[UA] The Duelist and The Gardener

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

> Taboo: Never fight anyone except in an
> equally-armed duel unless
> attacked first. Never refuse a challenge.

So, obviously, the Duelist is about fair fights.  I
like that, it's a good obsession. (Also it reminds me
of this terrible late 80s TV show called "The
Equalizer" for some reason.) Maybe the duelist's
channels can "even the odds" in a different way.

> 1-50: If you call someone out and he refuses,
> cheats, attacks you
> afterwards, etcetera you can flip-flop all rolls
> in that
> situation as long as the result is under your
> avatar score. The
> duelist also goes first in every round. This also
> applies to his
> allies attacking you, etc.

Hmmm... Sorta.  What if you could add or subtract up
to your avatar skill from two opponent's combat
scores?  How about their scores in any competitive
skill?

Basically, you use your Avatar skill to make two
opponents equally matched (even if you're one of the
opponents.)  That'd be pretty cool.  You sometimes
have to use your Avatar skill to lower one of your
abilities, so it'd be a fair fight (or chess match or
whatever.)

Again, that level of abstraction thing makes a pretty
good rule of thumb.

> 51-70: Roll your avatar skill to detect
> sneak-attacks, ambushes, etc.
> 71-90: No penalty to disarm or knock out an
> opponent.
(From GH:)
> A bit low-powered. How about:
> Lady's Favour: the Duellist can adopt the cause of
> another person (a
> samurai's daimyo, a knight's amour, a cop's dead
> partner). The Duellist now
> has temporary hit points during the duel equal to
> the other person's Soul.

That's pretty good, but I'd make it the middle
channel.

>91-99: No more than one person can fight the
> duelist at a time,
> and the attacker can't use a more powerful weapon
> than theduelist uses.

How about: the Duelist can treat any number of
opponents as one opponent, doing damage equally to all
of them, or something like that?



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