Arena Tournament, Round 89: De'Athbypro Xie vs. Chile VIII

[ArenaManager]

Arena Tournament, Round 89: De'Athbypro Xie vs. Chile VIII

Map:
http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab330/ArenaManager/Arenas/02-lava_arena.png


XP Award: 300 XP
GP Award: 300 GP

De'Athbypro Xie (http://www.coyotecode.net/profiler/view.php?id=8141) - Psionic Dog
Chile VIII (http://www.thetangledweb.net/forums/profiler/view_char.php?cid=31753) - chilepepper

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

[Psionic Dog]

Hello.

[roll0]

No purchases planned, might make a reactionary buy if Chile VIII grabs anything.

[chilepepper]

[roll0]

No purchases.

Prepare to be underwhelmed.

[Psionic Dog]

De'Athbypro Xie - Round 1

Xie: Start in Y10.
Manifest Prescience(Offensive) on Dapr Oxie.
Move to V-10.

Dapr Oxie, Xie's elemental envoy, starts in Y-11 and runs to I-11/+60.
Dapr Oxie is holding a light crossbow.

Done

Stats
Xie: Y-10/+0
HP: 12/12
AC: 15 (+3 Dex, +2 armor)
PP: 3/4
Psionic Focus: Yes.

Oxie: I-11/+60
HP: 13/13
AC: 17 (+1 size +3 Dex, +3 Natural)
Energy Ray: 2/2
Control Air: 2/2
Demoralize: 2/2

Prescience(Offensive) 10/10

[chilepepper]

Does Dapr have anything else in 'his' possession?

[Psionic Dog]

Other than bolts to go with the crossbow, no.

[chilepepper]

How many bolts?

[Psionic Dog]

Well, he hasn't used any yet, so he'd still have all 20 bolts that have ever been purchased.

There's a link to Daper Oxie at the bottom of Xie's sheet if want more details.

[chilepepper]

Chile, R1

Move to G8, ready an action

To move if attacked.

Done.

[Psionic Dog]

De'Athbypro Xie - Round 2

Move to U-15.
Ready Action:
Move if Chile gains LoE to Xie

Dapr Oxie flies to G-7/+60 and shoots Chile VIII
[roll0] [roll1]

Done

Stats
Xie: U-15/-10
HP: 12/12
AC: 15 (+3 Dex, +2 armor)
PP: 3/4
Psionic Focus: Yes.

Oxie: G-7/+60
HP: 13/13
AC: 17 (+1 size +3 Dex, +3 Natural)
Energy Ray: 2/2
Control Air: 2/2
Demoralize: 2/2
Crossbow: Unloaded
Prescience(Offensive) 9/10

[chilepepper]

Is it safe to assume your proxy is relaying my position to you in Common?

[Psionic Dog]

Via Telepathic Link actually, although I suppose common could be the language used over the link.

[chilepepper]

Ah, I missed the sidebar. You actually don't have to speak a common language with the telepathic link as per Mindlink.

I forgo my triggered readied action.

Chile, Round 2

Ready an action
To BU the crossbow bolt fired at me when it's within 15'.

Done.

[Psionic Dog]

De'Athbypro Xie - Round 2

Ready Action: Move if LoE is established between Chile and Xie

Dapr Oxie
Move: Reload (normal bolt)
Standard: Shoot Chile VIII
[roll0] [roll1]

Done

Stats
Xie: U-15/-10
HP: 12/12
AC: 15 (+3 Dex, +2 armor)
PP: 3/4
Psionic Focus: Yes.

Oxie: G-7/+60
HP: 13/13
AC: 17 (+1 size +3 Dex, +3 Natural)
Energy Ray: 2/2
Control Air: 2/2
Demoralize: 2/2
Crossbow: Unloaded
Prescience(Offensive) 8/10

[chilepepper]

Roll a DC17 Will Save for the in-flight arrow.

[Psionic Dog]

I thought arrows and every other attack occurred instantaneously?

Meaning, one could ready for when someone committed to attacking or after an attack had been made but not while the projectile was in flight.

[TheFallenOne]

There is indeed no word of the ammunition actually traveling the distance to the target. If this was the case there'd be some dire consequences, for example you could still see the projectile fired at you by a hidden character, which would mean you could deduce where it was fired from and Deflect Arrows would work against it

[TheFallenOne]

As per the Waiting Room, there is indeed no mid-flight state for ammunition. Thus the readied action is illegal, so rewind to Chile Turn 2 before he readied the action(as per (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8181960&postcount=441) this ruling (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8182309&postcount=442))

the way I read it you still have to use Ready Action

[chilepepper]

There is indeed no word of the ammunition actually traveling the distance to the target

There's range, and there's the fact that you have to have LoS and LoE for the arrow to travel. It happens instantaneously, but the travel still happens. I know there's no parabolic motion, but I hadn't realized the Arena ruled that arrows materialize in your magically appearing wound after the shooter releases the string.

[chilepepper]

I'll just forfeit. My purposefully suboptimal build has no chance against ranged attacks at that distance.

[TheFallenOne]

There's range, and there's the fact that you have to have LoS and LoE for the arrow to travel. It happens instantaneously, but the travel still happens. I know there's no parabolic motion, but I hadn't realized the Arena ruled that arrows materialize in your magically appearing wound after the shooter releases the string.

It's RAW and actually saner than you make it sound. If projectiles really had to travel, you could literally dodge bullet with a readied move or even worse ready an action to sunder an arrow once it comes within 5 feet. Which would actually be pretty awesome, but we operate on RAW and not Rule of Cool

[Sallera]

High Ref Sallera

De'Athbypro Xie advances by default.