There we go a nine originally post for in 

(After sweating bullets for well over a day, Gad takes the Ninja Smoke Bomb! as his prize.)

(Do you know when we'll be starting? I'm overeager to start stabbing some necks.)

(About an hour or so.)

Teams: Ogunyletop is with 4 Retour, 5 Chinese Name, 8 Zurazall, 4 Aliene, and 6 Marshen.

Damaia is on a team with Ryshard, Harden, Marky, Eazar, and (1 3) Nusk, a bugbear barbarian.

(I’ll take 1L.)

Aliene casts Bless on Retour, Chinese Name, and Zurazall.

Ryshard growls up at the sun overhead as the time for bloodletting approaches, shrugging off his bear leather and lizard skin hides to stand bare-shouldered beneath the sun. Sheathing his greatsword for the moment, the tense half-orc hefts his crossbow, light as he calls to his new allies,'

"Today we fight together. Today we CRUSH our foes!"

[OOC] DM question - how do you play the help here, i.e. can I just take a turn to give another PC advantage on a skill check, e.g. Ryshard studies the terrain and approaching enemies, watching the shadows and tracking their opponents numbers and movements [performing the help action to give player X advantage on his perception check?)

Also, will you post a consolidated initiative order or should we compile our own for reference?

[OOG] @Teammates - with the opposing team already having one enemy PC stealthed, we could be in trouble folks. I hope that we've got someone with a decent perception, lol.

(Teams go at the same time. So you and your team go in the order you post. Help works how it works RAW)

"Let us go and make haste to victory." 

Eazar will go to the giant rock at D12 and go into a position where I will be covered from any shots from the enemy. He will also look around and scout the area for any hidden things, wether it be enemies, traps, or anything that could be considered a hazard to him or the team.

Perception for looking around: 7

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(Teams go at the same time. So you and your team go in the order you post. Help works how it works RAW)

 
Okay. Thanks, Bobo.

I've got to go out for an hour or two, but it looks like the start is a little delayed anyway. Feel free to bot or skip me as needed in the meantime. Cheers.

Seeing one of his allies rush ahead on the left flank, Ryshard will nod and move forward on the right flank to stand behind the large pillar of stone against the arena wall, lifting his crossbow, light and peering out over the arena floor as the crafty half-orc waits for an enemy to make itself known to him.

[OOC] Ryshard moves to O10 and takes a ready action to make a ranged attack with my crossbow, light at the first enemy that I see. Ryshard would have either half, three-quarters or total cover depending on where the enemy is on the arena map.

Damaia lets an arrow loose from her longbow at Marshen from across the arena before moving closer to the wall (P15) and crouching low to gain the benefits (and hinderences) of full cover.

Attack: 15 Damage: 5 Piercing

Harden heads to O11 behind Ryshard, and pulls out a handaxe. He'll throw it at anyone who comes within range.

Aagh, sorry for the crazy grammar in my last post, I wasn't sure if Marky was hidden or not and edited the post after I found out he was. Needless to say I did not edit it properly. All the important info is there though. 

 

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Damaia lets an arrow loose from her longbow at Marshen from across the arena before moving closer to the wall (P15) and crouching low to gain the benefits (and hinderences) of full cover.

Attack: 21 Damage: 11 Piercing

 First blood he only has 10 hit points lol

hydra you see marshen ya shot and then as you good back down you here this thump noise

(@Sodabags You’re good.)

(Marky’s team, you might want to read his spoiler if you haven’t already.)

Damaia drops Marshen despite his excellent cover.

Ryshard moves up, and Harden moves behind him.  Both are ready.

Marky does something under cover of darkness.

Eazar searches for hidden combatants, but finds nothing.

Nusk moves up to C11 and readies a javelin toss.

(Aliene, Chinese Name, Ogunyletop, Retour and Zurazall are up, Marshen death saving throw)

(Leave that to the bard)

Aliene heads forth to 6L. The holy symbol engraved in his fleshy armor glows as he gathers energy based in his hand. Oh, you’ll like this. He sends a Energy Blast at Ryshard!

Attack: 18 Damage: 17

(crap)