Snakes & Foxes 3: The ****oo's Nest (Game Thread)

The 13th day was by some in the audience celebrated in memory of the first victim of the tournament, The13thRonin. His fan club had not quite given up hope yet, and there was a man who claimed to be a prophet who proclaimed far and wide that the Monk would rise from the dead on this day, win the tournament and then create a heaven on earth where all men could live in harmony. Some called him crazy, but most thought he was just in it for the girls (which was of course far from crazy).

The evening combatants solemnly went into isolation, the Shaman a regular but the Beastmaster for the first time. As always, there were few bets.


Current betting odds: Shaman vs Beastmaster: 5:1


Current Vote Tally:
Overlord Speaker : 5 (1st voter: Pirate ; 2nd voter: Shaman )
Divided Soul : 3 (1st voter: Luonnotar ; 2nd voter: Eidolon )
Arquebusier, Brujah, Illusionist, Paladin : 2
Courtesan, Runekeeper, Satyr : 1


Current Vote Breakdown:


22 hours until evening post.
Combatants, send in your battle ideas to LightFang!
All contestants, keep betting and voting!

1 on the shaman!

After watching how the votes have gone, I would like to change my vote from the Divided Soul vs the Illusionist to Divided Soul vs Brujah.

I withdraw my vote on the Brujah. So currently I'm only voting the Divided Soul into battle. Maybe some time and some sleep will help me figure out who these other Marks are a little easier...

((OOC: Been up 20 hours with only 4 hours of sleep and am falling asleep typing this. Night all! ))

Ye know, it's been a few days since I've been in the ring. Maybe I fight th' Overlord Speaker meself.

Oh, an' 1 gold on th' Shaman.

I would like to support myself with one of my votes and vote for the Arquebusier with the other.

I would also like to bet 1 gold on the Shaman.

"I'll put 25 gold on the Beastmaster."

I guess I will use my other vote to support the Arquebusier.

Overlord Speaker vs. Pirate.

I chage my votes to Pirate and support on the Divided Soul

Cool, let's switch it to Pirate vs Overlord Speaker then

An eerie howl pierced the stadium, silencing everyone. The Beastmaster then took the stage to what should have been rock music but due to the lack of technologically advanced instruments it was just dust. He swaggered into the arena and flashed a very cocky smile at everybody. For the most part, people were okay with this arrogant demeanor because accompanying him was a pack of wolves, which roared and growled appropriately nastily. He hardly wore any armor and appeared very casual, and his only weapon was a small axe.

The Shaman came out. Again. He wasn’t any more pleasant this time around, too. It was very obvious that the stage officials had stuffed impediments in their ears so they wouldn’t have to listen to the Shaman, but either he didn’t notice or didn’t care because he kept doing talking. Anyway, it’s hard to ignore pointed jabs to your chest.

The witch doctor finally shut up when he squared off with his opponent. As soon as he quieted, the scene shifted. They were back at the same village, the one they had gone to countless times. This time, though, the buildings were all demolished, as if the people had gotten tired of their home constantly being destroyed and used as an area for people to fight in, which was true. So they were in a quiet forest, with a clearing. Grass grew, the sun shined, birds sang, and two people were about to get injured.

"Go," said the Beastmaster, simply. The wolves spread out and immediately surrounded the Shaman almost before he had time to react, destroying any thoughts the Shaman may have entertained about simply leaving and enjoying a nice dinner or performing a simple ritual. No matter. The Shaman twirled his staff and pointed at an unlucky wolf, who had the misfortune of being fried with a blue ray. He turned into a frog.

Meanwhile, the Beastmaster decided to close in on his enemy, so he began charging while the wolves and the singular frog circled his opponent more warily than they had before. The Shaman made sort of uppercut motion with his arm and the ground cracked as tree roots came sprawling out of the ground like tentacles from hell. The Beastmaster hardly slowed down but kept running, muttering a few words under his breath.

Suddenly, the tree roots turned and came flying towards the Shaman. He leapt out of the way quickly and burned the roots with a wicked magic. Unfortunately for the Beastmaster, this type of enchanted fire burned rather quickly and so it spread straight down the tree roots and actually leapt off and landed onto his body. This was rather more than a mere temporary distraction for the Beastmaster, and while he didn’t stop, he certainly dropped and rolled, and even writhed, which isn’t part of the procedure but one that most people do when they’re caught on fire anyway.

Meanwhile, for retribution, the wolves started to attack the Shaman, hoping to prevent him from landing another attack. The Shaman for his part summoned some vicious looking snakes to slither out of the forest simultaneously and sought for them to attack the wolves as he ran.

The Beastmaster picked himself up without too much delay and took stock of the damage. You could see the bone on the index finger of his right hand, the fire had burned right through the flesh. He grimaced and started running again. His opponent was distracted - there!

He caught up to the Shaman, who whirled in surprise. A swing from his axe was the exciting new beginning of open-heart surgery. The Shaman started falling back, but he was fast enough to grip the Beastmaster’s own hand, which suddenly felt icy cold. The shock of the freeze was enough to halt his attack and for him to quickly take stock of the situation - his hand was slowly decaying where the Shaman had gripped him. It was, in other words, rotting.

Thoroughly disgusted, the Beastmaster gave a mighty howl that was enough to even give the Shaman pause. This pause was all he needed. He smashed the Shaman’s kneecaps. Then he simply stepped back and whistled. The beasts of the forest came out of hiding.

"Now is the time to throw off the Shaman’s tyranny," he said simply, and they came. Snakes, ants, wolves, even the butterflies from earlier came. And although the Shaman did his best to throw them off with his crude magics, in the end, he could do nothing to overcome the elegant beauty of nature.



The Beastmaster halted off the arena, favoring his scorched hand and arm, followed by his wolf-frog flock. There wasn't much left of the Shaman to gather, just a few scattered bones here and there, so the cleanup was quickly done. The pompous official strode majestically to the center of the arena to recite the strange outcome of the day's votes.

Final Vote Tally:
Overlord Speaker : 6 (1st voter: Pirate ; 2nd voter: Shaman )
Pirate : 3 (1st voter: Pirate ; 2nd voter: Beastmaster )
Brujah, Paladin : 2
Divided Soul, Arquebusier, Illusionist, Satyr : 1


Morning fight: Overlord Speaker vs Pirate, Pirate gets arena choice.


Current Vote Breakdown:


It is now night.
Marks, send me your choices for the evening combatants.
People with night abilities, send me PMs.

Betting is open for Overlord Speaker vs Pirate. Place your bets in bold dark orange.

100 Gold on the Pirate.

300 gold on the Pirate. If anyone can smash down the speaker to Overlords, it's my diseased, smelly, drinking, wenching teammate.