GM SpiderBeard's Wrath of the Righteous (Inactive)

Game Master Barvo Delancy

The stinking cloud fades out reveal three dretches left standing. The all look at each other and then take a few steps back. Another stinking cloud appears, hiding the dretches from view from the group.

The door to the north goes BANG until someone shouts out something in Abyssal from the north room.

Everyone is up!

Nilus sheathes his longsword and picks up Radiance once again.

As the air clears, Sarkast says quietly, "They're trying to break the door down! Archers, watch for anyone coming out of the cloud, and be ready for the others to burst through."

He holds up his weapons to cover both doors, waiting for anything to emerge.

Ready an action to attack an enemy that comes into range from either side. Jinxx has the flanking position on the Dretch door, I suggest Irabeth or Ayesha move to the flanking position on the cultist door.

Dejik tucks the wand in her belt and moves to the opposite corner of the room, bow at the ready, covering both doors.

Move action to put the wand away, move action to move. Bow is wielded, but she can't ready an action.

Going to have everyone else hold their actions. Ronan and Samra are no longer nauseated.

The dretches remain skulking in the stinking cloud, waiting for their opportunity to strike.

A low ringing sound gets louder and louder from the north. The door starts rattling loudly, and suddenly explodes! A dretch standing in front of the door lunges at Irabeth, but she blocks the attack on her shield. The inside of the room reveals three cultists and a tiefling clutching a vial in his hand with a crazed look on his face.

Within is a despoiled Temple of Iomedae. Blood and filth smear floor of this long room. Six white stone statues of famous heroes line the hall-each clawed, bloodstained, partially smashed, or otherwise defaced. At the far end of the hall, a raised dais holds an upturned alabaster altar. Sitting atop the upside-down altar is a hideous mass
of severed limbs that have been stitched together into a vile monstrous insectoid shape. Before the dais, seven ratty bedrolls
have been laid out on the floor.

Rerolling initiative for the new combatants.

The cultists, all bearing glaives, get ready to attack anyone who comes near.

Everyone but Sarkast and Ronan is up!

Irabeth looks around at the despoiled temple, her face purpling with rage.

"You MONSTERS!"

With a vicious swing, she almost severs the dretch's arm, but the foul demon keeps fighting.

Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18 Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Ayesha grinned at Sarkast as she moved her fingers and chanted softly. A puddle of grease coated the floor just inside the door, hidden by the nauseating cloud. Loudly, she shouted, "The northern door's down. We need support up here. Don't let the demons take us from the flanks!"

Grease inside the cloud room. Hoping to lull the dretches in there to a failed charge. If not, it at least gives our flank some protection

Dejik moves up to the door and fires at the tiefling, counting on the cover from Irabeth and the door to protect her from the dretch.

Attack (cold iron arrow, Precise Shot, cover): 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 7 - 4 = 5

Aaaand is lucky she doesn't accidentally snap her bow...

Samra takes Dejik's place in the corner and fires at the dretch behind Irabeth.

Attack (cold iron arrow, PBS, into melee, cover): 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 - 4 - 4 = 5

(Lam can shoot and then step away, letting Ronan, Doron, and Denis have a clear shot.)

Nilus uses Radiance to full effect, attacking the Dretch which Irabeth just hit. Radiance: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Radiance: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

Jinxx leaps over Irabeth to get in beside the Dretch at the door.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 If makes Acrobatics Check

Bite Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Ronan fires a bolt at the Dretch

Crossbow: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

The dretch catches Radiance, and snarls at Nilus, who just punches forward with the glaive, tearing its neck open. The dretch collapses to the ground, instantly dead.

Got ninja'd there. Jinxx can re-take his action since the dretch is dead and the way into the room is open.

Jinxx rushes in leaping over the body of the dretch and attacks the tiefling(no symbol)

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Bite Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Jinxx leaps into a nest of glaive-wielding cultists, all of whom are delighted to take a swing at the Eidolon. Despite the mage armor of the eidolon, he is brutally injured by two swinging glaives, only to have the cultist dance back from his attack.

Attack of Opportunity: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25 Damage: 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Attack of Opportunity: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Damage: 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Attack of Opportunity: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 Damage: 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

The tiefling in the back snarls as Jinxx runs in.

"You will suffer! You will ALL SUFFER!" he shrieks before he steps back and throws a bomb, intentionally lobbing it past Jinxx and into the destroyed doorframe. The bomb explodes spectacularly , setting part of the wall on fire.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Jinxx takes 21 damage. Jinxx, Sarkast, and Dejik take 7 damage. DC 14 reflex save for half. If Jinxx fails his reflex save he will be at -3 and disabled.

Sarkast and Ronan are up! Ronan can also re-do his crossbow attack since the dretch is dead.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Ronan sensing Jinxx's pain he rushes head long into the room hoping he can help Jinxx out. to get Ronan into the room takes a double move

Reflex save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Save for half damage, so 3 taken.

As the bomb explodes, Sarkast spins, taking the brunt of the force on his armor. Continuing the turn, he moves into the room and hurls his spear as he appears.

Starting from a concealed position, rolling Stealth vs Perception to catch Triangle flat-footed. Move 20 feet into the corner then make a ranged attack with his spear.

Stealth: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
Ranged attack, cold iron spear (hopefully vs Flat-footed AC): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 Sneak attack, if Flat-footed: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5

He stands in the corner facing the cultists, dagger in hand. "You are traitors to all living things. Your demon gods will not save you today!"

Sarkast rushes out from the corner, utterly surprising the cultist. As he rushes by, he lets fly with a spear which catches a cultist full in the chest. She manages to keep on fighting, but unhappily. TO the south, Lam and Doron set themselves up and ready actions to attack anyone who comes within line of sight.

The enemy retaliates. In the room clouded by the stinking cloud, everyone can hear the dretches charge, enthused by the second front opened up. However, loud crashes and groans also sound out from the room. It appears that Ayesha's grease spell has worked.

In the north room, the cultists re-arrange themselves. Two step back, and one steps forward. The two stepping back nod at one another, and two vicious glaives swing down at Jinxx. Both strike brutally on his neck, killing the eidolon instantly. Grey smoke begins to swirl around him as he is banished to his home plane.

The final cultist, her hand clutching the spear, turns defiantly at Sarkast. With a scream she steps fowards and stabs at the rogue, catching him with a vicious wound in the leg.

However, as she steps past the doorway she exposes herself to the archers. Lam and Doron fire their arrows; Doron's strikes true and sticks out of her shoulder like a weird badge.

Jinxx takes 19 damage and is at -18. He's banished unless Ronan has a swift action that can save him. Sarkast takes 11 damage.

Everyone except for Sarkast and Ronan are up!

As Sarkast's wound begins to transfer to her leg, Dejik fires at the cultist, hoping to finish her off.

Attack (cover): 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 7 - 4 = 9
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Samra readies an action to fire if any enemies come into sight.

Nilus moves forward provokes an AoO from Triangle to stand over where Jinxx once was, he uses Radiance to attack the Cultist [triangle] Radiance: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 but he fails to strike the foul human.

Ronan uses his life link with Jinxx to prevent Jinxx being banished.

Ronan takes 25 points of damage to heal Jinxx. free action

Also Ronan casts Rejuvenate Eidolon, Lesser: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Jinxx heals another 9 points

Then takes a 5 foot step back into the corner

Can Ronan handle 25 points of damage? He only has 24 hp.

As long as he just goes unconscious, Dekik can stabilize him. (Unfortunately, Jinxx went all the way to dead before she got an action.)

Forgot to change Ronans stats he has 31 HP now taking the 25 damage from Jinxx will put Ronan at 6 HP, sorry for the confusion

Sarkast was carrying 3 damage from an earlier hit, so with the new damage and the life link, he is now at 9 damage, so 20/29 hp.

AoO: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Damage: 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Dejik's arrow flies in but breaks against the wall of the garrison. Nilus and the cultist parry each other as he moves in with no hits being scored.

Ronan throws out a hand, his skin turning grey as he almost collapses from pain. However, the cloud of smoke vanishes, and Jinxx is whole, but injured, once more.

GMPCing Ayesha.

With the triangle cultist distracted, Ayesha and Irabeth both rush in. Irabeth heads straight for Jinxx, chanting a prayer to heal the eidolon while Ayesha attacks.

The tiefling in the back quickly makes, and throws another bomb directly at Ayesha! However, Ayesha bats the bomb out of mid-air, and it explodes, catching one of the cultists in the blast!

Without any orders, Danis and Samra ready actions to attack any enemy that comes out of the stinking cloud room.

Jinxx heals 11. Everyone except for Dejik and Ronan takes 7 damage, reflex save DC 16 for half.

Sarkast is up!

Currently at 9 damage after the last Life Link transfer to Dejik. Saving against the new bomb:
Reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Saved for half, so 3 additional damage. Now at 12 (17hp remaining).

Sarkast again rolls to take the explosion on his back, then uses the momentum to dodge around the room.
Acrobatics to avoid AoO vs Tiefling CMD: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
Acrobatics to avoid AoO vs Square cultist CMD+2: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

While the cultist he passed is divided between watching him and Jinxx, he jabs with his spear.
Attack, Flanking, cold iron spear: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 2 = 22
Damage, Sneak Attack: 1d6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (2, 5) = 10

He then snarls at the Tiefling, "This is your last chance to surrender, beast!"

Spiderbeard, it is hard to tell on the map - is the edge of the black the room's wall, or is there more we can't see for some reason?

Nope, there's more room back there. I've adjusted the map. Also, Sarkast has evasion; no damage.

Sarkast steps on a glaive set against the ground, using the momentum to flip overhead and land neatly behind one of the cultists and stab him brutally.

"Watch your damn bombs Othirburo!" snaps a cultist after he takes some of the blast.

The stinking cloud fades out of sight, revealing the three dretches in the room. A volley of arrow flies out as the mongrel archers fire. Two bows horribly misfire, but another arrow takes a dretch in the eye and it goes down gurgling with pain.

The other two dretches slip and slide over the grease and one manages to get up to slash at Danis, missing wildly.

The cultists themselves try to retaliate, with one swinging out hard for Nilus who easily parries the attack. The second attempts to cast a spell, but the combined pressures of Sarkast and Jinxx foul the attempt.

Everyone but Sarkast and Ronan are up!

No map access so someone move Nilus if he needs to move, he is ok with taking an AoO Nilus swings Radiance, hoping to take out a cultist. Radiance: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26 Damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

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Reflex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Jinxx lays into the cultist in front of him(square)

Gore: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Claw 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Claw 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Gore Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 if needed
Bite Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Claw 1 Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Claw 2 Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Sarkast has evasion; no damage.

*blink* Right! ;-) Fixed my damage!

The remainder of Sarkast's wound transfers to Dejik, as does part of Ayesha's burn. She breathes a quick prayer to Iomedae to heal herself, then casts a healing spell on Ronan.

If Ayesha misses her reflex save, 5 damage transfers to Dejik. Dejik does a swift action to lay on hands, then casts Cure Light Wounds, takes a 5 foot step, and touches Ronan through the door.

I think Dejik missed taking damage from an earlier bomb:
Reflex save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16, so 3 damage.

Lay on hands, Dejik: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 = 6
Cure light wounds, Ronan: 1d8 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 4 = 11

Dejik heals 6; Ronan heals 11.

Samra steps back to give his comrades room to move, then fires at the dretch.

Attack, into melee, PBS: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 9 - 4 = 23
Damage, cold iron, PS: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Newly invigorated after his attack, Jinxx pounces onto the cultist, pinning him down before ripping out his throat. Dejik in the back transfers energy around the group, absolving the wounds from others before healing herself. Nilus fences at a distance with one of the cultists before lunging in and scoring a brutal hit.

To the south, Samra fires off an arrow, which rips through a dretch, although not doing too much damage.

Just Ayesha up.

I needed a Ref save, gonna roll it here. Thanks for keeping up with HP Dejik!

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Thanks for DMPing me. This weekend was insane, and so was yesterday.

charge, spellstrike, shocking grasp: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10, plus shock: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 5, 4) = 16

confirm: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26
crit: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10, plus shock: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 6, 6) = 22

Ayesha charged the bomb-throwing alchemist, her black blade sweeping around in an arc that landed true. A crackling display of electricity raced down the blade and into the twitching body.

Edit: Wowzors!

Sweet Jesus!

Irabeth raises her shield against the blast as Ayesha ducks the worst of it. Ayesha then rushes in, chanting and swinging her black blade.

It crackles with blue energy and suddenly a loud BANG sounds in the room as the sword and shocking grasp spell connect. Othiburo's lifeless corpse flies across the room, and his blackened head in another direction entirely.

Further to the south, Danis steps back, and fires an arrow point blank into a dretch's chest but it keeps swinging.

Ayesha and Irabeth take 3 damage from the bomb, and with Othiburo VERY dead, Sarkast and Ronan can go!

Sarkast's eyes widen as he sees Ayesha fly in, her blade crackling. He ducks as the black blade separates the tiefling's head from her body. Quickly noting that nothing is left moving, he runs back around the door to help Dejik with the dretches.

Acrobatics vs plain dretch CMD: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24

Grabbing the door frame, he swings himself around the corner quickly hoping to see a target before it sees him.

He can't see the dretches, but he knows they are there. As he comes around the corner through Dejik's square he'll see the free space in the corner. Stealth at -10 for moving quickly vs the dretch's Perception to catch him flat-footed.

Stealth, -10 penalty: 1d20 + 10 - 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 - 10 = 15
Attack, cold iron spear, possibly vs Flat-footed: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 Sneak attack, if applicable: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 5) = 9

Ronan reaches into the pouch at his side and pulls out a potion and drinks it down.

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Actually there is still a cultist around but I'll let Sarkast do the move over to the dretch. Also, had to make some edits on this post due to Irabeth's positioning. North cultist is now dead.

Sarkast rushes in from the north door and lunges out at the dretch, catching it full in the back with his spear and sending it to the ground. Lam and Doron then immediately fire their arrows at the dretch in the room beyond, with one arrow thunking into its shoulder.

The remaining dretch charges into the room and leaps at Sarkast, trying to pin him to the ground and rip him apart. Sarkast manages to mostly fight off the dretch, but takes a couple of solid hits.

In the north room, Irabeth bangs her sword on her shield and moves in, cutting out viciously at the remaining cultist and scoring a good hit. The cultist tries to flip out of the way to get more room, but gets caught by another vicious swing from Irabeth, and goes down.

Everyone is up! Sarkast takes 7 dmg. Only the yellow dretch remains.

Sarkast falls back as the dretch slashes at him. He then pushes off the wall and rolls around the demon, threatening him with his spear.

Acrobatics vs dretch CMD: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28

Move action to move around the dretch, then ready an attack for anyone to step into flanking position.

Nilus drops Radiance and draws his Longsword moving towards the demon Longsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 but his skills with the longsword are lacking.

Provokes AoO from the Dretch

Ronan tells Jinxx to help the others with the last Dretch.

Jinxx moves through the door right behind Nilus

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

gets distracted and chases his pretend tail instead :)

The group all rush in to surround the dretch, who shows remarkable agility as it jumps and dodges blow after blow. As Nilus rushes in the dretch scores a surprising hit, digging a claw in between the plates of his armour.

AoO: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Crit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

The four mongrel arches all level their bows at the dretch, and fire as one. The arrows slam into the creature, two of which penetrate deeply. With a groan, it collapses, looking like the world's ugliest pincushion.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21 Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24 Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

End of Combat

Irabeth plunges her sword into one of the dying cultists, her face black with rage.

She is surrounded by blood and filth, which smears the floor and walls of the long room. Six white stone statues have all been smashed, clawed, bloodstained, and smeared with filth. At the end of the hall, a raised dais holds an alabaster altar to Iomedae which has been upturned. Atop the altar is a massive pile of severed limbs that have been stitched together into a monstrous insectoid shape.

"This desecration will not go unpunished!" shouts Irabeth, the half-orc's booming voice shaking the walls. "Foul, brutal creatures!" she snarls.

Ayesha leaned over and cleaned her blade on the alchemist's tunic before sheathing it carefully.

Glancing over her shoulder, she sees the altar that Irabeth is so upset about and cringes to herself. "I cannot imagine a much fouler display. There is much to be done here once we are sure that the demons and their minions are vanquished."

She stops to rifle through the alchemist's pockets, pouches, and bags to see if there is anything of use.

Whoops, forgot a door in the east.

While Irabeth stalks over to the altar, pulling off the grotesque pile of attached limbs, Ayesha methodically loots and sorts the goods from the corpses, checking them over for magical auras.

The cultists and Othiburo carried the following:

In the east of the room, a door leads into what was once a priest chambers. A long table and six chairs have been pushed against the western wall. On the opposite wall, a tapestry depicting a map of Mendev hangs from a silver rod-the tapestry has been slashed several times and splashed with filth. A bedroll sits on the floor, and on the nearby table is an array of alchemical devices.

Also on the table is long wooden sword case wrapped with cords, as if ready for travel.