Arena Tournament, Round 30: Psychodelia vs Taleron

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Arena Tournament, Round 30: Psychodelia vs. Taleron

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XP Award: 600 XP
GP Award: 600 GP

Seribro - Psychodelia (http://www.shonuffstudios.com/gothmoor/profiler/view.php?id=128)
Taleron - Bigmac (http://www.3edb.com/viewCharacter.asp?cid=16906)

All combatants, please roll initiative.

[Bigmac]

Going by the new posting order suggested, here's my purchases.

Buying 2 martial scripts of saphire nightmare blade. That's it.

I'll buy / roll init after you've bought your stuff.

[Seribro]

[roll0] Here's my initiative. Still preserving the right to buy stuff. Haven't been able to come online much the past two or three days so my apologies for the hold up.

[Bigmac]

[roll0]

Taleron starts in Y10 with his guisarm in one hand and a martial script in the other.

[Seribro]

Well, initiative is yours. Since your not going to use ranged weaponry and the blasted shield has so far been more of an annoyance then a help, I'm gonna leave my tower shield in the bank deposit.

I updated my character sheet with items bought. If your curious about what I purchased since my last match, it is listed on both the items list as the records on the bottom of the sheet.

With that said, may the best gladiator win.

Oh! Before I forget, I begin play with my guisarme in one hand and a stone in the other.

[Bigmac]

Taleron reads his script, drops it, and moves to T14 (swimming under the water).

End of turn

[Seribro]

Manifester level check:[roll0] vs DC 4 to activate power stone.

Not done yet

Success. I use it to affiliate with a gorilla and adopt its strength (+4 str bonus as bull strength spell)
I move to G13 while dropping the stone as a free action (square doesn't matter, its just a useless stone/gem now) and draw my dorje during the move

I take it since you are beneath the surface, you can't see all that far outside of the water. If you are capable of keeping an LoS, then you lose me out of sight when I move to the small bridge behind the post

stats
AC 18
PP 19
HP 10
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 1/30
location: G13

Now I'm done. Your turn

[Bigmac]

Taleron moves to H15. I figure that should give us LoS.

Stats:

HP 22
AC 19
Effects: Stance of Clarity
Martial Script Read: Saphire Nightmare Blade

Maneuvers Ready for Use:
Charging Minotuar
Wolf Fang Strike
Steely Strike
Saphire Nightmare Blade

[Seribro]

I assume that, although the post is round, it is acounted as a square building for the matter of whether of cover and moving around corners right?
If that is so, I move 5ft back to G12. Then I activate my dorje.
As a move action, I put my dorje away in the holster on the backside of my pants.
then as a free action, I put my second hand on the guisarme.
your turn

stats:
AC 22
PP 19
HP 10
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 2/30
force screen 1/10
location: G13

[Bigmac]

Taleron 5ft steps to G14 and initiates his saphire nightmare blade technique.

He'll expend his psionic focus to take 15 on it.

Concentration check = 26 > your ac, so you are flatfooted against the attack.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Seribro]

You make the concentration, but you feel the blade bouncing of on some unseen force and scrape the armor harmlessly

standard action: attack
[roll0]
[roll1] damage if it hits

then 5-ft step back to H11

stats:
AC 22
PP 19
HP 10
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 3/30
force screen 2/10
location: H11

[Bigmac]

Your attack misses.

Taleron moves to S15 while drawing another martial script.

End Turn.

[Seribro]

Psychodelia scratches her head as a free action... "Did he just ran of?"

You see her concentrate real hard for a moment...
metaphysical weapon on guisarme
... and then all of a sudden run towards the bridge, leaping into the air and then suddenly stopping right there in mid-air at M12 (I ran out of movement before I could reach the end)

jump [roll0] vs DC10

stats:

AC 22
PP 19
HP 10
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 4/30
force screen 3/10
metaphysical weapon (guisarme) 1/10
location: M12

[Bigmac]

taleron moves to w17 and reads his script. he then drops the script and puts both hands on his guisarme.

end of turn.

[Seribro]

move O12-R13, then jump again
[roll0] vs DC20

[Seribro]

Woohoo! I clear the distance, which means it is an uninterrupted straight line (jumping is part of movement) so that makes this a charge.

striking from U15
Now to see if it strikes home:
attack [roll0]
damage [roll1]

[Seribro]

Hell damn it! Such a cool matrix-follow up-jumping charge and the freakin thing misses! Damnation I tell you!

*sigh*

kay, let me post my stats and then it is all up to you. Right now, my AC is 2 lower then the last time you tried due to the charge attempt, but that's this round only so take your best shot.

stats:
AC 22
PP 19
HP 10
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 5/30
force screen 4/10
metaphysical weapon (guisarme) 2/10
location: U15

[Bigmac]

I'm pretty sure that you need to move 20ft in the direction that you are jumping in order for the DC per distance to be reduced. If that's the case you probably splashed down in the water somewhere. I'll go ask another ref to check it out.

I guess that it's close enough to a straight line. To bad W17 is 15ft from U15, so unless your large I don't think you could have hit me anyway.

[Seribro]

Weapon reach works different then movement distance. For refference, page 308 DMG.

[Bigmac]

Fair enough.

I'll take my best shot. I'll use my saphire nightmare blade maneuver again.

[roll0] Need to beat your AC
[roll1] if con check worked, this is vs your flat footed ac, otherwise it has a -2 penalty.
[roll2]

Rest of the rounds actions depend on the outcome of the attack.

So the attack hits, but your not flat footed. I guess I'll stay where I am for now.

End of Turn.

[Seribro]

That's a clean hit right there. I use 3pp to negate 12 points of damage so you do see the blade draw some blood, just not as much as Taleron had expected.

I attack you back, though without the charge bonus this time.
[roll0]
[roll1]

rest of my actions depends on whether its a hit or not

edit: wrong damage dice, but it doesn't matter. I missed anyways. 5-ft step to V14

stats:
AC 22
PP 15
HP 8
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 6/30
force screen 5/10
metaphysical weapon (guisarme) 3/10
location: V14
your turn

[Bigmac]

Taleron stays where he is.

End of Turn.

Stats:

Taleron will Ready an Action
take a 5ft step and attack if Psychodelia attacks Taleron

HP 22
AC 21
Effects: Stance of Clarity, Ready Action
Location: W17

[Seribro]

Move to W13, standard action: activate the expansion power
You now see a giant occupying W13-X12

stats

AC 20
PP 14
HP 8
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 7/30
force screen 6/10
metaphysical weapon (guisarme) 4/10
expansion 1/2
location: W13-X12
your turn

[Bigmac]

Taleron continues to wait on Psychodelia to make a move.

End of Turn.

Stats:

Taleron will Ready an Action
take a 5ft step and attack if Psychodelia attack Taleron

HP 22
AC 21
Effects: Stance of Clarity, Ready Action
Location: W17

[Seribro]

Alright, then I'll attack you

[roll0]
[roll1]

stats
AC 20
PP 14
HP 8
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 8/30
force screen 7/10
metaphysical weapon (guisarme) 5/10
expansion 2/2
location: W13-X12

your turn

[Bigmac]

When you attack Taleron 5ft steps to V18. You still have a move action if you want to take it after Taleron moves.

[Seribro]

I'll step to V13-W14

[Bigmac]

Ref question:

Does Psychodelia count as squeezing since 1/4 of his space is occupied by a water square? Does it count as difficult terrain when he moves into / out of it?

It doesn't matter right now really, but I am curious as to how it should be treated.

Taleron will charge Psycodelia with his charging minotuar maneuver. He moves to V15 and doesn't provoke AoOs for the move.

We now resolve a bull rush attempt.

[roll0]

If mine's higher than yours (doubtful) you take [roll1]

[Seribro]

allright, here comes the stand, I got 60% chance to keep myself standing but my rolls haven't exactly been favourable up to now...

[roll0]

[Seribro]

yeah! Seems like I keep myself standing just perfectly!
On the brightside though, now that it is my turn again, you see me shrinking back to my old size again in W13. This is not an active termination of the spell, the duration simply runs out :P

[roll0] attack
[roll1] damage

[Seribro]

I take a 5-ft step forward to W14 and let my right hand go of the glaive so it is free to punch away at close range


stats
Spoiler
AC 20
PP 14
HP 8
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 9/30
force screen 8/10
metaphysical weapon (guisarme) 6/10
location: W14


your turn

[Bigmac]

5ft step / swim to U14 and attack with steely strike

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Seribro]

Okay, time to finish this
Immediate action to soak all the damage dealt
I then use a move to reach you. You’re entitled to a AoO when I leave your threathened area, but not when enter your square since you have no close combat weapons deployed (cant use unarmed strike for AoO’s).
During move I drop my guisarme as a free action in V14
I then initiate a grapple so touch attack: [roll0]
Opposed grapple: [roll1]
If it’s a success, I may deal [roll2] damage (I would normally deal 1d4+6, but water halves it)

[Seribro]

Okay, time to finish this
Immediate action to soak all the damage dealt
I then use a move to reach you. You’re entitled to a AoO when I leave your threathened area, but not when enter your square since you have no close combat weapons deployed (cant use unarmed strike for AoO’s).
During move I drop my guisarme as a free action in V14
I then initiate a grapple so touch attack: [roll0]
Opposed grapple: [roll1]
If it’s a success, I may deal [roll2] damage (I would normally deal 1d4+6, but water halves it)

sorry about that, the forum engine is getting over clogged again. To bad though, these scores were a lot more favourable

[Bigmac]

Here's the AoO for when you leave W14

[roll0]
[roll1]

and here's my opposed grapple

[roll2]

[Bigmac]

Taleron will drop his guisarm as a free action, then draw his flail and attack using his wolf fang strike. He'll weild the flail with both hands for the first attack and then use his armor spikes with his off hand for the other attack.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[roll2]
[roll3]

Edit: I seem to have angered the dice myself. Sheesh. We both have massive attack bonuses but can't his a barn.

Forgot: End of Turn.

[Seribro]

Indeed, if this were a real life fight, it probably looked pretty humorous and pathetic :smallredface:

5-ft step to U13
move action: draw heavy flail
standard action: knock your lights out (hopefully)
[roll0]
[roll1] (gets devided by 2)

stats

AC 20
PP 10
HP 8
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 11/30
force screen 10/10
metaphysical weapon (guisarme) 8/10
location: U13

[Bigmac]

Taleron withdraws U14=>R17=>J17. He'll draw a potion while he moves.

End of Turn.

[Seribro]

5-ft step into V14, pick up guisarme, use power

stats
AC 20
PP 9
HP 8
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 12/30
metaphysical weapon (guisarme) 9/10
metaphysical weapon (spiked gauntlet) 1/10
location: V14

your turn

[Bigmac]

5ft to I18, concentrate.

attempt to regain psionic focus
[roll0]

[Seribro]

move to R18, grab dorje while moving, activate dorje

stats

AC 22
PP 9
HP 8
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 13/30
metaphysical weapon (guisarme) 10/10
metaphysical weapon (spiked gauntlet) 2/10
force screen 1/10
location: R18

[Bigmac]

Taleron drinks his potion, drops it to the ground, moves to F20 and readies his sheild as he does so.

End of Turn.

[Seribro]

move to P19, jump check to N20 [roll0] vs DC 20
lets see if I make it first
that looks like a successful jump to me. Activate expansion power for 1pp
end of turn, I'm a giant again standing in L19-N20

stats
AC 20
PP 8
HP 8
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 14/30
metaphysical weapon (spiked gauntlet) 3/10
force screen 2/10
expansion 1/2
location: L19-N20

edit: I just looked up your file and OMFG... You just took beastland ferocity, didn't you? if I hit you, you just get extra strong and have another 10hp to keep you standing... Until your timer runs out. A gamble, but an admirable one.

[Bigmac]

Taleron swings his flail around a bit then moves to A17.

Recoving maneuvers with a swift action and a standard action to swing the flail around

End of Turn.

Stats:

HP 4
AC 21
Effects: Stance of Clarity, Beastland Ferocity 2/10

[Seribro]

double move to C13-D14

[Bigmac]

Taleron 5ft steps to B18 and goes under the water.

Concentrate for a full round to regain focus. [roll0] vs DC20

Stats:

HP 4
AC 21
Effects: Stance of Clarity, Beastland Ferocity 3/10

[Seribro]

expansion ends, I become small again (duration expired)
move to C17, go underwater, then attack with gauntlet

[roll0]
[roll1] divided in half

stats

AC 22
PP 8
HP 8
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 16/30
metaphysical weapon (spiked gauntlet) 5/10
force screen 4/10
location: C17

[Bigmac]

Did that attack take into account the -2 to attacks underwater?

[Bigmac]

Regardless, Taleron will try to initiate a grapple with you. He'll fight defensivly as he does so.

[roll0]
[roll1]

If I manage to grapple you I will move into your square and deal damage with my armor spikes
[roll2]

Also, note that only slashing / bludgeoning damage is halfed, piercing damage is uneffected.

[Seribro]

Ah... crap... then that was only a 20 on the to hit roll, which I'm guessing, would be a miss?
Well, I do get an AoO however

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Bigmac]

Yep, looks like both attacks missed.

[Seribro]

Wait a sec. Didn't you say pierce was excepted? Well the spiked gauntlet is a piercing weapon, so it doesn't get the penalty which means I most certainly did hit you! And for a wooping 8 points! I don't know by head at what that leaves you, but it can't be fancy. Also, while the beastland ferocity allows you to continue fighting without penalty, it doesn't say it stops the bleeding. So not only did I hit you, you also are now bleeding to death.

On the bright sight though, this does mean the damage you dealt wasn't 10 points but 12 thanks to your increased strength...

... which I soak for 3pp :P

And I'ld like to make an opposed grapple check to see if I can put you out of your missery

[roll0] opposed grapple check
[roll1] damage if I win the grapple check

[Bigmac]

Hmm, I thought it was -2 to all attacks (even the tail has -2 to it) but slahs / bludgeon have damage halfed. That chart is way confusing.

At any rate

[roll0]

[Bigmac]

Looks like Taleron is still standing. This round Taleron will be at -6hp. Time to try and finish this.

Taleron will let go of Psychodelia and attack with is wolf fang strike. He will use his armor spikes for both attacks.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[roll2]
[roll3]

[Seribro]

which is why I never liked water encounters. Should have placed the sinking island in a lake of lava...

Oh well, let me post my stats and then it is all yours again. Your now literally fighting the clock.

stats
AC 22
PP 5
HP 8
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 17/30
metaphysical weapon (spiked gauntlet) 6/10
force screen 5/10
location: C17

[Seribro]

ah, sorry, didn't see you already posted, first one hits me which I soak, second is a wild swing.
I attack you back with a punch and then take a five feet step back onto the land.
[roll0]
[roll1]
5-ft into C16

stats

AC 22
PP 2
HP 8
Saves 2/3/2
effects: animal affiliation (+4 strength) 18/30
metaphysical weapon (spiked gauntlet) 7/10
force screen 6/10
location: C16

[Seribro]

And I think that settles this match. Though I have to say, it was a very active and intense one.

[Bigmac]

Yep, I guess that's it. I think I relied to heavily on my one shot win technique (if the saphire mind had connected you would be flat footed, thus unable to soak the damage.) Unfortunatly I missed on both, so I was ill prepared to slug it out (forgot to buy my quickdamages). I think the only reason this match lasted this long was due to horredous rolling on both parts. Ah well, gg.

[Seribro]

Just one little question out of curiosity. Where is it stated you can't take an immediate action while flat-footed? I can imagine running into this more often (invisible opponents for example) so I'ld like to know for future fights

[Bigmac]

SRD under the immedeate action entry. :smallsmile:

[Kyeudo]

GM Kyeudo

I'm disapointed. After Taleron one shotted Drago from full health, I thought you'd go farther. Then again, that's how it goes in the Arena.

Psychodelia is the Winner!