05: The Competition, Final Day

No, you can only have one active Kiho but there’s nothing stopping you from dropping one as you activate another. Resistance comes off of damage before you need to defend (take Fatigue) against it.

With the above in mind do you still want to use Earthen Fist as it will mean you have to end Way of the Earthquake?

no, I guess I'll attack. the other kiho may prone the ronin, which seems an interesting effect. If I fail the attack, the way of the earthquake still activates right? (after you perform an Attack or Support action)

Yeah, it’s Perform not Succeed at so it would trigger regardless

Fail punching him with some shock waves then :D
I will use all opportunities instead. Can I use some to decrease incoming damage?

When in Earth Stance you can spend Opportunities to reduce the severity of any Criticals you suffer until the start of your next turn by 1 per Opportunity spent but other than that you can't use them to reduce incoming damage I believe.

What's your total result from your kept dice then?

3 opps from the ring. Can I decide to use fatigue to block some of the damage and then have the remaining be reduced criticals?

Damage is handled as follows:

Total amount and type of damage is calculated
It is reduced by any applicable resistances on the target (i.e. Physical resistance reduces Physical damage, Spiritual resistance reduces Spiritual, etc)
You then 'defend' against the damage if you are able to do so by taking an amount of Fatigue equal to the remaining damage.
If you are suffering from a Condition (Incapacitated, Unconcious, etc) that means you cannot 'defend' against damage, or you have spent a Void point to deliberately not Defend, you instead suffer a Critical hit with a severity equal to the weapons Deadliness plus any other modifiers (such as from certain conditions). The amount of damage suffered in the attack does not affect the weapon Deadliness or the Critical Severity from what I can tell.

So, unless you have something going on that will stop you you defending then you will always take Fatigue on a hit and will not suffer a Crit unless your opponent scores enough Opportunities (when doing a Strike action you can spend 2 Opp to deal a Critical with a severity equal to the Weapons Deadliness) - that make it a bit clearer?

ok, so I'll restore 2 strive and reduce one crit then

Ronin fails his Fitness test against the Kiho, takes 3 damage (defended with Fatigue) and goes prone. Keeps 1 Opportunity from the roll to inflict 2 x Strife on Yoshi (due to being in Fire Stance).

Moves 1 range band/square back and attempts a Strike action at Yoshi. Keeping 2 x Success and 1 x Strife so succeeds with 1 bonus success - deals 5 damage to Yoshi. At end of turn as they've not made a Movement action they remove the prone condition.

Does the damage take Yoshi over their Endurance (assuming you're not going to spend a Void point to take a Crit instead) and does the Strife take them over their Composure at all?

I got 1 fatigue above Endurance now, with i assume is saved by the previous opp ?
Do I get another earthquake since this is a defense action?

No, it would have reduced the severity of a Crit if you'd taken one but doesn't reduce any Fatigue suffered.

As you're over your Endurance you now suffer from the Incapacitated condition. See below for full details but essentially you cannot perform any action that would require a dice roll whilst suffering from this condition.

Ok, the Ronin failed their Fitness test against the Kiho and took another 3 damage which pushes them also into the Incapacitated condition. As you both suffered the Incapacitated condition at the same time then the Clash is inconclusive. As they were already prone when making the attack they cannot be prone again (doesn't stack) so at the end of their turn they still remove the condition. If both parties opt to extend the clash then you can continue it into the following round but this guy is pretty much done....

Ronin 3 switches to Water Stance, moves 1 RB back, then uses the Maneuver action to move an additional RB. Second action from Water Stance is a Calming Breath to regain 1 Strife and 1 Fatigue, this put's his Fatigue equal to his Endurance so he loses the Incapacitated condition.Updated Initiative Order
Ronin 3 - 11
Kashita - 7 - Incapacitated
Aki - 6
Yoshi - 6 - Incapacitated
Ronin 2 - 5
Sugai - 5
Ronin 1 - 4

PC's are back up....

Great, both my allies are incapacitated. Maybe we should opt for a tactical retreat ':D

Just wanting to check in here all, whats the plan? As previously noted the 'Incapacitated' condition doesn't mean you are unconcious but it does seriously curtail your options (see below for reference).

I don't like the idea of having to retreat obviously xD but I feel like anything else would be a dumb idea right now. Unless backup shows up, we should save our lives. Would that be dishonorable?

Do I loose any honour from running in panic and shouting for my mom?

Well honour is a very personal metric so what would be dishonourable for one Samurai may not be for another. Whilst you are expected to be brave in battle throwing your life away foolishly would also be seen as a negative. A small glory hit would probably be appropriate but given that you are not quite full samurai yet and seem to be outmatched in this encounter we'd probably be looking at a point of Glory if anything

Depends on whether your mom frown in disapproval, honour loss will directly correlate to the number of passive aggressive comparisons she makes to your more successful siblings

I'm orphan! RUUUNNNNN!!!! ;)

I vote for a tactical retreat. Screaming for parents is optional.

Updated Initiative Order
Ronin 3 - 11 - dead
Kashita - 7 - Incapacitated
Aki - 6
Yoshi - 6 - Incapacitated
Ronin 2 - 5
Sugai - 5
Ronin 1 - 4
Kitsuki Yuikimi

Ok, I'm playing this as though you all switched to Water Stance so you could move as normal on your turn, perform the Manoeuvre action, and (for those Incapacitated) take the Calming Breath action (drops your Fatigue and Strife down by a point each if you are over half their respective thresholds).

PC's are all back up, please shout out if the recovery drops either Kashita or Yoshi out of Incapacitated