(YBA) Sharlea goes it Alone V

[Phoenix8008]

Wicht, just to save time, I'll finish the fight now. (hopefully)

If Sharlea's attack beats Daneel's, then I win anyway. If Daneel's attack beats Sharlea's, then I'll use Master of the Void to take his winning attack. If his attack only does one point back to him, then I'll use Chair Shot to finish him off.

The only loophole is if he draws a move that wins AND which he is immune to. I guess in that unlikely event, I'll take the hit and go on to the next round.

 

[Wicht]

I haven't reviewed the rules in a while, but shouldn't you use master of the Void before judging occurs?

It's irrelevant this time though since your move beats his.

Sharlea finally manages to land a final telling blow and with a scream her opponent falls backwards into the dust of the arena, twitches a moment, and then is dead. Two workers come out of a door in the arena walls to grab the body,

 

[Wicht]

Sharlea gets 14 hits worth of experience and the value of the items has already been added into the arena pot.

 

[Phoenix8008]

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Sharlea, Foehammer
Hits: Natural=12; Total=19
Hits Defeated: 25/60
Saved Experience: 0
Chi: 8
Powers:
-Perfect Master of the Invincible Hammer (+2 dmg. and immunity to Hammer style moves, +1 dmg to Invincible moves)
-Master of the Avenging Dragon style (Immunity and +2 dmg. with Dragon style moves and +1 to Avenging moves)
-Dirty Trick(x1)
-Chair Shot
-Shove(x1)
-Holy Warrior
-Holy Day
-Holy Battery(FoF-5 Chi, Holy Light-8, Shove-2, Gain Life-3+, Share Life-3+, Purity of Focus-4)
-Master of the Void
Yen: 1.5
Armor: Elven Chain(+5 Hits)
Shield: Mithril Kote(+2 Hits)
Protective Accessory: none
Weapons:
-Foe Hammer (+5 to Hammer moves and +5 to Invincible moves)
-Dragon-Fang Dagger (+5 to Dragon; +1 to Fang and Dagger moves)
-Mjolnir, the Storm Hammer (+1 to Hammer, Thunder, Lightning, Tsunami, Blizzard, East Wind, and West Wind moves)
-Phoenix-Claw Sword (+1 to Phoenix, Claw, and Sword moves)
-Oaken Staff/Spear (+1 to Oak, Staff, and Spear moves)
-Gauntlets of the Great Cats (+1 to Fist, Tiger, and Panther moves)
-Boots of the Canine (+1 to Foot, Wolf and Fox moves)
-Chain-Whip (+1 to Chain and Whip moves)
-Kama w/ Scorpion, Snake, and Spider venom (+1 to Kama, Scorpion, Snake, and Spider moves)
-Necklace of feathered wisdom (+1 to Crane and Raven moves)
-Horn Nunchaku (+1 to Unicorn, Ki-rin, and Nunchaku moves)
-Garden Staff (+3 to staff, wolf and +2 to Vineyard and Orchard moves)
-Great Club (+2 Oak, +1 Willow, +1 Staff)
-Belt of weapon skill (+1 to Trident, Mace, Scythe, Lizard, Chimera, and Manticore)
Possessions: 1 red robe</td>
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Sharlea sheaths her weapons and begins walking back to her seat unless she is directed to do something else...

P.S.- I figured since his move and the judging would come in the same post, I had no choice but to pre-declare my intention to use the power if needed. Surely I'm not expected to use MotV without seeing his power first so as to avoid giving up a better attack for a lesser one? I suppose I could have just posted to you that I wanted to see his power before you judged, but that would have extended the fight a couple more days I figured, so I did it this way.

 

[Wicht]

I had actually already posted his move, but your point is well taken. If you want, I can delay judging when you go first to see if you want to use MotV. For what its worth, sorry about the extremely slow posting speed on my end of late.

Sharlea returns to her seat amid a cheering crowd. She can't help but notice that there seem to be even more guards filling the crowd now than when she begun the fight.

"Hee, hee..." giggles one of the fighters remaining, a mad looking fellow. He whispers across to Sharlea, "Looks like your in a world of trouble. If I was you I would try to find some way out of here other than the victor's stairs if you know what I mean."

And then he is called down to the next match.

 

[Phoenix8008]

After silently mouthing a small prayer to St. Nikodemus for the mad man to emerge victorious from his battle, Sharlea takes his advice in mind and looks around again at her choices (or lack thereof) of possible exits from this place.

While scanning the arena, she also tries to keep an eye on the fight below. Seeing the crowd cheering again, she feels a slight lift in her spirits as she remembers their cheer for her after her victory over Daneel (*may his soul find whatever peace it deserved*). She wonders how much of their cheer was in respect of her fighting abilities, and how much was simple bloodlust. Thinking on this, she begins to wonder if escaping this place is her only real option. She hears a whisper in her mind... 'Win the crowd, and win your freedom'... She wonders if it might be able to work...perhaps if she fought a little dirtier she could earn more of the crowds respect and possibly they could keep the authorities from destroying her. It would be an all or nothing plan, but it would be her only chance to win that pot of loot. Was she that greedy, she wondered? To risk her life for that money? On the other hand, it wouldn't all be used on her. She would donate some of it to the church of St. Nikodemus and spend the rest with poor shopkeepers who would greatly welcome such an influx of Yen.

'Well, I have some time to think about it still. Perhaps I'll decide after my next match, assuming I survive that one...'

 

[Wicht]

Sharlea looks once more but still, the only ways out of the arena floor that she can see are the doors leading to the fighter's stalls below the seats, the door leading up to the fighters box, a door leading up to the officials box and the door through which the bodies are carried. The fighter's box has no other exits but the officials box has another door on the other side that leads to other rooms which are apparently over the fighter's stalls. Sharlea can not discern where the door through which the bodies are carried goes but as the next fight finishes and the one who whispered to Sharlea returns victorious she thinks she sees stairs leading down on the other side of that door.

There is one more fight in the second round of fights and the remaining two fighters trudge down to the arena floor.

 

[Phoenix8008]

Sharlea settles her few remaining options in her mind before settling down to watch the final fight of the second round...

 

[Wicht]

Neither of the final two fighters seem that talented. It is possible they made it into the finals through sheer luck. The fight goes back and forth for some time before one of the fighters manages to land a licky blow with a knife.

As the winner marches back to the fighter's box, two men come out to fetch the body of the fallen and carry it away.

There are now only four fighters left. The Semi-final matches begin.

Sharlea's number is called for the first fight. She is to face the most recent victor

 

[Phoenix8008]

Sharlea walks down to the sandy arena floor to face her next foe...