Gladiator Tournament II - Round 2: Gork vs. Brunhilda

[Black Plauge]

Brunhilda
Crowd Attitude: 4
Psionically Focused
Spells: 5/3
PP: 2
HP: 178

Gork
Crowd Attitude: 3.75
Spells: -/2/1
HP: 139

Well, Brunhilda had a tough match yesterday, but todays match should be an entirely different challenge.

Indeed, Gork will be easy to find, despite fighting without his companion Peanut from the first round, but he's going to try and make it hard for her to do anything but squirm.

Will pork be on the menu tonight?

Gork, Brunhilda, introduce yourselves to the crowd.

Gork and Brunhilda have 24 hours to post their round 1 action.

[Boomlaor]

Brunhilda smiles to the crowd, adjusts her armor so it is a bit more comfortable, and with her familiar opening, gets a running start and leaps into the air, once again bursting into flames at the peak of her jump, and landing lightly on her feet on a platform. She calls out to her opponent, batting her eyelashes, "Hey there, big boy." She squints at Gork and hefts her magic rock, estimating the distance between them.

ooc: running start, jump to the platform at I-23, trying to impress, activate nimbus for circumstance bonus.

roll: [roll0]
+31 to make the jump, +33 to impress

psionically focused, magic rock in hand.

[Boomlaor]

Gork feels a moment's panic at not having Peanut at his side for a fight for the first time in years. He closes his eyes for a moment and lets the familiar sounds and smells of the arena reassure him. Gazing across the arena at the giantess with the large rock in hand, an idea occurs to him. In an elaborate pantomime, he swings his mancatcher around like a baseball bat, pretending to hit a large ball, then, in what can only be an impersonation of Brunhilda, looks around frantically, unable to find something. He then repositions himself, and assumes a fighting stance.

ooc: perform weapon drill +22, then move around the platform to F-35. Mancatcher in hand.

roll: [roll0]

[Black Plauge]

Initiative:
Gork: 14
Shield Guardian: 13
Brunhilda: 11
Behir: 9
Triceratops: 4
Stone Golem: 4

Gork makes a Perform (weapon drill) check to impress the crowd. 35 vs. DC 35. Success. Crowd attitude towards Gork improves 2 steps. Gork is now Appreciated (+1 attacks & damage).
Gork moves.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Brunhilda activates her Nimbus and moves, jumping to impress the crowd. Jump 46 vs. DC 10. Success. Jump 48 (+2 circumstance) vs. DC 40. Success. Crowd attitude towards Brunhilda improves 1 step. Brunhilda is now Appreciated (+1 attacks & damage).

Behir is restrained.

Triceratops is restrained.

Stone Golem takes no action.

Brunhilda
Crowd Attitude: 5 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Psionically Focused
Spells: 5/3
PP: 2
HP: 172

Gork
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Spells: -/2/1
HP: 139

Round 2:
Gork
Shield Guardian
Brunhilda
Behir
Triceratops
Stone Golem

And we're underway with both gladiators making good impressions on the crowd.

Now let's see them make impressions on each other.

Gork has 24 hours to post his round 2 action.

[Boomlaor]

Seeing the Giantess burs into flames again, Gork smiles at his foresight and casts a spell, keeping an eye on his opponent to see what she'll do as he closes the distance between them.

ooc: cast resist energy (fire) on self, move to I-34

[Boomlaor]

Brunhilda realizes that she's a bit closer to the Behir than she'd like, so she steps into the sky to gain some distance. In response to Gork's pantomime, she cries out,

"Try to hit this!!!"

and hurls her magic rock at him.

ooc: activate firewalk, move to I-20, 20' altitude, throw magic rock at gork, power throwing for 6 (to hit of +19 = 14 bab + 8 str +1 feat +1 enhancement +1 crowd bonus -6 power throw)[damage of 2d6+1d6 merciful +8 str +1 enhancement +1 crowd bonus = 2d6+1d6+10]
to hit [roll0]
damage [roll1]

I'm not sure if the deflecting enchantment on Gork's mancatcher will work against a boulder, but if it will, here's the roll for the reflex save against DC 21
[roll2]

[Black Plauge]

Gork casts resist energy.
Gork moves.

Shield Guardian moves.

Brunhilda activates firewalk and moves.
Brunhilda attacks Gork with her rock. 25 vs. AC 20. Hits. Deals 20 damage. DR reduces to 19.

Behir steps.

Triceratops takes no action.

Stone Golem moves.

Brunhilda
Crowd Attitude: 5 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Psionically Focused
Spells: 5/3
PP: 2
HP: 172

Gork
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Resist energy - fire resistance 10, duration of match
Spells: -/1/1
Non-lethal damage: 19
HP: 139

Round 3:
Gork
Shield Guardian
Brunhilda
Behir
Triceratops
Stone Golem

Well, Gork is worried about protection. Can't say I blame him given his opponent.

Brunhilda, on the other hand, is diving right into the combat and it is paying off right away.

Gork has 24 hours to post his round 3 action.

[Boomlaor]

Not wanting to repeat the embarassment from last round, Brunhilda activates her armor before falling from the sky. She laughs as her rock returns to her, and taunts Gork,

"That's what I thought! Now lets turn up the heat a bit!"

As she speaks, the fire surrounding her spreads to the magic rock which is once more in her hand.

ooc: cast fly from celestial armor on self, activate weapon afire on magic rock.

[Boomlaor]

Still smarting from the impact of Brunhilda's rock, Gork peers around for some cover and activates a fly spell of his own. Using his enhanced speed, he makes a quick dash for cover, mindful of the nearby dinosaur.

ooc: cast fly on self from Winged Boots, move via I-31 to N-26, take cover behind the crate in M-26 and/or the wall in M-25.

[Black Plauge]

Gork activates his winged boots.
Gork moves.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Brunhilda’s magic rock returns to her.
Brunhilda activates her celestial armor.
Brunhilda activates weapon afire on her rock.

Behir takes no action.

Triceratops takes no action.

Stone Golem takes no action.

Brunhilda
Crowd Attitude: 5 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Psionically Focused
Nimbus - +4 Cha, fire shield, 4d6 fire touch attack
Fly - 60' fly speed, expires round 53
Weapon afire - active on rock
Spells: 5/3
PP: 1
HP: 172

Gork
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Resist energy - fire resistance 10, duration of match
Fly - 60' fly speed, expires round 53
Spells: -/1/1
Non-lethal damage: 19
HP: 139

Round 4:
Gork
Shield Guardian
Brunhilda
Behir
Triceratops
Stone Golem

Gork's decided to keep equal footing with Brunhilda and is flying on his own now.

Brunhilda, on the other hand, is creating more fire.

Gork has 24 hours to post his round 4 action.

[Boomlaor]

ooc: whoops, got the order they were acting in mixed up last round. Oh well. Had I realized that Gork was acting first, I'd have had Brunhilda move further off instead of activating weapon afire. Not immune from making mistakes, even against myself.

ic:
Gork rises up over the wall and speeds toward Brunhilda, leading with his mancatcher. As he draws into range he lashes out at her with it.

ooc:
Rise up 15', then move to K-22, 15' altitude. Attack Brunhilda with mancatcher, grappling on hit.

to hit [roll0]
damage [roll1] nonlethal
grapple check [roll2]

[Boomlaor]

Brunhilda nimbus damage [roll0]
Brunhilda defensive grapple check [roll1]

[Boomlaor]

Brunhilda howls in rage and struggles against the mancatcher, trying to force its jaws open. If successful, she takes a 5' step to I-19 (25' altitude) and manifests fire lash.

ooc: Rage, attempt to force open mancatcher with opposed str check.

Brunhilda str check [roll0]
Gork str check (incl. +2 from armbands) [roll1]

edit: AOOs will be trip attempts with fire lash.

[Black Plauge]

Gork moves and attacks Brunhilda. 37 vs. AC 20. Hits. Deals 17 non-lethal damage. DR reduces to 16. Gork gets a free grapple attempt. 47 vs. 42. Brunhilda is grappled. Since Gork made a melee attack against Brunhilda he takes damage from her nimbus. Nimbus deals 7 damage. Fire resistance reduces to 0.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Brunhilda rages and tries to force open the mancatcher. 19 vs. 16. Success. Brunhilda escapes from the mancatcher.
Brunhilda steps and activates fire lash.

Behir takes no action.

Triceratops takes no action.

Stone Golem takes no action.

Brunhilda
Crowd Attitude: 5 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Psionically Focused
Nimbus - +4 Cha, 2d6 fire shield, 4d6 fire touch attack
Fly - 60' fly speed, expires round 53
Weapon afire - active on rock
Fire lash
Rage - +6 Str & Con, +2 Will, -4 AC, expires round 15
Spells: 5/3
PP: 1
Non-lethal damage: 16
HP: 220

Gork
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Resist energy - fire resistance 10, duration of match
Fly - 60' fly speed, expires round 53
Spells: -/1/1
Non-lethal damage: 19
HP: 139

Round 5:
Gork
Shield Guardian
Brunhilda
Behir
Triceratops
Stone Golem

Gork tried to tie Brunhilda down, but she seems to have some commitment issues.

*groan*

Gork has 24 hours to post his round 5 action.

[Boomlaor]

Gork initiates a series of corkscrews and flips which bring him closer to Brunhilda, and he reaches out with his vice-like grip.

ooc: tumble (if possible while flying) at half speed to J-20, 25' altitude, attempt to grapple Brunhilda by hand.

tumble check to avoid AOO [roll0]
Brunhilda AOO if she gets one is to disarm at +27 [roll1]
Gork disarm check [roll2]

Gork touch attack for grapple [roll3]
Gork grapple check [roll4]
Brunhilda grapple check [roll5]

edit: realized I forgot to roll for the grapple damage.

[Boomlaor]

Nimbus damage [roll0]

[Boomlaor]

Brunhilda responds to Gork's bearhug quickly, knowing from his battle against Foom that she wouldn't have much time before the manacles came out. She headbutts him in the face, and then lashes out with elbows and knees, and each time she strikes him, the flames surrounding her reach out to scorch him.

ooc: full attack to do unarmed damage, augmented by nimbus, power attacking for 5.
to hit is +15/+10/+5 = 14 bab +11 str +1 crowd -4 grappling -5 power attack
damage is 1d3 + 11 str +5 pwr attack +1 crowd = +17 subdual

attack 1 [roll0]
damage 1 [roll1]
nimbus 1 [roll2]

attack 1(2) [roll3]
damage 1(2) [roll4]
nimbus 1(2) [roll5]

attack 1(3) [roll6]
damage 1(3) [roll]1d3+17/roll]
nimbus 1(3) [roll7]

edit: see reason, can check rolls to see that they're in order.

[Black Plauge]

Gork moves, tumbling to avoid AoOs. 31 vs. DC 15. Success.
Gork attacks Brunhilda, attempting to initiate a grapple. 35 vs. Touch AC 8. Hits. Grapple 61 vs. 30. Success. Brunhilda and Gork are grappling. Deals 10 non-lethal damage. DR reduces to 5. Gork moves into Brunhilda’s space. Nimbus deals 6 fire damage to Gork. Fire resistance reduces to 0.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Brunhilda attacks Gork unarmed. 26, 25, & 7 vs. AC 20. First two hit. Last whiffs. Deals 19 non-lethal & 14 fire damage and 19 non-lethal & 18 fire damage Fire resistance and DR reduce to 18 non-lethal & 4 fire and 18 non-lethal and 8 fire damage.

Behir takes no action.

Triceratops takes no action.

Stone Golem takes no action.

Brunhilda
Crowd Attitude: 5 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Psionically Focused
Nimbus - +4 Cha, 2d6 fire shield, 4d6 fire touch attack, DR 5/magic
Fly - 60' fly speed, expires round 53
Weapon afire - active on rock
Fire lash
Rage - +6 Str & Con, +2 Will, -4 AC, expires round 15
Spells: 5/3
PP: 1
Non-lethal damage: 21
HP: 220

Gork
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Resist energy - fire resistance 10, duration of match
Fly - 60' fly speed, expires round 53
Spells: -/1/1
Non-lethal damage: 55
HP: 127

Round 6:
Gork
Shield Guardian
Brunhilda
Behir
Triceratops
Stone Golem

It's wrastling time!!

"HOG... TIE! HOG... TIE!!"

That would normally be Gork's strong suit, but Brunhilda is a hot potato. The question is: Is she hot enough?

"Fire Lady! Fire Lady!! Scorch him, burn him, sear him!!

Fire Lady! Fire Lady!!"



Gork has 24 hours to post his round 6 action.

[Boomlaor]

Time to see how limber you are, 'fire lady!' Gork sneers at Brunhilda. He pulls her arms together behind her back and twists painfully, as he pulls a set of manacles from his belt and latches them onto her.

ooc: cast swift haste, attempt to pin Brunhilda, quickdraw non-magic manacles and attempt to hogtie Brunhilda, if hogtie successful use remaining attacks to deal grapple damage, otherwise continue attempting to hogtie.

Grapple check 1 (to pin) [roll0]
Grapple check 2 (to hogtie) [roll1]
Use rope check to set escape DC [roll2]
*note, I still believe that the escape DC for manacles from the SRD should be used, but I seem to remember that this is how it was done previously*
Grapple check 3 (to hogtie or to damage) [roll3]
check 3 damage [roll4]
Grapple check 4 (to hogtie or to damage) [roll5]
check 4 damage [roll6]
Grapple check 5 (to hogtie or to damage) [roll7]
check 5 damage [roll8]

damage rolls include +1 from crowd attitude. IIRC it was ruled that crowd bonuses didn't apply to grapple checks, but did apply to damage.

[Boomlaor]

Brunhilda defensive grapple checks (not sure if she can make them while hogtied, but better to roll and not need to):

check 1 [roll0]
check 2 [roll1]
check 3 [roll2]
check 4 [roll3]
check 5 [roll4]

nimbus 1 [roll5]
nimbus 2 [roll6]
nimbus 3 [roll7]
nimbus 4 [roll8]
nimbus 5 [roll9]

[Boomlaor]

"There are much more fun ways to test that, but it's not nice to tie up a lady without her permission, Gork."

Brunhilda flexes her considerable muscles, and wills the flames surrounding her to soften the metal of the manacles as she strains against her bonds.

ooc:
Str check to burst manacles [roll0]
If successful, 5' step directly up.

[Black Plauge]

Note: While Quickdraw does shorten the draw time to a free action, it doesn’t eliminate the need to make a grapple check to draw the manacles. Also, since you can’t draw a weapon while pinning an opponent, that has to be done first.
Gork attempts to draw his manacles. Grapple 45 vs. 42. Success. Gork draws his manacles.
Gork attempts to cast swift haste. Concentration 9 vs. DC 23. Fails. Gork loses his spell.
Note: Since Gork has one less attack than he rolled for, I will ignore his second roll at his highest BAB and move straight on to the third (where the attack bonus starts to go down).
Gork attempts to pin Brunhilda. Grapple 60 vs. 40. Success. Brunhilda is pinned. Crowd attitude towards Gork improves 1 step. Crowd attitude towards Brunhilda worsens 1 step. Brunhilda is no longer Appreciated. Nimbus deal 4 fire damage to Gork. Fire resitance reduces to 0.
Gork attempts to hog-tie Brunhilda. 53 vs. 46. Success. Since Brunhilda was already pinned, this carries no additional crowd adjustment. Nimbus deals 4 fire damage to Gork. Fire resistance reduces to 0. The grapple is now ended.
Gork attacks Brunhilda unarmed. 34 & 21 vs. AC 10 (0 effective Dex). Both hit. Deals 13 & 12 non-lethal damage. DR reduces to 8 & 7 non-lethal damage. Nimbus deals 6 & 10 fire damage to Gork. Fire resistance reduces to 0 & 0 fire damage.

Shield Guardian steps.

Brunhilda tries to break the manacles. Str 16 vs. DC 26. Fails.

Behir takes no action.

Triceratops takes no action.

Stone Golem takes no action.

Brunhilda
Crowd Attitude: 4
Psionically Focused
Nimbus - +4 Cha, 2d6 fire shield, 4d6 fire touch attack, DR 5/magic
Fly - 60' fly speed, expires round 53
Weapon afire - active on rock
Fire lash
Rage - +6 Str & Con, +2 Will, -4 AC, expires round 15
Spells: 5/3
PP: 1
Bound and helpless
Non-lethal damage: 36
HP: 220

Gork
Crowd Attitude: 6.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Resist energy - fire resistance 10, duration of match
Fly - 60' fly speed, expires round 53
Spells: -/1/1
Non-lethal damage: 55
HP: 127

Round 7:
Gork
Shield Guardian
Brunhilda
Behir
Triceratops
Stone Golem

And now Brunhilda's all trussed up like a pig!

She doesn't seem ready to give up yet though. Gork still has to finish her off to win the match.

Gork has 24 hours to post his round 7 action.

[Boomlaor]

Letting his mancatcher fall to the ground, Gork draws another set of manacles with his right hand and a dagger with his left, and attacks Brunhilda from all angles with both weapons.

ooc: quickdraw magic masterwork manacles and masterwork dagger and full attack Brunhilda, using bring 'em home alive ability to deal only non-lethal damage. Successful attacks also do an additional 3d6 of non-lethal from non-lethal strike and 1 str damage from crippling strike.

Manacles 1 to hit [roll0]
Manacles 1 damage [roll1] + [roll2] + [roll3]

Manacles 2 to hit [roll4]
Manacles 2 damage [roll5] + [roll6] + [roll7]

Manacles 3 to hit [roll8]
Manacles 3 damage [roll9] + [roll10] + [roll11]

Manacles 4 to hit [roll12] BP Note: The modifier on this roll is too high. The result should be 10 lower than shown.
Manacles 4 damage [roll13] + [roll14] + [roll15]

Dagger 1 to hit [roll16]
Dagger 1 damage [roll17] + [roll18] BP Note: Off-hand attacks get half Str bonus. The result should be 5 lower than shown.

Dagger 2 to hit [roll19]
Dagger 2 damage [roll20] + [roll21] BP Note: Off-hand attacks get half Str bonus. The result should be 5 lower than shown.

[Boomlaor]

by my count that's 4 hits, so 4 nimbus damages
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]

[Boomlaor]

Realizing that she is no longer in the Titan's clutches, Brunhilda wills herself across the arena, and with her rage fueled by the audience's laughter at the sight of her floating about tied up, she tries once more to burst her bonds.

ooc:
5' step to I-18, str check to break manacles, [roll0] BP Note: The modifier for this roll is off. The result should be 1 lower than shown.

[Black Plauge]

Gork draws his magical manacles and a dagger and attacks Brunhilda. 33, 38, natural 1, 21, 37, & natural 1 vs. AC 10 (0 effective Dex). Four hit, two automatically miss. Deals 29, 24, 33, & 22 non-lethal damage. DR reduces dagger damages (last one) to 17 non-lethal damage. Attacks also deal a total of 4 Str damage. Nimbus deals 9, 9, 2, & 6 fire damage to Grok. Fire resistance reduces to 0, 0, 0, & 0 fire damage. Crowd attitude towards Gork worsens 4 steps. Gork is no longer appreciated.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Brunhilda steps.
Brunhilda tries to break the manacles. 21 vs. DC 28. Fails.

Behir takes no action.

Triceratops takes no action.

Stone Golem takes no action.

Brunhilda
Crowd Attitude: 4
Psionically Focused
Nimbus - +4 Cha, 2d6 fire shield, 4d6 fire touch attack, DR 5/magic
Fly - 60' fly speed, expires round 53
Weapon afire - active on rock
Fire lash
Rage - +6 Str & Con, +2 Will, -4 AC, expires round 15
Spells: 5/3
PP: 1
Bound and helpless
Strength damage: 4 (-2 on Str checks, melee attacks, & damage)
Non-lethal damage: 79
HP: 220

Gork
Crowd Attitude: 2.75
Resist energy - fire resistance 10, duration of match
Fly - 60' fly speed, expires round 53
Spells: -/1/1
Non-lethal damage: 55
HP: 127

Round 8:
Gork
Shield Guardian
Brunhilda
Behir
Triceratops
Stone Golem

Well, Brunhilda has been unable to break out of her bonds, and Gork is just wailing on her at will.

It is probably safe to say that the match is over at this point except for the formalities.

Gork has 24 hours to post his round 8 action.

[Boomlaor]

Before Gork can continue, Brunhilda falls limp and calls out, "Yield! I yield!"

[Boomlaor]

Gork, bows, announces,

"Justice has been served,"

and unties Brunhilda. He then takes a flying victory lap around the arena before returning to the ground and the stables.

[Black Plauge]

Brunhilda yields.

Match is over. Gork wins.

Brunhilda
Crowd Attitude: 4
Spells: 5/3
PP: 1
Strength damage: 4 (-2 on Str checks, melee attacks, & damage)
Non-lethal damage: 139
HP: 172

Gork
Crowd Attitude: 6.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Spells: -/1/1
Non-lethal damage: 55
HP: 127

Voting will close on Tuesday, 22 August, 2007. Participants should also send me recovery plans by that day.