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Old Dec 28th, 2024, 12:23 AM
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Mago staggers but doesn't fall. Kári rushes forward and slings an axe that 8 damagesinks deep into the troll's left arm, raising a stomping chant of "Gun-nar-SON! Gun-nar-SON!" from the Norse quarter.

The arena floor thrums under Cumdyn's steps as he runs, the torch's flame guttering and sparking in the wind. Wishing they'd found more to burn, he remembers that Kári pointed out AD5a certain barrel in the northwest corner. He dodges another X11spot where sand sifts downward as the stadium shakes, keeping his eyes on the troll.

Mago swings 11 to hit misseswildly, forcing Grodahk to duck away. The troll barely notices, its attention flicking from Kári to Cumdyn's torch. Grodahk lunges at Kári, missing with its injured left arm but scoring his face with its teeth and dragging its right-hand claws up his leg. The troll howls again and turns toward Cumdyn, staring at the torch as if Mago and Kári weren't there at all.

The crowd is on their feet, their massed shout rolling over the gladiators with physical force. "BRING OUT THE PRIZE!" Debris arcs out of the stands, snowballs, moldy vegetables, a few stones and halfbricks, most of it landing far short of the battle in the center of the ring. Out of the corner of his eye, Mago sees the accused healer being marched to a platform below the announcer's box by two city knights. A mushy turnip from the Norse quarter glances off a column and X8hits the sand behind him with a faint clink, a rotten medlar thrown by the southern merchants splatters W13a bit closer. Small vials glint where they landed.



OODMGrodahk takes 8 damage from Kári but will regenerate it.

Cumdyn spotted an unidentified trap at X11.

Grodahk missed one attack out of three but critted another. Kári takes 21 damage.

You have fans! Or at least Seraphin does. There are vials of healing potion at W13 and X8.
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Old Dec 30th, 2024, 11:32 PM
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Mago wonders if the prize is more than the herbalist the fought for, hearing more than seeing the object, Mago had nothing to lose. Holding his guts in with one hand, he hurried to where the object hit the ground. (X8)


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Old Jan 3rd, 2025, 11:24 AM
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Gripping tightly the shield on his left arm, Cumdyn holds the torch between him and the troll as he steps to guard the movement of Mago toward the potion. Kari, we need some oil to drench that beast with and then set him on fire! He waits for the troll to get close enough and tries to shove the burning brand at the face of the beast.


 
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Old Jan 3rd, 2025, 12:29 PM
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Kári avoids the troll's first swipe, but stumbles as he backs off and takes the full force of the second. Blood sprays everywhere as the claw rends his face. That's going to hurt later. If there is a later. But for now, he doesn't really notice the pain. The troll doesn't seem to be focused on him any more, but only on his companion with the torch. And Kári can see that the wound he gave it with his hurled handaxe has already closed up. Old Skuli was right about that, at least. A plan begins to form in Kári's mind, just as Cumdyn calls to him. He takes a deep breath and steels himself.

"Bring it to the barrel!" he calls to Cumdyn, darting around the troll, doing his best to keep it aware of him but while staying out of range of its claws. "The one I pointed out before!". He is pretty sure the troll won't be able to understand human language, but he doesn't know for certain. There's no other way to communicate with Cumdyn right now, though.


OOCAC 21 (after Evasive Footwork)
HP 24/36 (after Second Wind)

Kári will move out of range of the troll (or try to) and expend another superiority dice on an Evasive Footwork maneuver, adding 3 to his AC. His idea is to lure the troll over to the barrel of oil at AD5.

Action: Move (Evasive Footwork)
Bonus Action: Second Wind

Dice Evasive Footwork:
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Dice Second Wind:
1d10+4 (5)+4 Total = 9


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Old Jan 5th, 2025, 04:04 PM
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OODM@Eudorus - For combat purposes, you can treat the torch as a standard simple club, but with +1 to damage from fire. 18 hits, please roll a 1d4+5 for damage. Thanks!

@Horseman and Gibbon - From your descriptions, I'm assuming you're both taking Disengage for Actions to avoid opportunity attacks from Grodahk as you move away. Let me know if you intend something different.

Mago can take and use the potion as Object Interaction for up to 20 HP healing.

Evasive Footwork behaves as part of movement, so it doesn't require Kári's Action slot.
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Grodahk ignores all else as he tracks the torch. Sparks fly as Cumdyn bashes the troll upside its jaw, leaving a dark bruise and angry blisters. The wound from Kári's axe is gone but this one lasts, at least for the moment. "Kari, we need some oil to drench that beast with and then set him on fire!"

Kári is already on the move, slipping beyond claw range to head northeast. "Bring it to the barrel! The one I pointed out before!" Clutching his gut, Mago reels to nearest column, crowd noise fading to a dull roar in his ears and vision blurring as he loses blood. The brew in the vial is as dark and sweet as Bagradas wine. He feels new strength and sees Seraphin watching him as he rises.

Grodahk shrieks, his head snapping sideways as the torch strikes. The troll bounds away to the nearest barrel and dumps it carelessly in Cumdyn's direction, sending a thin spray of water and ice flying, then veers to parallel Kári in a race to the northeast barrel.



OODM@Eudorus - Cumdyn gets an opportunity attack as Grodahk leaves his range, but he also needs to make a DC6 DEX check to keep the torch from being extinguished.

@All - Make Perception checks for traps along with your moves. DC 14 may detect something.

The barrel at S9 is now empty of water and ice.
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Mago, refreshed from the healing potion sees the group still in dire circumstances and hurries to the attack. Having seen the Troll step in a trap, Mago made sure to only run in the sand where others had trod, looking for traps while he hurried.

 



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KáriKári races towards the barrel. He doesn't look back to see if his companions are also coming, but he can hear the troll loping along so he hopes they are. He's moving fast but remembers to keep an eye out for any likely traps in the sand.

 
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Cumdyn grunts with satisfaction at the blow he struck the troll and the fact that it doesn't immediately heal up. As Grodahk moves toward the barrel he fears that the troll can understand their speech but hopes it is only experience that it driving the beast toward the barrels. Grasping the torch tightly, Cumdyn takes advantage of the troll turning its back on him to follow Kari and lashes out. Take that you fell beast! he growls in satisfaction as he strikes the creature another blow.

Focused on hitting the troll and keeping an eye on Kari, Cumdyn just barely avoids the water from the barrel but keeps the torch dry and still burning. He lets out a curse at his clumsiness before taking off to move near Kari and put himself between his companion and the troll once more.


 
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Cumdyn hits hard with the torch and Opportunity Attack hits for another 6 damage and no regenerationstrikes again as Grodahk flees the fire. The troll spills a barrel his way, he 9 DEX beats DC 6turns to protect the hard-won flame from a spray of water and ice, and the race is on.

The cheers of the crowd drop to a hush of gasps and low curses. The gladiators hear only the swirling wind and the muffled thumps of their own feet hitting the sand. Kári leads the rush a few steps ahead, feeling the eyes of all the Norse on him as he dodges uncertain divots in the sand. He skids behind the barrel and peers over its rim to see a few inches of fish oil at the bottom, rippling in the gale. Thick clots of grease float in the oil, half-congealed by the cold. Mago rises, his injuries knitting into new scars, stepping in Kári's tracks alongside with the troll. Cumdyn follows at a dead run, closing the distance.

Kári grips the barrel. Mago spins to 33 damageslash through Grodahk's ribs, a killing blow against most foes but the troll cares nothing. Cumdyn arrives last with the torch, blocking the way to Kári. Grodahk flails, looking desperately from one gladiator to another, then focuses on the fire and 35 damage, holy craptears into Cumdyn with a wild burst of teeth and claws.




OODMDang, Grodahk! Cumdyn still has the torch and is still standing, but lost 35 HP.

@Gibbon - Kári can spill the oil into Grodahk's space with an Object Interaction, and can still use his Action to attack. Make a DC 10 DEX check to splash Grodahk with the oil as well, which would keep Grodahk on fire for several more rounds if ignited.

@Horseman - Nice hit!

@Eudorus - Ouch. Cumdyn still has the torch but just got dropped to 1 HP. He can ignite the oil using his Object Interaction, and still have his Action at his disposal.
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Mago watched as blood spilled from his allies, the troll trying to extinguish the torches. Mago felt this was the critical time of the battle, he considered throwing down his axe and tacking the troll, but no, he would go for an all out attack with his battle axe. Mago pressed hard, attempting to drive Grodahk back, back away from his allies.
 


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KáriThe race is on, but the Icelander draws strength from the Norse eyes looking on and makes it to the barrel before the troll (is it the roar of encouragement that gives him the extra pace, or fear of failure in front of them? Hard to say). Kári heaves over the barrel, spilling its contents out onto the ground and splashing oil all over the troll. "Light him up" he yells at Cumdyn, preparing to hurl his second axe at the troll.
Suddenly Kári sees his comrade beaten back amid a flurry of troll claws and bites, staggering and clearly on his last legs. He throws the axe at the troll and then yells again at Cumdyn "Stay with us! We've almost got him! Light him up and the day's ours!"

 

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Cumdyn groans in pain at the raking of the troll against his flesh and innards. He can barely stand after the assault and is relived as Kari splashes the oil from the barrel onto the ground and Grodahk. He grins as he reaches out with the torch to light the trail of oil on fire, hoping that he can give it a wound that it can't recover from. Burn bright, monster, for this will be the last time you cast a shadow.


 
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