DM Elanmorin's Hell' Rebels

Game Master Nathan Hartshorn

Clarification: 2nd round Lirotha offical move taken.

Lirotha moves to cover and fishes her last Thunderstone from her sash.

noted, thanks

Oren drinks her potion of Shield of Faith +2 and moves to start climbing the wall beside of Talon.

If someone will move me next tothe wall, I'll climb next round. Current AC is 22 with a Shield of Faith and my mutagen.

Can we see the Gill's at the moment? If so Valrani will direct another ice bolt at one. Otherwise she will close and stick close to Oren.

Rocco hustles over to Morricone, drawing the wand as he moves toward the performer. "What are you doing? I just spent a bunch of time patching you guys up, now you got a gaping spear wound in your chest? So rude!" He waves the wand over the injury, allowing the magic to flow from his mind into Morricone's body.

CLW Morricone: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Chuckling Morricone replies."Was not my idea!"

Talon climbs the ladder and moves to the doorway but stays out of sight.

Not sure how high the ladder is so gonna assume it's 20ft but gonna use a double move to get to next to the doorway and use it as cover but stay out of sight.

@Valrani: The Red Gill Taskmaster run inside the building and closed the door behind himself. You can't see him and he's got total cover

@Talon: The rope ladder is 10 feet.

Talon climbs up to the terrace while Rocco heals Morricone and the rest of the Silver Ravens close in on the orphanage.
Suddenly a figure cloaked in what amounts to a rugged, hooded tunic dyed red flies towards the heroes. The ominous figure lands gracefully on the church's railings, stares at the Silver Ravens from under her hood then a voice that is at the same time both feminine and strident speaks:"I see. A bunch of filthy humans with one of their slaves. You dare spy on me and mine, meddle with my affairs, intrude upon my domain and infringe on the sanctity of my nest! Know this: I am Scarplume and I'll be your end"
As she speaks the Silver Ravens can hear footsteps in the distance, seems like a group of red gills has come out of the orphanage and positioned themselves on the church's rooftop near their leader.

Round 2 - Bold may post

Talon 15hp
Lirotha 14hp
Oren 21hp
Rocco 15hp

Red Gill (taskmaster)
Red Gill (Rogues)
Scarplume

Kurglunn 17hp
Morricone 19hp
Valrani 17hp

Once round 2 is over feel free to start round 3. Please keep in mind I'll base line of sight on your current map's position, so plan and move accordingly. At the moment for example Lirotha, Oren and Kurglunn can't see Scarplume or the rogues but they can't also be seen by them. As I mentioned this is a challenging fight. Good luck

Valrani, seeing the leader as a prime target, sends a bolt of ice at her.
ranged touch: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
cold damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Kurglunn pushes his way through the wall into the church building. He looks around the inside of the building, taking up a defensive stance to ward against any Red Gills that might still be inside.

Using phase lurch to pass into the first floor of the building. Total defense as a standard action (AC20 this round). Looking around for enemies.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Rocco double moves to the base of the rope ladder. Ready to climb up to get in better position to fling some sling bullets across at the Red Gills as they gather on the room of the orphanage.

Moving further under the overhang, next to the ladder, Lirotha will cast Guidance and touch Rocco with a grin.

"May the elemental nature of the world be with you shortstuff!"

Guidance: You can choose to add +1 competence bonus before any one d20 roll within the next minute.

Morricone follows suit and prepares to climb up next.

Upon seeing these enemies arrive, Talon dives to the floor to give himself more cover and draws his pistol and takes aim at the woman calling herself Scarplume.

Laying prone gives Talon +4 AC for an effective 21 AC

Kurglunn enters the orphanage's ground floor. Nothing more than rubble and what once used to be a wooden stair to the upper floor welcomes him. There's no way to climb up from here short of flying or using a grappling hook but the place offers many hiding spots.
Valrani prepares to use her cold magic against the enemy leader but suddenly realizes she's out of range.

Morricone follows the others...

... while Lirotha casts her magic on Rocco who prepares to climb up next to Talon who positions himself on the balcony trying to present as difficult a target as possible.

Round 2 - Bold may post

Talon 15hp
Lirotha 14hp
Oren 21hp
Rocco 15hp

Red Gill (taskmaster)
Red Gill (Rogues)
Scarplume

Kurglunn 17hp
Morricone 19hp
Valrani 17hp

Valrani looks on in amazement as her icicle falls well short of its target.

Oopse She joins the others moving closer.

Oren follows Talon up the ladder and prepares to engage with any defenders she met.

I assume I can get to the top in a single round.

Oren climbs up to the balcony while Valrani reaches her friends.

Seeing how most of the invaders are out of reach the mysterious Red Gill leader jumps into the air and takes flight shouting orders to her followers:"Get into position. If any of them tries to come near you shoot him down!"

In a mater of istants the winged creature is hovering above the balcony. The Silver Ravens just have time to notice the metallic gauntlets she's wearing before a massive gout of flame erupts from them towards Talon!

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 -> Damage roll: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 5, 1) = 11

Behind her 2 rogues also shoot their crossbows at the only target in sight...

Attack roll (black vs Talon): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13 -> Damage roll: 1d8 ⇒ 1

Attack roll (blue vs Talon): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16 -> Damage roll: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Luckily both of them miss. Not so the flames immediately engulfing the vigilante and causing him severe burns!

Round 2 - Bold may post

Talon 04hp
Lirotha 14hp
Oren 21hp
Rocco 15hp

Red Gill (taskmaster)
Red Gill (Rogue - Black)
Red Gill (Rogue - Blue)
Red Gill (Rogue - Fuchsia) -6hp
Red Gill (Rogue - Yellow)
Scarplume

Kurglunn 17hp
Morricone 19hp
Valrani 17hp

"Dammit I'm on fire!!" Talon shouts!

@GM: I'm removing the 'Blood-Trail' from the map if that's OK? We don't need it anymore and its blocking our movement for some reason.

That's fine

Moving at all haste Morricone hastens up the ladder.
Double move up

Unable to find any way up to the second floor to help his spiritualist and his friends, Kurglunn rushes across the empty, rubble-filled room and passes through the far wall. Finding himself between the two buildings, apparently with no way up here, either, he continues to move through the next wall as well, finally stopping inside the second building on the ground floor.

Double move. First move gets him across the room in the orphanage. Phase lurch halves my movement, so passing through two walls over the course of two squares should be totally doable. I'll leave it up to you to decide if that's kosher, though.

Lirotha hisses at Valrani as she moves past to get a look at the flying leader.

"Val! Your Mist spell! Do it now! It gives us cover from their ranged attacks and may force them to come to us!"

Once free to see the enemy leader, Lirotha curses under her breath and launches a magicked Harrow card at the enemy from cover!

Deadly Dealer Card: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Damage(Magic/Piercing): 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Valrani dashes back to the north to see where the flames came from. Seeing the winged creature within range at last, she sends another bolt of ice.

"Two can play with the elements!"
ranged touch: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10
cold damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

But the missile is easily dodged.

Kurglunn runs forward, phasing through stone and reaching the basement of the dilapidated church of Aroden, Lirotha and Valrani try to retaliate against the flying opponent with pitiful results. Morricone climbs up the ladder...

Round 3 - Bold may post

Talon 04hp
Lirotha 14hp
Oren 21hp
Rocco 15hp

Red Gill (taskmaster)
Red Gill (Rogue - Black)
Red Gill (Rogue - Blue)
Red Gill (Rogue - Fuchsia) -6hp
Red Gill (Rogue - Yellow)
Scarplume

Kurglunn 17hp
Morricone 19hp
Valrani 17hp

Im a little confused by the map. Can Oren see any baddies right now? Are there any on the same roof with her now?

General statement: by being able to fly Scarplume has an obvious and huge advantage out in the open

Talon rolls around to put out any fires and then downs one of his healing potions.

CLW: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

As his burns start fading away he curses under his breath. "I'm gonna put a bullet in that flying troglodyte for that."

If I get under the balcony can I use it as cover against Scarplume? And it's a 10ft drop right?

Cool thanks, will see what happens before my next turn and what I can pull off. I can't do any more actions unfortunatey till my next turn.

Oren throws a dart at the flying creature, hoping to drive it off, if nothing else.

Ranged attack 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Damage 1d4 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 = 9

Rocco climbs up the rope ladder, though it takes him a bit longer since the ladder was made for people larger than him.

Double move to get up the ladder.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Talon drinks a potion and stands prone on the balcony. Rocco climbs the ladder. Oren Tries to attack Scarplume with no better results than Valrani and Lirotha before her. Kurglunn advances through the rubble and reaches the chucrch's ground floor. The Red Gills guarding the rope bridge fail to notice the phantom advance due to the roof's angle.

After having easily avoided all the attempts to attack her Scarplume gives an evil laugh:"Pathetic, even by human standards. I thought you were going to give me a challenge but I fear I'd have to content myself with roasting you... PIGS!"
So saying the winged creature flies behind the Silver Ravens and sends another gout of flame at them, this time targetting Oren!

Ranged Touch attack (Scarplume vs Oren): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 -> Damage roll: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 1, 4) = 14

At the same time the 2 red gill rogues on the church's roof reload their light crossbows and shoot again this time aiming for Morricone and Valrani!

Attack roll (Black vs Valrani): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 -> Damage roll: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Ranged Touch attack (Blue vs Morricone): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21 -> Damage roll: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Critical confirmation check (Black vs Valrani): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19 -> Damage roll: 1d8 ⇒ 3

And both ranged attacks find their marks.

Round 3 - Bold may post

Talon 12hp
Lirotha 14hp
Oren 07hp
Rocco 15hp

Red Gill (taskmaster)
Red Gill (Rogue - Black)
Red Gill (Rogue - Blue)
Red Gill (Rogue - Fuchsia) -6hp
Red Gill (Rogue - Yellow)
Scarplume

Kurglunn 17hp
Morricone 16hp
Valrani 10hp

As usual start round 4 after round 3 is over

Valrani gasps as she is once again injured.

She pulls the water from the ground, as a mist rapidly starts to rise, shielding the Ravens from the Gills. Once covered by the mist, she scoots around the back, joining the other ravens.

Using the mist to hide from the enemies, Oren drinks down the potion of CMW to try and cure her damage.

CMW 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (5, 6) + 3 = 14

Kurglunn moves further into the building, looking around for any way from the church's ground floor up to the roof from inside. He can feel Rocco reaching out for him, calling him to get upstairs as soon as he can to help take some of the heat off of the team.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14 With Darkvision 60ft, in case that's important.

Move. Standard to take total defense. AC 20 this round.

Double move! That should put Lirotha on top of the ladder.

ROUND 4
Rocco hustles through the mist, drawing his wand as he goes. He eventually finds Talon lying on the ground, badly burned and pierced with bolts. [smaller]"Hey there, feel like backing up into the mist a bit? Maybe not get shot or blasted for half a second?" He bends down and taps the jittery noble's leg with his wand, sending healing energy into him and mending his burned flesh.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Thursday is pen& paper and the only evening with very limited access.
Again using his bardic performance Morricone whispers to the others.We have to get to those crossbows!" slowly taking his time he moves toward the ropeladder to the other roof.

"Sounds like a plan. Thanks for the assist." Talon says to Rocco then gets up and rushes into the mist with his pistol ready.

Realizing how precarious their situation is Valrani speaks some words of power and a thick mist starts eveloping the Silver Ravens giving them some protection from ranged attacks.

Glad for the respite Oren cures her burns with a potion, Rocco does the same with Talon, but using his wand. The rest of the group hides within the mist.

Meanwhile Kurglunn moves around the ruins of what used to be a church of Aroden. Unfortunately his ghostly senses fail to spot a way to reach the roof of the building.

As the mist spreads and covers her opponents Scarplume still sounds mildly amused as she speaks:"Ah! So you have SOME tricks up your sleeve after all. Maybe killing you won't be as boring as I feared..." she chuckles, flies above the mist and then descends near the concealed silver ravens sending a larger flaming attack towards the fog enshrouded figures...

Cone shaped gout of fire!: 4d4 ⇒ (3, 2, 4, 2) = 11

Following their leader's example the red gills stationed on the roof shoot into the fog

They shoot at Rocco and Talon's squares, low is bad high is good

Attack roll (blue vs Rocco's square): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16 -> Damage roll: 1d8 ⇒ 5 -> Miss chance %: 1d100 ⇒ 20

Attack roll (black vs Talon's square): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 -> Damage roll): 1d8 ⇒ 5 -> Miss chance %: 1d100 ⇒ 16

The bolts loose themselves into the fog though.

Round 4 - Bold may post

Talon 15hp
Lirotha 14hp
Oren 21hp
Rocco 15hp

Red Gill (taskmaster)
Red Gill (Rogue - Black)
Red Gill (Rogue - Blue)
Red Gill (Rogue - Fuchsia) -6hp
Red Gill (Rogue - Yellow)
Scarplume

Kurglunn 17hp
Morricone 16hp ?
Valrani 10hp

Proceed as usual with the turns please

Thanks GM. Well done everybody! That worked better than I thought it would...at least for this round...=) Now let's keep working together and kick some Plumage! Dead Parrot!

Ref: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Moving slowly in the fog toward the house to get at least some cover from the magic and arrows.

Somehow the gust of flames goes over the head of Valrani. Tahnking whatever sprits guide her, she dashes into the covered area. Spotting the door in front of her, she quickly opens it, to allow her fellow ravens to get into the buildings shelter.

Reflex 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

Oren dodges most of the fire and follows Valrani into the door.

Talon levels his pistol to around where he hears the wings of Scarplume a grim determination on his face that no one can see... until he takes a step out of the mist and fires.

Talon fires if he has a clear shot from where he is. If not then he'll take a ready action and wait till the mist passes by him before firing.

Attack (Touch AC within 20ft): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Ugh, curses, but in case it hits her touch AC, I'll roll the extra damage below.

Crit Damage: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (5, 1, 2) + 3 = 11

Kurglunn halts his exploration as he begins to feel the strain of his distance from Rocco. The further he moves into the buildings, the weaker the link between them grows, and it is weaker now than they have ever felt before. He moves back toward the wall he had passed through a moment ago, but before turning back to get closer to Rocco again, he takes another look around, trying to find some way up to the roof.
One more try at Perception if I may.
Perception, Darkvision 60ft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

A bolt whizzes over Rocco's ear, and he quickly decides that, even with the mist, it'd be safer for him to be inside, trying to find a way across to delay the thugs over on the other roof. He moves past Valrani and into the building.

[spoiler=If he sees anyone inside the building]Rocco motions toward the pouch hanging from his belt, and a small ball of metal floats out of it and into his waiting palm. The bullet seems to actual float just an inch away from his palm, though, so as he flings his hand forward, the projectile never actually touches his hand, and the bullet shoots toward Rocco's target.
Telekinetic Projectile, Inspire Courage: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 = 12 Damage, IC: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5