Nytefall'Well, strength does not always equal to punching force' true, arguably three things equate to punching force, technique/context, weight and strength. However Gigue has at least got two of those, and arguably the third as well, so even if he was immensely sub-par as a fighter he should strike with immense force.
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To be honest, the only thing I found a bit strange is that his break-dance would have definitely aggravated the rib damage he had just taken. That exact position would hurt like hell.
To @MelonHead, @Drifting Pollen and anyone else who is thinking of participating in Darth's league: what do you think of crashing in not as an assembly of a few off-site individuals, but as an actual team, with our characters having a few IC ties between them as well?
Could be funny, I think I'd be up for that.
God forbid you were more cynical; i've already made this fight riddled with uneasiness on my own.
Fair. I've read the edit but I'm still severely worried for Gigue's balls. If you're sure you want to stick with that move though I'll reply to it tomorrow.
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This is why i suddenly thought Sigurd's left arm was up there to guard him from the kick. Didn't quite interpret that the right way; but hey, chances are i won't be embarrassing myself as often in the future, now that i've got the right mindset hammered into my head.
I can see why that misled you, but I meant in regards to the left arm being under Gigue (and therefore causing him all sorts of problems) and the right shoulder/pauldron being in the way of a straight up kick. Not to mention that was OOC, so it didn't really have any baring on anything, if I was more cynical I might have just said that to mislead you.
And balls are quite the hard target to hit spot on. There's a reason they aren't called balloons.
If you think about the positioning Gigue's left leg would be debilitated and trying to get over Sigurd's body and his right leg would be outstretched and trying to control Sigurd's head. In the resting position the stone arm is in all Sigurd would have to do is lift it forcefully leftwards and it would be funnelled directly into Gigue's crotch, game over. Not that it matters as you don't have to stick with the actions you prescribed.
Look at his reference picture and then think of his arm's position, his neck isn't that free a target. Not to mention if Gigue gets into that position drawing a knife to strike seems like a massive waste of time, he could just punch Sigurd in the face in half the time and knock him out. Your character's strength is actually insane, giving him the benefit of the doubt in regards to his punching form he can generate more force with his punch than any living human at least twice over, Sigurd isn't a boxer (trained to take punches to the face) and even giving -him- the benefit of the doubt he'd still be debilitated by a single punch. Why waste time with drawing a knife?
That being said, Gigue is already an unstoppable badass, multiple rending wounds, badly injured arms and even broken ribs and he's still performing acrobatics and break dancing, what more can Sigurd do?
That being said, Gigue is already an unstoppable badass, multiple rending wounds, badly injured arms and even broken ribs and he's still performing acrobatics and break dancing, what more can Sigurd do?
Well, I've waited this long so feel free to revise the post now. Just have mercy on Sigurd if you think of an execution move, remember I could have forced you to keep this cock up and punched Gigue in his unprotected balls with the stone arm so hard he'd have exploded just like I said.
@MelonHead Lower belly? For some reason, i thought it was higher up, covering Sigurd's chin from the kick.
Nope, it would have been in the way of the sword slice if it was above his right arm, not to mention he had just delivered an elbow to Gigue's ribs so it was low anyway as this is one continuous action for Sigurd.
'not to mention the Northman’s stone arm had rested low over his torso to ease the passage of the cutting sword, and would prove a powerful obstruction.'
Sigurd didn't even know a kick was really on the cards at that point, so guarding his neck would have been a little pre-emptive. The only protection he had from that was his right shoulder (and pauldron) which was stretched over his body.
My master plan says that in post 21, Sigurd's the one to die. Good luck trying to foil it. >:D
Well, I can't necessarily foil it if it works out the way you said, but that's mostly because I don't understand it yet. I want to sleep on this because all my best ideas come when I should be sleeping, but can I just get some clarification first?
Gigue presumably carries out his original plan, diving onto Sigurd's lower body, however is he now also kicking Sigurd in the arm at the same time? As you probably remember Sigurd's arm (after elbowing Gigue) was left in a resting position over his lower belly, so I can't for the life of me work out how a kick to it is possible of leading to the circumstances you describe. For one I'm not even sure how Gigue is kicking the arm, kneeling on it, and then wrapping his leg around Sigurd's head at the same time? Surely the kick is coming in from Sigurd's left hand side, which would knock it over to his right hand side (though arms literally don't stretch all that far across the wrong side of the body) so where exactly is it being pinned?
Can you offer a quick break-down of what Gigue is doing in summary-esque terms so I get it all right.
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