11-06-2018, 12:36 AM | #1 |
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I smell a Rat + Halls of Justice (spoilers for the former)
So I'm using the grapple rules from HoJ. I'm approaching the finale against Merle and I'm looking for ways to make the fight not trivial in roughly 2 turns by a Wrestler with grappling ST 28 and enough control points to apply -16 to DX in one successful grapple. Obviously without making the wrestler useless. However, I'm not above making the Wrestler falling back to weapon use since he did single-handedly turn the fight on the sword-golem already.
Merle doesn't seem to have any counter to this while his Unkillable suggests that the fight is to last awhile.
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11-06-2018, 01:55 AM | #2 |
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Re: I smell a Rat + Halls of Justice (spoilers for the former)
So... I'm guessing the 3d burning Gaze attack (which is Will based and not DX based) isn't enough?
[EDIT] Ennn! Sorry, it's a Gaze attack, clearly Per based. My bad. [/EDIT] Last edited by evileeyore; 11-06-2018 at 02:54 AM. |
11-06-2018, 07:08 AM | #3 | |
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Re: I smell a Rat + Halls of Justice (spoilers for the former)
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Even so: can you do a grease-type spell? Or literal oil/slippery stuff? Essential oil of slipperiness? Something that gives DR against grappling? That's a cheat, but this is the Dungeon Fantasy RPG: monsters get to cheat.
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11-06-2018, 07:13 AM | #4 |
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Re: I smell a Rat + Halls of Justice (spoilers for the former)
Merle should behave like a scout in that he has no incentive to stay still and should move away from the party every turn. The wrestler should have to move and attack to attempt a grapple (capped at 9).
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11-06-2018, 07:15 AM | #5 |
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Re: I smell a Rat + Halls of Justice (spoilers for the former)
Thinking on it, doesn't Merle have an extremity high parry? He can use that versus grapple attempts too.
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11-06-2018, 02:23 PM | #6 | |
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Re: I smell a Rat + Halls of Justice (spoilers for the former)
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Keep in mind, he's a scrub tier Boss meant to go out to a bunch 250 point guys. If blasting the Wrestler with a 3d burning Gaze attack that the Wrestler is hard pressed to defend against isn't enough, I'd just give him a 1d/2 touch-based FP attack that is 'reversible', ie if Merle is touched* the attacker loses 1-3 FP (also if for some reason Merle decides to slap someone with his DX 10 'brawling' attack). Two to three turns in and the Wrestler will be considering letting Merle go. * Real, actual weapon attacks don't count, the Wrestler's 'weaponized' arms (and body) are fair game. Note, this is exactly how my GM keeps my ST 30 Barbarian Ogress Wrestler "on her toes", he gives his rougher undead FP draining touch attacks. Which just means she reaches for her skill 14 mace (which actually does more damage than her wrestling... it's just less fun for me). |
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11-06-2018, 02:45 PM | #7 |
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Re: I smell a Rat + Halls of Justice (spoilers for the former)
I'm not sure Merle is all that much less vulnerable to grappling in vanilla, it just takes slightly longer.
Turn 1: grapple. Merle is at -4 to DX, so he can still blast pretty well. Turn 2: all-out attack for Takedown and Pin. Merle has ST 9 and DX 10 available to resist, so any ordinarily competent wrestler should win both rolls easily. If you want to make him more resistant, I'd give him an aura or emanation (neither of which has an attack roll, so DX penalties don't matter). |
11-06-2018, 03:01 PM | #8 |
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Re: I smell a Rat + Halls of Justice (spoilers for the former)
Neither of which (Basic or TG) stop him from blasting, he's just at a -4. All being grappled does is make it slightly harder to hit with his blast and effectively stop his Dodge, which at an 8 was nothing to write home about anyway.
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11-06-2018, 03:30 PM | #9 |
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Re: I smell a Rat + Halls of Justice (spoilers for the former)
Being pinned prevents him from blasting. TG can just reduce his DX by enough that he'll never hit.
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11-06-2018, 11:07 PM | #10 |
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