Dogs of War

[Matt Joule]

Matt nods, thoughtfully. "I am a natural biter." He says. "If I can grab hold with my bite, I would do that. That would work."

Unconsciously, Matt is working his jaws as he is apparently picturing it in his mind, how it would work.

Srsly, say grapple, but use bite? Would a brawling specialty with bite apply to a grapple if I just said he was using his mouth?

[Bleeds Well]

Mechanics

Not quite. mechanically it's a grapple not a bite. In 2e I believe bite initiates grapple, but not in 1e from my understanding. In Ushul or Urhan you make the grapple attempt, but descriptively it is a grapple with your mouth. Then go from there, there are gifts like Death Grip, that make your follow up attack from the grapple absolutely devastating.

Bleeds nods, "It's about the pack and pack successes. We all play our role, use our strengths to help each other. You and I are stronger and tougher than Nate, so if we're tying up our opponent, it can't hurt our packmates."

[Matt Joule]

Matt listens intensely. "Okay. I have been missing out, going straight for the bite just because I can." He says, looking down at Bleeds Well. "I need to practice. Don't run away this time; I need to practice grabbing and holding on."

Nice! I think I get the mechanics: roll brawl + strength vs Def; target has to roll their Brawl + Str vs my Str and get more successes than I did. AND I can overpower for damage using my brawl + str vs their str instead of def!

And Death Grip is a thing I was going to get anyway, but looks like potentially will send Matt right into Kuruth when he uses it. Which is just fine.

Up for another combat, grappling?

[Bleeds Well]

mechanic

Close, they just need 1 success to escape the grapple prior to being immobilized. But their str+braw dice pool is reduced by your strength. So Matt in Urshul has str 6. That's a -6 dice penalty for their Str+brawl pool, and if more than one person is in on the grapple with Matt that become a -7. That's a HUGE penalty. You get four wolves on a grapple and no that's -9. Most things are at a chance die to escape then. Then next turn it's over for the opponent.

BW shakes his head, "Oh hell no. I think you get it. We're good, we can try it out on the next hunt."

[Matt Joule]

Matt grins a toothy, decidedly wolfish grin and laughs out loud! "Hah! Okay, fine be that way. If I miss the grab when it's for real, just remember who didn't want to let me practice!" He laughs again!

After a while of more laughing, Matt says, "So, how can I help you get the others ready? I don't remember any of us really fighting as a team since I got here." He says. "Even Brigit and Emily just do their own thing, even though they know how to fight."

[Bleeds Well]

Bleeds Well nods. "Let's gather the pack. War is coming, it's time for the Warriors teach the pack."

He stands, turning to walk away. "We meet back here, gather as much of the pack as you can."

[Ruach]

Wrong account! Sorry!

[Matt Joule]

Matt nods, smirks, and pulls out his smart phone and begins texting the Pack. "I got Nathaniel and Emily. She can get everyone else."

[Bleeds Well]

Bleeds Well face twitches when Matt pulls out a cell phone. In the Shadow.

"You have a cell phone dedicated to you?" twitch "One that works in the Hisil?" twitch

[Ruach]

Oops, sorry, yeah he does have a rite dedicated phone and trousers, but I didn't realize the whole thing was in Hisil--forgot that Hisil didn't just mean pack territory--but Matt can still step sideways and text and come back?