Arena Tournament, Round 72: McToughy vs. Dense

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Arena Tournament, Round 72: McToughy vs. Dense

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XP Award: 600 XP
GP Award: 600 GP

Alterform - McToughy
Psionic Dog - Dense

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

[Psionic Dog]

Hohoho, I see we meet again.

Initiative - (1d20+3)[11]

No planned purchases, reactive purchases are possible.

[AlterForm]

Here we go. Dense has upgraded his mount since last the two met;I don't like McToughy's chances.

McToughy Init - (1d20+1)[6]

No purchases.

Starting Info in case of quick LoS:

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Begin in N2
Begin with Psionic Focus charged.
Begin with MW Spear in two hands.

[Psionic Dog]

And it's been worth every copper.

Dense - Round 1

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Start mounted filling the green zone, fully equipped, holding loaded crossbow, buckler equipped, holding shield of faith potion.

Move: Spur horse.
Ride - (1d20+10)[18] DC 15
Standard: Drink Potion
Free: drop vial.

LoS established as Dense comes thundering out of the mist to end in M3/N4.

Dense and mount are fully armored, Dense is holding his buckler and a loaded crossbow.

Done.

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Dense:
HP: 26/26
AC: 22 [+5 armor +3 dex +1 shield +1 size +2 deflection]
Shield of Faith 1 of 10

Horse:
HP 29 / 30
AC 17 [-1 size +1 dex +4 natural +3 armor]

[AlterForm]

McToughy is in N2, two-handing his spear, with a somewhat surprised look on his face.

McToughy - Round 1

Standard: Attack Dense
Attack - (1d20+6)[7] <-- An auspicious start...
Damage - (1d8+6)[8]

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HP: 13/13
AC: 19 (7 armor, 1 dex, 1 deflection) (12 Touch, 18 FF)
PP: 15/15
Position: N2

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[Psionic Dog]

Lets see, McT can only negate one hit a turn, so lets try for lots and lots of hits.

Dense - Round 2

Autosucceed on Fight with mount,
Hoof 1 - (1d20+6)[14] damage - (1d6+4)[6]
Hoof 2 - (1d20+6)[23] damage - (1d6+4)[6]
Bite - (1d20+1)[15] damage - (1d4+2)[6]

5-ft step back to M4/N5

Move: Draw Alchemical Fire
Touch Attack - (1d20+5)[7] (includes -2 range)
Fire damage - (1d6+1)[6]

Done.

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Dense:
HP: 26/26
AC: 22 [+5 armor +3 dex +1 shield +1 size +2 deflection]
Shield of Faith 2 of 10

Horse:
HP 29 / 30
AC 17 [-1 size +1 dex +4 natural +3 armor]

[Psionic Dog]

Ugh, not the best start here either.
Grenade Miss - (1d8)[6] Lands between us on 1, counting clockwise, so a 1,2,8 do 1 damage to all of us and 3,4,5,6,7 do 1 damage to only McT.

[AlterForm]

Hoof 2 hits; McToughy burns 1 pp to negate 4, soaks 2.
Alchemist fire deals 1 additional fire damage.
Net: -1 pp, -3 hp.

McToughy - Round 2

Standard: Manifest power. DC 16 psicraft to ID.

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Force Screen, no augment.

5ft step to N3.

Status

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HP: 10/13
AC: 23 (7 armor, 1 dex, 4 shield, 1 deflection) (12 Touch, 22 FF)
PP: 13/15
Position: N3

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[Psionic Dog]

Dense - Round 3

Wash and repeat.

Hoof 1 - (1d20+6)[14] Damage - (1d6+4)[8]
Hoof 2 - (1d20+6)[12] Damage - (1d6+4)[6]
Bite - (1d20+1)[12] Damage - (1d4+2)[6]

5-ft step everything back to M5/N6

Move: Draw another alchemic fire
Standard: Attempt to ignite McT
Touch Attack - (1d20+5)[22]
Fire Damage - (1d6+1)[5]

Done

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Dense:
HP: 26/26
AC: 22 [+5 armor +3 dex +1 shield +1 size +2 deflection]
Shield of Faith 3 of 10

Horse:
HP 29 / 30
AC 17 [-1 size +1 dex +4 natural +3 armor]

[AlterForm]

Well...at least I'll burn into your winnings a bit.

McToughy burns 1 PP to negate 4 damage, soaks 1.
Net: -1 pp, -1 HP.

McToughy - Round 3

Move: 30 ft. N3 -> O3 -> P4 -> P6 -> O7
Standard: Attack Dense
Attack - (1d20+6)[15] (First BJ, now Dense...McToughy can't hit nothin' anymore. )
Damage - (1d8+6)[12]

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HP: 9/13
AC: 23 (7 armor, 1 dex, 4 shield, 1 deflection) (12 Touch, 22 FF)
PP: 12/15
Psionic Focus: Yes
Position: O7

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[Psionic Dog]

I've found budgeting 25% of expected winnings on consumables to usually be worth the expense.

Dense - Round 4

Fire Burns - (1d6)[2]

Hoof 1 - (1d20+6)[16] Miss Low - (1d10)[4]
Damage - (1d6+4)[9]

Hoof 2 - (1d20+6)[14] Miss Low - (1d10)[4]
Damage - (1d6+4)[8]

Bite - (1d20+6)[15] Miss Low - (1d10)[10]
Damage - (1d4+2)[4]

5-ft step the whole mess back to M4/N5

Standard: Shoot McT
Attack - (1d20+8)[18] Miss Low - (1d10)[9]
Damage - (1d8+1)[9]
Move: Reload crossbow

Done.

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Dense:
HP: 26/26
AC: 22 [+5 armor +3 dex +1 shield +1 size +2 deflection]
Shield of Faith 4 of 10

Horse:
HP 29 / 30
AC 17 [-1 size +1 dex +4 natural +3 armor]

[AlterForm]

McToughy takes the heat. All attacks whiff.

McToughy - Round 4

5ft step to N6
Standard: Attack Dense
Attack - (1d20+6)[26]
Damage - (1d8+6)[12]

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HP: 7/13
AC: 23 (7 armor, 1 dex, 4 shield, 1 deflection) (12 Touch, 22 FF)
PP: 12/15
Psionic Focus: Yes
Position: N6

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[AlterForm]

Confirmation - (1d20+6)[13]
Crit Damage - (2d8+12)[20]

Well, I got a good hit in at least.

[Psionic Dog]

Dense take 12. Ouch.
Maybe Dense' will share the dice luck.

Dense - Round 5

Hoof 1 - (1d20+6)[20] damage - (1d6+4)[10]
Hoof 2 - (1d20+6)[7] damage - (1d6+4)[5]
bite - (1d20+1)[6] damage - (1d4+2)[3]

5-ft step everything out to M3/N4

Move: draw another alchemic fire
Standard: toss fire.
Touch Attack - (1d20+5)[17] damage - (1d6+1)[2]

Done

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Dense:
HP: 14/26
AC: 22 [+5 armor +3 dex +1 shield +1 size +2 deflection]
Shield of Faith 4 of 10

Horse:
HP 29 / 30
AC 17 [-1 size +1 dex +4 natural +3 armor]

[AlterForm]

Whiff, whiff, whiff, smack. McToughy spends 1 pp to negate the damage.
Net: -1 pp, -0 hp.

McToughy - Round 5

5ft step to N5.
Standard: Attack Dense
Attack - (1d20+6)[11]
Damage - (1d8+6)[14]

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HP: 7/13
AC: 23 (7 armor, 1 dex, 4 shield, 1 deflection) (12 Touch, 22 FF)
PP: 11/15
Psionic Focus: Yes
Position: N5

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[Psionic Dog]

I kinda of thought one of us would be down by now...

Dense - Round 6

Fire burns - (1d6)[5]

Hoof 1 - (1d20+6)[18] damage - (1d6+4)[7]
Hoof 2 - (1d20+6)[8] damage - (1d6+4)[9]
Bite - (1d20+1)[4] damage - (1d4+2)[5]

5-ft step everything out to M2/N3
Standard: Fire Crossbow
Move Reload crossbow
Attack - (1d20+8)[11]
Damage - (1d8+1)[2]

Done

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Dense:
HP: 14/26
AC: 22 [+5 armor +3 dex +1 shield +1 size +2 deflection]
Shield of Faith 6 of 10

Horse:
HP 29 / 30
AC 17 [-1 size +1 dex +4 natural +3 armor]

[AlterForm]

Whiffx4. McToughy spends 1 pp, negates 4, soaks 1.
Net: -1 pp, -1 hp.

McToughy - Round 6

5ft step to N4.
Standard: Attack Dense
Attack - (1d20+6)[20]
Damage - (1d8+6)[13]

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HP: 6/13
AC: 23 (7 armor, 1 dex, 4 shield, 1 deflection) (12 Touch, 22 FF)
PP: 10/15
Psionic Focus: Yes
Position: N4

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[Psionic Dog]

Whiff.

It occurs to me that my battle prediction of one hoof hit per round might have been a little too generous.

Dense - Round 7

Hoof - (1d20+6)[8] damage - (1d6+4)[7]
Hoof - (1d20+6)[9] damage - (1d6+4)[8]
Bite - (1d20+1)[12] damage - (1d4+2)[4]

5-ft step everything back to L1/M2
Move: Draw alchemic fire
Standard: throw
Touch Attack - (1d20+5)[25]
Damage - (1d6+1)[6]

Done

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Dense:
HP: 14/26
AC: 22 [+5 armor +3 dex +1 shield +1 size +2 deflection]
Shield of Faith 7 of 10

Horse:
HP 29 / 30
AC 17 [-1 size +1 dex +4 natural +3 armor]

[Psionic Dog]

A critical hit. On the alchemic fire. Why couldn't that have been a hoof?? Ah well, we take what we can get.

Crit Confirm - (1d20+5)[23]
Crit Damage - (1d6)[1]

Incidentally, when reading through the PHB to make sure there weren't any critical hit exceptions for splash weapons, I noticed that splash damage seems to stack with direct hit damage. So that last hit should have been for 1d6+1+1 for 7 damage. I think it's too late to apply that to the first two alchemical weapon hits, but it's something to remember for future uses.

[hustlertwo]

Really? Where's that, Psionic? Would be interesting to find out that splash weapons do a minimum of two damage per hit.

[Psionic Dog]

A hit deals direct hit damage to the target, and splash damage to all creatures within 5 ft of target

I'm reasonably certain the target creature is within 5 ft of itself, so it would takes direct hit damage plus splash damage on a direct hit.

[hustlertwo]

Possible, but a bit dubious. If it said including the target that'd be one thing, but I think the nature of splash damage is that it's not going to add on. Not sure enough to rule either way.

[AlterForm]

I'll just roll with it for now, then.

McToughy burns 2 pp, negates 8, soaks 0.
Net: -1 pp

McToughy - Round 7

5ft step to N3
Standard: Attack Dense
Attack - (1d20+8)[23]
Damage - (1d8+6)[12]

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HP: 6/13
AC: 23 (7 armor, 1 dex, 4 shield, 1 deflection) (12 Touch, 22 FF)
PP: 8/15
Psionic Focus: Yes
Force Screen: Round 5 of 20
Position: M3

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[Psionic Dog]

Smack.
I do believe that is Dense's cue to try a new tactic.

Dense - Round 8

Fighting Defensively for round:
Ride - (1d20+10)[28] DC 15 to use mount as cover
Ride - (1d20+10)[21] DC 15 to spur mount for extra speed,

Direct Mount to withdraw North/West... If Cover check succeeds no attack of opportunity for McT, if it fails then take the swing.

Will post rest of turn once I see dice results...

[Psionic Dog]

Ok, have mount end in F10/G11. I believe that is 60ft, or a single move action for the spurred mount.

Shoot McT - (1d20+3)[6]
Damage - (1d8)[2]

Done.

EDIT: I seem to have forgot the d6 fire damage, would you mind rolling that for me in your next post so I don't triple post?

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Dense:
HP: 2/26
AC: 24 [+5 armor +3 dex +1 shield +1 size +2 deflection +2 fight defensive]
Shield of Faith 8 of 10

Horse:
HP 28 / 30
AC 17 [-1 size +1 dex +4 natural +3 armor]

[AlterForm]

Extra Burn: (1d6)[3]

[AlterForm]

Burn 1, burn 0.
Net: -1 pp

McToughy - Round 8

Standard: Manifest power. DC 16 psicraft.

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Vigor, augment to 2pp. +10 THP.

Move: 30 ft to J7.

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HP: 6/13 (10 THP)
AC: 23 (7 armor, 1 dex, 4 shield, 1 deflection) (12 Touch, 22 FF)
PP: 5/15
Psionic Focus: Yes
Force Screen: Round 6 of 20
Vigor: Round 1 of 20
Position: J7

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[Psionic Dog]

Hrm. It looks like Dense isn't going to win this one quickly. On to plan 'C'

Dense - Round 9

Horse and rider move north/east and out of line of sight.

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Well, I tired to win this fast. Dense really did. But now, unless one of us gets lucky, this thing isn't going to end soon. I have a plan I was hoping not to use since it'll take 8+ rounds to implement, but at 2 hp, McT with a second buff up, and the AC buff ending soon I'm out of other options.

So, don't worry this is preparation not indefinite stalling.

Continue ridding east at half speed to E20/F21, quietly if possible.
Move Silently Horse - (1d20+0)[1]

Meanwhile:
Move: Reload Crossbow
Move: Draw pint of oil.

Done.

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Dense:
Location: On horse in E20/F21.
HP: 2/26
AC: 24 [+5 armor +3 dex +1 shield +1 size +2 deflection +2 fight defensive]
Shield of Faith 9 of 10

Horse:
HP 28 / 30
AC 17 [-1 size +1 dex +4 natural +3 armor]

[Sallera]

Refs:

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Listen for McToughy: (1d20+2)[5]

McToughy:

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No LoS.

Dense:

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No LoS.

[AlterForm]

McToughy - Round 9

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Darn, flying blind.
Move: 30 ft to I13
Move: 30 ft to I19

Need a LoS check before ending turn.