Male Human (Varisian) Oracle (Lore) 8, Evangelist 10 | HP 165/165 | AC:36 T:20 FF:29 CMD: 30 | F+13 R+22 W+24 (+2 vs transmutation) | Init +5 | Per +25 (+4 to determine whether he's surprised), Darkvision 60ft
Lucian took 20 damage +10 from his shield other with Rissi. By the way, where's my summoned Azata on the map? It's supposed to last 32 rounds total, so I wanted to make a good use of that 6th-level spell slot. She takes 20 damage too, as does Evanya.
Lucian flies away from the sudden snowstorm and into the room, followed by his retinue of servants. There, he readies a dispel magic to counter the next spell the wizard's projected image cast.
Oh sorry, I must've accidentally deleted the azata when I was cleaning up the giants.
Heedless of the danger that the image can still cause, Seal charges in and hits the runelord with his dominant weapon, causing the image to blink out before it causes more harm!
Male Human (Varisian) Oracle (Lore) 8, Evangelist 10 | HP 165/165 | AC:36 T:20 FF:29 CMD: 30 | F+13 R+22 W+24 (+2 vs transmutation) | Init +5 | Per +25 (+4 to determine whether he's surprised), Darkvision 60ft
"Shall we keep the pace? Left door or right hallway?" wonders the oracle aloud. "Let's go left." he finally decides as he unleashes a healing wave to heal the party.
Channel:7d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 6, 1) = 27
Sealman's AFK, but it's safe to assume he'll open the door. Unless Kuf wants to check for traps first?
Kufi 17 | HP 208/208 | AC:31 T:18 FF:31 CMD: 36 | Fort +15, Ref +17, Will +14; +1 vs. traps, +4 vs. fear, +1 vs. poison | Init +9 | Perception +27 (+28 vs. surprise, +30 vs. traps)
Kufieno still seems lost in the adrenaline of battle - it takes him a tense, snarling minute to calm himself from the battle. Even then, he sniffs rather than looks at the doors.
"Left door, if it isn't warded. Why is it that wizards prefer to bait and taunt rather than fight like men..." he looks askew at Miana "... and women?"
Female Suli Paladin 3/ Monk-Un 4/ CoI 10 | HP 181/181 | AC 28 (39)* T 28 (30) FF 24 (35)* | F +22 R +20 W +21* (22) | CMD 48 | Init +4 | Perc +20 | Smite 3/3 Lay on Hands 12/12 Stunning Fist 14/14 Elemental Assault 17/17 Ki Points 13/14 Inevitable Fist 17/17
"He is intelligent; he probably want to test our defenses and abilities first before planning more. It is good Sealman took out the image in a single swing."
The interior of this dazzling chamber is awash in golden light—it shines from every gem, every strip of gold, and every silver-inlaid wall carving, creating a kaleidoscope of color and riches. The checkerboard pattern on the floor is interrupted in a twenty-foot-wide path from the northeastern doors to a throne on a dais of onyx to the southwest by a path of what appear to be countless rubies, forming a “red carpet” of sorts to the throne itself. This throne, if possible, makes the rest of the chamber’s extravagance seem pale and poor, for it is made of shining gold, diamonds, rubies, and sapphires, and draped with shimmering, glowing furs from unrecognizable creatures.
Sitting upon the throne looking out over the extravagant expanse is a beautiful woman with bronze-plated full-plate armor on, a shield ready and strapped to her arm. To the sides stand three towering storm giants.
The woman vaults up from the throne. "Enemies of Karzoug!" she shouts as she brandishes her curved green sword. The giants' gazes follow hers as she stares you down. "You are trespassing and it is my duty to defend these halls. Be prepared to meet death."
Male Human (Varisian) Oracle (Lore) 8, Evangelist 10 | HP 165/165 | AC:36 T:20 FF:29 CMD: 30 | F+13 R+22 W+24 (+2 vs transmutation) | Init +5 | Per +25 (+4 to determine whether he's surprised), Darkvision 60ft
While the Azata resumes her heartfelt song of sheer beauty, Lucian points a finger at the gold-plated warrior, cursing her!
"May yours eyes rot as they realize the gold you're wearing is corrupting your soul!"
Casting debilitating portent. No save, but every time the target attacks or casts a damaging spell, she must make a DC 29 Will save. If she fails, the damage from that attack or spell is halved. Moreover if she confirms a critical hit, I'll cancel that spell as an immediate action to negate the crit. Bypassing SR:1d20 + 27 ⇒ (5) + 27 = 32In case she has SR.
Group buffs:
- good hope (7 minutes)
- fly, mass (160 minutes)
- freedom of movement (160 minutes)
- BoF (~10 rounds left)
- Inspire courage +2
On Sealman:
- extended spell resistance (SR 28) (32 minutes)
Kufi 17 | HP 208/208 | AC:31 T:18 FF:31 CMD: 36 | Fort +15, Ref +17, Will +14; +1 vs. traps, +4 vs. fear, +1 vs. poison | Init +9 | Perception +27 (+28 vs. surprise, +30 vs. traps)
Kufieno cloaks himself in the guise of invisibility once again, gliding forward gracefully to land behind a column.
Rissi glides ahead slow, silent; suddenly she calls down a cacophony of thunder on two of the giants and the woman with a wave of her paw.
Persistent thunderstrike; sonic:9d8 ⇒ (2, 4, 1, 5, 6, 6, 7, 6, 3) = 40 plus 1 round of stun. Fortitude DC 28 halves the damage and negates the stun. Effects red, purple and green. Take the lower of two saves (persistent via metamagic master)
Lucian changes the course of the woman's fate and Rissi stuns two of the giants. Kufieno sneaks into the room but Seal takes a more direct route by charging the stunned giant with Thunderpuss by his side. Together they leave the giant quite wounded.
The unstunned giant steps over and assaults Seal for hurting his fellow storm giant!
Kufi 17 | HP 208/208 | AC:31 T:18 FF:31 CMD: 36 | Fort +15, Ref +17, Will +14; +1 vs. traps, +4 vs. fear, +1 vs. poison | Init +9 | Perception +27 (+28 vs. surprise, +30 vs. traps)
Kufieno steps from behind the corner and begins a quick series of blows aimed at bringing one of the stunned giants down. Purple
Attacks:
+2 sadistic short sword,Good Hope,BOF,Inspire Courage,Haste,PA, Invisible:1d20 + 18 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 18 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 2 = 34 Arcane Strike, Good Hope, Inspire Courage, PA:1d6 + 9 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 6 = 26 plus sneak:2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8 plus -2 hit 1 rd
If it has an abjuration effects up, add +2 to hit and 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4) + 2 = 9 damage
+2 sadistic short sword,Good Hope,BOF,Inspire Courage,Haste,PA, Invisible:1d20 + 13 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 13 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 2 = 32 Arcane Strike, Good Hope, Inspire Courage, PA:1d6 + 9 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 6 = 23 plus sneak:2d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11
If it has an abjuration effects up, add +2 to hit and 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 6) + 2 = 10 damage
+2 sadistic short sword,Good Hope,BOF,Inspire Courage,Haste,PA, Invisible:1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 8 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 2 = 25 Arcane Strike, Good Hope, Inspire Courage, PA:1d6 + 9 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 6 = 24 plus sneak:2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6
If it has an abjuration effects up, add +2 to hit and 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 2) + 2 = 9 damage
If 23<flat-footed AC<33, 133 damage plus -2 AC.
If flat-footed AC<24, 163 damage.
(ACs include -2 AC penalty after first hit)
More if they have abjuration effects in play
Kufi 17 | HP 208/208 | AC:31 T:18 FF:31 CMD: 36 | Fort +15, Ref +17, Will +14; +1 vs. traps, +4 vs. fear, +1 vs. poison | Init +9 | Perception +27 (+28 vs. surprise, +30 vs. traps)
oops, I meant:
If 27<flat-footed AC<35, 133 damage plus -2 AC.
If flat-footed AC<28, 163 damage.
(ACs include -2 AC penalty after first hit)
More if they have abjuration effects in play
Male Human (Varisian) Oracle (Lore) 8, Evangelist 10 | HP 165/165 | AC:36 T:20 FF:29 CMD: 30 | F+13 R+22 W+24 (+2 vs transmutation) | Init +5 | Per +25 (+4 to determine whether he's surprised), Darkvision 60ft
Lucian gloats as he saw the woman fall prey to his curse, so he tries another. Extending his severely burnt hands, he utters another terrible curse.
"Once my hands were burnt for my sin. Let yours suffer the same fate for yours."
Casting oracle's burdenon the armored woman. Will DC 23, upon failure she'll take a -4 penalty to attack rolls with weapons. Bypass SR if any:1d20 + 27 ⇒ (7) + 27 = 34
As for the Azata, she continues singing while flying into battle. Double move.
Female Suli Paladin 3/ Monk-Un 4/ CoI 10 | HP 181/181 | AC 28 (39)* T 28 (30) FF 24 (35)* | F +22 R +20 W +21* (22) | CMD 48 | Init +4 | Perc +20 | Smite 3/3 Lay on Hands 12/12 Stunning Fist 14/14 Elemental Assault 17/17 Ki Points 13/14 Inevitable Fist 17/17
Miana performs an aerial charge, ending with a flying drop kick hoping to take the air out of the woman. "Prepare to meet justice!", Miana returning the taunt!
BoF for +2 to Hit/AC
Swift action to enter Crane Style Defensive PA IF Vital Strike Stunning Dropkick:1d20 + 18 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 18 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 = 25 Damage on hit:3d8 + 3d8 + 7 + 10 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2, 3, 3) + (8, 7, 8) + 7 + 10 + 2 + 2 = 52 If it hits, she must make a DC 24 Will save or be stunned for 1 round
With the giant already injured from Rissi's spell, Kufieno just manages to take it down with the advantage of his invisibility. Rissi then blasts the room with fire. The second blast is more effective and even sends one of the giants toppling over!
Lucian and Miana try to work against the woman but her mind is just too strong and her shield arm too quick!
Initiative:
1. Kufieno, Rissi, Seal, and Lucian
2. Viorian Dekanti and giants
3. Miana
That's right! Sorry for the delay, in the past few days I have collected and dissected a couple hundred plants. It has not been fun....
Seal puts his expertise and might to work taking down the last giant! The woman grits her teeth in anger that her giant allies have fallen so easily and tries to focus on dropping the giant dwarf.
Chellan:1d20 + 29 ⇒ (18) + 29 = 47Crit threat! Which I think Lucian said he would cancel his portent and negate. Will:1d20 ⇒ 14 damage:1d8 + 22 ⇒ (2) + 22 = 24
I have him at 295 damage after DR. That's -54 hp pre-rage ending, or -105 hp post-rage ending. It would end, as he has temporarily gained the dead condition
Rissi tosses ruby dust up into their - it flies about in a swarm, finally surrounding the woman erupting into a twenty foot barred forcecage
Kufi 17 | HP 208/208 | AC:31 T:18 FF:31 CMD: 36 | Fort +15, Ref +17, Will +14; +1 vs. traps, +4 vs. fear, +1 vs. poison | Init +9 | Perception +27 (+28 vs. surprise, +30 vs. traps)
Male Human (Varisian) Oracle (Lore) 8, Evangelist 10 | HP 165/165 | AC:36 T:20 FF:29 CMD: 30 | F+13 R+22 W+24 (+2 vs transmutation) | Init +5 | Per +25 (+4 to determine whether he's surprised), Darkvision 60ft
On the second threat, I'll use Divine Interference, forcing her to reroll with a -1 penalty. My action for this round will heavily depend on what happens to Seal (breath of life or heal.
Sorry, didn't see the AC vs giants. So with divine interference, that would instead be 100-72 =28 hp left, plus 12 nonlethal, minus the result of of rerolled attack. And he has raging vitality. If it's not a crit again on the reroll, it is in "heal" territory. If not, breath of life
By the way, if she does end up in the force cage, you can still attack her (with cover)
Female Suli Paladin 3/ Monk-Un 4/ CoI 10 | HP 181/181 | AC 28 (39)* T 28 (30) FF 24 (35)* | F +22 R +20 W +21* (22) | CMD 48 | Init +4 | Perc +20 | Smite 3/3 Lay on Hands 12/12 Stunning Fist 14/14 Elemental Assault 17/17 Ki Points 13/14 Inevitable Fist 17/17
Wait, I may be able to do something!
When the woman causes a deadly blow to Sealman, Miana immediately reacts throwing a potentially disruptive snap kick at her!
Using the Perfect Opening ability to make an AoO against someone who critically hit the Champion or an ally I'll also use Perfect strike to use a ki point to roll twice on the attack and damage and choose my favorite
As she hits Seal with her blade, Miana delivers a kick just above the woman's shield. not stunned though.
Rissi tries to trap the woman in a forcecage, but she is too quick and leaps out of the way! As Lucian tries to heal the fallen dwarf, Rissi also sends a fireball at the woman in a fit of rage; this she is not able to dodge.
I think Miana just took AoO so hasn't actually had an action yet this round, right? Assuming Seal is out for this round, since Lucian goes after him.
Initiative:
1. Kufieno, Rissi, Seal, and Lucian
2. Viorian Dekanti and giants
3. Miana
Kufi 17 | HP 208/208 | AC:31 T:18 FF:31 CMD: 36 | Fort +15, Ref +17, Will +14; +1 vs. traps, +4 vs. fear, +1 vs. poison | Init +9 | Perception +27 (+28 vs. surprise, +30 vs. traps)
Kufieno moves quick and unleashes a gout of lightning from his mouth.
Female Suli Paladin 3/ Monk-Un 4/ CoI 10 | HP 181/181 | AC 28 (39)* T 28 (30) FF 24 (35)* | F +22 R +20 W +21* (22) | CMD 48 | Init +4 | Perc +20 | Smite 3/3 Lay on Hands 12/12 Stunning Fist 14/14 Elemental Assault 17/17 Ki Points 13/14 Inevitable Fist 17/17
Realizing that Sealman will die if the woman isn't stopped, Miana relaxes her defensive position and goes all out against her with a torrent of punches and kicks
Ok, so no dead dwarf! That's probably the closest we've come to a death in a long time, right? I can't recall anyone dying in this campaign yet, I must be doing something wrong. Shattered Star has had a few deaths, Jade Regent had a few before we stopped at book 5, and in Reign of Winter all PCs and animals died at least once, the magus about every other fight if it weren't for breath of life, haha. Hmmm.... ;)
Ref:1d20 ⇒ 6 Fort:1d20 ⇒ 3
Kufieno hits the woman with a blast of electricity, scorching her left side. Miana then lands two blows past the woman's shield, although she still fights on! Having dropped the dwarf to the ground, she focuses on the suli Champion:
Badly injured, the woman is then quickly taken down with another kick from Miana!
Out of combat!
gear:
potion of haste, potions of cure serious wounds (5); +5 full plate, +5 heavy steel shield, Chellan, +1 composite longbow (+10 Str) with 20 arrows, belt of physical might +6 (Str, Con), boots of teleportation, cloak of minor displacement, headband of inspired wisdom +6, ring of freedom of movement, scarab of protection (10 charges), Sihedron ring, vibrant purple ioun stone (contains a fly spell)
giant gear (x3):
+4 full plate, Sihedron ring, mwk greatsword, mwk composite longbow
Chellan:
CHELLAN, SWORD OF GREED
MAJOR ARTIFACT
AURA strong transmutation CL 16th WEIGHT 25 lbs.
Of the Seven Blades of Conviction wielded by the runelords’ champions—weapons known as the Alara’hai to the Thassilonians, the sword of greed was the most extravagant—for it was made of magically hardened gold, tempered to the strength of adamantine yet retaining its luster. Although made of gold, Chellan functions as an adamantine weapon for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction and bypassing hardness. Chellan is a +5 keen scimitar, and its density allows it to damage foes as if it were one size category larger than its actual size. It can be properly wielded only by characters with a Strength of 18 or higher—all other characters must either wield it as a two-handed weapon or take a –2 penalty on attack rolls with the weapon.
Whenever Chellan strikes a foe, the target must succeed at a DC 20 Fortitude save or be slowed as per the spell slow (CL 16th). If the sword scores a critical hit, the target must succeed at a DC 25 Fortitude save or be turned into a crystalline statue, as if by flesh to stone. Characters turned to crystal by Chellan appear to be made of ruby, diamond, or some other valuable gem, but are in fact merely colored quartz of little value to looters.
Fanatical in the extreme, Chellan seeks to force its wielder into serving Karzoug and furthering the runelord’s goals. To enforce this purpose of their existence, it can use its intelligence and special abilities to aid and manipulate those who think to wield it.
Totally forgot about the slow effect and the flesh to stone effect from the blade, but I don't think it would have made any difference.
Kufi 17 | HP 208/208 | AC:31 T:18 FF:31 CMD: 36 | Fort +15, Ref +17, Will +14; +1 vs. traps, +4 vs. fear, +1 vs. poison | Init +9 | Perception +27 (+28 vs. surprise, +30 vs. traps)
Did she see invisible? If not, I'll roll a few miss chances.
Male Human (Varisian) Oracle (Lore) 8, Evangelist 10 | HP 165/165 | AC:36 T:20 FF:29 CMD: 30 | F+13 R+22 W+24 (+2 vs transmutation) | Init +5 | Per +25 (+4 to determine whether he's surprised), Darkvision 60ft
Regarding the fortunate lack of deaths so far: that's because you have a dear healer that keeps you safe :)
Once the dust has settled, Lucian gathers everyone for a group healing. "Gather round and revel in the joy of still being alive!" Channel:7d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 6, 1) = 27... for starters, let me know how much healing you still need on an individual basis.
Glancing through the collected items, Lucian takes a cloak and wraps it around Sealman's stout shoulders. The dwarf suddenly becomes blurry and hard to focus on. He also puts the woman's girdle around the dwarf's waist.
I vote for the cloak of minor displacement and the belt (Str and Con +6) to be given to Sealman for greater survivability. He'll have to drop his cloak of resistance, but that isn't such a big deal with the Sihedron Ring he's wearing.
Then he turns to the Azata and waves her goodbye after addressing her heartfelt thanks for her heavenly song.
I guess the "1 round/CL" buffs will wear off by the time we gather loot, heal, etc.
Female Suli Paladin 3/ Monk-Un 4/ CoI 10 | HP 181/181 | AC 28 (39)* T 28 (30) FF 24 (35)* | F +22 R +20 W +21* (22) | CMD 48 | Init +4 | Perc +20 | Smite 3/3 Lay on Hands 12/12 Stunning Fist 14/14 Elemental Assault 17/17 Ki Points 13/14 Inevitable Fist 17/17
@Kufieno: Those last attacks were on me, so Kufi is safe :P
Miana was borderline once, you crit with a scythe against her and those things always cause a bit of a scare with crits :P
Miana takes a couple of blows, but still stands, pummeling the woman to the ground.
Still down 19 hp, but I can LoH that away.
LoH @ self:7d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 1, 6, 1, 6, 5) = 29
She then takes care of her wounds, Lucian's aura taking care of the rest. "We must be on our guard, even greater challenges will await.", Miana ever vigilant as always.
Oh, my Reign of Winter group had a dedicated healer oracle as well. They were a group of four and they had two beastly animal companions (including a permanently anthroporphic sloth wielding a longspear) and their archer ranger put out incredible damage. I think it was just a tougher AP and perhaps I'm meaner in person than over PbP. Nothing will ever live up to the fight with Rasputin, even the final fight of that AP was not nearly as exciting.
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Also, if you guys don't mind I'm going to speed things up or we're going to go through the same routine ten times in a row:
As you pass through the southern corridor you come to a small alcove with a pair of double doors. But, of course, the Runelord himself is waiting for you again. Rissi and Lucian are skilled enough to recognize that this is another image and as Karzoug opens his mouth to hurl more insults at you, Seal mumbles a few dwarven cursewords under his breath and smacks him with his dominant weapon, sending Karzoug's image away with little effort.
The room beyond that Karzoug's image was guarding is an exquisitely decorated chamber containing thick carpeting on the floor, a flickering fireplace along the northern wall, and several large nests of fine furs and cushions.
Many of the furs on the floors here are quite fine examples of exotic pelts, ranging from snow leopard to yeti. In all, there are 20 pelts, each being worth 250 gp. Amid one of the pelts lies a forgotten periapt of proof against poison fitted into a short hair pin.
There are three more doors leading off from this chamber in each direction and there are also more doors down the hallway and around the corner.
Ok, I was overzealous in my estimate. There's only 6. It's cool and if this were face-to-face I would do them to build up the tension but really with a few dominant weapons and the right knowledge, chances are you'll win initiative and dispel him before anything happens. He got lucky that first time and threw a couple spells out, but he doesn't even use his high-level stuff.
This foul-smelling abattoir of a room is empty of furniture—it would appear that whatever lives here prefers to use the half-gnawed bodies of previous meals as bedding. In fact, the hideous mound of shuddering, pustule-encrusted flesh is moving, the bloated creature’s gaping maw filled with terrible teeth!
DC 25 Knowledge (nature):
Once regular lamias, these hideously deformed creatures are the result of terrible fleshwarping experiments that have rarely been repeated since the fall of Thassilon. Hungerers are unnatural creatures who live in constant pain and serve as living embodiments of hunger, insatiable in their constant quests for sustenance. Although they prefer to tear and rend living flesh, hungerers can consume almost any organic material, and might even gnaw on stone or metal without ill effect when nothing else is available.
"That is a squeak fleshwarped lamia - poor thing. It may resist fire, spells and magic, and immune to acid and resistant to all save *shhh* piercing weapons wrought of certain irons."
Rissi bathes the room in fire, attempting to burn away the filth and put the creatures out of their misery.
spell perfected quickened fireball off a wand using staff-like wand 10d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 1, 2, 6, 6, 4, 1, 1, 3) = 30 fire DC 26 halves
spell penetration:1d20 + 29 ⇒ (15) + 29 = 44
spell perfected maximized fireball off a wand using staff-like wand
60 fire DC 26 halves
spell penetration:1d20 + 29 ⇒ (15) + 29 = 44
Kufi 17 | HP 208/208 | AC:31 T:18 FF:31 CMD: 36 | Fort +15, Ref +17, Will +14; +1 vs. traps, +4 vs. fear, +1 vs. poison | Init +9 | Perception +27 (+28 vs. surprise, +30 vs. traps)
The wyrm-in-suli clothing wraps himself in a cloak of invisibility and then glides into the room.
greater invisibility
If the creature provokes and AoO moving past Kufieno +2 sadistic short sword,Good Hope,Invisible:1d20 + 18 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 18 + 2 + 2 = 32 Arcane Strike, Good Hope:1d6 + 9 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 3 + 2 = 17 plus sneak:2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4 plus -2 AC 1 rd
If it has an abjuration effects up, add +2 to hit and 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 2) + 2 = 7 damage
Using a ki point to activate Sweeping Smite on Blue and Red Sacred Stand is now also active for +5 to hit/AC as long as no allies are adjacent to Miana and she has both enemies in reach.
For all of their flash and show, Rissi's fireballs don't seem to hurt the hungerers very much. Lucian offers a blessing as Kufieno moves in. Miana's smiting power is enough to overcome the creatures' natural defenses, although they still look hungry, hungry....
Initiative:
1. Rissi, Miana, Kufieno, Lucian, and Seal
2. Hungry, Hungry Blob
