Duel Arcana: Round 4 Match 1

[Lord Twig]

It is day four and two more duelists have fallen and we are down to five.

Once again TarNoch will start out the day. As an Evoker his spells deal with raw power and it was enough to overcome Gimbal, but now he faces a decidedly more deadly Illusionist. I speak of none other than Murwocket Loopnock Nampen, better known as Loopy!

Loopy seems determined to get back on his winning streak so it will be a hard fought duel. One more loss of either and they are out of the Duel Arcana.

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]

Tarnoch enters the ring knowing fully the danger of such a deadly illusionist.
Though the mage does not depend of his God for his spells, he says a devout prayer before entering the arena. Tarnoch cast a few spells on himself prior dead hour in anticipation of the coming threats.

[ooc sent pm with actions]

[Black Plauge]

Still seething from yesterday's loss, which shouldn't have been a loss, Loopy enters the ring with a scowl on his face and a mean streak a mile wide. Casting a spell that has yet to be seen in this match, Loopy concentrates on the affinities of fate in the arena and attempts to manipulate them to his advantage.

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 46
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Lesser Spell Matrix, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Pearl in hand

Loopy:
HP: 46 +13
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
False Life, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Duel Ward, expires round 10

Initiative: TarNoch 1+3=4, Loopy 3+1=4. TarNoch goes first.

Round 1:
TarNoch casts Nightshield
Loopy casts Duel Ward
Round 2:
TarNoch prepares to counterspell Loopy
Loopy goes on Total Defense

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TarNoch and Loopy are casting their first spells. Not much to see but they are adding to their already considerable defenses.

A nightshield for TarNoch and, a duel ward for Loopy. Very interesting!

Loopy doesn’t seem prepared for TarNoch’s opening spell!

Just watch.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

One that was closely observing the dwarf's facial expressions may have noticed a slight smirk creep across his moving lips.
The mage approaches Tarnoch fires a spell just for the situation, short and insulting. The evoker then follows with another blast of the weave's raw energy.

[Ooc Move to E7 cast Heightened incite (Swift) followed with Force missiles]

[Black Plauge]

Given the effects of the first spell that TarNoch casts, Loopy has no problem with letting it go unchallenged. His prepratory spell had already taken into account just such an eventuality. He'd just have to be careful about the use of his counterspell, since it was likely the only one he'd get.

Likewise, Loopy has little issue with the second spell that TarNoch casts. The missiles were bound to hurt, but wouldn't be a match ender, and therefore not worth his countering them. Flinching, Loopy prepares to absorb their blow.

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 46
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Lesser Spell Matrix, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Pearl in hand

Loopy:
HP: 42
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Duel Ward, expires round 10
Incite, expires round 93

Round 3:
TarNoch casts Heightened Incite as a swift action. Loopy attempts a Will save to resist. 2+12=14 vs. DC 18, fails.
TarNoch casts Force Missiles. Deals 6, 3 and 8 damage to Loopy.

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I’m watching. Loopy just got blasted.

Yes, but apparently Loopy didn’t think countering TarNoch’s spells were warranted. Though the incite spell that TarNoch cast would have been a good choice in most spell duels.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

Straightening up after absorbing the painful missiles, Loopy scowls at his opponent and gives him a mock salute.

"Time to end this."

[OOC: Cast heightened phantasmal killer at TarNoch. Use Fickle Finger of Fate to force TarNoch to reroll any successful save.]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Lesser Spell Matrix, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Pearl in hand

Loopy:
HP: 42
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Duel Ward, expires round 10
Incite, expires round 93

Round 3:
Loopy casts Heightened Phantasmal Killer. TarNoch attempts a Will save to disbelieve, 15+9+3=27 vs. DC 26, succeeds. Loopy Forces TarNoch to re-roll with Fickle Finger of Fate. 2+9+3=14, fails. TarNoch attempts a Fort save, 16+8+3=27, success. Phantasmal Killer deals 12 damage to TarNoch.

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Looks like Loopy is going to unleash his most powerful magic.

A Phantasmal Killer, this is what killed Tsao Tshu last time!

TarNoch is still on his feet! But it looks like it still hurt him.

Better than dead.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

Tarnoch unleashes a flurry of mixed arcane energy. Two blasts of multi-hued energy jut forth across the arena in a long line.

[ooc Activate spell matrix Rainbow blast, and follow with another rainbow blast.]

[Black Plauge]

Knowing that his protections cannot even come close to bearing the full brunt of this mixed assult, Loopy decides that a countering attempt is in order.

[OOC: Attempt to counter rainbow blast using dispel magic as an immediate action.]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Pearl in hand

Loopy:
HP: 13
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Duel Ward, expires round 10
Incite, expires round 93

Round 4:
TarNoch casts Rainbow Blast from his spell matrix. Loopy attempts to counter the spell. Spellcraft check to identify the spell is automatic with a +25 Spellcraft check bonus. Dispel check 8+9=17 vs. DC 20, fails. Rainbow Blast deals 1 Acid, 3 Cold, 2 Electric, 10 Fire, and 7 Sonic damage.
Loopy attempts a reflex save for half damage. 11+6=17 vs. DC 19, fails. Loopy’s Contingent Energy Resistance activates. Rolling randomly to see which type of energy it blocks. 2, Loopy gains Resistance to Cold 10 which absorbs the 3 Cold damage. Loopy takes 20 damage.
TarNoch casts Heighten Rainbow Blast. Deals 9 Acid, 8 Cold, 2 Electric, 4 Fire, and 5 Sonic damage.
Loopy attempts a Reflex save for half damage. 15+6=21 vs. DC 20, success. The Energy Resistance (Cold) absorbs the Cold damage and Loopy takes 4 Acid, 1 Electric, 2 Fire and 2 Sonic damage.

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TarNoch has sent not one, but TWO Rainbow Blasts at Loopy.

That’s the way the game is played. Throw your biggest spells at your opponent at fast as possible and try to take them down before they take you down. Did you see Loopy’s attempt to counter the first blast?

It was a pretty fast exchange and it looked like he took the brunt of the blast while he was trying to counter it. The second one he just jumped out of the way and it looks that that was more effective.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

Ouch! Damnit! Even with a potion I can't take that much punishment again. I have to end this now.

"Let's try this again now, shall we? Die!"

[OOC: Cast phantasmal killer. Use spin to up DC to 27. Get out a potion.]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Pearl in hand

Loopy:
HP: 13
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Duel Ward, expires round 10
Incite, expires round 93

Round 4:
Loopy casts Phantasmal Killer using 2 points of Spin to increase the DC to 27. TarNoch attempts a Will save to disbelieve, 18+9+3=30 vs. DC 27, succeeds. TarNoch is unaffected.
Loopy retrieves a potion.

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TarNoch was not able to knock Loopy out and now it Loopy is casting again.

Another Phantasmal Killer, we will see if TarNoch can hold out once again.

Yes he can! TarNoch is still on his feet and appears completely unaffected.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

Tarnoch fires a trio of force missiles from his fingertips that streak across the arena and burn into the deadly illusionists chest.

[ooc cast force missiles directing all missiles at Loopy]

[Black Plauge]

Suprised to see his opponent still on his feet, Loopy desperately tries to counter the latest volley and so to extend this match just a bit further.

[OOC: Attempt to dispel as an immediate action using dispel magic.]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Pearl in hand

Loopy:
HP: 13
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93

Round 5:
TarNoch casts Force Missiles. Loopy attempts to counter the spell by casting Dispel Magic. Spellcraft check to identify the spell is automatic with a +25 Spellcraft check bonus. Dispel check 17+9=26 vs. DC 20, success. Duelward is discharged.

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Loopy managed to stop TarNoch this time, the Dwarf’s spell failed to materialize.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

"Let's try and change the parameters of this battle. It's not been going well thus far. Perhaps this will distract you a bit."

[OOC: Cast shadow binding centered on TarNoch.

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Pearl in hand

Loopy:
HP: 13
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93

Round 5:
Loopy cast Shadow Binding centered on TarNoch. TarNoch attempts a Will save. 15+9+3=27 vs. DC 24, success.

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Unfortunately Loopy can not seem to make his spells take hold on the resilient dwarf.

He has been throwing solid spells at TarNoch, but the Dwarven resilience to spells and the nightshield that TarNoch had cast up at the beginning of the duel are proving difficult to overcome.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

Eager to avoid death at the hands of his deadly opponent, the dwarf evokes another potent blast of mixed energy.

[ooc cast rainbow blast]

[Lord Twig]

Note: TarNoch does not have a Rainbow Blast spell available to casts and I have not heard back from Flagg in over 24 hours. He will instead take the default action of preparing to counterspell.

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Pearl in hand

Loopy:
HP: 13
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Potion in hand

Round 6:
TarNoch prepares to counterspell Loopy.

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What’s TarNoch doing now? He isn’t casting, he is just staring at Loopy.

Maybe he is just playing with Loopy now? That could be a serious mistake.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

Taking a mental inventory of the spells both he and his opponent have cast, Loopy comes to the conclusion that they're both running close to empty on their most powerful spells. Not quite empty, but fairly close, and if his opponent didn't have anymore attack spells in those slots, as his inaction suggested, then Loopy might be able to win the match another way.

Drawing his glaive, Loopy casts a spell to make himself proficent with the weapon and moves towards his opponent. He has no chance of closing the whole gap, but once he gets about halfway, he tries to ready himself to cast his last strong protective spell, hoping to get it up at just the right time. The spell his opponent had cast on him at the begining of the match prevents him, however, so he quickly switches spells, not willing to give his opponent a chance to counterspell what could very well be the match winning spell at this point.

If he got to cast it, that is.

[OOC: Draw glaive. Cast master's touch to gain proficency with glaive (eliminating the -4 non-proficency penalty and raising Loopy's attack bonus with the weapon to +3). Move to I7. Cast bear's endurance gaining a +4 Con and 18 hp.]

[Lord Twig]

Note: Modified the order of Loopy’s actions so that he can perform them all.

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Pearl in hand

Loopy:
HP: 31
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Glaive in hand

Round 6:
Loopy moves and draws his glaive; he must drop his potion to do so. Loopy casts Master’s Touch. TarNoch attempts to counter with Dispel Magic. Spellcraft check vs. DC 16 is automatic with a bonus of +20. Dispel check, 16+9=25 vs. DC 20, success.
Loopy casts Bear’s Endurance.

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Loopy is closing for hand-to-hand combat. Not something I expected to see.

He cast a couple spells to give himself a better chance. Master’s Touch and Bear’s Endurace, but TarNoch managed to counter the first one.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

Tarnoch tosses a few fire ants in his mouth after stepping closer to his now armed opponent. The dwarf belches forth a cone of acidic fog that engulfs his opponent. The dwarf drops his pearl and retrieves his quarterstaff from his pack, finding the thought of melee remotely endearing.

[ooc 5-foot step to F7 cast acid breath, drop pearl and move action to retreive staff]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Staff in hand

Loopy:
HP: 5
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Glaive in hand

Round 7:
TarNoch steps and casts Acid Breath. Deals 26 damage.
Loopy attempts a Reflex save for half. 3+6=9 vs. DC 19, fails.
TarNoch drops his pearl and draws his staff.

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TarNoch is welcoming Loopy’s advance! He has stepped up himself and… Oh that has to hurt!

An Acid Breath spell. Good for discouraging foes from getting close.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

Smarting from the acid burns, Loopy takes a step back and casts a defensive spell to hopefully give himself time to turn the match around.

[OOC: 5-ft step to J7. Cast lesser globe of invulnerability.]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Staff in hand

Loopy:
HP: 5
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 7:
Loopy steps and casts Lesser Globe of Invulnerability.

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Loopy is still playing a defensive game.

At this point TarNoch has to be running low on high powered spells. A lesser globe of invulnerability may just stop him in his tracks.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

Tarnoch produces a small glass cone and points it toward Loopy just as the dwarf completes one of his most powerful spells. A cone of cold shoots forth from his outstretched hands ignoring the safety of the globe.

[ooc cast cone of cold]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Staff in hand

Loopy:
HP: 5
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 8:
TarNoch casts Cone of Cold. Deals 20 damage.
Loopy attempts a Reflex save. 15+6=21 vs. DC 21, success.
Loopy takes 10 cold damage which his resistance reduces to 0.
Unattended potion is destroyed.

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TarNoch seems unimpressed with Loopy’s spell. He is casting again.

A cone of cold! TarNoch still had some powerful magic left!

It didn’t seem to faze Loopy. He is still standing. That Gnome has taken a lot of punishment and is still going!

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

Flinching as the cone of cold washes over him Loopy is suprised to come out the other side unscathed.

"Thank the gods. Let's give this guy something else to worry about."

[OOC: Cast shadow conjuration to duplicate summon monster III. Create a fiendish crocodile in F6. Crocodile will attack immediately with its bite and use its Improved Grab ability if the attack hits to try and start a grapple.]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Staff in hand

Loopy:
HP: 5
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Shadow Fiendish Crocodile:
HP: 4
AC: 15
Cold/Fire Resistance 5
Bite +6 (1d8+6) or tail slap +6 (1d12+6)

Round 8:
Loopy casts Shadow Conjuration to duplicate Summon Monster III. A Shadow Fiendish Crocodile appears in F6.
Crocodile attacks TarNoch. 7+6=13 vs. AC 20, misses.

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Loopy is calling in some reinforcements. The croc failed to nab TarNoch though.

Still, TarNoch is in a bad spot. Loopy must be on his last leg by now, but unless he can pull another high powered spell out of his bag of tricks that globe of invulnerability it going to give him some problems.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

Tarnoch steps away from the hellish croc and finshes the familiar words of a magic missile spell. Five pink bolts blast forth from the evokers stubby fingers burning in the its skin and leave small burn marks where they strike and neon trailers behind.

[ooc 5-foot step to F8, cast magic missile at croc]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Staff in hand

Loopy:
HP: 5
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 9:
TarNoch steps and casts Magic Missile. Deals 3, 3, 2, 3, 3 damage. Shadow Fiendish Crocodile is destroyed.

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TarNoch is taking care of the immediate threat first that shadow crocodile is no more.

Yes, but he has lost the initiative, now he is responding to Loopy’s attacks instead of pushing his own.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

"So, you can deal with external threats still. Can you deal with internal ones?" Loopy asks as a ray springs from his hand towards TarNoch.

[OOC: Cast ray of enfeeblement at TarNoch.]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Staff in hand
-8 Strength Penalty, expires round 99

Loopy:
HP: 5
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 9:
Loopy casts Ray of Enfeeblement. Ranged touch attack, 11+6=17 vs. touch AC 15, hits. Inflicts a 3+5=8 penalty to TarNoch’s Strength.
TarNoch now has an effective Str of 2 and is carrying a heavy load. Max Dex +1, Skill check penalty -6.

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TarNoch is staggering from that beam that Loopy hit him with.

A ray of enfeeblement. Loopy has sapped TarNoch’s strength. TarNoch’s equipment is probably weighing him down quite a bit now.

Still, Dwarves are renowned for their stamina. TarNoch isn’t out of this yet.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

Tarnoch drops his staff and struggles to move in his weakened state. After adjusting his position he calls forth a defensive globe of his own and reaches into his pack to retrieve a small vial.

[ooc drop staff, 5-foot step to E9, Cast Lesser Globe of invulnerability, retrieve potion named in pm]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Potion in hand
-8 Strength Penalty, expires round 99

Loopy:
HP: 5
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 10:
TarNoch drops his staff, takes a step, casts Lesser Globe of Invulnerability and pulls a potion from his haversack.

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Well two can play the globe of invulnerability game. TarNoch has one now too!

With both wizards low on spells that might make things a little boring for a while.

Now we will see if Loopy has anything powerful left to cast.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

Using the brief respite offered by his opponent's obvious concern with his health, Loopy takes a moment to look after his own as well.

Can't exactly walk through his sphere at the moment anyway. I can wait a bit.

[OOC: Retrieve and drink potion of cure light wounds.]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Potion in hand
-8 Strength Penalty, expires round 99

Loopy:
HP: 8
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 10:
Loopy pulls a potion of Cure Light Wounds and drinks it. He gains 2+1=3 HPs.

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Looks like both duelists are worried about their health. Not that I blame them.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

Tarnoch drinks his potion of lesser restoration and readies his crossbow.

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Crossbow in hand

Loopy:
HP: 8
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 11:
TarNoch drinks his potion of Lesser Restoration, which dispels his Str penalty.
TarNoch readies his crossbow.

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TarNoch is preparing himself for a mundane solution it seems.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

Unsatisfied with the results of the first potion, Loopy fishes out another and downs it too.

Hopefully this one will be a bit stronger.

[OOC: Retrieve and drink a potion of cure light wounds.]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Crossbow in hand

Loopy:
HP: 15
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 11:
Loopy pulls a potion of Cure Light Wounds and drinks it. He gains 6+1=7 HPs.

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Loopy is downing potions like they are going out of style.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

Tarnoch takes the opportunity to launch a bolt at the illusionist. The dwarf then reloads his crossbow.

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Crossbow in hand

Loopy:
HP: 13
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 12:
TarNoch fires his crossbow at Loopy. 14+7=21 vs. AC 12, hits. Deals 2 points of damage.
TarNoch reloads his crossbow.

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TarNoch winged Loopy with that bolt. It just may come down to mundane weapons to decide this match.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

Ah, hell! That's not going to help matters.

Retrieving another potion, Loopy downs it compensate for the wound that the crossbow bolt just inflicted, and hopefully to push his hp high enough to face the dwarf's globe.

[OOC: Retrieve and drink a potion of cure light wounds.]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Crossbow in hand

Loopy:
HP: 17
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 12:
Loopy pulls a potion of Cure Light Wounds and drinks it. He gains 3+1=4 HPs.

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Loopy’s still downing potions. This could be an expensive match for Loopy.

Flagg, you have 24 hours to post TarNoch next action.

[Flagg Thornington]

Tarnoch fires another bolt and reloads his crossbow.

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Crossbow in hand

Loopy:
HP: 10
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 13:
TarNoch fires his crossbow at Loopy. 9+7=16 vs. AC 12, hits. Deals 7 points of damage.
TarNoch reloads his crossbow.

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The potions are nice, but Loopy has to watch out for TarNoch! That last bolt looked like it hurt.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

"$^*^&*%#!!!!"

His work on improving his health to the point where he could face the dwarf's globe undone by his opponent's crossbow, Loopy swears fiercly in his native tongue before casting a spell at his opponent.

"Let's change your luck a bit, shall we?"

[OOC: Cast unluck, targeted at TarNoch.]

[Lord Twig]

Note: Unluck has been changed to a 3rd level spell in the Spell Compendium, so I will treat Loopy’s Unluck spell as if it had been Heightened, which would basically be the same.

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Unluck, expires round 22
Crossbow in hand

Loopy:
HP: 10
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 13:
Loopy casts Heightened Unluck at TarNoch. TarNoch attempts a Will save. 4+9+3=16 vs. DC 21, fails.

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Some colorful language there from Loopy… But wait a second! Loopy is casting! He had something left after all!

An Unluck spell, and it looks like he landed it. TarNoch will find just about everything he does a little more difficult now.

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

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Unluck, expires round 22
Crossbow in hand

Loopy:
HP: 10
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 14:
TarNoch prepares to counterspell Loopy.

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I guess TarNoch believes that Loopy may still have some spells left, it looks like he is waiting to see what Loopy will do next.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

With his spell hopefully making his opponent's life difficult, Loopy grabs another potion, hoping for sufficent results so that he can do something besides drink potions.

[OOC: Retrieve a potion of cure light wounds and drink it.]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 34
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Unluck, expires round 22
Crossbow in hand

Loopy:
HP: 16
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 14:
Loopy pulls a potion of Cure Light Wounds and drinks it. He gains 5+1=6 HPs.

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Loopy’s is back to drinking potions is what he is up too.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

Tarnoch retreives a potion of cure light wounds and drinks it. He then takes a step back to another spot in his globe.

[ooc 5-foot step to D9]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 37
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Unluck, expires round 22
Crossbow in hand

Loopy:
HP: 16
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Glaive in hand

Round 15:
TarNoch pulls a potion of Cure Light Wounds and drinks it. He gains 2+1=3 HPs.
TarNoch takes a 5’ step.

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Now TarNoch is drinking potions! What kind of duel is this?

A fairly rare one, usually someone has dropped long before their magic runs out.

Black Plauge, you have 24 hours to post Loopy’s next action.

[Black Plauge]

The increased vibration of the glass sphere at his feet tells Loopy that his major protection is just about gone, but he still doesn't have a snowball's chance in Baator of being able to physically penetrate his opponent's. Plus, that spell that his opponent had cast earlier, and which Loopy had allowed uncontested, was preventing him from making some sound tactical moves.

Damn it all.

Abandoning the protection of his nearly expired globe so that he can cast a bit more freely, Loopy casts a pair of spells, one to enhance his personal protections (and prevent the most elementry of wizard attack spells from being his undoing) and another to make the glaive in his hand far more useful.

Please let the length of this weapon make this work.

[OOC: Move to F6. Cast shield and master's touch (the latter is a swift action).]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 37
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Unluck, expires round 22
Crossbow in hand

Loopy:
HP: 16
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Shield, expires round 105
Master’s Touch, expires round 105
Glaive in hand

Round 15:
Loopy moves and casts Shield and Master’s Touch.

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Loopy is making his move. And casting a couple spells right has he leaves his globe.

Shield and Master’s touch. Both low-power stuff but, could be very useful if Loopy can somehow engage TarNoch without the dwarf’s globe getting in the way.

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

[Flagg Thornington]

Tarnoch relishes his chance to affect his opponent and delivers the final words of a commone spell that calls forth lightning. It juts out from hand and streaks toward the illusionist. The mage then drops his crossbow and retreives his dagger.

[ooc cast lightning bolt, drops crossbow, retreive dagger, 5-foot step to d10]

[Lord Twig]

TarNoch:
HP: 37
Mage Armor, rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Contingent Energy Resistance, rest of duel
Nightshield, expires round 91
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 20
Unluck, expires round 22
Crossbow in hand

Loopy:
HP: -3
Contingent Energy Resistance (Cold), rest of duel
See Invisibility, rest of duel
Incite, expires round 93
Bear’s Endurance (+4 Con), expires round 96
Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, expires round 16
Shield, expires round 105
Master’s Touch, expires round 105
Glaive in hand

Round 16:
TarNoch casts Lightning Bolt. Deals 45 electric damage. Unluck forces a re-roll, results in 31 electric damage. Loopy attempts a Ref save for half damage. 10+6=16 vs. DC 19, fails. Loopy takes 31 points of electric damage.
Sister Bessin casts Close Wounds as an immediate action and heals 3+5+4=12 damage.

TarNoch has pounced as soon as Loopy left his protective globe and has blasted the gnome right off his feet!

Sister Bessin was quick with her healing spell and Loopy should live, but he is out of the match.

TarNoch Wins.