You stand in darkness, there is no wind, there is no sound, there is no sensation. Are you standing? Now that you think about it you aren't sure. It is almost more like floating. A voice penetrates the emptiness. You do not hear it so much as feel it.
Welcome champion. I have brought you here to entertain me, and my friends. You will fight. If you win I will grant you a great boon. If you lose, you will lose everything. If you anger me then the loss of everything will seem a pittance in comparison to my rage.
The darkness around you shimmers, or ebbs, or...something. It resolves itself into a grand arena. Hard packed clay bakes in the sun, and in front of you four pillars stand in a square, reaching about 10 feet into the air.
Across the field from you, about 60 ft away, you make eye contact with your opponent, trapped in an enclosure, just like you. There is no fear in those eyes. That person is going to kill you if you don't kill them first.
The strange energy in the front of your enclosure vanishes...and suddenly the battle begins!
Dayreth and Narg face off against each other across the deserted battlefield.
Ludvic will scratch his head as he checks out the winged creature a bit away from him. He had no memory of signing up for some fighting tournament. Was their a chance that he had drank a bit to much the night before. With a shrug he will ready himself for the force field to go down, ready to act once everything was ready.
Narg struggles to process events, confusion coalescing into fear as he realizes this foe means to kill him and his normally quick reactions have deserted him!
Ludvic would simply rush the creature in front of him, not wanting to give him the chance to try anything. He will make a full blown run to get into a square next to his opponent. Weapon drawn, he will be ready to attack in case he tries anything to provoke him.
A tiny green scorpion hurls scuttles down Narg's cloak scuttling towards Dayreth sting raised menacingly. It scitters in a weaving pattern avoiding leaving an opening forthe Suli and then sinks its sting into his thigh!
Narg launches himself into the air dodging aside to avoid giving his foe a chance to strike and frantically flapping his tatty wings ascends to a height of 25 feet.
As a immediate action his body will retaliate as the scorpion's sting hits him, shocking the small scorpion.
Ludvic will ignore the scorpion as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a tanglefoot bag. Looking up he will throw it up towards the flying creature.
Sizzling Nips lashes out with his stinger again stabbing home again.
The tanglefoot bag misses Narg who extends his hand a wooden spear forming from nothing. With a snarl he hurls the weapon down, but the clumsy effort flies well wide of the mark.
Irritated he ascends a further fifteen feet.
His body will once again shock the creature as it's stinger jabs into him.
Once again he will pull out another tanglefoot bag and throw it at the creature after taking a five foot step closer to the strix.
Nips scuttles forward evasively and plunges his stinger into Dayreth's leg again!
Again the tanglefoot bag fails to come close to Narg and he produces a crossbow.
At this point he will activate his assault ability and strike at the scorpion
Nips dances away from the blade and strikes again, just managing to penetrate the Suuli's skin.
"Go Nips!" Narg rasps, trying to hover, but failing and having to fly moving horizontally still nearly overhead and hurling another produced spear. This time he finally hits the spear sinking into Dayreth's back and downing the Magus!
[ooc]Min 1 DC 10 Fort, etc.
The spear will hit him square in the back, digging deep before you falls to the ground and begins to rapidly bleed out onto the ground.
Narg hurries down and attempts to treat the bleeding damage caused by the spears wooden splinters before Dayreth bleeds to death, while Nips struts around the fallen Magus. Fortunately he succeeds immediately. Once Dayreth is restored the Wizard rasps,
"Well fought, I feared I was done for when you got the jump on me - I was most fortunate to be able to escape you. I do not imagine I shall be so lucky again."
The battle over darkness falls over your vision and you are once again... floating? falling? flying? existing? You feel energy surge through you. Not only are all of your wounds healed, but you feel stronger! More powerful. Additional equipment appears around you.
Very good! That was quite enjoyable. But let's up the ante shall we?
The darkness once again fades, and you find your self in a new arena.
A new combatant appears as you do on the other side of the strange wooden contraption, but an updraft of air obstructs your view of him from where you are standing. A large metal blade quickly spins in the center of the arena, pushing air up into the ceiling that is 50' above.
Try not to die to quickly now. I want something fun to watch. Hehehehe.
Agkarar begins closing the distance, walking around the blades from the left and creating a protective field around himself.
Terra sees her opponent make a move around the blades, could use some more time to prepare, that heavy armor will slow him down some, my mobility just might buy me the time I need
Terra starts to circle the whirling blades keeping the blades between her and her opponent, at least for now.
As she walks she pulls a potion from her pouch and drinks and at the same time the very gravel and rock of the floor seems to add to her protection.
Not another one.
Agkarar advances forward, enhancing his weapon with a magic aura.
Terra feels she is as ready as she can. and she works her way carefully and as soon as she sees her target a sudden barrage of gravel flies toward him.
but the blast goes wide flying toward the blades only to be destroyed by the whirling death.
Agkarar can now clearly see his opponent, a simple human gird wielding no weapons and a layer of stone and rock protecting her.
there are swirling pebbles all around her as well.
As soon, as he sees his opponent, he rushes towards her, creating yet another spell.
The blow nearly topples Terra, but that gravel surrounding her has softened the blow.
Terra steps back as she pulls a small stone from her pocket and tosses it at her opponents feet.
Agkarar, despite hindering armor, deftly avoided the pit, jumping away from the fault in the ground.
He then attacked the earth-controlling girl, but the jump knocked off his aim and he just hit the ground near her.
Agkarar manages to stay on his feet and not fall into the pit.
Stepping back Terra hurls another barrage of gravel at her opponent, she definitely looks a little worried.
(nope)
Hissing curses from pain, Agkarar steps forward, healing himself and smashing his hammer into his opponent. But again, the strike misses horribly.
Terra realizes how much of a whallop this guy can produce, she needed to get out of his range. she saw the opening in his last attack. but escape would be tricky.
Terra acrobatically evades her opponent skirting around both him and the pit she created.
I need to put some distance between us and recouporate, that pit won't last much longer, need to make use of it while I have it.
As she gains some distance Terra pulls out a potion and drinks it.
Agkarar immediately closes the distance between them.
Forming yet another barrage of rock and gravel from the ground Terra hurls it at her opponent once more. before increasing her distance again.
Her attacks do nothing against the heavy armor of her opponent.
As she backs up Terra draws yet another object from her pouch.
Agkarar, taking a break from chasing the girl, moves to a better position, taking his bow and dropping his hammer. He takes careful aim and shoots an arrow into the opponent.
Terra advances holding the bottle she withdrew earlier, then as she closes she points it at Agkarar and removes the stopper.
suddenly an arc of lightning shoots out toward him striking him in the chest with a loud thunder clap.
Agkarar growls in pain, as the arc leaves a burn under the armor.
He drops his bow, picks up the hammer, and takes a waiting posture, eyeing his opponent.
Terra forma a javelin out of the stone in the ground. forming in her hand and she hurls it at her opponent.
but the javelin falls apart before it even reaches the target. seeing he has his hammer again, Terra doe not want to be on the receiving end of that thing again so she tries to take advantage of her better mobility to back up further.
As his opponent yet again moves away from him, Agkarar, ready for that, follows her and charges with a wide swing of his hammer. Unfortunately for him, the strike misses the girl.
Terra takes a step back as she gathers more rock and gravel allowing it to swirl around her.
once she steps back, the gravel has formed into an attack and she hurls it at her opponent.
The gravel simply explodes and bounces off her opponent with no effect.
Agkarar follows the girl with a strike of his hammer. Satisfied, he heard some snaps and cracks, as hammer connected with the side of his opponent.
The hammer blow struck hard, Terra tried to deflect the blow with a shield of stone.
The hammer blew through the stone slamming into her. she took the brunt of the blow, but the stone did manage to soften it some. (DR 2/adamantine)
the blow had sent her back and with a flip she landed on her feet
She struggled to stand but was still standing. Terra coughed up some blood, spitting it to the ground.
She pulls out a second clay flask. like the one Agkarar had experienced before. she pops the cork unleashing a bolt of electricity directly at Agkarar.
Agkarar instinctively starts back from the bolt, but it reaches his already wounded shoulder. As if it wasn't enough, with bolt comes sonic wave.
In anger Agkarar charges towards Terra, but his blow misses horribly, leaving a dent in the earth.
Terra tumbles back to gain some distance and forms another javelin of stone and hurls it at her opponent.
Drawing another potion Terra drinks it down
Agkarar cautiously closes the distance between them, and raises the shield, hiding behind it.
Terra is relieved at the fact that she did not have to be beaten again by the huge hammer.
Cautiously she approaches coughing up some blood from earlier wounds
her earth blast have proven pretty ineffective so far, that is something she would have to practice.
Her last ditch effort was in her hand. having drawn one last flask from her pouch. Terra makes her final advance and tosses the flask at her opponent.
The flask land next to Agkarar (indicated by the x on the map)
As Agkarar starts to burn from the acid, Terra takes advantage of the opening and a blast of gravel flies out to slam into him.
In an explosion of dust and stone, Agkarar lies dead on the arena floor.
The battle over, the bloodlust fades. Darkness once again robs your sight.
This time the darkness seems to stab into your eyes. It is almost malevolent in it's aggression. You feel a coldness begin to sink into your bones as the darkness slowly fades into a dim light.
You find yourself in a dimly lit cavern, your opponent just on the other side of a wide crack in the ground. Light seems to fall into the crack and become lost. Looking around you notice the cavern is filled with grave stones. A chill crawls up your spine that you cannot seem to shake. An unearthly cold grips you as you ready yourself for combat.
It has been a while since Grog's last fight, he reaches into his pouch and pulls out a potion and drinks it. Anyone watching him sees his outline starting to blur.
Blur - 3 minutes - 20% miss chance
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Krute stands across the gaping pit from his enemy between two burning pillars. Momentarily taken aback buy the change of venue, he reacts after his opponent has had time to draw and swallow a potion.
Silently cursing, Krute decides to test his opponent by drawing and throwing a javelin across the pit at him.
It fails to connect.