GLADIATORS - 'poly

[Spaced Cowboy]

ADG the Mysterious against Asmodean the Varangian start their 4th round with little regard for their own saftey. Both combatants are badly injured and barely able to continue.

Asmodean starts the action this round by bringing his sword above his head and bringing it down on ADG's shoulder. Unfortunately, in his weakened state, it does not do enough damage to kill ADG. At this point, Asomdean is so spent that he slides down to his knees and elbow, bloodied sword mixed in the sand.

ADG summons all the strength that is left in his body and brings his sword down hard on the back of Asmodean's neck with all his weight behind the swing as well. ADG's sword cleaves off Asmodean's head, and it rolls to a stop in the sand with one eye still staring out into the crowd and a toothy grin on his face. His body continues to quiver and blood spurts out of his neck, and for a second, it looks like it wants to stand up on its own and carry on the fight. After a few seconds, the blood flows to a trickle, and the headless body slumps into the sand.

ADG stands to the cheers of the crowd, the victor, with his sword gleaming red in the afternoon sun.

ADG has one point remaining and Asmodean is dead.

[Adagio]

Woohooo


That was a great fight... and a close one indeed

[Asmodean]

Originally posted by ADG
Woohooo


That was a great fight... and a close one indeed

Hmmm...ADG did you use A:0 D: 0 P:2 ?

I totally forgot that if Attack=Dodge then Attack wins

Asmodean

[Spaced Cowboy]

Does this mean that Skanky and ADG fight it out in the final? I'd be happy to be the moderator.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Originally posted by Asmodean


Hmmm...ADG did you use A:0 D: 0 P:2 ?

I totally forgot that if Attack=Dodge then Attack wins

Asmodean

The math should tell you that there was no other way to get two hit/power points.

[DrSpike]

I actually thought 0 attack didn't work even against 0 defence, but all positive ties go to the attacker.

[Asmodean]

Originally posted by DrSpike
I actually thought 0 attack didn't work even against 0 defence, but all positive ties go to the attacker.

Yeah...the zero thing confused me here. I didn't even consider it as an option. I still should have scored a hit, though. If he used 0,0,2 then my 1,0,1 would have taken 1 hitpoint from ADG. This wasn't reflected in SC's story. I demand a rematch

Asmodean

[Jamski]

An attack of 0 = no attack at all, I thought? Anyway, referee's decision is always final, and Man überlebt den Tod nicht as Wittgenstein so wisely said.

-Jam

[Spaced Cowboy]

Originally posted by Asmodean


Yeah...the zero thing confused me here. I didn't even consider it as an option. I still should have scored a hit, though. If he used 0,0,2 then my 1,0,1 would have taken 1 hitpoint from ADG. This wasn't reflected in SC's story. I demand a rematch

Asmodean

I said in my story that you hit him. Also noted in the last sentence that he only had 1 point remaining. Not a valid argument. No rematch granted.

[DrSpike]

Rematch! Rematch!

[Jamski]

Call the necromancer! Raise the dead! ADG vs Asmodean the Zombie!

-Jam

[DrSpike]

And no 0 attacking scoring damage this time.

[Asmodean]

Perhaps he wished me dead so hard that it really happened

Seriously, though: We really hadn't discussed what would happen in this case. The only precedence was Skanky's ruling that attack=defense meant a hit for attack. Spaced Cowboy used that ruling (allthough I would like to dig a little deeper in to the whole Skanky - Jurisprudence thing) and that makes it OK.

Asmodean

[DrSpike]

Actually it was my ruling for positive ties. And I assumed Jamski's earlier comment about 0 attack still held.

[Jamski]

And I ruled in one of the first posts that the referee should make clear the rules on ties for that match

-Jam