Curse of the Crimson Throne (Inactive)

Game Master StephNyan

Allyph's attack hurts the thug badly, but he doesn't fall.

The thug's eyes go wide as he stares at the sorceress, and he hesitates when she doesn't grab the dagger.

1d2 ⇒ 1

He goes for the dagger, and then tries to stab Allyph with it.

Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Allyph easily dodges the attack.

Nice, this one didn't go for the coins...

Knowing it'll provoke an attack from the thug, Allyph shoots another ray of electricity at him.

Elemental Ray: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16 Electricity: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Denario smirks at the display of Allyph & the thug.

What a chump.....good job you. Keep it up.

AoO, Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

The thug tries to stab Allyph, but she dodges his attack again.

Allyph's ray then hits the thug, and he drops to the table. As he goes down, he automatically pulls Allyph with him due to being tied to her.

The room's awkwardly quiet, until Devargo bursts out laughing again. "Well that was something new! Guys, untie the lass and help her off the table. Give those people their rewards!"

As Devargo has ordered, Allyph's untied and helped back to the floor. The unconscious thug is pushed off of the table, and hits the floor. None of the thugs, nor Devargo, seems to care much about him.

1d100 ⇒ 47

Allyph's given 23 gp, and the other party members each receive 6 gp. (Not going on the loot list, you may add it now.)

"We cleared a second table, but is no one stepping up?" Devargo asks. "You need one more win, haha!"

If you want to go up against one of the thugs, you may immediately roll initiative :)

Init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
Denario steps up.

"Okay."

Her panicked expression completely gone, Allyph claps her hands excitedly. "We're nearly there, guys! Baer!"

Allyph then quickly grabs her small mirror, to check if the fight didn't mess up her hair.

'Kay, I still look fine...

Denario steps onto the table, and his right hand is tied to the right hand of the thug that's his opponent. New coins are placed on the table, and the dagger's again slammed in the middle of table. One may wonder how often you have to replace your tables when you play this game a lot.

Init thug: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

The thug's up first, and goes for the dagger. He immediately tries to stab Denario with it.

Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Denario dodges the dagger.

Don't roll the save on this, please.

Denario smirks at the man.
"...ever seen moonlight & sunlight together?"

Color spray to the face, DC14 will.

Will: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (19) - 1 = 18 :/

The thug blinks, confused by Denario's words and the wide array of colors. "What the heck are you doing...?"

Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

He tries to stab Denario with the dagger, but doesn't manage to connect.

Seriously >.>....
Daze, DC13. I want this chump to fall.

Baer watches, wondering if the glass-jawed human will last more than a few rounds.

AoO, Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Casting a spell provokes an attack from the armed thug, and Denario's stabbed in his side.

Concentration Denario, DC 14: 1d20 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 3 = 7

Denario loses his concentration on the spell he's trying to cast.

Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

The thug attacks again, stabbing Denario in the same spot.

Thought I'd roll Concentration for Denario, to speed things up... and this happens... -_-

This is rediculous :)

Cast defensively Daze: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

Will: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (12) - 1 = 11

Denario successfully dazes the thug for a couple of seconds.

Meaning Denario's up again.

Denario attempts to push the dazed man off the table.
Bull rush: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

Denario pushes the thug against the wall. This doesn't change the thug's position, because the thug was already next to the wall.

The game's not isolated from it's surroundings; you're still on the map. I placed both contestants on a table when the game started. (If you'd been standing the other way around, the color spray could also have affected the purple and pink thugs.)

Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

The thug snaps out of his daze, and tries to stab Denario once more. Denario dodges the dagger.

Denario's up.

"Come on, Denario!" Allyph cheers. "You can do it!"

Denario takes a total defense, eyeing the dagger.

Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"What's happened, ran out of fancy plans?!" the thug yells, and continues to stab at Denario. Luckily, the dagger continues to miss.

And back to Denario.

Mavor has already grabbed his greataxe from Baer's hands and nods in thanks to her, then resumes eyeing both Denario's fight and the other thugs for any hostile movements.

Cast defensive, Daze: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

For some reason, Denario isn't lucky on his rolls.

Denario's spell fizzles, and the thug tries to stab Denario.

Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

It's another miss.

Don't worry, the thug's stuck on rolling 11.

Cast defensive, Daze: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
.....

And again, Denario's spell fizzles.

The thug's getting frustrated by his own constant misses, but doesn't give up in his attempts to stab Denario.

Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

The dagger draws blood.

Seriously dude...i'm at...3hp. I should've let Baer do this :)

Total defense

You realize that the Daze spell essentially just trades your action for their action and gains you nothing. Pick up some coins man!

Right.....GM can we make a row of consecutive rounds to save time?
@Uriah.... this magus is likely biting wood.

Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Denario goes total defense, and the thug misses him once more.

@Denario: That's fine, but make every round past the next in a separate spoiler.

Baer offers some advice.

"Try hitting him."

Mavor shakes his head as Denario fails to hit the thug.

"He's not all too bright for a mage now is he?" He whispers to Baer.

"Attacking guards unprovoked, stepping up to an armed man and keep on missing himself. I wonder if more of the Academy were like him." He continues to whisper, "The two of us might need to intervene again."

Will: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19

Denario casts color spray again. Like before, the thug's not affected. "Doing that color thing again?! Fight, man!"

Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

The thug stabs Denario once more, disabling the magus. When Denario bends over to grab some gold, he collapses.

"Second fail!" Devargo announces. "The lad tried, though. He did better than the recruit that faced the lass. Let him lie on the table, so his mates can patch him up."

Denario and the thug are untied. The coins on the table are split, and the other table is prepared for a new match.

"You still need one more win. Who's going up?" Devargo asks as he takes a good look at Uriah and Baer. "You haven't been yet. Perhaps you want to try?"

Darn...see.....

Uriah heals his allies Channel: 1d6 ⇒ 6

I think that puts me back at 18 hp right?

Mavor moves forward to grab Denario before he tries to get up again and hauls him over one shoulder and moves him back towards the door.

"You took too much risk mate. Know what you can dish out and what you can withstand."

When he walks past Baer he nods in approvement.
"Kick his ass Baer."

Baer jumps up on the table, tossing her staff to Uriah. She looks over her opponent with a leering sneer.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 Intimidate

She don't look happy with the quality of her opponent.

1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 Initiative

AC 15, HP 15/15

Denario's face shows he's not amused by the outcome.
"I'm not the best in close quarters, but i can't just stand by and do nothing now can i, that guy was a knife fighter and i was unarmed."

I completely forgot about the nonlethal damage during the knivesies games. After Uriah's channel Mavor still has 3 nonlethal damage, and Denario's at 5/17HP with 3 nonlethal damage. (He took 1 more damage when going for the second coin grab, because he was at 0 and used a standard action.)

Mavor and Denario, could you also put your nonlethal damage in your stat bar? That'll make it easier to keep track of :)

Another thug joins Baer on the table. Baer's attempt to intimidate her opponent doesn't pay off.

Init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

The thug that faces Baer is quite a bit faster, and quickly grabs the dagger. He immediately tries to stab Baer with it.

Dagger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

The dagger sinks into Baer flesh, but she ignores it. Baer grabs seven gold coins, and puts them in her pouch.

The thug quickly drops the dagger, and also grabs several coins.

1d10 ⇒ 10

After quickly putting the ten coins he grabbed into his pouch, the thug picks the dagger up again.

Baer's up again! :)

Baer risks another stab, grabbing more coins.

1d10 ⇒ 10

Outside of punching/bull rush him and picking up
coins, not much I can do right?

Do I get an AoO (fist) when he picks up the dagger again?

No, you can't take AoOs when unarmed.

The thug drops the dagger again, and grabs some more coins.

1d10 ⇒ 6

He then picks up the dagger once more, his expression a bit nervous as he watches Baer.

Unless when you've got Improved Unarmed Strike.

"Come on Baer! Show him what you got!"

Mavor cheers from the sideline.

Added the non-lethal damage behind my HP in the spoiler. Noted as NL: X

Yup!

And thanks for adding the NL damage, Denario and Mavor! :)

"Go Baer!" Allyph cheers. "You can do this!"

Denario speaks up in orcish at Baer, sounding more like an orc than human, with his current mood.

Baer reaches down to take more coins, mindful of the dagger.

1d10 ⇒ 4 coins

hp 10/15

The thug does the same as before. He drops the dagger momentarily to grab coins, then picks up the dagger again.

1d10 ⇒ 10

There aren't too many coins left on the table.

Must say your coin-grabbing rolls are top-notch there GM.

Baer scoops up more coins.

1d10 ⇒ 1 Scoop!

Scoop..of the day! Denario should keep his distance :)
If a war would have broken out, he unintentionally might have caused it.

I always do well when snatching gold away in front of others ;)

"Hahaha!" the thug laughs, watching Baer pick up just one coin. "You've lost, missy!"

1d10 ⇒ 8

Sure enough the thug grabs another 8 coins when his repeats the same process of dropping the dagger, grabbing coins, and picking the dagger up again.

It doesn't take a trained eye to see there are only 6 coins left on the table.

The contestants may not have counted what they or the other picked up, but here's the score:
Baer picked up 22 coins.
The thug picked up 34 coins.

Unless Baer has something up her sleeves to beat the thug, she's lost :(