Welcome to the City of Rome

[Corwin]

Cedric follows the priest's example, imbuing his sword with great power.

OOC: Casting Magic Weapon on my bastard sword.

[Trunkyboy]

Luciano begins slowly stretching, then checking his armor and weapon as the call of battle rises within him faster and faster.

[Dracos]

OOC:  Fucking ethics.
IC:

The sound of the battle coming to the close could be heard as the feeling of divine favor warmed their spirits.  Salvius's muscles twitched as they swelled slightly with new strength.

The wait wasn't long now as the door opened, the light from the high noontime sun brightly shining into the waiting area as the crowd could be seen outside waiting anxiously to see the next team of gladiators.

Dracos

[Carthrat]

Salvius walks out, waving a hand to the crowd, and flexing his considerable muscles.

OOC: Oi, oi, oi, tell me what the bonus to my strength was. Vitally important.

[Trunkyboy]

Luciano follows Salvius, clutching his chain.  If all went well, new trophies would be aquired today.

[Corwin]

Cedric was the next one to enter the arena, his mind on the strange kobold creatures they were about to face.

[Sunhawk]

Bran walks through next, swinging his large sword in an elaborate figure-eight to feel the balance (and put on a bit of a show).

[Dracos]

The sun was bright as it beat down upon them, the crowd none too impressed with their demonstration as a whole as the four gladiators stepped out.

The field had been constructed with a few 'trees' (wood replicas) about the field to give the crowd more of a sensation of battle on the warfront.


 One of the senators was apparently presiding today over the arena, his hawklike eyes looking out over the gladiators as he clapped once.


The huge doors on the opposite side of slowly swung open, many gleaming eyes visible as a hissing sound was heard.  The creatures getting prodded out with wood prods into the harsh sunlight.

There was a lot of them, maybe thirty or so at a quick count.  Small, around Azen's height.  Their skin was scaly and visage reptilian as they carried swords and hammers.  Hissing they screeched angrily at the crowd.

The crowd cheered at the display, excited at the odd creatures.

Dracos

[Trunkyboy]

Luciano frowns.  At times like these he wished he had a bow.  Turning to his companions he asks the same question.

"Do any of you have bows to use, or should we begin advancing?"

[Carthrat]

"We should find a defensible position," says Salvius. "The wall looks good. Move it!" he barks. "With those numbers, they will simply surround us and beat us down."

He starts heading towards the wall of the colliseum, urging on his fellow gladiators to do the same. "If we can limit their numbers so only a few can get at us at a time, we can win; they rely almost entirely on numbers."

OOC: Salvius is also Power Attacking for +1, bringing his damage to a to +7.

[Sunhawk]

Bran heads for the wall.  While he'd prefer a "tree" to put backs to - arguing at this point would be foolish.

OCC Notes:  Bran will start raging the first round the kobolds come into range.

[Corwin]

Cedric follows Salvius quickly, staying on his right flank.

[Trunkyboy]

Luciano brings up the rear, seeing that he is the only one with some reach.

[Dracos]

The kobolds hissed, disliking the light.   It was a few moments before they began to move, in fairly organized pattern, strange grunts coming from a few in the back as they waved little hammers about and danced around as the crowd looked on curiously.

Dracos

[Carthrat]

Salvius mutters a few choice arcane words under his breath and makes a thrusting motion with his hand...

OOC: Casting 'Sound Burst' in the middle of the pack.

Also, throughout the combat, Salvius is Power Attacking for +1 throughout the combat. Between the other spells he cast, he's netting +11 to hit and +7 damage.