Darius to advance in hiding, but fails to make progress without rustling one too many hedges along the way, alerting all to his position.

Fenkas, as per the usual, offers some words of wisdom before becoming the meaning of speed in his mad rush to the opposing side. Though somewhat surprising see Forge's familiar grounded for a change, this hardly gave him pause in executing the bird alongside blasting rothander with arcane missiles. The work done, he soon rushes off closer towards the center to recoup.

Charmel at least considers the proposal for a second, before then opting to simply to follow Darius example... if albeit with more success, maybe? (See spoiler for roll)

(@Rothander: Make a Conc. Save(DC 10) for SoF) 

It is Team(2)'s Turn!

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Key: '#' Hedges, '=' High wall (8ft.), '€' Tree, '%' Door, '.' Grass, 'A-Z' Contestants, 'x' Web borders

(Passing through the hedges in any direction is difficult terrain costing an extra 5 feet of movement. The hedges heavily obscure anything beyond them. A creature may attack through the hedges, but this will grant the target a bonus of 2 to AC.)

Reference Map:

Contestants:

Forge sighs heavily at the end of Hawky and marches up to I-10.  He then casually dumps an enormous web that tries to snare both Fenkas and Darius with any extra slack/space leaning towards the objective.

DC15 Dex Save

Fenkas Dexterity Save: 16

Fenkas easily slips out of the Web as it tries to snare him and loudly calls in a mocking voice, "Tsk, tsk. Trying to keep me in one place are we?"

(( Darius' DEX Save: 6 + 3 from Bless ))

Lenalia will push her way through the shrubs forward to E10, where she smiles as she hears Fenkas's taunt of Forge's web spell.  Locating the sound of his voice, Lenalia will begin picking a tune on her bandore Clean Slate.  As she sings about lost relationships, she will focus on Fenkas' magic and give him a Clean Slate Then, she will sing about starting over and attempt to use her performance to sway Darius' attitude about her Performance 15.

Move to E10:

Action: Cast Dispel Magic on Fenkas

Free Action: Perform for Darius

Con save 14

Forge, while though miffed at the sudden loss of his hawk, trundles his way deeper into the maze. Along the way he whips out a wand and conjures a mass of webbing to try and lets rain the entangling, sticky mess upon his foes.

Lenalia advances as well, putting on such a magical performance as to not only erase Fenkas' magical protections, but also carries on into a few more verses for Darius, hoping to sway his spirit.

The effect is... 6... (of course...)... winner's speed is increased by 10ft until the start of the 3rd Round as a surge of confidence spurs them on.

Rothander loses his focus on the spell, but advances all the same deeper into the arena with all due haste(9H).

(@Darius: You may contest Lenalia's Performance(15) with a Acrobatics or Performance of his own.)

 It is Team(1)'s Turn! Map Updated Here.

Arena 11: Nexus(Round 2)

Contestants:

(( Darius contests Lenalia with an Acrobatics Check: 21 ))

(( Strength Check using an action to escape the webbing: 18 ))

Darius looked in Lenalia's direction, not seeing her, but still a bit bemused at her musical attempt to influence him. "Nice try there," he called out over the hedges, his attention completely diverted just as he noticed magical webbing form around him. He tried jumping to a safer spot as a last-ditch effort, but only managed to secure himself even more within the bonds.

Suppressing a sprout of panic, the pirate thought through his options--if this had been a full-on fight, he'd have waited for his opponents. But with the flag being the centerpiece of this game, time was of the essence... dropping Mercy, he just barely managed to pull out his tinderbox, and lit the webbing around him. He knew he'd get singed, but figured it was worth it to guarantee his mobility.

ACTION: Attempt escape from webbing (above roll)
FREE: Drop rapier
SURGE: Use tinderbox to set webbing on fire (since webbing burns in 1 round, should presumably burn until start of his next turn, at which point he'll take damage but be freed.)
REACTION: @ DM -

Should anyone be crazy enough to enter melee range, will use the Brace maneuver to attack: 20, damage:16

Finished!

Fenkas can barely muster the energy to avoid becoming trapped in the webbing now about him. But without magic now coursing through his system, acting is not an option yet.

Darius jives to the song in his own way, using it keep his spirits up. Unfortunately, a misstep has him glued to the webbing, unable to muscle his way out. Bereft of choices, he does as another fighter in the past has (much to this dm sadness) and sets fire to the immediate webbing in a surge of adrenaline.

Charmel considers unleashing her most powerful spell, which in hindsight(and totally not to ruin Darius plans) .. probably should've done sooner. However, she resists for now and opts instead to step off to the right(4E) and launching blast of starlight through the hedges for Lenalia. She then ducks off to the side(A5).

 (@Lenalia: No mirror roll as Charmel cannot see the illusion, and is essentially blindfiring. Attack still misses however due to cover.)

It is Team(2)'s Turn! Map Updated Here.

Arena 11: Nexus(Round 2-Cont.)

Contestants:

Forge walks to H8. Before he turns the corner, if he can draw line of sight to Fenkas he will hit him with toll the dead. If he can't he will use mind sliver on Charmel.

Toll the dead: DC14 Wisdom Save 9

Mind Sliver: DC14 Intelligence Save 4

Rothander moves to G8 and where he cast Shield of Faith once againand takes up a defensive stance. "Ye know it will take a bit more than a bit O' magic ta take me down."

Forge meanders his way onward to the center, and just barely draws enough of a bead on Fenkas as to let the tolls of the dead ring in the wizard's ears. Unfortunately, Fenkas is able to shake off the spell without much effort.

Rothander follows suit, eventually putting himself in between his more arcane inclined brethren, and once more calls upon his own faith to further bolster his defenses.

Lenalia, unwilling to miss a chance at getting two of her foes at once, plays a tune and snaps her fingers, unleashing an explosion of sound in the vicinity of Darius, Fenkas, and much to Fenkas' horror... Syldorn as well.

After all of that, the tree at the center burns away, revealing the one control point. King of the Hill now officially has begun...

(@Fenkas: Need a Wis Save(DC 14) or take 9 Necrotic damage.)

(@Darius & Fenkas: Make a Con Save(DC 14) for 1/2 of 8 Thunder damage.)

(@Darius: At the top of your turn, you take 5 fire damage, but are freed from the webbing. However, the fire spreads to non-worn flammable objects nearby. And will spread again at the top of each round.)

It is Team(1)'s Turn! Map Updated Here.

Arena 11: Nexus(Round 3)

Contestants:

Fenkas Wisdom Save: 22

(( Darius' CON Save: 18 ))

Fenkas Constitution Save: 23

(OOC: Holy smokes... That's absolutely bonkers!!)

As the thunderous blast of energy sends his bird into the afterlife (or wherever familiar/fey go when they disappear from the material plane), Fenkas himself manages to resist a majority of the blast, and also sends up a quick magical shield to absorb the remainder of the damage into his whip. His whip now pulses with thunderous energy as he looks down at the web in dismay.

Fenkas Dexterity Save: 4