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Makashi Mastery
greenbladeDate: Monday, 25 Jan 2010, 11:14 AM | Message # 1
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I'd like to preface this request with the statement that I'm not entirely sure with how personal combat is handled in this roleplay (I plan on trolling for a bit to see if I can't find any good examples on the boards), but from what I have been able to read and discern, this place seems more collaborative storywriting than 'competitive' roleplay. (which by all means, is fantastic, and much better for roleplay I think).

So, with that said, to reference "Tarodal Navlon", I'd like to ask that if I've profiled anything that I should request (that I'm not requesting with this thread, that it be brought to my attention - as I claim ignorance on it - or I just didn't think it warranted being requested, such as the long range y wing that is canon (and definitly not life changing irp).

The request is this, unsure of how Force power is handled here, I'd like to ask that I be able to roleplay Tes'dra as someone with immense force potential that has been channeled into a very, very narrow application of those skills, in perhaps a Darth Maul manner but with Dooku's class. With a lightsaber in hand, and no help from allies, I want Jedi/Sith whoever to be reluctant to engage Tes'dra alone in single combat.

Now, I can't *request* a reputation, so thats not what I'm asking for, but rather for permission to roleplay Tes'dra as faster, stronger, more clever, more deft and apt when it comes to lightsaber combat. In the profile I've noted that in single combat he's frightening, but as the odds grow more against him, his window of mastery shortens, because his style demands that he face a limited number of opponents (usually just the one). I'll include an example of what I mean, and how it would be applied (and if anyone has any advice on how I might better effect this in roleplay, feel free to offer it).

Tes'dra, garbed in simple black attire moved against the Jedi Knight with the prowling eye of a tiger, the green lightsaber blade held in his right hand, the tip angled down and to his right just a bit as he closed the distance between himself and the Cerean Knight as a hunter might, and then in a brilliant flash of green that no routine amount of training could have prepared the Jedi for, Tes'dra advanced. At first, the very approach of the green blade in Tes'dra's initial barrage is deceptive, seeming to be a routine jab intent on stabbing into the Jedi's left hip, until at the last moment with just barely the turning on his wrist, the tip shoots to the side by almost half a foot, and is now intent on a lethal stab going at an angle through the belly button to come out the right hip.
The Jedi's blue blade spins counterclockwise in a time honored Soreseu parry, almost lulling the Jedi to sleep as his muscles begin to move into the next step of the prescribed response built off this counter until the Force is screaming that he's in danger, as without thinking he leans and moves his whole body back away from the 'scooping' motion of the attack that had made its intent clear only at the last moment and no warning, just barely able to avoid real injury as a black line is scorched across the front of his tunic. He spins the blue blade in front of himself, to clear the air and refresh his mind as he realizes that this is no ordinary opponent.
Seems to move fluidly in between stances, stepping up again after his retreating opponent, both hands now gripping the smooth curved black hilt as he levels a horizontal blow intent on slicing the Jedi in half, planting his rear foot, turning his front as a baseball player might and whipping the whole extent of his muscular frame into the blow, as it moves with the speed and expertise granted by his affinity for the weapon.
Stabs his blade down in between his side and the oncoming blow, before stumbling back and to the side as it is met with a force that he didn't expect from the man's blow, eyes widening for a moment, regaining his usual balanced posture and stance, he regards the black garbed man for a moment, before hurling all the might of the Force at the man, in an attempt to batter his defenses and put him off guard, to slow his connection to the Force to give the Cerean Jedi the upper hand as he advances with blade held above his head, raining down a volley of blows moving in a spinning motion with eye defying speed in a figure eight fashion intent on cutting into one shoulder, through the body, then out the other to do a thorough decapitation.
As much the Force as it is his indomitable will, the efforts of the Jedi to hamper his connection to the Force are met by a well prepared, incredibly organized mind that parry it just as Tes'dra parries the inital attack with a horizontally extended green blade raised up above his head, before stepping low and into the reach of the Cerean, as his wrists roll above his head, sliding his blade along the length of his opponents, intent on taking the Jedi's arms at the wrists with the base of Tes'dras blade, and again in between shoulder and elbow, with a motion that moves diagonally down towards the Cerean's side.


Tes'dra Nintra

"A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies but once."
"Courage is the mastery of fear."
 
Jace_VaritekDate: Thursday, 28 Jan 2010, 2:12 AM | Message # 2
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Sorry it's taken me this long to comment on this. I'm perfectly comfortable with this request especially since, as you say, it is an emphasis on Makashi mastery at the expense of other Force abilities. I recall Jory advocating this as well, in the past; that is, choosing one or two skills to be particularly proficient with, and focusing on them. Thus, I assume he'll be accepting of this as well although, of course, I don't want to put words in his mouth.

Also, I appreciate you noting that even with his mastery of Form II, he has his limits.

I'll refrain from voting for the time being, however, until Jory or Echuu have their say—Echuu, especially, is more knowledgeable about lightsaber combat than I (I'll pester him to post, OOC). One thing I'd be interested in, however, is Tesdra's training; the profile mentions that he was instructed by Pandra, and though I know that Pandra (and you, for that matter) are very skilled TB fighters, what would Pandra's own background and instruction have been IC that he would have imparted to Tesdra? Is it, as I assume, instruction that's handed down from generation to generation?

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greenbladeDate: Thursday, 28 Jan 2010, 3:28 PM | Message # 3
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It would be instruction thats handed down from generation to generation, but it started like this.

Pan'dra, along with his best friend Sytess were trained by a being named Craven, comparable to a highly advanced Dathomiri witch. Pan'dra and Sytess overcame Craven, and set out about the galaxy on their own, almost like pirates, just after whatever it was that their whim suited them that day to accomplish. Pan'dra fathers Tes'dra, and decides to remake the boy into his own image. The Force tradition that Pan'dra and Sytess, and now Tes'dra are heirs to is a mix Jedi and darkside philosophies, mixed by the third party interpretations of a Dathomiri styled force user. The Lightsaber was at the center of the philosophy, which perhaps odd for a non Jedi / non Sith tradition, but was a result of the confrontational nature of Craven (and now Pan'dra's) teaching, intent on challenging the Jedi and Sith for supremacy, it was imperative that the native weapon of the more established Force traditions be made into a strength for the line.


Tes'dra Nintra

"A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies but once."
"Courage is the mastery of fear."


Message edited by greenblade - Friday, 29 Jan 2010, 5:19 AM
 
Jory_CarsonDate: Friday, 29 Jan 2010, 10:53 PM | Message # 4
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I see nothing wrong with this.

Vote: Approve

 
Jace_VaritekDate: Sunday, 31 Jan 2010, 0:18 AM | Message # 5
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Looks like you're APPROVED. Good luck!

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