The immediate damage to the lodge is near catastrophic. The balcony crumbles in a variety of places. Eliza gets buried under the rubble entirely! Roos and Darius are close enough to the colapsing balcony that they need to pass a DC 18 Ref save or take 5d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 6, 1, 2) = 18 damage (0 on save.)
Roos tries to jump out of the way of the falling debris moving back towards the couch...REF:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (20) + 16 = 36...wasted 20
Roos draws his sword looks at the creatures and tries to discern something about them for a tactical advantage...Know=most of them:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30... backs up and begins singing a rousing battle song...
Inspire Courage:
An affected ally receives a +2 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +2 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.
This is some kind of subspecies of a Purple Worm. While small these things can still swallow a man whole. Their stinger is deadly, but it's thankfully have buried. It has tremorsense and a NASTY bite.
Yes, Shirley is there too. In general I trust you guys when you tell me what you "usually" do, and appreciate that you spoke up on that one.
Roos tells the others-"This is some kind of subspecies of a Purple Worm. While small these things can still swallow a man whole. Their stinger is deadly, but it's thankfully have buried. It has tremorsense and a NASTY bite. Stay away."
Darius and Shirley get to work, cutting deep into the worm. Still, the creature is massive (not an evil outsider), and withstands the blow despite Darius's skill.
Male Human Ranger 13 | HP 121/121 | AC 26 T 17 FF 20 | Saves: F: +15 R: +19 W: +13 | CMD: 32 | Init: +8 Percep: +18 SM: +6
Osric steps back, then calls out:
"Grim, heel!"
The big wolf races over to his master's side.
Osric then draws his bow. His hand moving almost faster than the eye, he sends three quick shots at the worm to the east. Blue.
No Rapid Shot. No favored enemy, and not evil so holy bow does no extra. All attacks include net +1 for inspire (as my bracers already grant a +1 competence bonus to attack rolls), +1 for PBS, and -4 for Deadly Aim.
During the initial chaos, you see guest room doors... YOUR guest room doors open. You don't see anyone emerge, but it certainly looks like something busted out of them.
Perception DC 15 (different roll):
There is a puff of deep red smoke next to Adril.
Osric opens with withering fire on the other worm. His shots are hurried, and only one arrow sinks home (though it sinks to the fletching.)
Perception:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24 "Someone was in our rooms!" Perception:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33 "Adril what ails you? I saw smoke next to you. Roos sings out during the battle.
Call on divine aid to help guide my allies hands and protect them from harm as they need, casting Blessing of Fervor, but also including the other NPC Pathfinders as well., also flying 5ft up and back.
Each Round everyone can pick One of the Following.
•Increase its speed by 30 feet.
•Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
•Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
•Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
•Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
"I saw it too, or rather, I saw the doors burst open. I'll go take a quick look, unless you require me here?"
Ignatius and the gang gain a massive boost just before the battle becomes utter chaos. The worms twist and convulse, not biting at you, but rather vomiting something! From the tooth maw of each a massive stone golem with a head carved to look like a raven. Each immediately releases a cloud of gas. Everyone needs to make TWO DC 17 Fort saves or be slowed for 7 rounds (Not the wolf though, he only needs one.)
Blue Worm:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37 Black Worm:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29
The first golem has enough left to swing a massive fist at Roos, the other at Ignatius:
v. Roos:1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28DMG:2d10 + 9 ⇒ (4, 3) + 9 = 16 v. Ignatius:1d20 + 22 ⇒ (10) + 22 = 32DMG:2d10 + 9 ⇒ (10, 1) + 9 = 20
Roos stops singing for a second Lingering Performance takes overbacks up a bit and casts
Good Hope:
This spell instills powerful hope in the subjects. Each affected creature gains a +2 morale bonus on saving throws, attack rolls, ability checks, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls.
Darius will use spell combat, along with spellstrike to auto defensive cats Frostbite.. He will choose the extra attack function of BoF and attempt to cave his worm up.. Arcane Accuracy as a swift..
HP 143/143 | AC 32 | T 21 | FF 23 | CMD 39 | Fort +19 | Ref +12 | Will +15 | Init +9 | Perc +16(18) | Images
And the to hit and damage portion of inspire courage are competence bonuses so they stck with good hopes moral bonus for a +4 net.. Its only the save portion of inspire that will not stack with good hope.. A very nice opener for. 7th plus level bard is swift IC and standard good hope..
HP: 14/138 , Init +3, AC: 23, T: 12, FF: 21, CMD: 29, F: +18, R: +12, W: +18 <+2 vs Evil, Evasion, no Food/ Water, Native Outsider, Imune to Fog/Mist/Smoke and Evil Possesion or Mind-Control>Fly 30', Swim 30", Move 30', Perception +10 <Darkvision 60ft>, <Read/Understand all Languages, Ant Haul, Trail of Roses, Ride the Waves>, NG Male Aasimar Cleric 15, Sunflare: +15/+10/+5, 1d6+18+1d6 Acid (15/x2) S, 5,274-18, Roakar
Unless something dramatucally changes, I was planning on 5ft stepping another 5ft up and back, which I hope is out of reach, and casting Invisibilty Purge. 60ft Radius, so should catch the whole building, more or less.
Osric's arrows slam into the worm, all but one finding it's mark. The worm thrashes in pain. As Grimtooth approaches the beast tries to bite the wolf: Bite:1d20 + 23 ⇒ (14) + 23 = 37 for DMG:4d8 + 12 ⇒ (5, 6, 4, 5) + 12 = 32. He then tries to toss the wolf deeper into it's maw in order to swallow him whole. Grab:1d20 + 36 ⇒ (3) + 36 = 39 and Grimtooth is stuck. Unperturbed the wolf bites right back, managing to get ...something.. inside the worm. The wolf's massive jaws are enough to severe it's last attachment to life and the worm dies with Grim inside.
Darius indeed carves deep into the worm. The massive beast rains a wound-slurry down on him. Still the worm fights on even as it's life blood oozes everywhere.
The battle then takes another turn for the worse. You look up just in time to see a figure in red next to Adril, a wicked looking dagger in his hand. He swings it like a sword at the venture-captains neck and after making contact drags it back nearly decapitating the now dead mountain of a man. The red figure then vanishes in a puff of red smoke!
Ignatius casts his spell, hoping to catch a glimpse of the culprit, but it seems he's vanished from more than simply sight. What the seeker of flame DOES reveal is two sets of 4 archers, invisibly surrounding you on the balcony. With their invisibility broken, they open fire, literally. Flaming arrows come screaching across the room. A few stick into Osprey, they rest come your way. The way they were shooting, these arrows would have been even deadlier had you not known it was coming.
wow $h!t just got real! Roos is using the atk and AC bonus from BOF
Roos will commence singing again for the added effect and then take a 5 ft forward to the closest golem and strike at it with his adamantine rapier...
ATK1:1d20 + 19 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 19 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 45...DMG1:1d6 + 20 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 20 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 29 ATK2:1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 36...DMG2:1d6 + 20 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 20 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 29 and you cant crit constructs...
Roos sings out "Osric shoot at the ones above! Ignatious-help me with the golems! Darius- kill that worm and then assist us with the golems!"
HP 143/143 | AC 32 | T 21 | FF 23 | CMD 39 | Fort +19 | Ref +12 | Will +15 | Init +9 | Perc +16(18) | Images
I count over 230 damage done and its still alive? I forgot to roll bleed damge as well for this crit, which will be another 2d6 on top of the 7 bleed it already had..
HP 143/143 | AC 32 | T 21 | FF 23 | CMD 39 | Fort +19 | Ref +12 | Will +15 | Init +9 | Perc +16(18) | Images
I normally dont 2nd guess Gm's, but when I saw Osric do less overall damage and kill his I was curious..
Darius will turn on the Golem this round.. After a 5' step he'll weave arcane mark for his SS attack this turn.. This turns off frostbite, not that it would have done anything regardless lol.. Flanking with Roos
HP: 14/138 , Init +3, AC: 23, T: 12, FF: 21, CMD: 29, F: +18, R: +12, W: +18 <+2 vs Evil, Evasion, no Food/ Water, Native Outsider, Imune to Fog/Mist/Smoke and Evil Possesion or Mind-Control>Fly 30', Swim 30", Move 30', Perception +10 <Darkvision 60ft>, <Read/Understand all Languages, Ant Haul, Trail of Roses, Ride the Waves>, NG Male Aasimar Cleric 15, Sunflare: +15/+10/+5, 1d6+18+1d6 Acid (15/x2) S, 5,274-18, Roakar
Understanding that he himself is still in danger, I'll fly to Adril's nearly decapitated corpse, quickly muttering a few words, and finally call on the miracle to try to return my old friend to the land of the living before his soul can slip away completely.
I'm not sure where he is/was, so if need be, I'll take the extra 30ft movement. If I can get there with a single 30ft movement, I'll instead keep the +2 to AC.
Concentration to Cast Defensively DC 25:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27
Cure:5d8 + 12 ⇒ (5, 4, 8, 5, 1) + 12 = 35
"Get up, old friend. Now is no time to nap." <a few light smacks to the face> "Wake up and grab your weapon, soldier!"
HP 143/143 | AC 32 | T 21 | FF 23 | CMD 39 | Fort +19 | Ref +12 | Will +15 | Init +9 | Perc +16(18) | Images
Not to metagame here, but id think your character would know this by now, but that looked like a death effect not HP damage.. I doubt the Breath would do anything.. Your call though..
HP: 14/138 , Init +3, AC: 23, T: 12, FF: 21, CMD: 29, F: +18, R: +12, W: +18 <+2 vs Evil, Evasion, no Food/ Water, Native Outsider, Imune to Fog/Mist/Smoke and Evil Possesion or Mind-Control>Fly 30', Swim 30", Move 30', Perception +10 <Darkvision 60ft>, <Read/Understand all Languages, Ant Haul, Trail of Roses, Ride the Waves>, NG Male Aasimar Cleric 15, Sunflare: +15/+10/+5, 1d6+18+1d6 Acid (15/x2) S, 5,274-18, Roakar
I was thinking a crit/coup des grace/sneak attack sort of deal. Or possibly Story Fiat. If it fails, it fails, but I'd want to try, just as I would for anyone. :)
HP 143/143 | AC 32 | T 21 | FF 23 | CMD 39 | Fort +19 | Ref +12 | Will +15 | Init +9 | Perc +16(18) | Images
Hey I prob would try it too, but you cant CDG someone thats not asleep, unconscious, or paralyzed.. He was just standing there.. Even a 20th level rogue would have a hard time doing that much in 1 sneak attack.. That is assuming Adril is a retired pathfinder and at least 10th level.. Could be off there as well.. Again alittle metagame there lol.. DO as you see fit!
Male Human Ranger 13 | HP 121/121 | AC 26 T 17 FF 20 | Saves: F: +15 R: +19 W: +13 | CMD: 32 | Init: +8 Percep: +18 SM: +6
What does Grim need to do to rip free of the corpse, if anything?
"GRIM! Are you OK?"
Osric then steadies himself and turns his bow on the enemy archers, as per Roos' direction.
Osric will target rougish archers, starting with the one to the southeast. He will continue to target until that one drops, then move on to the next one to the north - following a counter-clockwise approach.
Extra attack again. Humans are a +2 favored enemy.
