A Season of Bones

[DistractingFlare]

DARAN

Janus reels backward from Daran's shove, but catches his balance and rushes forward. The former champion smashes his fist into Daran's stomach, leaving the bandit momentarily without breath. Janus grunts under his breath:

"We gotta give them a good show, right?"

[sblock=Actions]
JANUS
Move: Race back to the fray.
Standard: MBA hits for 12 damage and Daran is immobilized TEONT.[/sblock]

JALAAN

Jalaan watches Yorick nock another arrow and aim. The former templar draws his bowstring back, focusing intently. However, Jalaan's focus is greater. He reaches his hand out as if grasping for a leaf on the wind, and he snatches the arrow from the air in front of him. The crowd erupts in applause!

[sblock=Actions]
YORICK
Standard: RBA misses due to Intellect Fortress![/sblock]

MUZDUM

Falstaff, wounded from the assault, seems as if his concentration is not on the battle. His blow strikes Muzdum, but hardly scratches the surface of the dwarf's tough armor.

"Damn!" cries the templar. "No one to help me now."

[sblock=Actions]FALSTAFF
Standard: MBA hits for 7 damage.[/sblock]

[sblock=Battle Info]
[sblock=Initiatives]
Daran
Janus
--
Yorick
Jalaan
--
Falstaff
Muzdum
[/sblock]
[sblock=HP & Defenses]
Daran 48/51
Jalaan 28/47
Muzdum 41/50

Janus 60/85
AC 18 Fort 18 Ref 17 Will 16

Yorick 30/51
AC 19 Fort 17 Ref 19 Will 15

Falstaff 41/72
AC 22 Fort 17 Ref 16 Will 20[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[Walking Dad]

OOC: Shouldn't Yorrick be down to 30 HP?

 

[Walking Dad]

Jalaan

Jaalan throws another ball off crackling psionic force. Yorrick is easily able to dodge it, but it distracts him from the true mind attack. Vulnerable from his last attack, his eyes begin to bleed, ruining his aim.

[sblock=OOC]

Minor: Attack with Force sphere (vs Reflex. Knocks prone on hit) misses
Standard: Dishearten, hits for 16 damage. 21 if the templar is still vulnerable. He also gets a -3 penality to attacks (nice synergy with my +2 bonus to all defenses (including AC)


[sblock=Mini stat block]
Jalaan
Perception: 17 Insight: 12 Low-light Vision
AC 19 Fortitude 15 Reflex 17 Will 18
Initiative: +2
Hit Points: 28 / 47 Bloodied: 23
Temporary Hit Points: 0
Resist: Fire 7
Saving Throw: -
Action Points: 0 Second Wind: 1
Healing Surge:11 Surges per day: 8 / 8
At-Will Powers: Thought Projection, Dishearten, Mind Thrust, Psychic Anomaly
Encounter Powers: Infernal Wrath, Psychic Surge, Distract, Send Thoughts, 2/4 Power Points, Intellect Fortress
Daily Powers: Mental Trauma, Force Spheres 2/4

Condition: +2 all defenses (Force Spheres)

[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[Voda Vosa]

Muzdum is too distracted by the templar's strange cry, and misses just for an inch. However his rain of steel keeps the templar at bay.

Stdr: Grappling strike, 21 vs AC for 10 dmg, miss
Rain of steel: 10

 

[Vertexx69]

Ja'Cart seems completely uninterested in the first matches he is seeing as a spectator. The aberrant thri-kreen is instead absolutely tickled by the unease his mere presence is causing amongst the other beings in the champions box. He chiters merrily to himself as everyone slowly repositions themselves outside the reach of his many dark tentacles that idly squirm and grasp anything within reach. The spiral lights that burst and fade from under his thick carapace cast sickly shadows of the other attendees on the walls behind them.

 

[stonegod]

Daran grunts at the attack, but his confidence shoulders much of it. Hmm. Not bad, not bad. How about this! There is a sudden glow about his axe as he brings it down. It digs deep, blood now flowing. Yield, warrior! Yield where you stand![sblock=OOC]Allies to Enemies daily: Hit, 18 damage, enough to bloody him.[/sblock][sblock=MiniDaran]Daran—Male Half-Elf Ardent|Battlemind 5
Initiative: +4; Passive Perception: 11, Passive Insight: 13; low-light vision
HP: 48/51, Bloodied: 25, Surge: 12, Surges left: 12/12
AC: 19, Fort: 18, Reflex: 15, Will: 18
Speed: 5
Action Points: 0/1, Second Wind: Not Used, Milestones: 0
Power Points: 2/4

Concussive Spike
Demoralizing Strike
Unnerving Shove
Battlemind's Demand
Mind Spike
Wild Surge
Brash Strike x2
Allies to Enemies
Invitation to Defeat
Psionic Vigor
Ardent Surge
Wild Focus[/sblock]

 

[DistractingFlare]

DARAN

Janus drops to his knees, his stomach slashed open, cradling his seeping wound.

"Yield," he murmurs. "Yield."

With that, his face goes a ghostly white, and he lays down in the sand to bleed in peace. The crowd cheers as the former champion yields.

"Daran defeats Janus. A stunning battle!" cries Krik from the stands.

[sblock=Actions]Minor: Yield
Standard: Bleed

The match is over.[/sblock]

JALAAN

Jalaan's foe raises his bow for one final gambit. The arrow smashes into Jalaan's throat, causing blood to spray onto Jalaan's handsome robes.

Yorick speaks with a guttural accent, choking on blood.

"You'll have to kill me, monster. Kill me!"

[sblock=ooc]Thanks for reminding me to fix the enemy's HP. He's against the ropes now![/sblock]
[sblock=Actions]Standard: RBA hits for 16 damage.[/sblock]

MUZDUM

Muzdum's rain of steel cuts away the templar's sword as he tries to hack into Muzdum's thick shoulder.

"Blasted dwarf. Stand and deliver!"

[sblock=Actions]Standard: MBA misses[/sblock]

[sblock=Battle Info]
[sblock=Initiatives]
Yorick
Jalaan
--
Falstaff
Muzdum
[/sblock]
[sblock=HP & Defenses]
Jalaan 12/47
Muzdum 41/50

Yorick 9/51
AC 19 Fort 17 Ref 19 Will 15

Falstaff 31/72
AC 22 Fort 17 Ref 16 Will 20[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[Walking Dad]

Jalaan

Jaalan throws another ball off crackling psionic force this time the there connects and the templar falls down. Ignoring his own wounds, Jalaan finishes the man with final psychic attack to erase his mind and stopping his autonomic functions.
He poses in front of the crowd and searches for the red haired man...

[sblock=OOC]

Minor: Attack with Force sphere (vs Reflex. Knocks prone on hit) hits
Standard: Mind Thrust hits
Move: Pose before the crowd.

[sblock=Mini stat block]
Jalaan
Perception: 17 Insight: 12 Low-light Vision
AC 19 Fortitude 15 Reflex 17 Will 18
Initiative: +2
Hit Points: 12 / 47 Bloodied: 23
Temporary Hit Points: 0
Resist: Fire 7
Saving Throw: -
Action Points: 0 Second Wind: 1
Healing Surge:11 Surges per day: 8 / 8
At-Will Powers: Thought Projection, Dishearten, Mind Thrust, Psychic Anomaly
Encounter Powers: Infernal Wrath, Psychic Surge, Distract, Send Thoughts, 2/4 Power Points, Intellect Fortress
Daily Powers: Mental Trauma, Force Spheres 1/4

Condition: +2 all defenses (Force Spheres)

[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[Voda Vosa]

Muzdum sends a probing punch and when the templar deflects it, he makes an uppercut with his axe, slamming it in his gut, and sliding him to the right. Caught unbalanced, Muzdum closes his grip around the Templar's throat, and hacks him again. The last blow sinks in Yorric's skull cleaving it in halves."Now yield before I ... Oh boy..."

Bash and Pinion: 26 vs AC, hits for 14 and grabs him, granting -2 to attacks until he escapes the grab.
Rain of steel: 5

 

[stonegod]

Daran raises his arms again, feeding off of their energy. Daran wins again! Rejoice citizens!