Sneak Attack
That SUUUCCCKED!
Nowzai sighs and watches the portal anxiously as he casts a couple of preparatory spells.
The portal bulges in the middle of the black disc just for a moment as it continues to spin and pulse with an eerie purplish light. Nowzai casts magic circle vs evil. .
The priest delays from the end of last round and then croaks once. The cowering dwarf in the corner of the room gets a sly smile and then jumps forward, closing the door, and locking it with a key.
The priest steps to the north of Dalamus and casts a spell, drawing an attack from the rogue that again deflects off his armor.
He raises his arms suddenly at the end of the spell and the water in the floor of the room rapidly rises filling it to the brim. All four of you are now completely underwater and holding your breath.
Underwater Combat rules here; be sure to make a swim check every round.
; miss
Dalamus is going to swim to the door and unlock it to drain the room
Swim Check
Hold Breath
Max = 28 rounds
Disable Device (If I get there this round)
Well at least that kicked ass! lol
Round 15 AC26 HP63
Epik swims to the priest and attacks:
Swim check:
Attack: Damage:
Nowzai summons another archon.
The bulge in the portal extends further out and lengthens to about 8 feet tall and 5 feet wide. A thin layer of water washes out slowly from behind the statue, source unknown, and begins to pour down the stairs.
The priest grabs reaches out and pulls a strange spear-like weapon off the wall. He raises his arms in the air and a pulse of dark energy washes out from him, sapping the
life from the two heroes.
evil damage + Rounds; Will Save DC22 for 1/2 damage no sickness.
The little dwarf pulls a dagger and stabs at Dalamus, but it scrapes off his mithral chain.
Round 17 HP61 AC26
Will Save:
Swim Check:
Swift LoH:
Will Save
Dalamus will continue with the door...Once unlocked he will open it.
The black bulge of the portal pushes out some more, starting to look vaguely humanoid. And still it spins ... pulsing with evil.
Epik attempts to move but his armor holds him back. He heals himself as the fish man, a mere 6 feet away from him acts with impunity. Dalamus finishes unlocking the door, and prepares to open it. The little dwarf stabs at him again, but Dalamus brushes the creature aside.
The priest holds his spear aloft in his hands and a cruel black flame alights from the end of it.
; success
; fail
Dalamus will attack the priest after he opens the door
Attack
Damage
Nowzai eyes the emerging creature with trepidation. "I've got a bad feeling about this."
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Round 18 HP61 AC26
Is the door open?
Swim Check:
The door is not open, Dalamus will find it takes a DC20 Str check to pull it open against the weight of the water.
The priest steps forward, its unholy radiance palpable through the water, and the sickened Epik struggles with not vomiting as he holds his breath. The priest stabs out with his spear which splits at the end like a pincer. The evil-infused weapon tears into Epik's flesh as well as his soul.
The dwarf stabs relentlessly and fruitlessly at Dalamus, as it starts to blow bubbles.
Dalamus braces his feet against the wall and pulls mightily but is unable to budge the heavy door.
; HIT!;
; miss
; miss
Elder what should we do? Should we go and follow Epik and Dalamus or wait for what ever is coming through?
Nowzai sighs, "Charging forward now may be foolish... but leaving those two alone may be even more so. All of you, stay in my circle of protection and move quickly." When Nemoris, Sama'el and Magma are ready, we move.
Dalamus will use his crowbar (Yes he actually has one!) and try to pry the door open.
Strength Check
Boom!!!
As command Elder
Nowzai sighs, "Charging forward now may be foolish... but leaving those two alone may be even more so. All of you, stay in my circle of protection and move quickly." When Nemoris, Sama'el and Magma are ready, we move.
Hold! This is the height of folly. I'm happy to cover you from here, but there is no reason for us to all rush in and engage in melee when very few of us are suited for it.
I'll come forward as far as the stairs, but this is not a wise course of action.
"Nothing about this is wise," Nowzai snaps. "But splitting up is a recipe for disaster. We all go together, or we all stay here. There is no middle option, and we have no time to debate this in a committee."
I'm glad we see eye to eye, let's see what can be done to assist Epik and Dalamus from up here.
"We can't see them, which is of course, the problem," Nowzai points towards where they exited. "We're moving... now." Nowzai moves as quickly as he can towards Dalamus and Epik, with Magma and (hopefully) the others together.
"We can't see them, which is of course, the problem," Nowzai points towards where they exited. "We're moving... now." Nowzai moves as quickly as he can towards Dalamus and Epik, with Magma and (hopefully) the others together.
Like I said, I'll cover you from up here. I don't know more clearly how to state that I'm not going in recklessly when most of us are just going to be at a major disadvantage.
"We can't see them, which is of course, the problem," Nowzai points towards where they exited. "We're moving... now." Nowzai moves as quickly as he can towards Dalamus and Epik, with Magma and (hopefully) the others together.
Elder stay behind me
Waiting on Epik.
Round 18 HP53 AC26
Epik will LoH as a swift action:
HP =
Epik will then full round attack M2:
Attack 1: Damage:
Attack 2: Damage:
Damage dice need to be divided in 2 for slashing underwater.
Epik slashes out through the water, forcing his blade against the massive resistance. Feeling like he's moving in slow motion, he's just able to score a small wound on the priest's arm.
The portal bulges out significantly, and the outline of a feminine form is definitely apparent. It looks as if she's dragging or carrying something large behind her.
Nowzai and team, minus Nemoris, move forward together, staying within the confines of the wizards protection circle.
The priest makes a croaking noise that seems to come from all around you, hollow in the water. He stabs at Epik again and again with a viciousness in his strikes that conflicts with his wide-eyed unexpressive frog face. The paladin fends off one blow, but his inability to swim lets the other through.
; HIT!;
; miss
; off balance
Behind him, Dalamus yanks harder on the door with a crowbar this time and cracks it just enough to break the seal. The door flies open and the rush of water out of the room throws the whole place into chaos.
A loud pop followed by the sound of rushing water accompanies a wall of water exploding out from the eastern door behind the statue. The water flows down the stairs and off the side of the platform, quickly forming a large, shallow pool in the bottom of the shrine area. Epik, Dalamus, a shaven ashen-skinned dwarf, and a kuo-toa decked in mithral full plate all tumble out with the water.
Strength Check
Dalamus will stab the dwarf with his dagger
Attack
Crit
Damage
That will crit, roll damage again.
Yes, you take damage from being knocked around and dropped 30 feet.
27 of 39
16 (t 12, ff 14)
darkvision (60 min), mage armor (1 hour), shield (4 min), magic circle vs evil (60 min)
Cantrips: detect magic, light, mage hand, sonic snap
1st: benign transposition, enlarge person, lsr orb of sound
2nd: smn mon II
3rd: hydraulic torrent, sound lance
6 uses remaining (8/day)
0 use remaining (1/day)
1 use remaining (1/day)
10 minutes remaining (10/day)
10 charges remaining
5 charges
13 charges
34 charges
34 charges
50 charges
17
Nowzai moves along the edge of the balcony, targets the kuo toa priest and fires a sonic missile its way.
;
Damage
Can we see anything more happening with the portal? What can we see of Dalamus and Epik?
Round 18 HP40 AC22 (26 vs M2)
Epik swift LoH and then will full round attack M2:
HP=
Attack1: Damage:
Attack2: Damage:
Divide damage by two for the slashing weapon underwater.
Strength check:
Round 19 HP52 AC22 (26 vs M2)
Epik gets up and again heals himself as a swift action. If the dwarf is still alive Epik will move to engage him. Otherwise he will move to re-engage M2 by the shortest route possible.
HP=
Can we see anything more happening with the portal? What can we see of Dalamus and Epik?
Aside from what I wrote above about the portal? As for Epik and Dalamus, you can see them perform their Round 19 actions listed above. You can see the mithral full plated, pincer spear wielding priest and the beardless dwarf as well . They are both prone at the beginning of the round. The priest next to the statue on the raised dais. The dwarf on the floor of the temple.
Which reminds me, I should have another map for the lower section. Will post tonight.
Assume Nemoris is where you said. I didn't realize by top of the stairs, you meant literally move up to that square. Sorry. Stairs down are the ones in the far northeast part of the map
map please
To Hit -
Damage -
"Focus down the KT first! We can not allow what ever comes out of that portal to have any help"
Full round attack at Kuo-Toa:
Attack: Damage: Crit:
Attack: Damage: Crit:
Attack: Damage: Crit:
i will move to support Epik on the Ground floor. Elder i am going to help Epik and Dalamus.
Exactly two minutes after the party entered the room, the portal vomits out it's summoned creature. With an audible pop, the blackness breaks away and the portal as a whole swirls down to nothing leaving a behind a darkly angelic creature. A darkly beautiful woman, armored in bloody skirts, held aloft on black wings scans the room and seeing the crowd below smiles a cruel grin and pulls up a massive longbow which alights with flame as she nocks an arrow, taking aim at the first thing she sees.
The little sees the creature and panics running from Dalamus, who stabs him swiftly in the back of the neck and leaves him face down in the water.
The kuo-toan priest croaks a few lines as he looks up at the creature in the air and then returns his attention to the party. Seeing the stonechilde coming to join the fight, he waves his hand and the novice Torag priest and a chilling sense of being unable to move creeps through Magma's muscles. He moves forward to the top of the stairs as he awaits Epik, somehow becoming even darker in form and more visible in evil with every step.
Nemoris, seeing the creature, fires a volley of arrows that fail to penetrate his armor. Nemoris notices the same erratic wobbling of his arrows as surrounded the other priests.
Next to him, Sam fires ( ) and strikes the frog priest cleanly in the shoulder. He grunts in slight pain but otherwise pushes through it.
Magma moves closer (if able) and Nowzai fires another sonic orb that hammers into the priest, the magic unaffected by the enhanced armor.
Epik moves slowly slogging through the water, getting half as far as he'd like. Dalamus having already slain his opponent looks for his next move.
Will save
Today hear my prayer
Missed that in Nowzais post. Sams doesn't specify. Nowzai will be next to Magma. Sam can be if he wishes.
Is there any way for Dalamus to climb up the back of the platform? The idea being that he will be behind the enemies when he gets to the top.
Sure, he can attempt to climb the column. Its slick with moisture but intricately carved so has some handholds.
Since Magma is now paralyzed, he wouldn't move forward. Will Nowzai and Sam still move forward?
Yes Dalamus will attempt to climb the column..
Climb