You pick up an Iron Battle Axe (average: 10 Slashing/5 Bludgeon), equip Iron Spiked Gauntlets (average 8 Piercing+Bludgeon), and find two damaged Iron Hatchets (average 5 (6-1) Slashing that you can presumably throw.
Your opponent is a soldier whose sentence for desertion in the heat of battle was either death or slavery. You don't have an opinion on his honor, although you can't help but feel it was a cowardly thing to do. After considering for a few moments further, you proceed through the door and into the cheering of the arena, black and slightly sticky sand grinding under your hooves. It reeks of blood and your tail flicks away at flies. Your opponent enters, the doors slam shut, and your heart sinks. Unlike you, the two-leg monkey person DID get his choice of armor, and elected to wear chain mail (-3 Slashing/Piercing) to go with his Iron Spear (10 Piercing/6 Bludgeon) and Steel Shortsword (8 Piercing/6 Slashing).
Your work is cut out for you, it seems. The two of you warily circle another, weapons at the ready as the cheers die down to a background noise of conversation, money changing, and eating. You ready yourself even further, and...
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So, each round is about 4-10 seconds, give or take a little. We'll say that for now, each of these options is half of a round, so pick two from the list:
Retreat
Defend
Axetaur 3
Gore 2
Kick 2
Punch 1
Throw 1
Strong Attack 2 (Exactly what it sounds like.)
Charge Attack 1 (Actual charging; works GREAT with Gore once it's leveled.)
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.
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Enemy:
Level 5 Human, Healthy (35? HP / 19? MP)
You:
Level 4 Minotaur Warrior Monk, 37 HP/21 MP