Team Xantrius

Game Master JasonX

Bakji turns his attention immediately to the opponent that has retreated beyond the other's grasp and squints a bit as he does his best to focus in on it.

He pulls an arrow and fires it quickly at the foe hoping that it hits and dislodges it from it's perch.

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 1 + 5 = 15 +1 from studied target, +5 from gambit? I'm assuming that point blank is out of the picture on the one up in the ceiling.

Damage if that somehow hits: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Tanya shifts her attention to and rushes the one being ganged up on and strikes it with a swift punch to it's raw hide and the dark lightning flows from her strike crackling as it flows into the creature.

atk n dmg (fist, neg energy, 1 point of str dmg): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 221d3 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + (1) = 3 Fort vs 14 to negate str dmg

Xantrius watches the beast for a moment as it unfurls its wings to take off, then lashes out with a quick thrust when it starts to move to catch it off-guard.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 5 = 30
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Possible Crit: 1d20 + 5 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 6 = 13
Extra damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Bakji hits the one on the ceiling. The other remaining darkmantle is crushed by Tanya and Xantrius. Bakji and Argus the kill the one on the ceiling as it tries to get away.

OK, I missed a plot point at the beginning so I'm going to adlib it in now

Horgus seems to have softened towards you a little more. He comes up to you and pulls out his bag.

"Here, I found these as we were leaving the first cavern. I can tell they have power as when I touch them they reveal themselves, but they won't work if you have more than one." He pulls silver scales from his bag. They are the size of a man's hand and you immediately recognize them as scales from Terendelev. He hands one to each of you.

When you touch them, you receive a flash of insight about the scale’s properties, along with an emotional rush of sadness tinged with resolute determination.

6d4 ⇒ (3, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2) = 13

All are cast at caster level 19.

Aleziella shouts out yet again on seeing the one on the floor go down. "Great teamwork! We can do this. I'm sure you'll hit the last one." Her tone then changes to be much gentler. "Desna please see our plight and heal our wounds." She brings her free hand up to her next to hold forth the holy symbol as she feels the positive energy course through her, mending her broken bones further.

Swift action encouraging roar then channel energy.
channel: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Now that's how to get the most efficiency from channeling :)

Korak basks in the healing energy for a second smiling at it's feel before accepting the scale from Horgus. Korak smiles at him happily. Thank ye friend, a truly excellent find. May your cup always flow with Cayden's blessing.

Bakji took the scale looking it over with a fair bit of interest. He carefully slipped it into the breast of his tunic. He looked at the others "Everyone well? Then we best move on." he said as he walked over to the fallen and attempted to retrieve his arrows.

Aleziella accepts the scale with a smile. "Ah, thank you. This might prove helpful against the enemies we fight. This'll allow me to infuse our weapons in order to overcome the wicked protection demons and other wicked or crazy creatures got. Poor Terendelev... But at least we can use his scales to help bring retribution against his killer." Her voice goes sad at the mention of the dragon.

She pockets the scale and steps on over to argus and touches him briefly. "I'm sorry that you had to suffer so much under these foul creatures, but Desna's healing light will Fix your wounds. Is this enough or do you need more?"
Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
I assume he'll ask for more, if not ignore cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Aleziella then steps towards Xantrius. "Do you require healing as well? Kind of hard to see how bruised you are under all that armor Xantrius."
If he accepts, cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Once the wounds are dealt with she loooks wistfully over at the creatures fallen to the arrows. "I really need to get a bow so I can help out against enemies we can't reach in melee. It'll encumber me as things are now, but maybe if some of you help carrying some things I'll be able to manage without it hampering my fighting style."

Now that the fight is done, Aravashnial speaks up.

"These statues, there is an old legend that after the First Crusade a group of crusaders who had become infected with Abyssal energies fled into these caverns to raise their deformed children in peace, and that their descendants live on today in the tunnels below the city. The presence of these statues here gives significant credence to that tale."

No response from Argus to the healing? Does he need more healing to be able to walk?

Aleziella listen intently to Avarashinal's tale. "That is an interesting to tale. I've never heard such a thing before. I guess my mentors must have focused on other things. I wonder if we will run into these descendants and if so how they'll treat us. Hopefully we'll be able to talk to them and they won't be hostile."

Assuming there are no more cries for healing Aleziella wipes her rapier on one of the creatures and quickly scan the room to see if there is anything useful they might have missed. She'll keep her rapier out and move in battle stance from the front together with Xantrius if the group continues on.

No, he does not need to be fully healed again. Only fully healed from the first time he was damaged. New wounds do not affect his walking. Both Argus and Xantrius are very minorly wounded (-3 and -1 respectively I think).

2d20 ⇒ (7, 14) = 21

Korak, you noticed that the one creature that had Argus grappled fled from you when you came next to it. The others never released their victims willingly like the one you went near did.

OK let's see if this goes in...posting from my phone so I can't get the language I want sorry...

kothar takes the scale with a look of awe his dragon companion looks to the scale and bows deeply, both of their wings drop casting over then as a draped cloak would a small sliver of deep blue ice drops from both of the dragons eye's Kothar places the scale under his armor

And in his dragonic words he said
"oh oh grate creator of dragons I know thee has chosen us to avenge you fallen warrior, xill and I will help any we can to rid this plan of the threat is faces now, you the first dragon aspu are my beacon and I know it is by your guidance and will I was given this new form and sent xill to be my companion Aspu guide me and I will be your new guardian one day"

hope that was good ^_^

Big thumbs up :)

Xantrius flexes his arm to test it after the healing. He nods in approval, stating "That is most welcome, I thank you! I have never seen these things before, do any of you know what they are?"

When Horgus gives him the scale, he bows his head. "We shall try to be worthy of these boons and follow your example, mighty Terendelev, noble guardian against the forces of evil!"

There is a 5' wide tunnel leading out to the east. Please set marching order again for single file.

Let's just go with pretty much what we had before, from the front Xantrius, Aleziella, Kothar, Xill, Tanya, NPCs, Korak, Bakji? @Xantrius: Did you not accept the CLW?
Aleziella shakes her head, "I'm sorry, but I have no idea. They hurt though. It almost crushed me completely, thankfully I had healing and was able to wriggle out of it."

Kothar and Tanya know this:
These squid-like dark-skinned creatures are darkmantles, a subterranian predator that attacks by dropping onto its prey. They are magical beasts.

Though small creatures, darkmantles are strong for their size, and make natural grapplers due to their tentacles and cloak-like skin. Typically attacking by dropping from above, a darkmantle that misses will usually fly back up to the roof of its chamber and try again.

As well as having a natural camouflage that allows them to hide easily in underground caverns, darkmantles can also cause darkness once per day. Darkmantles see easily through this magical darkness through the use of bat-like sonar, though this can be disrupted by the use of the silence spell.

Gee, I wonder why Tanya was watching the ceiling. :)

Tanya accepts the scale, "Thank you. May it prove useful."

In response to the question of the creatures, "They are darkmantles. Very difficult to see, magical, and strong. Normally they magically darken an area around their targets before dropping on them. They can sense in darkness using their ears and chirps, like bats do."

You travel a short distance through the narrow tunnel and it opens up into a larger cavern. A small campfire and a well-used bedroll, along with a few utensils and tools, sits near another cave opening in the far wall of this cavern. Standing in front of the campsite is a bedraggled dwarf. His eyes widen as he sees Xantrius enter the cave.

"You! You shall not take me! I will not be imprisoned!" He shouts at you, spittle flying from his lips. With that he charges at you.

10d20 ⇒ (9, 9, 4, 19, 18, 6, 6, 11, 20, 12) = 114 1d20 ⇒ 9

Round 1
Bakji
Tanya
Korak
Argus
Aleziela
Millorn
Xantrius
Kothar
Aravashnial
Horgus

Camp

I just put Xantrius on at first. Each of you are in line according to the marching order starting with the first square behind Xantrius. There is enough room in the tunnel to freely pass each other. The X is the dwarf.

Tanya will act all calm, and prepares a cure light wounds and steps in front. "Well, dwarf, what makes you think we care to imprison you? If we were to iprison you, would we heal you?" She readies to touch the dwarf with the cure light wounds when he gets close enough regardless of his hostility.

I am going to hold off posting until after a few more have posted as my actions will largely depend on what have happ by the time my turn rolls around. @Jason: What is your stance on using diplomacy in imitative/combat?

Depends on the circumstance, in this case, it is obvious that this guy is crazed.

Argus holds to see what happens first, he is towards the back anyhow and has limited mobility.

So, Bakji and Korak need to go and Aleziella needs to decide after them.

Korak moves 40 feet towards him with a double move.

Bakji heard the crazed man's ranting and steps to the side a bit to get a better view. He saw him charging at Xantrius and pulled another arrow from his quiver.

Arrow to the Crazy: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 23 Studied target and bless

Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

"Do not be fooled, he is likely a survivor driven mad from having lived alone too long. Take him down and tie him up before trying to worry about his sanity"

"No! We can help him!" Alexiella rushes forward and tries to grab the man. "Calm down man. We won't imprison you if you stop fighting. You can trust me." She is really sad and frustrated that Bakji attacked him, even though she realizes that she'll probably not be able to save him.
Grapple with bless vs flat footed CMD, provokes AoO if he got combat reflexes: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
diplomacy to calm him down(add +2 if he is from Mendev): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

When you try to grab him, you notice his form is blurred.
1d100 ⇒ 10
And misjudge his location.

Millorn ignores the one next to him and moves up to Xantrius, staying out of Korak's reach. He then extends his hands forward and rays of color spread out in an arc in front of him.

Aleziella gets an AoO when he moves away. Assuming Aziella does not drop or stop his movement, I need Korak, Xantrius and Kothar to make will saves (vs a spell, illusion, mind affecting)

Isn't Tanya and Korak in front of Xantrius? I belive the order now is something like Aleziella in front, then Korak then a bit further back Tanya right in front of Xantarius and a bit further back Kothar and Xill.
"Damn!" Aleziella exclaims as her arms seem to slip through the form of the dwarf. She is really conflicted about what to do when he moves to get past her, but in the end she decides to aim to knock him out, not to kill him. "I won't kill you, but I can't have you harming my companions."

AoO nonlethal: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 nonlethal damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (4, 6) + 5 = 15 miss: 1d100 ⇒ 83

Xantrius starts to try to calm the dwarf, but he is caught off guard by the spell which strikes him full in the face...

Will save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Korak braces himself WS: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 Does he pass within 10 feet of me are is within 10 feet of me, if so I get an AoO from movement/casting

Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Kothar and xill shake their heads as the spray washes over them Kothar call on his divine power to try and stop the dwarf

"FALL" He yells at him

casting command FALL order DC=14

I guess Bakji is up next then Tanya goes again. Though Tanya can still chose to use her first heal of course

I forgot Tanya's movement. So the dwarf will be one square over. He has Xantrius between him and Korak, so Korak doesn't get the AoO (forgot you had a reach weapon). So Tanya is now in the area of effect as well and needs to make a Will save.

2d4 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8
Xantrius drops to the ground, unconscious, but Kothar, Xill and Korak shrug off the effects.
will save: 1d20 ⇒ 14
The dwarf ignores Kothar's command.

I need actions from everyone except Xantrius and Kothar and I need a will save from Tanya.

Camp 2

Wait, so I'm not the white square in the middle of the cave? Why next to Xantrius? Either way, why didn't I get to touch the dwarf when he moved forward? (note, on mobile device, the picture is all blurry, so I have to make assumptions about which square is who, but I thought moving up would have been me out in the middle in front of where the dwarf was. Since it isn't, who is it? Al?

save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

The Dwarf was by the campfire, not in middle. He had enough movement to get anywhere and avoid AoOs from movement except Aleziella because she was next to him. I am getting a good mapping program tomorrow or Monday and all fights will have grid references so people can tell me exactly where they go.

Bakji shook his head as the others seemed to try and reason with a madman. He pulled another arrow out and fired before backing up to keep himself far enough back from the fight.

Twanging my bow: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 10

But the colors distracted him sending the shot a little wide.

Korak moves through the people and flanks him with a full movement, as he passes him. acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

Aleziella rushes over to stand over the fallen Xantrius. She realizes that once unconcious pretty much anyone can be killed outright by anyone and the dwarf seem crazy enough to try. "Noo, Xantrius! We will defend you! Come on people, defending our companion takes priority." She then lashes out with her rapier, this time not holding back anything. She hopes the dwarf won't die, but that's still better than Xantrius dying. She tries to fugure out if this is something else than a normal dwarf.

Move to stand in Xantrius' square. It doesn't prevent Coup de Grace, but at least I get an AoO if he tries. Swift action Encouraging Roar again which gives everyone going after me +2 moral bonus to hit and to damage(still not stacking with bless).
Crushing blow with encouraging roar: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17 damage: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (1, 1, 3) + 7 = 12 miss: 1d100 ⇒ 88

knowledge local to identify the dwarf: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

that might have killed him big time lol

I seriously doubt that

Korak, you can easily move to flank in a single move, so do your attack. The dwarf has no weapon in his hand, so he can't perform an AoO.

Korak slashes across the dwarves back in an x shape with his kama. FoB: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6 FoB: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18 damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

1d100 ⇒ 81
Round 2
Aleziella and Korak hit him despite the blur and the dwarf just seems to get more furious.

He attempts another spell trying to watch each of you in the process.
cast defensively: 1d20 ⇒ 17

He successfully gets his spell cast and targets Aziella as she is the one that has hurt him the most. Two bolts of arcane energy fly from his outstretched hand and strike Aleziella in the chest.

damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 3) + 2 = 7

Korak should deal 2 extra damage due to his strength I believe.

Seeing as the dwarf evaded her and knocked out the guy in armor, Tanya shifts target and touches Xantrius.

Xantrius didn't suffer any HP damage, though I guess it might be difficult for our characters to know that. @Jason: Do they know that? We could roll spellcraft to identify the spell, sadly Aleziella is not trained in it.

Yeah, Tanya knows it was a spell that didn't effect her, but honestly I got kinda lost being a spell I don't remember (I hadn't seen it since 3.0). Besides, being flat and still on the ground generally means "hurt bad" and I can't use a different spell until this one is discharged, and my plan got nullified by the dwarf ignoring me, me being avoidable, and PCs (who shan't be named) attacking the dwarf and confirming his belief that we are enemies to be defeated. So might as well try the cure on Xantrius, after all, it isn't like Tanya has nice handy sheet on the rules of the universe telling her the spell can't possibly help.

But she does have trained spellcraft, so she could potentially identify the spell in order to determine that. Of course you don't have to use it if you don't want to. I am going to wait for a few more people to post before I post again since pretty much everyone are before me.