Ithalil steps out of the shadows just long enough to acknowledge Sio. Then disappears back into the terrain. letting the giants get a little ways ahead of him.
Just once I would like to enter battle with an actual plan. Agreed upon by the whole group.
Theodric thought for a while and then he recalled everything he knew. Hellstorm Flumes were often used to be stationing points for soldiers in the Runelords armies. In fact, he knew there was a Hellstorm Flume in Sandpoint since he had visited and studied the ruins numerous times. During his research, Theodric had learned that a man by the name of Xaliasa was stationed there and even died there when Thassilon fell. From what little and limited information he had uncovered about Xaliasa, the Taldan arcanist had learned that Xaliasa had served Karzug, the Runelord of Greed. Theodric knew that there was a group of adventurers staying in Sandpoint that had taken it upon themselves to investigate things involving the Runelord of Greed. They had found clues that might be pointing to a possible resurrection of Karzug. From what he had learned about the Runelords and the evils they had committed during their reigns, the return of just one of them would be disastrous for not just Varisia, but all of Galorian. If Mokmorian was interested in a Hellstorm Flume it might be the one in Sandpoint and Theodric had a really bad feeling that it was somehow connected to the return of Karzug.
Strangely Theodric also knew a good bit about Mokmorian, who was a stone giant wizard of great power that had been amassing an army, rumored to be gathering somewhere in the Storval Plateau. If he were to march on Sandpoint, they would stand little chance of defending themselves and the city the Taldan had grown up in would easily be reduced to dust. He had always thought that he had disliked the quaint Sandpoint, but now after realizing the impending doom about to fall on it, he had to admit that he actually enjoyed and loved his home. He had been trying to understand the nature of sin and virtue magics and how to tap into the virtue magics that had started the Thassilonian Empire before the magic had degraded into sin magic that he had somehow lost what was truly important to him. His research was still important to him but right now he had to stop them. But he was still unmatched.
Theodric had to play along for a while more until he could turn the tables. And Abadar help him if they strike Sandpoint.
Theodric smiled and calmly told the giant and dragon all he knew about the Hellstorm Flume and that there was one in Sandpoint. He also told the giant what he knew about the Runelords as well as the changing of virtue magics into sin magics. He left out the parts of what the consequences of bringing back a Runelord as well as what he knew of the stone giant wizard. No need to play that card yet.
"If I may suggest, while you could possibly attack Sandpoint and take what you want, there is the strong likelihood that you might damage the Hellstorm Flume in the process. A more successful approach would be let me enter...along with some shrunk and disguised giants if you like. We could get in and get what we need quickly without anyone being the wiser. Just a suggestion. You wouldn't have to endanger your troops and no one would find out your plans is a huge benefit. And besides I would like to help you in your mission."
Theodric mentally cursed himself for suggesting that. Quickly switching gears he added, "I apologize for the suggestion as well as any gaps in my knowledge about the Hellstorm Flumes. Your masterful ambush and capture of me rattled my brain a bit. Still, if we were to compare notes, I'm sure my memory will be jogged. Besides, I will ensure you that I don't plan or even intend to betray you. Besides, you hold all the advantages. First, I know nothing of the layout of my location nor do I know anything about what forces you have and no one knows where I am or if I'm even missing. My disadvantages are numerous and to even entertain the thought or notion of escape and betrayal would be pointless not to mention suicidal."
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Following the gentle tug of her familiar bond Sio walks slowly out of the camp, lost in thought. Mal's words struck a cord with her, turning her frustration at Wargrym into a deep melancholy. It is only when Lexie comes flitting back through the trees that she snaps out of her reverie.
"What have you found Lexie?"
Ithalil makes his way back to the rest of the party slowly. Making sure that he is not being followed.
He steps into the light of the camp fire, appearing as if a ghost in the night.
They are a scouting party. They are working with someone named "Mokmorian". They are planning on following us to Teraktinus' camp and ambushing us. I say we return the favor. lead them into a trap.
"sounds good to me. Do you have a particular plan in mind? "
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"Simple plan then. Wait for them to fall asleep. Kill all but one. Restrain that one and question them. If we're as close to the camp as that then we can cover the rest tomorrow and strike during the night."
Sio waits for the other's opinions before saying firmly. "We do this properly. Give me time to prepare you for once. We'll make sure we have everything in place and then hit them hard." She pauses, struck by a thought. "Do we know if they have that Sihedron tattoo? If they do then they might be sacrifices like those people in Turtleback Ferry. Can we take them all down without killing them?"
"I can try to knock one of them out but that's much less effective than attacking with NEGOTIATOR. It's best if we try to eliminate all but one as a threat. If we try to use non-lethal tactics on all of them we expose ourselves to too much risk. And it's not like we have strong enough rope to tie up a giant. We'll need to eliminate all it's companions and then surround it. And hope it has some kind of common sense. But.. Siobhan if you have a spell that can restrain multiple giants that would be an option"
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"I can infuse my weapon and War's so they deal non lethal damage. That would take the risk away from us if we try to subdue them." says Mal as he thinks about a possible plan, turning to Sio "But it doesn't matter if we try or not to kill them, a plan is in order. This time we should pool our magical aptitudes to improve ourselves, then track them and before they can react War and I have to take one out each. Maybe grany ourselves flight or making us invisible. That would be a leverage point and a moral hit to them, so you and Ithalil can lay back and unleash your arrow fire and spells."
I like this idea. Once everyone is ready we will move out.
my own sneak roll
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Mal casts Shield Other on War and Sio, and then casts Greater Magic Weapon on the Negotiator, improving it with a +2 enhancement bonus.
Shield Other on Wargrym. 8 hours remaining.
Shield Other on Sio. 8 hours remaining.
Greater Magic Weapon on Negotiator. +2 bonus, 8 hours remaining.
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Sio, before the boys go sneaking in, lays down a large variety of spells.
Mal gets: Bulls Strength (+2 Str, 10 mins), Shield of Faith (+3 deflec to AC, 10 mins), Bless (+1 attack and saves vs. fear, 10 mins), Freedom of Movement (lots of stuff, 109 mins), Blessing of Fervor (you've had this before, 11 rounds), Source Severance (centres an anti-magic bubble on you that only effects arcane spells. You have to pass a DC20 + 2x spell level concentration check to cast spells, 110 mins)
Sio gets: Cloak of Darkness activated, Wings of Darkness activated, Divine Favor, Divine Power, Eagle's Splendor, Bless, Archon's Aura.
Ithalil gets: Shield of Faith (+3 deflec to AC, 10 mins), Bless (+1 attack and saves vs. fear, 10 mins), Blessing of Fervor.
Spells Cast: Lvl 1 x5 (3x SoF, 1x Bless, 1x Divine F); Lvl 2 x3 (2x Bull, 1x Eagle), Lvl 3 x1 (Archon's aura), Lvl 4 x4 (2x FOM, Divine Power, Blessing of F) This all takes slightly over a minute, which I accounted for in durations - Fervor went on last.
By the time Sio has finished casting spells she is getting visibly angry. Lexie, hovering behind her is humming a soft tune to try and calm Sio down. She demanded complete silence before she started casting and the moment she is done points fiercely towards the camp from her new ten foot height.
The moment the giants start moving Sio leaps into the air like a giant black angel and casts Prayer. (+1 attack, damage, saves and skills for us. -1 for them. Everyone within 40ft)
Ithalil lines up on the closest giant.
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Mal dashes to the closest giant, lifting his falchion on his way, and jumps spinning to land in a slashing way.
Bulls Strength (+2 Str, 10 mins), Shield of Faith (+3 deflec to AC, 10 mins), Bless (+1 attack and saves vs. fear, 10 mins), Freedom of Movement (lots of stuff, 109 mins), Blessing of Fervor (you've had this before, 11 rounds), Source Severance (centres an anti-magic bubble on you that only effects arcane spells. You have to pass a DC20 + 2x spell level concentration check to cast spells, 110 mins)
26. 24 because of the charge penalty.
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After landing with a slash, Mal becomes a flurry of blades, slashing away at the giant with a holy light shining upon the paladin.
BoF in extra attack mode.
Mal moves to the next giant (#5) and prepares to strike him when he tries to stand.
Bulls Strength (+2 Str, 10 mins), Shield of Faith (+3 deflec to AC, 10 mins), Bless (+1 attack and saves vs. fear, 10 mins), Freedom of Movement (lots of stuff, 109 mins), Blessing of Fervor (you've had this before, 11 rounds), Source Severance (centres an anti-magic bubble on you that only effects arcane spells. You have to pass a DC20 + 2x spell level concentration check to cast spells, 110 mins)
26. 24 because of the charge penalty.
Mage Armor+4 7hrs, Shield+4 7min
Big Game Hunter +1 attack and AC vs larger opponents
BoF Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
Feelin like a Demigod with all this Arcane and Divine energy swirling about him he quickly (brazenly) steps into the middle of the 3 prone giants "rise and shine blockheads"
and quickly strikes giant#4 with a powerful 2handed overhead chop
free: activate Piercing Frostbite from spellstoring weapon
swift: arcane pool adding +2 to Negotiator
move: move 10ft
standard: attack
War has 3 AOOs +Fortuitous and stands in the middle of the 3 giants with his reach weapon . As each Giant tries to stand up he'll hit each of them with an AOO trip
Frostbite: Hide
School transmutation [cold]; Level bloodrager 1, druid 1, magus 1, shaman 1, witch 1
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
EFFECT
Range touch
Targets creature touched
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance yes
DESCRIPTION
Your melee touch attack deals 1d6 points of nonlethal cold damage + 1 point per level, and the target is fatigued. The fatigued condition ends when the target recovers from the nonlethal damage. This spell cannot make a creature exhausted even if it is already fatigued. You can use this melee touch attack up to one time per level.
Fatigued: Hide
Fatigued
A fatigued character can neither run nor charge and takes a –2 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. Doing anything that would normally cause fatigue causes the fatigued character to become exhausted. After 8 hours of complete rest, fatigued characters are no longer fatigued.
Enforcer feat due to non-lethal damage from Frostbite: Show
free action Intimidate: Show
DC=10 + the target’s Hit Dice + the target’s Wisdom modifier. If succesful target is Shaken for #rounds equal to non-lethal damage dealt
Shaken: Hide
Shaken
A shaken character takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks. Shaken is a less severe state of fear than frightened or panicked.
Done
My apologies if you already took this into account, but should the -4 for attacking while
The character is lying on the ground. A prone attacker has a –4 penalty on melee attack rolls and cannot use a ranged weapon (except for a crossbow). A prone defender gains a +4 bonus to Armor Class against ranged attacks, but takes a –4 penalty to AC against melee attacks.
Standing up is a move-equivalent action that provokes an attack of opportunity.
Also I forgot that Improved Trip adds +2 on my CMD vs Trips, which makes War's CMD vs Trips 29. I have corrected the character sheet. Sorry for the omission.
See the Trip attacks below:
Trip Attack on War(DC 27):1d20 + 18 ⇒ (14) + 18 = 32
Trip Attack on War(DC 27):1d20 + 18 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 18 - 2 = 32
if we add a -4 modifier due to prone both Trips hit CMD 28, War's corrected CMD vs Trips is 29
@Mathpro Soooo...Is War standing or prone? I need to know in order to write up my next attack post. Thanks
Standing in the midst of 3 fallen (prone) Giants...War is truly in his element "Are you not ENTERTAINED?" and continues with his assault
Bulls Strength (+2 Str, 10 mins), Shield of Faith (+3 deflec to AC, 10 mins), Bless (+1 attack and saves vs. fear, 10 mins), Freedom of Movement (lots of stuff, 109 mins), Blessing of Fervor (you've had this before, 11 rounds)
Mage Armor+4 7hrs, Shield+4 7min
Big Game Hunter +1 attack and AC vs larger opponents
BoF Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
Giant#4 was Shaken in the previous round and Giant#2 is definitely Shaken this round and maybe Giant#3 as well
As War administers the beat-down "One for you, One for you, and YES one for you" He is pleased to see some rather large yellow puddles forming.
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Sio, in full angry gigantic form, will stride forward and, suprisingly gently, put her hand on a giant's chest. The area she touches turns black, the corruption spreading rapidly out from the point she touches.
Move - up to whichever giant is healthiest (since I'm last in the init order for the party...)
Standard - cast Slay Living and touch the giant.
EDIT: Concentration to avoid provoking.
You call that an attack? No finesse, No skill, just brute force.
War gets a 2nd AOO on Giant#3, Fortuitous weapon
also it looks like Giant 3 would not have hit War
"Giant 3 Attack on War(AC 31):1d20 + 16 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 16 - 2 = 22 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16 "
Bulls Strength (+2 Str, 10 mins), Shield of Faith (+3 deflec to AC, 10 mins), Bless (+1 attack and saves vs. fear, 10 mins), Freedom of Movement (lots of stuff, 109 mins), Blessing of Fervor (you've had this before, 11 rounds)
Mage Armor+4 7hrs, Shield+4 7min
Big Game Hunter +1 attack and AC vs larger opponents
BoF Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
War eyes the standing Giant#3 "you should have stayed DOWN"
Definitely Tripped, Prone
War focuses all his attacks this round on Giant#3 until it it dead "Told you to stay DOWN", then any remaining attacks will go to Giant#4
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Sio, seeing that the giant is too tough for her most direct spells, steps back and tries something a little different. This time she goes for the mind, driving into the giant's consciousness and dredging up all his darkest secrets in a moment.
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
EFFECT
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target 1 living creature
Duration 1 round/level
Saving Throw Will partial (see text at right); Spell Resistance yes
DESCRIPTION
You fill a target with such profound remorse that it begins to harm itself. Each round, the target must save or deal 1d8 points of damage + its Strength modifier to itself using an item held in its hand or with unarmed attacks. If the creature saves, it is staggered for 1 round and takes a -2 penalty to Armor Class, after which the spell ends.
This lumbering beast should fall soon
"Yes, let's go get something eat then."
"And I do hope the dragon doesn't decide to take a bit out of me!"
Theodric quickly followed the giant, staying close to the giant, making sure not to get stepped on in the process.
"So, tell me, my gracious and most esteemed employer, what information do you have on the Thassilonian Empire? I have been researching their magic for quite some time. Did you know that originally the Thassilonians used virtue magic, but in time the magic became corrupted by later generations of Runelords which then became sin magic. I have theorized that if one could tap into the virtue magics, one could even go so far to restore the Thassilonian Empire."