>>286544
Support for this.

If that won't work out then go RAWR DRAGON

>>286544
this is the best course of action to swing him to the ground. you will then need to greet the stranger that just got in.

or maybe trhow him to the floor too.

>>286600
>If that won't work out then go YIFF DRAGON
fixed

Take advantage of your tail.

>>286544
this sounds good

Can you get lower, then lift him and toss him into this Zagr'd fellow? Or just drag him outside?

>>286544

That sounds good, too. Maybe see about rolling into some kind of submission move or something? Some sort of hold that's painful, but not necessarily all that damaging? We're trying to get the guy to give up, after all, not make him unconscious.

If you don't know anything like that, well there's a nice goal for ya. Learn how to do crap like that so you can use it on your friends when they act up.

>>286541
Flip him over you and onto the ground. Then set him on fire.

We are in a wooden building in a wooden town. Fire and lightning are not an option unless you want to be executed for burning the town to the ground.

Increase your strength with magic. Do a little tiny puff of flame just large enough to burn off his mustache and beard. Keep it away from his eyes. Or if you can do it from your mouth, blast some ice onto his face. Do chill wind to get him to close his eyes, then do a freeze. He's an ally.

>>286801
hypocrisy noted

>>286801
It's not okay to set your allies on fire, no matter how little. Hair is less replacable than breakfast.

>>286541

I'd say judo throw, but he's probably better at grappling than you are! Right now he's just matching strength with you out of machismo, asserting himself as top dog. If you step it up with actual serious fighting techniques he'll match you, and probably exceed you.

I say you should shapeshift into something. Not a minotaur; he'll still be stronger than you, most likely. So, try change into a half-dragon minotaur! In theory that should be even easier, right?

Rynh 2011/03/09(Wed)08:17 No. 287224 ID: 8c0848
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>>286544
Ngh... He's a little heavy. This isn't going nearly as well as I had hoped.
I don't think I'm going to beat him hand to hand without dirty fighting and making somebody who might have to save my life at some point resent me is probably a bad policy.

>Bite him if you want.
I don't think my neck has that kind of range of motion.

>Take advantage of your tail.
I could slap him in the nuts with it, but that might be the kind of painful, dirty fighting that makes someone resent you.

This wouldn't be an issue if he had just cooperated and let me throw him.

"Don't think this means you don't owe me for breakfast."

"I thought that was what it meant."

Zagr'd begins to wander off, grumbling something about food. Damn it, everyone is getting breakfast but me!

>>287224
Hey, you got a hand free. Use that to go for his knee and destabilise him. Need to regain mobility and maybe throw some more dudes at him.

>>287224
Tell him FINE. You stupid... stupid. You'll just get Hennessy to buy you breakfast. Since he's apparently a wuss anyway.
Maybe he can buy Thodren breakfast, too. Because he is such a wuss.
S-stupid Thodren. It's not like you won or anything.

>>287224

"Want to continue this wrestling in my room later? AFTER you get me breakfast..."

You could try using your tail on his leg and follow up with your spare hand... It'd be okay to lose if not for breakfeast!

>>287224
Oh FUCK THIS. Turn into a goddamn dragon already! Or into a minotaur if you're worried about some heroes knee jerk reaction.

>>287224
Alright, Rynh, we'll ignore your cockup of a fairly simple maneuver for now. Geez, that was bad.

Left arm/hand: Against his neck (left side). Right foot: Kick out his right hoof. Concurrent with this, ROLL to your right, while pulling his head/neck with the aforementioned hand. Do it quickly enough, and you should be able to roll him over so you're on top with an arm against his throat.

A little harder than what you were supposed to do earlier, but hey: When you mess up, things get harder.

>>287227
This clearly he does not realize the position your in. If he bitches after you win tell him all is fair in love and war.

Grab bull by horns.

Shake vigorously until dizzied - beware of spontaneous upchuck.

Bring down your right leg and slide left, pushing off with your left foot, remember to hold onto his left arm you should be able to just flip him onto his back.

Remember that hooves have less traction on smooth surfaces.

>>287246

Okay, dude, seriously. Thodren is a melee fighting merc.

Rynh will not beat him wrestling. No matter how much martial arts Rynh might know, Thodren probably knows just as much AND has a significant physical advantage. This fight is basically over, and the only reason that Rynh isn't getting tossed across the room by her ankle is that Thodren doesn't want her to be.

There comes a time when you need to cut your losses. Fight over, get some breakfast already.

>>287224
kiss him, use moment of shock to throw him off and put him in a hold.

What is least expected surprises anyone

Jesus Christ, I don't know what's more overwhelming -- the incredible, all-encompassing sexual tension, or how ridiculously oblivious you (and most of the suggesters) are intentionally being.

So let me spell it out for you: You are intentionally letting this guy get the best of you in order to allow for an intimate physical closeness that nearly approximates sexual contact but that still leaves you plausible deniability. You are, consciously or not, trying to get in a fucking position with this guy, and now that it's worked, all your planned moves are somehow revolving around his dick.
For his part he is obviously conscious of it too.

If you want to fuck him just say so already, goddamn. Stop being such a baby.

>>287257
Mind = blown.

Use your tail to knock his leg away and tip him over in that direction.

Then steal his breakfast.

Blush intensely.

His right leg looks like a decnt blow from your tail would knock it out from under him easily. He's a hooved biped, if you hadn't noticed. Then he'll fall on top of you, which is clearly what you want.

Because it'll allow you to squirm out from under him, obviously.

>>287224
This does not look like a position Rynh will have any leverage in.

Still, Thodren's a pal, the whole brawl is over, and you can probably get breakfast out of that wuss Hennessy.

Once you're back on your feet, ask him if that's how he treats all the girls he likes.

>>287251

That's the talk of a quitter, and I'll never heed it!

Besides, the fight against the manticore didn't suggest Thodren had much dexterity or martial skill apart from alot of strength.

>>287224
Ice the floor. Those hooves aren't terribly stable, and once he's slipping you should be able to sweep him off to the side (rather than, say, letting him pin you). Could give you the chance to turn this around and seize the advantage.

>>287251
C'mon. Seriously.

>>287264
Don't forget the heavy panting.

Hmm. If you can squirm around and get onto his back you can bum a piggyback ride. He probably won't fight that too much. It'll be fun, and not immediately jumping on his dick or anything. I mean, sure, he's flirting with you right now, and that's nice. Make him work a bit more for it though.

>>287224

You're a goddamn half-dragon. Do not let him beat you! Think of the mockery and derision you would receive from you mother for loosing to a minotaur in hand-to-hand combat. Let the thought fill you with RAGE. Use RAGE to complete the original maneuver.

Who cares if he beats you? You'll get him back later. Gotta know when to give up, and today's losses don't yet have to include breakfast. Besides, if you give in now if you're lucky he might even rape you. :3c

>>287363
This.

>>287379
I think your concept of "Luck" is a bit skewed.

Electrocution time!

>>287433


Seems like a good idea, provided some control.

Think you can keep the voltage down, Rynh? Just enough bite to make him recoil.

If you're not confident of your control through, don't do this. Wouldn't want to see Thodren wind up like the bunny you zapped.

No no no, her energy blasts are only good at being dangerous. Rynh is pinned and if we still want to win only a shapeshift can pull it off now.

>>287451

>spellcasting when pinned

u so crazy. Rynh isn't a natural shapeshifter, she does it by casting spells.

The same goes for pretty much all of the other 'magic' suggestions.

>>287224

He's putting most of his weight on his left leg. If you get him in the back of that knee, with your right leg or your tail, and push his right side with your other leg, you should be able to pull with your right arm and push up with your left to make him fall to the side, allowing you to escape... if you're nimble enough. If you move especially quickly, you may even be able to get on top and hold him!

Rynh 2011/03/10(Thu)13:21 No. 287512 ID: 8c0848
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>There comes a time when you need to cut your losses. Fight over, get some breakfast already.

Yeah. I'm not going to win at this point without doing something seriously damaging and that might just piss him off, things would get bad quickly.

Time for breakfast, then I can see about this job. Exploring ruins, maybe fight some monsters. It should be more adventurey than what I've been doing.

I should probably get some others to come along too. Wandering in the dark with no backup doesn't sound fun.

>>287512

Well since you're making eyes at Thodren while you get breakfast, why not invite him along? It'd be nice to have someone around who can kick your ass so that you don't have to do any frontline heavy lifting.

>>287512
Wandering around in ruins means you're going to be facing ancient traps that somehow still work.
You'll need a rogue for that, and the only trustworthy one you know is Jehral.

... No, seriously. Any ruins without suitably lethal traps would have been cleared out long ago.

>>287512
Wandering in the dark? You need someone who can be small and sneaky, someone like Jeral.

And maybe bring Nako in case you need to blow up any walls.

>>287512
Just take the same crew as you used when hunting the chimera if they're all willing and able. Maybe you can find a better mage, though.

>>287512
>Wandering in the dark
>still flush with cash
Magical torch/gem/thing that never runs down and works underwater. Will be far more useful than a sword of equal value.

That, or a jumbo bag of Ye Olde Glow Sticks.

>>287515
This is excellent reasoning. Unlike the runt, Thodren has just demonstrated that he's actually capable.

I wonder if, in this universe, Minotaurs can navigate their way through mazes? If so, Thodren is the guy to take on a ruin expedition. Think of all those twisty turny tunnels.

>>287531
"Punish" our minotaur friend by demanding he comes with us on our next adventure. He'll not only be useful, but we can get him back for being a dick and ruining good bacon.

Oh, and bring puppy-head. For picking locks or molesting. Whichever comes first.

just fuck him already jesus christ what are we all thirteen years old

get over yourself

Turn and say "Hey, want to go poke through some ancient ruins and beat up monsters?"

>>287576
If she says this, verbatim, he might mistake it as innuendo.

I'm not really sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

Have Thodren and Jehral along. They can fight over you, maybe.

>>287596
And then hilarity ensues. Yes! Go with this!

Jehral, Thorden, and you would be a great, well rounded team.

Jehral would be sneaky and traps.
Thorden is meat shield and damage.
You are a red mage with healing, damage, utility, and good physical fighting skills.

>>287937

Yes, the classic Fighter, Mage, Thief. Fund it!

But Rynh is already a mage, fighter and thief in one shapely package!

We need a cleric or something.

>>287994
But we still need Jehral to shove through small passages.

>>288033
We are totally saying this to his face

>>288033
Yeah! Besides, what else are we gonna do when we camp for the ni---

... oh, you meant those passages.


My offer still stands.

>>287512
Your merc guild's fairly diverse. Perhaps you should look around for someone accustomed to working underground? And dwarves, or other subterranean folk you could think of that would be an asset in a deathtrap temple?

>Escorting some archaeologist through some ruin he wants to check out. Apparently, he doesn't want to deal with anything that might be in there himself.
Wait... "an" archaeologist or a team of them? I remember there was a posting about a bunch of archaeologists checking out some ruins. Is this a different one? Or did the rest just bail on the poor guy?

>>288102
Sounds like a good idea to me. Depending on what being an "archaeologist" is here (searching for knowledge?... or searching for loot?), it might be worth it to bring someone a bit more scholarly, as well. They're less likely to get bored and stumble into something nasty. If you think you can handle travelling with that many nerds at once, at least.

Branch out a bit. It's good to have pals, but there are hundreds of mercs around; no need to always default to the ones you know best.

Rynh 2011/03/20(Sun)14:19 No. 289642 ID: 8c0848
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>get Thodren to come... along.

"... and they generally don't have crossbows."

"I guess that's a good point. I'll think about it."

So, other than Thodren, I could probably get Jehral for sneaking around and maybe someone used to the underground. I'll check around a bit.

>>289642

Don't take Jerhal. Take Gustav. Jerhal is horrible. And get yourself some kind of a ratguy/girl as a guide.

SUDDENLY BECOME PAINFULLY AWARE OF THORDREN'S PERFECTLY CHISELED HALF-NAKEDNESS
Hm lessee... You're probably gonna want Jehral aaaand... Yeah check around for someone else to take too. Gotta have at least four or its not an adventure!

Okay so Thodren's the big muscley guy
Jehral is the small sneaky guy
What we need is a weak healer girly man whom you could easily overpower and rape

>>289643
I'm seconding this

>>289651
I wonder how many healers become mercenaries? That seems like it would be both extremely lucrative and atypical.

Suggestion 2011/03/20(Sun)15:07 No. 289659 ID: 07416a
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Repostan from chapter five.

There's Thodren for a meatwall. He's pretty huge.
Shera is a catfolk, she's big on running around and throwing things. Kind of like Jehral with bigger tits...
Stark, he's an archer. He shoots arrows from a bow. I don't know what else to say here.
Kryssa, shoots bolts from a crossbow. Yeah...
Gustav is a mage. He's better at magic than me, but I could break him with my bare hands. It all balances out.
Jehral, tiny target with throwing daggers. He flips out and stabs things.
Dagnyr. He's a gnoll, so he likes stabbing and biting things.

>>289659
Gustav, Thodren and a guide. That's enough.

>>289659
thodren, as our warrior meatshield
I'll assume Rynh as a mage/cleric thing... we can heal people, right? If not, we can learn before that. right?
Dagnyr is our slashy slashy fighter
Jehral is our rogue for small places. Sometimes small is better.
And Shera, cause lets face it. Rynh needs people of her own gender to talk with. plus two rogues are better than one.

Possible replacement of jehral with Stark for ranged support?

>>289659
Thodren for brute force
Jehral for Jehral
Shera... also for Jehral

Thodren for muscle. Gustav for proper magic. Shera to steal all the attention from you if even for a few seconds. It will be a welcome relief.

No Jehral, never again. Take a goddamn break from Jehral. Preferably forever.

I don't care who else they take, but leave Jehral and take Shera instead. Jehral is a useless twat.

Thodren, Shera, Kryssa

Stab. Stabb. Staaaaab. Stabstabstabstabstabstabstabstab.

>>289675
This. If nothing else Gustav probably has some utility magic like Mage Hand, which you're lacking in.

>>289675
I can get behind this.

Thodren, Shera, Gustav, not Jehral.

Thodren, Sera and Gustav

This has the added advantage of not including Jehral

>>289661
remove jehral,insert Stark. Possible removal of Dagnyr and replacement with Gustav.

Just changing

>>289680
This

>>289642
Three votes for Jehral.

Jehral might not even want to come. Who knows what's going through his head these days. If he wants to, cool. Leave the touchy feely confusion behind, though. You've definitely shown YOUR interest enough. It's up to him to decide if he wants to reciprocate, and some guys are slow at that. So just leave that stuff behind. (If he's not up for it, go Shera, but don't tell her she was the backup)

I'd recommend Gustav, if only so you can talk nerdy about magic and get on the other party members' nerves. Plus, perhaps learn a thing or two that you could adapt to your magic style. Adaptability seems to be one of those things we're going for, right?

Is this a four-man band we're going for? Or getting another? Dagnyr could be the fifth wheel, for the lulz, if possible. Or Nako, if she's up for it. She's a gobbo. Gobbos know underground, right? Plus, she has fun explosion stuff.

Thodren, Shera, Dagnyr.

Maximum Looting.

>>289802
This.

>>289802
This

>>289802
>Thodren, Shera, Dagnyr.

Jehral is boring. Top tier team right here

I heartily agree with the Thodren/Shera/Dagnyr team.

>>289802
gonna have to go with this

>>289802
Fuck it. Revoking >>289694 in favor of piling in with Team This. Delicious anti-Jehral tactical voting.

I'm okay with this plan, I like it when a puppy gets all squeaky and excited when you come home after leaving it alone...

Rynh 2011/03/30(Wed)20:37 No. 292002 ID: 8c0848
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I got Gustav, Thodren and Shera to come along. It seems like a decently balanced choice so I don't have to try to half-ass my way through everything.

I wait for my sword to be completed, gear up and wait for word from the client. Let's get going already.

>>292002
You're the generalist, huh? That works.

What about Dagnyr?

Got any healing items on your person?

Then get going already~