Duel Arcana: Round 1 Match 1

[Lord Twig]

Welcome to the Duel Arcana! I’m Jules Pari and with me is our Arcane Expert, Archmage Winhurst.

Thank you, Jules. Well whether you love or hate the Arcane College you can not deny that our Spell Duels draw a crowd.

Indeed, and this is no ordinary Spell Duel between wizards with a grudge, but a full-fledged Dweomerlist. Today we are starting off the Advanced competition. The Novice and Intermediate competitors have already had a chance to show off there stuff and the Masters and Grand Masters will start next week.

On the field we have Archmage Odepheron acting as the referee and Sister Bessin, Cleric of Boccob and Head Nurse of the Arcane College, who will try to keep our competitors alive.

And entering the field we have our first two competitors. The Sorceress Casandrella and Rasca Balderk, a dwarf wizard that, in all honesty, makes me rather uneasy.

An Alienist is what he is known as by those who practice the Art and he will no doubt be summoning some rather frightening creatures.

I hope so!

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Please send me a private message with your prepared spells, spells cast prior to the duel, what you will have in hand, what spell(s) you will cast on the first round, and what action you will take on the 2nd round (either prepare to counterspell or total defense).

[Flagg Thornington]

Casandrella spends a few moments preping herself before she steps daintily through the gate into the ring. Many whistles ensue, a phenomenon she almost encourages with her swaggering stride. She presents Rasca with her warmest smile and coats her words with her velvet tounge.
"May the grandest take the day."

[generaljimX]

Rasca walks onto the field with a crossbow in his hand and his raven on his shoulder. He is muttering nonsense, much like before the match began. The sun glistens off of something that almost looks like armor. Rasca takes up a defensive position, keeping his crossbow low.

[Lord Twig]

Casandrella:
HP: 46
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Invisibility, rest of duel
Rod in hand

Rook:
HP: 23
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Invisibility, rest of duel


Rasca:
HP: 49
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Loaded crossbow in hand

Audhild:
HP: 24
Mage Armor, rest of duel

Initiative: Casandrella 18+2=20, Snap 9+2=11. Casandrella goes first.

Round 1:
Casandrella casts Invisibility
Rasca casts nothing
Round 2:
Casandrella prepares to counterspell Rasca
Rasca can not target Casandrella to counterspell her

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And the Duel Arcana is underway with the first match of the day! What are we seeing Master Winhurst?

Well Casandrella has cast invisibility and Rasca hasn’t cast anything. He seems content with his defenses.

Okay, I guess that was pretty obvious. But it looks like our duelists are ready to let the spells start flying. Let’s see what happens!

Flagg, you have 24 hours to post Casandrella’s next action.

[Flagg Thornington]

Casandrella's voice is but a faint whisper in the din of the arena.

[ooc sent invisible action via pm]

[Lord Twig]

Casandrella:
HP: 46
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Invisibility, expires round 90
Rod in hand

Rook:
HP: 23
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Invisibility, expires round 90

Rasca:
HP: 49
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Loaded crossbow in hand

Audhild:
HP: 24
Mage Armor, rest of duel

Round 3:
Casandrella begins casting and moves invisibly.
Rasca’s listen check to locate Casandrella, 12+8=20 vs. DC 6 (speaking in strong voice 0+6 distance). Rasca hears Casandrella to the North, but can not pin-point her location.
Rasca can hear the spell being cast and attempts a spellcraft check to identify it. DC 17 is automatic with a spellcraft skill of +16. Casandrella is casting summon undead II.

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Casandrella seems to be using her invisibility to get off a spell that is a little more complicated.

It looks like a summons, and a rather sinister one at that.

generaljimX, you have 24 hours to post Rasca’s next action.

[generaljimX]

Rasca smiles slightly as his opponent goes invisible and then starts a summon. "Bringing friends in, eh?" he says half-heartedly. Rasca then begins his own casting, and a cloud of greenish fog comes into exsistence at the center of the arena. He then repositions to what is hopefully a more advantagous position.

OOC: Cast Stinking Cloud centered on G7. Save DC 18. Move to K4.

[Lord Twig]

Casandrella:
HP: 46
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Invisibility, expires round 90
Summon Undead II, expires round 12
Rod in hand

Rook:
HP: 23
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Invisibility, expires round 90

Human Skeleton Warrior 1:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Human Skeleton Warrior 2:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Rasca:
HP: 49
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Stinking Cloud, expires round 12
Loaded crossbow in hand

Audhild:
HP: 24
Mage Armor, rest of duel

Round 3:
Rasca casts stinking cloud

Round 4:
Casandrella finishes casting summon undead II and two human warrior skeletons appear.

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Now we can see something! And smell it! Whew!

Rasca has cast stinking cloud hoping to catch Casandrella in it.

Don’t know if it succeeded, now there are skeletons out there as well!

Flagg, you have 24 hours to post Casandrella’s next action.

[Flagg Thornington]

You neither hear nor see Casandrella's next spellworkings. But it is plain that the skeletons that were once men mean you harm. The nearest advances and attacks. The other moves ever closer to the dwarf.

[ooc Send #1 to J3 and direct ir to attack, and #2 to K8 avoiding the cloud]

[Lord Twig]

Casandrella:
HP: 46
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Invisibility, expires round 90
Summon Undead II, expires round 12
Persistent Blade, expires round 13
Rod in hand

Rook:
HP: 23
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Invisibility, expires round 90

Human Skeleton Warrior 1:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Human Skeleton Warrior 2:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Rasca:
HP: 49
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Stinking Cloud, expires round 12
Loaded crossbow in hand

Audhild:
HP: 24
Mage Armor, rest of duel

Round 4:
Casandrella calls orders to the skeletons. Rasca’s listen check to pinpoint her is 2+8=10. Rasca hears Casandrella to the North, but can not pinpoint her location.
Casandrella moves attempting to be quite. Rasca’s listen check to pinpoint her is 19+8=27 vs. 7+2+distance. Rasca hears Casandrella moving to the North but can not pinpoint her.
Casandrella casts silent spell.
Skeleton 1 takes a 5’ step and attacks Rasca. 6+1=7 vs. 16AC. Skeleton misses.
Skeleton 2 moves.

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Casandrella seems content to let her skeletons do the fighting.

She cast a persistent blade as well, you just can hear or see it and she isn’t attacking with it yet.

generaljimX, you have 24 hours to post Rasca’s next action.

[generaljimX]

Rasca is undeterred by the approching skeletons. He steps away to try and avoid being hit whilst casting. "Time for your friends to meet mine."

I don't know what their talking about when they say it smells. I rather like the odor of my cloud. Only wish I could see her.....

OOC: 5 foot step to L4. Cast summon monster III for a pseudonatural hippogriff. Postion at either J:K 4:5 or L:M 5:6, whichever is viable at the time. If neither is, please contact me.

[Lord Twig]

Casandrella:
HP: 46
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Invisibility, expires round 90
Summon Undead II, expires round 12
Persistent Blade, expires round 13
Rod in hand

Rook:
HP: 23
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Invisibility, expires round 90

Human Skeleton Warrior 1:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Human Skeleton Warrior 2:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Rasca:
HP: 49
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Stinking Cloud, expires round 12
Loaded crossbow in hand

Audhild:
HP: 24
Mage Armor, rest of duel

Round 4:
Rasca begins casting summon monster III.

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Rasca seems unconcerned by the skeletons.

And he is now bringing in some muscle of his own.

Flagg, you have 24 hours to post Casandrella’s next action.

[Flagg Thornington]

Casandrella directs the summoned skeletons to advance and press their attack.
Shortly after seeing the familiar purple burst of the ever so common magic missile spell the sorceress becomes visible again across the arena.

[ooc Casandrella directs skeleton 1 to move to K3 and attack
Skeleton 2 to M6 to flank attack
Casandrella casts magic missile while the Alienist is busy and takes a 5-foot step to c4]

[Lord Twig]

Note: Skeleton 2 can not attack from M6. Adjusted to M5 and the skeleton will have to squeeze to avoid stepping out of the ring.

Casandrella:
HP: 46
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Summon Undead II, expires round 12
Persistent Blade, expires round 13
Rod in hand

Rook:
HP: 23
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel

Human Skeleton Warrior 1:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Human Skeleton Warrior 2:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand
Squeezing, -4 to attack and AC.

Rasca:
HP: 31
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Stinking Cloud, expires round 12
Loaded crossbow in hand

Audhild:
HP: 24
Mage Armor, rest of duel

Round 5:
Skeleton 1 steps to k3 and attacks Rasca. 9+1=10 vs. AC 16, misses.
Skeleton 2 moves and attacks Rasca, 5+1+2(flanking)-4(squeezing)=4 vs. AC 16, misses.
Casandrella casts magic missile at Rasca. 5+4+3+3+3=18 damage.
Rasca attempts a concentration check to keep his spell. 3+14=17 vs. DC 31, fails. Spell is lost.
Casandrella steps.

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He isn’t worrying about the skeletons, but he should worry about Casandrella. Those missiles look like they hurt!

They also interrupted his spell. He is going to need to think of something quick to recover.

GeneraljimX, you have 24 hours to post Rasca’s next action.

[generaljimX]

Rasca is still unconcerned with the skeletons that seem unrelentless. He praises himself for getting up the mage armor. He begins a casting, and a hail hits his opponent. Rasca is rather pleased that he can get it off.

OOC: Cast ice storm, targeted on SE C4.

[Lord Twig]

Casandrella:
HP: 37
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy: Cold, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Summon Undead II, expires round 12
Persistent Blade, expires round 13
Rod in hand

Rook:
HP: 14
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel

Human Skeleton Warrior 1:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Human Skeleton Warrior 2:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand
Squeezing, -4 to attack and AC.

Rasca:
HP: 31
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Stinking Cloud, expires round 12
Ice Storm, expires round 6
Loaded crossbow in hand

Audhild:
HP: 24
Mage Armor, rest of duel

Round 5:
Rasca casts ice storm. This provokes an attack of opportunity from the skeletons.
Skeleton 1 takes his attack of opportunity against Rasca. 6+1+2(flanking)=9 vs. AC 16, misses.
Skeleton 2 takes his attack of opportunity against Rasca, 5+1+2(flanking)-4(squeezing)=4 vs. AC 16, misses.
Ice storm does damage to Casandrella and Rook, does 9 bludgeoning damage and 7 cold damage. Cold damage is reduced to 0 by resist energy: cold.

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Rasca has landed a spell, and it is a good one!

Ice storm. That will make things difficult for Casandrella for a few seconds, but that may be all the time Rasca needs.

Flagg, you have 24 hours to post Casandrella’s next action.

[Flagg Thornington]

Casandrella squints to see beyond the bright flashing lightning storm. She adjusts her position during its fury and waits untill it expires. As soon as the storn ends the sorceress shoots a beam of multi-hued lights from her splayed fingers. It screams and sizzles, burns and freezes as the evoked energies make their way in a staight line to engulf Rasca.

[Skeletons attack again. Move out of cloud, Ready action, and cast rainbow beam at Rasca]

[Lord Twig]

Note: Casandrella does not have rainbow beam, she does have rainbow blast (and she has the focus for it) which I believe was her intent.

Casandrella:
HP: 37
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy: Cold, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Summon Undead II, expires round 12
Persistent Blade, expires round 13
Rod in hand

Rook:
HP: 14
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy: Cold, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel

Human Skeleton Warrior 1:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Human Skeleton Warrior 2:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand
Squeezing, -4 to attack and AC.

Rasca:
HP: 14
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Stinking Cloud, expires round 12
Ice Storm, expires round 6
Loaded crossbow in hand

Audhild:
HP: 12
Mage Armor, rest of duel

Round 6:
Skeleton 1 attacks Rasca. 19+1+2(flanking)=22 vs. AC 16, hit and threatens. 5+1+2(flanking)=8 vs. AC 16, fails to confirm a critical hit. Deals 4+1=5 damage.
Skeleton 2 attacks Rasca, 4+1+2(flanking)-4(squeezing)=3 vs. AC 16, misses.
Casandrella moves and prepares an action.
Ice storm ends and triggers Casandrella’s action. Casandrella casts rainbow blast at Rasca. Rainbow blast deals 3 acid, 4 cold, 7 electrical, 1 fire, and 10 sonic damage. Rasca and Audhild attempt a Reflex save. Rasca 18+5+2(spells)=25 vs. 20 DC, success. Audhild, 15+4=19 vs. 20 DC, Fails. Rasca and Audhild take 1 acid, 2 cold, 3 electrical, 1 fire, and 5 sonic damage.

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And Casandrella has responded in kind! What a flashy spell! The audience is loving it.

Rainbow blast ensures that no one resistance will protect you entirely. A good choice and well placed, Casandrella narrowly missed hitting her own skeletons.

GeneraljimX, you have 24 hours to post Rasca’s next action.

[generaljimX]

Rasca grimises at the pain from the many different sources. He is now tired of having spells hitting him, and draws upon the powers of the dark. A small cloud of darkness attacks the eyes of his opponent, and then vanishes, leaving its affect in place.

OOC: 5-foot-step to L5. Cast Blindness/deafness on Casandrella for blindness.

[Lord Twig]

Casandrella:
HP: 37
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy: Cold, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Summon Undead II, expires round 12
Persistent Blade, expires round 13
Rod in hand

Rook:
HP: 14
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy: Cold, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel

Human Skeleton Warrior 1:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Human Skeleton Warrior 2:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand
Squeezing, -4 to attack and AC.

Rasca:
HP: 14
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Stinking Cloud, expires round 12
Ice Storm, expires round 6
Loaded crossbow in hand

Audhild:
HP: 12
Mage Armor, rest of duel

Round 6:
Rasca steps and casts blindness/deafness provoking and AoO from Skeleton 2.
Skeleton 2 attacks Rasca, 8+1-4(squeezing)=5 vs. AC 16, misses.
Casandrella attempts a fortitude save. 15+5=20 vs. DC 16, success.

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Rasca has cast a blindness spell at Casandrella, but she managed to shake it off.

Flagg, you have 24 hours to post Casandrella's next action.

[Flagg Thornington]

Casandrella works another rainbow blast after calling out for her skeletons to shift their attacks. She then takes a small step foward.

[ooc direct skeleton1 to move to L4 and attack, skeleton2 to move to L6 and attack. Cast tainbow blast and take a 5-foot step to F3

[Lord Twig]

Casandrella:
HP: 37
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy: Cold, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel
Summon Undead II, expires round 12
Persistent Blade, expires round 13
Rod in hand

Rook:
HP: 14
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Resist Energy: Cold, rest of duel
Resist Energy, rest of duel

Human Skeleton Warrior 1:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Human Skeleton Warrior 2:
HP: 6
Scimitar and heavy steel shield in hand

Rasca:
HP: -1
Mage Armor, rest of duel
Stinking Cloud, expires round 12
Loaded crossbow in hand

Audhild:
HP: 12
Mage Armor, rest of duel

Round 7:
Skeleton 1 moves attacks Rasca. 13+1=14 vs. AC16, misses.
Skeleton 2 moves and attacks Rasca, 19+1+2(flanking)=22 vs. AC 16, threatens. 17+1+2=20, confirms critical hit. Deals 5+6+2=13 damage.
Casandrella casts rainbow blast, deals 1 acid, 5 cold, 9 electric, 5 fire, 9 sonic. Rasca and Audhild attempt a Reflex save. Rasca, 15+5+2(spells)=22 vs. DC 20, success. Audhild, 19+4=23 vs. DC 20, success. Rasca takes 1 acid, 2 cold, 4 electric, 2 fire, 4 sonic damage. Audhild takes no damage.
Rasca drops to -12 HP. Sister Bessin casts close wounds on Rasca as an immediate action and heals 2+5+4(augment healing)=11 damage. Rasca is unconscious but stable.

A good hit from one of the skeletons and another rainbow blast and Rasca is down!

Sister Bessin had to act fast, but she has managed to keep Rasca alive.

So he is still in the running and will be back tomorrow to see if he can fight his way through to the end.

Casandrella wins.

[Flagg Thornington]

Casandrella bows gracefully to both Rasca and the onlookers after unsummoning her skeletons. The sorceress then strides out of the arena to take a seat and watch the other duels.
I was very lucky, this time...