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Post by setaiishogun on Apr 23, 2009 14:58:59 GMT -5
Looking for a quick dirty duel. Preferably against one of the lords of the land, since I want to gauge who I should join.
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Post by scholar on Apr 23, 2009 21:42:50 GMT -5
I'll do it... though I may not be the best to do so as my encounter with another duel as left me baffled, but in any case... I'm here.
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Post by setaiishogun on Apr 24, 2009 0:28:17 GMT -5
Alrighty.
Dirt floor, nothing around, no wind.
One weapon, and a katana, no range.
Maeda Toshiie stood, resolute in his determination. In his hand was the golden rod Jumonji Yari, the katana and wakizashi in his sash. His armor glinted gold, light as an infantry man's armor would be. The stark red of his outer jacket played with the light, giving a crimson tint to the gold near the edge of the fabric.
He stared towards his opponent, and gave a chuckle. This man was not a warrior, he was a peon. He would be easy prey. Toshiie cared not that he was a ruler, or if he was even a warrior; he would fall all the same.
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Post by scholar on Apr 24, 2009 15:46:01 GMT -5
Suehiro walked up to the man with a slight smile, he simple stated greetings and moved slightly away. Unsheathing a blade of four feet with a one half foot hilt, One simple action was all it would take to end a duel quickly, but maybe not quite this time. The man before him was full of himself and arrogant. Playing on that would be quite easy. With two simple strokes of the blade Suehiro was ready. He ran towards the man and lunged at his chest, aiming for the breast of the man, a Yari would have trouble keeping up after an initial dodge, racing behind the man another gouge was made towards his back as if to slice a deep laceration into the back of the man. Then Suehiro was now facing the man at a distance of twenty or so feet and staring at the mans back. The duel could already be over.
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Post by setaiishogun on Apr 24, 2009 16:37:41 GMT -5
Not quite.
Maeda was a god with his yari, his skill comparable to that of Honda Tadakatsu. The Dog was prepared to fight the katana wielder, knowing very well that the man did not use any medium range weapons.
He shook his head as the swords was unsheathed, and held his Yari comfortably, the blade pointing towards the man as he charged. With a simple swing, the man's sword was knocked from its course towards his chest.
Maeda stuck his foot out then, and watched as the charging man ran past him. He would stumble as he attempted to slice at him, causing the stroke to go wide. With the man now off balance, and trying to run away, he had him where he wanted him.
Taking the yari in hand, and knowing very well that such a scholarly man would not be a good fighter, Maeda's warrior instinct took over. With little effort the yari moved forwards, the speed and power in his arms outweighing that of the other man, the head of the Yari piercing forwards towards the man as he tried to retreat.
With that attack, successful or no, the yari would be pulled back, two hands holding it a distance apart, giving it a closer fighting range. This stance would be perfect should the man try to charge again, and should he try to stay at a distance it was simple to extend the yari out to its full range, by bringing his right hand, which sat near the butt, towards the left, while sliding the pole.
The man expected Maeda as a pushover... wrong.
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Post by scholar on Apr 25, 2009 19:27:09 GMT -5
"Amazing"
Suehiro thought of ending it quickly but now does not think that is a wise course, even if he looks at the man's back any number of counter moves can still be produced, so Suehiro gets into a defensive stance. This stance has one foot about three feet in front of the other with the blade held at his shoulder on the horizontal. Being about twenty feet away, if the Yari were to come at him in a sweeping motion he could stop it or break the impact with the blade, if it'd come in a stabbing motion the blade could sweep under or above it to either plant it into the ground or move it above his head, leaving an unguarded man in front of him. Should the man charge at him Suehiro is at an adequate distance to simply move out of the way, or charge towards him as well causing a far closer range, regardless of how good a fighter the man is before him a Yari's true strength lies in it's range, if the range is gone it is not as good as an actual blade.
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Post by setaiishogun on Apr 25, 2009 21:22:17 GMT -5
((Not gonna post, since you completely disregarded my stab at you. I'll give you time to edit))
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Post by scholar on Apr 26, 2009 0:41:34 GMT -5
(You do realize that I got away and that's what the "amazing" comment was about)
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Post by setaiishogun on Apr 26, 2009 13:42:18 GMT -5
((You don't just get away... Whatever.))
Someone Toshiie's Yari missed, but he was ready for the attack again. The enemy didn't move, and it was then that Toshiie decided to take matters into his own hands.
Holding the yari at such a short range stance, he moved forwards slowly, and then viper striked at the man, plunging the yari towards the man's right stomach. The jumonji head had its advantages, and it was here that he would show the man.
Should the man try to swipe it away, Toshiie would only need to pull the yari back towards the man, and the Jumonji head would skewer the man's side. Should he try to push it down, Toshiie' would rotate the blade while bringing it upwards and it would impale the man on crotch. To the left would only cause the main blade to plunge deeper into the man, effectively ending the duel immediately.
Should he dodge, the Yari would follow him, and the spear heads would once again attempt to impale him. Should he roll away, Toshiie would only continue the pressure, accurate stabs toward the man's sides. He would pull the Yari back should the man try to run forwards, which would catch the man on the protruding side blades as well.
He should never have given Toshiie the chance to attack, as now he was stuck in the flurry of strikes. There would be no chance for survival unless he did something amazing, which Toshiie doubted would be possible.
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Post by scholar on Apr 27, 2009 0:15:45 GMT -5
(A. I did move, and am in a stance.
B. I am quite a distance away from you
C. Pay attention, revise please)
Oh, P.S. I misspelled regardless. That's what the edit was. If you think I changed it in any way, such as the distance, read the post above that as well. Oh well, you probably weren't even thinking that. Anyways, hurry up and edit. Or I'll just end up stating that the man made a fool of himself attacking empty space. If you actually meant what you said then... well... I'm just not good enough to see it as a viable move, mentioning nothing of the distance between the two of us.
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Post by kaname on Apr 27, 2009 3:07:16 GMT -5
No, no, no! If you keep this up I swear I'll find a way to ban you from duelling, it really isn't that hard Scholar. If you make a series of 3 actions in 1 post, such as a lunge, a side step and then a back-hand stroke (just for instance) and the defender then deflects/counters your first move. He has every right to nullify the effects of the 2nd and 3rd action you made. You will never beat anyone at duelling by continously posting a series of poorly detailed attacks, it just doesn't work that way. You expect people to just 'follow' your post, which doesn't work either. Justin deflected and countered your first lunge, whilst using your 2nd move against you. Thats when he struck, your 3rd action and you 'running' 20 feet away are by all rights VOID until you counter or block his counter-attack. Failure to do so gives him the right to auto-kill you because you didn't BLOCK!. I said before to not do a series of moves and I've said before to put more detail in the descriptive side of your duelling rather then your emotional text. From what I have read it still required you to dodge, a defender can easily break a chain-attack by countering the first, so concentrate on just the 1 attack, let YOUR counters be the ones with a few extra hits since they're typically harder for the defender to block. Also, every post is a series of what ifs and time continuation. If the defender nullifies your 2nd action then all other actions have stopped. You make your moves based on the fact that your enemy does nothing, but thats dumb - they obviously will. Once they've countered unless they accept your 2nd move by posting you doing it or acknowleding it, then it doesnt happen (unless by realism they are in no way capable to stop it). Stop thinking everything in your post gets counted, if that was the case everyone would post a series of attacks and grab a bunch of auto-hits by forcing them to be in play, its silly and totally wrong.  |
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Post by setaiishogun on Apr 27, 2009 11:48:50 GMT -5
((Not to mention that I said I moved slowly towards you. Lets not forget that.))
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Post by scholar on Apr 27, 2009 14:20:53 GMT -5
(I just don't understand, I'm too foolish. When I looked at that post it seemed as if he thought we were right next to one another. He said I didn't move, when in fact I did move into a stance. I'm just an utter idiot, maybe it's better if I got banned after this, save a whole lot of heart ache.)
Suehiro noticed the man's strike at his stomach, instead of dodging Suehiro took his blade and hit the oncoming Yari pushing it away from it's course. With that the Katana found it's way towards the man's neck. And then striking at the hand holding the Yari. He was in a stance that focused on parrying, not defending. A defense that was based on attacking, and returning attacks. He struck down again on the yari trying to push it out of the man's hand.
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Post by setaiishogun on Apr 27, 2009 15:12:31 GMT -5
((Sigh))
The yari was pushed to the side, and as the man tried to bring the katana up, towards his neck, a slow motion due to the size of the blade (A four foot blade would be a fuck-ton heavier than a normal sword of this era, combined with the fact you're playing a scholarly person, not a warrior), would give more than ample time for Toshiie to side step, causing the blade to go high, and with that, Toshiie took to the offense yet again.
Since the blade was in the air, and admittedly the man could drop it easily due to its weight and size, Toshiie side stepped, while at the same time bringing the Yari up and then to the side, aiming directly at the man's neck. The side spike of the yari would be driven into his neck unless he took real caution at trying to get away, however with his blade driven towards the ground, his ability to move was severely weakened.
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Post by scholar on Apr 27, 2009 19:40:13 GMT -5
(Musashi Miyamoto wrote several books and dozens of poems. All Samurai were of a class that allowed higher education many thousands became scholars so don't try fitting me with that stereo type. I even used one of the more famous ones for my point, though I will give you a few extra pounds on the Katana but it's still lighter than a Yari, and the heavier the blade the more force and momentum behind it. It's always a good thing to know of inertia.)
Having already been aiming at the Yari should the attack fail Suehiro continued to hit the Yari a numerous number of times forcing it out of any means to attack. His goal was not so much the warrior in front of him, but the Yari he was wielding, a defensive stance was meant to stop the blade from reaching the body, but if the attacks were placed solely on the blade then the defensive stance would be useless. Suehiro then slashed at the stomach of the man in front of him. Trying to entice a move from the Yari, should it try to block the hands would be easy to cut, should he not then the man will die.
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