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System 1 is good with me. Everyone slams UA, and while it definitely has some shortcomings, I think the way it cleaned up the weaponless combat procedure was a good thing.

She'll still attempt to grapple.

Thug & Pole - Round 3

The thug whacks at Zix with the pole as the elf tries to grapple the man. Neither manages to connect.

Actions for Round 4!

Zix will attempt to grapple again...
unsuccessfully!

Rotten luck.

Thug & Pole - Round 4

Zix and the thug thrash about again. The elf tries to grapple the slippery rogue, who uses his pole to foil her grasps. But in turn his own strikes against Zix are unsuccessful.

Actions for Round 5!

Zix will attempt to grapple with the thug again!

Thug & Pole - Round Five

The rogue and elf circle each other, sparring, grappling, trying to bring each other down. Zix lunges and is blocked again by the pole. She in turn bats his pole off target.

Actions for Round 6!

Zix keeps on trying...
with no luck these days...

Zix becomes frustrated with her attempt at throwing the thug in the hidden pit, draws her dagger and lunges for the thug!

Thug & Pole - Finale

Zix and the thug dance about. The elf loses patience and draws her dagger. Slash, slash, shash, she slices three times. The thug manages one whack across Zix's shoulder (2 HP damage) before the elf thief drops the thug with a final blow of her dagger.

Zix moves from the short 10' corridor, the site of the fight, into the room. It is about 20' across and 30' long. To her right in the middle of the east wall is a door. Across from it in the west wall is a 1' diameter metal gong, held inside a locked cage with bars an inch apart. The distance from bars to the gong is about 16". Above the gong is a wall sconce with a lit torch.

Zix will examine the locked cage for traps.. unsuccessfully, and attempt to open the cage.

The cage appears to be untrapped, but is locked. Inside it is a 1' diameter metal gong. The cage bars are an inch apart. The distance from bars to the gong is about 16".

Above the gong is a wall sconce with a lit torch. Behind Zix in the middle of the room is the chair the thug was sitting in.

She'll search the thug's body for a key. If she doen't find it there, she'll look under the chair.

Grognardsw wrote:The cage appears to be untrapped, but is locked. Inside it is a 1' diameter metal gong. The cage bars are an inch apart. The distance from bars to the gong is about 16".

Above the gong is a wall sconce with a lit torch. Behind Zix in the middle of the room is the chair the thug was sitting in.

No key is found on the thug or under/on the chair. The gong beckons inside the locked cage.

She'll collect her things from the ground (bow, 10' pole) and attempt to pick the lock..
..unsuccessfully. Failing that she'll try take an arrow shaft and see if she can reach the gong.

The lock fails to open to Zix's caresses. She pokes her arrow shaft through and hits the right spot. The gong rings.

There is click at the east door behind Zix, as if it just unlocked.

Caresses? Don't get too excited, hot shot.

She'll check the door for traps..
..unsuccessfully, grab the torch from the sconce and look inside the door.