Good 8, Evil 9 - Evil wins the Exhibition!

[Gansk]

Teleport to the square directly north of Drac and take some lumps. Just miss with the stupid bite.

 

[Greybar]

130: Paul is ready
131: Drac moves
131: Armstrong teleports to 110n50e

Drac's delay kicks in

 

[Infiniti2000]

Full attack: tail slap, wing, wing, bite, claw, claw.

 

[Greybar]

Hits across the board! (weakest hit 27, best hit 39)
For (14 +19 +11 +15 +15 +14 - 60) = 28 hp. Armstrong is at 90 hp.
Bite starts an automatic grapple... and Drac fumbles with a natural 1!

Brief pause here: I'm pretty sure that grapple checks should fail on natural 1s, it is pretty much the only way Drac can lose a grapple check, btw. But I wanted to put it out there as I'm not see an exact reference on opposed checks...

 

[Gansk]

That's up to you - the PHB states that a grapple check is like an attack roll, but the FAQ states that natural 1's and 20's don't count. In the quarterfinals of the main battle, the 1's and 20's were allowed, but they will probably not be considered going forward in the semi-finals.

 

[Cheiromancer]

1s and 20s shouldn't be autofails or autowins in an opposed check- what if both sides rolled a 20? Do they both succeed?

 

[Infiniti2000]

1s and 20s shouldn't be autofails or autowins in an opposed check- what if both sides rolled a 20? Do they both succeed?

I'm in complete agreement, and not just because I'm running Evil. More importantly, the attacks should stop after the first successful grapple check. If the bite failed, then you need to roll another improved grab check for each of the claws, which explains my ordering of the natural attacks. It's highly unlikely Drac fails to grab Armstrong.

 

[Greybar]

I'll buy those arguments - and Armstrong is grappled!

 

[PJSlavner]

In that case, Armstrong does not get clawed at all and should get some hit points back.

 

[Gansk]

Teleport to 115N75E40Z.