Ultimately, it comes down to the other person.
Do I trust them?
Do they trust me?
Did we agree to some outcome beforehand?
Are they willing to get hit hard back?
Are we somewhere public where I have to deal with other people watching?
While I don't play out Franz as acting like he's exceptionally strong, I do have everything set up for him to be. What I mean is that his is an overpowered (and lore-bent) character, but as a character, he doesn't go flaunting that around. In fact, it's more of an issue to him than if he would sustain injuries. It causes internal conflict.
But sure, no crowds and the other person knows what to expect? I hope they like one -really- pissed of Garlelan experiment who's going to pull out all the stops. They better be prepared that their character could have a few bones broken, get a severe amount of aether drained, or perhaps just get exhausted from hitting a guy who won't go down easily.
Will they 'win'? Yeah, sure. Depends on the rules. Franz doesn't have an amazing offense. What he does have is fairly good defense and survivability. A broken hand won't keep him from using it. A couple broken ribs are manageable. Break his leg and his shift more of his weight to the other in a last-ditch attempt. Or maybe he'll pull out his arcanists' tome and fight with that.
But to answer the situation of "some random person I don't know who stated they're OOCly super strong and amazing wants to fight you", I'm gonna likely pass. Or I'm going to demand rolls. Freeform just needs too much coordination for me to want to handle it in public with random people. In my opinion, freeform combat needs a winner decided before it begins, else people will just keep trying to one up each other and the attacks will get bigger without anything of value really happening.
Do I trust them?
Do they trust me?
Did we agree to some outcome beforehand?
Are they willing to get hit hard back?
Are we somewhere public where I have to deal with other people watching?
While I don't play out Franz as acting like he's exceptionally strong, I do have everything set up for him to be. What I mean is that his is an overpowered (and lore-bent) character, but as a character, he doesn't go flaunting that around. In fact, it's more of an issue to him than if he would sustain injuries. It causes internal conflict.
But sure, no crowds and the other person knows what to expect? I hope they like one -really- pissed of Garlelan experiment who's going to pull out all the stops. They better be prepared that their character could have a few bones broken, get a severe amount of aether drained, or perhaps just get exhausted from hitting a guy who won't go down easily.
Will they 'win'? Yeah, sure. Depends on the rules. Franz doesn't have an amazing offense. What he does have is fairly good defense and survivability. A broken hand won't keep him from using it. A couple broken ribs are manageable. Break his leg and his shift more of his weight to the other in a last-ditch attempt. Or maybe he'll pull out his arcanists' tome and fight with that.
But to answer the situation of "some random person I don't know who stated they're OOCly super strong and amazing wants to fight you", I'm gonna likely pass. Or I'm going to demand rolls. Freeform just needs too much coordination for me to want to handle it in public with random people. In my opinion, freeform combat needs a winner decided before it begins, else people will just keep trying to one up each other and the attacks will get bigger without anything of value really happening.
