Kyuden Shika

Murato steps back and looks to his opponent, his eyes becoming less focused and more adaptive.

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Round 3
Switches to Water Stance
Init bid in

Raizo remained eerily still.

[Still in Earth Stance
Bid is in.]

Another moment...

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Bid was 0

Strife 8/8

Raizo... smiled.

And took his swing.

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Shiba Raizo wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:01 am

Round 3, Bid 3

meaning they go roughly simultaneously. EDIT: Wait. Raizo's lower Honor means he goes first.
Strife: 9/12

Strike roll is 1 opps shy of infliciting a crit
Earth- Martial Arts Melee to Strike at Murato | TN: 2 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1

For 6 damage (3 for bokken, 2 for 2-handed, 1 for excess success, but no critical]

The hit was solid and Murato grunted in pain from it, then returned a strike of his own.

He then looked to the other man and smirked. "Got another one in you," he asked, jabbing the man with words.

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D12 MM, Duel vs Raizo, Strike, Melee [Water], TN reduced by void opp | TN: 1 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2

Success, 1 bonus success, 6 damage, 1 opp to heal 2 strife, 2 strife gained

D12 MM, Duel vs Raizo, Unique Action: Taunt, Courtesy [Water] | TN: 1 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1

1 opp to heal 2 strife, 1 strife gained
Using bard ability to increase raizo's strife by 2 and decrease mura's by 2

Strife: 5/8
Fatigue: 6/6

[Actually, that damage puts Raizo 1 point over his Endurance and thus into Incapacitated, which I'm PRETTY SURE, even in 5E's horseshit system, means the duel is over

EDIT: Unless our clothing reduces each strike by 1, in which case Murato is at 5 and Raizo is at 9, but do we REALLY want another round of this?

Of course, it also means he's Incapped by Mid-Morning

Scoring-wise, I think Murato has at least 11 points, Raizo has 6. Neither unmasked, neither scored a critical hit, Murato MIGHT get 6 for achieving his objective, but without crits it's hard to say, and I'd say he gets 3 more for hitting first, even if 5E's damage rules are really weird and abstract]

With the duel finally over and Raizo falling to the repeated blows of wooden blades, Murato moves to the other man to check on him. "Fortunes," he hates himself in the moment really. Not that he lets it show. He was in pain, stressed and concerned about the man that was just trying to clobber him into submission as he was returning the favor.

His opinion of Deer matching practices suffered greatly today. He stayed by his opponents side until medical care came.

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[OOC: thank the fortunes that's over... Feels bad man]

First strike: Yes
Duel Score: 20 (+6 achieved objective, +3 first strike, +11 fatigue)
Opps: 3 to show off