HP 73/73; Init +6, Perc +11; AC 30, T 18, FF 22, CMD 23; F+6, R+15, W+8,
Hiram coughs as the poison takes hold! Fort:1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 1 = 19
His eyes widen as the halflings swarm! As a move action, he begins to speak of the glory of the Armies of Exploration, INSPIRE COURAGE +2! As a second move action, he moves toward the halfling menacing Gaius!
I made a few errors in the post above and corrected them. I had Tytus's name where Gaius's should have been.
Gaius & Hiram: this is a surprise round, and you need a Perception 31 to act.
Friendly GM Note: Gaius is in a lot more trouble than I realized when I first started having the halflings act. If you can do something on your surprise round, he needs some help.
Ansha can't even roll that high on a Perception check. Also, I'm glad as the other level 7 in the group that I was already running away- less chance for the really
squishy elf to get skewered.
The murderous halflings continue their assault while a human carrying a threatening-looking syringe steps up to Obsidean.
Archibald takes 47 damage in two swings plus 3 damage that I forgot last turn for a total of 50. I got lucky on Gaius and did 22 damage in one swing plus 3 more damage that I missed last round, which takes him out but doesn't kill him outright (lucky! no iterative!). That halfling uses the rest of his turn to flank Archibald. Obsidean is struck with a touch attack using the syringe. He takes no damage (DR didn't apply, just literally zero damage) but takes a -2 penalty to Will saves & needs to save vs Paralysis (DC 19). I need two more Fort saves from Archibald (one from the cookie poison and one from the poisoned blade he got hit with just now). Gaius, your poisons are on delay, but let's get the first Fort save for the blade you were hit with on the surprise round.
Party turn!
Review: Archibald: 26 damage during the surprise round & 47 damage this turn. Two Fort Saves needed. Gaius: 25 damage during the surprise round & 22 damage this turn. One Fort Save needed. Obsidean: -2 Will Saves for 5 minutes & save vs Paralysis (DC 19)
Spellcraft 18:
The human that came into the room has a Displacement effect running.
Obsidian moves next to the halfling. Then thrusts his hand toward the halfling palm outstretched. Though his hand does not reach the halfling, a great force thrusts the halfling away from Obsidian. He then faces Archibald and says, "Behind me!"
Magnetism(Bull Rush):1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39 I will prioritize targeting metal armor first, then a metal weapon.
Edit: Realized I could just roll a fort in case it is fort. fort:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
hp 29/75 AC 22|T 13 |FF 20, F +8|R +11 W +8, Init +2, Per +22+1d6 (+4Traps)
Investigator (Empyrist) 10
Spellcraft +20// I do not see any enemys on the map, could you please clarify them?
Tytus makes a 5foot step, with his weapon still in hand attacks the flanking halfling, but not before studying his moves.
Attack:1d20 + 9 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 2 + 2 = 291d10 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22 Attack:1d20 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 + 2 = 111d10 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21
Male Human Bard (Arcane Duelist) 10 | Bardic Music: 11/25 | HP: 67/76 AC: 32 CMD: 28 CMB + 8 | F: 9 R: 13 W 10 ( 12 vs Charm and compulsion) | Perception: -1 Sense Motive: -1 | Init +8
76 damage wow. I just realized I am wielding glorymane but never updated my banner for its increased effect (apparently its +4 right now). Would that additional 2 AC have saved me? My computer decided today would be a good time to die so im honna be slow for the rest of the week until i can replace it. I also literally just realized we switched maps. Can some one please move me to "safety" as described below I am having a hard time using it via phone
fort:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
fort:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Archibald begins to slide out of harms way, he withdraws from his position to try and recover.
That was a Will save Obsidean. Sorry I didn't mention which type. (It was obvious to me...) Go ahead and roll the save as Will. The halflings are swinging metal longswords around, so Magnetism would work fine on those. Their armor is studded leather.
Archibald: That would put your flat-footed AC to 28, right? All three attacks hit that number. Also the total damage is only 73.
I didn't specify the save type for Obisdean and he guessed wrong (my fault) so his slide thing might not happen. If it doesn't, you can't withdraw from that flank without taking an opportunity attack. I'm making a lot of mistakes in this combat.
Tytus: as of this writing, the halflings are on either side of Archibald. I did forget to put a mini up for the human. I'll fix that now. You wouldn't be within a 5' step of a halfling whether or not the Magnetism bull rush happens.
Lots of mistakes and edits. Sorry. I've put everyone's minis back to where they were when this round started since the first move Obsidean made might not happen and that might affect everything else. I put arrows pointing at where the halflings are in case Tytus still can't see them.
OK, Obsidean made his Will save and so a lot of the rest of this gets easier. Archibald can withdraw if he wants to and the halfling is moved. I'll change the map.
Tytus, I moved your character back two squares so you could hit the moved halfling. (Obsidean's original post was first & so that happened first).
"I can't get that dark one!" shouts the human assailant. "Take him down!" The halflings glare at Archibald who escaped their flank, but move to attack Obsidean.
The first halfling moves to set up a flank and readies to attack when the other one arrives.
Human Attack Hiram (touch – paralytic serum DC 19):1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18 Sneak Attack Rerolls:1d6 ⇒ 5 Sneak Attack 1: 1-45 is Negated:1d100 ⇒ 74 Sneak Attack 2: 1-45 is Negated:1d100 ⇒ 83
The halflings move to flank Obsidean and both stab him. Meanwhile the human enemy moves past Hiram while stabbing out at him with his syringe.
Hiram: You are hit by the touch attack & take a -2 penalty to Will for the next 5 minutes. Make a Will Save (DC 19) versus Paralysis. The human used Spring Attack to continue moving.
Obsidean: You are hit twice for 17 & for 25. Both attacks bypassed your Sneak Attack resistance. The blades aren't poisoned anymore, however. You can apply your DR to both attacks.
Tytus: You get an opportunity attack vs the halfling you hit earlier. He tried to tumble out, but failed.
Archibald Poisons:
Cookie Poison is gone
Sword Poison deals 1 Strength drain and is still active. Make another Fortitude save.
Hiram Poisons:
Cookie Poison is still going but has a 1 minute frequency so it isn't doing anything right now
Sword Poison deals 1 Strength drain and is still active. Make another Fortitude save.
Gaius Poisons:
Cookie Poison and Sword Poison are both applied, but Delay Poison is causing them to wait.
Ansha gestures with her hands innocuously as she asks the human assailant, "This one seems unusually apropos, but: How do you know a halfling is being perverted? He tells you your hair smells nice!"
Hideous laughter, DC20. Beat both Bluff and Sleight of Hand to notice she cast a spell and isn't just uproariously funny with awful puns, and 50% chance to not notice he successfully made a Will save, if he does make his save.
Like he did with the statue from earlier, Obsidian gathers power. Except this time it forms into a solid block of stone in the shape of a earthbreaker and Obsidian swings it at the halfling next to the doors.
Gather Power for 1 reduction, reducing the 1 for empower metakinesis. Using kinetic blade, which costs 1 but infusion specialization covers it. Total burn cost 0. Thunk!:1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 13 + 2 = 26 5d6 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (5, 3, 4, 6, 2) + 15 + 2 = 37 dmg x 1.5 = 55
Obsidian then takes a strategic step next to the halfling he just attacked.
Male Human Bard (Arcane Duelist) 10 | Bardic Music: 11/25 | HP: 67/76 AC: 32 CMD: 28 CMB + 8 | F: 9 R: 13 W 10 ( 12 vs Charm and compulsion) | Perception: -1 Sense Motive: -1 | Init +8
Fort Save:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
Archibald continues to nurse his wounds as he begins another oration on the power of the Lion Crown. Let it be known, here and now FAR and wide that those who seek to soil the Lion Crown will find their bones bleached and picked by the Pride of Taldor!
Suddenly Hiram's blade begins to glow, his rapier glowing and becoming a +2 Shocking Agile Rapier.
Archibald then casts Good Hope
Do our Order proud brother
Which provides for everyone a +2 on saving throws, attack rolls, ability checks, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls. This does stack with Inspire Courage
We still need Tytus's non-opportunity attack turn and a bleed-out check from Gaius.
Archibald, who did you target with that Good Hope spell? It has a Haste-type targeting restriction, so you won't be able to get the whole party.
Also, I've been forgetting someone...
"Arnisant and Iomedae, crush those halflings if you please," Ionnia intones as she recovers somewhat from her poisoning. She starts as the golems remain motionless on their pedestals however. Further alarmed at the escalating violence, she begins to retreat from the area. "I checked their references!"
The human opponent collapses to the floor in a bout of laughter just in time for him to be struck by Hiram's second attack. Tytus and Obsidean all hit their targets. All three enemies are bloodied.
The halfling that Tytus has been attacking deftly flips over the sofa to escape the tiefling Inquisitor but misses his attack against Obsidean. His partner cuts at Obsidean twice, opening up a pair of new wounds. 20 & 17 damage hits - reduce them for your DR. The human opponent seems unable to recover from his bout of laughter.
Archibald Poisons:
Sword Poison deals Strength damage instead of drain this turn. Make another Fortitude Save.
Strength damage:1d2 ⇒ 1
Hiram Poisons:
You still have Cookie Poison. I messed up last turn though: Hiram never got hit with Sword Poison. You can recover that point of Strength drain.
Forgot to update you. As I now have 8 points of burn my resistance to crits and snk atk is now at 40%
Bothered little by the halfling's attacks, Obsidian repeats his last action.
1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 13 + 2 = 29 dmg:5d6 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (6, 2, 4, 6, 3) + 15 + 2 = 38 dmg x 1.5 = 57.....this does not include Good Hope. If Obsidian is affected +2 to hit and +3 to total dmg
I'd forgotten about your sneak attack resistance on the most recent round, Obsidean. The first hit only did 12 damage without that, so 12 damage & 17 were the right numbers for the last round.
Obsidean's attack blasts the halfling attacking him to little pieces while Hiram stabs the human enough that he manages to stop laughing. The remaining halfling is struck by Tytus's attack and stares at you all grimly. Tytus, Obsidean went first and took out the halfling that you were swinging at, so I moved you to attack the second one instead.
Halfling language:
"I may die here, but I'm taking you with me, you freak!"
The halfling stabs at Obsidean with his longsword twice more, trying to maintain a defensive posture as he fights now and manages to draw another shallow cut across Obsidean's tough hide. One hit on Obsidean for 12 damage before DR.
Archibald Poisons:
You saved out of Sword Poison.
Hiram Poisons:
Cookie poison is still ongoing, but isn't triggering again yet.
We haven't seen Gaius in a while. We need two bleed-out checks from him in addition to one for this current turn if he isn't helped first. Party turn!
Male Human Bard (Arcane Duelist) 10 | Bardic Music: 11/25 | HP: 67/76 AC: 32 CMD: 28 CMB + 8 | F: 9 R: 13 W 10 ( 12 vs Charm and compulsion) | Perception: -1 Sense Motive: -1 | Init +8
Archibald winces a bit, but armed now with some copies, he moves into melee for the first time as he draws his own rapier and allows his performance to enter lingering.
Hearing Archibald's voice, Ionnia steps back to the front doorway. "It's over? Yes, yes of course." She still seems shocked by the whole experience.
After the party recovers (or doesn't wait for that) Ionnia leads you a well-furnished room in the back of the mansion. Bookshelves line the wall of this square chamber. A fireplace along the far western wall looks well used but presently lies cold. A circular table replete with documents rests in front of it, while two couches face each other near the center of the room. A portrait of a particularly pompous noble wearing a gaudy lion helm hangs along the eastern wall, flanked by two statues of glorious Taldan knights.
Played 9-08 Birthright Betrayed with this character:
You recognize the portrait on the wall to be of Earl Varnisant.
GM Dice:
Constitution damage:1d3 ⇒ 1
Hiram Poisons:
Hiram takes 1 Constitution damage. Make a Fortitude Save.
Make sure that you guys record all your damage (including some ability damage and drain amounts) or heal it.
