Arena Tournament, Exhibition Match: Farkis vs. McToughy

[02youeng]

Arena Tournament, Exhibition Match: Farkis Dardanos vs. McToughy

Map:
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee221/Kyace/glasshouse.png

Rewards
1st place: Boasting Rights
2nd place: a can of shoe polish, and a rag


Farkis Dardanos (http://www.coyotecode.net/profiler/view.php?id=6916) and his familiar The Word (http://www.coyotecode.net/profiler/view.php?id=7170) - 02youeng
McToughy (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=92125) - AlterForm

[02youeng]

Let's get it on

Farkis

[roll0]

[hustlertwo]

What, level 2 characters can fight in Arena as well?

[02youeng]

Umm...yes?

[AlterForm]

[roll0]

Looks like Farkis is up first.

[02youeng]

Farkis, round 1

Starting in B13, wielding my MW Guisarme, wearing my Brute Gauntlets, The Word sitting on my shoulder

Actions:
Standard action: cast a spell, effecting both me and my familiar [DC 16 Spellcraft to see]
Fist of Stone
Move action: move to K13

Turn done

Stats:
HP: 21/21
AC: 8 [8 FF, 8 Touch]

Animal Devotion: unused
Rage: unused
Shift: unused
Brute Gauntlets: 3/3 charges left

Level 0 spells left: 5/5
Level 1 spells left: 2/3

[AlterForm]

McToughy - Round 1

McToughy starts in Y13, holding a spear in two hands. Psionic Focus is charged.

Move: 30 ft to S12
Standard: Manifest power. DC 16 Psicraft to identify.
Vigor, augment with +1 PP for 10 THP total.

Status
HP: 13/13, 10 THP
AC: 19 (Touch 12, FF 18)
PP: 14/15
Vigor: Round 1 of 20
Psionic Focus: Yes (+1 deflection AC from Force Mantle, +10 ft speed from Freedom Mantle

End Turn

[02youeng]

Farkis, round 2

Free action: Rage
Free action: Shift
Swift acrion: Activate Animal Devotion [+2 Str]

Standard action: Attack the pane of glass at M/N 13

[roll0]
[roll1]

Move action: move to P12 [unless I rolled a 1 to hit on the glass. If I miss, stay still]

Turn done

Stats:
HP: 25/25
AC: 6 [6 FF, 6 Touch]

Animal Devotion: 10/10 rounds remaining
Rage: 8/8 rounds remaining
Shift: 8/8 rounds remaining
Fist of Stone: 9/10 rounds remaining
Brute Gauntlets: 3/3 charges left

Level 0 spells left: 5/5
Level 1 spells left: 2/3

[AlterForm]

McToughy - Round 2

Move: 30 ft to V10
Standard: Manifest power. DC 16 Psicraft to identify.
Force Screen. No augment.

Status
HP: 13/13, 10 THP
AC: 23 (Touch 12, FF 22)
PP: 13/15
Vigor: Round 2 of 20
Force Screen: Round 1 of 20
Psionic Focus: Yes (+1 deflection AC from Force Mantle, +10 ft speed from Freedom Mantle)

End Turn

[02youeng]

I get an AoO as you leave S12

[roll0]
[roll1]

[AlterForm]

[roll0]

McToughy winds up on his arse, round rewinds to the end of his Move Action. I'll take it from there in the next post.

[AlterForm]

McToughy - Round 2 Redux

Standard: Manifest power. DC 16 Psicraft to identify.
Force Screen. No augment.
Swift: Manifest power. DC 16 Psicraft to identify.
Dimension Hop. No augment.
McToughy teleports to Q12, arriving prone.

Status
HP: 13/13, 10 THP
AC: 23 (Touch 12, FF 22) [PRONE]
PP: 12/15
Vigor: Round 2 of 20
Force Screen: Round 1 of 20
Psionic Focus: Yes (+1 deflection AC from Force Mantle, +10 ft speed from Freedom Mantle)

End Turn

[02youeng]

Farkis, round 3

Actions:

Move action: move to N12, provoking an AoO [though you get -4 to hit from being prone]
Standard action: Sunder your spear with my guisarme

[roll0] [+11 Str, +1 BAB, +1 MW, +1 Weapon Focus, +4 two handed weapon]

[roll1] - 15 damage breaks your spear

Aaand...turn done

Stats:
HP: 25/25
AC: 6 [6 FF, 6 Touch]

Animal Devotion: 9/10 rounds remaining
Rage: 7/8 rounds remaining
Shift: 7/8 rounds remaining
Fist of Stone: 8/10 rounds remaining
Brute Gauntlets: 3/3 charges left

Level 0 spells left: 5/5
Level 1 spells left: 2/3

[AlterForm]

AoO:

[roll0]
[roll1]

Resolving. Turn will be in next post.

[AlterForm]

Gonna need a question cleared up in the waiting room before I take my turn.

[02youeng]

No worries. Anything I can help with, or will it give away something you want to keep secret?

[AlterForm]

McToughy - Round 3

Move: Draw a Javelin, and wield it two-handed.
Swift: Manifest power. DC 16 Psicraft to identify.
Dimension Hop. No Augment.
McToughy teleports to O12, arriving prone.
Standard: Attack Farkis from a prone position.
[roll0] (1BAB, 4STR, -4 Prone, -4 Improvised)
[roll1]

Sadness.

Status
HP: 13/13, 10 THP
AC: 23 (Touch 12, FF 22) [PRONE]
PP: 11/15
Vigor: Round 3 of 20
Force Screen: Round 2 of 20
Psionic Focus: Yes (+1 deflection AC from Force Mantle, +10 ft speed from Freedom Mantle)

End Turn

[02youeng]

Farkis, round 4

Actions:

Free action: move my guisarme to one hand
Free action: expend all one charge on my Brute Gauntlets to give me an extra +2 Str until the beginning of my next round
Full round action: Full attack!

[+12 Str, +1 BAB, +4 cos you're prone]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]

[roll4] [+12 Str, +1 BAB, +4 prone, -5 secondary natual attack]
[roll5]
[roll6]
[roll7]

And...The Word takes a 5ft step off my shoulder, into your square, provoking an AoO before attacking you too

[roll=Talon [of stone] attack]1d20+5
[roll8]
[roll9]
[roll10]

Also...congrats on being the first person to ever miss Farkis in melee. I believe you can only stop damage from one of those attack, if more than one hit you, right?

Turn done

Stats:
HP: 12/25
AC: 6 [6 FF, 6 Touch]

Animal Devotion: 8/10 rounds remaining
Rage: 6/8 rounds remaining
Shift: 6/8 rounds remaining
Fist of Stone: 7/10 rounds remaining
Brute Gauntlets: 2/3 charges left

Level 0 spells left: 5/5
Level 1 spells left: 2/3

[02youeng]

Rerolling The Word's talon attack

[roll0] [had forgotten the +4 to hit and confirm crit]

[AlterForm]

Indeed, I can only block one. However, since you already included the net +4 to attacks vs prone, the second attack misses due to an ongoing buff. Word's attack even more so.

Also: Hey, I'm attacking at -3. Whaddya expect? :smallwink:

McToughy - Round 4 Response
Immediate Action: Expend 4 PP to negate 16 points of damage from the first guisarme attack. Soak 1.

McToughy - Round 4
Standard: Attack from prone.
[roll0] Farkis is raging atm, so . . . hit?
[roll1] (STR modifier not included until we clarify the light/one-handed issue)

Match Pause until we sort out the javelin issue.

[02youeng]

HEhe, you'd have hit him even if he wasn't raging. My AC is 8 normally. And, for the javelin thing, Mav says light, and I say one-handed. I don't mind either way

[AlterForm]

If it's one-handed, the modifier becomes +6, putting Farkis at 25 damage taken.

If it's light, the modifier is just +4, putting Farkis at only 23 damage taken.

Does either of those put Farkis down?

[02youeng]

As a one-handed weapon, you put him on 0HP exactly
As a light, you leave him on 2HP

Wanna roll a d2, and see which it is?

[AlterForm]

Sounds fair.

[roll0] 1= One Handed, 2 = Light

[AlterForm]

McToughy - Round 4 cont.

(Repost)Standard: Attack, hit AC 8, deal 10 damage.

Status
HP: 13/13, 9 THP
AC: 23 (Touch 12, FF 22) [PRONE]
PP: 7/15
Vigor: Round 4 of 20
Force Screen: Round 3 of 20
Psionic Focus: Yes (+1 deflection AC from Force Mantle, +10 ft speed from Freedom Mantle)

End Turn

[02youeng]

Farkis, round 5

Farkis roars in agony, punctures decorating his body with holes, his blood soaking his brown skin black. He rears up for a final attack, screaming to Snuggles, the kitty of Death for the power to kill this last foe before departing to the eternal fields of yarn...

...this is gonna take a while. I forgot to copy-pasta those 12 rolls from earlier.

Actions:

Free action: use another charge on my Brute Gauntlets, giving me +2 Str again
Full round action: Full attack!

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]

[roll4]
[roll5]
[roll6]
[roll7]

[roll8]
[roll9]
[roll10]
[roll11]

Free action: 5ft step to M13

Turn done

Stats:
HP: 2/25
AC: 6 [6 FF, 6 Touch]

Animal Devotion: 7/10 rounds remaining
Rage: 5/8 rounds remaining
Shift: 5/8 rounds remaining
Fist of Stone: 6/10 rounds remaining
Brute Gauntlets: 1/3 charges left

Level 0 spells left: 5/5
Level 1 spells left: 2/3

[02youeng]

Ah, poo-nuggets, screwed up the rolls. Add an extra +1 to the Bite and Slam attack and damage rolls please

[AlterForm]

Bite: Hit
Slam: Miss
Talon: Hit

McToughy - Round 5 Response
Taking a risk and soaking all 19 damage.

McToughy - Round 5
Feeling his mental reserves starting to drain, McToughy grows desperate. Knowing he'll need the focus to perform the short jaunt necessary to close with his opponent, McToughy simply shuts his eyes as his opponent's massive blade swings brutally into his shoulder. When he reopens them, he sees Farkis retreating, but there will be no escape for his enemy. Calling upon his dwindling reserves of psionic power, McToughy wills himself close enough to his foe for a daring strike.

With one hand, McToughy lashes out with his makeshift weapon, aiming for the kneecaps of the frothing madman looming over him. He...misses. Spectacularly.

" . . . ****." :smalleek:

Swift: Manifest power. DC 16 Psicraft to ID.
Dimension Hop
McToughy teleports to M12, arriving prone.
Standard: Attack from prone. Again.
[roll0]
[roll1]

Status
HP: 3/13
AC: 23 (Touch 12, FF 22) [PRONE]
PP: 6/15
Force Screen: Round 4 of 20
Psionic Focus: Yes (+1 deflection AC from Force Mantle, +10 ft speed from Freedom Mantle)
Position: M12

End Turn

[02youeng]

You take all 19 damage? I thought your toughness was just in your PP...

Farkis, round 6

Free action: use my last charge on my Brute Gauntlets, giving me +2 Str again
Full round action: Full attack for Farkis, and...Charge by The Word [Fist of Stone still active, as she never left Farkis' reach, hehe]

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]

[roll4]
[roll5]
[roll6]
[roll7]

[roll8]
[roll9]
[roll10]
[roll11]

Turn done...[prays]

Stats:
HP: 2/25
AC: 6 [6 FF, 6 Touch]

Animal Devotion: 6/10 rounds remaining
Rage: 4/8 rounds remaining
Shift: 4/8 rounds remaining
Fist of Stone: 5/10 rounds remaining
Brute Gauntlets: 0/3 charges left

Level 0 spells left: 5/5
Level 1 spells left: 2/3

[AlterForm]

Indeed. Trade Secret: Vigor is more effective per-PP than Elan Resilience.

McToughy - Round 6 Response
Bite: Hit
Slam: Miss
Talon: Miss
Immediate Action: Burn 4 PP to negate 16 damage. Soak 1. 2 HP, 2PP left. :smallfrown:

McToughy - Round 6
Standard: Attack from Prone
[roll0]
[roll1]

Is that the sound of metal on cartilage I hear?

[02youeng]

Farkis falls on top of you, dealing the other 3 damage necessary to kill you

...good game, hehe. Do I at least hold the privalige of being the closest to beating you?

[AlterForm]

Dense spent 20-some rounds playing whack-a-mole with L1 McToughy.

Farkis spent a mere 6, and left him on his arse, with 2 HP, and almost no PP.

Yeah, I do not enjoy the prospect of fighting Farkis again. Especially if he wrecks my nice MW Spear again. :smallfrown:

Good Game; very fun, very white-knuckle.

I learned some good stuff from this, though. Namely, have a decent backup weapon, and Dimension Hop is super special awesome.

[02youeng]

Hehe, sorry about that. I have to say, the only thing that saved you was Dimension Hop. If you didn't have that, you would never have touched me for AoO trips and attacks while prone.

And, if we do end up fighting each other again, I'll pay for the spear afterwards, hehe.

And...I now really, really love Farkis. He was at 32 or 34 Str the whole fight, with 20ft reach. With 50ft movement, it means he can kill pretty much anything but you, so long as it's within 70ft of him. Even Colour Spray casters have to give me an AoO before they can blow my mind.

[Mavian]

What source are your brute gauntlets from, because the ones in the MiC don't increase strength at all... they just give a bonus to various things it effects.

[02youeng]

..aah, my bad. +2 str for Str checks, Str skills, and weapon damage. Not attack rolls.