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[Peradon]

- Heavy Iron Spiked Flail (9 Bludgeon+3 Piercing)
- Damaged Large Iron Plate (-2 slash / -1 pierce / -1 blunt / -1 ballistic)
- Glowing Red Potion

[Andres]

- Heavy Iron Spiked Flail (9 Bludgeon+3 Piercing)
- Damaged Large Iron Plate (-2 slash / -1 pierce / -1 blunt / -1 ballistic)
- Glowing Red Potion

Do realise that while we have to pay for the flail, we don't have to pay for the steel shortsword. That's why I voted to use that instead of the flail.

[Ross Vernal]

(I'm just going to say you are carrying the sword in a sheath.

So: flail, sword, plate, Glowing Red Potion. I'll write up soon, and am going to be up late tonight. )

[Adragis]

((remember Nethack! Don't just assume things about potions.))

[Andres]

No flail!

[Peradon]

No flail!

But... flail.....

[Ross Vernal]

(Sorry, didn't count right. You are correct, sword only did win. Bonus XP awarded.)

You don't want to pay rent on a weapon. A little sword will have to do, especially given that you know firsthand how sharp it is. Regardless, you put on the plate mail, reasoning that every last bit of help you can get against an opponent with an advantage helps. After examining and sniffing at the potion, you guess it's a Healing potion, and tuck one away in case.

Into the Arena. Your name is announced as you enter. People cheer.

This time, it's shorter and square, with barely enough room to build up momentum for a charge attack (full-round action.) It's a few inches of sand over wood, with wood lining the formerly stone walls, and the ground is slightly bulged from the center, with a few dips. Your opponent enters from the opposite door, wielding nothing but a Meteoric Iron Duelist Blade (14 Piercing/4 Slashing) and a Shiny Halfspear (10 Piercing/4 Bludgeoning.) The two of you measure each other up, and as the Judge's hand drops, you're almost instantly dealing with the Halfspear in your face. You bat it away and both of you retreat, the spear tracking your body.

***
Enemy: Level 6 Wood Elf, Healthy (35? HP / 27? MP, 3 AP)
You: Level 4 Minotaur, 37 HP/21 MP, 2 AP)

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Retreat
Defend
Gore 2
Kick 2
Swordtaur 3
Punch 1
Throw 1
Strong Attack 2
Charge Attack 1 ****2 AP action due to arena size*****
Focused Attack 2 (Spend 1 MP per 2 HP to build up Magic-type damage in your weapon for a single attack.)
Intuitive Attack 1 (2 MP per 1 HP to make up to 3 points of damage Unblockable-typed)
UNSTOPPABLE RAGE! 2 (5 MP, exactly what you think it would do.)
Toughen Body 1 (2 MP per 1 point of "damage soak")
Paralysis 1 (5 MP; Death-typed damage numbs nerves in target area)
Leech 1 (5 MP; steals 1-10 MP from target. Can induce fatal Soulbreak upon victims if they go below 0 MP.
Retribution 1 (5 MP; deals 1 HP of unblockable-typed damage for every unhealed or unused 2 HP of damage received to a single attack.)

[Peradon]

Paralysis on Leg
Swardtaur

[escaped lurker]

Well, it seems like our enemy is very attack-minded. I don't think we will win if we try to face him head-on.

Paralysis - Spear Hand
Paralysis - Legs

Yeah... I kinda don't like us becoming a "One Trick Pony", but judging from the situation, playing to our strength might be the better thing to do.

Either way, the arena is small, so the spear's reach could easily give the elf bonus-attacks. Targeting his hold on it, would certainly limit his options. If we also get one of his legs, he can't rush at us with his dagger as easily.

Edit:
Actually, there would be another way of "breaking" this foe. One to which we would need to commit ourselves, as it would need at least three full turns and possibly all of our mana. Still, to remind us;

"We have come to possess knowledge that one of your next battles will put you against an enemy of our Faith. It is asked that you facilitate his path of self-destruction. Painfully. There is much honor in victory."

Leech
Leech
Leech 1 - 5 MP; steals 1-10 MP from target. Can induce fatal Soulbreak upon victims if they go below 0 MP.

Yeah... not sure if we want to do that one. Just putting it up as an option is all.
Edit 2: Crunching it over, this seems more akin to suicide than a viable tactic, at least for this fight or with only 1 Lvl as Monk.

[Weirdsound]

I'd say assuming we paralyze the elf without any complications, we should just go into unstopable rage mode and tear it apart while it is vulnerable.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

We don't know what effect of getting more mana than maximum will be...

My vote is:

Defend
Paralysis leg

Last time second attack failed and I suspect that it may not work when used two times, also I prefer to reduce the chance of one of three enemy attacks landing

Oh, and we are screwed

[Ross Vernal]

(There's no reason why the spell couldn't work twice. You just happened to roll 7+1 to his 10 roll.

Can't have more than maximum MP. It spills over and disperses into the environment as a waste.

I fell asleep last night in the middle of the post. Sorry!)   

[Peradon]

Leech
Leech
Leech 1 - 5 MP; steals 1-10 MP from target. Can induce fatal Soulbreak upon victims if they go below 0 MP.

Yeah... not sure if we want to do that one. Just putting it up as an option is all.

Actually, +1 to this.

[escaped lurker]

Leech
Leech
Leech 1 - 5 MP; steals 1-10 MP from target. Can induce fatal Soulbreak upon victims if they go below 0 MP.

Yeah... not sure if we want to do that one. Just putting it up as an option is all.

Actually, +1 to this.

Well, thing is - crunching the numbers over, if spell failure / resistance was not a thing, we might be able to make it. With those in play, it seems quite suicidal. Even though I am the one who brought it up, I think we should keep that tactic in the back of our heads, but out of this particular fight.

[Ross Vernal]

(...So, uhm, you guys managed to get a natural 20 on the first attack. I... didn't see that coming. I haven't even rolled his defense, or the damage, but I figured you'd be amused by that. Back to writing, anyway.)