Arena: Fantastic Dungeon Grappling

Arena: Fantastic Dungeon Grappling

Let's run a quick test combat to try out the Fantastic Dungeon Grappling rules.

Here are our contestants

------Sherman

ST 11 HP 11    Basic Speed 5.5

DX 12 Will 10  Basic Move 5

IQ 10 Per 10   Dodge 8

HT 10 FP 10    DR -

Judo DX+2 (14)

Control Maximum 11

------Strabo

ST 14 HP 14    Basic Speed 5

DX 10 Will 10  Basic Move 5

IQ 10 Per 10   Dodge 8

HT 10 FP 10    DR -

Sumo Wrestling DX+2 (12)

Control Maximum 14+2

The fight is in a tunnel 3 yards wide, with the combatants starting in the center, 5 yards apart.

Second 1

Sherman: Moves two yards closer.

Strabo: Takes a step forward and does an All-Out Defense (Parry).

Second 2

Sherman: Moves two yards closer, moving into close combat with Strabo.

Strabo: Grapples Sherman's torso. He rolls against 12 (grappling with two hands does not give a bonus to hit in FDG) and gets a 4. This is a critical hit, so Sherman cannot defend. Strabo rolls 1d+1 and applies 3 CP to Sherman. Sherman is at -2 to DX now due to the accumulated CP.

Second 3

Sherman: Does a Counter-Grapple. Rolls against Judo 14-2. Gets a 7. Strabo elects to dodge, rolling against 8. Rolls 15, failing to dodge. Sherman rolls 1d-1 and gets a 1. Thus, he removes 1 CP from himself, and still has 2 left.

Strabo: Grapples the torso with both hands again, rolling against 12. Gets a 10. -2 to DX is not enough to impose a Dodge penalty, so Sherman decides to dodge. He rolls against 8 and gets a 7, succeeding.

Second 4

Sherman: Tries to grapple Strabo's left arm with both hands. He rolls against Judo 11 (14 - 2 due to CP - 1 hit location) and gets a 9. Strabo rolls against Dodge 8, but gets a 9. Sherman rolls 1d-1 and gets a 5, applying 5 CP. That imposes a -2 to DX due to CP and an additional -4 to use the left arm, because it is being held with two hands.

Strabo: Attempts to perform Frog March to move the opponent to the wall. Rolls against 14 (ST 16 (ST-based Sumo Wrestling) - 2 penalty due to CP). Gets a 18 - that's a critical failure. This is a Quick Contest, so Sherman still has to roll. He rolls against ST-based Judo (13) - 2 due to CP and gets a 8, easily resisting the Frog March.

Second 5

Sherman: Releases one hand from the grapple (if he fails, he will automatically lose 2 CP) and grabs the right arm with it. He rolls against 11 (Judo 14 - 2 from CP - 2 hit location). Note that there are no hit location penalties to develop an already-established grapple, but this does change hit locations, so this is a new grapple. He gets a 9. Strabo rolls against Dodge 7 and gets 11, failing. Sherman rolls 1d-3 (-2 penalty for one-handed grapple) and gets a -2, imposing no CP, but still grabbing the arm.

Strabo: Performs a Takedown, using the 2 CP he has accumulated on his opponent to get a +2 bonus. He rolls against 16, which is ST+2, and gets a 9. Sherman also spends 2 CP to get a bonus to resist, and rolls against 16, which is Judo+2. He gets 13, losing the Quick Contest. Strabo decides to put his opponent face-down. He loses his grip, because he spent all his CP, but Sherman is still holding onto his arm.

Second 6

Sherman: Relinquishes grapple and changes posture to kneeling.

Strabo: Grabs the right arm with both hands, rolling against 11 (Sumo 12 - 1 hit location). Gets a 14, missing.

Second 7

Sherman: Stands up.

Strabo: Grapples the torso, rolling against Sumo-12. Gets a 12. Sherman rolls against Dodge 8, and gets an 8.

Second 8

Sherman: Grabs the right arm with both hands, rolling against Judo-13. Rolls a 11. Strabo rolls against Dodge 8 and gets 16. Sherman rolls 1d-1, imposing 4 CP on the foe.

Strabo: With his free hand grabs Sherman's right arm, rolling against 9 (Sumo 12 - 2 from CP - 1 hit location), and gets a 5. Sherman rolls against Dodge 8 and gets 12. Strabo imposes 1d-1 CP (-2 penalty for one-handed grapple) and rolls 5.

Second 9

Sherman: Does a countergrapple. He does not have to release his hands to do so. He rolls against 12, and gets 10. Strabo rolls against Dodge 7 and gets 8. Sherman removes 1d-1 CP (2 CP). Now, there's 3 CP on Sherman, and 4 CP on Strabo.

Strabo: Performs Kiss the Wall against the floor. Rolls against ST 16 and gets 16. That's bad. Sherman spends 2 CP out of 4 to get a bonus, then rolls against Judo-16, getting a 10. He resists the attempt successfully.

Second 10

Sherman: Develops the grapple further, rolling against Judo-12 (14 - 2 from CP), and gets a 7. Strabo rolls against Dodge 7, and gets a 10. Sherman rolls 1d-1 and imposes 2 more CP, increasing the total to 4 CP.

Strabo: Grapples harder, rolling against Sumo-10 (12 - 2 from CP). Gets a 10. Sherman dodges against 8 and rolls 14. Strabo imposes 1d-1 CP (rolls 4), bringing the total to 7 CP. That's a -4 penalty to DX!

Second 11

Sherman: Attempts to increase CP again, rolling against Judo-10 (14 - 4 from CP), rolls 11.

Strabo: Does Kiss the Wall again, spending 4 CP for a +4 bonus and 3 CP for +1d damage. He rolls against 18 (he still has -2 from CP) and gets an 8. Sherman spends his 4 CP to get a bonus, then rolls against Judo-18 (14 + 4), rolling a 9. That's not enough to resist, so Strabo slams him against the floor, dealing the opponent's thrust-2 (1d-3) + 1d from CP + 2 (doubled per die bonus for Sumo Wrestling at DX+2). Strabo rolls 2d-1 and deals 6 crushing damage, leaving the opponent face-down. It was decided to stop the fight at that, because both the combatants familiarized themselves with the rules.