Fighting Knife/saved posts
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 13335
Author: GS4-SINDIN
Date: 8/5/2021
Subject: Fighting Knives - A Teaser
Fighting Knives... are neat!
>You stab and thrust your golvern dagger at an imaginary opponent with ferocious intent!
Fighting Knives... let you get in fights!
>Sindin brandishes his golvern dagger at you, challenging you to a fight! You consider whether to:
>- RAISE dagger and accept it.
>- SHAKE dagger and decline.
>You raise your golvern dagger and accept Sindin's challenge!
Fighting Knives... have that extra kick when it counts!
>You swing a mithglin dagger at a Grimswarm troll hunter!
> AS: +538 vs DS: +301 with AvD: +9 + d100 roll: +51 = +297
> ... and hit for 65 points of damage!
> Powerful slash leaves the troll hunter without a left leg!
>Another chance to leave your mark!
> ... 25 points of damage!
> Crossing slash to chest catches the troll hunter's attention!
And that's just off the shelf.
>You slash at the air with your golvern dagger and mithglin dagger and clang them loudly against each other, as if to warn one and all of what you are capable of!
More to come...
Sindin
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 13344
Author: GS4-SINDIN
Date: 8/6/2021
Subject: Fighting Knives - A Teaser
Another lil teaser...
Off the shelf, Fighting Knives let you play a little game with other Fighting Knife owners:
>raise my dagger at sindin
>You brandish your mithglin dagger at Sindin, challenging him to a fight! You glare at him as you wait to see if he accepts...
>Sindin raises his golvern dagger and accepts!
>Weapon in hand, you circle Sindin warily as you consider your best move...
> - Surprise him with a quick JAB?
> - Overwhelm him with a wide SLASH?
> - Come at him from above with a vicious STAB?
>You realize you only have seconds to decide...
>JAB
>You settle on your strategy and get ready to make your move...
>
>You decide to surprise Sindin with a quick jab. Unfortunately, your quick and ineffective attack underwhelms! You cringe as Sindin brings his golvern dagger high and stabs at you, connecting with your shoulder and drawing blood! You back off, nursing the sting of your wound and the bite of defeat as you and Sindin shake hands with a good laugh.
At higher tiers, you get some fluffy abilities to show off and mess with people...
>wave dagger at sindin
>You slash at the air with your mithglin dagger and golvern dagger menacingly, mere inches from Sindin!
...unless they are holding a Fighting Knife!
>Sindin removes a golvern dagger from in his black leather pack.
>wave dagger at sindin
>You slash at the air in front of Sindin with your mithglin dagger and golvern dagger, when Sindin catches the blades with his golvern dagger! You back off, chastened but amused.
There are many permutations of this through the tiers: different messaging if you are holding one Fighting Knife or two; different messaging if your target is holding a Fighting Knife or not; different messaging for targeting a player, an object in the room, or yourself... layers upon layers of fluff! (And if you don't want a Fighting Knife owner to mess with you, just set change your demeanor and you'll be left alone.)
At T2, your Fighting Knife can do this...
>You swing a mithglin dagger at a Grimswarm troll scout!
> AS: +533 vs DS: +288 with AvD: +9 + d100 roll: +1 = +255
> ... and hit for 41 points of damage!
> Damaging strike to chest, several ribs shattered!
>That felt good! But this will feel better...
> ... 5 points of damage!
> Minor puncture to the right leg.
>You use the momentum of your swing to take another stab!
> ... 10 points of damage!
> Strike pierces thigh!
> Your mithglin dagger emits a searing bolt of lightning!
> ... 15 points of damage!
> Nasty shock to the neck. Gonna be stiff for awhile.
And that's before T3 and T4...
Sindin
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 13353
Author: GS4-SINDIN
Date: 8/8/2021
Subject: Fighting Knives - A Teaser
Fighting Knives! A special new kind of dagger debuting at this month's Duskruin.
Here are the verbs and abilities broken down by tier!
* = can target other players. ** = can target other players, objects, and one's self.
T1 - RAISE*, TAP, TURN, WAVE**
RAISE lets you challenge another Fighting Knife owner to a knife fight! This is a bladed version of Roshambo that can leave a mark on the loser.
Combat ability is Slasher: Upon a successful slash attack, this weapon has a chance to slash again.
T2 - CLENCH, GAZE, POKE**, TILT*
Combat ability is Stabber: Upon a successful puncture attack, this weapon has a chance to stab again.
Plus: Slasher odds doubled.
T3 - LICK, POINT**, PULL, SPIN
Combat ability is Jugular: A successful attack can receive a significant crit boost.
Plus: Stabber odds doubled.
T4 - PINCH, PUSH**, TOSS, TWIST
Combat ability is Rematch: If an enemy evades an attack, this weapon can attack again with better odds of success.
Plus: Upon activation of Stabber, there is a special boosted chance for another Stabber, and another, and another... think of it like a prison shank, if you get very lucky.
There is too much messaging to break down here, but let's give a taste.
- Almost all messages have different versions if you are holding two Fighting Knives.
>You toss your golvern dagger in the air and catch it with a flourish! You pose arm akimbo, awaiting applause.
>You toss your golvern dagger and mithglin dagger in the air, catching each with the opposite hand without missing a beat! You swing both blades through the air with bravado and pose arm akimbo, awaiting applause.
TWC FTW!
Some of the fluff verbs meddle lightly with other players...
>Concealing your golvern dagger from view, you feign an air of nonchalance and sneak up behind Sindin to surprise him with a headlock! You pantomime slitting his throat with your dagger before letting him go with a laugh.
Unless you mess up, which can happen randomly...
>Concealing your golvern dagger from view, you feign an air of nonchalance as you sneak up behind Sindin to surprise him with a headlock. Sindin manages to catch your wrist and twists it until you yelp and back off!
Or the person you target is holding their own Fighting Knife!
>Concealing your golvern dagger from view, you feign an air of nonchalance as you sneak up behind Sindin to surprise him with a headlock. Sindin sees the ruse coming and brandishes his mithglin dagger to warn you off!
Any player whose demeanor is cold or reserved is immune to the meddlesome verbs.
>You consider sneaking up behind Sindin to pantomime slitting him throat until a cold glare from him makes you reconsider.
Lots to discover. I hope everyone enjoys!
Sindin
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 13356
Author: GS4-SINDIN
Date: 8/8/2021
Subject: Fighting Knives - A Teaser
Also: BIG THANKS to GM Lanadriel for coding this beast of a blade!
Sindin
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 13441
Author: GS4-SINDIN
Date: 2021-08-13
Subject: Fighting Knives - A Teaser
I want to clarify something about Fighting Knives and flares:
Category B flares do not have an "extra" chance to go off when Stabber or Slasher activates. Those two features are basically special little scripted flares that activate on their own. If your Fighting Knife can flare something Category B (cold, fire, dispel, etc), it will show up after Stabber and Slasher have activated, but Stabber or Slasher going off did not actually trigger the Category B flare. (Or in dispel's case, it resolves before the swing.)
So your T1, T2, or T3 Fighting Knife is going to fire its Category B flares at the same rate as any non-Fighting Knife with the same CatB flares.
However -- Rematch (T4) is an entire new swing of your weapon. So if it activates, your weapon has another chance to fire its Category B flare, since it never got to fire with the original swing.
I hope that helps inform everyone's purchases!
Sindin