Campus |
Why is Ulfric not attacking?...erm Campus mind is slow..erm..tis an illusion the Gnome said. YES!
Campus, not always wise, rushes her hulking form forward to the end of the room where Ulfric had detected evil, preparing to strike.
Campus will go forward to the south of the room. If she sees anything, she will attack from 10 feet away, then move five feet further back, splitting her movement. She can move 40' per round. If she doesn't see anything by the light of her cold iron spear, she will cast detect magic.
GM Nayr |
The assembled group collapses upon the creature in a tumult of slashes and strikes sure to destroy any enemy. However, the strikes just pass harmlessly through what seems to be an insubstantial image. A moment later, the woman springs up from the table, her face becoming a hideous mask of sickly gray flesh. A long tongue slithers out of her mouth and tests the air, like a reptile on the hunt.
Raising a wicked and ornate dagger, she slashes down from atop the table at Ulfric.
Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Her dagger whistles over his shoulder, and she hisses in anger.
Enemy revealed! Everyone else is up. Ulfric is currently under the effect of a Hypnotic stare, meaning a -2 penalty to will saves. This is mind-affecting.
Campus |
Ahh, I was acting on Varinder's warning, but never mind I see now that she was posing as the woman
Attack Designated as Ferocious Strike: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Damage: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 5) + 6 + 1 = 17
Once the woman made herself known, Campus positions her hulking form 15 feet away, and strikes at the woman, but misses.
Come at me if you dare! Campus snarls
Ramul Rilen |
Ramul grits his teeth in frustration at being fooled and summons his blade to try again to strike the creature. He misses in the midst of his frustration.
Earth Blast (slashing damage): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Klassalka Huhl |
Klassalka yells, "If you don't want to get cut get clear!", charging and does an overhead vertical slice downward, aiming to bisect!
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 (+2 charge, -1 Power Attack, rage)
Damage: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (6, 1) + 8 = 15
Ulfric Bjarnasson |
"Grant me power to slay my enemy!" Ulfric mutters under his breath. Using my swift action to smite evil on the creature.
Shield held ready to ward off attacks from the creature, Ulfric thrusts upward with his blade.
Longsword: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 = 11
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 = 10
The smite attack bypasses any DR and grants me +2 AC vs the woman
Current AC is 21/13/20
Varinder Chesk |
Varinder casts a quick look about him and then, after a short intake of breath, flings himself in a mad tumble through the melee to the far side of the table.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Despite appearing rather disjointed and uncontrolled, the Gnome's swift combination of cartwheels and flips brings him - hopefully unscathed - to a position south of Artemis and to the side of the ghastly creature atop the table.
GM Nayr |
will save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
Varinder slips past the creature, deftly avoiding any strikes from its wicked blade. As he does, Artemis attempts to daze the creature, to no avail.
After that, the four more direct combatants unleash their fury upon the creature, but it darts about swiftly, avoiding the strikes and getting herself into position to once again swipe at Ulfric.
Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Crit check: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
Additional damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
The creature slices through Ulfric's armor, and fixes him with a stare of pure glee as it sees fresh blood flow.
Total of 8 damage to Ulfric - 7 from the strike, and 1 from the painful stare ability. Everyone's up! Varinder - pretty sure that the acrobatics is still just a move action, so you can make a retro-active attack if you like.
Ramul Rilen |
Gods above this thing is quick, Ramul thinks as it manages to dodge everyone's attacks.
Well, I have to try again, even if my chances seem slim.
Earth Blast (slashing damage): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Campus |
Attack Designated Strike plus flank: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 2 = 18
dmg: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1, 3) + 6 + 1 = 11
Campus dashes south keeping to the western wall and into the southwestern corner, turns and thrusts her enlongated spear at the creature from 15 feet away.
Come at me now, abomination
GM Nayr |
Varinder slices away at the creature, and his blade cuts a shallow, but long, slash along her side. It turns, just as Artemis once again attempts to distract the creature.
will save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
The group attacks, assailing the swift creature with various assaults. Ulfric, Varinder, and Klassalka all miss their mark. Campus, however, slams her spear into the creature, the solid tip bursting through it far enough to punch through its back. The creature snarls in rage as it thrashes, eventually pulling itself off of the weapon.
The creature...still not fully feral, realizes that she must cut a path to Campus, now the object of her rage. She slices at Ulfric again, him being the first obstacle in her way.
Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Ouch...5 damage to Ulfric, plus 1 from the painful stare.
Campus |
To be clear, last turn I had wanted Campus to run past along the western wall to the south-western corner, then turn and strike. She's on the opposite side of the creature as the rest of the group.
Attack, designating as her 4th ferocious strike: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 9
Damage: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 5) + 6 + 1 = 15 pooh
GM Nayr |
Artemis skirts along the top of the group, preparing his arcane magics to release a dart. When in position, he lets loose, taking care not to hit his companions instead of the vile creature.
Acid dart: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6
The dart sizzles into the wall, well above and beyond the creature.
Varinder Chesk |
Varinder stops messing with his dagger and instead delivers some strange and unsettling Gnome utterance that brings to mind a crooner suddenly spitting at the audience. His hand springs to blue light and he slaps at the monster's legs.
Melee touch attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6
DC 13 Will/Fort save.
GM Nayr |
Klassalka slams the creature with a vicious attack, cutting deeply and nearly through its thigh. The former doctor screeches out in pain, and drops its knife as it clutches its leg. It raises its eyes, looking about for a path to run, then obviously decides against it. She slips one step to the southwest, and slashes at Klassalka with two hardened class.
Attack 1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Attack 2: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
In its weakened state, it misses Klassalka completely.
GM Nayr |
Ulfric falls to the woman's attack, then Varinder and Artemis leap into action. The creature proves too fast for them both, dodging aside and nimbly avoiding attacks from them both.
The woman turns into Klassalka's attack, and is cut nearly in half. It turns, moves, and slashes at its attacker, to no avail as Klassalka smirks and deflects the attacks aside.
Attacks from Campus and Ramul come again, but the woman's slim form slides back and forth, dodging even as blood streaks the ground at her feet.
So, getting a bit confusing, but Klassalka should be up with another attack, and Varinder owes another as well as Artemis. Campus and Ramul should be caught up, and Ulfric's taking a nap
GM Nayr |
Klassalka very nearly separates tge creature in half, and it falls, screeching out its agony as its insides spill out into a steaming pile info which the body falls.
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In the silence left behind after the din of battle, a scraping sound can be heard from the nearest washbasin, which is so high that a ladder rests against it, to enable one to see over the top.
You see, now, that the table the woman had been lying on has a fairly well made set of surgeon's tools, and a drawer underneath the rim.
Campus |
I'd blast it with a channel, but the Paladin needs healed.
Attack against prone ghoul: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 1) + 6 = 10
Is the shape changer fully dead? Nodding, as they move to sever its head, Campus turns to the Paladin, she closes her eyes and prays to Cayden to spontaneously change her prepared spell to cure light wounds.
CLW on Paladin: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Ramul Rilen |
Ramul looks with satisfaction as the woman's head is severed. He receives a bit of Campus's healing as she channels her energy to restore Ulfric to consciousness.
Looking down at the paladin, Ramul says, "Ulfric? Ulfric can you hear us? Campus has done what she can. We need you, friend. The shape changer has been slain, so we must move forward. Can you stand?"
Ulfric Bjarnasson |
Just enough to bring me to full
Regaining consciousness to find Ramul worrying him, Ulfric opens his eyes and grips the handle of his sword harder. Looking around and seeing the relaxation of his companions, he responds, "I am fine now."
Standing Ulfric looks to Campus, "Thank you for your assistance, Campus."
It is done, we can take the last head and enter the "settlement". No doubt there will be more work to do once we speak with them...
"I am glad none of you are unduly hurt either. I only hope to be of greater assistance next time."
Well, no one has seemed inclined to remove a head yet, I may as well do it to save them the task...
Ulfric will walk over to the woman and remove her head, tying it to his belt beside the other one.
"Let us return to the settlement and be done with this hunt."
GM Nayr |
In addition to the fine dagger that the woman was wielding and the surgeon's tools, Campus finds a peculiar-looking bag in the drawer with three platinum pieces, an exquisite pearl, and a bejeweled phylactery.
Also within the room are a six foot tall standing mirror and six ten-foot poles, which were apparently used to move clothes about in the basins.