DM Carpe's Serpents Skull

Game Master Byden

Alexite yelled at the top of his lungs, "Hold that door! There are more savage women coming from upstairs!"

The ranger stepped back (to I9) and shot the girl at the bottom of the stairs (K7).

Alexite attack with longbow, rapid shot, deadly aim, favored enemy,inspire courage, bless
attack 1, longbow to hit: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 14
attack 1, longbow damage: 1d8 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 + 1 = 9
attack 2, longbow to hit: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 17
attack 2, longbow damage: 1d8 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 2 + 1 = 13

I'm assuming that Alexite is shooting Klorak the Red since the girl at the bottom of the stairs is dead now! Jack will be out of the way before those shots are fired since I announced my intent to withdraw already.

Jack's eyes widen as the horrific Klorak descends the stairs and cuts a swath through his own people to get to him. "I-I'm flattered, b-b-but.. uh.. excuse me!"

The rogue turns heel and runs into the back room of the lighthouse, presumably to soil himself.

Full-Round Action: Jack withdraws to H4

When I posted the map showed a girl at K7! It's OK though, Alexite would have shot at Klorak anyways.

This isn't the first time this happened to me. DM Carpe, can you please write down a "Done" at the bottom of your posts once they are finished?

Alexite wasn't one to ask for help easily but seeing this man cut down his own people changed that quickly. "Jack, don't run away now! Somebody help me here!"

"Someone hold this door so I can help Alexite! If we kill the leader the rest might flee!" Joll hardly believes this but, if he must die, he wants to die fighting rather than barring a door.

Dragolan shakes his head. "First things first, my friend. I can assist in other ways." Pointing a sausagelike finger at the oncoming cannibal chief, the Chelaxian calls out in Infernal, "Feel your life leave you by my power!"

Casting doom on Klorak; DC 14 Will save or be shaken for the next three minutes.

That's probably not the kind of thing I'd remember to be honest Alexite, the map is always the last thing I add. If you go with the map I link in the post it should always show the current situation, I presume you referred to a map in an older post?

Both of Alexite's arrows find their mark, but they barely seem to trouble Klorak, and he only laughs madly as he shakes off Dragolan's magics.

"I'll try to help hold the door Joll, go!" Jask says, glancing nervously over at Klorak.

Quinta sees a monkey scamper down from the window and scamper across to her poking her gently with a single tiny digit that sends a current of crackling electricity surging through her body causing her excruciating agony and making her hair stand on end!

Ishirou still pulling his armor on cries out pointing towards the window,

"The witch she's outside the window chanting some spell!"

Quinta takes 12 electricity damage. She does not have her fangs activated so does not get an aoo on the tiny monkey.

Quinta is up!

Klorak Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Monkey Touch Attack vs Quinta: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 Electricity Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 4, 4) = 12

Quinta Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Ishirou Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

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Done.

That's probably not the kind of thing I'd remember to be honest Alexite, the map is always the last thing I add. If you go with the map I link in the post it should always show the current situation, I presume you referred to a map in an older post?

Maybe I read the post and didn't see a new map so I went back and got the old one. In any case, thanks.

Guys, we are in trouble. Fighting three separate fights?! But look on the bright side, if we survive this, we can take care of pretty much anything. :)

Did you all notice how our Asmodeus-loving savages are either called 'the RED' or are redheads? Similar to our own redhead... :)

I'm getting an error when I try to look at the map.

Hmmm, working fine for me anyone else having issues? I'll try reposting here just in case that helps.

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Here's what I'm getting:

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Footprint 4.8/FPMCP
Generated Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:44:24 GMT by 205.128.84.126 (Footprint 4.8/FPMCP)

I've got Noscript on my browser, but have allowed any Javascript originating from photobucket, so that's not the problem.

Not sure what to suggest Dragolan, try clearing your cache maybe?

Badly injured Quinta steps back away from the monkey and draws her rapier attempting to skewer the little beast as she continues to sing. She strikes home, but manages to get only a little power into the blow.

Unsure what to do about the witch with only his sword to hand and leaving the monkey to Jack and Quinta for the moment Ishirou continues frantically pulling his armor on.

The cannibals attempt to force the door again, but are no match for a snarling Sasha.

Then the cannibal women surge down the stairs, another being revealed as she moves around the curve in the staircase. One lashes out at Ishirou, one at Dragolan, and one at Alexite.

While Ishirou and Alexite are easily able to dodge clumsy slashes, a shrieking cannibal woman buries her blade in Dragolan's gut! The injury is horrific, but Dragolan is still up and fighting, albeit in a great deal more pain.

Dragolan takes 17 damage.

Joll is up!

Quinta Rapier: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20 Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Cannibal Aid on Str: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Cannibal Str: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

CW vs Ishirou: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
CW vs Dragolan: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
CW vs Alexite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
CW Crit Conf. vs Dragolan: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

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"Ishirou and Jack, dears, hear my plea,"
Quinta sings,
"throw a blade and skewer this bushrat for me!
The Witch shall suffer; you will see!"

I seem to be back - for now. Let's hope it lasts...

Jack drops his bow and draws the dagger at his hip. Quickly moving into position to flank the little bugger with Quinta, he drives the blade into the creature with a nasty twist added on for good measure.

Dagger: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 26
Damage: 1d4 + 2d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + (5, 4) + 1 + 1 = 14

You've skipped ahead a bit there Jack, Joll and Klorak are still to go for this round, so you might want to change your action depending on the result of theirs. Let me know once I've posted Klorak's actions.

Joll continues to press against the door holding the savages at bay.

Strength Check
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

I was so tired when I posted. I was up all night haha. I'll just use that roll for whatever I do next, sorry.

Klorak steps forward roaring and swings at Dragolan his great blade slashing through the rotund oracle's shoulder and chest before he pulls it free unleashing a torrent of blood.

Dragolan takes 14 damage for a total of 31, which puts him at -7 by my count. Thanks to his diehard feat he can stay up, but is disabled and will take 1 damage for making a standard action.

Klorak vs Dragolan: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17 Damage: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

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Done.

I'm going to have Jack move to I5 and sneak attack the monkey as posted above. We should probably take out the extra cannibal ladies in our way after that, since the rest of us in here will want to come out there and take up positions to fight Klorak.

Praying loudly to Nethys Jask, who had been delaying to step in for Joll at the door, raises his holy symbol aloft and sends healing energies pulsing forth. Dragolan's wounds ease somewhat, but so do Kloraks, and the healing power cannot reach Quinta.

Jack's blade skewers the primate's spine and it slumps limp to the floor as he withdraws the knife with a twist!

Dragolan regains 5hp.

Alexite and Dragolan are up!

I should also note Dragolan gets an aoo on one of the ladies, from before he was injured.

Channel Energy: 1d6 ⇒ 5

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Done.

Things hadn't looked this bad since they had crashed in this damned island. Alexite worried when the large oracle took a deadly cut but somehow remained on his feet; it was only a matter of time before he fell. With the pounding on the door and the madman cutting down his own people, the ranger needed to even the odds quickly. If he could only kill the women quickly so they could then concentrate on the chief. Now was the time to try out the new scabbard...

The ranger pulled out his family blade, now augmented (+3 for 3 rounds) and struck down the savage girl in front of him (I8).

With that girl almost split in two, the ranger shifted his stance and his falchion quickly went up and down cutting down the savage woman next to her (cleave to J8).

Alexite power attack with falchion, favored enemy, inspire courage, scabbard, bless
power attack, falchion to hit: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 = 14
power attack, falchion damage: 2d4 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 3 = 18

Alexite power attack with falchion, favored enemy, inspire courage, scabbard, bless
power attack, falchion to hit: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 = 18
power attack, falchion damage: 2d4 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (3, 3) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 3 = 19

Alexite annihilates the two women next to him with a sweep of his falchion that puts Klorak's to shame!

The red haired giant turns his gaze to the ranger, his manic grin widening as he licks the blood splatter from his upper lip and leers.

Alexite Dragolan is actually still up thanks to diehard, he's just in negative hp.

Just realized I've been rolling the wrong damage die for his falchion, should be 2d4. My mistake I'll reroll for Dragolan and if its lower it will stick if higher it won't.

Falchion Reroll: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6 Damage remains the same.

Alexite Dragolan is actually still up thanks to diehard, he's just in negative hp.

Just realized I've been rolling the wrong damage die for his falchion, should be 2d4. My mistake I'll reroll for Dragolan and if its lower it will stick if higher it won't.

[dice=Falchion Reroll]2d4 Damage remains the same.

Noted and modified. Whose falchion?

Klorak's shiny magic falchion ;)

AoO, incl. bless and inspire courage: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 18
AoO damage, incl. inspire courage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 = 7

Klorak's shiny magic falchion ;)

Oh, you never mentioned but rusty scimitars so I figured that's what he had. But a nice, shiny falchion... "Let's get this bastard!" :)

Alexite's furious attack causes Joll to gape in response. The man is truly deadly with bow or sword. Now, if Jask gets his dark hide to this door I can join the others against the giant instead of being a human doorstop.

To Sasha he asks "How much longer can you hold out here?"

We'll assume Dragolan hit the one Alexite did not kill, but unfortunately that does mean she got healed by Jask to.

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Sasha snarls gritting her teeth, and growls,

"A damn sight longer than if someone shoves a scimitar up my arse! Kill them!"

Str: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Moving far better than one might expect considering the two massive wounds in him, Dragolan retreats to I-8 and invokes healing power for himself. Under his hand the worst of the wounds begins to close.

CLW, incl. -1 for acting while <0 HP: 1d8 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (8) + 3 - 1 = 10

You realise that movement will provoke right Dragolan?

5' step doesn't provoke, unless this is difficult terrain.

My bad, did not realise it was a 5ft. you are of course correct.

Suddenly a pile of oozing flesh appears behind Jack, half formed limbs reaching out of the oozing as a tumorous dripping face screams in apparent agony!

Then the witch chants a spell,

"Gargrak sprock tragg budumsh bum bum!" And Jack finds himself falling to the floor as he convulses in laughter, everything suddenly terribly painfully hilarious!

Then the blob of flesh attacks reaching out to claw at the prone rogue!

"You dare cut Thaltaki worm! Writhe and know I will eat you myself, without killing you first!" The witch shrieks in heavily accented common.

Quinta is up!

Jack takes 6 damage and is prone. He can attempt a new saving throw next round, which is a full round action, he may do nothing else.

Jack Will DC 17: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Blob vs Jack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Blob vs Jack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Quinta Spellcraft 1: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Quinta Spellcraft 2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Dragolan Spellcraft 1: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Dragolan Spellcraft 2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Quinta Bardic Knowledge: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

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Done.

"Devil! Devil! Abomination!" Quinta shrieks, her face becoming even paler than normal.

The Chelishgirl backpedals, stepping closer to the others, and crosses her arms in front of her chest. Words spill from her lips as she rushes to bring her own magic to bear:
"From across the Void, my voice as beacon sounds
As sun and moon wheel overhead, the stars make their rounds
Light a fire, banish the dark, come heed my call
Shed the blood of my foes, be my ally, be my thrall!"

Quinta moves to H7 and starts casting Summon Monster I. Once the celestial eagle arrives, she'll drop it on top of the Lemure for a full attack.
I'll resume Bardic Performance next round. Meanwhile, I'd deeply appreciate a little healing. ^^;

I killed her monkey and she's PISSED. Since all I can do on my next turn is roll the save, I'm just gonna do it now.

Will Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Jack continues to laugh hysterically despite being pummeled by a disgusting blob demon. In fact, each time it hits him, he laughs even harder!

Just info for future reference... the windows shown in the room where Jack and Quinta, are they large enough for a person to go out through?

Killing the monkey should have weakened her, though, so it was probably worth it. ^^
I retract the movement; full-round casting time and all...

No, they are about a foot wide and 5ft. high.

Ishirou abandons his attempts to struggle into his armor and moves forward to engage the monster flesh blob with his katana, he strikes it easily, but his blade simply sinks into the flesh apparently doing no damage at all causing the Tian to curse in his native tongue.

The cannibals slam against the door again achieving nothing against a snarling Sasha! The last of the cannibal women steps forward and slashes at Dragolan, at Klorak's direction - which seems to be more along the lines of leave Alexite to him than directing her at the oracle. But her blade is swung wildly and only strikes sparks from the stone well above Dragolan's head.

Joll is up!

Cannibal Str Aid: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Cannibal Str: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

FC vs Dragolan: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Ishirou vs Blob: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

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Done.

"Effing Savages!" Joll yells as he charges at the cannibal woman in J8, morningstar held high. Heedless of the fact that his advance places him within the giant's reach he throws himself at the cannibal wench and strikes.

Attack
1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22Includes charge and Guidance

Damage
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Joll's AC is 20 due to shield of Faith. I figure it needs mentioning for the inevitable AoO.

Joll's AC is 20 due to shield of Faith. I figure it needs mentioning for the inevitable AoO.

If Joll moves only 5' then he gets NO AoO

A charge requires 10 feet of movement, so he doesn't provoke an AoO, nor does he charge. There's no space.

C'est la movement rules. Then his attack roll is 20 and his damage is a staggering 5! Asmodeus would be proud.

Joll's blow hits the cannibal woman, but she retains her feet. Bellowing his fury at being denied access to a clash with Alexite Klorak brings his falchion to bear upon Joll badly wounding the inqusitor and then lunging forward again to bite at him! But Joll's red chain keeps the savage's razor sharp fangs at bay.

Jask steps in to help Sasha and the two strain against the door, but Sasha is clearly tiring, and Jask cannot get into a useful position...

Alexite, and Dragolan are up!

Joll takes 14 damage.

Klorak vs Joll: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22 Damage: 2d4 + 10 ⇒ (1, 3) + 10 = 14
Klorak bite vs Joll: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17 Damage: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Jask Str Aid: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4
Sasha Str: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

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Carpe: what's your ruling on 'switching spaces' with a 'friend'? Would I be able to trade spaces with Joll? Do I take an AoO? If so, from whom?

You can't really do it I'm afraid, outside of turn at least. For you to do it and keep your init you would have to use the reposition maneuver. You could move to K9 though, I'll say its enough of a square to avoid squeezing.

We're clearly more acquaintances than friends, after all.

The giant's blow sends Joll to his hands and knees but he is quick to regain his feet. Springing back to a standing position puts the handsome inquisitor in the way of the giant's teeth, however. Only the sturdy metal links of his armor save him from another wound. Joll draws back a step and nearly slips in the puddle of his own blood. It is all he can do to remain standing.

You can't really do it I'm afraid, outside of turn at least. For you to do it and keep your init you would have to use the reposition maneuver. You could move to K9 though, I'll say its enough of a square to avoid squeezing.

Thanks for the response. Could I get to K9 by going to J10 first? I'm trying to avoid an AoO but be able to hit 'the Red'?

I can't see any way other than tumbling which would allow you to do that Alexite.

I can't see any way other than tumbling which would allow you to do that Alexite.

I though tumbling was for moving through a square occupied by an opponent and that you could move through a square occupied by a friend 'normally'. My issue is if I move from I9 to K9 (through J9) I would incur AoO from the girl and 'the Red', which I don't want. :) This is why I wanted to move I9 to J10 to K9 and only take an AoO from the girl. Anyhow, I have to go now but will look at the rules again and post later tonight. Thanks.