Handfighting
Example Transcript
This is a transcript of an actual roleplay fight between Dentatario (Dent), played by Tash, and Joffrey, played by Cams. It's here as an example of what a roleplay fight should look like. Here, Dent and Joffrey are sparring bare-handed and generally wrestling.
You will find other examples for staff fighting, daggers and other weapons linked from the relevant tutorials. The most important things to remember in a roleplay fight are : always stay realistic and never godmod the other person's character. (Godmoding : deciding of one's character's action's consequences on another character without prior approval from the other character's puppetmaster.)
[Dent] *finishes stretching with a crooked grin, and tugs his shirt over his head, getting it stuck for a second on his dreads then dropping it over the fence cheerily* Neh clawin' eyes, 're kickin' ehn' the balls. Enyfin' else gehs? *circling his arms easily and bouncing a bit, barefoot*
[Joffrey] *has already taken off his shirt and worked a cramped biceps loose again, nods at Dent with a cat-grin* Anything else goes. *moves his head a bit to stretch his neck, then assumes a fighter's crouch and smirks* Ladies firrst?
[Dent] *snickers at him, not bothering with any sort of guard, sideways on though and hands dangling by his thighs, makes a mocking little bow* Wull, ah wuz gunneh teke the lea' an' show yeh 'ow tis done, lass, bu' ah s'pose yer righ' an' eh's poli'e ter le' yeh geh firs' *lopsided snerk, lifting his lip for prime fang displayal, and waits for Joff, relaxed and loose but alert*
[Joffrey] *snoooorts loudly and shrugs* As long as I don't fight like one. *advances a bit, rather tentatively, like testing the grounds, y'know? Aims a swift side kick to his stomach since Dent is sideways*
[Dent] *quite literally just steps back a bit, front hand moving to slap Joff's foot off-balance, still upright and grinning crookedly, then drops a little and bounces on the balls of his feet, lifting his back hand slightly so it's level with his stomach. Waits*
[Joffrey] *rotates his supporting foot a bit so he doesn't fall and sets his kicking leg back on the ground, smirking at Dent. Hops lightly from foot to foot for a bit, then suddenly aims a sharp jab to dent's throat. But it's a feint! And if/when Dent's hand goes up to block it, will drop and try to sweep one of dent's feet out from under him*
[Dent] *pulling his head back to avoid the feint rather than blocking, but gets one leg swept. Foot up in the air, drops his arm behind him to catch himself, aiming the lifted foot in a twisting kick towards joff's head. Contorted his body to achieve this, one hand on the ground, uses it to flip himself back to upright, like a breakdancer, depending on whether or not the kick connected with joff, should either land a bit crouched in front of him or to the side, either way is gonna be open to a rib punch if Joff's quick, but there's an elbow strike coming round at waist height as soon as he's re-aligned himself*
[Joffrey] *Did -not- expect this sort of twisting. Lifts both arms so that Dent's shin connects with his forearms. Sent backwards onto his back and rolls so he ends up crouching a bit off to Dent's side. Doesn't have time to get to the ribs, sees the elbow come and sorta rabbit-hops to the side to evade it, which brings him closer to Dent, and tries to tackle him. It's easier when the other is crouching.*
[Dent] *ahaha, dent was gonna tackle him if he stayed down, was halfway to turning when Joff barrels into him, and instead of trying to keep his balance in a weird ankle position, throws himself backwards as well, grabbing Joff's shirt and trying to pull them over again so he ends up on top, also trying to knee him in the stomach as they go*
[Joffrey] *so yay, is pushing dent back, but suddenly feels his shirt being grabbed and feels himself going to the side. Knows it's no use trying to use his arms to stop himself, so instead brings his legs up to curl into a ball, blocking the kneeing by pure luck and grabs Dent's shirt at his chest to try and stop him from getting too close, trying to keep him at arm's length until he can get back on top*
[Dent] *so basically lands on top of Joffrey, but with Joff's legs between them, which mean's he's got all of a second before Joff will straighten his legs and throws him away, so lets go of the shirt, and goes to chop Joff in the neck with the sides of both hands, and will fling off backwards straight after unless he's grabbed, so he can get up first. And if Joff also gets up, will then tackle him when he's halfways, aha*
[Joffrey] *is chopped in the neck just as he starts to throw Dent off. Sorta hacks, his leg movement stopping, so Dent would be half-thrown to the side before he flings himself off. Joff rolls away a bit and tries to stand up, and is tackled from the side, landing on his back with one leg stuck under Dent and the other leg free. Coughs a bit and makes to grab Dent's head from behind with both hands and headbutt his face. No clawing eyes out, zaha.*
[Dent] *s'hard to get a real handhold cause of the ropedreads, but is yanked forwards, drops his chin and tucks it in, so hopefully his forehead is now aimed for Joff's nose, hands scrambling at his armpits to use his shirt to pinion him a little*
[Joffrey] *so his headbutt connects with Dent's dreads! Cushioned, aha. Joff's head's angle would make it hard for dent's forehead to reach the nose, feels himself being pinned down. Lifts the leg that' not trapped under Dent, it's the left leg, and sticks his foot against Dent's side, over the hip bone so he has something to push on, and tries to Push dent's hips off, hopefully dragging dent along.*
[Dent] *squirm twists sideways, letting go of the shirt with both hands and instead trying to get one hand purchase on Joff's throat, forcing his chin up, and the other (Dent's right) going to the foot shoving him and wicked hard fingers searching for the nerve in the ankle, stomach muscles tensed but still being forced backwards. Slowly, however, because Joff is gonna be at a retarded angle*
[Joffrey] *Is indeed at a retarded angle! sees the hand coming for his throat from the corner of his eye and takes one hand off Dent's head to grab the offending wrist, the other hand grabbing dreads and pulling to get Dent off. Feeling the hand groping at his ankle, retracts and gives a sharp kick where he was pushing if possible, and keeps kicking so that his ankle isn't grabbed. But yeah awkward angle, so if dent keeps trying he'd be able to grab the ankle*
[Dent] *does keep trying, and also using his shoulder weight to push the throat hand down, even though Joff has hold of it, so the strangulation if he connects, while not as effective as it otherwise would have been, is definitely going to suck for Joff. If he gets the ankle nerve, will grip it and yank so Joff's foot goes sideways, and Dent's body will have to follow due to weight which means he'd probably land on Joff's leg, with Joff's other leg free but still trying to choke him*
[Joffrey] *Feels the sudden onslaught of weight on the strangling hand, grunts and tries to dig his thumb into the nerves/tendons of Dent's strangling hand. Foot is thrust sideways and his other leg is freed, slams his foot on the ground and pushes so his hips follow Dent's movement, and pushes to try and push Dent onto his back so that he can be on top*
[Dent] *grunts in pain, hand automatically letting go of Joff's throat and making a fist, but hopefully pushing back into the adams apple and doing a bit more damage before he's rolled over and Joff lands atop of him, has to let go of Joff's foot as well so he don't crack his shoulder. Kinda.. thrusts up with his hips, which sounds really sexual, but the effort was to bend a leg under him and throw Joff off with squirmage. Also, trying to get a good punch into the stomach while Joff is in the process of pushing him down*
[Joffrey] *Yuck, fist in his adam's apple. shock is reduced by the fact Joff was moving, but coughs anyway as he lands on top of Dent. Feels him thrusting his hips up, guessing what's happening, and once more goes to headbutt him in the nose, slamming his head down hard aiming for dent's nose, hoping to stop him from trying to roll over again*
[Dent] *throws his upper body sideways as much as he's able, so the headbutt connects with his cheek/forehead on the left, will have a black eye from that forshure, a little dazed after it hits, but rest of body was already going to try and utilise Joff's forwards momentum to throw him up Dent's body a bit, so his hips are free and he can defend his face better with his hands, one of which, incidentally, is going to be pincer gripping Joff's armpit riiiiiiiiiiighhhht about now*
[Joffrey] *so forehead connects with cheekbone and his nose with Dent's ear area, dazed too and his nose hurts, grunts in pain and shakes his head. Is thrown up Dent's body, lifting off just a tad and landing on him with his hips at Dent's navel's level, hands slamming on the floor before him to stop his face from getting in the dirt. And suddenly there's a pincer grabbing his armpit. Yelps in pain and pushes his body to the side of the pinch a bit, bringing his free hand to try for a sharp jab to dent's throat, in the hole about the collar-bone, gritting his teeth at the pain of the pincer-hand, his weight is on the hand of the grabbed armpit, on the leg of that same side, and the other leg is pushing to help his body be sorta on the side for the jab to work*
[Dent] *well if the weight's on that side, it's gonna hurt more, twisting the handful of sinew as hard as he can, but losing his grip momentarily at the jab, which he managed to catch on the rebound tash says, so it connected but is now in dent's hand. Uses that, the pincer hold and the almost braced leg to try and throw Joff off him to his left, sort of twisting to follow a bit, but he's not gonna be able to get on Joff fast enough to keep him down, so if he suceeds in the throwing, will scramble up and away a bit, rubbing his throat and hawking*
[Joffrey] *Grunting in the back of his throat at the pain, ouchies. Is thrown to the side with a yelp of surprise and pain, landing on his back. As soon as Dent lets go, rolls away to the side again and stands up, hand at his armpit, breathing hard as he rubs at the sore spot, his forehead is red where it connected with Dent's. Breathes, then coughs a bit, straightening up best as he can and ready in case Dent attacks again*
[Dent] *eye is swelling closed, yep, and his throat's gonna bruise as well. Grins a little bit, cause it's kinda funny, and approaches back in more carefully, side stepping towards him with his front shoulder ducked in and hand up*
[Joffrey] *closes his mouth to swallow, throat is dry and he's swallowed dust from the tackles. watches Dent approach, putting up a careful guard stance once more, knees loose and feet anchored, hands up but not in fists, we're going to evade for a while before we strike again*
[Dent] *feints a couple of jabs, and some half kicks, just to see how close he can get, but nothing that's meant to connect or do anything except push Joff back a bit, breathing hurts, and he's slower*
[Joffrey] *steps back slightly, hands going here and there to lightly push the lighter blows aside, sees that dent is slower, but he's recuperating too*
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