GMElberion's Wounded Wisp PBP Gameday 6 (Inactive)

Game Master GeraintElberion

I really want someone to make that know religion check. It's cool stuff.

Swordsman 25
Quintus 19
Valtyra 18
Woman with headdress 15
Big guy 13
Sesotho 13
Merisiel 12
robed figure 10
Kvina 5

The swordsman darts behind a pillar.

Quintus and Valtyra may act.

While fumbling for her bow Kvina takes a moment to retort,"The usurper? I don't support any usurpers, as far as I am aware I only support legitimate titles..." She stops reaching for the bow for a second as she processes what they were saying. "Though the Book of 1,000 Whispers sounds familiar... Where did I hear about that? Wait you're not part of that crazed Harbringers of Fate Sect are you? Aroden died centruies ago and the last listed prophecy in that book was three years ago. You have to move on!"

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"The prophecies will be restored. Your Iomedae cannot sit on Mighty Aroden's throne much longer!"

”Ah, madmen... “ Quintus sighs, calling for the might of the Dark Prince to create a duplicate of himself.

”I think words will be wasted on them. You, big man! Hear me and obey: attack the robed man with all your might, for he bores me! “

Use copycat, then cast murderous command (will dc15) on “big guy”

The spell says 'nearest ally', so if he fails that will be the swordsman.
will save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

The hooded fellow calls out, "Varexis, watch out! He has enchanted Brundingan to attack you for a moment!"

Valtyra is up!

My computer has crashed and died so I am down to an Ipad for posting. So my apologies if posting takes a bit longer than normal.

"By the Gods! This is madness!" Valtyra steps forward and casts Flare (DC 17, Fortitude Save or be Dazzled for 1 minute) on the closest enemy (Blue).

fort save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

The swordsman swats at his eyes, blinking fiercely.

Then the big guy steps up and swings his club at his companion!
attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

as his blow sails wide, the woman in the headdress makes an incantation.

Swordsman
Quintus
Valtyra
Woman with headdress
Big guy
Sesotho
Merisiel
robed figure
Kvina

just out of curiosity, when she casts her spell, the big guy is attacking one of his allies... does that mean he's not an ally for the time the bless is cast? just musing on possibilities

Merisiel moves forward, staying in the shadows of a pillar and readies an attack.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

"Bless is being cast by her."

Take 2. No gremlins!

Sesotho moves into the main corridor and removes a small, burlap bundle from a pouch at his belt. He invokes arcane words and gestures at the enemy. The bundle disappears, and a large pool of grease forms beneath the feet of the swordsman yellow and archer blue.

Reflex DC 16 (14 + spell focus + arcane reservoir)

reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

The swordsman clatters to the ground but his rugged companion keeps his feet.

The robed figure tuts, wags a finger and casts a spell, sending a bolt of magical energy to strike Sesotho.
magic missile, force damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Swordsman (dazzled, prone, blessed)
Quintus
Valtyra
Woman with headdress (blessed)
Big guy (blessed)
Sesotho -4
Merisiel
robed figure (blessed)
Kvina

Finally getting a good grip on her bow, Kvina rushes behind one of the pillars and out the other side behind Sesotho while pulling her bow off her back, an arrow from on of her quivers and knocking it to the bow. She slides into place on one knee to try and steady her shot. Taking a split second to decide her target, Kvina fires an arrow at the woman in the headdress.

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Arrows away!: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Damage?: 1d8 ⇒ 4

I'm making an executive decision. Playing after the 17th is meant to be 'like rolling the final combat in the car park after the game store has kicked you out so they can close'. So, I'm going to just have two blocks of initiative: Harbingers and Pathfinders.

And by any measure, they won initiative so the Harbingers are going first.

The Swordsman tries to crawl out of the grease.
acrobatics: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

And the big clubber tries to step out.
acrobatics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

The crawling swordsman makes no ground so stands instead and hefts his sword, looking about anxiously.

Meanwhile, the club swinger moves forward to attack Sesotho, the caster who greased him: flying into a rage as he does so.
raging, power attack with greatclub: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
bludgeoning damage: 1d10 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

Holey Moley! Just realised I made an error: basically, I doubled the rage power of the barbarian. His stat block has him raging and I didn't realise. That's still a hit on Sesotho but the damage is three fewer. That makes a huge difference.

The barbarian smashes his mighty club into Sesotho's chest and the oracle is knocked to the floor.
Sesotho is on -13 hit points. His con score is 14...

The robed figure sends a magic missile soaring through the air toward Kvina.

mm damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

And the figure with the head-dress casts a spell on herself.

Pathfinders are up!

Swordsman (dazzled, blessed)
Woman with headdress (blessed)
Big guy (blessed)
robed figure (blessed)
Quintus
Valtyra
Sesotho at -13
Merisiel -4 hp
Kvina

”How dare you!” Valtyra extends a finger and points it at the raging barbarian. An arrow of pure force flies forth and strikes true.
Magic Missile, Orc bloodline: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5

The barbarian winces, clenches his teeth and stares wild-eyed at Valtyra.

It's impossible for me to auto-stabilize at DC 26.

doesnt a 20 auto succeed?

Merisiel takes a step forward to the barbarian and attacks...

to hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
dmg if hits: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

to confirm crit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
extra dmg if crits: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

"You look formidable... let's see if you fall gracefully"

Only saving throws and attack rolls. It's only a DC 15 Heal check, which can be done untrained, if anyone wants to try, but don't fret if you don't.

Or someone could feed Sesotho his potion of CLW. That’ll do it.

Kvina could do it this round, I think: 5ft step to get there. Move action to grab. Standard to feed.

Merisiel skewers the brute and he tumbles to the floor.

"It is not yet your time, Sesotho. We need to discuss the fate of your undying soul before you depart the land of the living."

Quintus casts Stabilize, and the wounds of the Mwangi spellcaster close. It does not bring him back to fight, but at least it'll put him out of mortal danger.

Kvina is up!

Kvina opens her eyes from the last shot, trying to keep her calm and focus despite the amount of blood her companions and their enemies have lost. She however proves to be just in time to see the brute advance on Sesotho and slice open the mage's chest. As the blood sprays her breath starts to come in ragged gulps. As Sesotho's face turns towards her, it is overlaid with a different, much younger face. The wound was the same as That Time, but she'd been much closer, too close. She takes a step back but the lack of oxygen from her shallow rapid breathes causes her vision to darken and The Memory takes her.

It had been a sunny day, with the birds chirping in the sky. The dull grey short swords had been left out on the empty practice grounds and the two of them had been playing at fighting each other. With a laugh she had swung the sword at him, it glinted slightly in the light but he didn't block in time. The blade continued down and sank into his blue shirt with a sickening crunch. His dark blood started to spray, as the color drained from the world...

No! This time it's not my fault, and this time I can do something!

Kvina rights herself from almost falling over as she takes a few seconds to control her breathing before checking on the surroundings. She gives a start as she sees Merisiel standing over the body of the brute. Ok, that's handled, let's try not to think about it. She then glances further down and gives a sigh of relief at the cleric kneeling over Sesotho and the lack of blood flowing from his wounds.

Her look then turns dark as she takes in the rest of the brute's group. "That is it! We haven't done a darned thing to you and yet you threatened us. We offered you the chance to talk things over, to compromise and you instead attack us. And now you almost killed one of my friends. That is it, you die."

Kvina then takes a step to the side, and knocks another arrow to her bow. This time as she releases the arrow at the woman in the headdress, she keeps her eyes open.

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Or Stabilize works, too. Thanks, Quintus!

Swordsman (dazzled, blessed)
Woman with headdress (blessed)
Big guy (blessed, down)
robed figure -2 (blessed)
Quintus
Valtyra
Sesotho at -13 (stable)
Merisiel -4 hp
Kvina

swordsman acrobatics: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (16) - 1 = 15

The swordsman steps forward and swings for Quintus.
longsword attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
slashing damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Magic Missile before was meant for Kvina in the text but I added damage on tracker to Merisiel by mistake.
stick with Merisiel on a 1; go to Kvina with a 2: 1d2 ⇒ 2

crit confirm: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
possible damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

The robed figure again sends a bolt toward Kvina.
force missile damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Meanwhile, the woman with the head-dress launches into some kind of chant and a wave of energy washes over her allies.
channel: 1d6 ⇒ 5

The big guy returns to consciousness.

Swordsman (dazzled, blessed)

Woman with headdress (blessed)
Big guy (blessed, prone)
robed figure (blessed)
Quintus (dropped, negative 6 HP)
Valtyra
Sesotho at -13 (stable)
Merisiel
Kvina -9 hp

Pathfinders are up.

This encounter nearly killed my Swashbuckler the last time I played it. I'd forgotten how tough they can be.

Grumbling about channelers, Merisiel strikes the prone big guy again.

to hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
dmg if hits: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

does she have selective channeling and if so how many of us can she select to not affect?

If she had healed any of you, I’d have let you know. Without selective channeling, there was still a square she might have stood in.

Kvina sways on her feet as a magic missile slams into her again. She rights herself for a second and lines up a shot at the woman in the headdress. She shouts out, "She's our biggest threat right now, Take her down!" before releasing her arrow and toppling over bleeding.

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Kvina's arrow flies true and sinks deeply into the woman with the head-dress.

Valtyra is up. Big play!

Valtyra steps near the pillar hoping it might provide her a bit of cover from those who wish to harm her and lets loose a bolt of icy particles at the women with the headdress.

"Leave my companions be!"
Spell Resistance: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21 (If needed)
Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10
[dice=Ray of Frost, Orc bloodline]1d3+1[/dice]

Merisiel and Valtyra cannot land blows but Kvina's arrow strikes true.
Unfortunately, she promptly collapses.

Swordsman (dazzled, blessed)

Woman with headdress (blessed) -5
Big guy (blessed, prone)
robed figure (blessed)
Quintus (dropped, negative 6 HP)
Valtyra
Sesotho at -13 (stable)
Merisiel
Kvina (dropped, negative 1 HP)

The big guy attempts to stand, and is immediately struck down by another thrust from Merisiel's rapier.

Swordsman (dazzled, blessed)

Woman with headdress (blessed) -5
Big guy (blessed, dropped) negative 5 hit points
robed figure (blessed)
Quintus (dropped, negative 6 HP)
Valtyra
Sesotho at -13 (stable)
Merisiel
Kvina (dropped, negative 1 HP)

The woman in the head-dress prays again.
channel: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Another bolt of force flies from the robed figure, striking Merisiel.
force damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

And the swordsman swings for Valtyra
longsword attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
slashing damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Swordsman (dazzled, blessed)

Woman with headdress (blessed) -2
Big guy (blessed, dropped, negative 2 hit points)
robed figure (blessed)
Quintus (dropped, negative 6 HP)
Valtyra -6
Sesotho at -13 (stable)
Merisiel -3
Kvina (dropped, negative 1 HP)

Merisiel and Valtyra are up!

Merisiel takes a 5' step and performs a coup de grace on the big guy so she won't heal him anymore.

cdg dmg: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 1) + 4 = 11

Wait headress woman should be at a - 6 at least. Kvina should have hit her twice for 4 points and 2 points respectively. Unless her AC is absolutely amazing and the brute was providing cover.

Kvina makes a few gurgling sounds on the ground.

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Stabilization DC11: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

Head-dress woman has cast CLW on herself and channeled positive energy twice.

Not that I don’t make mistakes. I’ll chrck my maths.

The big guy is permanently dead.

Kvina is stabilised.

Quintus, please roll to stabilise.

Valtyra!

Stabilization : 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18