14 pit of justice

Suddenly left on his own, Pendle was forced to roll the petrified WindSorrow back to town where cleric Gurnik agreed to restore him in exchange for a few entertaining pit fights, and for keeping his unsanctioned fights on the low-down.

In the Pit of Justice, you met the resident champions Travok a duergar barbarian, and Goatweaver a goliath paladin, both seemingly under some control of Gurnik. The rules of combat were:

Unarmed fights (d4 dmg + modifiers buff instead of normal 1 + modifiers (monk has natural d6 + modifier))
No armour
No spells (class abilities only)

In the first fight, WindSorrow took on GoatWeaver in unarmed combat filled with clutch dodges, flurries of hard hitting monk hooks coming in right and left. While Goatweaver was hit every round, he used his Lay of Hands to heal and infused Divine Smites into every hit. Even with the 5 AC difference and repeated dodge actions, when Goatweaver hit, he hit hard. WindSorrow bit the dust after several rounds in a very close fight.

Then, you joined forces, where Pendle, WindSorrow and Goatweaver (with a change of heart) took on Travok and his two pet wolves. His Frenzied rage at level 5 with the Sentinel feat meant he had high AC, resistance to bludgeoning, high damage output, and took reactions against anyone hitting his wolves, and was not stomped by cunning disengages. His two wolves (at CR1/2), though low on HP, were very dangerous against unarmoured PCs. Both Pendle and Goatweaver went down after having funnelled numerous sneak attacks, smiting hooks into Travok; who retaliated with hard uppercuts and confusing insults. In the 1v1 at the end, both characters low on HP, WindSorrow exhausted the Frenzy of Travok by kiting him around the pit and using the opportunity for a final winning blow.

The three of you continued out to reactivate the infested stone temple in Rockblight once more, and with Goatweaver with you (albeit on curfew), you took on a final guardian elemental. Brazen after your earlier victories; Goatweaver was struck down. However, after a nat20 on his death save, his 1hp was just what h needed to fearlessly throw down a final, ending blow.

Players:
- Richard
- Florent
- Spike