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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 2049069" data-attributes="member: 1129">So the latest session is on.The players make more 'fighter' based characters for the Arena fighting. I figure it'll be a fun little evening of crush their hopes and dreams.I get two pure fighters and one berserker and one zealot.To test them, they get sent against the wolves who have the poison tail sting. They do okay but even with their superior levels and feats over the monsters, I could tell having lowered armor classes and poor weapons (short spears and buckler shields for those interested), really shows the simple things that can hinder a character of almost any level. They managed to win with only one of the characters, the Zealot, getting injured badly as he suffered a 'Grevious Injury' from one of the creatures to his leg, giving him half movement.Still not ready for true gladiator combat, they were pitted against a Stone Crusher, a rather large beast that is probably like an armored dinosaur. It's got a massive grapple bonus and managed to crush one of the player by surpassing his massive damage threshold and that player rolling a one for his save. Yeah, he died good.Then I put them in a free for all with like eight other gladiators, and one of them actually won it!Then they were invited as guest to another noble's house but were actually there to steal some of his ancient stuff. They did a good job of it, a few of them fighting the 'house' guards as entertainment with minimum armor and weapons (small club) while their enemies had battle armor and shock whips. Close fight but the players keep rolling criticals and doing things like crushing ribs and stunning their opponents. While those few were fighting, the others moved about and picked up some goods.Along the way they've been learning move about the various factions and finding out about the different power groups.And in the background, the ancient menace continues to spread through the lands...And of course, there's no game next Saturday as I'm going to be at the Games Day at Games Plus in Mt. Prospect. It's almost like I'm in a bi-weekly campaign with this puppy.</blockquote>

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