heavy plate just no.

>>38433476
yup, probably means we won't be a efficient in heavier armor and will favor a faster style, that doesn't mean we can't add some armor later, none of what I listed, except maybe the brigantine or too much mail is restrictive. I get that you're saying we may learn to rely on the speed so much as to make armor not easily wearable w/ the clothes unfeasible though.
>>38433516
Like this guy said

>>38433516
>>38433603
then hell why not just stick with chain mail? that's what we were wearing as a guard, so we are most used to that.

>>38433603
I'm saying in we ever lose the speed were fucked. I mean what if someone uses some antimagic shit on us?

>>38433680
or for that matter if we get into a grapple?

>>38432624
You look at the set of plate in front of you. Originally you thought it would be better to just cover yourself in as much armor as you can, but being able to move faster sounds like a pretty good bonus. You remember your fight with Andras, how he cleaved right through your armor last time, and how you were basically cooked alive by the electric shock from his blade. Heavy armor might be a good choice for dealing with grunts and normal enemies, but if you ever find yourself face to face with Andras or someone as powerful as him again, it'll probably be in your best interest to avoid the hit altogether than to try and tank it.

You take the set of clothes instead. Leonard nods after you've made your decision, and leaves the room while you get changed.

You feel very light on your feet after changing. You try moving around some, and indeed you do feel a little faster. You practice with it a bit, learning how to move at a normal pace and how to move faster while wearing the enchanted clothing, and when you're finished you meet Leonard outside.

"Finished getting adjusted?" he asks. You nod, and he leads you back to the training yard.

"Alright Siegfried, now I'm going to have you partner up with someone to help me get an idea of where you are now in terms of combat prowess." He looks around the yard for a bit, before pointing to someone by the training dummies. "You, Justine. Come here for a moment will you?"

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>>38433756
The lady practicing stops what she's doing and walks over to you and Leonard. You see that she's wearing white breastplate and carrying a spear. Just pretend that's a spear in the pic at least/

"You need something, sir?" She asks. You feel she sounds bored for some reason.

Leonard nods. "I need you to spar with this young man here for a bit."

"This guy?" Justine asks, looking over at you for the first time. "Oh, I remember you. You're the one the knight-captain was talking about yesterday, right?"

>"That's me. Good to meet you, Justine was it?"
>"Yeah, that was me. Really wish the captain hadn't done that."
>Nod. "Siegfried Schmidt. Who are you?"
>"Yup, I'm the guy who got dragged into all this. Good to meet you."
>Other

>>38433756
inb4 we get 1 shot by this fag

>>38433662
Well I want to see how we fair with these enchanted clothes first.

>>38433775
>>"Yeah, that was me. Really wish the captain hadn't done that."
>>Nod. "Siegfried Schmidt. Who are you?"

Can we waifu Justine?

>>38433775
>>Nod. "Siegfried Schmidt. Who are you?"

>>38433775
"Yup, I'm the guy who got dragged into all this. Good to meet you."

>>38433808
nigga hold on a damn minute we just met her, god damn

>>38433775
>"Yup, I'm the guy who got dragged into all this. Good to meet you."
Our MC would say this

>>38433775
>"Yup, I'm the guy who got dragged into all this. Good to meet you."

>>38433836
gotta think with your dick on the battlefield anon

>>38433241
No, I'm not so much of a dick that I'd screw you guys over because of something like this. All of the choices available to you are good, they just have different advantages/disadvantages.
>>38433261
>those clothes better be worth it, i swear if we get disemboweled again, that shit's gunna suck
This sentence made me giggle.
>>38433293
And you're only level 1 at the moment. You'll gain more HP as you go, don't worry.

>>38433775
>Nod. "Siegfried Schmidt. Who are you?"
Dips on Justine

>>38433862
okay that makes me feel a bit better. though I still think armor is better than no armor.

>>38433775
>"Yup, I'm the guy who got dragged into all this. Good to meet you."

>>38433775
>"Yup, I'm the guy who got dragged into all this. Good to meet you."

>>38434028
>>38433956
>>38433849
>>38433848
I see our snark is still alive and well

Counting votes now.

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So are we a semi shikamaru? Instead of the intelligence we're going to have speed.

>>38434084
Um. Not really.

>>38434084
nah man

>>38434067
OP got an image for the clothes we're wearing, they better at least look cool.

>>38433775
"Yup, I'm the guy who got dragged into all this. Good to meet you."

Justine just nods. "Right. Well, go grab a weapon and get ready. You know how to fight at least, right?"

"Uh...yeah." You respond. Geez, this girl's kind cold and to the point.

Leonard speaks up. "I'll assume you're going to use your spear as usual Justine?" She nods. "Alright then, go and stand on this end here. Siegfried, go and grab a weapon from the rack and stand there."

You nod, and head over to the weapon rack. Lets see, Justine is using a spear, so you decide to use

>A sword and shield
>An axe (one or two handed)
>A mace
>A warhammer (one or two handed)
>A spear
>A halberd
>A greatsword
>Other

>>38434330
>>A sword and shield
We probably already have a good bit of experience with this, right?

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>>38434330
>>A halberd
halberd master race

>>38434330
>A halberd

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>>38434166
like this but with a diferent device

>>38434166
Don't really have an image of the clothes on me right now. If someone has a good pic they'd like to put forward for it though, by all means.

>>38434330
>A halberd

>>38434397
oh so its basically a tunic.

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>>38434166
or this in white

>>38434330
isn't a 1 handed warhammer just a mace?

>>38434330
If going against a spear a shield is invaluable.
>A sword and shield

>>38434330
Let's go with something that we can take advantage of with the clothes. A sword and dagger combo.

>>38434390
>>38434391
>>38434411
Have we ever even handled a halberd before? Aside from the dream, I mean.

>>38434424
absolutely disgusting, the first on is better

>>38434330
>>A halberd

>>38434443
that's a question for the OP

>>38434330
>Other
Daggers
We need to get close to her a soon as possible >A sword and shield

>>38434330
>A halberd
Guard = halbert. Nah !

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>>38434425
no not quite it is more like a shorter version of a regular onje...with likely no topspike

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>>38434424
Gross

>>38434084

Ugh. The shikamaru picture just reminded me of Jim Profit. talk about heebie jeebies.

>>38434443
yes last fight against the bandits

>>38434330
>A sword and shield

A shield is absolutely necessary

>>38434475
Closing distance on a skilled spear user is fucking wicked hard, spears aren't slow like people think.

>>38434443
We used one in the fight with the bandits. We crit-killed the one carrying a spear with it too.

>>38434546
which is why i voted halberd, we can disarm the bitch if need be or split her spear in half, and being even on reach.

>>38434578
She is an experienced opponent with a faster weapon and equal reach, if she wasn't someone who (seems) to use a spear as a primary that might work. Also, a good spear isn't super easy to break either, a solid shaft is hard to split, hence why you can block swords with a quarterstaff.

>>38434617
but she has limited attack movements, we get a spear a hook and an axe, we get versatility edge on her

>>38434647
She has the same motions as we do, she can thrust and slash, the only thing we can do that she cant is pull (axe-heads are cool) and being batted in a sideways motion by a spear can still fuck you up real bad. Moreover depending on how she fights she can use the entirety of the spear, not just the front portion whereas we aren't that good. I trust a shield more than anything else when it comes to an unknown enemy.

Back, calling the vote now.

>>38434330
You think back to the bandits on your way to the tower. There was one carrying a spear who you killed while Galadriel was in Halberd form, so you decide to go with that.

You take the halberd and stand where the instructor told you to stand, facing towards Justine. Watching her, you get the impression she's pretty experienced with a spear, so this may be a tough fight.

The two of you stare at each other, waiting for Leonard to give the signal. "Ready?" Leonard asks from the side. You both nod, neither taking their eyes of the other. "Then go!" he calls.

>Attack normally
>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)
>Power attack (Penalty to roll, deal increased damage)
>Other

>>38435068
>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)

>>38435068
>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)
See if she has a pattern or a style you can take advantage of.

>>38435068
>>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)
see how she attacks, wait for an opening, then strike. WE have no idea whats he's capable of, so better safe then sorry.

>>38435068
>>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)

>>38435068
>Attack normally

>>38435068
>>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)

>>38435068
>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)

Looks you guys are going to attack defensively then.

Roll 1d100+10, as the enchanted clothing is helping you avoid attacks.

Rolled 60 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38435209

Rolled 94 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>38435209
Gah, forgot Justine's roll. Derp.

>>38435209

Rolled 48 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38435209
We got this

Rolled 88 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38435209
>>38435230
Fuck.

>>38435230
>>38435245
You just missed the dc by 1, brutal?

Rolled 93 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38435209

Rolled 42 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38435209

>>38435230
99 vs 98
We got a fight here boys

>>38435230
Welp.

>>38435068
You decide to fight defensively, get a feel for how she fights first. You barely have time to act, however, as immediately after Leonard starts the match she starts jabbing at you. The enchantment from your new set of clothes allows you to dodge in time, but she continues to jab at you repeatedly. She's pretty damn fast.

You manage to dodge or parry the majority of her blows, but after dodging one of her jabs she quickly sweeps the spear sideways at your feet. You try to jump over it, but it grazes your right foot. It was a hard swing, so you imagine it would have really hurt if it had fully connected, but what you got definitely still smarts.

>9/10 HP remaining.

She backs up after that, disengaging when you attempt to swing at her with the halberd in retaliation. It misses her by just a hair's breadth. You try to read her expression. It's just the faintest change, but you can see a difference in her expression now from her expression at the start of the fight. You think she expected to knock you flat on your back with that last sweep.

>Attack normally
>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)
>Power attack (Penalty to roll, deal increased damage)
>Other

>>38435478
>>Attack normally

>>38435478
>>Attack normally

>>38435478
>Attack normally

>>38435478
>Attack normally

>>38435478
>Other
Feign a few attacks then strike when she least expects it. we got a feel for her attacks, lets get a feel of her defense.

>>38435478
Let's do something different.

Let's charge her, then when she's preparing to block, we toss the halberd up in the air, and push her to the ground when she's following the flight of the halberd.

>>38435478
>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)

>>38435551
I am under the impression she's experienced enough to not fall for that.

>>38435478
>>Other
Feignt and attack an opening

>>38435550
>>38435579
seconding these guys

>>38435478
>Let her get close, and as she closes, faint and do a quick spin using our speed enchantment to full effect. One of the weapons will break.

>>38435551
I'm in. capcha is refar.....blaze it i guess

Rolled 74 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

It's close, but it looks like you guys are attacking normally.

Roll 1d100+5, now that you've gotten a feel for how she attacks.

>>38435550
I like this idea

Rolled 51 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>38435718

Rolled 85 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>38435718

Rolled 87 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>38435718
Rolling be hatin

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>38435718

>>38435742
not on you apparently

>>38435478
Now that you've gotten a feel for her attack patterns, you go on the offensive. You advance, predicting her incoming jab and move to the side, hitting her with a swing of your halberd. It's a solid blow, and she backs up again after you hit. Now the difference in expressions is clear. She looks focused now, contrary to the blank poker face she had at the start of the fight.

This time she charges at you, drawing her spear back slightly for a hard jab.

>Attack normally
>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)
>Power attack (Penalty to roll, deal increased damage)
>Other

>>38435891
>>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>38435891
>Power attack (Penalty to roll, deal increased damage)

>>38435891
powerrrrrrrrrr atack

>>38435891
>Feint

>>38435891
>>Other
Parry and counter

>>38435891
Let's sweep her off her feet.

I mean literally.

Focus less on doing damage and more on getting her on the ground.

>>38435943
this

>>38435891
>Power attack (Penalty to roll, deal increased damage)
I'll show them !

>>38435943
>>38435891
This

>>38435943
Let's do it

Rolled 38 (1d100)

Seems you guys are going to parry and counter.

Roll 1d100+10

>>38435891
>>38435943

Rolled 48 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38436043

Rolled 23 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38436043

Rolled 44 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38436043
Rolling don't hate me

Rolled 1 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38436043
for the emperor

Rolled 29 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38436043

>>38436043
The strength of our rolls seem to correlate with whatever you roll against us.

Rolled 44 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38436043

>>38436053
looks like we still beat her

Rolled 28 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38436070
the emperor hates me...am stopping rolling

>>38436070
you got a 1 on a d100 that is impressive in its own right.

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>>38436070

>>38436143
To be fair, it's an 11 after modifiers.

>>38435891
You know her attack is coming, so you get into a firm stance and get ready to parry.

She closes, and throws a power jab at your chest. It's a sloppy jab, possibly a sign that she's starting to get nervous. Still, it's a pretty hard jab, and you manage just barely to swat it away and counter by jabbing her in the stomach with the other end of your halberd. You knock the wind out of her, but she's still standing, and now it looks like she's starting to get a little mad.

She backs up, putting you at spear-length distance and makes several quick thrusts. She's getting faster now, it's hard to keep up.

>Attack normally
>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)
>Power attack (Penalty to roll, deal increased damage)
>Other

>>38436143
I forgot 40k rpgs tend to be roll under the emperor smiled on me in a different system....totally not in this system

>>38436208
>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)

Give some ground, let her tire herself out

>>38436208
>>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)

>>38436208
>>Attack normally

>>38436070
Son, I'm disappoint.

>>38436208
>Power attack
Put her on the defensive. Use the halberd as a quarterstaff.

>>38436208
>>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)
We got this in the bag

>>38436208
>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)

>>38436208
>other
she's getting angry now is the chance to dodge feign an attack then strike.

>>38436208
powerrr

>>38436208
>>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)

Rolled 32 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>38436208
Fighting defensively it is then. Roll 1d100+15, as your tunic helps you move faster and you're learning her attack patterns.

Rolled 32 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>38436329

Rolled 77 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>38436329
Rolling loves me

Rolled 77 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>38436329

>>38436329
>>38436350
>>38436351
>>38436364
>All dose doubles
Dice Gods, what are you trying to tell us?

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>>38435742
>>38436069
>>38436351
I can safely say the dice gods favor me

>>38436329
She's getting careless now, and you're starting to get confident. You use your halberds reach to your advantage, putting some distance between her and you. You dodge or knock aside most of her jabs, and land a few yourself.

Justine disengages one more time, and you can tell she's starting to get tired. It looks like she's starting to realize her anger's making her sloppy, so she takes a deep breath and stands there, waiting for you in a defensive stance.

You feel if you land a good hit, you might be able to end this now. Of course, from the looks of it if she hits you now, it's really going to hurt.

>Attack normally
>Fight defensively, focus on not being hit (bonus to roll, deal reduced damage)
>Power attack (Penalty to roll, deal increased damage)
>Other

>>38436462
>Attack normally

>>38436462
>>Power attack (Penalty to roll, deal increased damage)
Lets test the dice gods shall we.

>>38436462
>Power attack (Penalty to roll, deal increased damage)

Sure, what the hell

>>38436462
>>Power attack (Penalty to roll, deal increased damage)

>>38436462
>Attack normally

>>38436462
>Power attack (Penalty to roll, deal increased damage)
Yeah, sure why not

>>38436462
>other
as I've been saying this whole time feign a few attacks and then strike when she least expects it.

Rolled 20 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>38436462
Power attack it is then. Roll a straight 1d100.

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>38436564

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>38436564

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>38436564
Behold

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>38436564

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>38436564

>>38436572
looks like the dice gods favor you anon

>>38436462
Confident in yourself now that you've gotten this far, you charge forward for a hard jab.

Justine tries to take advantage of your charge and tries to sweep low to trip you. However, she telegraphs her intentions by mistake, and you jump over the sweep, jabbing at her in midair hard enough to knock her off her feet.

You land on top of her, quickly standing back up and pointing the tip of your halberd at her face while she's down. Her spear is currently laying a few feet away from her. She looks over to her spear, looks back up at you standing over her, and sighs.

"Sloppy." she complains. "I got too cocky and got sloppy. Dammit." She doesn't sound mad at you so much as she does at herself.

>"You still did a pretty good job."
>"Yes, you did. You lost after you got angry back there."
>"You just underestimated me is all. I've noticed people tend to do that."
>"Shit, I just got lucky. It's how I've made it as far as I have."
>Other

>>38436779
>>"You still did a pretty good job."
gotta be humble in victory to get the ladies

>>38436779
>"Another round?"
don't actually start another fight, but timeskip it.

>>38436779
>"You just underestimated me is all. I've noticed people tend to do that."
"For good reason most of the time though."

>>38436779
>"Shit, I just got lucky. It's how I've made it as far as I have."

That's what it comes down to. You can be the best fighter in the world and still have a bad day.

>>38436815
also lend her a hand to get back up

>>38436779
>>"You still did a pretty good job."

>>38436779
Help her get back up

>>38436779
>"You just underestimated me is all. I've noticed people tend to do that."
She didn't do a good job
>"You did okay, just remember don't underestimate your opponent,"

>>38436779
>shrug
"Like I said, people underestimate me. Andras thought it'd be an easy win, now the bastard's down a hand."

>>38436779
>>"Yes, you did. You lost after you got angry back there."

>>38436822
This

Hey OP are you going to do a time-skip with our training or...

>>38436822
Ha. This.

totally lend her a hand to get back up along with this
>>38436856

>>38436906
Yeah, I am. You guys will go through the rest of this day normally, but the rest of it will probably be week-by-week timeskip, deciding on what you guys want to level, in a way.

>>38436973
week-by week is fine with me, so long as we can choose how to spend our spare time.

>>38436973
I'm kinda keen for our first class in magic myself. It'd make for a convenient means of getting some background on how it works in this setting. Plus see what Daniel gets up to when not mentoring Erika.

>>38436779
You offer her a hand. "You just underestimated me is all. I've noticed people tend to do that. For good reason most of the time though."

She takes your hand and you help her get up. She dusts herself off. "I'll admit, you did better than I expected. And when I realized it, I lost my cool and got sloppy, which was stupid of me."

Alright, well that's good. Looks like she's actually starting to warm up some now.

"I won't make that same mistake twice though. Next time, I won't lose."

Oh, well then. Seems when she's not cold and serious she's competitive. Well, it means she thinks your worth competing with, so you'll take that as a compliment for now.

"You did better than expected." Leonard says, stepping in from the side where he'd been watching the whole time. "At least I know where to start now. Tomorrow, we'll get straight to work, but for now I believe our time is up, so you're free to go.

Oh, right. You have an hour of free time now before lunch. you wonder what you should do with that time.

>Go to the library
>Stay here and practice with one of the dummies
>See if Justine wants to hang out
>Go find someone else (Specify)
>Other

>>38437068
Yeah you'll be able to choose how to spend your free time when we get there, don't worry.

>>38437300
>>See if Justine wants to hang out
we gotta make friends

>>38437300
>>Stay here and practice with one of the dummies

>>38437300
>Stay here and practice with one of the dummies

Time to git gud

>>38437300
>>See if Justine wants to hang out
I loves me some tsuntsun.

>>38437300
>See if Justine wants to hang out
She seems like our type of people.

>>38437300
>See if Justine wants to hang out
ehh, library can wait.

>>38437300
>>See if Justine wants to hang out
Make ALL the friends.

Changing>>38437392 to
>Stay here and practice with one of the dummies
Ask Justine for some pointers

>>38437300
>See if Justine wants to hang out
"What do you do around here when you have an hour of free time?"

>>38437388
Where'd you get tsun from in that?

>>38437425
>>38437300
This, 2 in 1

>>38437429
Maybe not quite the right character personality.

I'm thinking of the Ice Queen subtype.

>>38437300
>Go to the library

Countin' votes.

"Hey, Justine, I think I'm going to practice some more with the dummies in my free time. Mind giving me some pointers?"

She raises an eyebrow at the suggestion, but shrugs. "I don't see why not. I was planning to stay and practice anyways."

You head to one of the dummies and practice, this time with Galadriel, switching from weapon to weapon with her while Justine watches and offers advice.

"You're using a polearm, use the reach to your advantage and don't let him get close." "Step in when you swing your sword, it'll add some extra force to the swing." "Widen your stance a bit, the way you're standing now you could trip and fall if he pushes you off balance."

After almost an hour of that, you both decide that's enough practice for the day. You learned a lot of helpful tips from Justine today, you can tell she knows what she's doing.

>"Thanks for the advice Justine, I appreciate it."
>"That was good. We should spar again some time, sounds like you wanted a rematch anyways."
>"You seem to know a lot about fighting. Where did you learn?
>Other

>>38437956
>>"Thanks for the advice Justine, I appreciate it."
>>"You seem to know a lot about fighting. Where did you learn?

>>38437956
>"Thanks for the advice Justine, I appreciate it."
>"You seem to know a lot about fighting. Where did you learn?

>>38437956
>>"Thanks for the advice Justine, I appreciate it."
>>"You seem to know a lot about fighting. Where did you learn?

>>38437956
>"Thanks for the advice Justine, I appreciate it."
>"You seem to know a lot about fighting. Where did you learn?

>>38437956
>"That was good. We should spar again some time, sounds like you wanted a rematch anyways."
Care for a drink with erika?

>>38437956
"Thanks for the advice Justine, I appreciate it."

She shakes her head. "Don't worry about it."

"You seem to know a lot about fighting. Where did you learn?"

"My family." she answers. "My father was a monster hunter, so was my mom. I learned from them, and then after that I learned from experience."

"Your parents were both monster hunters?" You ask. Back in Morsland, you remember seeing a few monster hunters pass through town before. Monster hunters are people who hunt monsters like that Wurm you ran into outside the tower, usually for a bounty. Monsters usually stay away from settlements, but from time to time they show up and start attacking travelers on the roads or small villages if they're bold enough. They're dangerous, and can cause trouble if they hunt close to major roads, so cities sometimes put bounties on troublesome beasts.

Justine nods. "So was I for a time. Eventually though I ended up coming here. Demons and monsters aren't that different really, so I've been here ever since."

You remember the stories you'd heard back in Morsland of 20-foot demons breathing fire on their enemies, and think back to the giant Wurm spewing acid everywhere. "I guess that's true." you say.

It's around this time that everyone else starts to leave, presumably towards the dining hall. Lunch will be starting soon.

>Ask Justine if she'd like to eat together.
>Go and eat with Daniel and Erika.
>Invite Justine to come eat with you and the others.
>Eat alone and hurry to your next training lesson, magic.
>Other

>>38438323
>Invite Justine to come eat with you and the others.

>>38438323
>>Invite Justine to come eat with you and the others.

>>38438323
>>Invite Justine to come eat with you and the others.

>>38438323
>>Invite Justine to come eat with you and the others.
Bet that those two will for some reason hate each others guts, and only through our cheeky good-natured likability will they begin to become friends.

>>38435230
Opposed rolls are fucking stupid, if you want to use opposed rolls you may as well just roll a 1d2 to see who wins. You essentially remove any and all skill, ability and planning on our part and say "So you fight this guy with all your abilities and prowess but I'll just let random chance decide the winner because everything you do is meaningless".

Unless you get a really well built system designed specifically around opposed rolls, its a fucking retardedly assinine idea and you would be infinetely better off just using DC's and modifiers as appropriate to take into account skills and such instead of just tossing a coin for the entire fight.

How you think opposed rolls in a quest are a good idea I've no idea but you really should know better.

>>38438853
Would you feel better if QM rolled 3d100 and averaged it and we had the average as our opposed? Or does all opposed roll systems rustle your jimmies?

>>38438853
Rude much.

But you do have a point.

>>38438323
"Looks like lunch is starting soon. Want to eat together?"

She shrugs. "I don't have anything better to do, so sure."

You both make your way to the dining hall, where everyone is lined up trying to get inside. It's extremely crowded trying to get in, you suppose this is probably why a lot of people at breakfast got there early. You keep an eye out for Erika and Daniel, but you don't see them in the crowd. They must have found seats already.

After you both finally squeeze your way into the dining hall, you spot Erika and Daniel sitting at the same table as this morning.

"This way, I see a few of my friends up ahead. Follow me."

You both worm your way through the crowded dining hall over to them, you leading the way. Erika notices you approaching first and starts to wave, but then for some reason she stop and gets some sort of sour look on her face.

"There you guys are." You say, taking a seat. "I was wondering if I'd ever find you guys in the crow-" You trail off, seeing that Justine is still standing and both her and Erika are staring daggers at each other.

"Why are you here Justine?" Erika asks.

"I was about to ask you the same thing." Justine says.

Daniel sits across from you, drinking from his cup sheepishly. Shit, the atmosphere just got pretty tense, the hell is wrong with these two?

>"Am I missing something here?"
>Whisper to Daniel, ask him if he knows what's up.
>"I'm guessing you two know each other?"
>Start eating, disregard the two glaring at each other over there.
>Other

>>38438397
Dammit anon, stop reading my QM notes.
>>38438853
I just did it because it presented a chance for failure. Would you guys prefer I do DCs or something else instead?

>>38438931
>"I'm guessing you two know each other?"
Start eating anyways. You're hungry.

>>38438931
>>Whisper to Daniel, ask him if he knows what's up.
>>"I'm guessing you two know each other?"

>>38438868
That system is just as equally retarded for a quest, while it may be plausible for a crunchy fully statted TTRPG, this is a quest and is not that...

>>38438931
>>"I'm guessing you two know each other?"
i forsee a cat fight in the future

>>38438951
I'm ok with opposing rolls. DC's are fine too, do whichever suits you.

>>38438951
I think opposed rolling can work in quests, but it usually takes a lot of effort behind the scenes to make it balanced, though it seems to be working so far with this quest, though one observation I would have about its implementation here is that the modifiers are too small to be meaningful, when the modifier is less than a single degree of success they tend to be meaningless and don't actually modify anything.

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>>38438975
This is not a bad thing.

>>38438951
no i rather like opposed when you want us to fight good opponents give them a high buff like +40 or something to their rolls to let us know they can fight.

>>38438962
You could say that rolling in general is retarded for a quest if you want anything left up to chance. The best laid plans don't matter if you roll a crit-fail. Opposed rolls are just more random than a DC, any rolling is random so any rolling could be considered hit or miss, 1d2, so unless you dont want any rolling at all, you can deal with the QM having opposed rolls, or let him choose to switch to basic DCs, we just have to play with the cards we are dealt.

>>38438931
>"Am I missing something here?"
>"I'm guessing you two know each other?"
>Start eating.

>>38438995
So you mean when we go up against a good opponent you want us to have no chance at all and to lose constantly? Don't be daft anon, that is a stupid and broken idea that would severely unbalance things even moreso than opposed rolls usually do.

>>38439022
>Opposed rolls are just more random than a DC
Exactly, which is a bad thing in a quest, its a good thing in a RPG, but this is not an RPG...

>>38439042
If you were worried about it being random, you wouldn't want to roll at all.

>>38439052
Thats just retarded and like saying "If you're worried about dying then you should just kill yourself so you don't have to live with it."

Every counter you've raised against my arguments has been more and more stupid.

>>38439081
No, if you are worried about dying you wouldn't do stupid shit that puts you in harm's way, don't be an asshole.

It boils down to "random or not" If you can't handle opposed rolls then you can't handle DCs, deal with what you have, I wouldn't throw a bitch-fit if I was an albino, don't throw a bitch-fit that you cant have "muh-DCs"

>>38439110
>If you can't handle opposed rolls then you can't handle DCs
That makes no sense at all and there is no correlation between those at all. DC's provide that element of randomness and potential to fail while taking into account the combatants abilities, opposed rolls rarely do that without a very carefully constructed system behind them to weight modifiers appropriately.

>I wouldn't throw a bitch-fit if I was an albino, don't throw a bitch-fit that you cant have "muh-DCs"
What the fuck does that even mean? Every post you've made in this discussion has been based on false logic that crumbles apart the moment you even begin to think about it and you just are not even making sense anymore anon.

I can understand if you don't actually know how quest mechanics and systems work and if you have had no experience with them, but trying to equate them to mechanics of TT/PnP RPGs just does not work.

>>38438931
>>38438953
Heh. This

>>38438995
a modifier of +/- 40 is waaay too much without it being really really special circumstances, a range of 10-25ish is much more balanced depending on its application and how appropriate they are for those actions, though 5 doesn't really do a lot, a +/- of say 25 would mean a pretty big situational advantage or disadvantage and even then would be fairly rare without engineering things beforehand to get those bonuses

>>38439168
>That makes no sense at all and there is no correlation between those at all. DC's provide that element of randomness and potential to fail while taking into account the combatants abilities, opposed rolls rarely do that without a very carefully constructed system behind them to weight modifiers appropriately

So Opposed rolls are fine, according to what you just said, perhaps QM is ironing out his system, perhaps you just want everything to be -your- way, then maybe you should run your own quest.

>What the fuck does that even mean?
It means you ignored the point of taking what you have and just enjoying it. And my logic?
>Thats just retarded and like saying "If you're worried about dying then you should just kill yourself so you don't have to live with it."

That is the exact opposite of what you would do if you were afraid of dying.

>I can understand if you don't actually know how quest mechanics and systems work and if you have had no experience with them, but trying to equate them to mechanics of TT/PnP RPGs just does not work.

Fair enough, but that does run on a lot of assumptions.

>>38439234
>That is the exact opposite of what you would do if you were afraid of dying.
And yet is was exactly the kind of logic train you were arguing along.

>So Opposed rolls are fine, according to what you just said
What I said is they can be fine if managed carefully, which like others have said in previous threads, is usually effort and time consuming unless you happen upon a balance that works early on, which thankfully OP seems to be heading towards.

>Fair enough, but that does run on a lot of assumptions.
Not so much assumptions as it is just experience with running both in the past.

I trust OP to find what works for him eventually and to iron out the kinks in his system, he's been doing good so far for what is presumably his first quest, which is a good sign, also helps that his writing is entertaining and he seems pretty level headed, but he can't refine his system if everyone just accepts it and doesn't bother pointing out any flaws it might have.

>>38438931
>>38438953
This, and would the bickering anons just sit down and be quiet and let OP run things already, have some faith anons.

>>38438953
I like this. fourth

>>38439315
>And yet is was exactly the kind of logic train you were arguing along.

Anon, I don't think you were picking up what I was putting down the whole time.

>which thankfully OP seems to be heading towards.

So why complain in the first place? Just go with it.

>Not so much assumptions as it is just experience with running both in the past

No offense, but I am still going to say assumptions, don't know what either of us have been up to, bro.

>doesn't bother pointing out any flaws it might have.

Then you should have started with that constructively, instead of saying it was shit, and he should change it, unless that wasn't you.

Alright, on the topic of rolls, I'm going to make an executive decision in the interest of moving on and say I'm going to stick to opposed rolls, as I feel they add a necessary element of chance to the quest and am not entirely sure how I would handle fights without them, aside from DCs. Maybe later if I feel things aren't working out with the current mechanics I'll switch to DCs or a different type of system, but for now I think I'll stick with opposed rolls for the time being.

In other news, my internet just hit the shitter and I'm posting this from my phone. I will try to fix the Internet real quick but otherwise I guess I'll type the next update on my phone, and try to wrap things up fairly quickly. Sorry for the delay.

>>38439375
well that solves some arguments.

>>38439375
Take your time Sparks, let the anons get it out of their system.

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>>38439375
Works for me, let the other anons bicker and bitch about it.

>>38439374
>unless that wasn't you.
That wasn't and I have stated that constructively, several times in the past...

>>38439375
So seeing as we only will ever have one Hero Point, how else will we be able to earn them outside of just only the most badass of actions because we'll rarely be able to earn them, and limiting us to one means we'll go 20 threads without one and get fucked over by critfails until we have the chance to earn another one. A slowly regenerating pool of 2-3 works better while still being scarce enough that can't just throw them around willy nilly.

>>38439598
Oh, well carry on then, and thank you.

>>38438931
"I'm guessing you two know each other?" You ask, getting started on your meal.

"Sadly, yes." Erika says curtly. "What is she doing here anyways?"

"I just came here because he invited me." Justine says, pointing at you. "Had I known you'd be here, I wouldn't have."

"So then why don't you just leave?"

"Why, do you want me to?"

"Obviously."

"Then I think I'll stay instead." Justine says, sitting next to you with a smug smile. Oh boy, this isn't going to end well, but you keep eating anyways.

"So how exactly do you two know each other?" You ask innocently, focusing pretty intently on your food."

"She's just mad because she lost the last time we sparred. And the time before that." Justine says.

"No, I don't like you because you were a bitch about it." Erika says angrily.

"You kept charging at me like a dumbass. All I did was tell you the truth, even gave you some friendly advice, but you got all huffed up about it."

"'You swing like an ogre that's been dropped on it's head' is NOT friendly."

"But it was accurate."

"How about I show you just how I swing right now?"

"Go ahead and try."

People are starting to turn their heads at the feuding ladies. It looks like they're going to start fighting if nothing's done. Daniel gives you a desperate look that says 'Please do something quick before they start killing each other.'

>Intervene
>Do nothing
>"Man, this food is fucking delicious. How does Gunther do it?"
>Other