Belanor in the Red Corner and Renaldi in the Green.
This message was last updated by the GM at 03:36, Tue 29 Nov 2011.

Renaldi moved into position at his designated starting point and settled into a stance.  Drawing his swords he made a few quick motions to loosen his arms for the coming battle.

Prep Round 1:
  [Move] Draw Longsword and Shortsword
  [Free] Designate Belanor as Dodge Target
  [Standard]

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

Status:
  Init: 22
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (15)  (+1 Dodge bonus from dodge feat)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:

Final Position: P16

Belanor stood in his starting area, his hand over the badge he had on the front of his leather, muttering a silent prayer. Once done he reaches back to the seemingly quiver he had on his and slid out a composite bow and then an arrow which he notched on said bow.

Prep Round 1:
  [Move] Draw bow
  [Free]
  [Standard]
    Attack misses/hits (#)

Status:
  Initiative: 6
  AC (Touch AC): 17(14)

  Damage Taken:
  Damage Dealt:

Effects:


Final Position: B02

The bell tolls and Renaldi moves toward the center of the arena.  He uses the stones there as cover, knowing he must close on his target before he can be truely effective.

Round 1:
  [Free]
  [Move] Move
  [Standard] Second Move

Status:
  Init: 22
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (15)  (+1 Dodge bonus from dodge feat)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:

Final Position: G8

Belanor heard the gong to signal it was time to begin. The young elf had several scenarios flood through his head as he tried to think of what to do and decided to take a gamble to get first blood. As he slowed his breathing he raised his bow and waited, much like his hunting teachers taught him back home, ready to let his arrow fly when his opponent got within range to maximize his shot.

Round 1:
  [Ready] Fire bow when Renaldi is within 30', Attack: 27, Damage:9

Status:
  Initiative: 6
  AC (Touch AC): 17(14)

  Damage Taken:
  Damage Dealt: 9

Effects:


Final Position: B02

His opponent didn't move, a bow in his hand and waiting.  It was clear he would be fired upon as soon as he closed, but he had little choice.  His effectiveness at range was limited.  But if he managed to close...  Well he should have been more effective, the the longsword simply slid off the armor

Round 2:
  [Free]
  [Move] Move
  [Standard] Attack: 10 Miss

Status:
  Init: 22
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (15)  (+1 Dodge bonus from dodge feat)

  Damage Taken:   9
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:

Final Position: B3

Round 2:
  [Standard] Touch attack: 16
             Touch of Fatigue: Fort Save: 12 to negate
  [Free] 5' step to C02

Status:
  Initiative: 6
  AC (Touch AC): 17(14)

  Damage Taken:
  Damage Dealt: 9

Effects:
  Touch of Fatigue: Duration: 4 rnds: A fatigued character can neither run nor charge and takes a -2 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. Doing anything that would normally cause fatigue causes the fatigued character to become exhausted.

Final Position: C02

Renaldi felt the draining energy attack him, trying to drive the strength from his bones.  His body fought back, and sure enough the energy was driven away.  The attack was one that certainly would have caused him trouble, something he could not let pass.  His blades whirled to and fro, hither and yon, in a blazing display, that did absolutely nothing...

Round 3:
  [Free]  Save: 17 Success
  [Full Round] Attack:
    Longsword: 11 Miss
    Shortsword: 12 Miss

Status:
  Init: 22
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (15)  (+1 Dodge bonus from dodge feat)

  Damage Taken:   9
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:

Final Position: B3
ooc:Wow, the dice hate me, or love you...  Glad I made my fort save though, that would have been BAD.

Belanor decided to try one more time with his original assault. After uttering the incantation for the spell the elf reaches out and touches his opponent with his sickly green glowing hand, the spell discharging into Renaldi. Once done Belanor steps back and hopes this time the spell takes.

Round 3:
  [Standard] Touch attack: 17
             Touch of Fatigue: Fort Save: 12 to negate
  [Free] 5' step to C03

Status:
  Initiative: 6
  AC (Touch AC): 17(14)

  Damage Taken:
  Damage Dealt: 9

Effects:
  Touch of Fatigue: Duration: 4 rnds: A fatigued character can neither run nor charge and takes a -2 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. Doing anything that would normally cause fatigue causes the fatigued character to become exhausted.

Final Position: C03

OOC: Does casting open you up to an AoO?  If so I missed one already.  Also, you stepped away, but moved into C3 which is adjacent to my square..  Did you mean D3 or C1?  I didn't update my position, but since you only took a 5' step I followed.

Renaldi felt the energy assault him again, and simply couldn't fight it back the second time.  The fatigue set in, making his sword a little heavier and his movements weren't quite as fluid.  He didn't allow it to hold him back though.  He pursued the blade wielding magician with another impressive display of swordsmanship...  well it would have been if he hadn't been trying to hit something.

Round 4:
  [Free]  Save: 10 Fail grmblgrmbl
  [Free] 5' step to follow
  [Full Round] Attack:
    Longsword: 14 Miss
    Shortsword: 13 Miss

Status:
  Init: 22
  AC (Touch AC): 19 (14)  (+1 Dodge bonus from dodge feat)

  Damage Taken:   9
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
Fatigued  (-2 Strength and Dex)

Final Position: B3
ooc: ok, you now have a slightly better AC to go against, and I'm still incapable of hitting anything.

OOC: Yes, casting causes an AoO but I get to resist losing my spell if you hit me. And I meant to move to C02 not C03. My bad. So, do you need to roll and AoO?

OOC: As seems par for the course the AoO misses, carry on good sir.

OOC: Ok, it seems I'm out of my head. I meant to move to D02 not C03. Where would you have gone if you knew that so we can have an accurate positioning.

Position: C3

Belanor withdrew a few steps away from Renaldi and quickly drew an arrow and fired it, hitting his mark.

Round 4:
  [Move] standard move 20' to H02
  [Standard] Fire arrow: 25(HIT!), Damage: 9

Status:
  Initiative: 6
  AC (Touch AC): 17(14)

  Damage Taken:
  Damage Dealt: 18

Effects:
  Touch of Fatigue: Duration: 3 rnds: A fatigued character can neither run nor charge and takes a -2 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. Doing anything that would normally cause fatigue causes the fatigued character to become exhausted.

Final Position: H02

OOC: Moving away grants an AoO... which misses...
As his opponent draws away Renaldi lays out a very awkward stab at him missing wildly.  All of this missing was beginning to make him doubt his own ability with his swords.

He moved to follow the retreating form, and taking a more defensive posture attempted another swing.  Finally his sword connects, drawing his own first blood.

Round 4:
  [Move] move to follow to G2
  [Standard] Attack Defensively: 17 Hit, 7 Damage

Status:
  Init: 22
  Fighting defensively: +2 Shield, +3 Tumble Dodge Bonus (+1 dodge target)
  AC: 24  Touch: 17 Flatfooted: 16

  Damage Taken:   18
  Damage Dealt:   7

Effects:
  Touch of Fatigue: Duration: 2 rnds: A fatigued character can neither run nor charge and takes a -2 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. Doing anything that would normally cause fatigue causes the fatigued character to become exhausted.

Final Position: G02

Belanor grunted as the sword cut into him. The elf took a quick step back the raised his hand and uttered a quick incantation causing a bright flash of light to explode in front of Renaldi.

Round 5:
  [Misc] 5 foot step to I02
  [Standard] Cast Flare: Fort save VS DC 12 or be DAZZLED

Status:
  Initiative: 6
  AC (Touch AC): 17(14)

  Damage Taken:
  Damage Dealt: 18

Effects:
  Touch of Fatigue: Duration: 2 rnds: A fatigued character can neither run nor charge and takes a -2 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. Doing anything that would normally cause fatigue causes the fatigued character to become exhausted.

Final Position: I02

OOC:
I'm going to be a little distracted for a while.  My son was admitted to the hospital this morning, and we still don't have any idea what he has.  (It's been almost 16 hours now)

My wife and I will be going back and forth between staying with him, and staying with the other 2, so while I will have some time that I could log in and watch what is going on, I may not.  (Though if I have some down time I may just to think of anything else.)  I'll try to post an action once I get some sleep.

OOC: Absolutely no rush man. Being a father myself I understand completely. How about we postpone this until things cool out for you. I'd rather have you be able to focus on your son than worry about getting on here and posting :)

Appreciate the thoughts.  I do have a bit of down time while sitting and waiting, (like now) so I can poke my head in here occasionaly.  I'll be snooping the RoA boards occasionally, but I like the idea of holding this off until I have a little more steady access.

I'll let you know here when that happens...  I hope answers will be forth coming shortly, and treatment to follow.  (They still don't have a difinitive diagnosis, and are doing effectively general treatments and symptom control.)

Not a problem man. My prayers are with you and keep me posted on the little guy :)

OOC:So, Things are back to normal, more or less, and I am back.  I suppose we can pick up right where we left off, which is me rolling a fort save.  That is if you are ready, and willing to continue.  If not, we can just chalk this up as a draw and move on.  If you are interested in continueing, let me know and I'll post Renaldi's next action.

OOC: Hey, so I'm super glad all is evening out for you personally but I'm just not feeling this match anymore. With work and home life getting hectic I'm just finding it hard to get the battle juices flowing.

No worries, we'll simply call this one as a draw in the end.  Distractions outside the ring forcing it to come to a close.  (Someone threw something into the ring...  *wink*)