Aubrey's Eberron campaign. (Inactive)

Game Master Aubrey the Malformed

Janosz brings his flail down hard on the creatures flank. There is a crunching and popping as ribs crack under the blow. The creature howls in pain and spins to face the ranger.

Current initiaive order (reprint)
Trose - magic weapon on rapier
Ezreal
Janosz - magic weapon on flail, protection from evil
Runzyl - bull's strength, is the center of a magic circle against evil
Drim - magic weapon on greataxe
Worgs
Barghest
Rodergo
Lightbringer - protection from evil

Now Runzyl.

Runzyl, seeking to regain his invaluable mobility, guards himself closely as he gets to his feet quickly and out of harm's way.

SA: Full defense (+4 AC, which negates the penalty for being prone).
MA: Standing from prone (which provokes an AoO, after which I will be standing and gaining the full benefits of full defensive until my next action - 26 AC).

The wolf attacks Runzyl as he tries to rise. It sinks his teeth into him again and tries to push him over once more. 14 points of damage, Trip roll 27.

Frustratingly, I can't see Heathy's post.

The wolf attacks Runzyl as he tries to rise. It sinks his teeth into him again and tries to push him over once more. 14 points of damage, Trip roll 27.

Is it tripping me with the AoO? If so, I'm already prone when the AoO is triggered (as I draw the AoO as I'm trying to stand, not once I'm already up). If this is it's regular attack, then; Trip Resist: 8 + 5 = 13. I forgot that I still have bull's strength running, so STR is higher than DEX at the moment.

Runzyl snarls in pain as the massive worg strikes again, trying to gain some kind of tactical position.

Heathy deleted his post. I believe he was acting out of order and thought better of it. :)

Aubrey the Demented/Malformed wrote:

The wolf attacks Runzyl as he tries to rise. It sinks his teeth into him again and tries to push him over once more. 14 points of damage, Trip roll 27.

Is it tripping me with the AoO? If so, I'm already prone when the AoO is triggered (as I draw the AoO as I'm trying to stand, not once I'm already up). If this is it's regular attack, then; Trip Resist: 8 + 5 = 13. I forgot that I still have bull's strength running, so STR is higher than DEX at the moment.

Runzyl snarls in pain as the massive worg strikes again, trying to gain some kind of tactical position.

Heathy deleted his post. I believe he was acting out of order and thought better of it. :)

It's his AoO. Well, your action is trying to stand. He can't trip you if you are lying on the floor, but if you are lying on the floor, you don't trigger an AoO. It's getting a bit zen, but my view is that you can be tripped again as part of an AoO while trying to get up. I appreciate the rules say that you trigger the AoO and then you get your action, if you can, but it seems illogical in this particular instance. You don't get a free chance to just stand up. These wolves are just plain nasty, and letting you stand up is not on their agenda.

EDIT: Meh, OK, read your official ruling in the discussion thread. I recant my ruling above. You can stand up - I'll trip you on the worg's next attack instead. (But we will reroll, for fairness, when we get there.)

Heathy deleted his post. I believe he was acting out of order and thought better of it. :)

You were never even supposed to know Aubrey. But you can't fool the inter-web...

Drim up?

Oh, yeah, sorry.

Drim looks at the huge wolf and, seemingly coming a decision, charges it with a gutteral orcish battlecry. Her axe bites into its flesh and it rears up, its howl booming in the marble chamber. It replies with a vicious bite, clamping its jaws about her shoulder and shaking her like a doll. Somehow she slips free and falls the ground, bleeding heavily and dazed, but conscious - barely. Drim is now at G8, and prone. She's in a mess.

Meanwhile, the other worg turns on Janosz. Its fangs shear through armour and flesh as its canines scrape across his chest before finding purchase in the straps of his weapon harnesses. It hefts him off his feet before dumping him back on the ground again, hard. 19 points of damage. Trip roll = 34.

The barghest remains mired in the web. It makes no progress this round.

Now Rodergo.

Ouch! Rolled a 7 to resist, so Janosz flies to the ground like a chump.

"Frogshanks!!!"
Rod moves to B7. Cure mod 15 hp on Janosz. Burns aid spell
(has sanctuary allready going).

can post a lil bit now...@ the coalmine...

"Frogshanks!!!"

Rod moves to B7. Cure mod 15 hp on Janosz. Burns aid spell
(has sanctuary allready going).

Huzzah! But isn't Runzyl far more messed up than me? If you want to administer healing, that's where you should start.

Runzyl will likely drop to negative on the next successful hit (12 hp left) unless he rages or gets some healing. But then IC you don't have such rational numbers to deal with and seeing your buddy get tossed up into the air is pretty attention getting. These giant worgs are tearing it up. I'm very glad the big daddy is still in the web.

Right on...I checked h.p. totals on chrtr sheets and maybe Runzy didn't update or I'm in a hurry? I'll heal those to Runz D.M.C. if I can instead of Janosz. Or is my finger off the bishop? Cur Mod 15 h.p. to Runzyl if I can replace; staying where I was.

I'll second the Big Daddy point. No problem with the healing. The reason I brought it up was that changing it now is much easier than switching it after someone else has had their turn.

Runzyl has over 30 hp remaining. Unless it crits, I'm in no immediate danger. I took 17 damage from the first hit, got healed for 15, then took another 14. I'm at 31 of 47. I can survive another hit.

"Frogshanks!!!"

Rod moves to B7. Cure mod 15 hp on Janosz. Burns aid spell
(has sanctuary allready going).

Your map is out of date. Unless you were using your feat, Janosz is at A5, and you can't reach him from B7.

Runzyl> apologies. My mistake. I forgot you had been healed once.

Rodergo Xativa wrote:

"Frogshanks!!!"

Rod moves to B7. Cure mod 15 hp on Janosz. Burns aid spell
(has sanctuary allready going).

Your map is out of date. Unless you were using your feat, Janosz is at A5, and you can't reach him from B7.

Unless the wolf threw me into a different square with the trip attack, Janosz is in B5. And then Rodergo can easily move from F9 to A6 (or A7 if it did indeed move me) and heal me from there (assuming that I get the healing, of course).

My mistake - Rod is fine where he is, then, and I'll amend my map.

LB up next.

EDIT: Whoa, wait a minute, that isn't right. B5 is one of the squares the wolf occupies. Must be why I read A5 when you posted. Tell you what, stay in B6 aqnd get healed - it is probably for the best.

Aha! My bad - I had the wolf in C/D 4-5, rather than B/C 4-5. Sneaky doggie! So I'm prone in B6, and Rodergo moves B7 and heals me for 15 points of damage. Uncertainty solved!

Rodergo moves to B7, drinks the hagfish water to make himself unpalatable to worgs, and heals Janosz.;)

Don't forget that Fort saving throw!

Seeing Janosz tossed through the air, and knowing that he will likely be badly damaged, and perhaps even thrown down again if the worg attacks as he tries to rise, Lightbringer desperately seeks the beast’s underbelly with his greatsword, trying to finish this fight.

Attack roll: 16 + 2 (action point) + 7 – 4 (prone) = 21
Damage: 12+3 = 15

you're next, Lightbringer!!!

you're next, Lightbringer!!!

posted just above yours - is it not showing?

Rodergo Xativa wrote:

you're next, Lightbringer!!!

posted just above yours - is it not showing?

(lol) I meant "I'm gonna heal you next." I'm not into rushing the other guy. ;)

Lightbringer wrote:

Rodergo Xativa wrote:

you're next, Lightbringer!!!

posted just above yours - is it not showing?

(lol) I meant "I'm gonna heal you next." I'm not into rushing the other guy. ;)

Ah, sorry dude, got it!

"Flamebearer, see to Drim before me!" calls Lightbringer, rolling to avoid the worg's dancing paws beside him, indicating the prone and bleeding woman with one hand whilst keeping a tight grip on his greatsword with the other.

"Drim!!! Damn you mangy curs back to what bleak plane you procede from!!!"

Lightbringer hacks awkwardly at the giant worg from the floor, catching it about the head.

Now Trose.

You've got to wonder about Rodergo. His girlfriend is lying on the floor, virtually savaged to death, and he wants to heal everyone else but her. Don't know what she sees in him.

You've got to wonder about Rodergo. His girlfriend is lying on the floor, virtually savaged to death, and he wants to heal everyone else but her. Don't know what she sees in him.

His girl friend is a half orc. He might have seen this as an opportunity to avoid having to break up with her.

True - she probably would take it badly. Axe-in-the-head badly.

"Death or glory!!!"

I charge the worg attacking Runzyl.

Attack: 15 + 7 + 2 (charging) = 24
Damage: 2+3=5

The enormous wolf was just tossing full grown men and heavily built forged around like rag dolls. The situation wasn't looking good, but Ezreal knew that if the front line fell his enchantment wouldn't be enough to keep from being crushed in one snap of the worg's jaws. The mage hastily pulled a scroll case from inside his jacket and unrolled a parchment. Two ghostly white orbs appeared in his palm as he read and he hurled them at the worg menacing Janosz and Lightbringer. Both orbs crackled with the impact and Ezreal edged closer to the fallen paladin desperately fighting from the ground. "Hold on Flamebearer! I've got you!"

MA: Retrieve Scroll Case.
SA: Cast Magic Missile @ 3rd level. 7 Damage (2+1 and 3+1)
5' Step to C8
LB- I was going to Repair you this round, but it required more actions than I could pull off this turn (1 MA + 1 SA + 10' of movement). I'll be able to do it on the next round.

Surely the wolf must be near death now? Growing slightly desperate, Janosz slams the flail's head into the huge wolf again. If it bleeds, it can be killed. Just keep hitting it. he repeats to himself. Just keep hitting it...

Staying on the floor and attacking the wolf. Attack roll 14+7-4 (prone)=AC 17. Damage 9+4=13.

Also - if this kills it, I get up with my move action. If not, I stay on the floor. Darn attacks of opportunity...

I have Trose in F7 after his charge, I'm going to be operating on the assumption that I am correct.

Runzyl, back on his feet again, springs into action immediately after Trose's valiant charge. He circles the wolf, guarding his openings closely and preventing the wolf from getting any easy shots in as he steps quickly over Drim's prone form. Finally, in a burst of speed, he zips inside the wolf's defenses and delivers a strike, quickly stepping away and back into a position where Trose could exploit the distraction.

Spring Attack!!!! Move from F8 to I7. Attack (w/flanking): 9 + 12 = 21. Damage: 2 + 8 = 10. Then, after attack, step to I6 (so that Trose will continue to flank). This movement provokes no AoOs. :) The wolf I'm attacking is still my Dodge target.

The worg attacking Janosz and Lightbringer gives a yelp and collapses under the twin assaults of spell and weapon. Meanwhile, Runzyl dances round his target, landing a telling blow.

Janosz can assume he gets up.

Drim tries to struggle to her feet. The worg grabs her by the neck and shakes. With a loud crack her spine snaps and she falls to the ground, her head at an odd angle, sightless eyes gazing upward.

The worg turns its attention back to Runzyl. It bites again, trying to unbalance him. 10 points of damage. Trip roll = 22.

Th barghest does not try to move, but turns its suphurous gavze to its child. The worg begins to froth at the mouth, its anger seemingly redoubled.

Now Rodergo.

Is Drim dead, or comatose, or can I tell?
heal check 13+7=20; can that tell me if she's dead?

She's dead - broken neck.

fartknockers!!!heal Runzyl 6 h.p. with the clw wand; moved to h8; sanctuary do your thing......(yeesh!!!)
"You damnable cur dog!!!! May the silver flame scathe thee in tendrest spot!!!"

Does the barghest have cover or concealment inside the webbng?

The worg turns its attention back to Runzyl. It bites again, trying to unbalance him. 10 points of damage. Trip roll = 22.

Runzyl is brought under again by the massive wolf, steeling himself against the pain. "Trose! I have it's eye! Now!" Trip resist: 13 + 5 = 18.

Does the barghest have cover or concealment inside the webbng?

Depends where you are standing - check the spell description and look at your map.

Now Lightbringer.

As Janosz and Ezreal bring the massive worg crashing to the ground, Lightbringer struggles to his feet, and places a large hand over the largest rent in his adamantine plating. Hand and eyes glow silver, as the dense metal partially knits itself back together.

The paladin grimly assesses the situation, then takes a step towards the other worg.

Move action: stand. Standard Action: Lay on Hands on self for 8hp. 5’ step to E6

Now Trose.

With a wicked smile on my face I plunge my rapier deep into the flanked critters back, attempting to remove something vital.

20 (nat) + 7 + 2 (flanking) = 29
possible crit: 14 + 7 + 2 + 1 (AP) = 24
Base Damage: 2 + 3 = 5
Critical damage: 4 + 3 = 7
Sneak Attack: 6 + 6 = 12

I should roll on Monday mornings more often...