"I need to do better..."

Firefeather is at D1.

Initiative:9

Prep action:Ready.

(If enemy goes in line of sight, eldritch blast and activate repelling blast, which pushes for 10 ft.)

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Lenalia will step into the ring at P1 and say "Back for more boys? Let's have a fight worth singing about!" And will pull out her bandore and cast mirror image on herself, also holding her new wand in the other hand. 

9 initiative

'Yep, pretty much, walkgirl. Imagine if we team again.'

Haha Hey flyboy! Good to see you as well! That'd be a treat!

As the contestants enter the arena ,Marmaduke over it again flies to an already excited crowd, and then announces with a booming voice. "Ladies, Gentlemen, and All things inbetween or beyond! Welcome to the Coliseum!" The crowd roar and cheers for a moment. "Now, I hope you're ready for another exciting match, for without further adieu, allow me to introduce your competitors!"

"Joining our ever growing flock of feathered aerial experts is one archer looking to prove himself, Bzukumi the Bold!" An eager looking Aaracokra bearing enchanting looking bracers and doing some last minute shuffling of shield and bow in preparation.

"From the distant seas seeking gold, renown, and new challenges is none other than Darius the Dreaded!" A dark-haired human man wielding a pair of rapier and bearing the firm footing of a seaman readies for battle.

"Though her first showing revealed a long road ahead, our phoenix back to prove herself! Give it up for FireFeather!" A lightly armored and nervous looking human woman starts at the call, but is quick ready herself.

"Not one to be shown up or shut down by a simple of change of scenary, I present to you... Lenalia!" A show woman in studded leathers, an almost divine beauty, and a bit of magical pep to her step.

"Having tested his designs, and yet eager to show off more! Give it up for Merron the Molder!!" A hulking blue-scaled figure clad in an assortment of different metals and a fancy cape gives some signal to the mechanized drake at his side to rise and ready itself.

"And finally to help round out this cast of colorful competitors, say hello... (8) the Paladin, Sumeiz the Sinister!" A bald, dark skinned man covered in plate armor, and bearing red and black cloak and an amulet dedicated to bane that radiating their own magic steps into position(1P). After a bit of reciting a hymn to bolster defenses, the Paladin made ready to move out from the start.(3N)

"With that! Let the final match of the day...BEGIN!!!

Team(1): Bzeczumi will fight with... 5 Merron... and 6 Sumeiz!

Team(2): Darius meanwhile shall fight alongside Firefeather and Lenalia!

(B, M, S vs D, F, L )

Team(1)(Bzeczumi, Merron, and Sumeiz will go first!)

Team(1) is up!

Arena 3: The Pits(Round 1)

   A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P
10  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . F
 =..%=========================================%..
09  .  .  .  . L.  .  .  .  .  .  . x. x. x.xS. D
 =€==.....======///......=......///======.....===
08  .  .  .  /  .  /  .  =  .  /  . x/  .  . x.
 =.....===¥==/....../////=/////....../==¥===.....
07 *. */  .  .  ,  .  .  .  .  .  . x.  .  / x.
 =...../..................,,,.,,.......,,,./-----
06 *. *_  _  .  ,  .  .  ,  .  .  . x. x_ x_ x.
 =.....______.........,........,,.....______.....
05  .  _  _  .  .  .  .  .  ,  .  ,  .  _  _  .
 =-----/....,,,.........,,................./.....
04  .  /  .  .  ,  .  .  .  .  .  .  ,  .  /  .
 =.....===¥==/.,,.../////=/////....../==¥===.....
03  .  .  .  /^B.  /  . t=  .  /  .  /  .  .  .
 ====.....======///......=......///======.....==€
02  .  .  .  .  .  .  . M.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
 =..%=========================================%..
01  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
   A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P

Key: '=' High wall (8ft.), '-' Low wall (2ft.), '/' Drop into pit (10ft.), '_' Steps (4ft.), '€' Tree, '%' Door, '.' Dirt, ',' Grass, 'A-Z' Contestants, '¥' Control Points, '*' Grease Hazard, 'x' Web hazard Edges

(Jumping (Athletics or Acrobatics) to climb out with a DC of 15 will subtract 5 feet from the climb. On a failure the character can still climb out normally taking 20 feet of movment, but the failed jump will cost an additional 5 feet of movement.)

(S/N: As a reminder, the Control Points("Flags") will not become available for capture until the start of Round 3.)

Reference Map:

 Contestants:

'Charge the Warlock, it worked last time!'

BA: FireFeather's Bane

fly up 15

Action:

fly down 15 

Merron will move to C3 and cast grease so it covers A6, A7, B6, and B7

Tin will move to D3 and dodge.

The first attack (if any) against Merron has disadvantage because of Tin's Deflect Attack reaction

Whatever that slayer thing (+1d8 if under max) is

Trigger: end of team 1's turn

Bzeczumi takes to the air and marks Firefeather as his prey, though not without getting shot at first. Nevertheless, he is quick to return the favor, and and might've scored a direct hit if not for cutting words of Lenalia throwing off his aim. (even with +5 cover, it wasn't enough)

Merron advances alongside his construct companion. But whereas the draconic machine appeared alert and ready to intercept attacks from anyone that got to close to the creator, said dragonborn presses some button to have spew from his longsword a special grease mixture in hopes of slowing any advances upon his position.

Sumeiz after all that took a defensive posture, calls back out to Bzeczumi "Will try!", and then rushes forth across the arena and onto the other side(9O).

(@FireFeather: As a perhaps excessive reminder, you can go ahead roll attack and damage roll for your previously readied spell along with taking the rest of your turn.)

(Edit: Above details editted to account for Cutting Words reaction below.)

Team(2) is up! Map Updated Here.

Arena 3: The Pits(Round 1-Cont.)

 Contestants:

Footsteps? Plate armor? Had someone run right up to the wall?

Grinning, the pirate turned to Firefeather, quipping "I think we've got a patsy to take out right on the other side!"

He then rushed around to move in on... of course. A friggin' Paladin.

Trying to maintain his momentum, Darius quickly attacked with Grace, then immediately drew Mercy for a second strike, trying to topple the holy warrior before returning to a defensive stance.

MOVE: To P-9
ACTION: Rapier attack to Sumeiz - Attack: 12, Piercing Damage: 9
BONUS: Second rapier attack - Attack: 22, Piercing Damage: 10
MANEUVER: Trip Attack - If either attack hits, then +3 to the hit, and Sumeiz must make a DC 14 STR save or be knocked prone
REACTION: @DM -

Will use either the Brace or Riposte maneuver, or take an Opportunity Attack, whichever comes first
Riposte (if a melee attack misses Darius) - Attack: 10, Piercing Damage: 7
Brace (if another opponent moves into melee) - Attack: 20, Piercing Damage: 10
Opportunity Attack w/ Rapier - 14, Piercing Damage: 8

 

Finished!

Forgot about disadvantage for the main attacks:

Second Roll for First Attack - 10
Second Roll for Second Attack - 23

 

 (Sorry! To hit 3 , damage 5)

"That's not good..."

Action:

Lenalia will watch Bzecumi fly up and shoot at firefeathers and say "Not this time flyboy!" and cast cutting words on his attack vs Firefeathers. 5.  She'll then move to E9 and Cast web from her wand on Sumeiz DC 15 Dex.

Clarification: Web will fill L9-O6

She'll also sing out to Bezecumi "You are like a bird, you should fly away! You don't know where your home is, you don't know where your soul is!" and lean against the wall on the South side of the E9 square. performance 24  (OOC. can you taunt as a bonus action for free, or is this contested?)

Darius races around the bend on the back of a good quip, only to find a heavily armed and armored man waiting for him. Not quite the patsy he expected, but this did not stop him from unleashing a flurry of attacks with Mercy and Grace. Unfortunately, the paladin is able to turn aside every strike with relative ease, and glared at him for even trying.

Firefeather, in perhaps not the most wisest of maneuvers, also races around the bend and into melee with the paladin. And much to her disappointment, the repelling energy of raw arcane power fizzled the moment it came into contact with the paladin's armor. 

Lenalia, following her cutting words, exited the staging area with wand still in hand, and summoned a mass of webbing in hopes of gumming up the works for the thus far elusive paladin. After

(@Bzeczumi: I would say you may contest Lenalia's Performance with either Performance or Acrobatics. Unfortunately, even with a crit by the looks of things, it would not be enough to beat her 24. So..)

The effect is...5...Bzeczumi loses his reaction until the start of following round(Rd 3). As Lenalia's taunting performance cuts so deep, it continues to gnaw away at his focus too much for sharp reactions.

Team(1) is up! Map Updated Here.

Arena 3: The Pits(Round 2)

 Contestants:

I pop up 10 and fly over to Merron, flanking

action: Attack: 25 Damage: 19

BA: Sticks an stones may break my bones, but your petty animalistic words will never touch me at Leania (23)

I fly down until I'm right next to Tin

*attack at firefeather

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I pop up 10 and fly over to Merron, flanking

action: Attack: 26 Damage: 17

BA: Sticks an stones may break my bones, but your petty animalistic words will never touch me at Leania (14)

I fly down until I'm right next to Tin

 (OOC How does he get flanking on firefeathers?)

Quote from Naveyman >>

Quote from Bluepanther512 >>

I pop up 10 and fly over to Merron, flanking

action: Attack: 26 Damage: 17

BA: Sticks an stones may break my bones, but your petty animalistic words will never touch me at Leania (14)

I fly down until I'm right next to Tin

 (OOC How does he get flanking on firefeathers?)

 good point.

Lucky for me, the first (and therefore original) roll is higher

Removed post due to Group Chat correction about roll order.

Merron and Tin will reposition and take a defensive stance.

Merron: move to H2 and dodge

Tin: move to H3 and dodge