Pre-Game Dueling Minigame

[Sir Ebrum]

hey ebrum, sorry but you did you math wrong, the total is 125..

Huh...so I did. Well then, on with the duel!

Zhong Ren
70-89-49-11-72
Duelist(e), Weaponmaster

Huang Choo Choo
95-99-75-36-64
Duelist, Weaponmaster

 

Round 1
Zhong Ren
HP 110 • War 89 • AP 129
Huang Choo Choo
HP 100 • War 99 • AP 139

Huang Choo Choo used Disarm, but failed.
Zhong Ren uses Arrow and hits for 5 damage.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 9 damage.
Zhong Ren attacks and hits for 7 damage.

Round 2
Zhong Ren
HP 101 • War 89 • AP 109
Huang Choo Choo
HP 88 • War 99 • AP 114

Huang Choo Choo and Zhong Ren both used Counter! No effect.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 11 damage.
Zhong Ren attacks and hits for 6 damage.

Round 3
Zhong Ren
HP 90 • War 89 • AP 84
Huang Choo Choo
HP 82 • War 99 • AP 89

Huang Choo Choo used Counter! No effect.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 10 damage.
Zhong Ren attacks and hits for 7 damage.

Round 4
Zhong Ren
HP 80 • War 89 • AP 84
Huang Choo Choo
HP 75 • War 99 • AP 54

Zhong Ren used Feint, but failed.
Huang Choo Choo used Double Strike!
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 9 damage.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 11 damage.

Round 5
Zhong Ren
HP 60 • War 89 • AP 54
Huang Choo Choo
HP 75 • War 99 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and misses.
Zhong Ren used Double Strike!
Zhong Ren attacks and hits for 6 damage.
Huang Choo Choo is wounded by Zhong Ren's attack! War -6!
Zhong Ren attacks and hits for 6 damage.
Huang Choo Choo is wounded by Zhong Ren's attack! War -6!

Round 6
Zhong Ren
HP 60 • War 89 • AP 4
Huang Choo Choo
HP 63 • War 87 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 8 damage.
Zhong Ren attacks and hits for 7 damage.

Round 7
Zhong Ren
HP 52 • War 89 • AP 4
Huang Choo Choo
HP 56 • War 87 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 8 damage.
Zhong Ren attacks and hits for 7 damage.

Round 8
Zhong Ren
HP 44 • War 89 • AP 4
Huang Choo Choo
HP 49 • War 87 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 9 damage.
Zhong Ren attacks and hits for 10 damage.

Round 9
Zhong Ren
HP 35 • War 89 • AP 4
Huang Choo Choo
HP 39 • War 87 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 8 damage.
Zhong Ren attacks and hits for 9 damage.

Round 10
Zhong Ren
HP 27 • War 89 • AP 4
Huang Choo Choo
HP 30 • War 87 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 8 damage.
Zhong Ren attempts to flee, but fails.

Duel End
Zhong Ren
HP 19 • War 89 • AP 4
Huang Choo Choo
HP 30 • War 87 • AP 4 • injury: 12%

[Ahrix]

Name: Yong Kai

LEA: 12 (12)
WAR: 80 (110)
INT: 80 (110)
POL: 10 (10)
CHA: 87 (138)

Skills: Craftsman, Duelist, Invent, Weaponmaster (e)

Training Dummy: Huang Choo Choo

AP: 130 (80+30+20)
Style: Fearless
Retreat: Nope

Tactics (AP Remaining):
1. Intimidate (130 > 100)
2. Dishearten (100 > 80)
3. Feint (80 > 50)
4. Double Strike (50 > 0)

[Sir Ebrum]

Yong Kai
12-80-80-10-87
Duelist, Weaponmaster(e)

Huang Choo Choo
95-99-75-36-64
Duelist, Weaponmaster

 

Round 1
Yong Kai
HP 100 • War 80 • AP 130
Huang Choo Choo
HP 100 • War 99 • AP 139

Yong Kai used Intimidate!
Huang Choo Choo is intimidated! War -15!
Huang Choo Choo used Special and hits for 12 damage. Critical hit!
Yong Kai is wounded by Huang Choo Choo's attack! War -12!
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 5 damage.

Round 2
Yong Kai
HP 88 • War 68 • AP 100
Huang Choo Choo
HP 95 • War 84 • AP 99

Huang Choo Choo used Arrow and hit for 5 damage.
Yong Kai used Dishearten!
The initiative now belongs to Yong Kai!
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 6 damage.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 11 damage.

Round 3
Yong Kai
HP 72 • War 68 • AP 80
Huang Choo Choo
HP 89 • War 84 • AP 79

Yong Kai Feints successfully!
Huang Choo Choo used Counter, to no effect.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 11 damage.

Round 4
Yong Kai
HP 61 • War 68 • AP 50
Huang Choo Choo
HP 89 • War 84 • AP 54

Yong Kai used Double Strike!
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 7 damage.
Huang Choo Choo is wounded by Yong Kai's attack! War -7!
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 7 damage.
Huang Choo Choo is wounded by Yong Kai's attack! War -7!
Huang Choo Choo used Double Strike!
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 8 damage.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 10 damage.
Yong Kai is wounded by Huang Choo Choo's attack! War -10!

Round 5
Yong Kai
HP 43 • War 58 • AP 0
Huang Choo Choo
HP 75 • War 70 • AP 4

Yong Kai attacks and hits for 7 damage.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 11 damage.

Round 6
Yong Kai
HP 32 • War 58 • AP 0
Huang Choo Choo
HP 68 • War 70 • AP 4

Yong Kai attacks and hits for 6 damage.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 9 damage.

Round 7
Yong Kai
HP 23 • War 58 • AP 0
Huang Choo Choo
HP 62 • War 70 • AP 4

Yong Kai attacks and hits for 7 damage.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 17 damage. Critical hit!
Yong Kai is wounded by Huang Choo Choo's attack! War -17!
Yong Kai survives the blow!

Round 8
Yong Kai
HP 6 • War 41 • AP 0
Huang Choo Choo
HP 55 • War 70 • AP 4

Yong Kai attacks and hits for 4 damage.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 15 damage.
Yong Kai is defeated!

Duel End
Yong Kai
HP 0 • War 41 • AP 0 • injury: 49%
Huang Choo Choo
HP 51 • War 85 • AP 4 • injury: 14%

Good old Weaponmaster(e). Often under-appreciated, it didn't have the right dice rolls to really shine here. There's not many ways to overcome a 19-point difference in War, though. Nice use of intimidate to try and even the odds. I knew HCC should have gone for One Blow...

[Sir Ebrum]

Hmmm...I realized that I've been doing the damage calculations wrong. The damage bonus is (War stat difference / 5) while the damage penalty is (War stat difference /10). So all the duels up to now have been short-changing the underdogs.
Also realized that I didn't apply the 1.5 damage multiplier to Zhang Discobal's critical hits when fighting Xun Ci, nor the injury penalty to the latter's escape attempt.

Good thing I'm getting in this practice

As an aside, I've come to appreciate Special as an opening tactic, since many duelists start off with Arrow (fearing One Blow). Intimidate is surprisingly effective too, for those with high Charisma.

[Ahrix]

Thanks for running that duel Sir Ebrum. I was trying to overcome that War difference with Intimidate + multiple wounds, but I can see that's a poor strategy if the other guy can wound me just as effectively.

Round 2? But a little different..

Name: Yong Kai

LEA: 11 (11)
WAR: 90 (150)
INT: 73 (99)
POL: 10 (10)
CHA: 80 (110)

Skills: Craftsman, Duelist, Invent, Weaponmaster (e)

Training Dummy: Huang Choo Choo


AP: 140 (90+30+20)
Style: Fearless
Retreat: Nope

Tactics (AP Remaining):
1. Intimidate (140 > 110)
2. Shout (110 > 85)
3. Counter (85 > 60)
4. Shout (60 > 25)
5. Arrow (25 > 0)

[Sir Ebrum]

Yong Kai
11-90-73-10-80
Duelist, Weaponmaster(e)

Huang Choo Choo
95-99-75-36-64
Duelist, Weaponmaster

 

Round 1
Yong Kai
HP 100 • War 90 • AP 140
Huang Choo Choo
HP 100 • War 99 • AP 139

Yong Kai used Intimidate!
Huang Choo Choo is intimidated! War -15!
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 7 damage.
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 8 damage.

Round 2
Yong Kai
HP 93 • War 90 • AP 110
Huang Choo Choo
HP 92 • War 84 • AP 139

Yong Kai used Shout, but failed to distract his opponent.
Huang Choo Choo used Counter, to no effect.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 7 damage.
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 9 damage.

Round 3
Yong Kai
HP 86 • War 90 • AP 85
Huang Choo Choo
HP 83 • War 84 • AP 114

Huang Choo Choo used Arrow and missed.
Yong Kai used Counter, to no effect.
Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 8 damage.
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 9 damage.

Round 4
Yong Kai
HP 78 • War 90 • AP 60
Huang Choo Choo
HP 74 • War 84 • AP 94

Yong Kai used Shout! Success!
Huang Choo Choo's Double Strike was cancelled!
Yong Kai attacks and misses.

Round 5
Yong Kai
HP 78 • War 90 • AP 25
Huang Choo Choo
HP 74 • War 84 • AP 44

Yong Kai used Arrow and missed.
Huang Choo Choo used Special and hits for 13 damage. Critical hit!
Yong Kai is wounded by Huang Choo Choo's attack! War -13!
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 8 damage.

Round 6
Yong Kai
HP 65 • War 77 • AP 5
Huang Choo Choo
HP 66 • War 84 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 9 damage.
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 8 damage.

Round 7
Yong Kai
HP 56 • War 77 • AP 5
Huang Choo Choo
HP 58 • War 84 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 8 damage.
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 8 damage.

Round 8
Yong Kai
HP 48 • War 77 • AP 5
Huang Choo Choo
HP 50 • War 84 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 10 damage.
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 7 damage.

Round 9
Yong Kai
HP 38 • War 77 • AP 5
Huang Choo Choo
HP 43 • War 84 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 8 damage.
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 7 damage.

Round 10
Yong Kai
HP 30 • War 77 • AP 5
Huang Choo Choo
HP 36 • War 84 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 9 damage.
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 7 damage.

Round 11
Yong Kai
HP 21 • War 77 • AP 5
Huang Choo Choo
HP 29 • War 84 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 9 damage.
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 9 damage.

Round 12
Yong Kai
HP 12 • War 77 • AP 5
Huang Choo Choo
HP 20 • War 84 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 8 damage.
Yong Kai attacks and hits for 8 damage.

Round 13
Yong Kai
HP 4 • War 77 • AP 5
Huang Choo Choo
HP 12 • War 84 • AP 4

Huang Choo Choo attacks and hits for 9 damage.
Yong Kai is defeated!

Duel End
Yong Kai
HP 0 • War 77 • AP 5 • injury: 14%
Huang Choo Choo
HP 12 • War 99 • AP 4

[Ahrix]

Name: Yong Shao

LEA: 81 (114)
WAR: 75 (95)
INT: 78 (104)
POL: 15
CHA: 52

Skills: Ambush (e), Duelist, Leader, Stealth

Wolf Head

Fighting Style: Cautious

AP: 105

1. Arrow (105 > 85)
2. Counter (85 > 60)
3. Counter (60 > 25)
4. Escape (25 > 5)

[Sir Ebrum]

Yong Shao
81-75-78-15-52
Duelist

Wolf Head
92-96-81-40-50
Duelist(e), Weaponmaster

 

Round 1
Yong Shao
HP 100 • War 75 • AP 105
Wolf Head
HP 110 • War 96 • AP 136

Yong Shao used Arrow and hit for 5 damage.
Wolf Head is wounded by Yong Shao's attack! War -4!
Wolf Head's One Blow was cancelled!
Yong Shao attacks and hits for 7 damage.

Round 2
Yong Shao
HP 100 • War 75 • AP 85
Wolf Head
HP 98 • War 92 • AP 106

Wolf Head and Yong Shao both used Counter! No effect.
Wolf Head attacks and hits for 10 damage.
Yong Shao attacks and hits for 8 damage.

Round 3
Yong Shao
HP 90 • War 75 • AP 60
Wolf Head
HP 90 • War 92 • AP 81

Yong Shao used Counter!
Wolf Head's use of Double Strike was cancelled and he received 8 counter-damage.
Wolf Head is wounded by Yong Shao's attack! War -6!
Yong Shao attacks and hits for 7 damage.

Round 4
Yong Shao
HP 90 • War 75 • AP 25
Wolf Head
HP 75 • War 86 • AP 31

Wolf Head used Arrow and hit for 5 damage.
Yong Shao is wounded by Wolf Head's attack! War -5!
Wolf Head attacks and hits for 12 damage.
Yong Shao attempts to escape, but fails.

Round 5
Yong Shao
HP 73 • War 70 • AP 5
Wolf Head
HP 75 • War 86 • AP 11

Wolf Head attacks and hits for 10 damage.
Yong Shao attacks and hits for 7 damage.

Round 6
Yong Shao
HP 63 • War 70 • AP 5
Wolf Head
HP 68 • War 86 • AP 11

Wolf Head attacks and hits for 11 damage.
Yong Shao attacks and hits for 7 damage.

Round 7
Yong Shao
HP 52 • War 70 • AP 5
Wolf Head
HP 61 • War 86 • AP 11

Wolf Head attacks and hits for 13 damage.
Yong Shao attempts to flee, and succeeds!

Duel End
Yong Shao
HP 39 • War 70 • AP 5 • injury: 7%
Wolf Head
HP 61 • War 86 • AP 11 • injury: 10%

You went up against Wolf Head, gave better than you got, and lived to tell the tale. I think you've found a lucky character here.

[Mal Tijie]

Target: Wolf Head

Name: Zhong Ren
Stats: 70-89-49-11-72
Skills: Duelist(e), Jeer, Leader, Weaponmaster
Fighting Style: Brave
Retire: Not Allowed

AP: 129

Tactics:
Round 1: Counter - 25 AP
Round 2: Normal
Round 3: Double Attack -50 AP
Round 4: Normal
Round 5: Normal
Round 6: Double Attack -50 AP

Would it be a possibility that we could go against each other or just the dummies?

[Ahrix]

I'd be down for some duels if that's allowed.

[Sir Ebrum]

That's fine by me. Feel free to arrange the duels here, but make sure to send me the tactics via PM (for obvious reasons).

Also, Zhong Ren's tactics use too many AP:
25+50+60=135 AP

Duelist (3sp)
+30 AP and +20 to initiative in duels. Once per duel, you may select a tactic to use two separate times, breaking the one-use-per-tactic dueling limitation. This second use incurs an additional 10 AP cost.
(e) -- +10 HP in duels. War loss from each duel injury is reduced by 25%.

[Ahrix]

I think we should post our intended character here (without tactics!) before we send the PM so we know who we are facing just like in a real game.

Here is mine for the next duel. Any takers?

Ahrix
81.75.78.10.57
Duelist

[Mal Tijie]

Name: Zhong Ren
Stats: 70-89-49-11-72
Skills: Duelist(e), Jeer, Leader, weaponmaster

Whoops, sorry ebrum, just forget that duel and I'll accept Ahrix's

[Sir Ebrum]

Ahrix
81-75-78-10-57
Duelist

Zhong Ren
70-89-49-11-72
Duelist(e), Weaponmaster

 

Round 1
Ahrix
HP 100 • War 75 • AP 105
Zhong Ren
HP 110 • War 89 • AP 129

Ahrix used Arrow and hit for 5 damage.
Zhong Ren is wounded by Ahrix's attack! War -4!
Zhong Ren's One Blow was cancelled!
Ahrix attacks and scores a critical hit for 9 damage!
Zhong Ren is wounded by Ahrix's attack! War -7!

Round 2
Ahrix
HP 100 • War 75 • AP 85
Zhong Ren
HP 96 • War 78 • AP 99

Ahrix and Zhong Ren both used Counter! No effect.
Ahrix attacks and hits for 7 damage.
Zhong Ren attacks and hits for 10 damage.

Round 3
Ahrix
HP 90 • War 75 • AP 60
Zhong Ren
HP 89 • War 78 • AP 74

Ahrix used Counter, to no effect.
Ahrix attacks and hits for 10 damage.
Zhong Ren attacks and hits for 9 damage.

Round 4
Ahrix
HP 81 • War 75 • AP 25
Zhong Ren
HP 79 • War 78 • AP 74 • injury: 12%

Ahrix attempts to Escape, and succeeds!

Edit: I realized after running this that I made a mistake calculating Ahrix's damage for the critical hit on Round 1. It should have done 10 damage and 8 points of injury due to the narrowed gap in the War stats after the arrow injury. The net effect on the ending HP is negligible here, and Zhong Ren's ending injury would be 13% instead of 12%.

[Ahrix]

Hit and run tactics... I wonder how feasible would they be if this duel happened in the middle of battle. Does the ending hp carry on to the next duel should another one happen within the same battle? I know the real game hasn't started but did it happen in the previous version of the game?

If so, was there a way to heal in mid battle before the next duel?