Boulder Dodging

Boulder Dodging is the tenth encounter in Grand Games: The Ascent
==Enemies==
* Assassin (975 Gold, 120 XP, 75 Energy, 5 HP)
==Transcript==
===Introduction===
This seems more like an execution than an athletic event, but you just couldn't resist the allure of another laurel on your brow. Thus you entered the boulder dodging contest. Though now, gazing at the line of burly orocs and piles of heavy rocks, you're beginning to regret that decision.
"The last one left alive wins!" a satyr informs you.
You'd already assumed as much. It would be difficult to place a victor's laurels on a head that's been smashed into a viscous red smear...
"Orocs," he continues. "Start throwing!"
Boulders fly. Athletes spring and spring in different directions, scattering before the onslaught.
===Conclusion===
"Hah! Missed me!" a goblin jeers, as a boulder passes over his head.
Three of the oroc hurlers launch massive rocks in his direction. He disappears beneath them, save for a splash of blood and crushed organs.
Now it's just you and a man in a white mask, who's dodging like a cat. He weaves between the boulders that crash around him. You even catch a glimpse of him leaping up onto one of the rocks in mid-flight, before kicking off its surface and soaring high above the rest of the volley. It's so impressive and infuriating that you can't help staring, and the next boulder only misses you by inches and good fortune -- landing right in front of your face before bouncing away.
This is getting ridiculous. So you dash towards your opponent, ducking a boulder as you go. He doesn't see you coming -- he's too busy watching the orocs, anticipating their throws.
"Aaaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhh!"
His leg gives way with a crack that echoes across the mountain. It was a good, hard stomp. As evinced by the fact that his left knee's bending in the wrong direction. He falls, screams, and curses. You scurry away.
Boulders fly. Several of the orocs aim for you, but you escape their judgments one by one with a series of deft jumps and rolls. As for the assassin... His screams die very soon.
A single hand protrudes from under the rocks which entomb him. Its fingers are locked in an obscene gesture.
Category:Grand Games: The Ascent