@Ralph: Also assuming I can get an extended mage armor from you? :P
As Koraq grows to giant, proportions, he bellows a deep laugh. "I don't know what monsters Adril's got there, but we're 'bout to *expletive* things up for 'im!"
You're right - you would expect that he's going to plan something. But nope - straight into a fight. This is where I'll point out that this is the scenario written by Josh Frost and therefore has some… interesting choices… yeah that. Literally every table I know sees this scene and goes *huh?*.
Kol Voss listens to Géatan half-heartedly, more focused on the roof ahead. "Right, yeah. Got it. Family and stuff. Right. Family is important. Glad you are helping out." He completely ignores Ralph's questions, trying to keep a face full of determination. I'll admit, I don't have a good answer for this - blame Josh Frost.
The Crimson Forum is a large arena constructed primarily from the same reddish stone seen everywhere in the city of Arl. It seats up to 10,000 souls, most of whom are currently human. Throughout the stands, though, you can spot rat men, lizardfolk, 12-foot-tall, four-armed humanoids, and a few incredibly strange floating and pulsating brain-like creatures. Adril Hestram sits in the luxury box on the north side of the arena, the Starsword on his hip and the Princess Verrish chained by the feat to the floor and seated in a short chair beside the hulking former venture-captain.
When your group rises to the arena’s floor, the crowd goes silent. Several monsters are free and moving to the west, headed toward three large poles. Five men are chained to each pole by the wrists and they huddle together behind their meager prison, shying away from the monsters. All are injured, weak, and sick, and none are ready to fight.
Adril leaps from his throne, knocking it over in his rush to stand. His face bulges in surprise, his cheeks red and angry. “My friends!” he shouts unnaturally loud, “I’m sorry to see you alive.” He crams two fingers into his mouth and performs what can only be a magically enhanced, ear-splitting whistle. The monsters stop menacing the prisoners and turn to face Adril. “King Adril, your god, wishes you to destroy these fools! Kill them all!” The crowd roars with approval.
As the monsters come towards you, Kol shouts out "Adril Hestram - I challenge you for possession of the Starsword and rulership of Arl!"
The Dust Monkeys are four-armed big apes with red fur and surrounded by a cloud of dust. The Red Giant is a slightly smaller giant with a really big greatsword.
Knowledge for the Dust Monkeys is arcana and for the Red Giant is local.
I placed you guys on the platform (the red square on the map) - if you would've left the area immediately, then feel free to move yourself to where you would've gone, as long as you are in the main area of the arena.
Note that the columns that are present on the arena map aren't actually there for this encounter.
Init – Round 1
Dust Monkey 2
Dust Monkey 1
Géatan
Ralph
Dust Monkey 3
Red Giant
Dust Monkey 4
Koraq
Kol Voss
Scotty
Dust Monkey 2 breaks formation and runs next to the group. As it runs over to the group, it takes off into the air, seemingly running on air. 10 feet above the rest of the group, the monkey starts beating its chest, and the dust that follows around it expands outwards, enveloping the center of the arena. The dust is treated as an obscuring mist for vision purposes.
Everyone make a Reflex save:
If you didn't make at least a 20, then you are blinded until you are out of the area + 1d4 rounds.
Then, it puts its hand out towards Koraq and unleashes a blast of dust in his direction.
Koraq make a Reflex save:
9d4 ⇒ (3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 1, 4, 4) = 27 slashing damage, DC 20 Reflex for half.
Dust Monkey 1, meanwhile, five-foot steps up and starts tearing into Géatan. It seems unaffected by the fact that everything is enveloped in a dust cloud.
Claw attack:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13- miss Damage:1d8 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20 Claw attack:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32- potential crit Damage:1d8 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22 Claw attack confirmation:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20- does this confirm? you ff ac shows as 20 under your name Damage:1d8 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16 Claw attack:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24- hit, again assuming AC is correct Damage:1d8 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22 Claw attack:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17- miss Damage:1d8 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21 Bite attack:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13- miss Damage:2d6 + 14 ⇒ (6, 4) + 14 = 24
It then also exudes a cloud of dust.
Everyone make a Reflex save:
If you didn't make at least a 20, then you are blinded until you are out of the area + 1d4 rounds.
Kol Voss Reflex Saves:
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Kol Voss is blind!
Init – Round 1
Dust Monkey 2
Dust Monkey 1
Géatan- 60 potential damage, owes two Reflex saves Ralph- owes two Reflex saves
Dust Monkey 3
Red Giant
Dust Monkey 4
Koraq - owes three Reflex saves
Kol Voss - is blind until he is out of the area + 1d4 rounds
Scotty - owes two Reflex saves
Géatan and Ralph are up - will be drawing in the various areas on the map in a moment.
Sorry again for the absence. See my post in discussion for details.
Scotty casts Weapon of Awe, Bless Weapon, and Divine Favor on his scimitar on the way up the elevator.
For my/GM's reference: His Scimitar is now on 1d20+23 (13(BAB)+3(STR)+4(Enhancement:GMW)+3(Luck:DF)) and does 1d6+12 (+3(STR)+4(Enh)+3(Luck)+2(Sacred:WoA)) good/slashing/adamantine damage and if they're evil does +2d6 holy damage and auto crits on 15-20 which does an extra 2 fire damage and makes them shaken for 1 round. I think that's everything...buffs are nuts.
Near the top of the elevator, Scotty starts actively scanning for evil. I mostly just need to know for spell/weapon effects. I don't think it is going to affect Scotty's combat actions.
Scotty Reflex 1:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15 Scotty Reflex 2:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15Wow...seriously? Horse Reflex 1:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14Who should be there by the way. Did we pass somewhere she couldn't follow? Horse Reflex 2:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
So the Horse and I are blind. I can deal with that though. I think that should catch me up.
knowledge vs red giant:1d20 + 23 ⇒ (14) + 23 = 37+7 more if arcana knowledge vs giant flying girallons:1d20 + 23 ⇒ (6) + 23 = 29+7 more if arcana
Ralph manages to close his eyes in time and gets ready to fly out of the dust cloud as he tries to recall what these things are.
I'm going to need some information.
Questions:
0. (Only asking for the giant flying girallons) Tell me about that dust cloud ability - activation, duration, interference with invisibility, ways to get rid of the cloud etc. For example, would a huge air elemental in whirlwind form generate enough winds to disperse the cloud?
1. Order of saves from highest to lowest
2. Resistances and immunities
3. Other special attacks
4. Other special defences
See, I knew that there was something up with your flat-footed AC, but couldn't remember what it was. So crit doesn't confirm, but the two attacks did hit.
Géatan takes a bunch of shots at the dust monkey, each of his first four shots sinking true, with the last one finally causing the monkey to come crashing to the ground. His fifth shot, however, flies past another one of the monkeys. (Even if we direct the last arrow to a flat-footed monkey, it's not hitting.)
(If there's one thing that they did do well for Eyes, it's have certain themes running throughout it. Monkeys is one of them. See if you can spot any others!)
Koraq easily dodges out of the way of all the sand. The same cannot be said for Scotty, although his sand was less lethal.
(The horse! I can't believe I forgot the horse! You totally would've been able to take him with you - I'll try to get him up tomorrow morning in between classes.)
Ralph ponders what he knows about the creatures.
spoilered mostly for convenience
Dust Monkey:
Okay, so these are Advanced Dust Girallons aka they're Girallons with the Dust template who on top of that have more HD than normal. Fun stuff. Important to note - they have the [air] subtype. (Oh, and also are magical beasts.)
Okay, to answer your questions.
They have an ability called exude dust. They can do it as a free action, and it acts in all ways like obscuring mist, including how it reacts with wind. All the dust monkeys can see through it, but only the dust monkeys. (Not, in particular, the red giant in the back.) When they initially exude the dust, if you're in it you have to make a reflex save or be blind until you leave the cloud + 1d4 rounds afterwards. Being in the cloud after it is exuded doesn't matter.
Now you may be wondering why Adril chose these beasts for an arena fight if they gum up line of sight as a free action. The answer is, uh… uh… blame Josh Frost.
While the dust monkeys are fancy advanced dust girallons, like other girallons they are fairly hardy, their reflexes are okay, but they have fairly weak minds.
While they don't have any traditional resistances or weaknesses, because of their ability to manipulate air in order to create dust, it is harder for flying creatures to steady themselves in order to attack them. They have air mastery like an air elemental.
And lastly, I'll give you a special attack you haven't seen yet. Girallons in general are skilled with pulling something in four directions at once, and if they get a hold of a creature with all four of their arms, then they will pull you in all four directions in one plane, causing extra rend damage. They need to have all four claws on you to do this.
(After the third question, you run out of questions.)
Red Giant:
This is a Sand Giant. It is a humanoid (earth, giant) creature. The first thing you should know is that they are not from a Paizo source - they are from the Tome of Horrors, so you know that there's some hot b#~%*@$# going on.
Like many other giants you know of, they are very hardy, but their reflexes are terrible and so is their willpower (they're tied for lowest.)
The sand giant doesn't have any special resistances or weaknesses.
Sand giants have the ability to create a giant arm out of sand. It can make this appear anywhere on the ground within 40 feet, and it has a space of 10 feet and a reach of 20 feet. This arm then attacks for free on the sand giants turn, and if it hits you, you need to make a fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round. The giant can only do this once per day, but it lasts for 17 rounds.
(After the third question, you run out of questions.)
Also yes, I missed the init change on level up - this is what happens if I just copy/paste the init macro from my OneNote as opposed to actually seeing if it changed when you levels. So you would go before Dust Monkey 1, which means the left dust cloud won't actually be there, and therefore the second reflex save isn't necessary (not that anyone passed the first but made the second) and that Geatan currently doesn't have any damage on him. Again, I'll edit the map in the morning - trying to bang this out before I pass out again.
Male Human Spell Sage 14 | HP:100/100| AC: 16/ FF 12/ T 14 |CMD: 17| Fort: +12 Ref: +12 Will: +13 | Perception: +18| Init: +3 [|] Uses Ring of Invisibility
Which monkey is down? I still see 4 on the map.
Based on my knowledge of air elementals, would a huge air elemental in whirlwind form generate enough winds to disperse the dust clouds? Alternatively, if they act like obscuring mist, would I be able to clear an area with a fireball?
Sorry my round takes awhile. Trying to shift the parameters of the battle in our favour.
Okay, horse is on the map now and monkey is marked as dead.
Since it acts like obscuring mist, I would assume that fire works on this as well. Air elementals I would assume clear out an area equal to half of their vortex height in whirlwind form.
Dust Monkey 3 walks towards the party, going slightly up, and exhudes another dust cloud. (This is the orange cloud, and affects Koraq and Géatan only for the initial save.) Then, he releases a blast of dust, affecting Koraq, Scotty, and his horse.
Koraq and Géatan owe me a DC 20 Reflex save or be blinded. Koraq, Scotty and his horse owe me a DC 20 Reflex save to halve 9d4 ⇒ (1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 4) = 20 slashing damage.
The Red Giant delays until after the last Dust Monkey.
Finally, it exhudes another cloud of dust (the maroon one), this one affecting Kol, Scotty's Horse, Géatan and Koraq.
Those four owe me another Reflex save or be blinded.
The Red Giant casts Earthquake
On a 5, you have to roll vs. falling into the ground.
Scotty's Horse:1d5 ⇒ 5 Koraq:1d5 ⇒ 1 Géatan:1d5 ⇒ 5 Kol:1d5 ⇒ 2 Red Giant:1d5 ⇒ 4
Init – Round 1
Dust Monkey 2
Dust Monkey 1- 143 damage, dead
Géatan - owes me two saves vs. blind, two saves vs. earthquake
Ralph
Dust Monkey 3
Dust Monkey 4
Red Giant
Koraq - 44 damage, owes two reflex vs. blind, one reflex vs. damage, one save vs. earthwuake
Kol Voss - blind until he is out the brown cloud + 1d4 rounds, owes me one save vs. earthquake
Scotty - blind until he is out of the brown cloud + 1d4 rounds, owes me one reflex vs. damage
Scotty's Horse - blind until it is out of the brown cloud + 1d4 rounds, owes me one save vs. blind, one save vs. damage, two saves vs. earthquake
Koraq and Scotty are up - in addition, if you would like to redirect Kol Voss anywhere, then feel free to do so - otherwise he's going to try to run up and hit a thing.
Géatan dances around all the obstacles presented before him.
I realized I forgot to confirm the crit on the bite vs. Koraq, so here goes Bite Confirm:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13- does not confirm Extra Damage:2d6 + 14 ⇒ (4, 6) + 14 = 24 Also I realized that I forgot to copy my hit/miss markers over on the attacks, and that I forgot that Koraq was flat-footed. For that last full-attack, the last three attacks should hit, for 21+18+23=62 damage. (Assuming I have everything correct.)
(Also I forgot that earthquake is a 25% chance of opening up, not a 20%. Oh well, not worth going back.)
Init – Round 1
Dust Monkey 2
Dust Monkey 1- 143 damage, dead
Géatan
Ralph
Dust Monkey 3
Dust Monkey 4
Red Giant
Koraq - 62 damage, owes two reflex vs. blind, one reflex vs. damage, one save vs. earthwuake
Kol Voss - blind until he is out the brown cloud + 1d4 rounds, owes me one save vs. earthquake
Scotty - blind until he is out of the brown cloud + 1d4 rounds, owes me one reflex vs. damage
Scotty's Horse - blind until it is out of the brown cloud + 1d4 rounds, owes me one save vs. blind, one save vs. damage, two saves vs. earthquake
Koraq and Scotty are still up. Kol will be planning on attacking the nearest monkey he can, even while blind, unless you tell him otherwise.
Koraq takes a moment to defend himself, avoiding all the obstacles posed so far.
Kol Voss tries to get around the shaking ground and steels up in a position to defend himself.
Reflex Save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14and he falls prone He will also total defense, since I remembered that he can't move or attack since he's on the ground during an earthquake. This also gets him a +6 AC. In addition, he rages and goes into a defensive stance, not that any of this helps much since he's blind right now.
Scotty and his horse take some of damage from the blast, but avoid most of it. The horse barely stays up during the earthquake, but manages to keep itself and its rider steady, especially with its newfound sight. Technically you'd have to roll healing for LoH, but you only have 10 damage on you, so I'm not too worried. I have to imagine that this isn't the first time that mercy has been super helpful.
Dust Monkey 2 will once again exude dust, which causes more dust to spread out in the area where the brown cloud already is.
This will require another DC 20 Reflex save from everyone vs. blindness until they're out of the brown area. Yeah. These guys are that annoying. Kol Voss Reflex save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25dammit - should've been an attack roll!
Init – Round 2
Dust Monkey 2
Dust Monkey 1- 143 damage, dead
Géatan - 36 damage
Ralph
Dust Monkey 3
Dust Monkey 4
Red Giant
Koraq - 62 damage
Kol Voss - blind until he is out the brown cloud + 1d4 rounds, total defense (+6), prone, raging, guarded stance
Scotty
Scotty's Horse
swift action: pathfinder excellence boon. (defense). This is a really good boontemporary hit point and a /-2 to any consortium member:1d8 + 26 ⇒ (6) + 26 = 32
Male Human Spell Sage 14 | HP:100/100| AC: 16/ FF 12/ T 14 |CMD: 17| Fort: +12 Ref: +12 Will: +13 | Perception: +18| Init: +3 [|] Uses Ring of Invisibility
Ralph will indeed go first if he can.
Ralph smiles as he completes his incantation, and 1d3 ⇒ 3 large whirlwinds appear. Seeing no need to reveal himself just yet, he flies a little further back to asses the combat situation, and prepares to encase any monster that appears to have spotted him in an icy prison.
Each air elemental will spin enough to clear 10ft of dust clouds around them, enough to give the party a clear view of their attackers while still blocking the view of the giant. Ralph will ready an action to cast icy prison on anyone who attacks him. He is still invisible at the moment.
Ralph summons some air elementals to clear up the air, and waits to see if any of the creatures can see him.
Géatan steadies on the ground. You can't attack, since there's an earthquake going on.
Hm.. Attacking a whirlwind is a little weird. I'm going to assume that since none of the stats change, that it works, but I can't blind them with the dust attack since they would just blow it away immediately anyway.
I've added tokens for the air elementals onto the map. #1 is the north one, #2 is the south one, #3 is the east one.
After that, the earthquake ends. The Red Giant squints for a bit, and then all of the sudden a giant arm made of sand appears underneath one of the Dust Monkeys. (This is drawn on the map above Dust Monkey 3, although it is actually in the space below him - remember, they are airwalking 5 feet off the ground.) It then lashes out at a random target.
1 - AE1, 2 - Kol Voss, 3 - Koraq, 4 - Scotty, 5 - Scotty's Horse, 6 - Géatan, 7 - AE2 Random Target:1d7 ⇒ 4 Hand's Slam Attack:1d20 + 24 ⇒ (8) + 24 = 32 Slam Damage:1d8 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
Scotty, make me a Fortitude save for being hit by the hand.:
If you do not make at least a DC 24, then you are stunned for 1 round. If you make it, you're fine.
Init – Round 2
Dust Monkey 2
Dust Monkey 1- 143 damage, dead
Géatan - 36 damage
Ralph
Air Elemental 1 - 46 damage, bloodied
Air Elemental 2 - 37 damage, bloodied
Air Elemental 3
Dust Monkey 3
Dust Monkey 4
Red Giant
Koraq - 62 damage
Kol Voss - blind until he is out the brown cloud + 1d4 rounds, total defense (+6), prone, raging, guarded stance
Scotty - 17 damage, owes me a Fortitude save
Scotty's Horse
Koraq and Scotty are up, again let me know if you want Kol to do anything in particular.
Koraq looks at the dust monkey near Geatan, looking at its movements.
Exploit Weakness @ Rust Monkey 2 vs its CR + 10:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20
If it succeeds, +2 to hit and ignore DR
His eyes then glow red as he shifts his rage into his muscles and pounds at the dust monkey!
Add +2 to the attack rolls if Exploit Weakness succeeds Flaming PA Stunning Flurry rage punch @ Monkey 2:1d20 + 21 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 21 + 2 = 34 Damage on hit:3d8 + 25 + 9 ⇒ (1, 5, 8) + 25 + 9 = 48 Fire damage on hit:3d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 5) = 13 Must make a DC 22 Fort save or be stunned for 1 round and suffer 2 additional attacks from Medusa's Wrath!
We are about to get restarted... I am dropping Auris into the same location as Scotty, and have to decide what happens to him in regards to the ongoing effects.
Also of note, the cloud affects everyone as an obscuring mist. Of note, this means concealment (20% miss chance) 5' away and total concealment from further away.
I've spent as much time on this today as I can, so I will get back go this tomorrow.
Please confirm that your locations seem correct -- I think what I thought was Ralph was actually Kol Voss, and I don't see Ralph on the map that Géatan sent me
If any of you have an ability to void concealment, please let me know ASAP
Miss chance from Géatan's first round Miss Chance >20% good:1d100 ⇒ 16Miss Miss Chance >20% good:1d100 ⇒ 28 Miss Chance >20% good:1d100 ⇒ 50 Miss Chance >20% good:1d100 ⇒ 67 Nope -- no misses yet
Miss chance from Géatan's second round
[ooc]I will apply damage to Blue until it falls, then to pink. Also, not attacking with pink, but of note, blue and pink re-establish their dust clouds, as it is a free action for them. Clouds will remain where they are, but do require new saves... See below. Miss Chance >20% good:1d100 ⇒ 21 Miss Chance >20% good:1d100 ⇒ 65 Miss Chance >20% good:1d100 ⇒ 50 Miss Chance >20% good:1d100 ⇒ 41
Miss chance for Red Giant's Hand of DOOM Miss Chance >20% good:1d100 ⇒ 60Hits Auris Auris Fort:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30Auris sees stars from the smackdown, but is otherwise unaffected by it.
Ralph, how are the air elementals clearing the area? I don't see anything on Whirlwind that indicates that they can do that. I am trying to find it, and it would seem to make sense, so I am probably just missing it.
Koraq's attack, while blind Note that Koraq cannot exploit due to blindness. He cannot properly observe. Also he would additionally have total concealment against dust monkey green even if he weren't blinded. Miss Chance >50% good:1d100 ⇒ 60 Miss Chance >50% good:1d100 ⇒ 10Miss Miss Chance >50% good:1d100 ⇒ 21Miss Miss Chance >50% good:1d100 ⇒ 7Miss 5th attack was an outright miss
I think we're mostly good. I think we need to know where Ralph is located... even if he is invisible, I need his token on the map.
Kol Voss moves up to attack the red dust monkey, who is only 5' up, so within reach. He knows he is blind, but bellows in rage at his predicament!
acrobatics:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25Moves just fine Raging Power Attack:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (14) + 18 = 32Chance to hit! Miss Chance >50% good:1d100 ⇒ 9But swings through the air!
Auris is up!
Akiton Bloodsport Rd 2:
x Géatan
R Ralph
x Air Elementals
x Dust Monkey Green
x Dust Monkey Red
x Red Giant
x Koraq
x Kol Voss (BLIND)
=> Auris (BLIND)
x = has gone already => is up! U = Unconscious S = Surprised D = Delay R = Readied action
male arrow ghost salt:18/30 mind affecting +2 Half-elf perception +22; diplomacy 17 Fighter 9 (mutation warrior) / sentinel 3(erastil)/medium 4 153/153hp 36 ac (t 23;ff 33)Fort +23, Ref +22, Will +21; a lot of little bonus.. init:16 Adamantine durable arrow remaining. 40/40 Blunt 150/150
delay after Ralph If he kill our gorillas. Gaétan will just come out side the sandcloud.
delay with gorrila alive:
"I have the suspicion that I a very but very good archer guys!" says Gaétan without looking at his target. Erastil have bless me... but i think there are lot that come from my experience.
I have you ever met an archer who is shooting so close in a artificial sandtorm while there a small earthquake? Because I haven't."
Male Human Spell Sage 14 | HP:100/100| AC: 16/ FF 12/ T 14 |CMD: 17| Fort: +12 Ref: +12 Will: +13 | Perception: +18| Init: +3 [|] Uses Ring of Invisibility
Auris:
I cast a CL17 extended greater magic weapon on Scotty's sword. If you are inheriting Scotty's buffs, you can apply that to one of your weapons.
Silbeg: I was not in Geatan's screenshot because I had flown out of the clouds earlier. I was further to the right of the map. I have included a screenshot of where I was previously on the roll20 map, and have moved my token.
The air elementals creating a clear space were from me thinking creatively. A moderate wind (11+ mph), such as from a gust of wind spell, disperses the fog in 4 rounds. A strong wind (21+ mph) disperses the fog in 1 round. I asked Iammars whether the whirlwind from a large elemental would clear part of the fog, and he said this:
GM Mars wrote:
Since it acts like obscuring mist, I would assume that fire works on this as well. Air elementals I would assume clear out an area equal to half of their vortex height in whirlwind form.
If you disagree with this, I would like to change my summoning. It would also influence my action this turn.
Male Human Spell Sage 14 | HP:100/100| AC: 16/ FF 12/ T 14 |CMD: 17| Fort: +12 Ref: +12 Will: +13 | Perception: +18| Init: +3 [|] Uses Ring of Invisibility
Ok, if the ruling on the air elementals vs the dust cloud stands, Ralph will delay. Air elementals 1 and 2 continue to spin without touching the ground, clearing the dust in a 15ft radius around them and thus giving Ralph's allies a clear view of the girallons. Air elemental 3 stops spinning and flies towards the nearest girallon, ready to attack next turn.
"Koraq and Geatan have this under control so far. It will suffice to let my elementals eliminate the girallon's primary advantage over them while I remain hidden and free to respond to new... developments," the wizard thinks to himself as he watches the battle unfold.
With air elementals 1 and 2 spinning in whirlwind form, Koraq, Geatan and Kol Voss will have unimpeded vision of the girallons, and should not need to make saves to avoid being blinded. Enough of the dust cloud still remains to obscure the giant's vision unless he moves to the North. From where he is, the giant can only see elementals 1 and 3.
ruling will,stand. After one full round, the air elemental cal clear the area around them. I will check the map, but if characters were blinded, they remain so for a period of time after the air is cleared. This includes Auris and Koraq
Male Human Spell Sage 14 | HP:100/100| AC: 16/ FF 12/ T 14 |CMD: 17| Fort: +12 Ref: +12 Will: +13 | Perception: +18| Init: +3 [|] Uses Ring of Invisibility
If it matters, the air elementals have been spinning since round 2. I summoned them in round 1 and when they appeared in round 2 I had them immediately start spinning to clear the cloud. Since this is round 3, the air elementals have already been spinning for a full round now and all they are doing is continuing to spin.
Ralph, what I am saying is that they will have it cleared right before they act on turn 3. 1 round, just like a spell.
Sorry about the delay, guys... had a really bad couple of days. Back on track now.
Gaetan, at this point you cannot actually see either of the dust monkeys, as the cloud gives total concealment when you are more than 5' away. However, I will just assume that you are going to delay until the air elementals continue their spin, and then fire. Seems to be the best thing to do here.
Géatan Reflex:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
The sand is getting into Géatan's eyes, as he waits for a clear shot.
Finally, the air elementals clear the air, as Gaeten waits until he can see. First Géatan drops an arrow into the green dust monkey, and then he launches three more arrows at the red monkey, hurting it, but not quite dropping it.
The red gorillan then launches a blast of sand in an line, hitting Kol Voss and Koraq!
Koraq manages to dodge all of the sand blast, but Kol Voss is not so lucky. The dust monkey then releases a new blast of sand around himself as if trying to re-establish his cloud of dust, though the areas that are in whirlwinds are still clear.
Then, the Red Giant starts to move into the area cleared by the elemental, looking ready to hurt someone. Gripping his mighty greatsword tight, he swings first at the large, blinded martial artist.
Hitting Koraq, he continues his swing into Géatan! The blade cuts deep once again, showering the sands of the arena with blood.
PA Greatsword, Cleave vs Géatan, AC27:1d20 + 26 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 26 - 4 = 37slashing, PA:3d6 + 19 + 12 ⇒ (5, 5, 1) + 19 + 12 = 42
The giant looks to the still standing archer, and directs the hand of sand to attack him as a free action. It smacks the archer right upside the head, and while Géatan sees stars, he does not get stunned by the blow.
Sand Hand vs Géatan, AC27:1d20 + 24 ⇒ (18) + 24 = 42slam damage:1d8 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13 Géatan Fort:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30
Kol Voss will try and finish off the red monkey.
bastard sword, rage, PA:1d20 + 18 - 3 ⇒ (19) + 18 - 3 = 34Miss Chance >50% good:1d100 ⇒ 89 confirm:1d20 + 18 - 3 ⇒ (17) + 18 - 3 = 32 CRIT!:2d10 + 14 + 12 ⇒ (10, 3) + 14 + 12 = 39
With this mighty blow, he finishes the dust monkey forever! The crowd goes WILD!
Koraq and Auris are up!
Akiton Bloodsport Rd 3:
x Géatan
D Ralph
x Air Elementals
x Dust Monkey Green
x Dust Monkey Red
x Red Giant
=> Koraq
x Kol Voss (BLIND)
=> Auris (BLIND)
x = has gone already => is up! U = Unconscious S = Surprised D = Delay R = Readied action
Auris makes his way unseen towards the arena wall below the royal box. Testing the wall for handholds, he maneuvers upwards, trying to listen for Adril's voice.
Take 10 on Climb for 26 to get up the wall.
Actions:
Move Action 30ft to the wall.
Move Action 20ft up the wall.
Note, I have added the 5 men that are tied up to three posts on the west side of the arena. In case you don't recall (or weren't told), they were there behind the dust monkeys and giant.
Auris starts trying to climb up the wall, but cannot find any handholds at all. It is perfectly smooth, not at all like he thought it would be.
