Tournament of Champions CR .5 to 5 (Archive)

[Gansk]

(One week later)

“Ladies, gentlemen, and genderless creatures! Let’s get right into our first semifinal match of the CR 2 edition of the Tournament of Champions! This match features the best of the Lawful Good forces against the best of the Chaotic Neutral forces.”

Making its way into the arena and starting at position 115N0E, this combatant measures 3 feet in diameter and has a negligible weight. It has an impressive record of six wins, zero losses, and one draw, and is a former member of the Hall of Fame. It hails from the plane of Celestia. Representing the forces of Lawful Good, please welcome the lantern archon Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrchon!”

A glowing ball of light enters the arena and stops at its starting spot.

“And now making his way into the arena and starting at position 60N115E, this combatant measures 4 feet nine inches tall and weighs 97 pounds. He has a record of two wins, one loss, and zero draws. In a brilliant display of courage, he defeated Chaotic Neutral’s lumi in the longest combat ever conducted in the tournament. Representing the forces of Chaotic Neutral, please welcome the satyr Piiiiiiiiip the Piiiiipeless!”

The hoots and hollers of the Chaotic Neutral faction welcome Pip the Pipeless’s entrance. Barechested, but not muscular, the chestnut-haired satyr stands on powerful goat legs and rubs one of his curved black horns with his stubby fingers. He has a shortbow strapped to his back, a quiver at his side, and a mug of ale as big as his arm in his hand. He drinks the whole mug in one gulp, then hefts the shortbow.


Psybo communicates telepathically to the two combatants. “Archon, you will have initiative in the first round unless the Lawful Good representative tells me otherwise.”

Psybo sends Pip a glowering look.

Ding Ding! Round 1!

 

[Infiniti2000]

OOC1: Please remember to have Archon buffed with aid before he starts.

OOC2: Did Pip see Archon fight in the previous battle? If so, you can time compress this one as Pip drops prone, puts his dodge on Archon, and goes on total defense. He has no method to hurt Archon.

 

[Komodo]

Crap, I thought I made this post last night...Grr...

And are we allowed a 1-minute buff time prior to entering the arena? If so, Firefly (use that as his official name, yo!) will have cast aid on himself before the fight.

The floating sphere of heavenly light flashes rapidly several times in response to the audience's deafening cheers. "Many thanks!" he calls out in a flowing, melodic voice (despite the archon's apparent lack of sound producing organs). As the noise dies down, Firefly's glow dims slightly. It flares into a menacing golden radiance as Firefly takes to the air and zips toward the satyr, ending his turn at 55N95E20Z.

In the event that you meant that Pip actually enters at 0N115E, Firefly will move instead to 15N100E20Z.

 

[PJSlavner]

As stated in the ToC rules, every combatant is allowed as much time to buff as they desire before the battle starts. However, Psybo's introduction takes 1 minute, so any buffs that last shorter than 10 rounds will have expired by the time the combat begins. If you have buffs that are 1 round/level and your level is higher than 10, you want to make sure you cast those buffs after buffs that last 1 minute per level or longer.

Pip begins the combat at 60N115E and Archon at 115N0E. The starting positions of combatants in the ToC are fixed by the alignment of the combatants, as stated in the ToC rules. They do not have to spend movement entering the arena as they do in TBoAA.

 

[Infiniti2000]

Pip gives Archon the middle something-or-other, shocking all the other archons with his rudeness, but then moves south to 20n115e and drops prone, putting Dodge on Archon, and going total defensive. Kinda odd, but prone helps against ranged attacks. Time compression and hope for a draw so the real CN champion can come out. General I2K was playing it easy against LN, just to give them a sporting chance. He didn't actually expect Pip to win; but then he didn't expect Pip to beat the insect either.

 

[PJSlavner]

That's just how lame Lawful Neutral (or their general) is. Even when played easy against, they lose.

 

[Komodo]

Firefly's aid spell has a duration of three minutes, so is it safe to say that he has it on?

If he doesn't have aid on, he'll spend his standard action this round doing so, and his move action flying down to 10N105E10Z.

If he does have aid on, he'll use a full attack to shoot two rays at Pip.

 

[Infiniti2000]

He does have aid and I'm hoping for 8 misses in a row.

 

[Gansk]

OOC: Firefly never declared any buffing for his first fight, so he can't change his mind and buff for this one. He never told Psybo his name either, which is why Psybo calls him Archon.

Round 1: Firefly moves to 55N80E20Z. Pip moves to 20N115E, drops, and rolls around wildly.

Round 2: Firefly casts aid and flies to 10N105E10Z. He now has 14 hp. Pip rolls around without fear (rolled 22 Will save).

Round 3: Firefly fires twice and misses.

Round 4: Firefly fires twice and misses.

Round 5: Firefly fires twice and misses. (Highest roll 17+1 for aid = 18 touch)

Psybo enters the arena.

"After 5 rounds, we have a draw. I'll introduce the next combatants after a short intermission."

 

[Gansk]

“We will now resume our first semifinal match featuring the best of the Lawful Good forces against the best of the Chaotic Neutral forces.

Making his way into the arena and starting at position 115N0E, this combatant measures 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 228 pounds. He has a record of one win, one loss, and zero draws in the main battle, eventually losing to Neutral’s hippogriff. Representing the forces of Lawful Good, please welcome the protectar Protectar the Second!”

Protectar II enters to the polite applause of the Lawful Good faction of the audience. He is a tall, beautiful human dressed in elegant white robes and a white breastplate. A pair of feathery wings sprout from his back. He carries a heavy shield and prepares his longsword for battle.

“Now making his way into the arena and starting at position 60N115E, this combatant measures 2 feet 1 inch long and weighs 9 pounds. He has a record of one win, one loss, and zero draws in the main battle. In his loss, he was pounded by a huge monstrous centipede. Representing the forces of Chaotic Neutral, please welcome the fang dragon wyrmling Fang the First!”

A small, sheet-metal-colored dragon stands on all fours, pawing at the earth in restless anticipation of the impending bloodshed. Long, sharp spikes cover his body and his silver teeth glisten. Fang I has an abnormally large mouth and larger claws than would normally be attributed to such a small creature.

Psybo communicates telepathically to the two combatants. “Protectar will have the initiative in the first round unless the Lawful Good representative tells me otherwise.”