Aubrey's Rise of the Runelords campaign (Inactive)

Game Master Aubrey the Malformed

I was hoping to bite their head off like Ozzy.

Fortitude save for Larken 11+4=15. He's still moving.

Bats 19
Dravite 16+
Vethran 16
Hudak 14
Alwyn 12
Elisile 10
Larken 7
Illes 5

Vethran, then Hudak.

1d20 5=21 Fort save. I think we almost skipped my turn.
1d20 8=17 to hit, 1d12 5=15 damage. Dravite steels himself from the paralytic bite and sweeps his hook in a reckless arc at the same bat as before. "Die ye durned beastie!!"

Vethran drops another ball of fire at Dravite's opponent.

No move. Using Fiery Blast on the C1 bat, which takes 4 points of fire damage, Reflex 15 for half.

New save for Hudak!

(lol) I thought I was paralyzed, and as such need to map the combat...

r6+7=13...back in a bit!

bastard sword on bat at c1.
r18+10=28; damage r3+9=12;
if cleave; on c3.
r18+10=28; damage r6+9=15.

Batter up!!!

Visibly annoyed, Alwyn swings again at the bat, this time with more finesse and less raw force.

No move, attacking the bat at C3. Attack roll 12+7+2(flank w/Larken)=AC 21, damage 6+4=10.

Elisile's turn.

Dravite misses the bat, but Hudak shakes off his paralysis and, with a Shoanti war-cry, hacks into the thing's belly. Flanking with Larken, Alwyn gets a hit in with wis sword, slashing the perforated membrane of one of its wings.

Do Vethran's fireballs seem to have any effect? Burnt undead bat fur... it must smell great in here.

Yes, they are working.

Elisile unlimbers her bow and fires at the bat in C3. 10+6 = 16. Damage: 2+1 = 3

Miss.

Stabbing a dead creature like a pin cushion doesn't seem to be working out for him, but Larken is in a tough spot now. Something is better than nothing. The boy lunges forward driving his rapier into the giant bat from behind.

Meanwhile Illes eyes finally adjust in the shadowy cavern and he sees the enormous dead bats as they swoop down on his friends. The bard starts to reach for his rapier, but at the last second grabs his whip instead, unfurling it and cracking it across the cavern at the bat on Dravite.

Larken-
Rapier: 20 +3 BAB, +1 MW +2 Str +2 Flanking = 28
No confirm for the undead-
Damage: 2 +2 Str = 4
Stunty has the rapier listed as 1d6+3 damage, but I can't figure out where the other +1 comes from after the +2 Str. If he is right, make it 5 damage. Also his sheet lists the shortsword as slashing, which I was going to switch him to since these are dead critters, but SS is actually piercing so it doesn't do any good to switch really.
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Illes-
Whip (trip), touch attack: 19+5 = 24
Str: 10+1 = 11
If I lose that, I try to retain the whip with a Dex check vs a Str check from the bat: 19+2 = 21

And it is the bats again.

Hey all,


I wanted to pop in for a moment and apologize for being eaten by the world. I wish I would have been able to give you some warning. And I also wish I woulda gotten of my arse sooner and popped in.


Sorry all.

Huzzah! Hope everything's okay, dude.

Sure thing, Draggers. Nice to know you are alive and well.

(Bat in c1 attacks and hits Hudak, bat in c3 attacks and hits Alwyn. Both take 8 damage and mus make DC 13 saves or be paralysed.)

So how did my whip trip work out there? If they are actually hovering and you can't trip a flying creature, mark me for 3+2 = 5 non-lethal slashing instead. Non-lethal probably does completely nothing against undead, but we'll see.

r4...fort+7=11

f%&& that d20srd.org's dice!

Fort 8+7=15.

Dravite's up.

(The whip thing didn't work, sorry, as they are effectively hovering. Who's next?)

Dravite.

1d20 8=16, 1d12 5=8 attacking the same one as before, probably missing.

Counting on Larken's Evasion here...

Seeing the combined assault against the bat on the left, Vethran directs his arcane attentions there in order to bring it down faster.

"Larken! Down!" he hollers before again invoking the arcane torrent of flame, this time against the un-seared bat.

Fiery Burst centered on B-C/2-3. Hits Larken and the flanked bat. 10 damage. Reflex save DC 16 for half.

Larken twists aside as the fireball explodes next to him; miraculously, he emerges unsinged from the fiery blast.

Reflex 11+7=18, so no damage.

Alwyn slashes at the undead monster again.

No move. Attack roll 17+7+2(flank)-4(power attack)=AC 22, damage 9+4+8(PA)=21.

Larken slashes again at the bat.

No move. Attack roll 13+6+2(flank)=AC 21, damage 4+3=7.

Ooops. Elisile's before Larken. Sorry 'bout that.

Meh, let's not get hung up on order. And a slight rewind...

Between Vethran's fiery explosion and Alwyn's heavy sword, they down one of the bats in C3. Larken tumbles to B1 and pierces the other bat at it turns to attack Dravite.

Elisile.

Elisile fires another arrow at the remaining bat, but her poor aim remains true to form. r4, miss.

Illes quirks an eyebrow at his useless whip, drops it, and quickly swings his bow around nocking an arrow and letting it fly.

Shortbow: 10+6 = 16
Damage: 5+1 (piercing)

Both Elisile and Illes shoot wild. The bat champs its fangs into Dravite. 3 damage, and the DC 13 Fort save v paralysis.

Both Elisile and Illes shoot wild. The bat champs its fangs into Dravite. 3 damage, and the DC 13 Fort save v paralysis.

1d20 5=21 fort.

Dravite's attack.

Dravite's attack.

Dravite swings at the one that whacked him. F+~!in' dice. 1d20 8=14 to hit, 1d12 5=12 damage

Yep, not your best combat. Dravite's swing misses as the bat dodges deftly.

Vethran.

Seeing the situation well in hand, Vethran directs his fiery wrath back to the remaining bat and conjures up another conflagration.

Another Fiery Burst, this time centered behind the remaining bat (so that the bat is the only one in the radius). Damage: 9. Reflex DC 16 for half.

fort save 16

attack! Pow attack -4
r4+10-4+1=11.
Damage r7+4+1+1+2+8=24.

Oh well, maybe Vethran killt him.

I think this is our worst performing fight ever...

These bats have utility belts?

"F#*&ing thing. Let's kill this beast and get this over with." Alwyn's already in a sour mood, and the party's struggles with the undead bats is doing nothing to improve it.

Move to B2, attacking the bat in C1. Attack roll 13+7+2(flank w/Dravite)=AC 22, damage 9+4=13.

sweeeet.

Elisile and Larken

Larken hacks at the giant bat, but little good comes out of it.

Rolled a 2...

Another arrow: 14+6 = 20. Damage: 5+1 = 6.

"Why won't they die?!"

With the combination of Alwyn's brutal hacking sword, and Elisile's piercing arrow, the bat dies.

End of combat.

Vethran gives an exasperrated sigh. "Well, if they didn't know we were coming before, they certainly do now. Shall we?"

He gestures further down the tunnel.

"Yeah, let's move on. Anyone seriously hurt?"

down 8 h.p.