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Red Wizard is a man of many talents, for certain, but so is Ace, Geddoe's competent lieutenant on the 12th Defense Force. From managing the force's finances to matching Joker drink for drink to penning Erk's Adventures, Ace can be found turning his hand to many an enterprise. He has a few other talents Red Wizard doesn't, too, like a personality. And the fact that his damage and durability don't completely suck also helps. Wielding a mean pair of sais, Ace is a solidly above average combatant and all-around dangerous Light. All he has to do is outrace an evade buff of questionable legality, something he is well-suited to do with his good speed, accuracy, and Double-Tusk Rune, and the match will be his. |
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Ah, the classic battle of brains vs. brawn. Red Wizard has pored over arcane tomes to optimize his build and carefully select the exactly correct assortment of spells. Ace makes wisecracks about Red Wizard's lack of success with the ladies and hits people with sai while pretending to be a ninja. This can't stand, of course. Luckily, thanks to his terrible rune, Ace is only marginally better a fighter than he is an author. The Wizard has a better plan. To hell with variety; he just has to spam RUSE/Blink/SpellThatMakesEvadeableFighterLose to make it so Ace can't possibly hit him. After about two castings of it, Ace will need an act of God to hit him, and three will be pretty much perfect evade. Let the INT-maxers prevail! |
Gatewalker When there are ways to settle things in a match besides for risking his precious skin, Ace is usually all for it. Even though wounds inflicted here are never permanent, they still hurt and he's been a mercenary for a bit too long to go charging headlong into a painful situation. Having shared a few drinks with Kazan in the past and heard all about his success in season 36 by getting his opponents to take him on in drinking contests, Ace decided to give that a shot himself and broached the idea to the Red Wizard. RW, being a generic fantasy hero type, of course loved to drink and happily accepted the challenge. However, Ace made one small error in judgment when he set this match up. Red Wizard, being generic, has no real personality to speak of. When someone literally has no personality, they aren't effected normally by external mood effectors such as, say, alcohol. So, it came to pass that after they had imbibed enough booze to get a horse tipsy, Ace was nearly passing out and the Red Wizard was still mechanically reaching for another cup while he chatted about how much he liked swords and the number of guards in the castle. Of course, Ace isn't the type to leave anything empty handed. He had set it up so the winner picked up the tab, insuring that no matter which way it landed, he at least got something that he wanted. He'd have preferred the win, but he certainly isn't objecting to getting completely hammered on the generic's gil. Ace: 30 |
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