5th Game
A painful game between The Screamers and the pro elf Breathtakers
The near all-female elf team had been forced to hire in some eye candy in the form of a male journeyman to fill the hole left in their roster after their previous match. The Breathtakers put their hard-won experience from the previous season to good use, with many players utilising guarding techniques to help each other in crowded situations to try and negate the strength of the Screamers. The elves recieved first and were held off til the turn 6 before finally putting the ball on, but not before the Screamers activated an ancient rune of fear, playing with the minds of the elves.
The 2nd half was an all out battle, with the Breathtakers resorting to all kinds of mischief and a rogue blast of magic cloned the ball. Casualties started to wrack up with the Tavern Wench taking out an elf, then being taken out herself and ending up with a serious concussion. The teams apothacary seemed to be offering some rather unhelpful services today, something about "snuffing her out" and "taking her gizzerds", instead of any healing powers, and was told to stay away. Maybe she spat in his pint? But dispite the ongoing battle, The Village Idiot slipped the line to score, only for the ball he had to melt in his hands, dematerialising before his very eyes. The fake was revealed.
The Screamers were spurred on by this and The Sherriff killed one of the elves in revenge. His reward posters never do ask for live criminals... This sets up a bit of a division in the locker room, with the team captain usually being decided by who has the most skulls atop their locker. Now the team is vying between The Sherriff's code of law, and The Preachers code of gods... tough times ahead, but hey, that's Chaos for you. With the elves numbers depleted, The Screamers pushed up the pitch, but a lucky tackle by the elves got the ball carrier down and the ball loose. A dog then burst onto the pitch, dragging the ball toward the sidelines. The chaos team swooped, surrounded the ball with 3 players, but it seemed everything devolved into comedy as first a beastman failed a pickup, then an elf on the following turn, which triggered off a series of bounces that ended up in 8 failed catch rolls before somone finally grabbed the ball: the Small Town holy man, the previously defacto team captain, The Preacher. Although the elves swarmed him, he finally broke free in the last seconds of the match and hefted the ball upfield into the waiting hands of a team mate, The Candlestick Maker. The elves set up for turn 8 of the second half, last turn of the game, to try their luck at a bit of fisty cuffs. After a bit of pushing and shoving, and the chaos team laughing at their feeble efforts, they called over to the ref to signal time.
Although the perfomance won them no new fans, it did net then a hefty purse
To fill in the gap the team has hired the services of a local layabout
Final score:
Small Town Screamers 1 - 1 Breathtakers
casualties caused:
Small Town Screamers 5 - 1 Breathtakers
01 The Cryer - Minotaur - 21 SPP - Tentacle, Claw
02 The Mayor - Chaos Warrior - 7 SPP - Block
03 The Sherriff - Chaos Warrior - 7 SPP - Block
04 The Preacher - Chaos Warrior - 8 SPP - Block
06 The Butcher - Beastman - 9 SPP - Wrestle
07 The Baker - Beastman - 7 SPP - Diving Tackle
08 The Candlestick Maker - Beastman - 2 SPP
09 The Village Idiot - Beastman - 7 SPP - Diving Tackle
10 The Bar Keep - Beastman - 5 SPP
11 The Tavern Wench - Beastman - 8 SPP - Mighty Blow, -1AV MISSING NEXT GAME
12 The "Local Seamstress" - Beastman - 5 SPP
3 Rerolls
6 Fan Factor
80000 Treasury
So... all in all it wasnt a bad match. Still have those 2 beastmen lurking at SPP5, who refuse to pick up or pass a ball it seems, and the previously lackluster Candlestick Maker has finally made it off the mark.
The -1av for the Tavern Wench may be a hinderence, so i may have to slack her off after i get enough suitable replacements. On the plus side, after the next game i play i SHOULD have enough for the last chaos warrior and the wench will be back in action...