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Takeshi continues to disarm their foes before checking if any had been killed or needed to be stabilized. Once done, he ties the up before looking to one of his other companions to do the interrogating. "Our typical Aayalla as good cop and Egare as bad cop?"

Letting his companions deal with the last thug, Takeshi flicks blood off of his twin kukri, looking around to make sure no other threats seem to be about before sheathing them. He then begins disarming the two unconscious thugs at his feet and pulling out rope to tie them up.

AoO: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (10) + 27 = 37
Magic slashing (nonlethal): 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25

Behind his helmet, Takeshi smiles as attack after attack bounces harmlessly off of his armor. "That was your only warning."

Targeting Red. Will switch to Yellow if Red falls. First attack on either will be lethal damage to hurt a little, but then switching to non-lethal to avoid killing them. Take away the +4 if we switch to Yellow.
Main 1: 1d20 + 23 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 23 + 4 = 39
Main 1 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21

Offhand 1: 1d20 + 23 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 23 + 4 = 29
Offhand 1 damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Main 2: 1d20 + 18 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 18 + 4 = 28
Main 2 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17

Offhand 2: 1d20 + 18 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 18 + 4 = 25
Offhand 2 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16

Main 3: 1d20 + 13 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 13 + 4 = 36
Main 3 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25

Offhand 3: 1d20 + 13 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 13 + 4 = 31
Offhand 3 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

Confirm Crit Main 3: 1d20 + 13 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 13 + 4 = 31
Crit damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22

Takeshi splutters on his drink, almost choking in his attempt to stifle his laughter. Much faster than a man wearing that much armor should move, he dashes around to the other side of the closest thug, drawing two kukri's as he moves. He looms over the thug, addressing him and his companions in a low growl. "Stand down or you will regret it."

Using their telepathic connection, he then addresses his companions. Mr. The Righteous gets another point in the 'sketchy individual' column.

Readied action to attack Red if either he or his companions do not either immediately surrender, flee, or otherwise back down.

Readied attack: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (18) + 27 = 45
Magic slashing (nonlethal): 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17

Confirm crit: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (18) + 27 = 45
Crit damage (nonlethal): 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25

If his readied action goes off, he will also say the following:
"That little love tap was your last warning. You will get no more from me." Since my readied action would trigger right before they took any hostile action, if they attack us after that, Takeshi will assume it's ok to beat them senseless his next turn.

Just a heads up that I'm going to be traveling next week and probably won't be able to post either Tuesday or Wednesday (and possibly Thursday).

Takeshi shrugs. "I don't see much of a point in it, but I will help out if the rest of you desire it."

OOC, I'm curious about it. IC, I don't really think there's much of a point. It seems unlikely we would actually gain enough credit with the audience to help us much.

"Is this another one of those 'exhibition' matches? If we're supposed to locate this creature, how will we be observed? Some kind of scrying spell?"

Takeshi shakes his head silently as one of their opponents continues to yell in defiance even as he hears the soft thud of another of their number fall to their prowess. He suspected the fight would soon be over, given the general lack of damage or other effects their opponents had inflicted. Though that was in large part due to their deaf ally shutting down much of their spellcasting. Shrugging to himself, he stalks forward, determined to end things soon.

5ft step to F14 and then nonlethally attack green while shaken
Main 1: 1d20 + 23 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 23 - 2 = 39
Main 1 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16

Offhand 1: 1d20 + 23 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 23 - 2 = 26
Offhand 1 damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

Main 2: 1d20 + 18 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 18 - 2 = 36
Main 2 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16

Offhand 2: 1d20 + 18 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 18 - 2 = 27
Offhand 2 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17

Assuming these both miss
Main 3: 1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 13 - 2 = 16
Offhand 3: 1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 13 - 2 = 18

Confirm crit, Main 1: 1d20 + 23 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 23 - 2 = 30
Main 1 crit damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

Confirm crit, main 2: 1d20 + 18 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 18 - 2 = 31
Main 2 crit damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

Reflex: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 12 - 2 = 29

Takeshi smiles grimly as from the corner of his eye he sees someone try to cast another spell, only to be thwarted by Say'ri. He then lays into the woman in front of him.

Attacking green with nonlethal damage and then 5ft stepping to E15. If any of the attacks drop her, will take the same 5ft step to E15 and continue attacking blue
Main 1: 1d20 + 23 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 23 - 2 = 35
Main 1 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16

Offhand 1: 1d20 + 23 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 23 - 2 = 30
Offhand 1 damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Main 2: 1d20 + 18 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 18 - 2 = 21
Main 2 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16

Offhand 2: 1d20 + 18 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 18 - 2 = 19
Offhand 2 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25

Main 2: 1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 13 - 2 = 17
Main 2 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22

Offhand 2: 1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 13 - 2 = 25
Offhand 2 damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16

Reflex: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 12 - 2 = 21

Takeshi blinks as the fiery coals cause him the first damage he had suffered thus far in the tournament. He stares at his feet in confusion until Say'ri's voice echos oddly through his head. He jerks his gaze up, grimacing as he notices they hadn't bothered to move closer. Stupid spellcasters. Let's see if I can't mess with their ability to cast a little bit. He then rushes forward at their singing foes.

Move to F14 and then attack blue. I assume I am likewise shaken and have included the penalty in my attack roll.

To hit, non-lethal: 1d20 + 27 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 27 - 2 = 34
Damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20

Not sure if the reflex save would have occurred at the beginning of my turn (aka before becoming shaken) or at the end, so this does not include the shaken penalty
Reflex: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Seeing that Aayalla was unlikely to get surrounded as she flies over a wall, Takeshi moves up almost parallel to Egare and prepares to strike anybody silly enough to come close.

Move to G8 and ready an action to defensively attack anybody who comes within reach.

Readied attack, fighting defensively: 1d20 + 27 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 27 - 4 = 42
Confirm crit: 1d20 + 27 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 27 - 4 = 30
Normal damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
Crit damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19

Reflex for coals: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

AC currently 37 from fighting defensively

I'm assuming the coals cover the entire arena? Basically just want to know if we charge in right to the enemies if they'll get to ignore the coal fire damage because the starting area is safe or not.

Uncertain as to if Aayalla planned to charge in or not, Takeshi waits to watch her. If Aayalla charges all the way across, Takeshi will do likewise, so she doesn't get surrounded. Otherwise he'll move once and ready an action to attack in the hopes of drawing them forward and away from that wall, so they can be flanked.

"Yes, it appears a number of people are ill, and now there's been that whole tower collapsing incident. Could be just to rig the matches for bets. Could be just someone trying to gain an edge." Takeshi shrugs his heavily armored shoulders. "It is fortunate that we have not yet been targeted, though I would imagine that will soon change." As he speaks, he carefully watches the "paladin," attempting to determine if his concern is genuine or if he merely wished to see how much they knew about what was going on.

Sense motive: 1d20 ⇒ 10

If you can't see your opponent, just do AoE stuff and a best guess on an area that will hit them. Though it looks like your only AoE spells are Confusion and Sound Burst. Confusion might be a good choice since there's a 1/4 change a confused enemy hurts itself.

On that note, if you can find the boar, Terrible Remorse looks like it might be a good spell to use (I would not have expected animals to have great will saves and what's the owner going to do if the animal is hurting itself?). If you can get within touch range, Bestow Curse will remove 3*HD HP or if you think the other person has healing spells, you can use the one that reduces the effectiveness of healing. Silence, of course, will also shut down the other's spellcasting if you get close-ish to her while leaving you free to cast spells.

Takeshi continues to stalk the edge of the grounds, on the lookout for any that might dare try to tamper with Say'ri's victory.

Is there a wall of force around the area similar to real matches? Asking because if not, Takeshi wants to circle the area to keep an eye out for people who may wish to interfere in the fight to stop them.

Haha, I'm the opposite; I'd be good at killing the other guy, but not so much keeping the animal alive. If no one else wants to do it, I will, but I would have thought one of the other two might fair better.

Takeshi keeps his voice down as he replies. "If it had been used on us, not much would have happened except to our opponent since the rest of us were flying. But I agree; next time we have a fight, if there are any structures added to the field, we should at least demand they inspect it thoroughly first. And then probably assume they're incompetent and it's unsafe anyway. Do we think this is related to the gambling? Or just someone trying to get an edge?"

Takeshi continues to grumble good-naturedly about how the drizzle isn't real rain as they head to the tournament grounds.

Kn(Engineering): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

"You can't really call this 'rain', Aayalla. The weather needs to make up its mind and either rain properly or cease from all this drizzle. But yes, let us see what groups are competing this morning."

As the professor and Say'ri head to bed, Takeshi lurks about, eavesdropping and trying to observe food preparation to see if anybody seems to be doing something strange (or if the quality of ingredients is terrible). After a while, he too goes to bed, his growing paranoia causing him to check his door from traps, look under his bed, and search for hidden assailants/explosives about his room before finally removing his armor and sleeping with his daggers. Hopefully the locks are at least secure enough to keep people out while I'm out...

Takeshi still seems suspicious of the paladin, but decides it doesn't matter right now if he knows the man's motives or now. "Shall we continue on to the Noodle House?"

Takeshi watches the man walk away. "Guess this means we better be extra vigilant outside the arena. I wonder if we could get details on what the odds are on us; the better the odds, the more likely this group would be to try to rig something for a big payout. Do you think the paladin was truly unaware of all these issues and outlawing of gambling, or was he trying to mess us up?"

Or maybe since we're winning they'll attempt to bet against us and rig our match for the payout. While things thus far had seemed relatively benign, Takeshi reminded himself that he needed to be more careful in the future. Not that any of this gambling thug business was actually surprising, but hearing about it first hand served as a good reminder to be more vigilant in the future.

Takeshi's eyes narrow a fraction in suspicion, but only voices his concerns to his companions via their telepathic link. Well, that's certainly not what Mr. Last Year's Champion said when Aayalla last asked.

Takeshi's probably more suspicious of the supposed paladin than this random guy, but just in case
Sense motive: 1d20 ⇒ 9 Yup, still more suspicious of Marthysan

Not seeing any sign of the man's attackers and slightly relieved to hear it was a gambling problem as opposed to a mugging, Takeshi remains outwardly silent, aware that his words would not go over well with the man. Instead he communicates over his telepathic bond. Overall, I'd say he's lucky if they've forgiven his debt with just a beating. I've heard of such things resulting in literal slavery before, though typically they let you place more bets to get even further in over your head before that happens. None of it sounds especially illegal or sinister, but perhaps we should mention it to Mr. The Righteous when we next see him?

Takeshi looks expectantly at Aayalla, knowing that her skills with diplomacy far outweigh his. He keeps his hands away from his weapons in an attempt to appear less threatening than normal. Instead he busies himself with trying to see if the man's attackers are lurking about nearby.

Perception: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

By "poison" I mostly meant "there was something in their food/drink that made them ill" (I mean, food poisoning even has the word "poison" even though it's not really poison in the D&D sense; I mean, even if it were accidental we'd still want to know if the food was safe to eat). But sure, while I think the circumstances are suspicious enough to warrant investigation into our food without metagaming, if you disagree I'll go with that.

Wait, I thought the Prof had investigated/gotten info about it? Here is where he found out a large number of people were ill and here's where he found out one of the ill people had ingested something that was "not common at all", which I would have thought would indicate some kind of poison (or at least warrant more investigation).

To be clear, where is the informational breakdown happening? Is it

1) The prof can't conclude there was a mass poisoning from knowing a bunch of people are ill and that at least one ingested something uncommon to make him feel weak.

2) We can't assume the prof told us everything he found out and instead should be acting only on what he's explicitly said in character

3) We can't assume a mass poisoning happened at the Noodle House

Because all of those have IC solutions as far as I can tell

1) Examine more people. Knowing that one seems to have eaten something bad and that others might have as well seems like enough of a reason to postpone eating, and the more people who have eaten something uncommon and are exhibiting the same symptoms there are, the stronger evidence there is that it was a deliberate poison attempt.

2) Ask the prof what he meant about a "stacked deck" and "poisoning cases" (I had just assumed he told us everything he found out, so I didn't ask IC when he actually said it)

3) Find out about who is sick and what they did to see if it was likely targeted at them or targeted more generally and if they have anything in common about where they got their food (like perhaps the Noodle House).

If I was jumping the gun on investigating the poison, I apologize. I just thought we had sufficient reason IC to think there was a poisoning attempt at the Noodle House.

The prof examined someone and determined that he was feeling ill due to something uncommon he ingested and then told us the man has been poisoned. Or rather, I guess said something about a stacked deck and then later referred to them as being poisoned (though I did think it was a little odd the paladin didn't say anything in response to Egare mentioning "poisoning cases"). I would have though thinking the poisoning happened here was the most likely guess?

If not, Takeshi will do what he's been doing and grab food, ignore alcohol, and try to eavesdrop.

Takeshi raises an eyebrow at the odd weapon, but says nothing.

Remembering the professor's words about poison, Takeshi tries to covertly look around, trying to see if the group that refused food before is still doing so and keeping a wary eye on any tampering.

I delay until after Egare (because otherwise I would have moved to flank since I'm higher in init and that seems like it'll be harder to work out/redo for all our actions)

Takeshi shifts his position slightly, rolling his neck as he prepares to unload upon the woman. Even if she has something like stoneskin on her, enough damage has got to bring her down eventually.

5ft step and full attack with BoF for an extra attack. Unlike Aayalla, I typically do high = good/hits. Also, don't think I said so last time, but all my damage is non-lethal (and still magical slashing)
Main: 1d20 + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 49, Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 80
Damage Main: 2d8 + 15 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (6, 4) + 15 - 1 + 3 = 27

Offhand 1: 1d20 + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 48, Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 1

Bof Main: 1d20 + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 35, Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 65
Damage Main: 2d8 + 15 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (4, 6) + 15 - 1 + 3 = 27

Main 2: 1d20 + 18 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 18 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 27, Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 33
Offhand 2: 1d20 + 18 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 18 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 32, Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 45

Main 3: 1d20 + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 35, Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 94
Damage Main: 2d8 + 15 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (5, 6) + 15 - 1 + 3 = 28

Offhand 3: 1d20 + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 38, Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 75
Damage Offhand: 2d8 + 11 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3) + 11 - 1 + 3 = 18

Confirm crit, Main 1: 1d20 + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 47
Crit Damage Main: 2d8 + 15 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (8, 2) + 15 - 1 + 3 = 27

Confirm crit, Main 3: 1d20 + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 36
Crit Damage Main: 2d8 + 15 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (5, 3) + 15 - 1 + 3 = 25

Confirm crit Offhand 3: 1d20 + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 23
Crit Damage Offhand: 2d8 + 11 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3) + 11 - 1 + 3 = 20

Crit performance 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Crit performance 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Crit performance 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Every crit that confirms lets Egare perform an AoO on Ganyavesha

While her magics protect her from much of Takeshi's mighty assault, the attacks that manage to go through are spectacularly well placed, distracting the woman enough to probably allow Egare to get a well-placed shot in.

End of Round 12 Status:
AC 37 vs Evil
Divine Favor: 4/10 rounds, +3 to hit/damageT
Righteous Might: 7/11 rounds, -1 to hit/damage, +1 AC, DR5/evil, +22HP, weapon 1d10 -> 2d8
Blessing of Fervor: 9/11, extra attack
Prayer: 10/11 rounds, +1 luck bonus to attack, damage, saves and skills (doesn't stack with DF)
Fly: 77/80
Protection from Evil: 101/110, +1 AC and saves vs evil creatures
Bless: 103/110, +1 to hit, saves vs fear
Freedom of Movement: Long

The two attacks was already addressed in discussion (it was basically a BoF mistake on my part). Takeshi would have gone the shortest distance to get in melee range. He has 10ft reach and either a 40ft or 60ft fly speed depending on if you think a fighter's armor training affects magical flying. If he really needs it, he could just use BoF for the additional movement instead of the +2 to hit/damage, which is what I said would replace the mistaken extra attack. For now just placed him behind Aayalla. He uses +1 kukris, so it's magical slashing damage.

Actually, looks like BoF only grants an extra attack on full attack, so Takeshi will take the +2 to hit and AC, canceling out the charge AC penalty.

K, so Takeshi charges then. That makes his two attacks
Main 1: 42 to hit, 26 damage
BoF Main: 36 to hit, 24 damage
(+2 from not TWF, +2 from not needing TW Grace, +2 charge) with AC -2
Also updated position to be more in line with a charge

Sure, I'll take a Righteous Might. -1 to hit/damage for other goodies.

Not sure if Takeshi is allowed to spent the first X rounds moving to stand next to the woman (or at least moving to high ground), but I've positioned him with the assumption that he can. If not, his first round action is a flying charge instead of a full attack. Feel free to adjust position to something more charge-like if that's the course of aciton he took.

Rounds 1-3: Draw his weapons and wait for Say'ri's Protection from Evil while staring impassively at the crowd.
Rounds 4-9: Climb up ~30 feet (so that he's still within 30 feet of people for the Blessings of Fervor on Round 10) while continuing to stare stoically at the crowd
Round 10: Move the remaining 10ish feet to be at the top platform (since Say'ri goes before him and would have already cast her spell) and activate flight from armor (if he needs the extra movement from BoF to do this, he'll use that. Otherwise he'll take the +2 AC/reflex/to hit on round 10) and stare emotionlessly at Ganyavesha.

Round 11
Using BoF this round for an extra attack
Already in place with ridiculous levels of magic pulsing through his veins, Takeshi unleashes a might assault.

Main 1 (possible charge): 1d20 + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 = 36
Damage Main: 2d8 + 15 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (4, 5) + 15 - 1 + 3 = 26

Offhand 1: 1d20 + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 = 45
Damage Offhand: 2d8 + 11 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (8, 5) + 11 - 1 + 3 = 26

Bof Main (possible charge): 1d20 + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 = 30
Damage Main: 2d8 + 15 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4) + 15 - 1 + 3 = 24

Main 2: 1d20 + 18 - 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 18 - 1 + 3 + 1 = 30
Damage Main: 2d8 + 15 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (8, 1) + 15 - 1 + 3 = 26

Offhand 2: 1d20 + 18 - 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 18 - 1 + 3 + 1 = 25
Damage Offhand: 2d8 + 11 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (7, 6) + 11 - 1 + 3 = 26

Main 3: 1d20 + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 = 20
Damage Main: 2d8 + 15 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (2, 7) + 15 - 1 + 3 = 26

Offhand 3: 1d20 + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 = 34
Damage Offhand: 2d8 + 11 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (2, 8) + 11 - 1 + 3 = 23

Confirm Crit Offhand 1: 1d20 + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 23 - 1 + 3 + 1 = 36
Crit Damage Offhand: 2d8 + 11 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (3, 7) + 11 - 1 + 3 = 23

Confirm Crit Offhand 3: 1d20 + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 13 - 1 + 3 + 1 = 19
Crit Damage Offhand: 2d8 + 11 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (7, 4) + 11 - 1 + 3 = 24

Crit perform 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Crit perform 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

End of Round 11 Status:
AC 37 vs Evil; possibly -2 if charged
Divine Favor: 5/10 rounds, +3 to hit/damage
Righteous Might: 8/11 rounds, -1 to hit/damage, +1 AC, DR5/evil, +22HP, weapon 1d10 -> 2d8
Blessing of Fervor: 10/11, extra attack
Fly: 78/80
Protection from Evil: 102/110, +1 AC and saves vs evil creatures
Bless: 104/110, +1 to hit, saves vs fear
Freedom of Movement: Long

"Or the prizes are just themed. Do well at archery, get something to improve your archery. Don't fall from a great height, get something to make sure if you do fall, you'll be ok."

Not seeing any immediate need to decide who gets the ring (and also everybody seems to have some way to fly if they fall far enough to be able to react), Takeshi marches on to the Grand Pavilion, ready for his next fight. I don't think anybody actually got injured that last fight, and he has no spells to cast.

Takeshi watches as the last monk falls before following Aayalla up the wall to where Marthysan. "Yes, it was certainly a rather...unique fight. An interesting change to those I have participated in in the past." He removes his slippers and hands them over with a slight bow to the paladin.

Once again going to take the +2 attacks/AC/CMD/Reflex saves from BoF

Takeshi smiles inwardly at the doomed monk. Silly man should have spared himself this and just forfeited.

Full attack. All attacks are non-lethal. If he's still up after all this, Takeshi will then 5ft step to L17
Main 1: 1d20 + 23 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 23 + 2 = 26 Miss
Offhand 1: 1d20 + 23 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 23 + 2 = 32
Offhand damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Main 2: 1d20 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 18 + 2 = 28
Main Damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22

Offhand 2: 1d20 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 18 + 2 = 22
Offhand damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Main 3: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 13 + 2 = 16 Miss
Offhand 3: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 13 + 2 = 26
Offhand damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

Wow, only 1 roll broke a 10. :/
AC 37/CMD 31

I don't know about the DM, but I would say if you pull it off, it'd be pretty epic/hilarious.

Going to take the +2 attacks/AC/CMD/Reflex saves from BoF

Takeshi steps forward and focuses fire on the same monk Aayalla just attacked. Green monk, I believe? Though if he goes down, I'll switch to blue monk.

5ft step to K17 and then full attack. All attacks are non-lethal
Main 1: 1d20 + 23 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 23 + 2 = 36
Main Damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

Offhand 1: 1d20 + 23 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 23 + 2 = 29
Offhand damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

Main 2: 1d20 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 18 + 2 = 28
Main Damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20

Offhand 2: 1d20 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 18 + 2 = 32
Offhand damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

Main 3: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 13 + 2 = 25
Main Damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24

Offhand 3: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 13 + 2 = 29
Offhand damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

AC 37/CMD 31

I would assume so? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Also, if you do end up using Hideous Laughter, allow me to present the joke with 3 punchlines:

Why couldn't Cinderella play soccer?

According to this followup post to the blog post, for trip, sunder, and disarm, if you have Weapon Finesse and are using a finessable weapon, you get to use Dex instead of Str.

Lol! Did Aayalla just one-shot the person who was meant to be the main warrior in this fight? XD Also, if Aayalla wants to keep tripping people without the AoO, she does have Hideous Laughter. Though as monks, they probably have good Will saves.

Amused by how well Aayalla's tactic went, Takeshi tries to do likewise, taking advantage of his quick reflexes to try to get the jump on one of the remaining monks.

Charge to J18. I don't normally do combat maneuvers, but my understanding from this post is that for trip, disarm, and sunder, I get the benefit of all my feats/items/class abilities, making it basically the same as an attack roll.
Trip attempt vs orange monk: 1d20 + 27 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 27 + 2 = 48

AC 33, CMD 27 from charge until next round

Speaking softly, Takeshi murmurs to his companions. "Interesting. Given the setup opponents will almost certainly attempt to trip us or to find some way to make us fall. We could attempt to do likewise, but I'm afraid it's one of my personal fortes unless you think they'd fall over from a good joke. Though it's also nice to see they took some safety precautions."

Just watch as I manage to get tripped and fail the reflex save. XD On the bright side, after reviewing my character/how CMD works, I realized that apparently my ring of protection improves my CMD.

Takeshi shrugs and follows his companions along to the exhibition match.

Given that the exhibition match is before our actual bout and given how "well" our last exhibition match went, do we want to participate in this exhibition match? I would personally lean towards a no, but if everybody else disagrees, that's fine. I probably have the least issue with fatigue since I don't really have daily resources to spend/save.

Wait, is our exhibition match first or our actual bout? I thought our actual bout was in the late morning and the exhibition match was in the afternoon?