Mark: OK let's do something a bit different...

Mark: You walk around a corner and spot a bowman!

Mark: He's preparing to fire at you it looks like.

Micah: Ok, I'll try some spell stuff this time...and probably some dodging...

Mark: You have both tokens on screen?

Micah: yep

Mark: OK let's do this!

Mark: START ROUND

Micah: Is there some kind of initiative

Mark: Nope. Everything is simultaneous.

Mark: OK so 'hide' :)

Micah: ok i duck behind the corner first...and do a spell but I need to look at the list a bit

Mark: OK

Mark: While you duck and cover he's going to move a bit and take a poor shot.

* Mark rolls: 4d3-8 => 9 - 8 => 1

Mark: Fair bowshot +1 = Good -4 for cover = -2 Poor. Miss.

Micah: Ok, first spell: Barkskin, WotH-1

Micah: 4dF

* Micah rolls: 4d3-8 => 9 - 8 => 1

Micah: My WotH is rank 4

Mark: OK Barkskin you easily make the roll.

Mark: So now you have leather equivalent.

Mark: END ROUND

Micah: Skin hardened to toughness of wood = leather armor bonus/absorption

Mark: Right.

Mark: Leather is 1 rank armor with 1 clipped absorb.

Mark: START ROUND

Micah: So full round of movement is 30 ft? Or is it less for a human

Mark: 30' is a full move for human.

Mark: This guy looks like he's going to try for another shot no matter what you do.

* Mark rolls: 4d3-8 => 4 - 8 => -4

Mark: Lame...

Micah: Very, let me state what I was going to before I saw that

Mark: Fair -4 = Terrible.

Micah: I'm going to charge him, and invoke my Rebel aspect, yelling my Rebel yell to give me a boost of energy, enabling me to cover as much ground as possible...

Micah: ...how much is that?

Mark: OK if you're just running, double base. Roll an athletics roll.

Micah: 4dF

* Micah rolls: 4d3-8 => 7 - 8 => -1

Mark: 30' is 'move in combat' double for straight run.

Mark: OK do you have athletics?

Micah: Nope

Mark: Running?

Micah: I don't have anything really close to it

Mark: OK Mediocre -1 +2 for aspect, Average. Yeah 60 feet there. At least you didn't trip on those tree roots.

Mark: You must have scared the guy, he dropped his arrow.

Mark: END ROUND

Mark: START ROUND

Mark: This guy is pulling out a heavy bladed sword this round, and preparing for your attack. You note he's adopted a martial arts stance too.

* Mark rolls: 4d3-8 => 9 - 8 => 1

* Mark rolls: 4d3-8 => 7 - 8 => -1

* You roll to yourself: 4d3-8 => 8 - 8 => 0

Micah: We're still fairly far apart...let me look at more spells

Micah: Ok, sorry...I guess I'll just be moving after all

Mark: You can get to melee range this round.

Mark: Both can get a shot in at -2.

Mark: Clash smash!

* Mark rolls: 4d3-8 => 10 - 8 => 2

Mark: Sword slash to the head! Fair result.

Micah: 4dF

* Micah rolls: 4d3-8 => 9 - 8 => 1

Mark: Great skill right?

Micah: yep

Mark: Great +1 -2 = Good.

Mark: So you end up +1 MoS +3 for pole arm.

Mark: Quick hurt.

Mark: END ROUND

Mark: START ROUND

Micah: Take that, you...pansy

Micah: I gasp a huge lungfull of air blast it right into my opponent's chest, calling up the Spirit Cutting Exhalation!

Mark: Ok he seems kind of pissed, he does some really fast blade flourish move and goes for a big cut. At the last second he diverts, going for your weapon instead!

Micah: 4dF

* Micah rolls: 4d3-8 => 12 - 8 => 4

Micah: he he

Mark: Ooo.

Micah: WotH 4 skill, which is my rank

Mark: Mean.

* Mark rolls: 4d3-8 => 6 - 8 => -2

Mark: OK he actually fails his move.

Mark: Ok you beat fair, so no problem there. Great +4 is Legendary ++

Micah: knocked back 5 feet per MoS suffering approptriate wounds

Mark: That's like +8 MoS so he gets blown back 40' and collapses in a heap...

Mark: END ROUND

Micah: I'll charge...still can't move my token

Micah: full 30'

Mark: Hmm. Probably need to think about those spells vs. what defense.

Micah: very probably

Mark: I think the way I talked about it with Josh was single targeted spells like that are dodged.

Mark: But if you're doing a spell like that you have no defense unless you multi-move.

Mark: So if he had actually connected it would have been vs. Mediocre base defense.

Mark: Oh foe is taken out btw.

Micah: Cool. That's the quick way

Mark: Yeah. with a +4 roll, definitely.

Micah: That skill is listed as being vs up to 3 foes, too

Mark: Yep.

Mark: Basically the magic missle of WotH.

Micah: Except that there's no scaling by rank/caster level

Mark: Well there is, because you gain MoS by your level.

Micah: But you can't cast that one until you're 4

Mark: You were Great +4. If you had 5 ranks WotH it would have been Superb +4.

Micah: so there's no real wimpy version of it

Mark: OK so it's lightning bolt...

Micah: yeah, that's more like it ;)

Mark: It's probably more like Evard's black tentacles. Cause it has crowd control too.

Micah: Mmmm, Evard's black tentacles

Mark: So you want to try another?

Micah: I was going to follow that up with Touch of Pain

Mark: Yeah he was going for disarm.

Micah: I can't really do another one tonight. I'd like to do more tomorrow or some night this week

Mark: OK. That's fine with me.

Micah: Disarm would have sucked.

Mark: Josh said he'd probably be able to do some tomorrow.

Micah: Alone in a fight without my stick is bad for me

Micah: I really think you need to do this exercise with everyone

Mark: Yeah I think people will have to play to their strengths.

Mark: Yeah I agree. Josh and I have talked through a few via email.

Micah: With more people I shouldn't have to fight as much

Mark: I agree.

Micah: Plus I have some minor sneak ability s

Micah: so i might be able to creep in a bit

Mark: I may just do one battle via mail, 1 round a day with 'I hit it with my axe' moves for non-responding.