Military: A military-style saddle braces the rider, providing a +2 circumstance bonus on Ride checks related to staying in the saddle. If the rider is knocked unconscious while in a military saddle, he has a 75% chance to stay in the saddle.
I would give him the +2 to cmd. Otherwise I would treat it as bullrush, because with the charge your running at him. Like jousting. Just my opinion
Calain chargesw forth and using his lucrene he is able to score a thunk against the hellish horseman, knocking him off his stead. He tumbles back and to the opposite side of the horse, placing the nightmarish stead between the barabarian and the undead fiend. The headless creature is prone.
Initiative Order: Updated RD 1
Poke - charges and attacks the horse
Ulfrec - flaming sphere
Calain - charges and bullrushs the headless horseman
Harn the Headless Hero-killer
Bradan
Aggrah
Beorn
Dr. Tes (if he comes back, otherwise I'll drop him out of the order)
RD 1: Harn the Headless Horseman
As the headless undead creature tumbles backwards and off his stead he releases a baleful cackle as he finds a worthy oppenents. The evil laugh sends chills through everyone within 60 feet radius.
Everyone needs to make a Will save DC 22. this is an imediate action for him. Failure is you are panicked for , if you make the save you are shaken for 1 round but immune for the next 24 hours. It's mind-affecting fear effect.
Harn uses his move action to stand up and he pulls out a long sowrd that has a wicked keen edge that nearly sings as it is removed from it's scabbard. Calain you can make check to see if you realize what type of weapon he has drawn, one this is certain is you've never seen such a high quality blade before.
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Stygian the horse
The fallen anti-heroe's horse is quick to attack the goblin. First it bites viciously,
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Then it stomps twice at the small goblin.
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therefore not subject to being reduced by resistance to fire-based attacks.
Any creature killed by a horseman or his mount’s melee or ranged attacks must make a Will save (DC 10+1/2 the headless horseman’s HD +its
Charisma Modifier) DC 22; failure means the victim’s soul is damned to Hell as a burst of brimstone appears around its corpse. A non-evil spellcaster attempting to bring the character back from the dead must make a caster level check (DC equal to 11 plus the headless horseman’s CR) to succeed; failure means the spellcaster cannot try again for 1 day. Evil spellcasters can raise the slain character normally, without a check.
"Run for your lives! The monster will claim our heads and souls!"
Dropping his bow, Bradan takes off at a sprint away from the undead monstrosity.
Calain feels a wave of Despair wash over him but in his Fury the superstitious man is able to beat back the supernatural influence of the Headless Warrior.
He readies his Lurcerine Hammer, knuckles almost white in Anticipation, surely this would be the greatest battle of his life.
He does spare a glance at the sword the creature has drawn.
He holds his ground and screams in fury at the undead thing.
This is the stuff of nightmares... And it actually looks like he's riding one. It's too much for Aggrah MOMMMYYYYY
and she runs away
As the vile creature snaps and stomps Poke Poke deftly dodges. But as its master hideously laughs, fear cuts through Poke Poke. He drops both his daggers and runs back into the corn field.
Disappearing as he slides through.
Beorn shakes in his boots BRAVE SIR ROBIN! He then runs away!
Seeing his allies flee. Calains heart sinks, just a little...but he would face this foe.
Just you and me, Horsemen. Come and die Again!
Calain the headless creature senses your presence and he twirls his longsword, it looks as if it can cleve your head off in a single stroke.
Facing down the Headless Horseman, Calain sets his feet and Readies himslefCome Horseman, I am ready!; ,
Then with the Horseman Adjacent, Calain will release one hand from the Polearm and Make a Claw Natual attack on the Horseman
Calain then 5 ft steps diagonally away from the horseman to try and keep him between himself and the horse. He regrips his Lucerine Hammer and Chops down hard with his Primary attack.
The only movement you can take during a full attack is a 5-foot step. You may take the step before, after, or between your attacks.
There's a million threads on this if you search the advice forums for "Combining natural and manufactrued weapons" here is one example: Here
and another:
The basic rules state that when a creature combines Natural Attacks and manufactured weapons in the same Full Attack Action, Natural Attacks default to being Secondary. You don't get to ignore other forms of making an attack to make the rules suit your needs just because you have a Natural Attack. You still have arms and legs, not to mention a head, capable of making attacks. In fact, ALL Witches and Hexcrafters have arms and legs capable of making attacks.
Seems pretty cut and dry as far as I can tell. RAW, Prehensile Hair is a Secondary Natural Attack because it is denoted as being such.
Dad GUM! Those quote mechanics are confusing as heck! Took me 45 minutes to figure out how to do that, and I'm still not sure if I did it right!Hi sorry, but where did SKR say that Prehensile hair is a valid choice for spell combat? I thought it was only things to do with hands, ie. unarmed strikes, claws, slam etc. I can't find it :(Here it is. I think.
AWESOME!! Woot, my Defiler build is back in action!!Spell combat uses hands (a natural weapon that's part of that hand qualifies). There ya go.Or prehensile hair, iirc. Just awesome hex for hexcrafter.
This quote was taken from Page 6 of the Hexcrafter Guide when the question was raised about Hexcrafters being able to combine Prehensile hair with sword attacks.
Sorry about not linking a Core Book. I know this has been talked about to death and Sean says it works but for the life of me I can't find the section in the PFSRD.
Level: Antipaladin: 1; Cleric: 2; Oracle: 2; Warpriest: 2; Druid: 2; Inquisitor: 2; Magus: 2; Ranger: 1; Hunter: 1
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S
Range: personal
Target: you
Duration: 1 minute/level (D), special (see below)
Source: Advanced Race Guide
Summary: Your teeth extend and sharpen, transforming your mouth into a maw of razor-sharp fangs.
Your teeth extend and sharpen, transforming your mouth into a maw of razor-sharp fangs. You gain a bite attack that deals 1d4 points of damage plus your Strength modifier. If you confirm a critical hit with this attack, it also deals 1 point of bleed damage. If you already have a bite attack, your bite deals 2 points of bleed damage on a critical hit. You are considered proficient with this attack. If used as part of a full-attack action, the bite is considered a secondary attack, is made at your full base attack bonus –5, and adds half your Strength modifier to its damage.
You can end this spell before its normal duration by making a bestial roar as a swift action. When you do, you can make an Intimidate check to demoralize all foes within a 30-foot radius that can hear the roar.
The druid turns quickly and runs away the others.
RD 1:
The Headless Horseman takes his standard action.
The boostful snickers at the barbarian, "I, Harn the Bringer of Death, have vanquished my foes with glee and I relish toying with them as panther toys with his prey. Mercenaries, the King's troops, Grand Wizards, and sneaky thieves have all fell to my mighty blows. Skulls to serve as my cup. I have slaughtered simply because I could. NOW, You will die in front of this barnhouse, I WILL have your head, and then I will severe your fleeing comrades worthless heads to further cull the weak from the land." he makes use of his braggart ability.
RD 1:
The Headless Horseman takes his standard action.
The boostful snickers at the barbarian, "I, Harn the Bringer of Death, have vanquished my foes with glee and I relish toying with them as panther toys with his prey. Mercenaries, the King's troops, Grand Wizards, and sneaky thieves have all fell to my mighty blows. Skulls to serve as my cup. I have slaughtered the simply because I could. NOW, You will die in front of this barnhouse, I WILL have your head, and then I will severe your fleeing comrades worthless heads to further cull the weak from the land." he makes use of his braggart ability.
Mighty words. Your lack of a head atop YOUR shoulders says you are a liar.
RD 2:
Calain you grunt and hack at your enemy but you fail miserably, bring forth another bluster from your opponent. "THAT'S what your bring to a combat? Yes, I challenge you and will gladly take your head as payment."
*Calain is this generally how you are positioned. You charged in and knocked him off his horse but I'm not sure where you want to be.
**Your lucerene hammer is msw only correct? It's not magical?
Harn's actions: RD 2
He will move and take the AOO from Calain, the AOO did miss, then both of his attacks missed.
Harn's sword sings as it cuts through the air,
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horseman and its mount make deal an extra 2d6 points
of damage. Half the damage is fire damage, but the
other half results directly from unholy power and is
therefore not subject to being reduced by resistance to
fire-based attacks. Any creature killed by a horseman or
his mount’s melee or ranged attacks must make
a Will save (DC 10+1/2 the headless horseman’s HD +its
Charisma Modifier); failure means the victim’s soul is
damned to Hell as a burst of brimstone appears around
its corpse.
His mount, Stygian, also attacks
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Then it stomps twice at the barbarian.
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confirming crit:
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nitiative Order: RD 3
Poke - fled
Ulfrec - fled
Calain -
Harn the Headless Hero-killer
Bradan -fled
Aggrah- fled
Beorn -fled
*Calain is this generally how you are positioned. You charged in and knocked him off his horse but I'm not sure where you want to be.
**Your lucerene hammer is msw only correct? It's not magical?
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This is how I tracked the movement so far:
RD 1:
Poke poke moved up and attacked the horse.
Calain charged in and use his reach weapon to knock Harn off his mount. That put Calain in Q31 diagonal ton the horse. It also put Harn in N34.
Harn used his cackle as an immediate action (he can also do this as a swift action), He stood up from the prone position as his MA, he then used his braggart ability as SA.
Calain posted his RD 2 action early but this has never been discouraged and I try to work action as close as possible when his actual turn arrives.
RD 2:
Poke Poke flees
Calain posted early. In order to actually use Calain's attack he held his action until Harn moved closer to him. I complied and had Harn move and he took the AOO which missed. Harn completes his move. Calain then attacks using his full round action and missed. Harn hits with one attack and then his mount hits with three attacks.
As far as Calain 5 ft step is concerned it doesn't really matter. Harn would have moved 5 feet closer if necessary and the horse would have make a 5 ft step.
Remember doing the maps are often impercise online. Maps sometimes - like this time - were not posted at the beginning. The drawing and grid cooridinates are often mangled, so forth.
I think all the attacks hit. Calain does have his raging HP bonus and DR.
Poke Poke is well hidden under some corn stalk.
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o/~Bravely bold Sir Robin
Rode forth from Camelot.
He was not afraid to die,
Oh brave Sir Robin.
He was not at all afraid
To be killed in nasty ways.
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin.o/~
RD 3:
"IS THIS THE BEST YOU CAN DO?" Harn uses his full round action to coup de grace the helpless barbarian. He severs the head.
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therefore not subject to being reduced by resistance to fire-based attacks.
Any creature killed by a horseman or his mount’s melee or ranged attacks must make a Will save (DC 10+1/2 the headless horseman’s HD +itsCharisma Modifier) DC 22; failure means the victim’s soul is damned to Hell as a burst of brimstone appears around its corpse. A non-evil spellcaster attempting to bring the character back from the dead must make a caster level check (DC equal to 11 plus the headless horseman’s CR) to succeed; failure means the spellcaster cannot try again for 1 day. Evil spellcasters can raise the slain character normally, without a check.
Bradan make a perception check.
"No! He cut Calain's head clean off!"
Initiative Order: RD 4
Poke -
Ulfrec -
Calain - DECEASED!
Harn the Headless Hero-killer
Bradan -
Aggrah-
Beorn -
After sprinting for safety the galant adventurers begin to slow down their pace as they regain their senses.
Alas poor Calain, I knew him well, Poke-Poke!
Poke Poke continues
RD 4: Harn
The headless undead scoops out a portion of the barbarian's brain and then threads a chain through the skull adding it to several others. He dangles it over his nightmarish horse.
The following players are up:
Bradan -
Aggrah-
Beorn -
Beorn starts singing and gathers with Brandon
Regaining her senses Aggrah turns around sees the distance and decides to slow the horseman down to give Bradan a chance to stick some arrows in it
Aggrah activates her scarshield and the beautiful tattoos on her skin glow briefly in a pleasant light +2NA....ac18
"Crap, shoot, damn!"
Bradan let's loose a string of curses as he sees Calain fall, then looks towards his fallen bow so close to the enemy.
"Time to earn your keep, I guess. Wolf, Fetch!"
Pointing at the bow, he directs his new canine companion to retrieve the weapon.
to push as move action
As his second move action, Bradan moves towards Aggrah, drawing his polearm as he goes.