H131, Day 28-29, Antipeak (Xianna, Silver, Open)

[Stix]

After banging around the Pit idly for a few hours, Xianna and Quicksilver find themselves standing face-to-face with Iljen. "Two minutes, so let's get you prepared. You get your spellslinger, I'll get mine."

[exile]

Seeing that their time has finally come, Hadrian fervently waves down one of the book keepers. “Hey, cutter!” he exclaims. “What are the odds on the next fight? Wait, never you mind, I’m placing it all on my peacocks.” As quickly as it had entered his hands, so too had it left them; what use did a Bleaker have for jink anyway?

[Uathach Blackmantle]

Silver nods at Iljen, and motions for Xianna to follow her. "We'll be right back. Let's go find 'im, shall we?" She doesn't wait for a reply from the Athar, and begins shouldering her way roughly through the crowd, toward the madman, and taps him on the shoulder.

"It's time, cutter. Follow us o'er to our sponsor." She nods in the direction of Iljen. "Then ye can start castin' the other spells ye promised me. We only 'ave a few moments left."

[exile]

Hadrian follows swiftly on Silver’s heels. He has been drinking, but not so much that it has blunted his wits yet. The spirits have however fueled his ravaged emotions and he carries himself as though a man possessed. Arriving in front of Iljen and his beneficiaries, Hadrian forcefully sets down a half-empty mug and sets about completing the remainder of the enchantments asked of him.

“Best of luck, cutters,” he offers after a moment. “Bring down the house. I’ll be looking for you when its all done.”

[Uathach Blackmantle]

exile said:

Hadrian follows swiftly on Silver’s heels. He has been drinking, but not so much that it has blunted his wits yet. The spirits have however fueled his ravaged emotions and he carries himself as though a man possessed. Arriving in front of Iljen and his beneficiaries, Hadrian forcefully sets down a half-empty mug and sets about completing the remainder of the enchantments asked of him.

“Best of luck, cutters,” he offers after a moment. “Bring down the house. I’ll be looking for you when its all done.”

"Believe me, cutter, I'll be makin me mark 'ere again tanight." Silver winks at the madman, and casts a sideways glance at his ale mug. She smirks to herself. "'Ere's ya coin I promised ye fer yer services. An' don'tchya be worryin', I'll be puttin on a show worthy of all of ya rememberin me name." Fishing out the coin from her purse - nay, emptying it, she realised - Quicksilver couldn't help but wonder just how profitable tonight's venture would be.

[OOC: I'm not sure how much jink Quicksilver has - as I haven't finished her basic equipment list, nor did I find out here earnings from the previous fight -, but I'm assuming that by now her funds are depleted, or nearly so.]

[Stix]

A six-and-a-half foot githzerai stands behind Iljen, his deep-set eyes and small nose lending him a corpse-like aspect.

"This is Menyat. He'll be helping you win, too. Silver, you wait for my signal, then lunge for the lightest-armored berk. Fury, draw the other one to you and then position yourself to flank with Silver. If either of you has trouble, fall back to this side of the ring." As Iljen speaks the plan, a tendril of smoking shadow glides out of the neck of Menyat's robe, winding its way down his billowing garment to the floor, where it becomes impossible to see in the meager light.

The sound of pounding war drums fills the air, drawing all attention to the center of the ring. Iljen speaks some short phrase, drowned out by the din, as she motions for the two of them to take their places.

"And now, the main event!" booms the illusory voice over the crowd and drums. "A free-for-all two-and-two bout the likes of which will never be seen again! The team that suffers a fall is defeated! Here are the cutters who'll spill blood tonight!"

"Returning to the arena after a long absence on the Inner Planes: the Stone Prince Goled!" The crowd applauds for a stout, blocky earth genasi. Goled wields a great maul, the head of which is some sort of polished, striated green mineral; he wears field plate armor bedecked in spiked studs.

"And fighting alongside him, in his first arena appearance: Kaschimalli!" Receiving an equal measure of applause is a fearsome-looking human: tattooed from head to toe in bright blues and reds, barefoot in the cold arena sand, protected by a suit of bone armor. As the increasingly excited crowd watches, the savage-looking man slowly draws a long thorn from a pouch at his belt and pierces his tongue with it on the very spot without flinching. As the crowd is whipped into a fever pitch, Kaschimalli brandishes the weapon that had been hanging at his side -- an exotic creation that looks like a flat, paddle-shaped club, the edges of which are set with razors (a maquahuitl).

"And their opponents!..."

(Ladies, make your entrances.)

[artemis]

Xianna practically does a cartwheel into the ring. She blows a kiss and flicks her tongue towards the earth genasi, taunting and flirting at once. She saunters around, trying to give the false impression that she had no business in the ring. She plays to the crowd waving and being cute. She pulls out her throwing axe and unsheaths her rapier, crossing them above her head.

[Uathach Blackmantle]

Taking her cue to enter, Quicksilver sashays into the arena, provocatively swaying her hips with every movement, and making a great show of it. She loved it, the crowd loved it, so why the sodding hells not? And if it distracted her opponents, all the better.

At the right moment, just as the cheering reaches a fever pitch, she casts her baladrana aside with a dramatic flourish, tossing it into the crowd; as a souvenir for the lucky berk who catches it.

She struts around the arena, following the opposite course of her sister-in-arms. She wiggles her hips, slaps her firm derriere, winks at the tattooed man, and blows a kiss at him. It was all for show, of course - hence why her leathers were so... revealing - to tease and toy with her opponents. And to rouse the audience into an even greater state of anticipation.

She stops beside Xianna, and leans into her with a sexy arch of her spine; showing off her lean physique, and the death's head moth design inked into the leather, from nape to tail-bone.

[Stix]

"...The lovely and dangerous Two Furies!" The teamed women are bombarded with applause, catcalls, and some jeers from those who wagered on their opponents.

In all the chaos and noise, Silver is tapped on her heel by something unseen. Menyat gives her a knowing nod. (Quicksilver will receive an additional +10 bonus on her next attack roll.)

"Now!" Iljen shouts over the din as the other two combatants begin to close in, bathed in the ring's hellish red light....

(Please include Initiative and Attack in your next posts. An initiative roll is a d20, adding your Dex modifier and any modifiers from class abilities or the Improved Initiative feat. Consult your sheet; there should be an initiative modifier already tabulated for you. A melee attack roll is a d20, adding your Str modifier, your Base Attack Bonus, and any modifiers from spells or feats. If you want to do something other than a basic attack, let me know and I'll tell you how to roll it.)

(Lastly: if everyone could post a full list of their active spell effects, I'd appreciate it.)

[exile]

His own contribution complete and his bets placed, Hadrian had very little interest in watching the fight itself. Gathering up his discarded tankard, the Bleaker wends his way back through the raucous crowd to a rough hewn table in the corner. Catching a passing server by the sleeve, he indicates the deplorable state of his mug, it being empty, and calls for another.

ooc: the following spells represent the sublist of enchantments Hadrian had been requested to perform:

Quicksilver – Bull’s Strength (+4 enhancement bonus to strength)
- Barkskin (+3 to natural AC)
- Magic Weapon (+1 enhancement bonus to a melee weapon, I guess I never clarified if this was cast on just one weapon or both since Silver is a dualwielder. Wraith?)

Xianna – Mage Armor (Armor contribution to AC set to 4)

Hadrian – Hair of the Dog (Subject looses inhibitions, coordination and eventually consciousness )

Did I miss any?

[Stix]

(That reminds me: Barkskin was cast over two hours ago, so its effects would have imperceptibly faded away by now. Whether despondent, drunken Hadrian remembers or cares, I leave up to you.)

[exile]

(Yeah, Hadrian would have been good to his word and rectified that. I honestly didn't think it was going to take so long to get the ladies into the ring.)

[artemis]

[dice=20]
+4 dex
+4 init

(Is that right?)[rand=3290578306674397967717115134051127816941324315544425987814159863]

[Stix]

(The initiative modifier on the sheet is her Dex modifier, so it's just a +4 -- Init 11. You can go ahead and make your attack roll or what-have-you, too.)

[artemis]

(ok, how does one roll to feign an attack and parry to draw the big bad genasi out and block his blow?)

[Stix]

(In a normal combat round, you can move and attack. You can sacrifice the ability to move for a feint, and you can follow it up with a defensive swing.

If that's what you'd like to do, roll:

• A Bluff check for the feint, if you beat his Sense Motive check you'll strip him of his Dex bonus to AC for the round; and
  
• An attack roll with a -4 penalty, after which you'll receive a +2 bonus to AC for the round.

Sound good?)

[artemis]

Fury twirls around with a feint, coming from underneath the imposing genasi witha fake slash from her rapier in her left hand, followed by defensive slash by her axe in her right hand.
[dice=20] unmodified
[dice=20] -4

(If I understood correctly)[rand=91723141127863756072170870571183304918840044993539952424794169353]

[Stix]

(That's correct, but you forgot to add in your attack bonus and Str modifier -- which total +5. Net result, you've got a 19, and that's a hit. A throwing axe does d6 damage, add your Str mod.)

[artemis]

[dice=6]+2[rand=485571514592387848985414909813297470499581399813324148381689437842]

[Uathach Blackmantle]

[Sorry I've taken so long to reply. I tried to get in something yesterday, but I got distracted. And no, Quicksilver would've only had one gauntlet enchanted. She doesn't have the two weapon style feat yet. ]

Quicksilver
Initiative
[dice=20]
+4