Arena Tournament, Round 36: Mac vs. Ulric

[ArenaManager]

Arena Tournament, Round 36: Mac vs. Ulric

Map:

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XP Award: 300 XP
GP Award: 300 GP

Kaganmonk - Mac
Roland - Ulric

All Combatants, please roll initiative.

[Roland Deschain]

Ulric Starts in Y13 with his Greatsword in hand. No new Purchases Good Luck.

initiative - (1d20+2)[20]


Stats:

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Hp: 12/12
AC: 15, Flat-Footed 13, Touch 12 (+3 Armor,+2 Dex Bonus)

Manuvers readied:Charging Minotaur, Stone Bones, Moment of Perfect Mind

[KaganMonk]

Start in B13, no purchases, psi focused, mind blade in hand.

Initiative - (d20+2)[3]

[Roland Deschain]

Ulric Takes a Double move to L10

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Hp: 12/12
AC: 15, Flat-Footed 13, Touch 12 (+3 Armor,+2 Dex Bonus)

Manuvers readied:Charging Minotaur, Stone Bones, Moment of Perfect Mind

[KaganMonk]

Double move to the top of the pillar in H11. (Walk on Walls)
Designate Ulric for Dodge.

Stats:

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Location: H11
HP: 10
AC: 15 (10+2Armor+1Shield+2Dex) Touch: 12 Flat: 13
Saves: 1/4/4
Focused: Yes

Done

[Roland Deschain]

"Well boy, I ain't moving till you get down off that pillar so you might as well get to getting"

Ulric takes a total defensive action in L10

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Location:L10
Hp: 12/12
AC: 19, Flat-Footed 13, Touch 16 (+3 Armor,+2 Dex Bonus, +4 dodge Bonus)

Manuvers readied:Charging Minotaur, Stone Bones, Moment of Perfect Mind

Question for ref:

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How high are those pillars anyway?

[Mavian]

@Roland

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Anything that isn't listed on the map itself, can be found in the first post of the Waiting Room under Map Rulings and Precedents.

* Pillars are 10' tall and are not scalable without sufficient magic or tools.
* Walls are 10' tall.
* There is no ceiling

[KaganMonk]

@Refs

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Would it be possible for me to charge at Ulric from where I am? My main concern is in the wording of Up the Walls:

While you are psionically focused, you can take part of one of your move actions to traverse a wall or other relatively smooth vertical surface if you begin and end your move on a horizontal surface. The height you can achieve on the wall is limited only by this movement restriction. If you do not end your move on a horizontal surface, you fall prone, taking falling damage as appropriate for your distance above the ground. Treat the wall as a normal floor for the purpose of measuring your movement. Passing from floor to wall or wall to floor costs no movement; you can change surfaces freely. Opponents on the ground can make attacks of opportunity as you move up the wall.

I would have to use more than my movement speed to get to him.

[Talic]

High Ref Talic

@Kaganmonk:

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No, you may not charge. Charge attacks must be in a straight line. When you reach the ground, you must make a 90% turn to keep charging. If you had a psionic feat allowing this, you'd be ok, but as it stands, you don't.
Further, the ability specifically mentions that you must use a move action. Charge isn't a move action.

[KaganMonk]

Move down and to E7.
Done

(Thought I'd posted it earlier, but it didn't go through)

[Roland Deschain]

Swift action: Initiate stance of clarity with Mac as the target
Move action: Move to K13
Standard action: Ready an action (see spoiler)

Ref:

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Readied action if Kagan's monk approaches to an adjacent square use the Stone Bones strike against him

Stats:

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Location:K13
Hp: 12/12
AC: 17, Flat-Footed 13, Touch 16 (+3 Armor,+2 Dex Bonus, +2 dodge Bonus vs Mac)

Manuvers readied:Charging Minotaur, Stone Bones, Moment of Perfect Mind

[KaganMonk]

Alright, I'll bite.

Charge to J12.
Attack - (d20+5)[18]
Damage - (d6+1)[7]

Stats:

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Location: H11
HP: 10
AC: 15 (13 for charge) (10+2Armor+1Shield+2Dex) Touch: 12 Flat: 13
Saves: 1/4/4
Focused: Yes

[Talic]

High Ref Talic

Prior to the attack, a readied action is triggered. Ulric, take your action when ready.

[Roland Deschain]

Ulric makes a stone bones attack against Mac
attack - (1d20+5)[12]
damage - (2d6+6)[14]
if the attack hits, Ulric Gains DR 5/-

EDIT: the attack fails, I take the damage from his charge and it is now my turn right?

Stats:

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Location:K13
Hp: 5/12
AC: 17, Flat-Footed 13, Touch 16 (+3 Armor,+2 Dex Bonus, +2 dodge Bonus vs Mac)

Manuvers readied:Charging Minotaur, Stone Bones, Moment of Perfect Mind

[Talic]

High Ref Talic

Well, either way you'd take damage from the charge attack. If the attack had succeeded, you would have taken a lot less.

Attack missed. Readied action places Ulric's turn just before Kagan's. Assuming Kagan has no free or swift actions to take, it's Ulric's turn.

[Roland Deschain]

well then on Ulrics turn

Swift action: Use sudden recovery to regain the Stone Bones maneuver (and my vital recovery feat allows me to regain 4 hitpoints)
Standard Action: Use the Stone Bones strike again against Mac
attack - (1d20+5)[10]
damage - (2d6+6)[15]

Stats:

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Location:K13
Hp: 9/12
AC: 17, Flat-Footed 13, Touch 16 (+3 Armor,+2 Dex Bonus, +2 dodge Bonus vs Mac)

Manuvers readied:Charging Minotaur, Moment of Perfect Mind

[KaganMonk]

Having not been hit yet, Mac expends his focus to use Psionic Weapon with his attack.

Attack - (d20+3)[8]
Damage - (3d6+2)[9]

Stats:

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Location: H11
HP: 10
AC: 15 (13 for charge) (10+2Armor+1Shield+2Dex) Touch: 12 Flat: 13
AC: 16 with Dodge
Saves: 1/4/4
Focused: No

Edit: Done.

[Roland Deschain]

@ kagan

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If you charged me shouldn't you be in either K12 or J13?

Ulric swings at Mac again
attack - (1d20+5)[24]
damage - (2d6+6)[12]

Stats:

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Location:K13
Hp: 9/12
AC: 17, Flat-Footed 13, Touch 16 (+3 Armor,+2 Dex Bonus, +2 dodge Bonus vs Mac)

Manuvers readied:Charging Minotaur, Moment of Perfect Mind

[Roland Deschain]

crit conf - (1d20+5)[25]
crit damage - (2d6+6)[11]

EDIT: Well I just critted you for 23 damage mac, lets get a ref in here to call it.

[KaganMonk]

You were right about the position, I just forgot to update it in my stats. Really bad attack rolls are killing me an all my characters.

[Talic]

High Ref Talic

Ulric is the winner, and receives the prizes above.


On a side note, the stat block is primarily for ref use (and the player who posts it, of course), and can contain privileged information (spells memorized, specific nature of items in hand - potion of enlarge or Cure light wounds, for example - active effects on the character, and the like. It's generally against rules to look at a player's stat block. You are allowed to use last stated location, as well as a player's character sheet for this information.

[Roland Deschain]

sorry, I just couldn't find his position anywhere so I looked. Won't Happen again

[Talic]

Post #12. No big this time, as no damaging info was in it. Just makin' sure you know, so it doesn't happen when it does make a difference.