Author Topic: Sword Quest VIII - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 46514 times)

Suwako Moriya · « **Reply #750 on:** July 20, 2015, 04:24:17 PM »

> This same position is the diagonal hold, correct?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #751 on:** July 20, 2015, 06:07:18 PM »

Quote from: Suwako Moriya on July 20, 2015, 04:24:17 PM

> This same position is the diagonal hold, correct?

>Yes.

>_

Suwako Moriya · « **Reply #752 on:** July 20, 2015, 06:34:17 PM »

New plan!

> Charge in after her, holding our sword diagonally across our body with our hands at our left, in a reverse of her hold.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #753 on:** July 20, 2015, 08:02:37 PM »

Quote from: Suwako Moriya on July 20, 2015, 06:34:17 PM

> Charge in after her, holding our sword diagonally across our body with our hands at our left, in a reverse of her hold.

>You charge in at her, turning your sword opposite of hers. She launches another ponderous, heavy attack like before at you.

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Suwako Moriya · « **Reply #754 on:** July 20, 2015, 08:35:56 PM »

> Hold our sword vertically on our left last time to block, but this time, move our own right hand far up the blade to help brace the block. (Obviously, do not slide our hand up the sharp side, and do not grip or otherwise wrap our fingers around the sharp edge. Our best bet for safety is to push an open palm up against the flat side of the blade that's facing toward us.)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #755 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:36:35 PM »

Quote from: Suwako Moriya on July 20, 2015, 08:35:56 PM

> Hold our sword vertically on our left last time to block, but this time, move our own right hand far up the blade to help brace the block. (Obviously, do not slide our hand up the sharp side, and do not grip or otherwise wrap our fingers around the sharp edge. Our best bet for safety is to push an open palm up against the flat side of the blade that's facing toward us.)

>You try to block her as before. and brace your weapon. The two blades meet and for a moment you feel you have the advantage, before Meira braces her own and overpowers you, sending you stumbling again!
>You feel there was something supernatural going on this time, but it's rather outside your capacity to sense directly.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #756 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:40:11 PM »

> !?!
> Take a step back and regain footing as before.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #757 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:47:26 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2015, 09:40:11 PM

> !?!
> Take a step back and regain footing as before.

>You take another step back, having already stumbled back a few. Slightly more prepared for this this time, you don't need as long to recover, and your bracing did much to help keep Roukanken under control.
>Meira is a few yards from you now, and closing in at an easy pace.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #758 on:** July 20, 2015, 10:02:50 PM »

> Okay, let's figure out what's going on here.
> She seems to have been in no hurry to approach us since increasing that deathly aura. How have her sword swings compared in speed to those before this new plan of attack?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #759 on:** July 20, 2015, 10:11:06 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2015, 10:02:50 PM

> Okay, let's figure out what's going on here.
> She seems to have been in no hurry to approach us since increasing that deathly aura. How have her sword swings compared in speed to those before this new plan of attack?

>They haven't been particularly fast, but this may be by design.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #760 on:** July 20, 2015, 10:15:21 PM »

> Have the slashes been horizontal or diagonal?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #761 on:** July 21, 2015, 12:19:48 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2015, 10:15:21 PM

> Have the slashes been horizontal or diagonal?

>Diagonal.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #762 on:** July 21, 2015, 12:23:03 AM »

> Let's say we wanted to outright avoid such a slash rather than blocking it. What would be the best dodging direction for avoiding such a slash? Is such even possible?
> How quickly could we run circles around Meira, like how she was trying to circle around us earlier?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #763 on:** July 21, 2015, 12:32:48 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2015, 12:23:03 AM

> Let's say we wanted to outright avoid such a slash rather than blocking it. What would be the best dodging direction for avoiding such a slash? Is such even possible?
> How quickly could we run circles around Meira, like how she was trying to circle around us earlier?

>It would be best to move back from it. Ducking under it may be possible with the right preparation, but it would be very risky. At worst, you could dive in the direction she is slashing and hope to be faster.
>That depends on how wide you want the circles to be. It's hard to keep up speed and keep a tight circle.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #764 on:** July 21, 2015, 12:37:16 AM »

> How did Meira approach us when she was able to avoid our attacked by circling left around us?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #765 on:** July 21, 2015, 01:54:59 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2015, 12:37:16 AM

> How did Meira approach us when she was able to avoid our attacked by circling left around us?

>She came straight on, taking advantage of your feints to do so, then dodged aside and kept moving, while you tried to close in.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #766 on:** July 21, 2015, 02:20:17 AM »

> How quickly could we side-step in a circle?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #767 on:** July 21, 2015, 04:14:37 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2015, 02:20:17 AM

> How quickly could we side-step in a circle?

>Reasonably fast, but unless Meira is caught off guard or otherwise indisposed, she can general compensate pretty quickly.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #768 on:** July 21, 2015, 10:41:30 AM »

> Move laterally to the left, to begin circling around Meira.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #769 on:** July 21, 2015, 02:07:07 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2015, 10:41:30 AM

> Move laterally to the left, to begin circling around Meira.

>You move toward the left, and start to circle around Meira. Without missing a beat, she turns to keep you facing her, and moves rightward to keep you from flanking her.

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Suwako Moriya · « **Reply #770 on:** July 21, 2015, 03:08:07 PM »

> While performed immediately, neither of these actions were particularly rushed, correct?
> Continue circling. We're trying more to get a gauge of her movement speed than actually gain a positional advantage.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #771 on:** July 21, 2015, 04:32:15 PM »

Quote from: Suwako Moriya on July 21, 2015, 03:08:07 PM

> While performed immediately, neither of these actions were particularly rushed, correct?
> Continue circling. We're trying more to get a gauge of her movement speed than actually gain a positional advantage.

>She wasted no time in turning to keep you from flanking her, but she wasn't particularly rushed in starting to circle.
>She keeps an easy pace while circling, slower than before, and you could easily outspeed it.

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Suwako Moriya · « **Reply #772 on:** July 21, 2015, 06:06:18 PM »

> Let's pick up the pace, then, and see if she matches.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #773 on:** July 21, 2015, 07:18:57 PM »

Quote from: Suwako Moriya on July 21, 2015, 06:06:18 PM

> Let's pick up the pace, then, and see if she matches.

>You speed up a bit, and she does so as well.

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Suwako Moriya · « **Reply #774 on:** July 21, 2015, 07:30:08 PM »

> Has she actually be making progress in the effort of getting closer to us, or is she just spinning in place, relatively speaking?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #775 on:** July 21, 2015, 09:41:59 PM »

Quote from: Suwako Moriya on July 21, 2015, 07:30:08 PM

> Has she actually be making progress in the effort of getting closer to us, or is she just spinning in place, relatively speaking?

>She is keeping relative pace with you, while presumably looking for an opening.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #776 on:** July 21, 2015, 09:52:31 PM »

> How much faster could we go in this circle?
> Has she shifted her sword grip at all during this, given we're circling away from where she was holding her hands when we started doing this?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #777 on:** July 21, 2015, 11:42:52 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2015, 09:52:31 PM

> How much faster could we go in this circle?
> Has she shifted her sword grip at all during this, given we're circling away from where she was holding her hands when we started doing this?

>You could increase your speed quite a bit, but it may leave you open if you close in carelessly and end up at a bad angle.
>She has not shifted it.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #778 on:** July 21, 2015, 11:50:38 PM »

> Are we at least making a circle, or is her movement making our path more oval-ish?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #779 on:** July 21, 2015, 11:59:04 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2015, 11:50:38 PM

> Are we at least making a circle, or is her movement making our path more oval-ish?

>You think it's roughly circular.

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