DMDM's Wrath of the Righteous (Inactive)

Game Master Douglas Muir 406

Round 4 Initiative:

Nurrah, Takka, Sir Constantine, Haruka, Cringing Robed Guy, Balek, Kyami, Torg, Laurine, Lewis, Osei, the Dwarf, Demon, Anycek, and Don.

Cringing Robed Guy whimpers and shakes his head. "No, no! They... they can't be fought! Just... surrender if you want to live! That's the only thing you can do!" He raises his hands and gestures. Two ripples of energy stream out from his outstretched fingers.

Ranged touch against the two PCs who are still standing and able to act.

Haruka:1d20 ⇒ 14
Takka:1d20 ⇒ 7

Just misses Takka. Haruka, you take 4d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 4, 4) = 14 of nonlethal damage, which I believe is enough to knock you out.

Robed Guy turns towards the rest of you. "Please, please... just stop fighting! Some of you may live --"

"One of them might live," interrupts the dwarf.

"-- you may live -- just surrender! Please! They can't be fought!"

Torg makes a stabilization check 1d20 ⇒ 9.

Laurine is still fascinated. (Note that unlike the paralysis, you do not get new saves every round against this, as long as Lewis continues singing.)

Lewis continues singing, with a smirk on his handsome face.

Osei, upstairs, is still writing writing writing.

Whoops, and lest I forget: the watersphere will roll over Sleek. The toad needs to make another Reflex save to avoid being picked up by it. I'll roll for him: 1d20 ⇒ 10 <- that won't do it, so Sleek is in the watersphere. He takes 2d6 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6 of nonlethal damage.

BTW, nonlethal damage is harmless until you reach your maximum hp (not your current hp). Then it knocks you out and you start taking real damage. So, Haruka, you took 14 hp of nonlethal; you have 8 hp; so you are knocked out and you also took 14-8=6 points of real damage. Since you currently had 5 points, that puts you at -1, and you'll have to make a stabilization check next turn.

The dwarf grins at Kyami. "Oh, you're sorry? That's nice..."

1d20 ⇒ 18

The glaive comes around...

1d1 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 damage

Lucky! But here comes the backswing: 1d20 ⇒ 1.

"I forgive y-- Aack!" The dwarf nearly loses his balance on the grease, and scrambles for a moment before he recovers himself.

Sadly, we are not playing with critical fumbles. (Unless you guys decide you really want to. Let me know.)

The demon cocks its head and seems to consider something. Then it drifts slowly over to the wall where Sergeant Kir and Lance Corporal Benno are hanging. Slowly, almost gently, it begins working Benno out of the strands that hold him in place.

Anycek is still fascinated.

Don picks himself up. "Pharasma shrive my soul," he mutters, and then throws himself across the room. Acrobatics check 1d20 ⇒ 16 Don is now beside the robed man and threatening him.

Okay, summarizing Round 4:

Takka: Standing and able to act (but not mounted on Sleek)
Sir Constantine: still paralyzed and fascinated.
Haruka: unconscious
Balek: fascinated
Kyami: kneeling in front of dwarf, 1 hp
Osei: upstairs still writing

Sleek: in watersphere taking nonlethal damage

NPCs

Nurrah: still disappeared
Torg: on ground next to dwarf, badly injured, bleeding out
Laurine: fascinated
Anycek: fascinated
Don: threatening the robed guy
Sergeant Kir and Lance-Corporal Benno: still unconscious, demon is removing Benno from web

Round 5 Initiative:

Nurrah, Takka, Sir Constantine, Haruka, Cringing Robed Guy, Balek, Kyami, Torg, Laurine, Lewis, Osei, the Dwarf, Demon, Anycek, and Don.

As long as I'm still fascinated...

"Ooooooooooh...."

will save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

"Nooooomastarbill."

Sleek Reflex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Sleek croaks in confusion as the water bats him around in the sphere, but finally, he gets his feet under him and begins to swim against the current, finally breaking free and landing on solid ground.

Takka frowns, before giving a whistle to summon Sleek to his side, before ducking to avoid the wave of energy. Such tricks didn't phase him - he was a constant target for them back in his tribe. He knew how they functioned. Takka turned back to the cringing man, drawing another spear as he spoke. "They can be fought, but it demands teamwork! This is something my kind knows as well! Nothing is impossible for those who stand and fight together!"

Takka turned his attention to the demon, snarling as he whistled another complex tune. Sleek turned to face the demon as well, before arching it's back and squirting slime at the creature. Ranged touched, entangled if it hits.1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Meanwhile, Takka himself began to hurl shortspears to occupy the demon. "No! You have done them enough harm! Now you face Takka, the Toad Knight!" This was what he had devoted himself to - defend those who couldn't protect themselves!

Shortspear 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 211d4 ⇒ 1
Shortspear 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 51d4 ⇒ 3

Haruka is hit by the wave of energy, she falls down on her knees, " we ... don't ... stand ... alone. ... Lord Daiktitsu"

stabilization: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

do I actualy need the stabilization with fast healing 1 (judement lasts till end of battle or my death(with the looks of it both might be pretty close to each other))?

Takka turned his attention to the demon, snarling as he whistled another complex tune. Sleek turned to face the demon as well, before arching it's back and squirting slime at the creature. Ranged touched, entangled if it hits.1d20+4

The demon emits a hiss of surprise. Clearly it was not expecting this!

How exactly does one get disentangled from slurk slime?

do I actualy need the stabilization with fast healing 1 (judement lasts till end of battle or my death(with the looks of it both might be pretty close to each other))?

Ha! No, you don't. Your fast healing will automatically stabilize (and might bring you back from under 0 hp). -- Note that playing dead is a Bluff check.

Cringing Robed Guy takes a step back from Don. He picks up Haruka, checks to see if she's dying 1d20 ⇒ 7 [ooc]this is high enough to confirm that she isn't, but not high enough to notice that she's actually healing herself) and shoves her back into the mass of webbing.

"What are you doing?" bellows the dwarf.

"I, I, I'm re-securing the prisoners!"

"Pretty pointless. Help Sissy kill that slurk. But keep it intact -- I want to eat it."

The robed man doesn't reply but the watersphere comes around yet again. Another reflex save for Sleek... 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Sleek is caught up in the raging waters once again, taking another 2d6 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3 of nonlethal damage. Takka, are you tracking this...?

As the glaive slashes over Kyami's head, the act of surrendering becomes clearly coming to a good end and instead becomes clearly harmful for the Tian girl. As the clear harm breaks the spell affecting her, she suddenly realizes of how her brain was affected.

Still maintaining her oratory +1 Inspire courage she demonstrates an ultimate deed of bravery. Drawing her quarterstaff from her back, she attempts to hit the offending dwarf using the Irori style she learned with the monks in Tian Xia.
Quarterstaff+IC: 1d20 + 0 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 0 + 1 = 21
Bludgeoing damage+IC: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Critical confirm: 1d20 + 0 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 0 + 1 = 19
Bludgeoing damage+IC: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Nice!

The dwarf roars in anger. He's been hit before, but this cracked him right in the face. He really doesn't like this.

"Lewis! Get me some healing over here!"

"Once I stop singing, they'll all start to come to, ten seconds kaleidoscope eeeeeyes!"

I just relized something, would't I get an AoO against Cringing Robe Guy when he casts beside me?

Laurine and Anycek are still fascinated.

Osei is still scribbling!

Torg makes a stabilization check: 1d20 ⇒ 8

Lewis keeps singing: "Finish those two mooks with staff and with spears, banging you hard on the heeeead. I'll finish up soon, then all of these mooks will be gone, bum, bum, bum."

I just relized something, would't I get an AoO against Cringing Robe Guy when he casts beside me?

Whoops, sorry -- he took a 5' step. Did I not say that? My bad. Pretty much standard behavior for a caster, though, yes?

On second thought, I didn't say it, so he really should make a concentration check for casting defensively. Here goes. If he fails it, we'll rewind. 1d20 ⇒ 12

Phew!

The dwarf glares at Kyami. "B%&&@! Nobody hits me in the face!" He swings...

1d20 ⇒ 8

That hits. Kyami takes 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 of damage.

Which is enough to drop her. And then...

"Nobody! Hits! Me! In the face!" screams the dwarf. He slashes at the helpless, prone Kyami with the glaive again and again.

A coup de grace is a FRA, so he must roll to hit... 1d20 ⇒ 15

1d10 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 damage.

Kyami is dead.

Osei stands (move action), and completes writing the last round while on his feet (standard action).

Round 1: Require immediate aid. Safehouse Hildegrin SENT

Round 2: compromised. Red captured. Hostiles: four SENT
Round 3: minimum. Dwarf, Vhane, Drezen. Demon SENT
Round 4: insectile, mind eggs. Lewis, human? SENT
Round 5: Robed figure, arcane. Blue engaging.

The demon finishes pulling Benno out of the webbing, and then moves slowly across the room to stand beside the dwarf (though not in the grease). She doesn't seem to be doing anything else.

Don could get an AoO at her, but Don is too terrified of her to even try.

Cringing Robed Guy gapes at her. He was expecting her to protect him; he's now alone, 5' away from Don.

Don glances over his shoulder at the demon, winces, then turns back to the robed man. "Hey, buddy. There actually is a way out of this for you. There's a place you'll be totally safe from all this."

1d20 ⇒ 13

The robed man gapes at him. "There is? Where?"

"The grave, you treacherous son of a b#~*&!" Don lunges forward. That was a Bluff check above, part of a feint check to catch the robed man flat-footed.

1d20 ⇒ 11

Ooh, just hit! Robed man takes 3d6 + 1 ⇒ (1, 3, 3) + 1 = 8 of damage.

Sitrep at the end of Round 4

Takka: still at large
Sir Constantine: still paralyzed and fascinated.
Haruka: back in web but slowly healing
Balek: still fascinated
Kyami: dead
Osei: upstairs still writing

Sleek: back in the watersphere

NPCs

Nurrah: still no sign of her
Torg: on ground next to dwarf, badly injured, bleeding out
Laurine: fascinated
Anycek: fascinated
Don: attacking robed guy
Sergeant Kir: still unconscious
Lance-Corporal Benno: lying on ground by demon and dwarf

Round 5 Initiative:

Nurrah, Takka, Sir Constantine, Haruka, Cringing Robed Guy, Balek, Kyami, Torg, Laurine, Lewis, Osei, the Dwarf, Demon, Anycek, and Don.

unless something breaks the fascination, same as before

Somewhere deep inside, Balek is trying desperately to move, to think, to resist...

will save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

Is there a way out of fascinate?.......

It's part of the Slurk's moveset. It squirts slime that rapidly hardens and sticks to everything. It also has another slime ability where it wallows around on the floor and creates sticky difficult terrain for about 10 minutes. Yeah... they're pretty nasty creatures. ALso, yes, I'm keeping track of Sleek and Takka both. Sleek should be at full health (I didn't notice any attacks on him), but he's got about 12 points of nonlethal damage on him, if I haven't missed anything.

Sleek Reflex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Sleek croaks in frustration as more water surrounds him and carries him off, still kicking his legs to try and swim out of it again. Takka growls as he looks over from the watershpere to Don assaulting the cringing man. "Master Don, stop! We must protect those who can be save--" Takka halted as he caught something out of the corner of his eye, the sight of a glaive steeped in blood being thrust again and again into Kyami's body.

Takka felt his blood grow cold as the realization that she may be dead, on his watch, sunk in. He had failed... how could he have failed? Apsu... please. I need help. I'm trying my best, but I need help. I can't do this on my own... Help. That's what he needed. He had help, but they were... mesmerized!

Takka fought the urge to look in the direction of the illusionist as he closed his eyes, before winding back and lobbing his spear in the direction he believed was his targt, before snapping back and chucking another after it. Please, Apsu, I beg you... guide my weapons true!

I guess I should roll a will save to keep from becoming fascinated myself? I... also probably should've been doing that earlier... my bad...

Takke Will Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
Shortspear 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 51d4 ⇒ 1
Shortspear 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 231d4 ⇒ 3

Haruka decides to play dead till she has recovered a bit more.

bluff: 1d20 ⇒ 12

do I get any bonus to playing dead by being stuck in the goo? like for hanging in a unnatural position(as opposed to lying on the floor) explaining a change in breathing paterns or stuff?

[dice=will save]1d20+3

Is there a way out of fascinate?.......

Hey, you made your Will save! Well done! You're no longer paralyzed!

Of course, you are still fascinated. Is there a way out? If only someone had, I don't know, some skill in the craft of spells...

Sleek should be at full health (I didn't notice any attacks on him), but he's got about 12 points of nonlethal damage on him, if I haven't missed anything.

Correct, Sleek is at full health but taking nonlethal damage.

Sleek croaks in frustration as more water surrounds him and carries him off, still kicking his legs to try and swim out of it again.

Ooh, so close! But not quite -- he's still trapped in there.

Takka felt his blood grow cold as the realization that she may be dead, on his watch, sunk in. He had failed... how could he have failed? Apsu... please. I need help. I'm trying my best, but I need help. I can't do this on my own...

Am I the only one who's enjoying Takka's dialogue and monologues? Nice.

You don't have to look away from the pattern -- it's not like a gaze weapon. It only requires one save, at the start. (Otherwise, it would be really crazy powerful.

One of Takka's javelins finds a crack in the dwarf's armor! He takes a few more points of damage.

"Damn it, Lewis! Get over here! And Sissy, shut this little lizard down!"

do I get any bonus to playing dead by being stuck in the goo? like for hanging in a unnatural position(as opposed to lying on the floor) explaining a change in breathing paterns or stuff?

Maybe! Your Bluff was 12... do you have any ranks, or a Cha bonus?

Robed Guy shrieks in terror and attempts to duck under the table. (Remember the table? He's been standing right next to it.) It's a 5' step that will provide him with cover.

However, this takes him into the area of the Grease spell. So he needs to make a DC 10 Acrobatics check or slip and fall. 1d20 ⇒ 3

Robed Guy is prone under the table, and can't cast this round. However, he still has a trick in reserve: the watersphere. It comes rolling around to sweep up Don!

Reflex save for Don: 1d20 ⇒ 1

2d6 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7 nonlethal damage on Don.

"Aaaand I think that gives us the win," say Lewis. "Here, I'll get the lizard for you." He flicks a hand in Takka's direction. Takka, sorry, but you need another Will save! Lewis comes walking around the table towards the dwarf. "Ugh, grease. Should wear off in a minute... Vidkun Lauritz, get up off the floor, young man! Whatever would your mother say if she saw you like that?" He chuckles, then looks around the room. "Hey, do any of you mooks want to surrender?"

The fascination effect lasts for two rounds after Lewis stops singing -- so it will end on his initiative on Round 7.

SCG feels himself free from paralysis but can't stop watching the pretty colors....

He tries really hard to notice beyond the colors....

Perception 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (5) - 4 = 1 for danger.