Speed check: Vergilius 5 - 6 Aristole
Even with a two point advantage in speed I still managed to uphold the tradition of losing the opening speed test, quite a feat I must admit when you have double your opponents speed, but not to worry, as long as I won the next one I'd reach the center first and have the most advantageous position. It should probably be noted that at this point Aristole failed both of his option dice meaning he should really remain still and catch his breath but seen as his bonus dice pool was full and he had no injuries I decided it would be a bit weird for him to just stand there.
Speed check: Vergilius 6 - 7 Aristole
...Or not as the case may be. Aristole managed to once again pip me at the post and take the center of the arena before I could move, the only thing you can really do to move someone out of your way in this game is to charge in head first...so being a cautious and strategically minded individual that's exactly what I did. All I can say is thank god for auto successes, I managed to fail all of my rolls leaving me with a result of 4 thanks to my speed, despite throwing in a bonus dice the best result my opponent could get here would be 5, beating me by one, luckily one of his dice came up a 4 which meant we'd tied and would both remain where we were while catching our breath. Not the best of starts for either of us really.
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Speed check: Vergilius 6 - 4 Aristole (After 1 tie)
Here we go, we've got first turn and I'm feeling pretty good about my chances here, I make my highly intelligent and completely unpredictable charge forwards and after sacrificing 2 bonus dice I score a very good 7 successes, without at least 3 bonus dice this target is unreachable for my opponent and coincidentally thats exactly how many dice he decided to use. Unfortunately for him his rolling let him down and he scored no successes other than the 2 free ones for his speed, I took the opportunity to unleash a bash attack and once again had devestating rolls, using 2 bonus dice each I managed to beat him by 5 rolls, giving the best result possible from this test. Aristole is sent flying backwards into the dirt and suffers a hit to his chest, luckily managing to avoid hard with the use of his shield.
My opponents turn was short and simple, he just clambered back to his feet and remained in his zone to catch his breath.
Speed check: Vergilius 7 - 6 Aristole (After 1 tie)
Another success for me allows me to carry on taking the fight to my opponent, I easily outmanouver him again and opt to attack his unshielded side rather than bashing. Wanting to be sure of a good result I throw in 2 bonus dice, my opponent also expends 1 of his own, the end product was another decisive victory to me as Aristole was once again forced back this time suffering a light wound to his belly.
This time Aristole wasn't just going to stand there and take it, he advanced into my zone and took the fight back to the manuver table, for some reason he chose not to expend any bonus dice and as such I easily won again, once more I chose to go for the unsheilded side. Feeling confident I only use 1 bonus dice, my confidence may have been a little premature however as I only scored 2 successes with my 9 dice, luckily my opponent couldn't capitalise and we went into another round of combat...3 rounds later and another 2 bonus dice lighter I manage to break my opponent and inflict a serious wound to his already damaged belly.
Speed check: Vergilius 8 - 5 Aristole (After 1 tie)
I can sense the win here so I want to press on and not give my opponent a chance to catch his breath, my rolling seems to have improved as I easily outmanouver him again and seen as my regular attacks had been a bit dicey so far I decided to try another bash this time. With no bonus dice being used from either combatants I managed to get a good opening for my attack, as brutal as it is this attack connected with his belly too causing yet another small wound, his midriff was really taking a pounding. All he could do in response was to get back up to his feet and catch his breath in the hope of getting a lucky attack on me next turn.
Speed check: Vergilius 9 - 4 Aristole
Its time to finish this fight, I move forward again knocking aside my opponents weapon to set up for another attack to the unshielded side, this could easily end this. Aristole manages to hold me off with the help of a bonus dice and we go to a second round of melee, rapidly running out of options he uses the last of his dice in an attempt to fluke his way out of an incredibly sticky situation, alas it was no good and I beat him by a huge 5 successes sending him flying backwards with a deep cut in his lower left leg.
Aristole hit the dirt having used up all his energy and the fight was declared over, now this may have seemed an easy win as I escaped being hit once, but I can guarentee that with a strength as high as his it could have very easily only taken one hit to kill me outright, it just goes to show in this game Speed and Savy are very important attributes, while you may be able to kill in one hit with a high strength connecting with that hit is very difficult.
We gained 10 Fame for this fight which allowed us to level up our strength with 5 fame remaining, furthurmore I've just now realised I've not been taking into account my +1 to strength for my size so our total attributes are acctually 13, this means we're at the stage where we can upgrade to the next locale, im keen to start using the mercy rules etc and to hopefully experience a special match or two. So next time we join Vergilius he'll be fighting in the heart of the empire and infront of some very demanding crowds.
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