Just saying, you should know by now that in the current form, after the attacks that there is DR 10 and your piercing and slashing weapons aren't overcoming it.
heal DC10:
The sandmen look to be sick
Inira and Xavian join in the fight, they manage to hit the sandman, however they do little effect to it.
One of the sandman turns into the ground, completely into sand, and moves towards the bigger party. No AoO for Glorin, but AoO for Xavian. But before that AoO everyone who has not yet made the will save against confusion needs to do so now. DC14
The red and green hued sandman attack Glorin and Jian Sheng respectively. Jian Sheng is able to dodge the attack with ease, but Glorin feels a brunt of sand pushing against him and his eyes start to feel a little heavy.
"It is strange, but I think these sand creatures are sick. Perhaps rather than attacking them, which seems to have little effect in my case anyway, we can try to offer to help. What do you think?"
Jian Sheng is startled to hear Inira's analysis "Sick? Interesting. Is anyone able to converse with these creatures though? The orchirds here might be a key in binding them"
In the meantime however, seeing her blade is ineffective against the sand creatures, she strikes out in unarmed combat in nonlethal manner instead until the group has greater clarity on their current situation.
male undine shaman of heavens 3 | HP 24/24, stardust 1/2 | AC 20, T 14, FF 17 | F +5, R +5, W +8, resist cold 5 | CMB +2, CMD 15 | Spd 20', Swim 30' | Perc +12 | Init +7
will:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Korez, able to maintain clarity, reaches over and shakes Yliss back to consciousness. He then moves around to prepare to teleport Glorin to safety next round.
So just a bit of background. The sickness Is added for high tier 4 player adjustments which we are in based on APL. It doesn't affect their motivation to attack you. The sicknes is purely physical as far as you know.
Inira still needs to make save vs confusion aura, and Yliss is awake.
The sand folk create a bit more havoc, Glorn falls asleep just as Korez manages to wake Yliss up. Jian Sheng does some damage by punching the sandman. The sandman starts wobbling but not enough to fall.
One of the sandman has moved into your midst, if you look at the map you are adjacent to it. Also, Yliss is already awake. Korez did that, Glorin's the sleepy one now. You may retcon.
Yliss, in his confusion, hurts himself badly as he pulls a muscle while clawing the air. Glorin continues sleeping.
The blue sandman transforms back into a humanoid form. While the other two continue to attack their current targets. A splash of sand hits Glorin and awakes him but soon after he feels sleepy again. Fortunately for Jian SHeng, her defences hold strong against the sandman.
Glorin, dmg:1d6 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 3 - 2 = 7DC14 Will or go back to sleep! JS:1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 6 - 2 = 20
I've retconed a bit, since the creatures were sickened since round Glorin's damage is 2 less from round 2.
OK, I missed that Blue was in there, only saw the other two. Don't really want to run the gauntlet to wake Glorin, but might change my mind here.
Retcon last round
Inira steps back and takes one more shot at the blue sandman, then stows her bow.
Attack, PBR, Deadly Aim:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20 Piercing Damage:1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
This round
Trying a different approach, Inira draws her sai and kama, and steps back in, swinging the sai to see if it can hurt this thing.
Xavian continues to hurt himself in the midst of all the confusion.
Inira's arrow against the sand on the ground seems to have done some good amount of damage, as it hurts it. It loses DR at sand form. But swinging her sai, it just runs right through the sand, without hurting it a single bit.
male undine shaman of heavens 3 | HP 24/24, stardust 1/2 | AC 20, T 14, FF 17 | F +5, R +5, W +8, resist cold 5 | CMB +2, CMD 15 | Spd 20', Swim 30' | Perc +12 | Init +7
Korez hexes Glorin, pulling him from the fray. He shouts, "Jian Shang are you ok in there?"
I left him close so someone else can shake him awake if they would like.
Yliss drops his spiked club and instantly expands into a striated, demonic mass of sinew and muscle, clawing furiously at the blue-tinged sand creature.
Actions:
Free Drop an item
Free Bloodrage
Full Round Full Attack
Free 5-ft. step if I kill the sand elemental
Korez pulls the sleepy Glorin out of the danger zone.
Jian Sheng's punches do just enough damage to knock one of the sandman.
Yliss finally out of confusion, turns large and starts to exact revenge on the sandman. His first claw strikes him so hard that it knocks out a third of the sand from his body. The last claw strikes him, but the strike was not strong enough to make the sandman feel any pain.
The two sandman standing continue to attack their attackers. But with their friend taken out, they start to lose hope.
Red is unconscious, but not dying, but your instructions were clear. Someone needs to end him / or remove him permanently for this test to be successful. Just saying...
male undine shaman of heavens 3 | HP 24/24, stardust 1/2 | AC 20, T 14, FF 17 | F +5, R +5, W +8, resist cold 5 | CMB +2, CMD 15 | Spd 20', Swim 30' | Perc +12 | Init +7
Korez slap Glorin awake, shouting, "We need your help! Come on!" Then he draws his longspear, preparing to go make sure the downed sandman is finished off.
Korez violently shakes and slaps Glorin until he awakens from his slumber. I forgot but you really should be from prone when you are sleeping.
Xavian in his confusion, does enough to bring himself to attack the right opponent, but unfortunately the daggers just go right through without hurting the sandman.
Inira finishes off the red hued sandman and Jian Sheng again proves her worth by deliver a couple of nice attacks against the next sandman.
male undine shaman of heavens 3 | HP 24/24, stardust 1/2 | AC 20, T 14, FF 17 | F +5, R +5, W +8, resist cold 5 | CMB +2, CMD 15 | Spd 20', Swim 30' | Perc +12 | Init +7
With the rest of the group ganging up on blue, Korez moves in to help Jian Sheng with the red one.
Korez, I assume you meant green, but it's not your turn yet. So I'll hold your last action. Also Glorin, your action economy needs some relook, standing up is a move action, withdrawing potion is a move action, and downing the potion is another move action.
In a twist a actions, the sandman moves itself back. Withdraw. But only so it could be within the midst of flowers that is in the sandy corridor, he still looks very aggressive.
Male Halfling Unchained Rogue (Bandit Knife Master) [5.0] | HP 38/38 | AC 20 T 15 FF 16 | F +5 R +10 W +3 (+2 vs morale bonus charm/fear, +2 fear) | CMB +3 CMD 16 | Init +10 | Perc +10 | Acro +14 DD/EA +12 Stealth +16 Climb/Ling +6 | Diplo/Intim +9
Will:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16Hey there!
Xavian comes to his senses! He then drops his daggers as they do not seem to be very effective. He then draws a pair of saps and moves to attack the correct target!
+3 bonus from arcane accuracy which i activated at the beginning of combat as a swift action. Penalty when flurrying is already taken into account (+2 BAB +4 STR -1 Flurry = +5 total)
Jian Sheng, seeing the last sandman attempt to escape, charges after it and strikes with her fist
JIan Sheng punches the final sandman into oblivion.
"That took longer than I expected, but I supposed it would do."Claims Iyasset, who maintains a watchful eye the whole time from the skies.
He briefly explains, but does not elaborate, to you what to expect next and waits for you further down. "You land creatures will soon have the pleasure to experience the air like how it is on our native plane."
You don't have to immediately rush to the next area.. but I'm posting the information to help keep things going smoothly. i.e. you may heal prior.
When you reach the mouth of the next area. The roar of swirling winds becomes overwhelming at the entrance to this depression. The ground drops away at the entrance, leaving a sheer 30-foot drop. Debris floats through the air, moving in a never-ending dance conducted by extremely localized winds. Chunks of rock, several of human size or larger, hang in midair, openly defying any laws of gravity. A large, sealed treasure chest floats near the center of the debris. Halfway up the northern wall of the depression lies an opening that leads to a tunnel beyond.
Iyasset makes a high-pitched roaring sound that almost matches the noise of the wind and states, “You must retrieve the chest in order to proceed beyond, but enjoy yourself upon this voyage. In this chamber, we are all of air!” He then flies into the maelstrom. He arcs toward the chest, gesturing at the you meaningfully before continuing through the area. He waits further down once again.
Rules of the area:
We will be moving in Combat rounds.
Where you stand right now is considered 0ft, the floor is at -30ft. There is no ceiling.
You can take two possible actions:
1)If you are on solid ground, you may JUMP
* Jump from rock to rock at same elevation with acrobatics DC19, but no jumping up or down due to funky gravity. I/.e. maintain same elevation.
If you fail the DC, you are randomly thrown into a direction (I'll do that for you)
1)You can attempt to "fly"
* "Fly" North, South, East, West, Down, or Up with two will save DC16, If you successfully make the first will save, you move in the direction of your choice. (You can only move in one direction as specified above) If you fail the first will save, you are randomly thrown into a direction. Up or down is elevation.
If you pass the first will, you must try to stop yourself with another Will, you may stop yourself at any square in the direction you travelled, maximum 60ft. If you fail the second will, you move the full 60ft.
* If you end your motion adjacent to the chest, we can just grab it as a standard action
* If you are just moving past it (At an adjacent 5 ft cube (think 3D!), we need a CMB check DC16 to grab it.
?:1d6 ⇒ 2
The chest that lies in the middle of the room, floats randomly, and moves up by 5ft.
M Human Two Weapon Fighter 4 [HP 36/36 | AC 19/ff17/t13 | CMB +9 CMD 21 | Per +8 Init +2 | F+5 R+3 W+1 | +1 Urgrosh +11 (1d8+10/x3) or +9/+9 (1d6+8/1d8+8/x3) | PA -2 atk, +4/+6 dam]
Glorin rises, knocks a bit of sand from his ear, and goes about cleaning himself off and retrieving his weapon. "Oi," he calls out. "I've got a healing wand if anyone needs it. I certainly do."
Male Halfling Unchained Rogue (Bandit Knife Master) [5.0] | HP 38/38 | AC 20 T 15 FF 16 | F +5 R +10 W +3 (+2 vs morale bonus charm/fear, +2 fear) | CMB +3 CMD 16 | Init +10 | Perc +10 | Acro +14 DD/EA +12 Stealth +16 Climb/Ling +6 | Diplo/Intim +9
Xavian asks for healing with his wand.
CLW Wand:3d8 + 3 ⇒ (3, 6, 5) + 3 = 17Three charges to get to full.
Seeing the treasure chest the halfling's eyes get a little wider. I hope there is a reward inside. He then decides that jumping might be the best course of action.
So where do we start? If I can, I want to go around to the north side and try to jump to the rock just north of the chest.
M Human Two Weapon Fighter 4 [HP 36/36 | AC 19/ff17/t13 | CMB +9 CMD 21 | Per +8 Init +2 | F+5 R+3 W+1 | +1 Urgrosh +11 (1d8+10/x3) or +9/+9 (1d6+8/1d8+8/x3) | PA -2 atk, +4/+6 dam]
"I left my rope and grappling hook back at the dustfall. If one of you magic types want to grab it and bring it with us, we can all make sure we don't lose track of each other."
Examining the winds, he adds, "All these challenges were designed for someone much more agile than me, anyway."
male undine shaman of heavens 3 | HP 24/24, stardust 1/2 | AC 20, T 14, FF 17 | F +5, R +5, W +8, resist cold 5 | CMB +2, CMD 15 | Spd 20', Swim 30' | Perc +12 | Init +7
Korez uses his own wand to remove his nonlethal wounds.
clw:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
The shaman decides to trust in the spirits of the air and attempts to fly towards the treasure!
will:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
He sails through the maelstrom, attempting to stop just under the chest.
will:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
I would like to go straight to the square labeled A4 from the ledge, which if the treasure is only 5' up from me, would make it diagonally adjacent. Am I seeing this correctly?
Xavian, there is an entrance to the area, I've moved everyone to that part. When it comes to jumping, you are allowed to jump to adjacent rocks so I moved you to the first point.
Yliss, Thematically it makes sense for gust of wind! So I won't disallow it.
Korez, you are absolutely correct! But just remember the chest may move before you have a chance to grab it in your next turn!
The Rogue feeling confident in his jumping skills immediately hops onto the floating rock. The shaman on the other hand, decides to test his ability to fly, and surely enough he seems to be getting the hang of it!
You can do whatever you want until you jump into the area. I'll only start treating your round 1 when you jump/fly into the area. You have more than ample time to prep yourself before going in, however you want!
The sandman defeated, Jian Sheng quietly prunes some of the strange flowers for safekeeping and examination later.
After Iyasset explains the next challenge, Jian Sheng hesitantly steps into the room, trusting herself to the winds and attempts to navigate the winds
will save:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16 will save:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
To her amazement and delight, she is able to control herself (barely) and maneuvers herself next to the chest...
You can grab it as a standard action. But if you move past it you can CMB to grab it, so by the rules you can CMB in the same turn.
Jian Sheng, similarly brings herself to the same spot as Korez by manoeuvring through the funky gravity. With some good amount of reflexes, she is able to grab the chest before it floats away.
The emissary looks very impressed at the groups ability to manoeuvre through the air.
So.. the other group had a lot of trouble in this area. It took them about 4 rounds before someone got remotely near the chest. But I'll give you the same options I gave the other group for exit. You may make the rolls you require to reach the exit (each failed rolled you take 1 dmg). Or accumulatively you can take 5 dmg and say you've successfully passed this part.
