(2306) Event: Unarmed Combat Final

[Jacque]

Raul Dominguez Jennifer Hazelton please roll for initiative


You both have 48 hours to join here and post initiative and it is the expectation to post every 24 hours while in combat. Thank you!

your goal is to render your opponent prone while you are holding a key and your opponent is not.
To be clear, you can render your opponent prone at any time however you will only score a point if you overpower your opponent to the mat while the conditions are met.
Best two out of three rounds wins the match.
Whomever wins the round will be reactionary (hold action to second) in the next.

Biting is not permitted. Powers/gifts of the blood are also not permitted

Please see World of Darkness pg 157 with specific attention paid to Grapple, Render Your Opponent Prone, Draw Weapon and Disarm weapon.
While holding a cylinder you have a -1 penalty to your unarmed combat rolls.



You are required to post every 24 hrs in combat, otherwise you will be treated as if you held your action to keep things moving along. If you are skipped once during the match, the second time you miss your 24 hour window you will *forfeit*

[Jennifer Hazelton]

Jennifer's initiative is 6

[Raul]

Raúl's initiative is 7

[Raul]

Raúl steps into the arena for the finals, giving a nod when Jacque hands him the small rod again. He waits, watching his Haunt opponent, taking in how she holds herself, how she readies. He waits, alert, his body slightly tense, ready to move when she approaches him. Let's hope this one lasts longer than my last battle...

Raúl is holding his action.

OOC

Raúl's defense is 2 and his effective Strength for defending against overpower maneuvers is 4.

[Jennifer Hazelton]

Jennifer watches closely. Yet the moment passes and he does not move towards her. Is Raúl studying her to determine her weaknesses? She could not afford to let Raúl do that. Jennifer shot towards Raúl with the speed that she could muster. She keeps the key in her left hand and makes a grasping manuever with her right towards Raúl's left arm. Jennifer is atttempting to establish a grappling hold.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2023-07-02 19:59:02	Jennifer Hazelton rolls 4 to Unarmed Combat Match Two (7 - 2 Defense - 1 for key) Achieving a hold (10 Again)	10, 9, 10, 3, 1, 2	3 successes

[Raul]

Raúl while he doesn't necessarily relent to Jennifer's grabbing him, he does welcome it. This is something he's trained for most of his life. Wrestling team all through school and then training in the police force. He lets her establish the grapple and then quickly steps in to turn it around on her. The motion he uses is quick, stepping around to turn her arm around her back as he moves. His movements are quick, grabbing onto her other arm and quickly twisting it back at the wrist and giving it a firm enough shake to disarm the Haunt of her key. He's still next to her, ready to move with her or against her. He's had a ton of practice with apprehending dangerous folks in the past; this is just another night for the Gangrel Whip.

Disarm Maneuver (2 successes)

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2023-07-03 20:14:50	Raul rolls 5 to Disarm Maneuver (Str3, Brawl 4, Spec1, +2 FS, -4 Strength, -1 for Key) (10 Again)	5, 1, 8, 2, 10, 6	2 successes

OOC

OOC: Raúl's initiative is now 5. Also, due to his Police Tactics FS, to disarm him of his key should require at least 3 success on Jennifer's disarm maneuver.

[Jennifer Hazelton]

Jennifer works to remain calm as her key is taken, watching it tumble away. Raul remains with her and Jennifer decided to use that. She tried to lock in a hold that would immobilize Raul.

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2023-07-04 06:20:02		Jennifer Hazelton rolls 4 to Immobilize Raul (7-3 ) (10 Again)		10, 1, 7, 1, 9		2 successes

[Raul]

Raúl lets a smirk warm his features for a brief moment as Jennifer moves in an attempt to immobilize him. It's something he would have done. He twists with her motions and pulls away, slipping free of the grapple. His motions are almost dance-like as he steps away, sweeping his foot along the way to try to brush his foot along the floor and kick Jennifer's key away, making it more difficult for her to get it again.

Break Immobilization (2 successes)

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2023-07-04 18:32:49	Raul rolls 8 to Break Immobilization (10 Again)	2, 9, 8, 5, 9, 5, 8, 4	4 successes

OOC

OOC: Sorry, I forgot to subtract Jennifer's strength, so will ignore 4 rightmost dice, still 2 successes. On a similar note, Raúl's effective Strength is 4 in regards to his 'defense' against overpower maneuvers, thanks to his Grappling FS. If he can't sweep the key away as part of or in place of his move action, that's perfectly reasonable. I'll leave that decision to you and perfectly fine with any result.

[Jennifer Hazelton]

Jennifer carefully evaluated Raúl’s footwork. Jennifer was wary of giving Raúl too much time. Yet her opponent was stronger than she expected. Was that a smirk on his face?
How best to wipe that off his face? She was vulnerable to a take – down that would award a point to her opponent. Yet perhaps she could break the grapple and take the match in a new direction. Jennifer concentrated on breaking free of the grapple.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2023-07-05 05:36:23	Jennifer Hazelton rolls 3 to Breaking grapple ( 7 - 4 defense) (10 Again)	9, 5, 1	1 success

OOC rules on breaking free that I referenced

Grappling Summary
• Roll Strength + Brawl - opponent’s Defense for attacker to get a grip on target.
• Target’s next action can be dedicated to breaking free. Roll Strength + Brawl - attacker’s Strength. Any successes indicate breaking free
If the victim has yet to act in the turn, he may try and break loose at his stage of Initiative. Alternatively,
the target may try to turn the tables on his attacker and perform an overpowering grappling maneuver of his own.
In either case, roll Strength + Brawl, but the attacker’s Strength is subtracted from the dice pool. Even one success breaks the hold or allows a maneuver to be performed, as explained below. If the attacker’s hold is broken, the grapple is over (although the attacker can attempt to grapple again). If the victim’s roll fails, he does not free himself or does not accomplish a maneuver. The attacker still has a grip on him. The victim of a grapple can try to free himself or perform a maneuver in subsequent turns, unless he is immobilized (see below).

[Raul]

Raúl watches his opponent, his features returning to that bland face of really.. nothing. He doesn't show much in the way of emotion, showing what many call a cop face. Mustn't let your enemies know what you're thinking, after all. He watches her as she pulls free of his grapple and he readies himself for what will happen next, his body tensing, almost like a coiled snake, in preparation.

"Prepared" Action: Raúl is delaying his action until Jennifer initiates and obtains another grapple with him; he will then attempt an overpower maneuver to make her prone. If she instead goes for the key, he will attempt a grapple of his own to keep her away from it.

OOC: Immobilization rules that I had used

• Your character seeks to interfere with his victim's actions. Even one success renders the target immobile. The victim's physical actions are restricted to breaking free (he cannot attempt any overpowering maneuvers of his own), although he could bring mental or some supernatural capabilities to bear (Storyteller's discretion).
• Trying to break free from immobilization is handled like a contested action between grapplers. A Strength + Brawl roll is made for the victim, and it's penalized by the holder's Strength. Successes rolled are compared to those that were gained by the holder when he applied the immobilization maneuver. If more are gained, the hold is broken and the victim is free again.

I assumed when I rolled more success to break free that the hold was done, grapple and all. I'm fine with the grapple having been maintained (thus broken out of by Jennifer's last action).