The Slow and the Spurious
Log Info
- Title: The Slow and the Spurious
- Emitter: Cryosanthia
- Characters: Mercy, Hammer, Darius_the_Blind, Vaera
- Place: A03: The Colosseum
- Time: Saturday, August 21, 2021, 10:00 PM
- Summary: The Explorer's Guild has arranged for some basic training for new members. It is being conducted by Lars, the charming bard, and his fiery assistant, Firestarter. They appear to be having some sort of tiff, at least, Firestarter doesn't seem to want to be there. The basics of party dynamics are explained along with a scenario with imaginary scorpions. Everyone is to react, then attack at range, then melee when they close. Darius, the best damn bind archer in the world, isn't all that good compared to Vaera's composite bow or Mercy's repeat. He's better at range than Hammer, who runs up to punch the archery butte. Firestarter then says she's ready for them to hit her. Darius shoots arrows at the targets again, Hammer lands two good punches, Vaera a good shot with her greatsword and Mercy makes contact with a dagger. The next round is getting hit back, and after all the attacks, Firestarter punches Hammer and Vaera. Throughout the exercise, Lars and Firestarter have been arguing over a costume. Vaera suggests Lars puts it on... and he does. It's absurdly revealing while still technically covering him up and the training ends. As the participants leave, Lars plays a tune and suggests they leave good reviews. A suggestion that's hard for some to ignore. After the teaching pair go to the Ox Strength to find someone to punch.
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Crafted largely of stone, the Colosseum sits heavily in the midst of the district. Effectively a giant arena, seats form its sweeping sides like the forefront of a great stage. At its center is a stained, stone floor. Each end is overseen by the opposing statues of Kor and Angoron, their arms raised and each holding weapons in gestures of triumph. Staged at a crossroads, their stone gazes stand in eternal challenge over the battlefield floor. Angoron's statue appears to have something of a smirk, opposing Kor's dreadful scowl.
Construction here is on the massive scale. The Arena's stone form was carried piece by piece from the Redridge. Borne on the shoulders of ancient oruch and formed by the tireless hands of the khazad, it is second to none in ancient craftsmanship. Old tribal and clan symbols, nearly worn away, reveal themselves when blood and sweat pools in their minor crevices. Their unusual display brings to life, if only for moments, memories of warrior traditions past. It is for this reason the Arena serves as a diplomatic grounds for some cultures, as well as sport and competition.
Beneath the arena's stage are preparation rooms for competitors, and retiring areas for the wounded. Here, warriors are tended to by aids and medics, by coaches and priests. Tarianic laughter echoes from the chambers on the Angorite side. These unseen areas run alongside a cleverly, khazad-designed system to flood the arena's floor for certain performances. When flooded, the arena draws waters from the nearby Tornmawr. During these occasions anything is possible, as even the Nar-Sektoth have been known to visit from far off Am'shere, and display their powers beneath the gods' banners.
The encircling seats provide a grand view, while vendors often walk the aisle ways between, selling food or taking bets. Clear as blood is the single, red line drawn down the arena's center between the twin statues, daring an opponent to cross.
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Appearing, in Order =-=-=-=-=-=-= Mercy 5'5" 150 Lb Human Female A platinum haired Aesir woman, in flamboyant black. Hammer 6'2" 175 Lb Human Male Tall Dranei man with short blond hair. Darius_the_B 6'4" 150 Lb Half-Elf Male An elderly half-elf with grey pupiless eyes. Vaera 7'0" 262 Lb Sith-Makar Female A tall, dark red Makari with a wooden leg. -=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NPCs of Note =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lars Human Male A very charming bard. Firestarter Hobgoblin Female A flame coloured, barbarian brawler with. -=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= As the GM -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Cryosanthia 6'9" 291 Lb Sith-Makar Female A dashingly tall, elegant white-scaled lizard woman. -=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=
Occasionally, when the Explorer's Guild has an influx of new members they will sponsor a training session at the Colosseum so people can get to know each other. It is both a social event and some combat exercises, so people can become familiar with each other.
Today, one such event is going on. The master of ceremonies is a human, with blond hair and some fancy clothes. His assistance is a striking hobgoblin. She is both flame coloured, and appears to be a brawler of some sort, with dark metal gauntlets on her fists.
"Hello everyone, I'm Lars!" The man introduces himself, "This here is Firestarter, and she's one tough cookie. How about we have a round of introductions. Step up, say your name." He gestures to the group assembled.
Clad in black, with the symbol of Daeus emblazoned on her chest and back, Mercy doffs her plumed floppy hat and waves it with a flourish.
"I'm Mercy Hjarlhundr, which is my people's name for 'shepard dog' I am an inquisitor. Somewhat newly arrived to the city. I rely on speed and cunning more than strength.
Hammer steps forward when Lars calls for self-introductions, and says in a boisterous voice, "Call me Hammer." He feels the need to add a bit more, though it hasn't been called for, so he adds, "I'm from Dran, and I'm not on the run or anything for getting into fights."
Darius_the_Blind walks inward toward Lars and Firestarter, tapping a long, thin but sturdy stick with a metal tip on the end that is touching the ground. He is obviously blind. "Greetings everyone. You sound like a group of folks, so I will try to associate a name with your voices and smells."
Darius_the_Blind says, "I guess I should say that I am an archer, the best damn blind archer in the world."
Vaera was one of those who had been pointed in the direction of the explorer's guild, perusing postings in the previous days. So when a training session had been scheduled with several announcements, they figured it was worth taking a look at. The dark Red Makari waited as the others walked up for their introductions, watching and listening until the others had passed. Finally she stepped forward, the ground of the colosseum muffling her movements.
"Name is Vaera, suppose it's good to meet you all." They offered in greeting to those present.
"Hear that 'Star, he wants to sniff you." Lars chuckles and smiles at his assistant. She gives him a glare, followed by, "I hope you're not expecting that."
This could be addressed to either man. It does fulfill one requirement, a voice to identify her by.
Lars continues, grinning, "Okay then, good to meet you Darius, Hammer, Hjarlhundr and Vaera. So we're going to run through a little scenario, typical things you'll do as adventurers."
He gestures at the Coloseum behind him, "Imagine a place, where suddenly a bunch of scorpions appear!"
There's a momentary beat of silence. Nothing happens.
"I said 'imagine'. When 'Star blows her whistle, all react and get your weapons ready."
'Wheeeeeeeet!' Firestarter blows a whistle.
In front of the party is a roped off area, there are archer target butts 100' away, and between the group and the colosseum sand, nothing popped up when Firestarter blew her whistle.
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "okay, so since this is RP, you can pose reacting very quickly, drawing your weapons."
Mercy stiffens as she hears the whistle being blown and rapidly surveys the scene while drawing her current favourite of her light crossbow collection. This one finished matte black with a pistol grip.
Darius_the_Blindsteps back and pulls a longbow loose from where it was slung over his back, and starts to nock an arrow, "woah, folks, how big are these scorpions?"
Hammer imagines fighting scorpions as instructed, but when the whistle is blown, he doesn't actually do anything like drawing a weapon. It might seem like he's not ready, but he pretty much is, though from the set of his shoulders and his feet, it looks like he plans on punching these imaginary scorpions. This may or may not be a good idea. Unlike all the monks running around the city who fight without weapons, he seems entirely comfortable in his breastplate, and he certainly isn't taking a stance like one of those monks. His stance looks much more like a tavern brawler.
Training was always a welcome exercise, and even though there was no threat just yet, such drills were important to get people used to what to expect. She reaches for the thunderbelcher in her coat, but remembering a recent experience, instead opts to unsling the bow from her back, nocking an arrow in the same movement and scanning the area, looking for distances and any scorpions, targets or otherwise, which may have appeared.
Vaera looks to the others, and nods.
"How big are these scorpions?" Lars asks Firestarter teasingly, grinning at her.
The orange hobgoblin stares back at him. She doesn't seem to be one for smiles. Most of them aren't. Her voice is flat, "they're man sized and one hundred feet away. I'll go put a bell on your butte so you can hear it."
This said, the woman turns and walks over to the archery targets.
Lars watches her as she walks away, "man I love to see her leave." He turns back to the group, "Okay, so Darius, you reacted the fasted, Hammer and Vaera, you were equal, and Mercy, you were last."
Firestarter returns a minute later. After which there is a distant ringing at the targets.
"Okay. So, all shoot your targets in the order I just listed. Darius, you're up!"
GAME: Darius_the_Blind rolls weapon1: (4)+6: 10 GAME: Darius_the_Blind rolls damage1: aliased to 1d8+3: (1)+3: 4
Darius_the_Blind pulls back his bow and the arrow waves around wildly, possibly making anyone watching him think he might accidentally shoot them, before the arrow stabilizes directly at the target and is released. The arrow flies home, hitting the target mid-way on the butte from the outside, and sticks in. Darius looks unhappy
GAME: Vaera rolls weapon7: (18)+6: 24 GAME: Vaera rolls damage7 +1: aliased to +1+1: (4)++1+1: 6
This target wasn't moving, and was a simple wooden target, shouldn't be any particular concerns penetrating it. She could manage this distance still, most likely.
Vaera takes a left handed firing stance, putting her weight more on her good leg, sighting the target before letting an arrow loose, striking deep into the center of the target, and almost piercing the other side.
"Might need some thicker targets. It's dangerous if the arrows go all the way through." She warns.
Hammer watches the archer fellow take his shot, nodding, and he blinks as Vaera steps back, muttering, "Grandstanding." He smirks as he has no ranged weapons, so he shrugs, and for his range attack practice, he runs like the devil, trundling along in his breastplate, running down towards the archery butts to punch one. Given that they're a hundred feet away and he's wearing armor, he only gets part of the way in the first few moments. Things are happening quickly, and it'll take him a bit longer to get all the way down to the targets, if no one calls him back.
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "okay, -2 range for the second band, they have 80' increment" GAME: Mercy rolls weapon1-2: (4)+5+-2: 7 GAME: Mercy rolls damage1: aliased to 1d8+0: (5)+0: 5
Mercy tries to make up for the slowness of her reaction by hastily firing her repeat crossbow. She snaps the black bow's stock to her shoulder. Pulls the trigger and is rewarded with a bare hit on the paper. but the bolt sinks a good quarter of the way in. "Dammit Precious. you'll get demoted, if you continue to fail me." She mutters to her weapon.
"Eeeeh it'll be a learning experience for the guys practicing behind them." Lars says with a shrug of his hands.
"Wait! Hey! Wait! No!" Firestarter takes off after Hammer, "We're not practicing my ranged attack. Come back."
After sending the brawler who is not from Dran back to the firing line, and shouting, "BOWS DOWN" She takes some measurements.
Upon return, the flame-coloured hobgoblin says, "Here are the results, Vaera was first, Mercy's was the deepest. I rank you as Vaera, Darius and Mercy, with Hammer scoring a 0."
"Darius and Mercy, if that was a moving scorpion, you would have missed."
"Thanks babe! Ready to be punched?" Lars asks cheerfully.
"Suurrrre," Firestarter drawls.
GAME: Darius_the_Blind rolls weapon1: (18)+6: 24 GAME: Darius_the_Blind rolls damage1: aliased to 1d8+3: (3)+3: 6
Darius_the_Blind ignores Lars, pulling back his bow, nocking it in a fluid motion and an arrow flies out and embeds half way into the bullseye of the target "best damn blind archer in the world, I said, damnit"
"That's a better shot," Firestarter says, looking at Darius. She glances at his eyes, at his age, "Grandfather if I was a real scorpion I would have bopped you when you tried to shoot me in melee."
"Yup. I got the cutest little scorpion costume for her, had this tail you could snap attacks with if she wiggled herself just right, but she wouldn't wear it." Lars laughs.
"I said I'd wear it if you wore it first, Lars." She isn't sounding affectionate.
GAME: Vaera rolls weapon2 -4: (15)+4+-4: 15 (-4 for non lethal) GAME: Vaera rolls damage2: aliased to 2d6+1: (10)+1: 11
"Wasn't grandstanding." She says to Hammer once they are on their way back as she stowed her bow. "If that thing's moving, you put as much distance between yourself and that as you're comfortable with."
Vaera looks to the hobgoblin, watches as she justs stand there. "Wouldn't a dummy be better for this?" She asks, but doesn't wait for an answer, instead drawing the large sword she had on her instead, charging to strike Firestarter. She brings the blade up to strike, but at the last moment, ducks to the side and slams the pommel into her shoulder, not wishing to aim for anywhere that would cause too much damage.
The hobgoblin is whacked. She stands there, taking it. After, she rubs at her shoulder, "Nice. Solid. Azog's rating machine is busy, so we don't have the dummy that can tell you how hard you hit."
"I've got you Babe." Lars says.
"Yes. Thank you so much Lars." The hobgoblin says.
<OOC> Hammer says, "Unarmed attack, though I guess I'll go non-lethal. 2 weapon fighting because not a monk." GAME: Hammer rolls 1d20+4: (16)+4: 20 GAME: Hammer rolls 1d20+4: (17)+4: 21 GAME: Hammer rolls 1d3+4: (2)+4: 6 GAME: Hammer rolls 1d3+4: (2)+4: 6
Hammer grins ferally as he's given the go-ahead to start attacking. He'll step up, and take a wild, roundhouse swing with his right hand, following up with a body blow with his left, the one-two combination slamming into Firestarter with solid impacts. It's not like a sword hit, but as his mother used to say, it'll leave a mark.
Firestarter grunts as she' hit, two times. Oddly this makes her smile, showing her interlocking sharp teeth. "Nice. I like you. Those were good. There's a bar I know you'll like."
<OOC> Mercy says, "okay going to pull one of my daggers AND it's sheath and 'stab' her with it." GAME: Mercy rolls weapon4: (9)+5: 14 GAME: Mercy rolls damage4: aliased to 1d4+0: (3)+0: 3
Mercy flips her crossbow back to her back and yanks one of her boot daggers, sheath and all, out of the thigh high boot top and charges in. Thrusting out with one hand she shouts "FOR JUSTICE" and grunts in satisfaction as she hits the Hobgoblin hard enough to bruise her belly.
"Gnff!" Firestarter grunts as Mercy's knife lands, no blood, it's still scabarded. The Arveck Nar seems to appreciate that. "Hon, stick to that repeater."
She addresses the group, "Okay, Vaera hit hardest. Hammer, you live up to your name, your punches were lighter but you overall did more damage with both of them. Mercy..."
She pauses, glances at Darius again, "Well at least you made a melee attack. It was a good effort, but Justice might need some more umph."
Lars says, "Okay, the next test, you get to attack Firestarter again, but she gets to hit back."
GAME: Darius_the_Blind rolls weapon3: (17)+4: 21 GAME: Darius_the_Blind rolls damage3: aliased to 1d8+3: (1)+3: 4
Darius_the_Blind slings his bow, pulls out his longsword, and calmly says, "child, I would have shot you between the eyes if you were a real scorpion. If I have to use this thing," waving the longsword, "I'm already knee deep in fecal matter." Darius then swings his sword at Firestarter, hitting dead on and seeming to do no damage whatsoever.
Firestarter snorts, "Scorpions have six eyes," she might be confusing them with spiders. Maybe they both do.
<OOC> Vaera says, "take an AOO to move around to flank with hammer." GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d20+9: (5)+9: 14 (Firestarter AOO) GAME: Vaera rolls weapon2-2: (4)+4+-2: 6 (+2 Flank)
"There's more of us. Get behind her, force her to keep her attention in two places." Vaera advises the two near her. The sith-makar dodges out of the way of one of Firestarter's swings,moving to keep her attention. She swings again with the pommel, but just barely misses. Which is odd.
"You're holding back, aren't you?" Vaera asks, raising a brow.
"Yes. I am." Firestarter tells Vaera, as the Sith'makar moves behind her. Dodging easily as the blow misses.
GAME: Hammer rolls 1d20+4: (14)+4+2: 20 (+2 Flank) GAME: Hammer rolls 1d20+4: (3)+4+2: 9 (+2 Flank) GAME: Hammer rolls 1d3+4: (3)+4: 7
Hammer doesn't seem to care that Firestarter will be hitting back. He simply nods, and hauls off to deliver his best punch, a solid blow as such things go, his fist slamming into her gut. The punch to the face goes wide, but the gut shot was at least pretty solid. He smiles widely, pleased with himself all the same.
Hammer's blows earn him two strong grunts from the woman, "Okay, that was good."
<OOC> Mercy says, "okay going to keep 'stabbing' with the sheathed dagger." GAME: Mercy rolls weapon4: (20)+5: 25 (THREAT) GAME: Mercy rolls weapon4: (4)+5: 9 (Not Confirmed) GAME: Mercy rolls damage: aliased to +0: (2)++0: 2
Mercy bobs and weaves with everyone else. then lashes out with her sheath dagger, the blow to firestarter's eyebrow would have been a lot nastier if she had inflicted a cut that would have shortly blinded the Hobgoblin.
Facing off against the four opponents, Firestarter drops into a powerful stance and lashes out, moving almost like the Makari has seen her people do. She picks two targets, the one who hurt her the most, and second most.
So Hammer and Darius are in her sights.
GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d20+10: (9)+10: 19 (Firestarter on Hammer) GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d6+9: (2)+9: 11 GAME: Firestarter damaged Hammer for 11 points. 10 HP remaining. GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d20+10: (8)+10: 18 (Firestarter on Vaera) GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d6+6: (3)+6: 9 GAME: Firestarter damaged Darius_the_Blind for 9 points. 11 HP remaining.
She's not holding back now. Her right clocks Hammer right on the chin. It's a solid punch, barely hitting, but the impact is like a ton of bricks.
Her left is slightly weaker, although Darius might down it, as she buries her fist in his stomach.
"Normally I use a gauntlet that leaks acid. That hurts more."
"Anyone want to try again, go another round?" Lars says teasing. He holds up a satin costume piece, a large scorpion tail with a small red cloth strip to attach it around the waist.
No, wait, that's the whole costume, some kind of tiny bathing suit.
"Sure you don't want to wear this babe?" He leers.
Firestarter simply glares like she wants to punch him.
GAME: Vaera rolls Sense Motive: (18)+4: 22
There's some resentment going on, it's not play acting. She doesn't seem to want to be here, but is, and they clearly have a history of sorts. He's deliberately trying to wind her up.
GAME: Darius_the_Blind rolls acrobatics: (10)+8: 18 (Vs CMD 24 - fails) GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d20+10: (6)+10: 16 (Firestarter AOO on Darius TB)
Darius_the_Blind tries to do a double backflip away from Firestarter, but because Firestarter almost hit his leg, he jerks his leg away and deftly lands on his ass. Ge proclaims from the ground, "If I'd known you were hitting that hard I would have kept shooting at range. I told you I'm not good at melee."
<OOC> Vaera says, "Going to ready a nonlethal greatsword attack if Firestarter swings at anyone and say something." GAME: Vaera rolls intimidate: (17)+5: 22 (DC 20)
"Figured you were. Gauntlet sounds plenty dangerous. You got something going on between the two of you?" Vaera asks after looking between the two for a moment, taking a slight step back.
"She said she wasn't going to wear it, Lars." Vaera calls to the man nearby. "Said she would if you did though, so that's fair. Need a lot of trust to wear something like that."
<OOC> Hammer says, "5' step back and ready to attack also"
Hammer is rocked back by Firestarter's return blow, dazed for a moment before shaking his head to clear it. "Wow," he said. "That's a wake-up and no mistake." He looks at Firestarter a bit more respectfully now. He's got some respect for anyone with a punch like that. He huhs, though, at the banter between Lars and Firestarter. "Why would ...?"
Forget that whole train of thought, it looks like we're going another round. He's not convinced that's a good idea after the punch he took, but since it looks like it's maybe not happening again after all, he'll back off just a couple steps, remaining ready.
<OOC> Mercy says, "i'LL DO THE same (stupid caps) back off and be ready to counter attack."
Mercy steps back a bit and stays ready with blunted dager in hand.
GAME: Lars rolls perform/dance: (14)+16: 30 <OOC> Hammer queues up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSNT1xVImyc
"You heard the scary dragon lady, 'Star. You have to wear it if I do." Lars laughs.
Firestarter facepalms.
Oh no. Oh no.
He turns around, at least, and strips. A strip-tease, in fact, his jacket first, then his shirt. This is followed by his pants. Dropped all the way to his boots, which he kicks off. Worse perhaps, he's doing an accapella ba-dump-sha, ba-dump kind of beat, something one might hear at bawdy house. Everyone is given a clear view of his bare, human ass, which he teasingly sways from side to side, dragging out his performance.
Well, you're spared the frontal view. The rest of the colosseum gets that. He pulls on the costume, which leaves the satin tail bobbing behind him, and turns around. The front of 'bathing suit' has two straps that go all the way to his shoulders.
"Dammit Lars." Firestarter says, shaking her head as he grins at her.
Mercy facepalms
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "So, no one attacked Firestarter, so she doesn't attack anyone."
Hammer boggles at the fellow strips down right here in the colosseum. "What the hell kind of combat training is this?" he asks warily. "My armor's not going noplace," he adds, in case this fellow has the idea that he might be joining in.
Darius_the_Blindsimply rolls up to one knee, then climbs to his feet, pulling out his bow and standing ready for anything = apparently not noticing the horror show Lars is putting on.
Vaera blinks. Looks away. Instead she turns her attention to Firestarter. "Wasn't actually expecting them to go through with it." She says neutrally. "Anyways, nothing stopping you from putting something like that on in a dark windowless room with no one around who you want to punch. Would still fulfill the spirit of the word." She suggests.
"I'll keep that in mind." Firestarter grumbles, as Lars continues to rock his hips and bob the tail around behind him, "Hey 'Star, I'm doing a mating dance, check it out."
She sighs, sounding exasperated, "I wish you'd go find one and try mating it then." She looks at the small group, "Are you SURE none of you want to hit me again? Completely sure? Like right now?"
Mercy says, "IF you hit me back hard enough would it erase the last few minutes before my vision."
"Yes." Firestarter says. She sounds absolutely certain.
Darius_the_Blind says, "What is going on, and why does it suddenly smell like goat cheese?""
GAME: Vaera rolls knowledge/nature: (8)+5: 13
It doesn't look like a scorpion mating dance.
Hammer has actually had enough. The training was good, but this is a bit too far for him. "Thanks for the training, everyone, but I don't think I'm gonna learn anything more from some dude stripping down in an amphitheater to get into some crazed costume. I dunno what festival this is, but I don't want any." And so saying, he hustles out of there.
"Think I've heard some scorpions kill their mates in the process." Vaera says to the hobgoblin. "Maybe you could knock them out instead? Close enough. Appreciate the sparring by the way, sorry for the interruption. Could always try again, another time."
Mercy says, "I... think... I hear my priest calling me. I'd better go. Probably going to have to swear an oath of silence about this matter too."
"It's fine." Firestarter says, glaring at Lars as he rocks the tail at her.
He interjects, "We had a few other scenarios planned, but you don't seem like casters, so they can be skipped. So what's the score babe?"
"Overall, you all performed well, Hammer, I'd give you an eight out of twelve. Mercy, Vaera, tied at seven out of twelve. Darius, just a five out of twelve. I suppose using a bow in melee is fine as a desperate move, but it doesn't always work out. You can hit your allies and it's harder to hit in general."
"I couldn't think how to score a round where you all waited, but Lars was being an idiot, and Darius got out of range, so that's a reasonable tactic."
"Sure!" Lars interjects, pulling out his lute and strumming it, "Let me play you out. Remember to give a good review at the Guild!"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "Roll Will, DC19" GAME: Vaera rolls will: (18)+3: 21 GAME: Darius_the_Blind rolls will: (19)+0: 19 GAME: Hammer rolls will: (16)+2: 18 GAME: Mercy rolls will: (2)+6: 8 <OOC> Cryosanthia says, "Everyone who failed feels compelled to leave a good review."
Darius_the_Blind puts his bow up, draws his tapping stick, and says, "You have melee folks, then you have range folks. The closer they get the better I can target them. Thank you for trying to teach your grandpa how to eat oatmeal. I'm out of here." Darius turns around and starts tapping his way to the exit.
Mercy makes haste for the exit. Not forgetting to fill out the review...
Hammer's review is straightforward, "4/5, would punch again."
Vaera couldn't care much, but she knew it would have likely bothered the others present. So she just keeps avoiding them, and waits at the door to make sure the others were able to leave. She made sure to leave a review when she could. While it was a good display of general skill to get a gauge for the abilities of adventurer's, Lars left much to be desired, and too little to the imagination. More than a bit unprofessional. Firestarter was okay though, she'd have to try training with her another time.
Darius_the_Blind walks out, and when he gets to the door he waves gladly at everyone, saying, "I'll gladly give you a 2 out of 5, for making fun of an old man. Nice to meet the rest of ya!"
Firestarter shakes her head as everyone departs the colosseum, heading out the gates. "This gig sucks Lars. They're getting older and even more stubborn, and blind now? He was out of position and not following orders."
A cardinal sin for hobgoblins, who like knowing where they stand.
"It's okay babe." Lars says, picking up his clothes, and putting the jacket vest on, and his boots, carrying the rest. "Let's get some food. After you can try this on."
"I'm not wearing that Lars. Can you find us a real adventure next time?"
"Sure 'Star, sure. Want to go eat at the Ox? Maybe find someone to punch?" He steps up beside her, handing her gauntlet back.
The orange hobgoblin stares at the human as if she doesn't have to look far. "Yes... let's do that."
Combatty
===================== Current Initiative Order - Round 1 =====================
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19 Darius_the_Blin 1 Flat-footed (0 rnds active)
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18 Vaera 1 Flat-footed (0 rnds active)
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18 Hammer 1 Flat-footed (0 rnds active)
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16 Mercy 1 Flat-footed (0 rnds active)
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===================== Current Initiative Order - Round 3 =====================
---Init--Name------------AOO-Notes--------------------------------------------
>> 19 Darius_the_Blin 1 <<
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18 Vaera 1
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18 Hammer 1
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16 Mercy 1
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11 Firestarter
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| Name | Race | Class | CHP | HP | AC/FF/T |CMD |For |Ref |Wil |
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|Darius_the|HALF-ELF |Ftr/Rog | 20 | 20 |18/14/14 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
|Hammer |HUMAN |Ftr | 21 | 21 |19/16/13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
|Mercy |HUMAN |Inq | 16 | 16 |18/15/13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
|Vaera |SITH-MAKAR|Rgr | 29 | 29 |18/15/13 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
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| Name | Race | Class | CHP | HP | AC/FF/T |CMD |For |Ref |Wil |
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|Darius_the|HALF-ELF |Ftr/Rog | 20 | 20 |18/14/14 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
|Hammer |HUMAN |Ftr | 21 | 21 |19/16/13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
|Mercy |HUMAN |Inq | 16 | 16 |18/15/13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
|Vaera |SITH-MAKAR|Rgr | 29 | 29 |18/15/13 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
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Tutorial
It is now Darius_the_Blind's turn! Vaera is next!
GAME: Note Flat-footed on Darius_the_Blind ended.
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "so, this will be practicing a ranged attack."
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "you will likely have to do the following, type +inv"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "In your +inv, you will see numbers beside the list of equipment you bought"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "you will want to +equip # or <item number> this will be usually armour, bow, shield and melee if you've got one"
<OOC> Darius_the_Blind says, "everything is equiped"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "once that is done, you can type +csheet"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "this will show a list of equiped weapons"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "to use the weapon, you can type +roll weapon1 or +weapon2 (whichever number is correct) and it will use melee or ranged as appropriate"
GAME: Darius_the_Blind rolls weapon1: (4)+6: 10
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "okay. that works. That would hit an AC10"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "you'd roll +roll damage1 next, if you had hit"
GAME: Darius_the_Blind rolls damage1: aliased to 1d8+3: (1)+3: 4
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "Since they're stationary AC5 at 100', so you'd hit. Normally I'd tell you a range increment, and something like +roll weapon1-2 (the -2 being for distance)"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "So, let's say that hits mid-way on the butte from the outside, so decent shot, penetrates ok, make the pose!"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "while you're working on the pose, I step to the next and we repeat"
It is now Mercy's turn! Darius_the_Blind is next!
GAME: Note Flat-footed on Mercy ended.
<OOC> Mercy says, "shooting a light repeating crossbow."
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "okay, -2 range for the second band, they have 80' increment"
GAME: Mercy rolls weapon1-2: (4)+5+-2: 7
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "This hits on the edge, further out than Darius'"
<OOC> Mercy says, "dice hate me."
GAME: Mercy rolls damage1: aliased to 1d8+0: (5)+0: 5
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "penetrates well, make the pose"
Threats and Confirming
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "A threat is a critical hit, so you re-roll to confirm, if you hit a second time, it's a critical and you do a x2 or x3, depending on the weapon"
Skill checks
<OOC> Vaera says, "Could I sense motive the two of them? To try and see what's going on."
<OOC> Vaera says, "Lars is a human right? So no favored enemy bonuses."
GAME: Vaera rolls Sense Motive: (18)+4: 22
You paged Vaera with 'okay, there's some resentment going on, it's not play acting. She doesn't seemt to want to be here, but is, and they clearly have a history of sorts.'
You paged Vaera with 'he's like, deliberately trying to wind her up it seems'
Acrobatics to avoid AOOs when moving out/through threatened spaces.
<OOC> Darius_the_Blind says, "Can I use acrobatics to get as FAR AWAY from the punchy dragon lady as possible?"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "actually. Yes. Roll acrobatics to leave her threatened space without getting attacked"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "that's +roll acrobatics"
GAME: Darius_the_Blind rolls acrobatics: (10)+8: 18
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "okay, so that does not work, so she Attack of Opportunity (AOOs) you."
GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d20+10: (6)+10: 16
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "and misses."
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "make your pose getting out of the way Darius!"
Skill checks for good poses
"She said she wasn't going to wear it, Lars." Vaera calls to the man nearby. "Said she would if you did though, so that's fair. Need a lot of trust to wear something like that."
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "roll... something...."
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "diplomacy, bluff or intimidate, your choice Vaera"
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "DC20"
GAME: Vaera rolls intimidate: (17)+5: 22
<OOC> Cryosanthia says, "oh no. Oh no."
<OOC> Vaera is tall and scary
<OOC> Vaera and probably making a bad choice