Game OOC

Yully, am I able to use my Champion's reaction to reduce the damage the brawler does to the audience member?

Yes, but you arrive just before they begin to hit. So you may interact before a fight start.

Does our circus have a strong man/pugilist?

Nope every perform is listed in Circus Management & Shows.

It looks like Vespera is up 1st. I'm assuming her 12 misses?

Haha, we are bad at circus and brawling

Yeah. Got a 13 that time ... though the 16 might have one of them Frightened, but still not very good for us. I am tempted to drop the non-lethal, stab them a few times to get them to piss off, then heal them with my paladin stuff later. Heh.

Be careful, you have an audience that may not appreciate the use of lethal weapons. Non lethal is ok, I am waiting for GGGray roll and response, then I will deal with your post when it will be your turn in combat.

I got a 22 initiative, did they act first?

No, they do not go before you, but Gray has still an action this turn and need to roll his initiative.

They rolled 6 & 7, respectively, and Birdman rolled a 10, and I got a 22. I think their actions happen then we're up again.

Ok I made a mess of explaining, and so nothing s clear anymore ...

So Vespera did a surprise action with Retributive strive that failed
Gray tried to attack with a surprise that failed too.

We begin round 1
- Vespera Demoralized the wife
now it is Gray turn, thn the couple of drunks.

Got it, didn't realize there was a surprise round. Gray will probably try the same thing again

Wait, the reactive strike was a reaction not my turn. My 'surprise' round was the demoralize and (failed) strike. So she should be getting an action on round 1 as well?

Sorry, I'm just super confused and trying to clarify.

Ok, there was not yet any action, so the reactive strike was not possible, in this case you have action in this round before the couple react, go ahead, and post.

Ok, so there is an issue, I thought that they HAD already struck a member of the audience, I even narrated her as having blocked the reaction, because I was informed that I could use my champion reaction, if they had not yet struck an audience member I would have just asked them to leave, inviting them to have a good brawl outside of the tent and away from prying eyes ... however ALL of my actions were based on her being angry because these guys just started throwing fists at audience members ... if they haven't yet done that, then Vespera literally, just went in there and started attacking which is out of character for her ... so I guess I am the bad guy?

Anyways, posted another senseless diplomacy check because I am really not happy about the situation and that we basically, just started the fight ... sigh ...

For your info, diplomacy would not work in this particular case, unless you get a real good result. These two are here to provoke a fight, that's the only reason and are eagerly waiting for one.

And you still have 2 actions.

I refuse to take them, my hostility was predicated by the assumption they started the fight, which was inferred when you said I could use my Retributive strike ((which would only occur if they had attacked someone)) since we retroactively edited that out, I'm not taking an offensive action. However if they hit someone, I will intervene.

Ok