LG vs. CE: Lawful Good is Victorious!

[Evilhalfling]

Just think of the bright side. If LM can run the table, then we get to do this all over again in the next round.

To be honest its not so much Lady M as it is the free gated help - making them 1/rnd a level contracted help would have fixed the abuse of power. Perhaps this can be reconsidered it comes up again?

 

[PJSlavner]

Something just occurred to me. If LM runs the table, do her current minions go along for the ride? That has been my assumption up until now, but I am starting to think I was incorrect.

 

[ugulu]

Something just occurred to me. If LM runs the table, do her current minions go along for the ride? That has been my assumption up until now, but I am starting to think I was incorrect.

If the answer is yes, let's just declare the winner and play out the silver/bronze matches.

 

[Gansk]

OOC: We can reevaluate everything before the semifinals. Right now the rule is that LM will be refreshed but alone in the next round, and will have to start all over again.

Round 213: St. Stephen is unaffected by the acid and not afraid of K (22+9 Will).

Max dodges the acid (27+4 Ref save) and takes 21. He has 460 hp left.

OP does not dodge (22+3 Ref save) and takes 42. He has 484 hp left.

K taps out.

C the white dragon sticks around (31 Will) and concentrates defensively.

St. Stephen takes 1 Con damage (24+5-2 Fort). He has 19 Con and 60 hp.

OP takes 1 Con damage (44+3 Fort). He has 30 Con and 484 hp.

MR and OS ignore the cloud effects.

C taps out.

Next for CE is round 213: an ancient chaos dragon. (Draconomicon)

Chaos Dragon stats:[sblock]36 ranks in a bunch of skills you're not going to use anyway. Feats are Alertness, Weapon Focus (claw), Blind-Fight, Improved Initiative, Flyby Attack, Power Attack, Improved Natural Attack (tail), Multiattack, Improved Toughness, Maximize Breath, Shape Breath & Improved Speed.[/sblock]

 

[Mippadon]

OOC: We can reevaluate everything before the semifinals. Right now the rule is that LM will be refreshed but alone in the next round, and will have to start all over again.

still lurkin'

After some lukewarm applause for the LG side, a musteval guardian pipes up:
[sblock=some thoughts on our fair Lady Mariangela]If LM didn't have the luxury of starting out with a stun (e.g., starting against a relatively healthy dragon) she'd have a lot more trouble getting the whole show going. So I don't know if she'll be as powerful next time around, though she has a lot of other tricks up her, um, horn.

It seems the problem lies in effects that persist over the course of multiple fights in the arena, as they tend not to be taken into account when judging CR's. One possible solution is to impose a hard cap on the number of matches that an effect can last for (say, 3-5 battles?) LM would still have a chance at clearing the arena given that set up, but it would be much more difficult (and interesting!) [/sblock]

 

[Gansk]

OOC: I agree with your first observation, Mippadon. We'll address suggestions in the Clubhouse thread when the quarterfinals are coming to a close. (Still a ways to go in the Elysium and Arborea arenas)

Keep on lurkin'!

 

[PJSlavner]

A gargantuan black dragon appears at 35N50E and breathes sauerbrauten scented gas at the four minions. Siegfried then steps to 35N55E.

 

[Infiniti2000]

He's not tapping out?

Let's hope for a natural 1 will save. We don't need anymore confusion in this arena.

 

[PJSlavner]

Actually, I was hoping that Sigfried would stick around for four natural 1 Will saves.

After you joked about the tapping out tactic, I was ready with a quote when a minion was finally eliminated, but then you had to go and say that it was a wise tactic.

"You hear me, Shmart? The plan is shtupid! The plan is dumb! The plan...verked. "

 

[Gansk]

Round 213: Sigfried decides to stick around at least long enough to breathe.

Results of breath (for LM & Co. only):[sblock]
OP is not affected (33+3 Will).
MR is not affected (38+4 Will).
OS is not affected (42+4 Will).
St. Stephen wants to babble if he could (20+5-2 Will). He does not want to run if he could (30+9-2 Will).[/sblock]

Sigfried:[sblock]You can breathe again in round 217.[/sblock]

LM & Co.'s turn.