Can You Hear The People Sing? (Hell's Rebels)

Game Master Paladin of Baha-who?

Moved Dom's token hours ago....

Knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Miss Know-It-All opens her mouth to answer Domitius's question but suddenly realizes she hasn't a clue. Slightly flustered, Jessi has to say something.

"You heard Leora!" she barks at Dom. "They're monsters! Let's get 'em!"

Davina peers into the room and looks at the creatures "Those are Lemures a Devilkind. They are a bunch of mindless souls held together. I don't think they are friendly."
Knowledge Planes with inspiration: 1d20 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (20) + 8 + (4) = 32

"That's what lemures look like!!?? I thought they'd be less...gloppy."

EDIT: Sweet roll, Davina!

Davina peers into the room and looks at the creatures "Those are Lemures a Devilkind. They are a bunch of mindless souls held together. I don't think they are friendly."

[dice=Knowledge Planes with inspiration]1d20 + 8 +1d6

The water will be treated as a bog. Each square will cost 3 squares of movement if you wade through it, or you could swim (it's about 3 feet deep). The water smells really bad though, and it might not be healthy to immerse yourself in it.

Initiative order:
Kiri
Lydia
Domitius
Jessibel
Lucius
Leora
Green Lemure
Red Lemure
Blue Lemure
Davina

Kiri moved up so that she could see into the room at these "devils". With a clear line of sight she sent a blast of wind into one of them but misjudged and impacted the water instead.

Air Blast w/ PBS at red: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 51d6 + 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 3 + 1 = 9

Simultaneously curious and repulsed, Domitius looks at one, watching the way the rolls of flesh move, preparing to drive a sword through any of them that might come near.

Move action: study Blue.
Standard action: Readied to swing at any of these guys that come within my reach.

For readied actions, should I roll ahead of time, so you've got it handy if the triggering condition happens? If so..

Readied attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 (+1 for Studied Target if it's vs. Blue)
Readied damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 (+1 for Studied Target if it's vs. Blue)

If you have a preferred method for handling readied actions, LMK.

Davina studies the Lemures more closely and explains what she knows, "We aren't from hell so they will attack on sight. They are mindless so any spells or songs that affect the mind would be wasted. Watch out for the two claws. Fire and poison won't do anything to them, and cold and acid won't do much. If it isn't a good or silver weapon, then your hits won't do as much damage. Didn't we pick up a silver weapon not long ago?"

I don't know how to put this in character, sorry. Their Fortitude saves are high, but their will save is low.

Jessibel involuntarily grimaces as she hears Davina's words of wisdom and realizes she's likely to be useless in combat against these grotesque denizens of Hell. Still, she tries to put on a brave face as she strides, seemingly confidently, into the vast chamber.

As she passes behind Dom, the bard playfully swats his backside lightly with the flat of her glowing blade and whispers, "Prepare to save my sorry butt, okay?" She then positions herself near the wall several feet to the half-orc's right and waits for the slimy tide of doom to emerge from the sludge (double move).

"Prepare to save my sorry butt, okay?"

Domitius shakes his head and gives what he hopes passes for a weary, aggravated sigh, turning just far enough toward Jessibel for her to see he's smiing as he does this.

Leora trudges up to the slimy pool in the center of the room. She eyes it warily, trying to make heads or tails of just how nasty the sludge is and what might happen if she wades in.

I just took a move action. Is there any check to figure out how nasty the goop is? If not, Leora will ready an action to attack a lemure if one gets close.

Bless active for the whole party, +1 to attacks and saves against fear. 9/10 rounds remaining.

Lydia makes her move forward into combat but stops just short of being able to attack the lemures.

"Disgusting little fiends, aren't they? I wonder how long they have been down here, and more importantly, who summoned them."

Not going to use my standard action, just moving to where I moved to.

The squares with rubble are difficult terrain: double movement and no 5-ft-step into them.

Pre-rolling for readied actions is fine if you want to, or you can wait, I don't mind either way. I might decide to roll for you if you don't.

Lucius is still up.

Thanks, I'll preroll to save you the work since I'm here!

Leora's readied attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
dmg: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Lucius rushes into the room with the devils and quickly takes aim while shooting at one of the devils. Regardless of who summoned them let's make them go back to where they came from."

Attack versus Red: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Damage: 1d12 ⇒ 4

Lucius's musket ball strikes the devil dead on -- and then drops into the water, having done no damage to the creature's infernal flesh.

The Lemures galumph forward, splashing through the water. Only the one closest to Jessibel manages to struggle out of the water, and approaches her, slashing at her with a claw. The young bardess dodges and shrinks back from the creature.

Order:
Davina
Kiri
Lydia
Domitius
Jessibel
Lucius
Leora
Green Lemure
Red Lemure
Blue Lemure

Davina moves next to Leora. "Ugly things aren't they. I hope we can kill them before they get us."

She readies her rapier to strike a Lemure when it gets in range of her.

Held Attack: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 2 + 1 = 121d6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 + 1 = 2

Moved my token.

Lydia fires a jolt at the nearest lemure.

touch attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10

damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3

Bless active for the whole party, +1 to attack rolls and saves against fear. 8/10 rounds remaining.

"Yuck, I'm not sure which is grosser. The demons or the soup they're swimming in. Smells worse than that potion I tried to make. Remember that one that used rotten eggs?" Leora says to Davina.

Belatedly, Leora remembers the scroll in the case on her belt. She hopes she has time to use it before the demon reaches them. "Cayden Cailean, send us a brave hound like Thunder to protect us from these devils!" she says as she completes the spell, remembering the tales she's heard of the Drunken Hero's favorite mastiff.

Full-round action to use scroll of summon monster I to summon a celestial dog.

Rexus did give us a silver dagger earlier, I don't think anyone specifically said that they took it.

Yes, nobody said that they did. In the absence of that, I will assume someone stowed it in their pack, and will take a 'retrieve an item' action to get out.

Leora: retrieving a scroll takes a move action, so you'll need to take a standard action this round and next round to complete the casting.

Davina laughs, "Yes, I remember that potion. Why we thought a new version of Neutralize Poison that used rotten eggs and hot pepper was a good idea, I'll never know. I had to burn that dress after we got done."

Kiri moved into the room to get another clean shot at one of these creatures and, once she arrived, sent yet another blast of wind at her original target but again she can't tell the muck from the beast and misses her target again.

air blast w/ pbs and bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 91d6 + 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 3 + 1 = 7

Whelp, my dice rolls have turned back around.

Moving for Jessibel:

Jessi starts a rousing chant to encourage everyone to greater competence in battle: "In brightest day, in darkest night, no devil shall escape our might!"

She holds forth her glowing rapier and hopes that she'll distract it enough for Dom to get an advantage.

To clarify, that's Inspire Courage, +1 to attack and damage rolls.

"In brightest day, in darkest night, no devil shall escape our might!"

I like that, it’s got a nice ring to it, Domitius thinks to himself. He moves to the other side of the disgusting creature, and does his best to bring his sword down on anything in that repulsive mass that might hurt.

If someone could please move my token to the position that flanks Blue, I'll take a swing (bonuses in effect are flanking, Bless, Inspire Courage, Studied Target).

Falcata attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 14
Falcata damage: 1d8 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 12

Dom swings his falcata, and the blade bites into the roiling mass of flesh. He can feel it resisting before it yields, like a frozen carcass being chopped with a cleaver.

Lucius loads his musket in preperation of his next shot.

Full round action reload.

The furthest Lemure continues to make progress through the thick soup. The nearest steps out of the water and swings a claw at Lucius, catching the dark-skinned gunslinger with a painful slash! 3 damage to Lucius. The one pinned between Jessibel and Domitius turns its attention to the tall half-orc and attacks with both claws, but the former slave blocks both easily with his heavy blade.

Order:
Davina
Kiri
Lydia
Domitius
Jessibel
Lucius
Leora
Green Lemure
Red Lemure
Blue Lemure

"Hmm... Immune to poison, but not to pain, I think. Let's see if I can make this creature's existence even more miserable. Power Word: Wrack." Lydia clenches her fist as she glares at the devilish glob that struck Lucius.

DC 15 fort or sickened for 1 round.

Davina suddenly realized She's the one with the silver dagger. She carefully takes a step back and drops her rapier. She starts digging in her bag for the dagger. "Why didn't I remember I had this earlier?"

Move 5 foot step, standard to retrieve the dagger. Could someone move me next to Lydia?

Sudden shudders ripple through the creature, and its tormented face takes on a look of even more misery.

fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Moved Davina.

As her current target ahs been too difficult to hit and is now engaged, Kiri moved around the perimeter some more and sent a blast of air at the last of the fiends that wasn't yet attacking her companions.

air blast @ green w/ pbs and bless and IC: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 161d6 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 10

Parrying the fiend's claws, Domitius comes back with a heavy chop from his blade.

Like last round; bonuses in effect are flanking, Bless, Inspire Courage, Studied Target.

Falcata attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 30
Falcata damage: 1d8 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 14

Falcata confirm?: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 18
Falcata crit damage: 2d8 + 12 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8, 1) + 12 + 2 + 2 = 25

<3 me some crits with a x3 weapon. :)

With a mighty chop, Domitius's thick blade slices the mass of infernal flash in two. A stinking, black cloud rises from the corpse as it decays almost instantly into putrid slime.

Jessibel appears quite surprised not to be covered in gore after Dom's heroic hack. She gives her friend an impressed and appreciative nod before beginning to jog toward the next standing foe, still singing her battle chant (free action to maintain Inspire Courage +1).

"At crack of dawn, in deepest night, together we shall stand and fight!"

Although it initially looks like the girl's going to stab at the slimy devil, at the last moment she attempts to pull off a sliding limbo move (Acrobatics through Lucius's square) in an effort to get behind the lemure.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Moved Jessi's token to where she wanted to end up.

Lucius angry looks down at the wound before deciding to back away while avoiding it's claws and take a shot at the demon trying to aim at it's head.

Will spend a grit point to focused shot the demon, so +2 to damage.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19

Touch attack: 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 4 + 2 = 22
Damage: 1d12 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 1 = 11

Crit?: 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 - 4 + 2 = 10
Damage: 3d12 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (12, 11, 9) + 6 + 3 = 41

Edit forgot the inspire courage and bless.

Lucius did you add the +1 for bless and the +1 for inspire courage?

Jessibel steps the wrong way while dodging past the lemure, and leaves herself vulnerable to its claws. Fortunately, the creature is slow to react, and misses her.

This time Lucius is able to aim more closely and scores a damaging hit on the devil. It still does less damage than it would have to a normal creature, though.

Leora is still up!

Sorry for the delay, I was busier than expected yesterday

After finishing her spell, the celestial dog Leora summoned appears near the closest devil flanking with Jessi.

The dog, seeming to glow with a faint golden light, snaps at the devil even though it is small compared to the fleshy, smelly enemy.

dog attack with smite and flank: 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 + 2 = 20
dog dmg with smite: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 I believe smite counts as holy damage though the celestial template page is kind of vague.

If the red one is still alive :

Leora steps towards the devil, slashing at it with her rapier.
attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
dmg: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

The closest lemure is badly hurt, slashes in its supernaturally tough hide oozing infernal ichor. It claws one last time at Lucius... and, missing, collapses into a heap of bloody, oozing flesh.

The remaining creature sloshes through the foul soup and claws at Jessibel. It, too, misses entirely.

All PCs up.

Davina moves up next to Jessibel. "I'm really glad these things don't explode." She swings at the lemure with the silver dagger.

I really need to find a scroll of enlarge person so I can scribe it in my alchemical book. That would have really been helpful. I should write that down, AFTER this fight is over.

Attack with Bless and Inspire Courage: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 191d4 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) - 2 + 1 = 0

I moved my character.

Davina barely scratches the lemure, but where the silver dagger touches it, a line of welts and blisters raises like it was scored with acid.

Seeing that only one enemy remains, Leora is about to simply step up and slash at it. But after seeing how Domitius had just cut one in half, she reconsiders and takes the time to move around to its other side to give him room before swinging her rapier.

attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
dmg: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

crit confirm?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
extra crit dmg: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Summon monster I only lasts one round, so the summoned celestial dog vanishes before it gets another turn, right?

That is correct, Leora, and by the way, critical threats depend on the number on the die, before bonuses.

Leora's rapier strikes the lemure solidly, but the ordinary steel cannot quite penetrate the infernal flesh.

Flush with confidence after having just about bisected the last of these disgusting things, Domitius strides toward the remaining one, looking it over contemptuously. Emboldened by Jessibel's song, he tries to improv a bit himself, but he's not quite sure. Half-mumbling to himself, he says, "With blades, and wit, and spells of light, we'll push back this infernal blight...?"

Can't reach him from where I was, so I'll move, then use a second move action to apply Studied Target.

Kiri stepped closer to the frey and lined up on last blast of air. The winds swirled around her for a moment and then she directed them at the last lemure. She saw the burst slam into the water and throw up a spray of the nasty muck and let loose a nasty curse in her native tongue.

air blast w/pb, bless, and IC: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 4 = 41d6 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 7

Definitely making up for all those superb rolls earlier on it seems.

The RNG gods giveth, and the RNG gods taketh away.

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Continuing Inspire Courage +1 as a free action.

"With spell and sword, bow and mace,
Let's whack this slimeball in the face!" Jessibel sings before quickly announcing, "Made those lyrics up myself!"

Fixing the lemure with an imperious glare, the bard spits out some harsh words in a mocking, condescending tone.

Locking eyes with the devil, Jessi takes a couple steps backward (5-foot step) and lowers herself into a defensive crouch (total defense), all the while waving the creature forward with the hand of her buckler arm.

Lydia snaps her fingers, sending a spark towards the final lemure, being drained of magic other than this one trick. The spark of electricity flies wide, leaving a burn mark on a nearby tile.

attack: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7

Lucius is still up.

Moving for Lucius to keep things going.

Lucius reloads his musket.

The remaining Lemure turns on the wielder of silver, and rips into her, badly wounding Davina with its claws. 7 damage to Davina.

Order:
Davina
Kiri
Lydia
Domitius
Jessibel
Lucius
Leora
Green Lemure