Arena Tournament, Round 38: Greenscales vs. Chile V, final match

My Actions:

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By text, opponent readied an action which triggered mine. Move to P16 , hiding: [roll0] Moving silent: [roll1]

Ready action places my initiative just above his. Will take my turn momentarily.

Turn not done.

My actions, continued:

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Ok, readied action has me at a hide of 11, move silent of 13, at a range of 65 (-6 spot and listen penalty). That gives him a 50% shot of seeing me, which I don't like. So, here's my turn:

Move: to I20. If my opponent has LOS, he should lose it as I leave J20, travelling West. Hide: [roll0], Move Silent: [roll1] (distance of 65 feet at shortest point, opponent entitled to another reactive spot/listen roll at -6 penalty for distance). Rolls at -3 as I am moving at over 1/2 movement for this move action, and thus incur a -5 penalty.

Move: to J19, re-establishing LOS (opponent gets a 3rd reactive spot/listen, distance 90 feet, -9 penalty), then onward to N19. Hide: [roll2]. Move Silent: [roll3].

Done.
Will need LOS.

Stats:

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Location: N19, hiding (current distance, 70 feet)
HP: 15/15
AC: 12 (+2 dex)
Saves: Fort: +6 (+11 poison), Ref +2, Will -2
In Hand: Potion of invisibility, Guisarme.
Effects: Antitoxin 4/600 (+5 Alch bonus on poison saves)

Ref Stuff

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For Talic's move in Post #31
[roll0]
[roll1]

For Talic's first move in Post #32
[roll2]
[roll3]

For Talic's second move in Post #32
[roll4]
[roll5]

Chile

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You gain LoS. Your opponent appears at J19, then moves to N19. It is then your turn.

Talic

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He's still at Y25.

Play continues with Chile V.


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Talic doesn't know his opponent gained LoS, does he? 90% sure he doesn't, but just making sure I'm not missing something.

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Well, I'm sure he's been watching me for a while, hiding. Let's see what he does. Maintain readied action. I don't need a LoS check, but if I don't ask for one, he'll metagame that I've seen him. So give me spoilered LoS check like normal refs.

stats

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HP: 16/16
AC: 18 T14 F14
In hand: Pot of Invis, sleep-smoke
Condition: none
Breath: DB- none | DFA- none
Position: Y25

Done, pending LoS.

Chile

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Opponent is at N19

Talic

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Opponent is at Y25, with a readied action

My thoughts:

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Agh! I liked this so much better when the odds of him not seeing me were 100%. As is, I've been thinking about this match, and have a better idea for how to do this. He's gonna see me, but that can't be helped.

My actions:

Move: From N18 to U18. Not hiding.
Attack: Glass at U17/V17, using Unarmed strike (kick).

Attack: [roll0] vs AC5
If Hit: [roll1] vs Hardness 1, HP 3.

Edit: Whether or not you saw me before, you do now, as I move from N18 to U18, and, with a devastating kick (unarmed strike), shatter the glass between U17 and V17.

Done. No LOS required, as we see each other, through the glass, and with concealment.

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Location: U18
HP: 15/15
AC: 12 (+2 dex)
Saves: Fort: +6 (+11 poison), Ref +2, Will -2
In Hand: Potion of invisibility, Guisarme.
Effects: Antitoxin 4/600 (+5 Alch bonus on poison saves)

Move to X19, throw sleepsmoke, pray for a miracle.

U/V 17/18 [roll0]
[roll1] miss direction

Done

Fort Save vs Poison: [roll0]

85% chance. Crossing fingers, and offering the RNG its choice of my firstborn child, 25% of my personal WBL, or free puppies for life.

Edit: Yay! My Antitoxin made the difference!

Turn forthcoming.

My turn:

Free actions: Rage, Drop Guisarme in U17.
Move action: Move from U18 to X18. (U18>U17>X17>X18)

Standard Action: Touch attack to initiate grapple.

Touch attack roll: [roll0] vs AC 12
Opposed Grapple, if Hit: [roll1]
If Successful, Damage (lethal): [roll2]
If all is successful, I move into X19 with you, and we are grappling.

Done, pending opposed rolls.

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Location: X19, grappling Chile V
HP: 17/17
AC: 10 (+2 dex, -2 Rage)
Saves: Fort: +8 (+13 poison), Ref +2, Will -2
In Hand: Potion of invisibility.
Effects: Antitoxin 5/600 (+5 Alch bonus on poison saves), Sleep-smoke 1/10, Rage 1/9

Edit: Wow, and emphatically. That's grappled, no choice in the matter. 11 damage to you.

You've got to be kidding me! Three max rolls in a row?!

I think the RNG likes free puppies.

EDIT: If it assuages anything, the odds for that exact roll set were 1 in 1200.

Rolls I needed to auto-win the grapple were something like 56% odds.

Well, I believe I've lost this match. But, I might as well do what I can instead of giving up. It's only a 30%ish chance, but I'm going to try to...

Attempt to pin you. [roll0]

edit: Not enough, your next round will kill me surely. Good game. At least we're both level 2.

Resist roll: [roll0]


Opposed grapple check to damage you: [roll1]
Damage, if success: [roll2]

Stats:

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Location: X19, grappling Chile V
HP: 17/17
AC: 10 (+2 dex, -2 Rage)
Saves: Fort: +8 (+13 poison), Ref +2, Will -2
In Hand: Potion of invisibility.
Effects: Antitoxin 6/600 (+5 Alch bonus on poison saves), Sleep-smoke 2/10, Rage 2/9

Edit: I do believe that's match. Good show. I didn't think you'd beat me that first time, but you're wily with the readied actions.

Yeah, I wasn't counting on winning either. When I avoided the grapple last match, I was amazed. I almost just forfeited this match to you in the beginning since we both level if you win. I decided to play it out, see what happened. I enjoy matches against you, you're very analytical. Congrats!

Yeah, but you play the shell game better. I was counting on winning those grapples, as my actual odds of it with a +13 mod is 94.75%.

With the +11 last match, it was 91%.

But who knows? The RNG is a curious thing.

And congrats to you as well, on a well deserved level 2.

High Ref Morbius


Greenscales is delcared the winner for the match and round