DM Carbide's Through a Cracked Mirror: The Dark Road (Inactive)

Game Master John Woodford

Buffs: Haste (AC23), Divine Favor, Destruction judgement)

Duncan feels the magic of his allies HASTE spell empower him, he holds his ground and accepts the charge of the creature in W4.
He then FULL ATTACKS on his turn.
He uses 1 round of Bane to hammer home hard with 1 handed chop.

1 hand Haste, DF, Destruction, Charge, Bane attack 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 1 = 25
DAMAGE 1 hand DF, Destruction, PA, Bane
1d6 + 8 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + (2, 6) = 32

HASTE EXTRA ATTACK 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 1 = 28
DAMAGE 1 hand DF, Destruction, PA
1d6 + 8 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + (3, 5) = 35

If the first hit is enough to drop W4, the second attack goes to W3

Take that ye Beastie!

Question, Duncan: what creature type are you invoking your bane against? Also, I think you get an extra attack, at the expense of -2 to AC for the round; first attack is your readied action (short charge), then the second two are your full attack at your normal action.

Selveshanea, you'll also get another action; your readied action would allow you to close and charge, or forgo the charge and move around the wolves so you wouldn't have to take the Acrobatics check. In any case, the attack you rolled missed.

Never had a DM ask for a named type. The other two were happy your deity made the weapon anathema to the baddy. I'll roll to id. The beast.

Knowledge: Planes1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Knowledge: Dungeoneering 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

Knowledge: Arcana 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Redied charge 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 1 + 2 = 18

Damage
1d6 + 8 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + (2, 3) = 30

The only time I had an inquisitor use bane, I had to declare, so I thought that was a universal. Ah, well--everyone's guilty of overgeneralizing, right? At least I am.

Based on Eretria's description and his own knowledge, Duncan identifies the creatures as aberrations. And how many of you are surprised? Divine power surges through the inquisitor and into his blade; his first blow almost kills the creature before him, his second finishes it, and his third takes down the one next to it.

With Duncan finishing off the foes, Selvevshanaea moves over to threaten the other wolves Next to W2, looking to full-attack next round.

Ava will move around to flank the wolf creature with Hops.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

PA Bite: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 23

damage: 1d6 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 4 = 13

Since it's already next to me I decided to move her to flank with Hops.

The only time I had an inquisitor use bane, I had to declare, so I thought that was a universal. Ah, well--everyone's guilty of overgeneralizing, right? At least I am.

Based on Eretria's description and his own knowledge, Duncan identifies the creatures as aberrations. And how many of you are surprised? Divine power surges through the inquisitor and into his blade; his first blow almost kills the creature before him, his second finishes it, and his third takes down the one next to it.

Yay! Duncan is awesome

Ava, I'd put you there thinking you'd countercharge the wolfoids and take a bite attack with your readied action. You have the option, instead, of moving to flank on your readied action and then taking a full attack at your initiative. If that makes sense. Either way, you have at least another bite attack coming.

Ava tears into the wolfoid with her teeth, and immediately notices two things: first, its flesh is more resistant to your attacks than you would expect; and second, it tastes awful. Not bad enough to sicken, but really unpleasant. (Ava is also close enough to see that its "fur" is actually a mat of fine tentacles or tendrils, some of which are tipped with very small eyeballs.)

The bear roars and closes with Ava. But the crafty eidolon ducks under it, and its jaws snap shut on air.

Imizael and Hops are up!

Round 1 (ongoing):

Initiative order:
Eretria-acted, cast mage armor
Wolves-closed to attack, triggering readied actions by Duncan, Ava, Selveshanea, and Hops
Bear-closed and attacked Ava/Selveshanea-closed
Duncan-acted
Imizael+Hops
Berbas
Krolmnite
Ava
Elesandira
Besmarial

Hops lays in to the wolfoid with hasted attacks, drawing blood.

attack 1, hasted, flanking, bull's strength: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 16

damage 1, bull's strength: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

attack 2, hasted, flanking, bull's strength: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 15

damage 2, bull's strength: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Imizael loads his sling, takes aim and launches a stone at the bear

sling attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Round 1 (ongoing):

Hops' first attempt at goring the wolfoid hits, because it had opened itself up charging. His second misses as the wolfoid twists aside. The boar notices the same effect that Ava did--the creature's flesh is tougher than expected. It is nevertheless in very bad shape. (Hops doesn't much care for the smell or the feel of the tarry black ichor the thing uses for blood.)

Initiative order:
Eretria-acted, cast mage armor
Wolves-closed to attack, triggering readied actions by Duncan, Ava, Selveshanea, and Hops
Bear-closed and attacked Ava/Selveshanea-closed
Duncan-acted
Imizael+Hops-acted
Berbas
Krolmnite
Ava
Elesandira
Besmarial

Deciding that the bear is the major threat, I aim a volley at it.

attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 6) + 4 = 15

attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 5) + 4 = 13

attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 3) + 4 = 9

I forgot Aspect of the Falcon: all of those attacks should be 1 higher.

Round 1 (ongoing):

Remembering that Berbas is still away:
The half-orc emerges from the mist, uncoiling a whip from his belt. With a crack that echoes across the hills, he opens another major wound on the already-damaged wolfoid facing Hops. The creature falls.

Elesandira puts three arrows into the bear, but it's still up.

Krolmnite is up!

Initiative order:
Eretria-acted, cast mage armor
Wolves-closed to attack, triggering readied actions by Duncan, Ava, Selveshanea, and Hops
Bear-closed and attacked Ava/Selveshanea-closed
Duncan-acted
Imizael+Hops-acted
Berbas-acted
Krolmnite
Ava
Elesandira-acted
Besmarial

Round 1 (final):

I'm going to go on; if Krolmnite/Ava have actions I'll fit them in.

Besmarial rises into the air to keep track of what the humanoid is doing. "There is a second bear out there, and it is carrying him towards the wagon."

Round 2:

Initiative order:
Eretria-
Wolves-
Bear-/Selveshanea-
Duncan-
Imizael+Hops-
Berbas-
Krolmnite
Ava
Elesandira-
Besmarial

Eretria is up!

Buffs: Haste (AC23), Divine Favor, Destruction judgement

Duncan CHARGES to Y13 to help his allies with the bear, roaring ANGRADD TAKE YE!

1 hand Haste, DF, Destruction, Charge, Bane attack 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 1 = 25
DAMAGE 1 hand DF, Destruction, PA, Bane
1d6 + 8 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 8 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + (2, 2) = 26

The bear goes BEFORE Duncan. I'll ammend the action if needed.

2ds of BANE used.

will wait for the wolves to act before posting actions.

Single wolf and bear, at the moment; updated map is HERE.

Eretria casts Burning Arc, hoping to get through the magical resistance of the creatures.
DC16 reflex for half
5d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 4, 3, 5) = 16 bear
DC14 reflex for half
2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8 wolf

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18 bear sr?
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21 wolf sr?

Round 1 (ongoing):

Initiative order:
Eretria-acted
Wolves-acted
Bear-acted/Selveshanea-
Duncan-
Imizael+Hops-
Berbas-
Krolmnite
Ava
Elesandira-
Besmarial

Eretria's spell crackles into the two remaining foes, and this time the magic bites on them. The bear manages to angle to avoid the worst of it, while the wolfoid is not so quick. Nevertheless, it seems to the sorceress' practiced eye that neither took quite as much damage as she would have expected. The bear is looking rather singed, but the flames kindled from Berbas' spell have gone out.

Then the wolfoid, clearly on its last legs, attacks. With a metallic snarl it hurls itself at Selveshanea and tears into the tiger's throat with its powerful jaws. Selveshanea, take 21 points. The tiger can act at the same time as the bear.

Bleeding foul-smelling, tarry black ichor from the arrows in its side, the bear rears up and falls on Ava like a terrible avalanche. The eidolon ducks one claw, but the other hits her, and the creature's massive fangs rip at her as well. Ava, take 20 points.

Then, of course, Duncan finishes the bear.

BECAUSE DUNCAN IS AWESOME!

He said modestly. (It helped that the bear was down to 5 HP or so; with the bane running Duncan could have poked it with his finger and killed it.)

Selveshanea, you're up.

Severely wounded, Selveshanea withdraws from combat.

Round 2 (ongoing):

Initiative order:
Eretria-acted
Wolves-acted
Bear-acted/Selveshanea-acted
Duncan-acted
Imizael+Hops-
Berbas-
Krolmnite
Ava
Elesandira-
Besmarial

Imizael and Hops are up! There is one badly wounded wolfoid left up.

Between Hops, Berbas, Ava, and Elesandira, the wolfoid will not survive the round. Besmarial announces, "The wagon is coming in this direction."

Ava is still standing, though wounded. I'll post ahead of time.

Krol

Krolmnite casts a spell of grease under the bear in his attempts to trip up the enormous beast.

Reflex save DC 16

Ava

Ava puts her full focus on attacks into the wolf, flanking with Hobbs, her attacks flailing all but her bite which manages to dig in deep on the creature.

PA Bite: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 - 2 + 2 = 26

damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

PA Claw 1: 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 - 2 + 2 = 9

PA Claw 2: 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 2 + 2 = 8

PA Tail: 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 - 2 + 2 = 7

Ava takes down the wolfoid. (Krolmnite, you can save your spell; the bear was on its last legs, and Duncan put it over. The other bear is presently several hundred feet away.)

The bear was kicking a$$, and Duncan totally owned it with awesomeness!!! other bear is presently several hundred feet away.)

Duncan looks at the other bear, We gonna waste any more spells or just everyone dogpile it with arrows? Everyone still still breathing?

The other bear is carrying a person in armor, and isn't coming towards you at the moment; it's moving to intercept a wagon. Now that the wagon is a little closer, you can see that it's carrying four dwarves, and there's nothing in the way of animals pulling it--it's moving on its own.

What range is it at? We might have to hustle.

Do you mean the bear/person, or the wagon?

Both?

Better run over and see what's what eh? Those dwarves could be helpful since we aren't sure exactly where here is.

Duncan re gathers his things and hustles off to the Wagon.

The wagon is about one thousand feet away, the bear is about fifteen hundred feet away from the party, and about eighteen hundred feet from the wagon. The party is moving about half as fast as the bear.

The haste spell is still in effect, yes?

Oops, yes. Some of you are moving rather faster, and could get a head start on the bear.

"C'mon, Selveshanea."

I set off at a run, Selveshanea darting ahead toward the caravan.

Selveshanea won't get too far away that he is isolated but will look to get around and flank. I'll look to get into a good archery position.

The party heads towards the wagon, spreading out in a line as the faster members take a lead over the slower ones. Elesandira can see that the dwarves on the wagon are unlimbering heavy crossbows; it's not yet clear whether they think you're hostile.

Duncan calls out in dwarven, HO THERE, KIN. WE BE FRIENDLY, APPROACHING FER TRADE AN DIRECTIONS! BE AT EASE!
and puts away his weapons as they hustle.

One of the dwarves shouts back, "WELL MET! CAN'T SAY THE SAME FOR THE OTHER FOLKS BEHIND US, THOUGH!" They continue to prepare their crossbows, though they seem to be lining up on the bear and the person in armor.

Duncan keeps up the hustle. LOOSE YER SHOTS WHEN YE HAVE RANGE. AH'LL MEET EM WIT ME AXE WHEN WE GET THAR!

Hopefully still under the effects of the haste spell, Duncan uses the run action to close as fast as possible. He will draw his battleaxe as he moves and if needed will recast divine Favor if needed.
If we are still "in combat" his judgement remains active

"Don't aim for my companion!" Krol squeeks in an attempt to protext Ava as he doesn't want them to aim at her and points to his Eidolon, though with her claws out and her strange form revealed she is not going to appear as the most friendly of targets.

No worries, Krol. Although you don't understand the exchange, the dwarf who responded to Duncan doesn't sound that hostile. (OTOH, it's in Dwarven, so it might be a little hard to tell....)

While the dwarves are going for crossbows, the wagon slows down; the bear picks up the pace. Duncan, you manage to get between the bear and the wagon. Selveshanea easily makes it to the wagon ahead of the bear. Elesandira, you have the option of keeping close to Duncan and firing at the bear as it closes, or joining Selveshanea near the wagon and doing likewise.

Where is everyone else trying to position themselves?

Duncan meets the bear's charge, using another round of BANE and calling to ANGRADD as he makes a 2 handed PA Charge.
DF, Bane, Destruction Judgement, Charge Attack, Haste, PA, Buckler1d20 + 7 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 1 - 1 = 30

2hand DF, Bane, Destruction, PA: 1d8 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 2d6 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 4 + 2 + (4, 1) + 3 + 3 = 26

Things may not go quite the way you're thinking, Duncan, but hang onto that attack for now.

Things may not go quite the way you're thinking, Duncan, but hang onto that attack for now.

Inquisitor: When you absolutely, positively gotta Smite EVERY MOFO on the board

I didn't know they were speaking in Dwarven. My list of languages are, however, Gnome, common, draconic and Sylvan. However Ava only understand common.

I'll get near Selveshanea and fire. I don't want to enter melee and lose efectiveness.

The bear and its rider stop about a hundred feet short of Duncan's position, on an approximate line with the wagon, Selveshanea, and Elesandira. Duncan can see the rider hold up a hand and point at him before his view is cut off by a dense cloud that forms around him (Duncan, not the bear and rider). The rest of the party can see that the cloud is hemispherical, about 20' high, and it blocks line of sight from the wagon.

Duncan, you don't recognize the spell right away. The stench of the thing is incredible. You're able to keep control of yourself for now, but staying there will require continued saves.

Apologies if I am off. I assume from your description that those dice rolls were Duncan's spellcraft and fort saves.
If so his spellcraft is +12 not 11 and his fort is +7 not +6 and IF the spell specifically targeted Duncan his save is +12

Duncan pushes through the cloud as fast as his stout legs would carry him.
Stupid. Solid wall or a summon ta keep me busy woulda been better.

He continues his run to make the charge run action can cover 80ft this round. Next round take that charge attack

Selveshanea rounds the fog and looks to get in a flanking position, ready to strike next round.