Red: Tamarie
Green: Ragnar

Go!

So it had come to this. Gladiatorial combat for the entertainment of strangers. Well, it passed the time and earned him some experience as he waited for adventuring opportunities. But for a would-be champion of the dwarven people, it was a little ignoble.

He saluted the elven lass at the far end, raised his axe to his brow. "Good battle, lass, an' good luck to ye."

Then he vanished from sight.


Prep Round 1:
  [Move] Draw shield
  [Free]
  [Standard] Use SLA: Invisibility, duration 10 minuttes

Prep Round 2:
  [Move] Draw battleaxe
  [Free]
  [Standard]

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Status:
  Initiative: 4
  AC (Touch AC): 18 (11)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
  Invisibility: 10 minutes
 

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Enlarge Person, duration 10 minutes

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Final Position: X14

Tamarie studies her foe carefully, "Battle with honor but also with joy and laughter in your heart." She considers fighting florentine with wineskin in her offhand but will do that only if the battle gets dull.

Tamarie considers strategy knowing counters to invisibility is one of her limitation. She have to rely on her senses for subtle details and the smell of her mount to sense the approach. Size won't be an issue but the fact that his first blow has advantage is not a pretty thing. She does have a few tricks.

She drinks a potion and then to pass the time as preparation time passes, starts to sing an elvish love song. She continues to sing even as the time to begin arises and she spurs her horse into action cantering forward to get speed to jump the river at the narrowest bridge and then along the edge of the arena to hurry to get close. She is waiting for the illusions and magic to start. She knows only a little of the underdark but invisibility, illusions and trickery is their strength.

Prep Round 1:
  [Move] Draw rapier (buckler is already ready, and mounted up)
  [Free] draw potion from potion belt
  [Standard] Drink potion: Shield of faith +5, (Cl 18)
  [free] Start singing elvish love song

Prep Round 2:
  [Move] Continue singing
  [Free]
  [Standard]

Round 1:
  [Move] Mounted Double Move to 10' bridge and leap bridge (dc 10, 10 rolled for leap distance, dc 15, 19 rolled to stay in saddle at leap) and the down the side of map
  [Free] continue singing


Status:
  Initiative: 9
  AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 25 (19/21) (flatfooted included since you are invisible)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Horse Damage taken: 0
  Damage Dealt:   0

  Space: 2x2 as Tamarie is mounted.


Effects:
  Shield of Faith +5 (178 rounds left)
  DR 3/piercing from Armor
  Horse has scent (detects foes within 30', determine direction as move,
     pinpoint location within 5')
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Final Position: Q/R 25/26

Softly Ragnar tiptoed out of the holding area; it wouldn't be wise to get caught in there, but neither did he want to get caught in open ground with a mounted warrior. He had to pick a place to make a stand.

Round 1:
  [Move] Double-Move, Half-Speed, Move Silently 27
  [Move] same

Status:
  Initiative: 4
  AC (Touch AC): 18 (11)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
  Invisibility: 10 minutes
  Enlarge Person: 10 minutes

Final Position: V10/W11

The silent motion means that she can't hear where the foe is moving. She didn't expect it of a dwarf, especially one in breastplate but she knows where she wants to be and what she wants to do. She ride forward to position herself for the stand. The horse stops at the right spot and she dismounts. As wartrained to defend rider, the horse automatically prepares to attack the foe it can now smell but isn't sure exact direction.

I know how about how far he could have walked either my horse will attack him as he attacks me or horse is in the way of the charge. The question is which is it so she scans the ground looking for the telltail traces of footsteps in the earth. She continues to sing softly as she really doesn't wnat to ruin the verse of her song by cutting off. She does make a mental note to get caltrops for future battles like this.



Round 2:
  [Horse Move] Single Move to PQ 13/14
  [Horse Std ] Ready attack if foe appears (defend training)

  [Move] Dismount into O-14 (tried fast dismount failed: rolled 14)
  [Move] Attempt to spot footsteps in the sand (15 failed)
  [free] Singing

Status:
  Initiative: 9
  AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 25 (19/21) (flatfooted inc since you are invisible)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Horse Damage taken: 0
  Damage Dealt:   0

  Horse 2x2
  Tamarie 1x1

Effects:
  Shield of Faith +5 (177 rounds left (18 minutes))
  DR 3/piercing from Armor
  Horse has scent (detects foes within 30', determine direction as move,
     pinpoint location within 5') (smells Regnar but doesn't know direction yet)

Final position for Horse: PQ 13/14
Final position for Tamarie: P

She was getting closer. Ragnar wondered if she could detect him somehow, but no, she'd know that a dwarf couldn't get far in that time. He also wondered if the horse was snuffling him out; he hated dealing with animals and animal-types; the time he'd blundered into a den of minotaurs still sat sorely with him.

He looked dubiously at the bridge. It would make a good spot for a stand, either on it or on the other side. He tested it with his oversized foot; no, he'd have to inch his way across, harder still when trying to be quiet. Perhaps he should have waited before he made himself big? Oh well.

With a silent oath of Moradin, protector of foolish dwarves, he stepped closer to the elf and her horse.


Round 2:
  [Move] Double-Move, Half-Speed, Move Silently 27 (corrected from dice-roller - I'd forgotten adjustments to skills due to enlarge person) to R10/S11
  [Move] same

Status:
  Initiative: 3
  AC (Touch AC): 18 (11)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
  Invisibility: 10 minutes
  Enlarge Person: 10 minutes

Final Position: R10/S11

Tamarie smiles as she sees her horses reaction and orders it, "Attack Dolphin" In a quick order, breaking her song. The singing is done for now. "The main reason to bring Dolphin who doesn't fight that well is she has a very good nose" She then waits for Dolphin to do what she can do. The horse carefully sniffs the air and then 5' steps forward towards the strong scent. It rears up and a foot lashes out wide of the mark. Tamarie now knows where the foe is but can't get him yet.


Round 3:
  [Move] Handle Animal: Attack (DC 10)
  [Std] Ready Action to attack if you come in reach
  [free] Assign Dodge

  [Horse Move] Determine Direction of foe
  [Horse Free] 5' step to Q/R 12/13
  [Horse Std ] Hoof Attack at R11: 9 miss (no need to roll miss chance)

Status:
  Initiative: 9
  Tamarie  AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 26 (20/21)
  Horse    AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 14 (10/13)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Horse Damage taken: 0
  Damage Dealt:   0

  Horse 2x2
  Tamarie 1x1

Effects:
  Shield of Faith +5 (176 rounds left (18 minutes))
  DR 3/piercing from Armor
  Horse has scent (detects foes within 30', determine direction as move,
     pinpoint location within 5')

Final position for Horse: Q/R 12/13
Final position for Tamarie: O14
This message was last edited by the player at 02:55, Tue 10 Feb 2009.

Ragnar glared at the horse, and backed away with less care for silence now. He'd been planning on investing in some stink-maskers, or something to foul up a nose, since the minotaur incident, but hadn't yet had the opportunity to get into a town and buy some. He knew the horse would continue to follow him.

Having an idea, he returned his battleaxe to his belt. Sure, he was unarmed, but while he was invisible, he was safe... ish, and had no need to attack. Yet.

Round 3:
  [Free] Assign Dodge vs Horse
  [Move] Move Silently, -5 for greater than half speed, result 19; moved to S13/T14
  [Move] Sheathe Battleaxe

Status:
  Initiative: 3
  AC (Touch AC): 18 (11), +1 dodge vs Horse

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
  Invisibility: 10 minutes
  Enlarge Person: 10 minutes

Final Position: S13/T14

Tamarie knows her horse had found the foe but the battle is not static so she waits for her horse to show her where to attack again. Dolphin rears and lashes out but no blood falls to the sand and no sounds of pain. Still Tamarie has a place to attack and so she springs forward, her rapier lashing out and then pulls back with blood on the tip.

Round 4:
  [Horse full] Full Attack R13: Hoof 8, Hoof 13, Bite 1 (3 misses)
  [Horse Free]

  [free] delay to let Horse act first
  [Move] Move P14, Q14, R14, Q14, P14, O14 (spring attack, no AoO)
  [Std]  Attack into R13: Attack 28, Crit confirm 27, Miss chance 92
         with <=50 miss, Damage 7  (thinking wrong edition so I have
         full +10 to hit, not +8)

Status:
  Initiative: 9
  Tamarie  AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 26 (20/21) (touch vs invis: 15)
  Horse    AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 14 (11/13) (Touch vs Invis: 10)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Horse Damage taken: 0
  Damage Dealt:   7 for crit

  Horse 2x2
  Tamarie 1x1

Effects:
  Shield of Faith +5 (175 rounds left (18 minutes))
  DR 3/piercing from Armor
  Horse has scent (detects foes within 30', determine direction as move,
     pinpoint location within 5')

Final position for Horse: Q/R 12/13
Final position for Tamarie: O14
This message was last edited by the player at 03:32, Tue 10 Feb 2009.

Ragnar decided against hurling his battleaxe; the elf had brought things to a head faster than he'd expected. That strike to his knee had hurt.

He drew the axe again, then stalked past the horse to close in on by the bridge. Once he was within range of the elf, he chopped down hard upon her. She must have heard him approach, or something, for she stepped-aside and the chop missed her completely.

A plus-sized grey dwarf appeared, looming over Tamarie. "Crap."

Round 4:
  [Free] Assign Dodge vs Tamarie
  [Move] Move Silently, -5 for greater than half speed, result 12; moved to : P14/Q15
  [Free] Draw Battleaxe again
  [Standard] Attack Tamarie, +2 for invisibility, power attack -2
             attack 13 - miss :(

Status:
  Initiative: 3
  AC (Flat Touch AC): 18 (17/11), +1 dodge vs Tamarie

  Damage Taken:   7
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
  Enlarge Person: 10 minutes

Final Position: P14/Q15
This message was last edited by the player at 08:55, Tue 10 Feb 2009.

Reach is no advantage when you are next to the horse trying to kick in your brains or your opponent is an agile battle dancer able to spring into action and run circles around an opponent. The horse rears and kicks again while Tamarie circles to the opposite side and the other reason for the horse becomes appearant. It is a distraction and attention splitter. Still Tamarie considers the odds and makes an offer, "Drop the enlarge and I will call off my horse." She is giving up on one of her prime training advantages but it is more honorable.

Round 4:
  [Horse full] Full Attack R13: Hoof 17 (miss), Hoof 20, hit for 4,
               Bite 13 (misses)
  [Horse Free]

  [Move] Move O15, P16, Q16, P16, O15 (spring attack, no AoO)
  [Std]  Attack from flank at P16: Attack 29, Damage 10 (with sneak attack)
  [free] Speak

Status:
  Initiative: 9
  Tamarie  AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 26 (20/21) (includes dodge bonus)
  Horse    AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 14 (11/13)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Horse Damage taken: 0
  Damage Dealt:   21

  Horse 2x2
  Tamarie 1x1

Effects:
  Shield of Faith +5 (175 rounds left (18 minutes))
  DR 3/piercing from Armor
  Horse has scent (detects foes within 30', determine direction as move,
     pinpoint location within 5')

Final position for Horse: Q/R 12/13
Final position for Tamarie: O15


Note: Ragnar, you took damage, not dealt it. I assume that you put it on wrong line.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:05, Tue 10 Feb 2009.

OOC: Yep, got the wrong line...

Does Spring Attack really work that? I never thought of it in a "running circles around your opponent way", I thought the lack of AoO was only for leaving the (threatened) square you attacked from? I just think there ought to be an AoO in there somewhere... Okay, Rules Of The Game confirms it (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20041102a), never mind me then. (Still feels weird.)


Ragnar cursed as he suffered the next strike from the pesky elf as she ran circles around him. The enlarge spell was making him a target, but it wasn't in a duergar's stubborn heart to give up any advantage (no matter how dubious), nor back down, nor fight with honour. "Sorry lass." he growled, his voice deep with his increased size.

He stepped around, taking cover by placing his back to the river's edge, then swung his axe carefully at her. Too bad she was now so short.


Round 6:
  [Free] 5-foot step to O12/P13
  [Standard] Attack Tamarie, attack 18 - miss :(

Status:
  Initiative: 3
  AC (Flat Touch AC): 18 (17/11), +1 dodge vs Tamarie

  Damage Taken:  21
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
  Enlarge Person: 10 minutes

Final Position: O12/P13

The horse rears up and tries to beat down the large dwarf but fails to do much harm. Tamarie shakes her head, honorable combat is so much more fun than skewering a giant dwarf but she will deal with what her hand has dealt her. She is cheerful as she start to add some acrobatic twists and turns to her movement, guarding herself even as she swings. She hasn't quite gotten the rhythm of the dwarf yet though as her rapier misses this time. "Hey, I am not the one that has been tested for tenderness twice and kicked once." is said in response to the apology. She is the one with all the benefits of two on one combat.

Round 6:
  [Horse full] Full Attack R14: Hoof 17 (miss), Hoof 8 (miss), Bite 1 (misses)
  [Horse Free]

  [Free] 5' Step to N14
  [Std]  Attack on defensive from flank at N14: Attack 12, (Miss)
  [Move] None
  [free] Speak

Status:
  Initiative: 9
  Tamarie  AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 29 (23/21) (includes dodge bonus)
  Horse    AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 14 (11/13)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Horse Damage taken: 0
  Damage Dealt:   21

  Horse 2x2
  Tamarie 1x1

Effects:
  Shield of Faith +5 (174 rounds left (18 minutes))
  DR 3/piercing from Armor
  Horse has scent (detects foes within 30', determine direction as move,
     pinpoint location within 5')

Final position for Horse: Q/R 12/13
Final position for Tamarie: N14
This message was last edited by the player at 22:19, Tue 10 Feb 2009.

OOC: I meant to go to O13/P14 last round, not O12/P13, which was impossible to reach via the 5-foot step. Misread the grid.


"Yeah, I should do somethin' 'bout that." Ragnar spun around, axe leading the way, and tried to bury it in the damned horse.

Round 7:
  [Standard] attack horse, attack 16, damage 17

Status:
  Initiative: 3
  AC (Flat Touch AC): 18 (17/11), +1 dodge vs Tamarie

  Damage Taken:  21
  Damage Dealt:   0
  Damage Dealt To Horse:   17

Effects:
  Enlarge Person: 10 minutes

Final Position: O13/P14
This message was last edited by the player at 01:25, Thu 12 Feb 2009.

OOC: Just being sure, You are still in O/P 13/14  (You can't be in O/P 12/13 since that would have you falling into the water (O12 is river)

Tamarie shakes her head, "Brute. Can't hit an elf so you pick on a defenseless horse." Still the druegar's defenses are a bit too hard for her to penetrate and the horse looks like it is hurting. Tamarie tumbles forward quickly and starting around the druegar in quick spins and rolls. "Dolphin, looks like your role is almost finished." There is a real concern and love for the mount in her voice.

Round 7:
  [Horse full] Full Attack R14: Hoof 17 (miss), Hoof 10 (miss), Bite 4 (misses)
  [Horse Free]

  [Std]  Attack on defensive from flank at N14: Attack 14, (Miss)
  [Move] Tumble O15, P15, Q15 (20 tumble roll, no AoO)
  [free] S

Status:
  Initiative: 9
  Tamarie  AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 29 (23/21) (includes dodge bonus)
  Horse    AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 14 (11/13)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Horse Damage taken: 17
  Damage Dealt:   21

  Horse 2x2
  Tamarie 1x1

Effects:
  Shield of Faith +5 (171 rounds left (18 minutes))
  DR 3/piercing from Armor
  Horse has scent (detects foes within 30', determine direction as move,
     pinpoint location within 5')

Final position for Horse: Q/R 12/13
Final position for Tamarie: Q15

Note: Ouch, Max damage on my poor warhorse, now 8 attack rolls, nothing over 13. Die roller hates me.

OOC: Yeah, O/P 13/14. I got it mixed up again.


"I wouldnae say that horsey is defenseless - look how it kicked me." Just for good measure, Ragnar smacked it again with his axe. "No hard feelin's, horse." He'd have been bothered by this, but nothing ever truly died in this accursed arena. He just needed to stop it bothering him while the elf attacked.

He shuffled to the side, blocking Tamarie's access to the bridge. Now to work on her.


Round 8:
  [Standard] attack horse, attack 27, damage 14
  [Free] 5-foot step to O14/P15

Status:
  Initiative: 3
  AC (Flat Touch AC): 18 (17/11), +1 dodge vs Tamarie

  Damage Taken:  21
  Damage Dealt:   0
  Damage Dealt To Horse:   31

Effects:
  Enlarge Person: 10 minutes

Final Position: O14/P15

Tamarie smiles, "You will see I have a few more tricks than that. First though I have to save my friend." The elf is sentimental about her horse appearantly and she tumbles out of reach to the horse's side and reaches down and touches it as well as the belt at her waist. The horse stablizes though still badly wounded and unconcious. Perhaps nothing truly dies in the arena but it doesn't matter to her. She has to save her trusted steed or she would not be true to herself.

Round 7:
  [Move] Tumble R15, S14, normal move S13, S12 (19 tumble roll, no AoO)
  [Std]  Healing Belt on downed horse to stablize him: heal 3 pts
  [free]

Status:
  Initiative: 9
  Tamarie  AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 26 (20/21) (includes dodge bonus)
  Horse    AC (Touch AC/Flatfooted): 14 (11/13) (out cold)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Horse Damage taken: 31 (3 healed) Unconcious
  Damage Dealt:   21

  Horse 2x2
  Tamarie 1x1

Effects:
  Shield of Faith +5 (171 rounds left (18 minutes))
  DR 3/piercing from Armor
  Horse has scent (detects foes within 30', determine direction as move,
     pinpoint location within 5')

Final position for Horse: Q/R 12/13 (out cold)
Final position for Tamarie: S12
This message was last edited by the player at 02:46, Thu 12 Feb 2009.