Seeing you accept his challenge, Falx nods, appreciatively, as he puts down his own armour and grabs a quarterstaff, dropping into a defensive stance:

17 for his initiative. 

Focussing on his attack, Falx steps forward jabbing at you, and quickly changing direction as he sees your block coming in, lands his first hit, with a strike to the side of your neck.

18 for 4 bludgeoning damage.

Berrus grunts. "Good strike"

Then swings first towards Falx' shoulder Attack: 22 Damage: 3  then sweeping around and striking the opposite thigh with the other end. Attack: 22 Damage: 6

You notice that the first strike doesn't break his focus, and seems to have almost no impact. Falx seems to buckle under the second one though, registering the strike.

Focusing, he jabs at your shin, before rapidly pulling the staff upwards, catching you underneath the jaw.

22 for 6 damage

Berrus grimaces as a cut opens up under his jaw

ye be pretty good, military training or other"

he swings again as if to sweep the leg   Attack: 9 Damage: 3

before again reversing but this time going for the other leg

Attack: 22 Damage: 7

Falx quickly steps back, avoiding your first sweep but as you draw back up, you aim for his back leg, with all his weight on it. The blow lands solidly, but leaves barely a mark as his intense concentration seems to dull the impact.

Focusing again, Falx brings the staff down on top of your head. He then surprises you with a second strike, catching you in the gut.

25 for 7 and 19 for 7 bludgeoning damage. 1 additional damage for the crit.

Maxine was getting used to work with constantly shifting equipment on the swaying tables, subtle noises of the moving ship, and occasional alarms. Grunting and puffing on the background from sparring crew added another fresh note but did not distract her either. She knew what she wanted - that firebreathing potion (how hard that can be?) and she was working on it.

Int check: 10

Maxine, your first day of experimentations doesn't yield the desired potion, unfortunately.

Con: 13 (or +3 more if it was Con Save)

Berrus parries the blow coming for his head  7

exhales sharply with the blow to the gut

reapidly recovering  2 rapid strikes to the same leg

Attack: 13 Damage: 5

Attack: 21 Damage: 4

Glasses:

OOC:  While Evocation combat spells are flashy, they are not as much Snively’s style, so he will go for Mending and Disguise Self.  Conjuration and Transmutation are kind of his jam, as are elemental spells and utility spells.

Maxine, the potion you concoct certainly rumbles in your stomach upon drinking, but instead of letting you exhale flames, you instead just get a hickup for about four hours.

Zymion happily trades his notes for your instruction on the finer points of protecting oneself through mage armour and shield.

Berrus lands a solid hit, but it doesn't seem to register with Falx, who deftly dodges the second attack, before maneuvering around your right, only to strike you with the back end of the staff as you are about to turn.

22 for 8 damage.

Berrus again parries the strike 4

spinning he swipes at Falx midsection

Attack: 15 Damage: 6

then upper right arm

Attack: 14 Damage: 6

 ACTION SURGE

following that up with two strikes to the back of his "power leg"

Attack: 9 Damage: 5

Attack: 13 Damage: 6

The blow to the midsection winds Falx momentarily, but he is quick and evades the second strike. When you bring the staff around four another attack, he seems surprised but is able to block the blow. This allows you to bind the staff and through a hip move break his stance, which you follow up with a powerful blow to the knee. By his hobbling, you see that the blow landed.

Like a taught cord, he whips back and brings the staff around, but you seem to have broken his concentration, and the blow misses, for the first time in this fight.

25 for 7 damage.

Potion did not really worked and now Maxine was sitting on the deck watching the sparring (while trying to hiccup as quietly as possible), and thinking about what went and at which step? She tried to restrain from cheering - with hiccups it would not sound convincing anyway.

feeling the Blow coming Berrus steps aside and REPOSTE again to Falx midsection Attack: 12 Damage: 3 +7 damage if hit from superiority die

then continuing the spin strikes twice more trying to sweep the leg

Attack: 14 Damage: 3

Attack: 6 Damage: 4

stumbling a bit on his last strike

Falx notices the turn to your grip as you ready for the riposte and turns into your strike, absorbing the blow. Close up though, you use the other end in a quick jab to his hurt knee. He's a moment too late, and is caught by your blow, but evades the second strike.

Breathing through the pain, you see him center himself, before he jabs straight at your mid section.

12 for second wind, 22 for 5 damage.

Berrus parries 7

Then spinning his staff and breathing hard he stops the staff in a position of salute

"Well fought.   Shall we call it even match?"

Holding action

Falx drops into a defensive stance, before dropping his staff and cracking a smile: "Agreed. This was fun though, thanks for the sparring. I haven't had to concentrate like that for a long time!" He clasps your forearm as you both sit down to catch a breath. You see that your blow to his knee has left a purplish bruise, but you feel too many spots on your own body to feel very sorry for him. 

"So tell me where did ye learn tah fight like that. We must go again sometime"

Grinning

"An ye should have Miss Shae look at tha knee.   Sorry"

"I was with the Bloodaxes for a while, before joining Thessa and her crew as first mate. I didn't like the life of a blade for hire, but it laid a good foundation. I had a little crisis of faith and spent some time in a monastery towards the East, and learned to focus on my strikes to make sure they land. Where the dwarven battleragers become almost unkillable in their rage, I have my focus to keep me going through the pain. After the fight it hurts like hell though", he admits, with a pained grin on his face.