Re: (TFT) Vote on Initiative

[Sgt Hulka <hulkasgt@yahoo.com>]

Thanks everyone for voting! The paladins win and will force the PC's to move first.


--- On Sun, 5/10/09,  <pvk@oz.net> wrote:

> From:  <pvk@oz.net>
> Subject: Re: (TFT) Vote on Initiative
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 8:06 AM
> I second Richard's ruling. Both sides win in their own
> minds, but the Paladins seem more thick-headed so far,
> although this does seem like a "your move" kind of
> win.
> 
> --- rick.walters@yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> From: Richard Walters <rick.walters@yahoo.com>
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Subject: Re: (TFT) Vote on Initiative
> Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 20:10:05 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> Given your conditions, I would rule that the paladins win
> initiative but must choose to move second since they would
> impune their honor by agressively engaging the others after
> they have asked them to lay down their weapons.  
> 
> So, if the party isn't interested  in engaging the
> paladins this round, they could perhaps spend another round
> taunting the blue-bloods and perhaps build a better string
> of insults that will drive the crusaders beyond rationality
> and into a bezerker rage.
> 
> Good Fortune,
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Sgt Hulka <hulkasgt@yahoo.com>
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2009 10:46:50 PM
> Subject: (TFT) Vote on Initiative
> 
> Just to mix things up a bit, I've decided to determine
> the initiative of an upcoming combat not with a die roll,
> but with a vote on who "wins" the pre-combat trash
> talk. You guys decide! Who wins initiative?
> 
> Two Paladins, Sir Travis and Sir Rorschach, waylay
> travelers on "Hedonist Street". The
> Player-Characters seemed unintersted in convincing the
> Paladins that their intentions are noble, choosing instead
> to challenge the Paladins' manhood:
> 
> "I take it you are nobles? Then you must take great
> offense to my compatriot, here, in his shiny plate suit! We
> spit on your inbred, perfumed, silk stocking'd,
> ass-packing nobility. Come here and teach me your finer arts
> of dueling." 
> 
> The Paladins responded:
> 
> "This rain can wash the dirt from your body, but it
> can not wash the stain from your soul. A storm is mere
> water; I offer a tempest of blood. Lay down your weapons and
> submit to a sharp-edged baptism. Mitra will decide if you
> are worthy of redemption." 
> 
> To be clear, I'm making no claim that either of the
> challenges is particularly good. I'm just asking --
> which is better? Who wins the pre-battle contest of
> intimidation and, by extension, initiative?
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