Arena Tournament, Round 71: Liquid Orc vs. Titus

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Arena Tournament, Round 71: Liquid Orc vs. Titus

Map:
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XP Award: 300xp
GP Award: 300gp

Liquid Orc (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=149789) - Ladorak
Titus (http://www.coyotecode.net/profiler/view.php?id=6977) - 02youeng


All Combatants, please roll initiative and declare any final purchases.

[02youeng]

Hey hey, good luck! We gonna mess around hiding, or meet in the middle, and fight like warriors?

[roll0]

Recent perchases:

Crawling Tattoo of Mind Thrust [50g]
Psionic Tattoo of Bite of the Wolf [50g]
Masterwork Battleaxe [310g] - with glitter and sparkles!

[Ladorak]

Ack! Glitter and sparkles, my one weakness.:smallwink:

Well, Liquid's not exactly built for stealth. See you in the center I guess.

Let's see... Buying 1 psionic tattoo: Force screen
2 psionic tattoos: Control light

Init: [roll0]

[Ladorak]

Sorry for the double post. I get quite paranoid about editing posts with rolls in so I try to avoid it. You've only got 5 gp so do you mind if I skip over your reactive purchases? I can always redo turn 1 if required...

Good luck:smallsmile:

Liquid turn 1

Start in Y-10. Holding javalin and shield, soulmeld active.
Move to V-7
Ready action: Throw javalin if Titus ends turn in LoS

End turn

Stats:

@V-7
HP -15
AC - 18 (T: 11 FF: 17)
Soulmeld active

[02youeng]

Nah, nothing else from me

Titus, round 1

Actions:
Start in B10, wearing my armour and shield, wielding a javelin

Swift action: activate Law Devotion [Attack]
Move action: move to H6
Standard action: ready an action: throw a javelin at Liquid should he come into LoS

Turn done, LoS?

Stats:
HP: 10/10
AC: 22 [18 FF, 14 Touch]

Law Devotion: 10/10 rounds remaining
Steely Strike: unused
Javelins: 5 left

Psionic Tattoo of Skate: unused
Psionic Tattoo of Bite of the Wolf: unused
Crawling Tattoo of Mind Thrust: unused

[02youeng]

Ah, screw it

"I'm here! Come get me!" you hear from H6

And yes, I'm there. Can you see me?

[Ladorak]

Lol, I admire your forthrightness. As I recall speaking is a free action even when it isn't your go...

Hello, I'm over here in V-7. Lovely day for fighting isn't it?

I believe we have LoS yes? Sorry the slope has me scratching my head a bit:smallconfused: I started playing arena so I could refamiliarize myself with the rules so I can start playing again (Well, that and it's fun)

For safety's sake I'll stick my actions in a spoiler, feel free to peek if there's LoS.


Triggered readied action: Throw javalin
attack: [roll0]
damage: [roll1]

Liquid, turn 2

Move to S-5 while drawing longsword
Activate tattoo:
Force screen

End turn

[02youeng]

Yah, we have LoS. Your javelin misses, though you should have added a -4 for range [we were 70ft apart].

I had the same action readied, so I throw a javelin back at you before your turn starts. Won my first game with a readied action to throw a javelin, hehe. Natural 20 on the attack roll, though I fear you have a tad more HP than the Wizard did.

[roll0] [Law Devotion active, +3 attack]
[roll1]

Titus, round 2

Actions:

Standard action: use a psionic tattoo on myself
DC 16 Psicraft check
Bite of the Wolf
Move action: Draw my sparkly Masterwork Battleaxe
Free action: Shift my Law Devotion to AC

Turn done

Stats:
HP: 10/10
AC: 25 [21 FF, 17 Touch]

Law Devotion: 9/10 rounds remaining
Steely Strike: unused
Javelins: 4 left

Psionic Tattoo of Skate: unused
Psionic Tattoo of Bite of the Wolf: 10/10 rounds remaining
Crawling Tattoo of Mind Thrust: unused

[02youeng]

Messed up the javelin roll, should have been +4 to hit, not +5. Does 20 hit?

[Ladorak]

Nope:smallsmile:

Crit on a wiz on his own turn? Poor guy. Still, nicely done. You can only switch Law devotion's effect at the beginning of the turn btw, it doesn't matter here but I lost a match because of that little misreading.

Liquid, turn 3

Move to O-5
Ready an action:
activate tattoo: control lights to dim to total darkness if Titus comes within 10 feet

Stats:
HP -15/15
AC - 22 (T: 15 FF: 21)
Force screen: 9/10
Soulmeld active

[02youeng]

The 20 to hit is on your AC before you start your 2nd turn. If you had a readied action, I can't see how you used any AC-buffing stuff on yourself before turn 2, when you start on 18 AC.

Titus, round 3

Actions:

Move action: move to J-5
Standard action: activate my Crawling Tattoo of Mind Thrust

[roll0] - DC 11 Will Save negates

Turn done

Stats:
HP: 10/10
AC: 25 [21 FF, 17 Touch]

Law Devotion: 8/10 rounds remaining
Steely Strike: unused
Javelins: 4 left

Psionic Tattoo of Skate: unused
Psionic Tattoo of Bite of the Wolf: 9/10 rounds remaining
Crawling Tattoo of Mind Thrust: used

[Ladorak]

Ah, damn your right. It's a hit, stats altered, sorry for the mistake.

Using Moment of Perfect Mind in place of will. [roll0]

Liquid, turn 4
Use Psionic tattoo: Control lights to 100% dim the following area:
This is going to be a nightmare to ref, sorry:smallfrown:
rectangle shape. G-2 to G-5 down, across to Q-2/Q-5.
Then two cubes at I-6-L-7.
Move to K-4


End turn

Stats:

HP -8/15
AC - 22 (T: 15 FF: 21)
Force screen: 8/10

[02youeng]

Can I look in that spoiler? And can I see you at the end of your turn?

Also, sorry to be picky...your Force Screen tattoo, and your heavy steel shield bonuses won't stack [I assume Force Screen was the one you used first, as it's the only one you have that wouldn't dim the lights, hehe. If it wasn't, ignore me.]

[Ladorak]

No, you're spot on. See, this is what I mean about learning the rules again :smallsmile: I thought Force Screen was a deflection bonus. Let me tell you, this is a fun way to learn.

The darkness will be covering Titus, (I probably should have mentioned that...:smallmad:) so he won't be able to see where the darkness ends, so no spoiler looking I think.

[02youeng]

Hmmm...

5ft step to J4 do anything for me?

[Ladorak]

Before you do that, since I didn't move silently I should tell you you hear movement from my direction, does this effect your move at all?

[02youeng]

Nah, if I can or can't see you after that step, I'm good

[Ladorak]

Ok, you don't step out of darkness, but you provoke on AoO from K-4

AttacK: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

[02youeng]

How? 5ft steps don't provoke AoO's

[Ladorak]

Ah balls, not having a good one today. Ok, well, no AoO then.

[02youeng]

Sorry if I seem arrogant...I don't mean to be

Titus, round 4, part 2

Full Round Action: Full Attack! [you notice that Titus' jaw has widened and disdended, possibly from a Psionic tattoo]

[roll0]
[roll1]

[roll2]
[roll3]

Turn done, your go

Stats:
HP: 10/10
AC: 25 [21 FF, 17 Touch]

Law Devotion: 7/10 rounds remaining
Steely Strike: unused
Javelins: 4 left

Psionic Tattoo of Skate: unused
Psionic Tattoo of Bite of the Wolf: 8/10 rounds remaining
Crawling Tattoo of Mind Thrust: used

Edit: well, balls.

[Ladorak]

No, not arrogant man. I said I'm here taking a refresher course, you're a ref, plus you're right. Stupid mistake to make too... It's 3 AM here but that's no excuse for such a basic error...

Liquid, turn 5

Swift: Activate Punishing Stance
Use martial Maneuver: Steely Strike


Attack from K-4
Attack: [roll0]
damage: [roll]1d8+6[roll]+[roll]1d6[roll]

End turn

Edit: Damn:smallmad:

Stats:


HP -8/15
AC - 12 (-4 Steely Strike, -2 Punishing Stance)
Moment of Perfect Mind
Steely Strike

[02youeng]

Can you write out all the spaces that're covered in darkness, that I can see? Kinda confused about what I can and can't see.

[02youeng]

Wait a mo - the darkness should fail. The spell duration is concentration

[Ladorak]

Yeah, the power's over, sorry I should have mentioned that at the end of my turn. I'm offically not tactical posting after 12 anymore...

So power fails at end of turn. A rather annoyed Orc confronts you from K-4. He's in a stance although you can't identify it without martial lore, but he's only got one so I'm sure you can work it out...

[02youeng]

Titus, round 5

Actions:

Full round action: Full attack - got the bite damage last round, 1d8, not 1d6

[roll=Axe attack]1d20+7[//roll]
[roll0]

[roll1]
[roll2]

Turn done

Stats:
HP: 10/10
AC: 25 [21 FF, 17 Touch]

Law Devotion: 6/10 rounds remaining
Steely Strike: unused
Javelins: 4 left

Psionic Tattoo of Skate: unused
Psionic Tattoo of Bite of the Wolf: 7/10 rounds remaining
Crawling Tattoo of Mind Thrust: used

[02youeng]

Fail

[roll0]

[Ladorak]

The axe hits, bite misses. Liquid uses soulmeld: Bloodtalons to stay in the game. He's not looking good though.

Liquid, turn 6

End the Stance
Swift action to recover Maneuvers
Attack while fighting defensively

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

End turn

Stats:


HP: -1/15
AC: 20 (Fighting defensively)
All Maneuvers

[Ladorak]

Sorry, it's a +6 on damage, that should be 12

Crit confirm:

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

[02youeng]

No worries, cos you missed either way. Guess you used Steely Strike last turn then, for your AC to be so low?

Titus, round 6

Right...let's end this, this turn for one of us.

Free action: shift Law Devotion to Attack
Move action: remove my shield, dropping it in J-4
Free action: wield my axe in both hands
Standard action: Attack with Steely Strike, using Reckless Offence [+2 Attack, -4 AC]

[roll0] [+1 BAB, +5 Str, +1 Masterwork, +3 Law Devotion, +4 Steely Strike, +2 Reckless Offence]
[roll1]

Turn done. Let's hope I hit, my AC just went a loooong way down the crapper. Like my new avatar, by the way? It's Farkis, my first gladiator.

Stats:
HP: 10/10
AC: 14 [10 FF, 10 Touch]

Law Devotion: 5/10 rounds remaining
Steely Strike: used
Javelins: 4 left

Psionic Tattoo of Skate: unused
Psionic Tattoo of Bite of the Wolf: 6/10 rounds remaining
Crawling Tattoo of Mind Thrust: used

[Ladorak]

I was actually about to say, sweet avatar.

Yeah, I used steely strike, plus punishing stance. The darkness knocked your AC down enough to make it worth the risk... Damn 1s

Yeah, that hits, knocks Liquid down to -11. Good game sir.

[02youeng]

And to yourself. Guess that puts us at 1 game each, after you and Corsair knobbled Sarri.

[Ladorak]

Oh, I expect to see Sarri again very soon, and I'm also willing to admit we got a little lucky last time...

Next time Liquid and Titus fight I'll get you:smallwink:

[02youeng]

Hehe, I look forward to it

[hustlertwo]

High Ref Hust
Shame for Liquid that critical threats aren't necessarily guaranteed hits. The win and winnings go to Titus!