Gnome Vale Arena !

[Synthalus]

ARENA ATTENDANT

The attendant calculates all of the bets and takes the coinage from the combatants. He places the money in a safe under the countertop and tells the combatants they have 1 hour to prepare for their team fight. He hands each of them a Green sash to be worn as their teams color designator. All members of the team must wear this sash or they will be disqualified when entering the arena and asked to leave.

" Happy hunting gentleman and a word of advice, if it comes to it please try to die well. We do have a crowd to please and nobody likes a weak death."

[Grognardsw]

Ariknoq nods at the attendant. "Do we know our challengers?"

I assume we wait and pray before putting bets in and get the one hour deadline? So the spells are back?

[Inferno]

Ulfang the Chainbreaker:

Thurgot
cooly raising an eyebrow, retorts: "In whose name shall this bet be placed, blood brother?"

Ulfang raised two eyebrows in response. He clearly didn't understand the question. "Huh?" he grunted.

[Nordbo]

Thurgot

lowers one eyebrow, relaxes eyelids and chills out at the cool idea that he has just been given, all for himself, 1000 GP to play with at the betting counter without any demands for profit sharing.

[Inferno]

Ulfang the Chainbreaker:



When Thurgot didn't answer, Ulfang took back his sack of gold. A pity. This pointless battle had little profit in it to start. Now even less so.
"I value my neck at a higher price than this," he muttered as he tied on his green belt and readied for battle.

[Synthalus]

ARENA ATTENDANT

" From what I have been told it's to be a team of Duergar Mercenaries that were captured trying to raid our city. They have won five such team fights already and from my understanding only need to win one more bout in order to win their freedom. Should be a tricky fight indeed. But then again the arena council members choose the match-ups not me. They could change their minds and throw almost anything at you guys!"

[Nordbo]

Thurgot

winks at Ulfang: "But the Bless is on me!". And in a blink, he changes his mind about the match, as Northerners are wont to do: "I will join my brethren on the battlefield!" and attempts to jump in (probably in disregard of protocol, but hey, it's worth a try)

[ravenn4544]

"May the Light guide our weapons true against these evil beasts of the dark!"

[Inferno]

Ulfang the Chainbreaker:

Thurgot
winks at Ulfang: "But the Bless is on me!".

OOC:

Ulfang's mood improved a little when he saw their likely opponents. "At least I can kill a wizard today, so it won't be a total loss."

OOC:
Present company excluded, of course!
Hey, Grognard, I forgot to mention, Barbarian First Aid gives you back a hit point on the spot, and then doubles your natural daily healing rate for the remaining damage.

[Grognardsw]

Five Minutes to Fight / arena

Ariknoq steps forward to the arena gate with the others. "It is time, let us cast in preparation," he says.

The fighter-cleric intones words to Qord, weaves divine symbols in the air, and with burning incense traces a circle in the air around him.

- Dust Devil (8 round duration) and Protection from Evil (24 round duration) spells cast.
- Thanks for the first aid Inferno.

[ravenn4544]

Tarcil will gather the group close for a prayer blessing before the battle starts (+1 to hit)

[Synthalus]

ARENA ANNOUNCER

" And now folks, comes what you've all been waiting for! The main event of the evening is about to begin! In this corner of the arena we have the ferocious four known as Crix's Cutthroats! Hailing from the deep city of Vordrak, caught leading a war party against our very own city of Gnome Vale These death row prisoners have been sentenced to survive five elite fights in order to win their freedom! This marks their last fight so they are hungry for the win!"

" And in this corner we have the new comers to are fair city known as the Company of the Jagged Rose! They Hail from the southern city of Pandathaway, Called here to answer our cities cry for help with the cursed temple these combatants are seasoned professionals and are hungry for Glory and wealth!"

" Two teams enter, one team leaves, this is the way of it, and this is how it shall be! Let the fight BEGIN!

NARRATOR

Inferno will be dice roller for the groups Initiative for this battle. He will only have to roll once, after that it will be alternating team based combat. Meaning if the Party wins Initiative then every party member can post their actions. When they are finished I will post the actions of each member of the NPC party and then we repeat until finished.

TEAM CRIX GROUP INITIATIVE ROLL

Initiative: [1D6]=4

[Inferno]

OOC: Ugh. Sorry guys!

[1d6] = 2 initiative

[Grognardsw]

Let's discuss coordinated actions in ooc before we post IC?

[Synthalus]

CRIX'S CUTTHROATS

CRIX
Takes the lead position and orders the casters to spell the party.
" Casters weave your protective magic's and let us slaughter these pretenders like cattle."

IVAR
Ivar readies his Light crossbow and takes aim at the group next to Crix
" Blood will spill and the dark gods will get their fill "

MORGOL
Takes position and casts withdraw. Once in withdraw he casts two prayers.

BRILMARA
Takes her position and casts withdraw. Once in withdraw she casts two prayers and Protection from good 10' radius.

Crix's Cutthroats are now in a diamond formation 240' away from the party on the other side of the arena. They all now have +4 Prayers and Protection from good 10' radius.

It is now The Company of the Jagged roses Turn

[Inferno]

Let's discuss coordinated actions in ooc before we post IC?

Good idea. Synth, how many actions does it take to reach them on foot at a range of 240'? Thanks.

[Synthalus]

Since all party members are human sized. If they dont move. It would take the grouptwo full movement's to reach them. Standard human sized character is 12" on the board per round ,which equates to 120' in the game world. Duergar can only move 9" on the board per round which equates to 90' in the game world. Its due to there smaller stature. The party has the edge when it comes to movement.

[Inferno]

OOC: Thanks. The Duergar elected not to advance on their turn, correct?
Also, have any of us ever head of a Duergar before?
Cool illos!

[Synthalus]

They moved but only slightly taking up a diamond shaped formation as they entered the arena. Duergar are vaguely known by the group. Each of you have heard tales of them making raids on the surface at night. But not much is known about they except that they are evil and cruel hearted.

[Inferno]

Thanks!