Chapter 12 Part 4: Defensive Trading
So last post, I was agonizing over having Franz try a low-hit javelin toss.
I ended up going for it, and it worked!
He got a level too!
Here are some action shots from enemy phase.
The mercenary comes in to hit Vanessa, and since she doesn't kill him, he blocks the cavalier behind him from also being able to attack her. Franz does some damage on the right side and eliminates the mages, though he does miss a hit against the archer and leaves him alive. And Duessel holds firm against the mages, killing one of them.
So we've got an injured mage, an injured archer, and two spiders coming in hot.
This wolf has also started to close in. The wolves are generally very fast.
Their weapon, sharp fangs, has no weight, I guess because it's a body part, not an item. So this wolf, for instance, has all of its 14 speed as its attack speed. (I'm not sure where the extra attack comes from though. Maybe the fangs have a hidden might number? Because you can see that this wolf only has 7 strength, but it has 12 attack.)
Also, the name is "Moh-sah-doog", which is "Mauthe Doog" in the English translation. So that "doog" is not a typo of "dog", it's "doog" in the original Japanese too!
Oh, and on the left side, I sent Tana down to get the last gargoyle. She gets a level up, and even more speed.
Cormag goes up and finishes off the mercenary that Vanessa softened up.
Then I start looking at stats a bit. There's a doog up from where Cormag is, so I'm curious about his speed.
He has 11 base speed, and 11 build, and the short spear he used has 12 weight, meaning he'll get slowed down to 10 attack speed.
The wolf has 14 speed, so it's just enough to double Cormag. The wolf has 12 attack, so it won't actually damage Cormag, but I'm not going to let that stop me from doing needless micromanaging!
Neimi moves up behind Cormag and trades to switch him from the short spear to an iron lance. Now, instead of taking 0 x 2 damage from the doog, he'll take 0 x 1!
Ho ho! I am so clever!
Vanessa moves up to hit the cavalier. This guy has a lance reaver, so he'll do well against most of Vanessa's inventory, but not against her axe reaver! She actually gets the advantage in this situation. Even though the lance reaver is a sword, and Vanessa's axe reaver is weak against swords, because the lance reaver is a special sword that switches up the weapon triangle, the axe reaver basically treats it like an axe!
Vanessa has a whopping 20 speed, but the axe reaver is heavy, and its 11 weight weighs Vanessa and her 5 build down such that she loses 6 speed!
However, she has a slim lance, which doesn't weigh her down at all, meaning she's actually fast enough to double the doog if it attacks her. And if Lute moves next to Vanessa to switch her weapons, she can actually attack afterwards and take out the cavalier that Vanessa hit already.
Lute watched as Vanessa swooped down and hit the cavalier. It was a big hit, but the cavalier wasn't down yet.
"Tita--Vanessa, you didn't hit him hard enough. Watch out."
Lute focused and sent a fire ball flying right past Vanessa and Titania and hit the cavalier before he had a chance to regroup himself.
"Also, Vanessa, you should be careful using that heavy lance against that doog. That's what that monster that looks like a wolf is called, a doog. They're very fast. According to Marnel's Encyclopedia of Monsters, they can run about 1.5 times faster than a horse. Also, they..."
"Ok, ok. I got it!" Vanessa scowled and made a quick switch between the lighter slim lance on Titania's pack, and the heavy axe reaver in her hand.
"Also, Vanessa..."
"What!? Lute, not now! That dog is coming for us!"
"It's not a dog, it's a doog. There is no species of dog that grows that large, and furthermore, the tooth structure is totally different, which you can confirm if you look closely at its mouth."
"...Oh, and I remembered your name, Vanessa. You're Vanessa, and your pegasus is Titania."
Lute was sure that remembering their names properly would make Vanessa happy. People like it when you remember their names. Lute learned that from Moulder since she had called him "priest" for the first couple days after meeting him him until he told her he would prefer it if she used his name.
But the doog was already running at them, and Vanessa seemed to be totally concentrated on it. She didn't respond to Lute.
"Did she hear me?" Lute wondered.
That last attack got Lute to A rank in anima magic! Just one more rank to go to hit that S!
I mentioned the spiders hitting hard before, but here's an example. 24 attack is quite a bit. But they are very slow.
Because the spiders can hit hard, I actually sent Ephraim down to take out the archer that Franz didn't finish off since he has the lowest defense of all the units to the right (well, except for L'Arachel).
He got this pretty good level up!
Next time: Let's do the monster mash!
0 notes
English poet and topographer George Waldron documented the Moddey Dhoo (or Mauthe Doog) in his book History and Description of the Isle of Man published in 1744. Waldron wrote: “They say that an apparition called, in their language, the Mauthe Doog, in the shape of a large black spaniel with curled shaggy hair, was used to haunt Peel Castle; and has been frequently seen in every room, but particularly in the guard-chamber, where, as soon as candles were lighted, it came and lay down before the fire in presence of all the soldiers, who at length, by being so much accustomed to the sight of it, lost great part of the terror they were seized with at its first appearance.”
74 notes
·
View notes