Live Notes
- We pick up in the Warrior's Room
- Tingle strikes up a conversation with some others from Breakneck, a guild from section 6
- We met a friendly two-headed body: Nog & Bosh
- Nog tried to bribe us to throw the fight. We didn't bite
- Tingle plies another group with the last of Zeek's beer
- Time to fight!
- We try to climb the stairs, Kal goes first
- Another Kal blocks the way!
- The mirror image blocks whoever is in front with themselves
- Damek cleverly smoke bomb flips his way through and discovers the illusion device causing the trouble
- Damek tries to report it to a guard on the way in. They don't seem to care.
Initiative!
- Damek sprints up and attacks! and misses
- Arden inspires a little infighting
- Zeek creates a spectral neon bolt that bitch-slaps the little fire skull
- Fire skull fireballs Zeek and Kal for a ton
- One bad guy reels and attacks his buddy thanks to Arden's suggestion and connects on a good hit
- Damek doubles-down and ends the dude
- Arden suggests this guy take up his anger with another
- Zeek thunderwaves a goblin to pulp and cracks the skull for a good number
- Kal make a trog regret attacking by axe-twisting his arms off
- Orog takes some massive swings at Iria: Hits one copy, then another. Tricky Iria!
- Zeek deals a pile of radiant damage to the floating skull, reducing it to ash
- Tingle conjurs one of the last man standing's dead buddies next to him
- Iria Jack Bauer-jumps off the wall with massive Charisma to lay one hard into this poor dude
- Beat up dude reels and sinks a couple of deep axe hits into Iria
- A round of misses and questionable hits, finally Damek gets it done
- The crowd starts chanting JKS all on their own
- "With this victory, JKS moves on to the final set for tomorrow: High noon!"
- Fireworks, pageantry, flames, epicness
Return home to Squadquarters
- The squad discusses strategy
- Zeek asks Lief to head to the market to check on Nabomai, gives him 50gp for brewing supplies
- Tingle asks Lief what news from Boundfur
- Boundfur says he's pleased but would like to check in and debrief with the squad
- Squad turns in for the night
The next morning
- Becky says she's super proud of us. It's a kodak moment
- "May the glory of JKS reign supreme!"
- Lief comes in to tell us the Escher escorts have arrived
- The walk to the Pit complex feels longer than usual
- The Pit is outfit with more flags, decor, turrets, ornamentation for the Lower Pit Championship
- The arena itself seems bigger, a different shape
- The crowd is heavy, throngs everywhere
- JKS is approached in the Warriors Room and told to choose a single file order to enter
- One by one, in order, the members vanish
- One by one, we appear scattered across individual doored chambers. There is one enemy in the chamber with each of us. Upon victory in a room, the door to the nearest enemy of the victor will open.
- Tingle starts it off by levitating his robot opponent
- Damek zips it, cracks a hit, zips out
- Baddie leads off with a vicious javelin into Iria
- Tingle shakes off a spell with his gnomish wisdom
- Arden's arcanist enemy approaches and attempts a spell. Arden resists, then deals some psychic damage and sends him running. Arden scolds with the naughty finger.
- Damek cranks out a pile of big hits and takes his opponents down
- JKS 1 - 0 Chumps
- The big chrome ox can't do anything floating there. Its hilariously uneventful
- Arden gets taken to the floor with vicious laughter
- Zeek cracks a nice shot with a war hammer
- Tingle toys with his prey, pumping music into the crowd and vandalizing his impending prize
- The robot makes the vines wrap Tingle up in a gross foresty hug
- Arden keeps laughing through some failed saves and a little damage
- Zeek necrotic slaps his opponent in the face to death like the bad guy from indiana jones
- JKS 2 - 0 Chumps
- Tingle gets free and charms the ox. So he's still floating, but now he's cool with it
- Victorious members of JKS begin to explore looking for more fun
- Iria's opponent wanders away in his magical darkness
- Iria is tired of this idiot and ends him
- JKS 3 - 0 Chumps
- Tingle and Chrome Ox are becoming fast friends. Tingle offers to carry his quarterstaff for him, as a pal does
- Arden gets shocked for some more, keeps giggling about it
- Tingle hurts his new friend, emotionally and physically
- Zeek makes his presence felt
- JKS 4 - 0 Chumps
- Damek busts in to save Arden. Doesn't.
- Arden gets hit with another bunch of poison damage, but finally makes his save to regain his wits
- Iria steps in and destroys Arden's tormentor
- JKS 5 - 0 Chumps
- Tingle decides to spare the ox
- JKS is declared the victors!
- Neon fireworks everywhere, holy shit its awesome
- Treasure!!
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