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[ArthurWilborn]

Your matchup is against Mr. Stabs and Spanner... It's a superweapon fight. He has an adamantine spear, you have a slade whip.

Shield material doesn't matter, right? I at least have a leather breastplate for my organy bits, but I'm counting on Imacutyouintheface to block that spear for me while I go for a HEADSHOT.

Yeah, about that...

Can you have a leather "breast plate"? Under leather all I see is generic "armor" and clothing.

[Josephus]

Your matchup is against Mr. Stabs and Spanner... It's a superweapon fight. He has an adamantine spear, you have a slade whip.

Shield material doesn't matter, right? I at least have a leather breastplate for my organy bits, but I'm counting on Imacutyouintheface to block that spear for me while I go for a HEADSHOT.

Yeah, about that...

Can you have a leather "breast plate"? Under leather all I see is generic "armor" and clothing.

Nope. It's a flaw in the tournament system. Generally I'd just give the gladiator the closest thing (like leather mail would be a leather shirt, while a breastplate would be armor). I imagine badfuzzy did the same thing.

There aren't any "Leather Gauntlets" either, just leather gloves. Leather does, of course, provide protection, but in this contest, where everyone is either swinging a superweapon or are themselves superweapons, it will probably just be instantly punctured.

[kilakan]

I feel sorry for the gremlin with the slade whip, poor bugger won't be able to move.

In other words, slade is so heavey, sure it makes a good whip, but a gremlin will move at a crawl using it.

[ArthurWilborn]

I feel sorry for the gremlin with the slade whip, poor bugger won't be able to move.

In other words, slade is so heavey, sure it makes a good whip, but a gremlin will move at a crawl using it.

Prior experience suggests otherwise; a gremlin with a slade whip took out four people in a prior exhibition match.

[GannonDorf]

I feel sorry for the gremlin with the slade whip, poor bugger won't be able to move.

In other words, slade is so heavey, sure it makes a good whip, but a gremlin will move at a crawl using it.

Prior experience suggests otherwise; a gremlin with a slade whip took out four people in a prior exhibition match.

That's true, 'twas me, the Dark Gnome, Gannon!

If I remember correctly, I died from a Snakeman's poison bite. I won't have to face that for now.

[Josephus]

I feel sorry for the gremlin with the slade whip, poor bugger won't be able to move.

In other words, slade is so heavey, sure it makes a good whip, but a gremlin will move at a crawl using it.

It will be a crawl of death.

I may be able to update twice within the next few hours, breaks permitting.

[kilakan]

I feel sorry for the gremlin with the slade whip, poor bugger won't be able to move.

In other words, slade is so heavey, sure it makes a good whip, but a gremlin will move at a crawl using it.

Prior experience suggests otherwise; a gremlin with a slade whip took out four people in a prior exhibition match.

That's true, 'twas me, the Dark Gnome, Gannon!

If I remember correctly, I died from a Snakeman's poison bite. I won't have to face that for now.

Aye but gnomes are just that much stronger they can handle it while being naked, or lightly armored.

[ArthurWilborn]

Gremlins have a speed attribute in the range of 900 on average.  Carrying a slade whip reduces their speed by 6, or about 0.7% of their total.  Not a huge debuff.

[Duriel]

Hehe, The Smith took quite a beating and still managed to stay conscious.

Other than that, here's my equipment/skill purchases for the next round:

140+2*6=152 points to use

Steel helm [-48]
Oak shield [-45]
Steel Gauntlets [-32]

Competent Shield User [-24]

3 points remaining.

[mipe9]

"Mr. Pokey & Dorf" is a good teamname.

Also, having done some testmatches myself, I can move with slade whip. Just because it's made from slade doesn't mean much because, you know, it's a whip. a whip doesn't weigh as much as say, a mace.

[TurkeyXIII]

Turamuthro's round 2 purchases:

240 + 2x9 = 258 available

steel greaves [-72]
adequate armor user [-6]

adequate->expert piker [-165]

remaining: 15

[Josephus]

Match Three

SLEDGE!! (Human) and Hawkeyed Prick (Elf) versus Great Sword (Human) and The Pointy End (Elf)
Managers Areku, Yugi24862, LAAT501Legion, and ArthurWilborn

"So, Olon, what've we got today?"
"Well, Urist, it's the third day of the tourney, I tell you, I'm really excited for this next match!"
"Fantastic, Olon. So am I! We've got a real winner here."
"It's almost too good to be true. If you remember, Urist, the previous tournament second-placer was an archer named Pisano, and he was pretty heavily favored to win."
"That's right, Olon. And today, we've got not one, but two archers. The elf, Hawkeyed Prick, and his human teammate SLEDGE!! will go up against a human named The Great Sword and his elf partner, The Pointy End."
"We'll see how this plays out, Urist! It'll be a fight for the ages."

As soon as the match starts, the opposed elves let loose their shafts of death at the other's melee partner. Hawkeyed Prick's bronze arrow fails to penetrate Great Sword's mail, but The Pointy End's arrow strikes SLEDGE!! in the right hand! Quick to seize the advantage, Great Sword closed the distance before Hawkeyed Prick could restring his bow and fire another arrow, hacking SLEDGE!!'s leg off at the hip!

Undaunted, SLEDGE!! attempts to cave in Great Sword's head with a hammerstrike, but his cumbersome weapon is too slow and Great Sword dodges and stabs him in the head for his trouble, and begins to twist, which is exactly as painful as it sounds. To add insult to injury - or perhaps, injury to grievous bodily harm - The Pointy End strings a new arrow and looses it into SLEDGE!!'s torso, puncturing a lung. Not to be outdone, Hawkeyed Prick fires one at Great Sword, giving him breathing problems of his own! However the armor protects him from the worst of it, allowing him to quickly decapitate SLEDGE!!

Great Sword then proceeds to leap on top of Hawkeyed Prick, stab him in the mouth, and cut him in half with a stab before The Pointy End can score a solid hit.

Winner: Great Sword and The Pointy End

"An incredible match, Olon! And it was over so quick!"
"Did the Pointy End actually do anything there, Urist? That match was won when the Great Sword stepped onto the arena floor."
"Too true, Olon, but maybe we'll see some more bow-action from the Pointy End during the quarter-finals!"

Spoiler: Combat Log (click to show/hide)

The flying {bronze arrow} strikes Great Sword in the lower body, bruising the muscle and bruising the pancreas through the small bronze mail shirt!
The flying {silver arrow} strikes SLEDGE!! in the right hand, tearing the muscle through the leather right gauntlet!
The SLEDGE!! loses hold of the leather low boot.
Great Sword slashes SLEDGE!! in the right upper leg with his iron long sword and the severed part sails off in an arc!
The SLEDGE!! falls over.
SLEDGE!! attacks Great Sword but He jumps away!
Great Sword stabs SLEDGE!! in the head with his iron long sword, tearing the muscle and tearing apart the neck's muscle!
The iron long sword has lodged firmly in the wound!
Great Sword twists the embedded iron long sword around in SLEDGE!!'s head!
The flying {silver arrow} strikes SLEDGE!! in the upper body, tearing the muscle and tearing the left lung through the leather mail!
SLEDGE!! is having trouble breathing!
The flying {bronze arrow} strikes Great Sword in the upper body, bruising the muscle and bruising the right lung through the small bronze mail shirt!
Great Sword is having trouble breathing!
The SLEDGE!! loses hold of the platinum maul.
Great Sword slashes SLEDGE!! in the head with his iron long sword and the severed part sails off in an arc!
SLEDGE!! has been struck down.
Great Sword charges at Hawkeyed Prick!
Great Sword slashes Hawkeyed Prick in the upper lip with his iron long sword, tearing apart the muscle!
An artery has been opened by the strike!
The iron long sword has lodged firmly in the wound!
Great Sword collides with Hawkeyed Prick!
Hawkeyed Prick is knocked over!
Great Sword twists the embedded iron long sword around in Hawkeyed Prick's upper lip!
Great Sword slashes Hawkeyed Prick in the right lower leg with his iron long sword and the severed part sails off in an arc!
The Hawkeyed Prick is no longer stunned.
Great Sword stabs Hawkeyed Prick in the lower body with his iron long sword, tearing the muscle and tearing apart the stomach!
An artery has been opened by the strike!
The iron long sword has lodged firmly in the wound!
Great Sword twists the embedded iron long sword around in Hawkeyed Prick's lower body!
The flying {bronze arrow} strikes Great Sword in the lower body, bruising the muscle and bruising the left kidney through the small bronze mail shirt!
The Hawkeyed Prick loses hold of the bronze arrows [32].
Great Sword stabs Hawkeyed Prick in the right lower arm with his iron long sword and the severed part sails off in an arc!
Great Sword slashes Hawkeyed Prick in the left lower leg with his iron long sword and the severed part sails off in an arc!
Great Sword stabs Hawkeyed Prick in the lower body with his iron long sword and the severed part sails off in an arc!
Hawkeyed Prick has been struck down.

Next match: The Horned Axe & Paralyzer versus Mr. Pokey and Urist mcAxedorf!

[LAAT501legion]

YEAHHHHHHHH, WE WON 

[Josephus]

Remember to purchase skills for next round, of course.

[Vox Nihili]

Hey Josephus, think you could put the species of each combatant in the update?  It would help give the readers a better idea of how to visualize the combat.