Blood Sword Keshik (CO: Khan Adrianna Schmitt)
15 FP Elite/Fanatical
Warriors of Clan Wolf, The Blood Spirit's lay claim to all you hold in the Home Worlds. Your Khan has accepted our challenge and we stand ready to shed our blood in the defense of the true way of the Clans.
Know that in this battle you shall see your path is false. For those of you who still know what it means to be Clan we salute you may you one day bring the Chalca's back to the true path!
Khan Schmitt, your challenge has been received and reviewed. The bidding has been completed and you will face a trinary of the finest from the 4th Garrison Cluster. Nicholas Kerensky chose the greatest clan and none has removed us from that place. Today, that will not change. Our path is to follow the traditions and ways of the clans, unlike others who assume themselves to be clan, such as the Star Adders. We shall defeat you, proving our way. When we do, you willl ensure our safe departure and transit to continue our way. This will include our facilities that we choose to take with us. If you still wish to claim the territory, you will then be welcome to it, due to the honor you show to follow the founders ways when others flounder.
2.8 FP of Veteran/Reliable Troops will meet you. A single trinary.
(What are we doing here, Chaos? Want to get this one fought so we can move forward, if possible.)
"Khan Schmitt, word has reached us that clans have arrived at some of the worlds you attempt to claim here. Our warriors are defending our claim there against those clans. You can deal with them as you wish. Our bid will be forthcoming for those worlds in which there is no other challenger and for the status here."
2.8 FP is the cut down from the Blood Sword Keshik
Blood Spirit Trial Roll 2.8 FP
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 1, 2, total 3[/blockquote]
Wolf vs CBS Roll 1 -
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 1, 6, total 7[/blockquote]
Crit Chance for CBS Roll -
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 3, 3, total 6[/blockquote]
Forced Withdrawl Check
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 3, 2, total 5[/blockquote]
CBS does 35%. CW does 60%.
CBS - 2.8-60% = 1.12 FP Left - Forced Withdrawl Roll Required <5+2 for elite, per chaos. Check passed>
CW - 2.8-35% = 1.82 FP Left
2.94 FP Damage Pool so far
Round 2.
Blood Spirits call in the difference for the fight .7 FP
BS: 1.82 FP
CW: 1.82 FP
Blood Spirit Roll
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 2, 6, total 8[/blockquote]
Requesting GM review. Someone has mentioned that it has been ruled that new forces can not be called into a trial, based on our rules. I want to follow the rules. PM sent.
OOC - After Round 1
"Khan Schmitt, your force has fought well, but is defeated. To continue would just waste more resources and warriors. In accordance to the terms of our challenge, I hegira to you and your warriors."
OOC: Just so it's said, I direct all participants to Field Manual: Crusader Clans, page 13.
To quote the relevant section: "The winner of a bid enters the field with the agreed-upon forces, but may call on reserves equal to the strength of the opponent's last bid with only a small loss of honor. To bring in more forces requires the permission of the other bidder, and usually entails a severe loss of face."
And to make sure it's clear, when it refers to the "opponent", it's referring to the other Blood Spirit(s) bidding for the right to fight the Trial, not to the Wolves. So we don't need the Wolves' permission to bring in more forces, and it's perfectly legal under Clan law.
Also, the Ravens can't really disagree with it, either, since they pulled the same trick at Tamar by bringing the Horses into their fight. So it's legal from the FGC rules perspective as well.
(Meant to post this here originally, but it came up in the Circe thread, so I'm posting it in both places to be thorough.)
"Such a delight that you think you are in a position to offer hegira, Wolf. Unfortunately for you, we have called in reserves of what we have bid away, and where you see waste, my warriors are fully prepared to lay down their lives to drive you from the sacred soil of Strana Mechty. Perhaps you should withdraw from the battlefield, lest you end up with no warriors left to withdraw."
OOC: Chaos tells me that this was ruled in our favor, so we're going to move into Round 2, unless anyone has any objections. Chaos rolled at 8, dealing 65% of our FP (1.183, to be precise) to the Wolves.
Spirit Crit Chance Roll: [blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 5, 3, total 8[/blockquote]
Spirit Crit Roll: [blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 3, 1, total 4[/blockquote]
Crit Result: Gain +1 on further rolls this combat (CO gains experience).
Wolf Roll -
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 5, 1, total 6[/blockquote]
"We are surprised that your personal unit would need to call in additional troops. But, given that other clans find it necessary to use 3 to 1 advantages to believe they can beat us, your failure is less than theirs. Still, we will defend our place"
CBS inflicts 1.25 FP of damage on CW (65% of 1.87 rounded to nearest .25).
CW inflicts 1 FP of damage on CBS (50% of 1.87 rounded to nearest .25).
CBS - .87 FP, +1 on further rolls this combat.
CW - .62 FP.
"Shall we continue, Wolf, or would you like to withdraw with your honor intact?"
"Our honor is not in question. Let us continue."
Round 3 Init
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 1, 6, total 7[/blockquote]
Round 3 Initiative Roll
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 5, 5, total 10[/blockquote]
Spirit Roll:
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 1, 4, total 5[/blockquote]
With the +1 applied, CBS deals 50% of .87 FP (rounded to nearest .25, which is 1 FP) to CW. More than enough to destroy the remaining Wolf 'Mechs.
Ummm...Huh? 50% of .87 = .43 or .5 if you want to start rounding now. Still not enough to destroy us.
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 5, 6, total 11[/blockquote]
Crit Chance
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 3, 1, total 4[/blockquote]
.62 * 80% = .496 Damage.
However, we missed the force withdrawl rolls for last turn.
Pardon me. First time doing simres.
CBS inflicts 50% of .87 FP (.43, rounded to nearest .25, which is .5 FP of damage) to CW.
CW inflicts 80% of .62 FP (.31, rounded to nearest .25, which is .25 FP of damage) to CBS.
CBS - .37 FP, +1 on further rolls this combat.
CW - .37 FP.
Spirit Forced Withdrawal Roll: (+2 for elite, +1 for Clan front line)
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 4, 6, total 10[/blockquote]
Round 3 Initiative:
[blockquote]Rolled 2d6 : 2, 5, total 7[/blockquote]
GAH! Forgive me, calculations were wrong, but final FP still correct. I have NO idea how I did that, LOL.
CW inflicts 80% of .62 FP (.496, rounded to nearest .25 FP of damage) to CBS.
CBS - .37 FP (.87 FP - .5 FP Damage).
Wolf has .25 if we are rounding. We have not been rounding during to date, but if you want to do that, so be it.
Obviously I do since I've been doing it for the entire combat. Roll init, please.
Whatever. Gratz on your win. Wolves are defeated by superior numbers.
Um, WTH? "Superior numbers"? We're at even FP! ???
You know what? Screw it. If the Wolves want to surrender, I'll gladly take up the leash. I'm tired of listening to people whine when they lose, especially when they do it OOC. Getting ridiculous at this point, so I'm taking the above as a surrender.
RP post forthcoming.
Yes. Superior numbers. you know, when you guys added .7 FP into the fight to reeven it after losing the first round. So, 3.5 CBS v 2.8 CW. Last I checked, that is more FP. You guys choose to take the hit on honor by needing to have your Khans elite unit call in more troops to defeat just a standard, veteran Wolf unit. You did what you felt you needed to do to make sure you won. I said, congratz, you win. I too am tired of nearly every clan player telling me the Wolves are dishonorable, weak, etc, and yet very few are willing to face us in truly honorable and even combat. then ,it is ignored that a 3 to 1 bid or needing to call down more force says 'Shoot, the Wolf is stronger than me and I need an advantage to beat them.' Sorry Tassa...Your faction chose to toss aside some of their honor by calling in greater numbers when we grabbed the advabtage in comba So, yes, superior number.
OOC: Well, first of all, you need to learn how to deal with your IC problems... I don't know, IC, perhaps? Do you see ME whining OOC because Holt exploited the rules to destroy half my WarShip fleet at Schwartz? Do you see ME whining because Holt nuked the other half of my fleet at Roche? No, I dealt with both of these issues IC, and I didn't get mad in the slightest. I rolled with the punches, because one has to is one is going to play a game of this nature.
Now, did you see ME whining OOC when we started to lose the simres here on Strana Mechty? Sure didn't. I simply dealt with it IC, and used Clan law to bring in reinforcements to help save the day. Yeah, we tossed aside some of our honor to do so, but the honor of victory, especially on the Clans' birthworld, trumps any dishonor that you feel has been imparted to us. Honestly, you should be thankful that I didn't go the Adder route and call down orbital fire upon you. :)
Now, just so it's dealt with IC, Khan Schmitt is claiming the Wolf commander of this unit as her bondsman, and the rest of the survivors of the Trinary are also claimed as isorla, since our own honor won't allow us to do anything less than accept your surrender. Do you have anything left on Strana Mechty to withdraw?
Okay. So you offered hegira and now are taking bondsmen, right?
We never offered hegira. You did. But I'd be willing to release the warriors on the condition that the Wolves turn over their Circe enclave as agreed upon. If they refuse, the warriors here are forfeit. We'll consider it the surkai offered to us. That's about as generous as I'm willing to get right now.
You are correct. You offered it in the previous round.
I didn't offer hegira. I mocked the Wolves' offer and told them that perhaps they should be the ones to withdraw. That's not hegira.
"Khan Schmitt, you have honored us in this fight. By calling in additional troops, we are proven to be the stronger force. In risking your own honor, you have allowed us to show our strength. This enclave, and those who do not have other claimants, are yours, as per our rede. As your forces on Eden also honored us by acknowledging it took half again as many to defeat our force, Eden and Circe are yours as well."
"Acknowledged. But we have one final piece of business to conduct before you remove yourself and your warriors from the face of our birthworld, Wolf. If you wish to have your commander returned to you, whom fought as bravely and skillfully as any in the Clans of Kerensky, I request of you a ransom: Star Colonel Sumner Johns. We would see him returned to his rightful Clan before you abandon our Homeworlds for wherever it is that you are going."
"Khan Schmitt, our Star Captain was defeated by you. Why would we want him back? He can serve your clan and perhaps influence your clan for the better and make you stronger, as any Wolf influence would make you stronger."
"Consider it an act of good faith if you will, Wolf. We desire to see Sumner Johns returned to his rightful place, and one Star Captain is as good as another, quiaff? Consider also that the influence of the Wolf would be accepted far more easily from one Decanted on the soil of York. I ask of you this boon, that my Clan might be made whole again."
"Khan Schmitt, I can not grant what you desire on my own, as John Summers is not my bondsman to decide. The warrior who captured him, or the Khan, will decide that matter. I will submit your request with the report of what has occurred here in the homeworlds. My time and business here on Strana Mechty is completed and I am departing."
With that message, the transmission terminated and no further hails, if any, were responded to. The matter would be considered by those who could decide such a matter, after reviewing all the actions of Clan Blood Spirit.