Wayang Necromancer 7 | HP 46/51 | AC 19+ | T 15 | FF 15+ | CMD 14 | F +6 | R +8 | W +8 | +2 vs. shadow subschool | Init +7 | Perc +2 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +0 | Share Essence 4/9 | Arcane Bond 0/1 | Light and Dark 1/1 | Reroll 0/1 | Active Spells:Mage Armor+, Mirror Image (6 images + him), Daylight, Spectral Hand
"You know that magic from the discs could possibly imprison it right? Magic can go beyond what you see." Tsishad says this slightly annoyed, but focuses his gaze on the discs for if he ever escapes this thing's grasp.
To me, it's pretty obvious the discs are there to help somehow. I don't know how, so I'm guessing that they'll imprison it again.
Male Human Fighter (Lore Warden) 3/ Rogue (Rake) 3 HP 50/50 | AC 19T 14 FF 15 | CMD 25 | F+6 R+9 W+4 | Init +6 | Perc +8 | SM +3 I Enlarged AC 17
Al continues his plan of shuffling the disks.
Step 1 remove darkness disk, put on floor in front of VOID slot.
Step 2 remove light disk from SUN Slot put into MOON Slot.
Step 3 put darkness disk back into VOID slot.
Aelfward removes both discs from the wall, leaving each sitting on the floor in front of its new slot.
Illuthion runs upside-down across the ceiling, taking a tail slap for his trouble, but avoids the dangerous grapple.
Kyra moves next to Aelfward and buffs the brave warrior.
Tsishad tries in vain to escape the xacarba's hold, but Blub Blub and Periel each hit the creature once--and its rage is quite obvious at Periel's attack. All three tails turns on the paladin--releasing Tsishad--but none manage to hold onto him, and one misses completely.
Everybody is up.
@Blub Blub: You've noticed that simply touching the creature doesn't seem to be any easier than actually breaking through its scales.
female human cleric of Seranrae 4 | HP 35/35, Channel 5/5 | AC 17 (19), T 10, FF 17 (19) | F +6, R +3, W +9 | CMB +5, CMD 15 | Spd 20' | Perc +4 | Init +0
Kyra moves nearer the others and prays loudly to Sarenrae. The entire group feels refreshed.
Wayang Necromancer 7 | HP 46/51 | AC 19+ | T 15 | FF 15+ | CMD 14 | F +6 | R +8 | W +8 | +2 vs. shadow subschool | Init +7 | Perc +2 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +0 | Share Essence 4/9 | Arcane Bond 0/1 | Light and Dark 1/1 | Reroll 0/1 | Active Spells:Mage Armor+, Mirror Image (6 images + him), Daylight, Spectral Hand
"Thanks, Kyra!"
Double Move
Tsishad heads over to try to get a disc.
@Blub: It does not gain the grappled condition when grappling--and has Combat Reflexes. And yes, it has an ability that converts its +19 natural armor bonus into a deflection bonus for this fight!
Illuthion looks at the two disks and grabs one. Screw it, ceiling-running doesn't help me so that f&*#ing thing can go and blow me; I'm running through"
@Illuthion: Both glow, one very brightly and the other twinkles with a dim light. Mechanically, it doesn't matter which you grab first, just how you match the discs and slots.
Aelfward slides the light disc into the "MOON" slot, while Illuthion picks up one of the others. Kyra channels Sarenrae's warmth again, healing her allies.
Tsishad's valiant effort shows how little the thought counts sometimes, as he ends up right back in the xacarba's clutches.
Periel heals up the rest of his bruises, then delivers another devastating blow to the serpent.
And now looking back at the one before that, you didn't maintain then, either.
The important thing being that, grappled condition or not, it's still a standard action to maintain, so that tentacle could not attack again in that same round.
Another important factor being it can't maintain more than one Grapple at a time.
None of that applies. Grappling affects this creature completely different. The scenario explicitly states, "Each of the xacarba's three tails are able to grapple and attack as if it were its own creature."
Since it doesn't have Constrict, having it maintain equals less damage to the party.
Unless, of course, it just free action drops the Grapple to attack instead of maintaining. If it has been, and you just weren't stating that, then I apologize for pressing the detail.
The xacarba only attempted to maintain a grapple once, against Aelfward on round 2. If you look at the modifiers, you will see that one of the rolls got a +42, whereas the grab attempts got a +37 (and the attacks got a +17). That roll also did not get a grab attempt at the end like the others did.
Is all of this really about the fact that when speaking to myself I said "Tail 3" instead of "Maintain"?
And it does have constrict, I just haven't been rolling it. There are a couple of contradictions in the stat block, and part of the way I resolved them was by foregoing the constriction.
female human cleric of Seranrae 4 | HP 35/35, Channel 5/5 | AC 17 (19), T 10, FF 17 (19) | F +6, R +3, W +9 | CMB +5, CMD 15 | Spd 20' | Perc +4 | Init +0
Kyra steps over next to Periel and gives him a quick blessing.
Casting defensively in case I'm in AoO range here.
concentration:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30
cure critical wounds:4d8 + 7 ⇒ (7, 3, 5, 3) + 7 = 25+50% from Healer's Blessing = 37 total
Wayang Necromancer 7 | HP 46/51 | AC 19+ | T 15 | FF 15+ | CMD 14 | F +6 | R +8 | W +8 | +2 vs. shadow subschool | Init +7 | Perc +2 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +0 | Share Essence 4/9 | Arcane Bond 0/1 | Light and Dark 1/1 | Reroll 0/1 | Active Spells:Mage Armor+, Mirror Image (6 images + him), Daylight, Spectral Hand
Standard Action
Tsishad tries to break free.
Is it a 20?:1d20 ⇒ 14
Wayang Necromancer 7 | HP 46/51 | AC 19+ | T 15 | FF 15+ | CMD 14 | F +6 | R +8 | W +8 | +2 vs. shadow subschool | Init +7 | Perc +2 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +0 | Share Essence 4/9 | Arcane Bond 0/1 | Light and Dark 1/1 | Reroll 0/1 | Active Spells:Mage Armor+, Mirror Image (6 images + him), Daylight, Spectral Hand
Double Move
Tsishad moves towards the discs. If nothing else I guess Tsishad can continue taking tendrils to the face.
Illuthion grabs the brightest disk, and runs back through the amalgam of golem and creature, shouting as he does: "I AIN'T SURE WHAT THE FLAMING F+~* YOU THINK MY S%~# F&%!ING SWEARING IS GOING TO F+!%ING DO BUT F%%$ING F&$+ ON A F@$%-STICK, THIS S$!% BY CRAY YO!"
Standard to pick up a disk, move all the way through Spicy McHaggis' space, drop it by Aelfward's feet as a free. Cry as a swift.
Illuthion deftly spins to avoid a tail by centimeters, bringing the last disc to Aelfward.
At this point there isn't anything the xacarba can do to stop you. It's just a question of how much damage you take next round, and nobody is within 2d8+4 of dying. Even if I hit Periel three times for max damage, Kyra and his LoH would easily keep him alive.
Wayang Necromancer 7 | HP 46/51 | AC 19+ | T 15 | FF 15+ | CMD 14 | F +6 | R +8 | W +8 | +2 vs. shadow subschool | Init +7 | Perc +2 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +0 | Share Essence 4/9 | Arcane Bond 0/1 | Light and Dark 1/1 | Reroll 0/1 | Active Spells:Mage Armor+, Mirror Image (6 images + him), Daylight, Spectral Hand
"Well, that was frightening."
So.. what happens when we put the discs in the right places? ;)
The xacarba gets sucked back into the prison and door heals itself. Depending on how much damage you did, and Periel did enough, the monolith eventually kills it.
