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[FallacyofUrist]

so it looks like you'll be facing him next

To be clear, the Battle phase isn't tournament-style, once each of the two matchups has been won it ends, Points are awarded, and the next Bidding phase begins.

Additionally, normally I'd let you all submit actions turn-by-turn, but considering the current situation, I'm not going to make you do that. There isn't exactly much choice of action here, after all.


Perhaps predictably, IronyOwl puts forwards Lancer!

With... no ability! Not so predictable, after all.

Spoiler: IronyOwl's Team (click to show/hide)

Name: Lancer

Max Health: 11
Speed: 6
Action Points: 2

[empty slot]
[empty slot (Attack)]
[empty slot (Defense)]

Crystalizedmire responds with the fully equipped might of Kyle Seven!

Spoiler: Crystalizedmire's Team (click to show/hide)

Name: Kyle Seven

Max Health: 7
Speed: 7
Action Points: 2
Item: Leather Gambeson

[empty slot]
[Slash]

FiveBalesOfHay sends forth the durable but slow Granite!

Spoiler: FiveBalesOfHay's Team (click to show/hide)

Name: Granite

Max Health: 14
Speed: 2
Action Points: 1

[empty slot]
[empty slot (Passive)]

Egan_BW commands their loyal Everyman to wield his daggers well.

Spoiler: Egan_BW's Team (click to show/hide)

Name: Everyman

Max Health: 11
Speed: 5
Action Points: 2

[Dagger Throw]
[empty slot]
[empty slot]

Let the battle... commence!

By which I mean I'll compute everything out later tonight if I have the energy.

[FallacyofUrist]

IronyOwl vs. Crystalizedmire:

Speed Order:
-Kyle Seven (7) - Crystalizedmire
-Lancer (6) - IronyOwl

Turn 1:

Kyle Seven feels outmatched as he watches Lancer, but his fears are unfounded - Kyle is much better equipped.

He deals 4 damage to Lancer, using two Slashes. Lancer is reduced to 7 Health.

Lancer retaliates with two Flailing Punches, dealing (1d2=1, 1-1=0) no damage and (1d2=2, 2-1=1) 1 damage.

What would be painful blows have been cushioned by Kyle's armor, but he's still reduced to 6 Health.

Turn 2:

Kyle Seven moves with greater speed, cutting two more wounds into Lancer using two Slashes.

Lancer takes 4 damage, and is reduced to 3 Health.

Lancer keeps punching back, as best he can, using two Flailing Punches. This deals (1d2=2, 2-1=1) 1 damage and (1d2=1, 1-1=0) no damage.

Kyle is reduced to 5 Health, but that hardly matters. Even though his armor is completely expended now...

Turn 3:

Kyle Seven strikes Lancer with two final Slashes, dealing 4 damage, and dropping Lancer to 0 Health.

Lancer collapses, having been killed.

Crystalizedmire wins her matchup, and earns 1 Point for Battle Phase 1!


FiveBalesOfHay vs. Egan_BW:

Speed Order:
-Everyman (5) - Egan_BW
-Granite (2) - FiveBalesOfHay

Turn 1:

Everyman throws a pair of daggers into Granite's shin. The brute barely flinches, but still takes 4 damage, dropping him to 10 Health.

Granite retaliates with a Flailing Punch, dealing (1d2=2) 2 damage. Everyman is reduced to 9 Health...

Turn 2:

Everyman still has one more dagger to throw, and uses it, dealing 2 damage. He follows up with a Flailing Punch, dealing an additional (1d2=2) 2 damage.

Granite has 6 Health remaining, and retaliates with another Flailing Punch. It deals (1d2=1) 1 damage, forcing Everyman down to 8 Health.

It's just not enough, is it?

Turn 3:

Everyman moves in with the punches, dealing (1d2=1) (1d2=1) 2 damage, reducing Granite to 4 Health.

The rock-man endures, and retaliates with one more Flailing Punch, dealing (1d2=2) 2 damage. Everyman is still ahead of Granite, with 6 Health left.

Get these people some weapons, for crying out loud.

Turn 4:

Everyman, battered and bruised, still has more endurance left than the other guy. He swings twice more, dealing (1d2=2) (1d2=2) 4 damage.

Granite, at last, collapses, having been reduced to 0 Health.

Egan_BW wins their matchup, and wins 1 Point for Battle Phase 1!


Leaderboard:

Crystalizedmire: 1 Point
Egan_BW: 1 Point
IronyOwl: 0 Points
FiveBalesOfHay: 0 Points

Bidding Phase 2 will begin tomorrow, or tonight if I have enough energy.

[FallacyofUrist]

Bidding Phase 2

Gladiators:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Ladle King

Max Health: 6
Speed: 6
Action Points: 2

[empty slot]

Minimum Bid: 1G.

Give it up for the Ladle King, dishing out soup like a pro! Sporting an impressive... single... empty Ability slot.

Name: Red Carde

Max Health: 8
Speed: 5
Action Points: 2

[empty slot (Attack)]
[empty slot (Passive)]

Minimum Bid: 2G.

If they break the rules, give them the Red Card - er, with an e on the end. The Red Carde!

Name: Jack Chandler

Max Health: 10
Speed: 8
Action Points: 2

[empty slot (Active)]
[empty slot (Active)]

Minimum Bid: 3G.

Jack Chandler would rather be making candles instead of jumping over them. Fortunately or unfortunately, he will now be doing neither.

Name: Pronobius

Max Health: 9
Speed: 4
Action Points: 2

[empty slot]
[empty slot (Focus)]

Minimum Bid: 3G.

The former courier Pronobius has fallen gravely into debt, and has sold himself into eternal gladiator-battles to pay it.

It's worth some thought - obviously the ideal is to field as many Gladiators as the current limit allows, but what fits your needs the best?

Or would you rather stake it all on Abilities and Items?


Abilities:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Jab
Tags: Active, Attack
Action Points: 0

Deal 1 damage to the target Gladiator.

Can only be used once per turn.

Minimum Bid: 1G.

A free hit, for what it's worth.

Name: Punch Reflex
Tags: Passive, Attack

The first time this Gladiator is hit by an Attack action each turn, there is a 50% chance they will use Flailing Punch on the origin of the Attack.

Minimum Bid: 2G.

Minimally effective deterrence!

Name: Brace
Tags: Active, Defense
Action Points: 2

Priority: +4 Speed for this action.

Block up to 5 damage from Attack actions used on this Gladiator for the remainder of this turn.

Cooldown: next 2 turns.

Minimum Bid: 2G.

A costly but effective way to take hits.

Name: Palm Strike
Tags: Active, Attack
Action Points: 1

Deal 1 damage to the target Gladiator.

If this is the only Attack action used by this Gladiator this turn, do an additional 2 damage.

Minimum Bid: 3G.

Ruthless efficiency, but probably not fear and surprise.

Name: Dart Storm
Tags: Active, Attack, Global
Action Points: 2

Deal 2d2 damage to all enemy Gladiators.

(Damage is rolled individually.)

(1 use per Battle.)

Minimum Bid: 3G.

Enough darts for everyone, but only for a short while.

Name: Encourage
Tags: Active
Action Points: 1

Target friendly Gladiator gains an additional Action Point next turn.

This can only affect each friendly Gladiator once per Battle.

Minimum Bid: 4G.

Fear the almighty power of friendship.

Name: Alpha Strike
Tags: Active, Attack, Focus
Action Points: 1

Focus: If this Gladiator takes damage this turn before using this action, this action is prevented.

Deal 2 damage to the target Gladiator.

If this is the first action used by this Gladiator this Battle, do an additional 2 damage.

Minimum Bid: 4G.

Hit them hard, hit them fast.

Name: Iron Skin
Tags: Passive

This Gladiator loses 3 Speed.

This Gladiator takes 1 less damage from all Attack actions.

Minimum Bid: 6G.

Sometimes, chip damage is just useless.

Hope you enjoy this selection. Mystery boxes aren't coming around just yet, but you may see them soon.


Items:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Banana Creme Pie
Tags: Active, Consumable
Action Points: 1

Choose 1:
-Heal the holder for 4 Health.
-All Attack actions the target Gladiator attempts for the remainder of this turn, fail.

Afterwards, destroy this Item.

Minimum Bid: 3G.

Good food doesn't come cheap.

Name: Boots of Speed
Tags: Passive

The holder gains 2 Speed.

Minimum Bid: 3G.

Brown boots.

Here's the aforementioned scarcity.


Place your bids!

[FiveBalesOfHay]

Bid is in

[IronyOwl]

Bidded

[Egan_BW]

bitted

[Crystalizedmire]

Bitten

[FallacyofUrist]

Bidding Phase 2

All four players spot what they have to gain by hiring on Jack Chandler - yet IronyOwl wins the bid, with a heavy 10G.

The contested bids continue from there.

FiveBalesOfHay and IronyOwl both bid 5G to acquire the fearsome Dart Storm!

(1d2=2) Unfortunately for Bales, IronyOwl's coin-tossing luck continues, and the darts are theirs!

Meanwhile, Egan_BW and Crystalizedmire squabble over Palm Strike, both staking 5G as well.

(1d2=1) It seems that Egan_BW wins this bid, however!

Aside from the contested battles, two players had the wisdom to diversify.

Egan_BW bids 5G to acquire the not-so-fearsome, but perhaps useful, Pronobius.

Crystalizedmire bids 4G to acquire a defensive tactic - Brace!


Condensed Acquisitions:

Spoiler: FiveBalesOfHay (click to show/hide)

FiveBalesOfHay has lost all their bids for the second Bidding phase.

Spoiler: Crystalizedmire (click to show/hide)

Abilities:

Name: Brace
Tags: Active, Defense
Action Points: 2

Priority: +4 Speed for this action.

Block up to 5 damage from Attack actions used on this Gladiator for the remainder of this turn.

Cooldown: next 2 turns.

Spoiler: IronyOwl (click to show/hide)

Gladiators:

Name: Jack Chandler

Max Health: 10
Speed: 8
Action Points: 2

[empty slot (Active)]
[empty slot (Active)]

Abilities:

Name: Dart Storm
Tags: Active, Attack, Global
Action Points: 2

Deal 2d2 damage to all enemy Gladiators.

(Damage is rolled individually.)

(1 use per Battle.)

Spoiler: Egan_BW (click to show/hide)

Gladiators:

Name: Pronobius

Max Health: 9
Speed: 4
Action Points: 2

[empty slot]
[empty slot (Focus)]

Abilities:

Name: Palm Strike
Tags: Active, Attack
Action Points: 1

Deal 1 damage to the target Gladiator.

If this is the only Attack action used by this Gladiator this turn, do an additional 2 damage.

Some minor clarifications:
-If you don't specify which slot to place an Ability in, I'll place it in the least versatile valid slot for it. This is so, for example, you don't waste a universal [empty slot] when an [empty slot (Tag)] is available.
-To use a slot for an Ability, all conditions in the slot must be met, but it doesn't have to be a perfect match for all the tags of the Ability. For example, you could place an "Active, Defense" Ability in a (Defense) slot, or an (Active) slot, or an (Active, Defense) slot, but not a (Focus) slot.

Preparation Phase 2

Here are your new matchups!

Egan_BW vs. FiveBalesOfHay!

And Crystalizedmire vs. IronyOwl!

(As these are the same matchups from the previous Battle phase, they cannot occur during Battle Phase 3.)

For the second Battle, each player may use up to 2 Gladiators.

Begin... your compositions!

[FiveBalesOfHay]

Yeah it's just Granite again

[Egan_BW]

I am sorry, my friend.
Field both gladiators.

[Naturegirl1999]

I know the 4 slots are taken now, but I am interested when the next season starts

[FiveBalesOfHay]

I wonder how the game would work with an odd number of players. I guess a player could sit out on a rotating schedule or something.

[Naturegirl1999]

The first post mentions the possibility of a waitlist if interest for new players is shown

[IronyOwl]

Team fielded.

[FallacyofUrist]

The first post mentions the possibility of a waitlist if interest for new players is shown

Correct. I'll add you to the waitlist for Season 2.

I don't think I'll make a waitlist for the Seasons beyond 2, though. I'd rather leave things more fluid.

Edit:

To be precise, I mean that at the start of each Season, I'll open up the waitlist for the next Season, but not for any Seasons after that. So there'll be a waitlist for Season 3, but only once Season 2's started.