<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Resolution</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Katra</strong> is out of the game and so does not get to attack Eyepatch.<br/><strong>Lei</strong> takes no violent action but rolls well enough to draw Wun's attention, being in the main a much more attractive target than a mere slip of a Red Martian girl.<br/>Tiana gets 2 successes on Ven Darus...who fails to get a single success with a defense of 13, 15.  Momentum into damage gives her 2cd in total and she scores an incredible 4 stress (pair of 6's!)<br/><strong>Kain</strong> scores 3 successes against Chuck's mere 12,17...1 success, but +1 difficulty for his wound status is 2 stress already and +3 more cd.  I rolled another 3 stress total and that flattens Chuck.  Messily.<br/><strong>Zuri</strong> misses but at least scores no Complications into the bargain.<br/><strong>Mila</strong> disengages.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>And the remaining foes roll as follows...<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Eyepatch </strong>gets a free kill on Katra to prevent future retcon based fuckery, by GM fiat.<br/><strong>Ven Darus</strong> rolls 8.17 for 1 success.  <strong>Tal Ptomj</strong> defends with 3,17 for 2...and counterattacks with 4,15 (2) versus 16,16 and does 3cd to Ven Darus for a grand total of 2 stress.<br/><strong>Don</strong> keeps the heat on Zuri with 11.13 or 1 success.<br/><strong>Wun</strong> takes on the mighty Lei with a 2, 20...2 hits and a Complication.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div></div></div><br/>The beauteous<strong>Katra</strong>makes a mistake--perhaps she hesitates a moment too long, perhaps she does not notice, but her opponent suddenly slams into her, then drops her in the sand with a blade in her gut.  He then casts about for his next target with blood madness in his eyes and an ugly snarl on his face that does nothing to improve his looks.<br/><br/><strong>Lei</strong>, you are now very much the center of attention for the remaining Green Martian as he snorts in derision at the tiny, helpless female before him and turns to face you, bellowing a challenge before he lunges forward, spear outstretched!  So eager is he to close with a more worthy opponent than some mere scholar or housemaid that he overextends a bit...<br/><br/><strong>Tiana</strong>, you time it prefectly, landing on Ven Darus just as he commits to a strike on your surprising ally.  Your dagger flashes and he roars in agony as you pierce his flesh again and again...followed by another howl as he finds that the young Thark is losing his adolescent clumsiness fast in the heat of battle!  More blood is drawn and his wild swings miss the lad entirely.<br/><br/><strong>Kain</strong>, you might have overdone it--your blow is true, your blow is strong, and your opponent is never going to menace anyone ever again.  Part of him lies at your feet, leaking lifeblood into the sandy floor of the arena.  And part of him is over there.  And part of him is over there...and you thin you hear the huge green four-armed mod in the stand howling approval at your performance.<br/><br/><strong>Zuri</strong>, your opponent nimbly sidesteps your blow and seems to be reconsidering.  He takes a few more testing jabs at you, clearly intent on following up any success.<br/><br/><strong>Mila</strong>, it is almost a relief when you are more or less designated "not worth the trouble".  Even a Warhoon knows there is no honor in slaughtering mere noncombatants!  Not that it stops them, but there's cruel logic in that he can always come back and finish you off later.<br/><br/>It is probably not at all helpful that you can hear the Warhoons start cheering for all the bloodletting that that dark-skinned Jasoomian just committed.<br/><br/>And the one with the eyepatch is now looking at you in a manner that suggests that unlike the Green, he's perfectly happy to slaughter helpless victims...uhm.  Yeah, this isn't good.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Stat Block</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Green Gladiator</strong><br/>Cunning+Daring 5/10<br/>Daring+Passion 4/9<br/>Stress 9 Menace 2<br/>WUN OOOOO OOOO OO<br/>TUU DOWN<br/><br/><strong>Red Gladiator</strong><br/>Cunning+Daring 6/12<br/>Daring+Passion 4/10<br/>Stress 10 Menace 2<br/>Eyepatch XXXXX XOOOO XO<br/>Ven Darus XXXXX XXXOO XO<br/>CHUCK DOWN<br/>DON OOOOO OOOOO OO<br/><br/><strong>Tal Ptomj, Thark Warrior</strong><br/>Cunning+Daring 5/11<br/>Daring+Passion  5/11<br/>Stress 9 Menace 3<br/>XXXOO OOOO OOO</div></div>