Trying once more to get on top of the pillar, Gurgun is faced once more with defeat and instead lets go and drops to the ground, hugging the pillar just enough to slow his fall. Not quite sure where Ayesha darted off to, he decides to wait where he is.

Round 2:
  [Free] Drop to the ground, slow fall
  [Move]Climb DC10 (7) fail
  [Standard] Ready to attack on sight

Status:
  Initiative: 11
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (19)

  Damage Taken:  8
  Damage Dealt:  0

Effects:

Final position: J09
This message was last edited by the player at 08:55, Tue 07 Dec 2010.

She scrunched herself up tight, pressed her back to the pillar, the staff standing straight before her, knowing full well that the hobgoblin stood on the other side. She tried to hold her panicked breath, wished she could steal a swig of her wine.

She looked to the side, then sidled around the pillar. Carefully now... There! She lashed out with the top end of the staff, left to the head, then twisted it to bring the right down low to the shins. Then waved it around a lot just in case.


OOC: You said ready fire when you see me, hence the AoO for using a ranged weapon in melee. Can you abort a ready action? I'm not sure, and don't have the time right now to research it.

Round 3:
  [Free] 5ft step to I10, Move Silently 21
  [AoO] AoO vs ranged weapon in melee: attack 15, damage 5
  [Full] Flurry Attack 13 and 8. Damage 7
     (I rolled damage in case you're flatfooted and those somehow hit.)

Status:
  Initiative: 17
  AC (Touch AC): 23 (22)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   8

Effects:
  Dodge: +1 dodge AC
  Owl's Wisdom, +4 Wisdom

Final Position: I10
This message was last edited by the player at 15:23, Thu 02 Dec 2010.

OOC: Gurgun misses his readied attack, and your flurry all miss as well... this can be a very long fight! Also, we both have cover from each others attacks right now (+4 AC).

Gurgun tries striking, then unbalancing Ayesha, but with the pillar in the way his attempts were easily dodged. Snorting with frustration, the hobgoblin tumbles away from the central pillar.

Round 3:
  [Free]
  [Move] Tumble to J04
  [Standard] Trip attack (9) miss

Status:
  Initiative: 11
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (19)

  Damage Taken:  8
  Damage Dealt:  0

Effects:

Final position: J04

Hey, where'd he go? Ayesha peeked around the pillar, seeing him scooting away. Ha! But did she have him on the run, or was he going to be tricky about this too? Two could play at that game.

She turned and hurried off in a different direction.


Round 4:
  [Move] Move to M13 :p

Status:
  Initiative: 17
  AC (Touch AC): 23 (22)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   8

Effects:
  Dodge: +1 dodge AC
  Owl's Wisdom, +4 Wisdom

Final Position: M13

Round 4:
  [Free]
  [Move] Move to L12
  [Standard] Trip attack (8) miss (first a 2 and now a 1, oh joy)

Status:
  Initiative: 11
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (19)

  Damage Taken:  8
  Damage Dealt:  0

Effects:

Final position: L12
This message was last edited by the player at 11:49, Tue 07 Dec 2010.

Or, he could chase after her. She hopped over his feet, but remained upright. "What? Are you trying to play footsey?" she asked. Tripping over his foot, or at least appearing to do, she fell to the right, one flailing left arm twisting and catching him across the jaw. "Sorry!" she cried, but she wasn't.


Round 5:
  [Attack] Stunning Fist! Attack 24, damage 3
             Stunning Fist Fort DC 19 or be Stunned, 1 round

OOC: The rest of my action depends on the result of this.

Where'd this dwarf come from? :p
This message was last edited by the player at 11:01, Tue 07 Dec 2010.

OOC: Post corrected :-) Fort save... pass! Nanananana! :-P

A back-fist to the face didn't slow him down much. Ayesha let her stumbled carry her on to the right, before gaining her stance and scooting around back into the pillars.

She shook her hand, exaggerating the effect. "You've got a hard head!" she complained,


Round 5:
  [Move] Tumble 22 - Move to J10

Status:
  Initiative: 17
  AC (Touch AC): 23 (22)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   11

Effects:
  Dodge: +1 dodge AC
  Owl's Wisdom, +4 Wisdom

Final Position: J10
This message was last edited by the player at 12:23, Tue 07 Dec 2010.

OOC: Please revise your position, unless you forfeit the match by exiting the arena? :-)

OOC: Doh! J10.

And Ayesha has nimble feet. Gurgun replies, chasing after the monk. Gurgun catches her and feints a jab to the head before kicking straight and hard into her gut.

Round 5:
  [Free]
  [Move] Move to M10
  [Standard] Attack, stunning fist #1 (27), confirm crit (27) damage 10, Fort save DC 17 or stunned 1 round.

Status:
  Initiative: 11
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (19)

  Damage Taken:  11
  Damage Dealt:  10

Effects:

Final position: M10

"Oof!" The kick caught her heard in the belly, and later she'd regret filling it full of potion and booze. Winded, her staff fell from her fingers, and she swayed uselessly on the spot.


  Fortitude 14, fail :(
Round 6:
  No actions. Drop quarterstaff.

Status:
  Initiative: 17
  AC (Touch AC): 23 (22) -5 for Stunned

  Damage Taken:   10
  Damage Dealt:   11

Effects:
  Dodge: +1 dodge AC
  Owl's Wisdom, +4 Wisdom

Final Position: J10

With Ayesha stunned, Gurgun tries to unbalance her to gain further advantage.
OOC: rest of actions depend on the trip attempt.
Round 6:
  [Free]
  [Move] Depends on outcome below
  [Standard] Trip attack (19), STR check (17)

Status:
  Initiative: 11
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (19)

  Damage Taken:  11
  Damage Dealt:  10

Effects:

Final position:

OOC: Strength check 5. Tripped.

Follow up attack (16) and damage (6) should it connect.

OOC: Gurgun, you have no location. I'm assuming K10, based on you chasing her.


Suddenly her jelly legs were swept out from under her. Ayesha found herself flat on her back, her wind knocked back into her. Normally she did her best work in this position, but now really wasn't the time. "There's easier ways to get me on my back, mister!" she spat defiantly, and rolled away from his feet.

Finding her legs, she rose, backing away, too unsteady to be a proper target, and took some cover around the pillar.


Round 7:
  [Standard] Total Defense: no attack, +6 dodge AC (increased due to Tumble synergy)
  [Move] Stand
  [Free] 5ft step to J11, gains Cover +4 AC but only at your present location

Status:
  Initiative: 17
  AC (Touch AC): 23 (22) -4 for Prone, +6 for Total Defense: +2 AC -> 25 (23)

  Damage Taken:   16
  Damage Dealt:   11

Effects:
  Dodge: +1 dodge AC
  Owl's Wisdom, +4 Wisdom
  Total Defense +6 AC

Final Position: J11
This message was last edited by the player at 00:55, Wed 08 Dec 2010.

OOC: K10 is correct.

AoO (standing up): 16, miss

Ayesha once more proved a most clever adversary and easily blocked Gurgun's sweep with the staff as she got back up on her feet. The hobgoblin noted her defensive stance and went for multiple, weaker attacks, using his quarterstaff. A quick jab slipped under her block and caught Ayesha in the armpit.

Round 7:
  [Free]
  [Move] 5' step to J10
  [Standard] FoB (25, 20), Damage 4

Status:
  Initiative: 11
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (19)

  Damage Taken:  11
  Damage Dealt:  20

Effects:

Final position: J10

She slapped away the first staff strike; she wished she'd retrieved her own staff, which now lay beneath Gurgun's feet. The second staff strike, she wasn't so quick to stop. "Ow!" Ayesha whined, exaggerating the injury. Still, that stung!

With arms busy and sore, she raised her right leg, and waved it around like a darting snake. Then she looped it and tried to slam it down hard on Gurgun's shoulder, but he stepped back and missed it.


Round 8:
  [Standard] Attack 17, miss :(

Status:
  Initiative: 17
  AC (Touch AC): 23 (22)

  Damage Taken:   20
  Damage Dealt:   11

Effects:
  Dodge: +1 dodge AC
  Owl's Wisdom, +4 Wisdom

Final Position: J11

Keeping up the barrage of strikes, Gurgun uses his strength and agility to hit Ayesha from near impossible angles. His first being an overhead strike is blocked, Gurgun then spins around while sending the other end of the staff in a wide arc, thus causing the end of the staff to attain blinding speed. Ayesha's block isn't strong enough and there's a crack as the blow partially crushes her ribcage.

Round 8:
  [Free]
  [Move]
  [Standard] FoB (26, 14), Damage 7

Status:
  Initiative: 11
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (19)

  Damage Taken:  11
  Damage Dealt:  27

Effects:

Final position: J10

She gasped in the intense agony of the blow to her ribs, cursing all she could. Filled with rage and desperation, her snake style hand jabbed at Gurgun's throat - and missed by a mile. It seemed that Old Man Ilmater had decreed that she suffer now.

"Look, it's Bruce Lee!" she cried, pointing wildly somewhere else while she ducked and hurried out of there, disappearing behind the pillars.


Round 9:
  [Standard] Stunning Fist, attack 6 - rolled a 1 :(
  [Move] Tumble 30 - success
         Diversion to Hide, Bluff 11
         Hide 18, Move Silently 8

Status:
  Initiative: 17
  AC (Touch AC): 23 (22)

  Damage Taken:   27
  Damage Dealt:   11

Effects:
  Dodge: +1 dodge AC
  Owl's Wisdom, +4 Wisdom
  Stunning Fist: -2 uses

Final Position: **

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Gurgun did not let Ayesha's antics distract him the slightest. Catching up with the evading monk he once more tried to unbalance her, but found that she had learned to evade that move.

Round 9:
  [Free] Sense motive (26)
  [Move] Move to I08
  [Standard] Trip attack (12), miss

Status:
  Initiative: 11
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (19)

  Damage Taken:  11
  Damage Dealt:  27

Effects:

Final position: I08

He just didn't let up. Ayesha kept moving, skipping over his foot and swinging a fist back while she went right around the pillar and back to where she'd started - and where she'd dropped her staff.


Round 10:
  [Standard] Stunning Fist, attack 11
  [Free] Cry over bad luck
  [Move] Tumble 26 - success
         Move to J10

Status:
  Initiative: 17
  AC (Touch AC): 23 (22)

  Damage Taken:   27
  Damage Dealt:   11

Effects:
  Dodge: +1 dodge AC
  Owl's Wisdom, +4 Wisdom
  Stunning Fist: -3 uses

Final Position: J10
This message was last edited by the player at 11:48, Wed 08 Dec 2010.

Once more, Gurgun's dicipline and ki serves him well.

Round 10:
  [Free]
  [Move] Move to J09
  [Standard] Trip attack (27), STR check (21) or take 10 damage from follow up attack (23) and be prone

Status:
  Initiative: 11
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (19)

  Damage Taken:  11
  Damage Dealt:  27+10?

Effects:

Final position: J09

OOC: The dice roller hates me, I'm sure. :(


And over she went again. Her back hit the sand, and pain shot up her spine. This was really not a very good day.

Her hand reached out and found her trusty staff, which she used to prop herself back up to her feet as she fended off further blows. "I get knocked down. But I get up again. You're never going to keep me down..." she sang, off-key and with an crazy violent smile.

  Strength check 8 :(
Round 11:
  [Free] Grab staff - I'm on the floor in the same square, so...
  [Standard] Total Defense: +6 dodge AC
  [Move] Stand
  [Free] 5ft step to I10
  [Free] Sing: Perform 4

Status:
  Initiative: 17
  AC (Touch AC): 23 (22) -4 prone, +6 dodge = 25 (23)

  Damage Taken:   37
  Damage Dealt:   11

Effects:
  Dodge: +1 dodge AC
  Owl's Wisdom, +4 Wisdom
  Stunning Fist: -3 uses

Final Position: I10

Once more, Gurgun takes the opportunity to hit Ayesha with multiple attacks. But she deftly dodges them.

Round 10:
  [Free] AoO (23) miss
  [Move] Move to J10
  [Standard] QS FoB (15, 21) miss

Status:
  Initiative: 11
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (19)

  Damage Taken:  11
  Damage Dealt:  37

Effects:

Final position: J10