The Kolloseaum: Team Go Hard or Go Home (DM: Iron Sky, Judge: Luinnar)

Match Two: The Jade Tomb, Round 5

The ghost shrieks in rage and swings at Rilissa, the crowd cheering as she manages to avoid its frantic swings.

In between attacking it, Ignatz notices another room branching off the hallway ahead, lit by two burning braziers. There's part of what looks like a sarcophagus lit by a faint blue glow inside it.



[sblock=Enemy Actions]Jade Ghost: Spectral Touch: 10 vs Rilissa's 16 Fort, miss.[/sblock]

[sblock=Combatants]-Party-
Corragan: U11, 28/28hp
Sha'kar: U10, 25/30hp
Rilissa: U13, 25/27hp, +2 defenses
Ignatz: U15, 30/30hp
Dina: U12, 24/24hp

-Enemy-
Incense Burner: Anyone who enters the room or starts their turn in it takes an attack: +3 vs Fort, 1d6+4 poison damage and 5 ongoing poison damage and weakened(save ends both).

Jade Ghost: U14
Jade Ghost(Undead): Minion. AC 19, Fort 16, Ref 18, Will 18. MBA: +8 vs Fort, 5 force damage and slowed(save ends). If the target is slowed already, the attack does +2 damage and the target is immobilized(save ends) instead of slowed. Spectral Resistance(Free, when reduced to 0 hp): The Jade Ghost makes a saving throw. On a success, the Jade Ghost gains 1 hp.


Effect Key: location, hp/max hp, damage related, TenT or TsnT, conditional, save ends, encounter[/sblock]

[sblock=Incense Burner Room, Updated]Objects: There's one barrel that is open and ready to be searched.. It's a minor action DC 15 Perception check to search it thoroughly.

Warding the Smoke: As a minor action DC10 Heal check you can ward yourself or help ward an adjacent character against the smoke until the end of your next turn. If you beat the DC, the target gains +1 to their Fort defense against the burner, +1 per 5 over the DC. [/sblock]

[sblock=Terrain]Stairs: The stairs take a move action to ascend (enter the map) or descend (leave the map).

Walls: The walls are fairly rough, DC 18 to climb. The arena is 2 squares tall with a forcefield shimmering over the top to keep the gladiators (read: you) in the arena.

Hallways: Hallways contain a mist that is light obscurement; anything 2 or more squares away is concealed, anything beyond has total concealment (can't be seen).[/sblock]

[sblock=Special Rules][sblock=Appease the Crowd]
*As a minor action, a PC may make a skill check to wow the crowd. If they succeed at the check, they gain +2 to their next d20 roll if they beat the DC, plus +2 per 5 by which they beat the DC. If the check is failed, the PC takes a -2 penalty to their next d20 roll, -2 more per 5 by which they miss the DC.

I.E, if the DC is 15, 1-5 would be -6, 6-10 would be -4, 11-14 would be -2, 15-19 would be +2, etc.

*All skill DCs will start at 15 and each individual skill's DC goes up by 2 per time the skill is used as the crowd gets more jaded. The DCs go up at the end of the round in which they are used. The DCs do not drop between arena rounds.

*Any skill can be used, as long as the player can provide relevant character action to back up the roll.

Current Skill DCs:
Athletics: 17
Endurance: 17
Heal: 17
History: 17
Perception: 17
Religion: 17
Others: 15[/sblock]

[sblock=The Jade Tomb]Treasures: To win, the group must find, collect, and escape with the three treasures.[/sblock][/sblock]

Ignatz swipes at the annoyingly persistent little wisp again, but this time it's ready for his quick blow. Ignatz scowls and then withdraws, stepping deftly back. He visibly calms himself, snorts disdainfully at the wailing thing, and then turns his back on it, opting instead to explore a little further into the ruins. "Mebbe hy ken find someting more fun to fight," he mutters to himself, and his expression brightens.

[sblock=Actions]
Standard: Pressing Strike MISS JG AC 16
Minor: Body of the Wolf, shift->T16
Move: ->R17
[/sblock]
[sblock=Statblock]Ignatz Jägerkin - Male Half-Orc Barbarian 1
Status: Wolfen (+1 speed, bite prof)
Initiative: +3, Passive perception: 17(18), Passive Insight: 11
AC:17 Fort:16 Ref:14 Will:11
HP: 30/30 Bloodied: 15 Surge value: 7 Surges/day: 10
Speed: 6 squares, AP: 0, Second Wind: unused, Temporary HP: 2
Melee Basic Attack: +6 vs AC, 2d6+4 brutal 1 (Claw: +7, 1d8+4)
Powers: Body of the Wolf, Howling Strike, Pressing Strike
Furious Assault, Swift Charge, Desperate Fury
Thunder Hooves Rage[/sblock]

After failing to hit the creature yet again, Rilissa attempts to retreat from it behind cover of her compatriots, expecting to use her Aegis to teleport past the ghost. However when she began to step back, her arm was too high to maintain her ward correctly, and the ghost easily punishes her for doing so.


[sblock="Actions"]
Start of Turn - Second Wind bonuses fade.
Standard - Greenflame Blade (+7 vs. AC 19)
Move - Moves to U9 (triggers OA from Ghost)
I take 5 damage and am slowed. (Unsure, am I stuck here now, or do I move to my destination?)
[/sblock]

[sblock="Stat Block"]Rilissa Shandalar - Female Shadar-kai Assault Swordmage 1
Initiative: +1 Passive Perception: 9 Passive Insight: 9
AC: 19 Fort: 14 Ref: 14 Will: 14
HP: 20/27 Bloodied: 13 Surge Value: 6 Surges left: 6/9
Speed: 6 Languages: Allarian, Imperia
AP: 0 Second Wind: Used

Powers: (Underlined is used)
Aegis of Assault, Lightning Lure, Greenflame Blade
Shadow Jaunt, Flame Cyclone
Frost Backlash[/sblock]

Corragan summons his trusty hawk to strike the jade ghost down, cursing as the bird flounders in the narrow space then wraps the cloak tightly around his mouth and steps into the room his colleagues have just left to search the open barrel. His hacking cough can be heard despite the noise of the battle and he takes a lung full of the poisoned gas before pulling the cloak tighter around his mouth

[sblock=Actions]Standard Action: Fire Hawk vs Jade Ghost: MISS
Minor Action: Heal check to ward off the poison in the incense room
Move Action: Step to S10 and get attacked by the poison (Get hit for 9 damage, save vs ongoing effect)[/sblock]

[sblock=Stats]Corragan - Elf Druid (Unaligned) Level 1
Initiative +3

Passive Insight 15; Passive Perception 22; Senses Low-Light

HP 28 Bloodied 14 Surge Value 7; Surges Per-Day 7
AC 16 Fortitude 11 Reflex 14 Will 16


Speed 8; Size Medium
Str 13 (+1), Dex 16 (+3), Wis 20 (+5)
Con 11 (+0), Int 10 (+2), Cha 8 (-1)

AP: 1, Second Wind: Unused


Powers:
Wild Shape, Savage Rend, Fire Hawk, Grasping Tide
Thorn Spray, Elven Accuracy
Summon Giant Toad

HP Remaining 19/28
Healing surges remaining 5/7
[/sblock]

I love bloodsports, don't you Brunhilda dear? you hear a older human man in the stands saying to the dwarf women next to him. I judge this to be quite satisfactory. They should bring back public executions next. Tarquin Wellington says.
[sblock=Judge]I'll judge this too if you still need a judge [/sblock]

Dina pokes at the ghost, but she is unable to see it well enough through the smoke.

[sblock=Actions]Standard Magic Weapon (1d20+8-2=15) (MISS)[/sblock]



[sblock=Dina]Status:

Dina - Level 1 Artificer|Warlord
Init: +2 Speed: 6
Passive Perception: 13; Passive Insight: 13
AC: 17 Fort 11 Ref 15 Will 15
HP: 24/24 Surges: 6/7 Surge Value: 6 AP: 0
Languages: Allarian, Draconic, Eladrin
Str:10 Dex:10 Wis:17 Con:12 Int:20 Cha:8

Powers:
Commander's Strike
Magic Weapon
Memory of a Thousand Lifetimes []
Healing Infusion []
Inspiring Word []
Use Vulnerability []
Provocative Order []
Second Wind[]
Punishing Eye[][/sblock]