Post by Darth Strigus on Apr 9, 2016 18:28:36 GMT
Seeing Maleine put away her mace, Strigus knew she would be drawing her lightsaber soon, against which his spear would do little good. He threw his spear at her and dropped his shield, drawing his own lightsaber. He began to move in on his own, before being pulled in by the force. It threw him off balance, but he was confident he could regain it before she attacked. He was fully expecting her to be aggressive, as her first move had been to charge at him, and she then pulled him closer with the force, so he went on the defensive to get a better feel for her fighting style first hand, attempting to parry he attacks.
She was using her lightsaber as a thrusting weapon, a technique he had not learned about yet. He wasn't sure he could recreate it, as a straight thrust with the gyroscopic effect of a lightsaber would be difficult, but he faced thrusting weapons with a slashing weapon before. He would be a disadvantage, but he would just need to move in so her extra reach wouldn't be such a factor. He pretended to be thoroughly on the defensive while parrying, then pushed her blade as far aside as he could while moving in, trying to make a few attacks of his own, with one slash aimed across her general upper body then one across her lower body while he moved out as quickly as he could, all the while not expecting the force push that would come at some point in his actions, after which he would scramble to regain balance as fast as possible,
((So AP total is 3 (Base) + 2 (Shii-Cho Ranks) + 1 (Single-Bladed Lightsaber Bonus) + 2 (Strength Bonus) - 1 (Opponent armed with Lightsaber)= 7 * 1.75 (Force Speed Bonus) = 12.25 which rounds down to 12.
I may also gain an additional 2 from the combat analysis perk, but that's situational and I don't want to make an assumption there. It takes effect if I've studied an opponent, and I assume Strigus would start studying up on her as soon as he knew he'd be dueling her one on one, but I'm not sure how long IC he knew about this arena fight. Otherwise, the only time he's seen her in action is on Reaver's bounty hunter missions, which is fairly minimal. Your call, Ares.
Now AP I've used are 1 (Throwing spear) + 1 (Drawing lightsaber) + 1 (Quickly regaining balance after force pull) + 2 (Parrying two (?) attacks at his right shoulder) + 1 (Parrying one (?) attack at his left leg) + 2 (Two slashing attacks) + 1 (Quickly regaining balance after force push)= 9 used. Potentially a tad more if she intended to make more than three attacks, so I leave with a buffer of 3 AP to handle more attacks as needed- so up to 6 AP total for parrying, if she used all 6 of her AP to attack with.
Finally, I apologize for not posting sooner. Life's getting a bit hectic right now, so I may only be able to post on the weekend- probably Friday or Saturday. Just thought I'd give you two a heads up there. Things are sort of on and off, so I don't know which weeks I'll be busy or how long it will last, though I should be back to normal by late May at the latest. Sorry about that.))