The GAUNTLET: Lunaticus (Stage 1)

[Beelzebub1111]

"Hello Sport's Fans! This is Jim, and I'm here with my co-host, former competitor Bob Bifford! How are you doing Bob?"

"I'm doing great Jim, and what a show we have for you tonight. Our Dungeon Jockey 'DJ In-Q-Bu5' has put together a great Gauntlet run for us tonight"

"I should hope so, Bob. With his "win" record, I doubt he'll be in the business for much longer. He'll probably get the Axe from his sponsors. LITERALLY!"

"Crying shame, but you can't doubt his failures when we've got some fantastic competitors coming in from all over the world. And Check out this one. Am I reading his Bio Right? He worships...'Pizza'?"

"It would seem so, Bob. And He looks bloodthirsty enough that I wouldn't question his decision. Let's go down to the field and see how he does"

The Map:
http://i48.tinypic.com/34nfvxz.png
Start in any square in the red dot. You win when you reach the blue dot.
Doors are locked until the encounter in the room is defeated. Either unconscious or dead. They take a move action to open and slide into the wall, unable to be used as cover.
Walls are reinforced stone, Doors are reinforced wood.
The Ceilings in rooms are 30ft high, in the corridors they are 10 feet high.
Yo yo yo! This is yo DJ IN-Q-BU5! I Hope you're ready ta DIE, son! You ain't gettin' outta THIS sh<bleep> alive!

OOC:Give your Starting location, Roll your initiative and Maneuvers, and start the first round

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 1

[roll0]

"Hello folks at home! First, let me greet some very special people: the parents, friends and other assorted acquaintances of whatever ugly thing is behind that door! Call now the number at the bottom of your screen and let your sobs be heard live!"

Start C2, move C4 and open door, enter Martial Spirit stance
Maneuver rolls tops down
Shadow Blade Technique
Crusaders Strike
Charging Minotaur
Douse the Flames
Stone Bones
[roll1] [roll2]
Turn 2
[roll3]
shield equipped, other hand empty

Stats
HP: 12/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

[Beelzebub1111]

Special note, the whole Gauntlet counts as a single encounter, so you don't Reroll your maneuvers after each opponent

You open the door and find a creature (D,8) that looks like a primitive human with grey skin and coarse hair. His posture is stooped, his forehead is low, and his pig-like face has a jutting lower jaw and lower canines that resemble tusks. He wields a a rusted falchion, letting out a mighty bellow

[roll0]

[Beelzebub1111]

The warrior hefts his curved sword and charges you yelling what are presumably slurs in an unknown language.

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

Critical Hit for 18!

"Hah! Look at all blood"
"I love it! Such Violence..."

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 2

ehehehe...
"Hey, my spleen! Do I have more than one of those?"

draw longsword, Crusader's Strike
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]

Stats
HP: -6/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Maneuver [roll3]

[Beelzebub1111]

And the pig nosed combatant goes down with a sword in his chest.

Wow, I'm surprised he's still standing after a hit like that.
And that strike, I think I saw the heart come out the other side!

You are on round 3. Also, would you mind putting your available maneuvers in your stats?

[TheFallenOne]

gah there are 7 squares between the sets of doors, not 6. Can I put in a 5 foot step in my Turn 2? Otherwise I lose a turn for moving a single square

[Beelzebub1111]

I will allow this.

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 3

Move to D11, open door

Stats
HP: 1/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Charging Minotaur
Douse the Flames
Stone Bones

[Beelzebub1111]

Beyond this door at c15 is a wretched looking thing. Looks like an emancipated human with rotting flesh, Razor sharp teeth and fingernails as sharp as claws. It looks hungry.


[roll0]

[Beelzebub1111]

The being leaps forward at you, teeth first to gnaw at your tasty flesh

[roll0]
[roll1] (Two Fortitude Saves if it damages you)
[roll2]
[roll3]

Its teeth, though strong, merely scratch your armor

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 4

step to D12
Shadow Blade Technique
[roll0]
[roll1] <---
[roll2] [roll3]
Heal 2 if hit

Stats
HP: 1/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Shadow Blade Technique
Crusader's Strike
Charging Minotaur
Douse the Flames
Stone Bones

[roll4] [roll5]

[Beelzebub1111]

Sadly, The lower hit couldn't hit even if its AC was 6. You do manage to hit it, though.

The ravenous man, desperate for some food attacks, swinging wildly with his bony nails and teeth

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]
[roll5]

"And that is the value of good Armor"
"It says here, that he made it himself"
"Really? I'm surprised anyone at the institution let him near a forge!"

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 5

Reflexive Psychosis activated(standard if I'm physically attacked and not FF)

Stone Bones
[roll0]
[roll1]
Heal 2 if hit

Stats
HP: 3/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Charging Minotaur

[roll2]

[Beelzebub1111]

You sure you want to activate it when you hit with stone bones? Might wanna put that qualifier in there.

Your attack hits, this thing has deep gashes in it now, revealing the rotting meat beneath its thin skin. Furious and starving the attacks continue
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]
[roll5]

[Beelzebub1111]

Crit threat with the claw
[roll0]
[roll1]
Still deals no damage through stone bones, just barely.

"Hey, I think he chipped a nail!"
"Somebody call the manicurist!"

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 6

right, except when I did hit with Stone Bones previous turn
That's a double 20 crit for 0 damage :smalltongue:

Douse the Flames
[roll0]
[roll1]
Heal 2 if hit
step to D13

Stats
HP: 5/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Charging Minotaur

[roll2]

[Beelzebub1111]

"Swing and a miss. Pretty agile for the nearly dead."
"I think that he's been dead for quite some time now"
"You know what I mean"

He just won't quit.
[roll0]
[roll1]

[roll2]
[roll3]

[roll4]
[roll5]

Misses all around. Nice job on the armor.

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 7

"Radiant cupcakes supervaluate peachy battery drawers."

Crusader's Strike
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]

Stats
HP: 5/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Crusaders Strike
Charging Minotaur
Douse the Flames
Stone Bones

damn that would have brought me to full HP

[Beelzebub1111]

"Again with the missing! In my day we would have just started filling the room with poison gas by now! Let's see some blood!"
"Calm down bob, one of them is sure to land a hit eventually"
"I'm gonna go grab a sandwich, Call me if I miss something"

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]
[roll5]

EDIT: Oops, forgot to take out the +2 on those claws, none of them actually hit.

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 8

Shadow Blade Technique
[roll0] <---
[roll1]
[roll2] [roll3]
Heal 2 if hit

Stats
HP: 5/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Shadow Blade Technique
Crusaders Strike
Charging Minotaur
Douse the Flames
Stone Bones

[roll4] [roll5]

[Beelzebub1111]

8 does not hit but the 18 does. Off goes the thing's head spraying black blood all over your armor. It moves around for a bit, but soon stops and falls to the ground.

You're on round nine

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 9

Loonie casually kicks the head against the next door as he walks over and opens it. "Knock knock!"

move to D18, open door

Stats
HP: 7/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Shadow Blade Technique
Crusader's Strike

[roll0]

[Beelzebub1111]

A four foot tall flame is in the center of this room (c22) it twirls around taking a vaguely humanoid shape, presumably looking at you.

[roll0]

[Beelzebub1111]

It darts straight towards you (d19) to deliver a charging flaming punch, leaving scorch-marks on the floor where it traveled.

[roll0]
[roll1] + [roll2]

The flames wash over your armor. To little effect.

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 10

step to C19
Shadow Blade Technique
[roll0] <---
[roll1]
[roll2] [roll3]

Stats
HP: 7/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Shadow Blade Technique
Crusader's Strike
Charging Minotaur

[roll4]

[Beelzebub1111]

The Shadow blade connects, and You hear a high pitched scream of agony as it sizzles and pops in a puff of grey-white smoke leaving nothing behind but a somewhat damp pile of ashes.
You are on turn 11

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 11

Move to C25 and open door, let's see the grand finale. Maybe I win initiative for once.

Stats
HP: 9/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Shadow Blade Technique
Crusader's Strike
Charging Minotaur
Douse the Flames

[Beelzebub1111]

Behind the door is a seething monster. It's a squat mucular creature covered in thick fur. Its stout legs, clawed feet, and it's pointed nout has a wide foaming mouth full of razor sharp teeth.

The DJ's voice comes over the loudspeakers, his face on a screen above the exit to this room.
"You may have bested my other monsters, but your little tricks won't save you from DJ...

IN

Q

BU5!!"

[roll0]
No such luck I'm afraid

[Beelzebub1111]

The Beast gallops forward to c26 Smacking you with its big meaty claw.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 11

Helloooo.... oww!"

Crusader's Strike
[roll0] +1 Furious Counterstrike
[roll1]
[roll2]
step to C26

Stats
HP: 3/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Shadow Blade Technique
Crusader's Strike
Charging Minotaur
Douse the Flames
Stone Bones

[roll3] [roll4]

[TheFallenOne]

forum please

[Beelzebub1111]

Sorry for the delay, Missed the second page
The Beast recoils in horror from your strike, then fills with an incredible RAGE!
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]
[roll5]

Its attacks plink off your armor.

"Hope You've had your Rabies shots, little man!"

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 12

"Kill kill kill the beast
bloody piece by piece
Messily messily messily messily
Slaughter will never cease."

Shadow Blade Technique
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2] [roll3]
Heal 2 if hit

Stats
HP: 8/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Shadow Blade Technique
Crusader's Strike

[roll4]

[TheFallenOne]

Crit threat!
[roll0]
[roll1]

[Beelzebub1111]

You confirm the crit!

[Beelzebub1111]

Its rage redoubles foaming at the mouth it can't wait to get a piece of you

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]
[roll5]

It seems that flailing wildly is a poor combat strategy, but what can you expect from an animal?

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 13


Word of advice, those doors should block teleportation or it would be very easy to run through this in record time with Blink Shirt shaped :smalltongue:

Stone Bones
[roll0]
[roll1]
Heal 2 if hit

Stats
HP: 10/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Shadow Blade Technique
Crusader's Strike
Stone Bones

[Beelzebub1111]

Your sword fails to penetrate the animal's thick hide

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]
[roll5]

The claws do one and two damage respectively. And you are confused.

[TheFallenOne]

Lunaticus Turn 14

You got a threat there

Crusader's Strike
[roll0] +1Furious
[roll1]
[roll2]

Stats
HP: 7/12
AC 19, Touch 11, FF 18(6 armor, 1 dex, 2 shield)

Martial Spirit
Bloodtalons 1/1

Shadow Blade Technique
Crusader's Strike
Stone Bones
? Forgot to roll last turn, but makes no difference as I'd use CS anyway

[TheFallenOne]

CRIT! CRIT! CRIT!

[roll0]
[roll1]

!FATALITY!

[Beelzebub1111]

You split its head right down the middle
That is one dead Badger. All we have now is a race to the finish line.

[TheFallenOne]

Turn 15, move to C 31 and open door

Turn 16, move to C34 and do a little dance while screaming "<redacted> YEAH!". I hope language is no problem on the network? With all the blood I guess not, but the censors might be weird like that :smalltongue:

[Beelzebub1111]

mmhg..mnn...ah...So what'd I miss?
He won! An unbelievable victory. One Minute, Thirty Five Seconds."
"Wow, that's a solid time! We'd be hard pressed to see better."
"And just look at that path of carnage he left in his wake."
"Well, I'll be looking forward to seeing him in the next stage!"
"Me too, Bob. Me too."

Take a break to the green room, I'll have your next Stage up in a few days.