Welcome to Gaia! ::

With the completion of Day 1, strength and weaknesses began to emerge. It was clear not all were suited to Stealth... perhaps some would find their calling in Combat? The training was located in the fields outside Trine with a practice field for the humans and the skies above for any dragons seeking to hone their skills. Veterans and survivors alike stood ready to mentor the fresh meat in the hopes of giving them an edge in the Missions.

As before, everyone needs to roll 3d100s in a single post. However, if you exceeded 80 on any of the skills from Stealth for the chosen character, you may reroll for 1 skill - whatever the new number is sticks even if it is lower then before. It also stays in the skill set you chose it for, it cannot be moved.

Combat Training
For Hand-to-Hand combat, basic techniques like punches, blocks, and movement are taught so that a violent situation does not catch the individual off guard. Those who do well will be shown grabs and grapples.

For Human-to-Creature Combat, knowing how to move and what blindspots there are on Tunnel Snakes, Whers, and Dragons is highly important since the creatures often outpower the humans they are facing and dealing a crushing blow may save a man’s life. Opportunistic attacks are featured here and may be terms dirty fighting by some.

For Group Combat, learning to coordinate attacks and defensive movements with a group and against a group are incredibly important. Learning to work as a team is featured here.

Combat was not Etasha's specialty. She would rather be fighting smart than locked in close hand-to-hand; as far as she was concerned, if the blades had come out then she was already at a disadvantage given her small size and rather delicate build.

As expected, she fared rather better in the human-to-creature combat, striking at weak points and blind spots, and in the group fighting where she could coordinate and support a stronger partner. Teamwork had never been an issue for Etasha. Coryxoth watched curiously from a short distance away, occasionally moving in to help her with practicing a particular human-against-dragon move.

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Etasha - Day Two, Combat

Hand-to-hand: 23 50
Human-to-creature: 40
Group: 51

((rerolling for C'ross, human-to-creature - 81 on stealth))

As the day progressed, however, he lost some of his squeamishness... thanks in no small part to Nimith finally speaking up and letting C'ross know that he was perfectly fine, thank you, and that it would be far more dangerous to their bond for him not to know how to disable an angry wher coming at them.

Right. Whers could harm people. Dragons could only harm other dragons, but whers could kill a man with a single snap of those big ugly jaws. Better for him to learn now where the blind spots and vulnerable parts were of those tough hides. He didn't have to like the thought of hurting a dragon, but it was a necessary component of self-defense.

((rerolling for Etasha, hand-to-hand - 86 on stealth))

Etasha was not, however, content to simply write off the hand-to-hand combat as a hopeless cause and focus on group tactics. After a frustrating morning, she cornered one of the instructors in the afternoon and asked for some techniques specifically designed to favor agility and balance over brute force.

It wasn't easy, and by the end she still wasn't quite as competent as some of those who'd come in with combat experience under their belts. But she felt a bit better about it than she had before.

((Rolling))
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Z'fer - Day Two. Combat Training

Hand to Hand: 33
Human to Creature: 27
Group: 20

((Rolling))
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Cai - Day Two. Combat Training

Hand to Hand: 11
Human to Creature: 88
Group: 13

C'tis - 10, 48, 36
Hand-to-hand: 48
Human-to-creature: 10 22
Group: 36
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((Re-rolling C'tis' human to creature, Disguise 83 on day 1))