[Jehova's Arena, Test] Fight the Fifth, Tommy vs. Azander

[The Arbiter]

We're actually waiting on Azander. I forgot to mention that outside of the spoiler, sorry.

[Warrior of the White Wolf]

Arbiter:

Cursing again, Azander readies to shoot if the halfling appears.
Standard action: ready to attack with crossbow if he sees Tommy.

Sorry for the delay, Eben!

[The Arbiter]

Definitely Tommy's turn now.

[Gladiator_Eben]

Arbiter:

Fire the bolt, sniper-style

Crossbow 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
---> Damage 2d6 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3

Stealth 1d20 + 13 - 10 ⇒ (3) + 13 - 10 = 6.. eep!

A second bolt flies from from the fog.

[The Arbiter]

The bolt takes a chunk out of of Azander's shoulder, causing the crowd to let out a cheer for first blood. Azander now sees the halfling, however, and looses his own bolt into the edge of the mist.

I'll need an attack roll from Azander for the readied action. Tommy is at E06, Azander L12.

[Gladiator_Eben]

Yep. Azander would be up.

[The Arbiter]

Well, Azander had a readied action to shoot if he saw Tommy, and he fired because Tommy revealed himself (with his own shot), so the readied shot couldn't have actually happened 'just before' the triggering action. This means that as far as I can tell, Azander's initiative goes to the middle of Tommy's turn. Since initiatives don't work that way, we're disregarding the impossibility of firing at a concealed opponent just before they become visible, and putting Azander's initiative just ahead of Tommy's, which makes Azander go now (after he fires his prepared shot).

[Gladiator_Eben]

Yep. But, in a 1v1 arena setting, i think you're over-complicating things. Whether his initiative resets to right before, after, or during (which would have to be reset to before or after), Tommy just finished his round, which means Azander's up (since he's now either right before Tommy's next round or right after the one he just completed).

[The Arbiter]

But what if there were threeeeee people D:

[Gladiator_Eben]

Well, so far the only wrench has been the Stealth example. And – in that example – the wrinkle is that the readied action would happen just before the trigger, but the character with the readied action can't use thier readied action until the moment that stealth isn't in play. This seems a bit of a corner case, but I agree with Count Visage's solution. For fairness to RAW, RAI, and logic, adjudicate it as if they happened simultaneously, which resets the Ready-ers actions to the same initiative count as the trigger. And given that there are already rules for deciding who goes first if two characters have the same initiative count (it goes to the character with the higher initiative mod; or – if even those are equal – an additional initiative roll-off), I say we use those rules.
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This means, in this situation and no matter how many characters are in the arena, you would adjudicate it by using the initiative mod/roll-off rules.

[Warrior of the White Wolf]

Once again, I'm sorry to have overcomplicated things with my actions. Sigh...

Aribter:

Crossbow attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Crossbow damage: 1d10 ⇒ 3

Azander looses his own bolt at Tommy, then drops his crossbow and charges at the halfling, foot outstretched.

Arbiter:

Free Action: drop crossbow
Full-Round Action: Charge, attacking unarmed with fighting defensively

Fighting Defensive Charge: 1d20 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 2 - 2 = 9 Strength, Charge, Fighting Defensively, respectively
Unarmed Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

As a note: Azander is still in Crane Style.

[Gladiator_Eben]

Can i get attack and damage rolls? Either from Azander or Arbiter? And keep in mind the fog gives those attacks a 20% miss chance (if they're not included already).

[The Arbiter]

1d100 ⇒ 85 The first attack hits AC 16 for 3 damage, the second hits AC 9 for 2.

[Gladiator_Eben]

:: Round 6 ::

Surprise briefly registers on Tommy's face at the assault, though he dodges around both the bolt and the kick, taking a retreating step backwards into the fog. He shakes his head with a tsk tsk tsk sound as he quickly reloads the big crossbow.

Arbiter:

I think there's only one more round of Obsuring Mist left, right? So at the end of next round it will dissipate?

Azander would see the 5' step into D.06 (but beyond that, there would be full concealment so no visuals)… I'm assuming cranking the crossbow is fine for you to know, given the sounds it would make. :)

[Warrior of the White Wolf]

I'll wait for confirmation that it's my turn...

...and wonder what to do to finish this. It's getting a little drawn-out.

[Warrior of the White Wolf]

Aack! Frozen!

[The Arbiter]

Crap, I suppose I never actually confirmed it was Azander's turn... umm... it's Azander's turn. We'll ignore any freeze for now, unless you both really want the fight to be over. Azander knows which square Tommy is in, so no perception necessary.

Tommy Only:

By my count only 5 rounds have elapsed since it was cast (full rounds, not turns).

[Gladiator_Eben]

I'm game to finish this out if you are, WWW. :)

[Gladiator_Eben]

Sooooo.... White Wolf? We still doing this thing?

[Warrior of the White Wolf]

Yeah, sorry, hadn't checked.

Azander, sick of this fight, draws his blade, steps forward, and swings at Tommy, one hand still poised at his side.

Arbiter:

Move action: draw sword. Free action: 5-foot step. Standard action: attack, fighting defensively.

Fighting devensively attack: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12
Temple sword damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Azander gets the +2 bonus to AC, and has Crane Wing.

[Gladiator_Eben]

Arbiter? Adjudication? Or, White Wolf, if you wnat to tell me what your attack and damage results were, I can do it myself.

[The Arbiter]

I need to not ignore threads after glancing at them once. He missed.

There's a great big bunch of mist, into which the audience stares intently.

[Gladiator_Eben]

In a surprise (and possibly fatal) move, Tommy simply unloads the crossbow at point-blank range.

Give me an AoO.

rolls:

Crossbow 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
2d6 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5

attack 10; damage 5

My turn thus endeth.