Arena Tournament, Round 79: Train vs. Farkis Dardanos

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Arena Tournament, Round 79: Train vs. Farkis Dardanos

Map:
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XP Award: 600 XP
GP Award: 600 GP

Train (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=133308) - hustlertwo
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

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

[hustlertwo]

Reserve right for reactionary/last minute purchases, as usual. None at the moment.

Init: [roll0]

[02youeng]

Need to think about purchases, gimme some time

[roll0]

[hustlertwo]

No problem. I'm curious, what do your Brute Gauntlets do?

[02youeng]

3 charges, swift action to use, give a bonus to strength tests, strength skills and melee damage for 1 round. 1 charge = +2 Str, 2 charges = +3 Str, 3 charges = +4 Str

Gonna buy some Steadfast Boots [Magic Item Compendium, 1,400g] and 2 potions of Faith Healing [Snuggles the Death Kitty,] for 100g. Right to reactionary, yada yada yada...

[hustlertwo]

I will buy another 2 Tanglefoot Bags, and although I bought it before the match, just letting you know I picked up an Armband of Elusive Action.

[02youeng]

I'm good to go. You?

[hustlertwo]

Let's rock and roll.

Train, Round 1

I start in Z-10, holding a potion of Shield of Faith and my guisarme. I drink the potion, drop the bottle, move to Z-17, drawing a javelin along the way.

End.

Stats:
HP: 23
AC: 19
Shield of Faith 10 rounds left
Equipped: Javelin and guisarme
Position: Z-17

[02youeng]

Farkis, round 1

Actions:
Starting in B11, guisarme held in one hand, gauntlets and boots worn, The Word sitting on my shoulder

Standard action: cast Fist of Stone on myself, sharing with The Word
Swift action: activate Animal Devotion [+2 Str]
Free action: move guisarme from one hand to wielded
Move action: move to F12

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

Turn done, your go.

Stats:

Farkis
HP: 20/20
AC: 8 [FF 8, Touch 8]

Rage: unused
Shift: unused
Animal Devotion: 10/10 rounds remaining [+2 Str]
Fist of Stone: 10/10 rounds remaining
Brute Gauntlets: unused

The Word
HP: 10/10
AC: 18 [FF 15, Touch 17]

Fist of Stone: 10/10 rounds remaining

[hustlertwo]

Train, Round 2

Ready action: Throw javelin if Farkis comes within 55 feet and I have LoS and LoE, or he ends his turn within LoS and LoE.

Done.

Stats:
HP: 23
AC: 19
9 rounds of SoF
Equipped: Javelin and guisarme
Position: Z-17

oh, and I'm gonna go get LoS.

[Sallera]

Train:No LoS.

Farkis:No LoS.

[02youeng]

Farkis, round 2, part one

Actions:
Move to F17. Any LoS?

Asking for LoS, turn not done.

[Sallera]

LoS established as Farkis enters F17, wielding guisarme. Train is in Z17, holding guisarme and javelin.

[02youeng]

Farkis, round 2, part two

I'm also wearing my Brute Gauntlets, Steadfast Boots, and my familiar is sitting on my shoulder.

Actions:

Move action, cont.: move to K17
Free action: Rage!
Free action: Shift!
Move action: move to U17

Turn done, your go.

Stats:
Farkis
HP: 24/20
AC: 6 [FF 6, Touch 6]

Rage: 8/8 rounds remaining
Shift: 8/8 rounds remaining
Animal Devotion: 9/10 rounds remaining [+2 Str]
Fist of Stone: 9/10 rounds remaining
Brute Gauntlets: unused

34 Str FTW!

The Word
HP: 10/10
AC: 18 [FF 15, Touch 17]

Fist of Stone: 9/10 rounds remaining

[hustlertwo]

Triggers my readied action when you hit O-17, I think.

Javelin toss'd!

[roll0]
[roll1]

[02youeng]

Easily a hit, even if I were on the other side of the map

[hustlertwo]

Round 3, Train

Never mind, I think that turn was illegal. Pretty sure Tanglefoot Bags can't be drawn on a move.

Draw a Tanglefoot Bag, throw it.

1d20+1 (I think that's the penalty)

DC 15 or glued, you probably know the rest.

Then shift grip on guisarme to two-handed.

[hustlertwo]

Crap, forgot, can't edit in rolls.

[roll0]

Done, by the way.

[02youeng]

[roll0]

Message too short

[hustlertwo]

OK, so you're glued to the floor. I assume you know the other stuff with Tanglefoot? -2 attack rolls, -4 Dex, 1/2 move.

[02youeng]

Grr.

[roll0] rounds

Farkis, round 3

Free action: Growl at Train
Swift action: blow all 3 charges of my Brute Gauntlets for +4 Str this round on Str tests, skills and melee damage
Free action: DC 17 Str test to break the glue

[roll1] [18 base, +2 shift, +2 animal devotion, +4 rage, +4 gauntlets, +6 Fist of Stone for a grand total of 36 Str]

More coming up...

[hustlertwo]

Are Strength checks free actions? Ability checks don't come up a lot in Arena, never really seen it in any of my matches.

Oh, wait, never mind. You failed. That was highly improbable. Still curious about the ability check thing, though.

[02youeng]

Well, balls.

Standard action: auto-hit attack against the goo

[roll0]

Move action: move to V17

Your go.

Stats:
Farkis
HP: 15/20
AC: 6 [FF 6, Touch 6]

Rage: 7/8 rounds remaining
Shift: 7/8 rounds remaining
Animal Devotion: 8/10 rounds remaining [+2 Str]
Fist of Stone: 8/10 rounds remaining
Brute Gauntlets: used

Entangled: 5/5 rounds remaining

The Word

HP: 10/10
AC: 18 [FF 15, Touch 17]

Fist of Stone: 8/10 rounds remaining

[02youeng]

I checked the Tanglefoot bag entry, just said that a Str test or damage was needed against it to break it. Didn't mention it taking an action, and neither does the Ability Check page in the SRD.

Also, I just used the wrong weapon completely, it should be my bite, not my guisarme against the goo.

[roll0]

[hustlertwo]

No problem, both work. And since it's not listed as reactive, no clue if it's a non-action check or one of the ones that requires an action; I know the Web spell require a full-round one, but I doubt that's the case here (my guess is it's either standard or move, but I have no basis for that aside from a hunch). I'll doublecheck before we go on any further.

[02youeng]

Well, if it's a standard action, I don't get my bite against the goo, and I'm stuck where I'm standing. If it's a move action, my bite breaks me free, and I 5ft step into position. If it's a free action, then it goes as planned.

[hustlertwo]

Also not sure you can 5 foot while gunked up and moving half speed, I think there's something about not doing it when movement is impeded. Not sure if that applies to this stuff or not (probably not, but a guy can dream).

[02youeng]

Ah, of course, I forgot. Scratch the 5ft step if it is a move action to break free, then.

[hustlertwo]

OK, going on the assumption goo removal attempt was a standard. Now I move to Z-9, drawing another javelin along the way. Also, activating Whirling Frenzy.

[roll0]
[roll1]

Shift guisarme grip, done.

Stats:

HP: 23
AC: 21
Shield of Faith 8 rounds left
Position: Z-9
Equipped: guisarme

[02youeng]

Veeery nice with the Tanglefoot bag. I believe this may well be Farkis' first defeat. Feel proud, hehe.

Farkis, round 4

Free action: move guisarme to one hand
Move action: draw a javelin
Standard action: throw it

[roll0] [I can't be arsed to work out how big the minus is to the attack, but I'll only hit on a natural 20]
[roll1]

Turn done.

3 HP left, finish me

[hustlertwo]

I know, and it was definitely not a sure thing until the bag went. I had some strategies (fortunately I was prepared for your reach, since you killed Mr. Solus with it in the big 4v4 exhibition), but I didn't really account for just how high your strength mod was. A one-hit kill was probably possible.

Of course, it's still not sure now...

Draw javelin, throw javelin.

[roll0]
[roll1]

I was gonna move closer, but I guess with your Dex penalty I can stay here and still hit on any roll except that whose number we cannot speak, lest we bring its fury.

[02youeng]

Hehe, the nice thing for me about my reach, was that your Armband wasn't enough. It stops you from provoking 1 AoO a game, but to melee me you'd have provoked 2.

Farkis is down for the count, good game sir.

[hustlertwo]

Yeah, I know. Although it didn't occur to me until around round 2, I had been thinking it would work if you started a turn at 20 feet from me, but it wouldn't. Still useful, though. If the strength check had been a free action and you had moved to 20 feet from me, I could have 5 footed, javelined, and presuming I survived your next attack, thrown another within your melee range, and just used the armband.

[Sallera]

Movement through multiple threatened squares only provokes one AoO, though, so the armband would have been enough to get into range. Regardless...

Farkis is subject to a poster-hanging, and Train takes the victory.

[hustlertwo]

Really? I was just thinking that if he got the multiple AoO-giving feat, where you can do more than one a turn, he'd be an even worse threat.

[02youeng]

Need a Dex stat for that to work, heh. This was my first character, I know what I'd change if I were to redo him, hehe.

[hustlertwo]

I wouldn't recommend it, though; I know a lot of people retire level 2 characters, but considering how long it can take to get that far, I think it's a bad idea. Especially with Farkis 1 win away from level 3. Honestly, Train also seems a bit flawed to me (I made an amalgamation of him and Battle Janitor, Re-Train, for the Endless Dungeon who I consider to be superior to both), but now that he's a confirmed level 3 at the end of this round, I can't retire him. Too much time invested. Plus, he was also my first guy, he's served well enough.