Noting Aldebert's hesitation, Mahdi says from his position in the air, "Bunch back together, I'll speed your feet. I thought it would stand to fight us, not flee."
Pent watches as the gorgon retreats. "Did it need a reason to attack us? Or does it just run away, as our challenge. If that's the case, why didn't they set it up as a Golden Chicken? Or a Golden Gazelle? Or a Golden Rabbit? Rams are supposed to stand their ground, stubbornly, aren't they?" Pent certainly doesn't show any signs of eagerness to pursue the creature, so looks ready to do Mahdi's bidding by staying back.
Aldebert checks his positioning with Pent and his brother and waits for the speed, smiling, eager to bring the fight to the departing ram.
Round Three: PCs acting.
Ami and Yeen hold their place in the air, waiting to charging after the beast.
Round 2, Init 7
Recognizing the need to wait a spell for Mahdi to wave a spell, Pent wages a spell on Otah, lending him a similar strength, before he rushes forward. "Oh, Sarah, bring Odie the bull, but only to his arms! He brags up and down he's already got it down bull-ow, and I take him at his word! Let him swing more strongly, but only in his arms! Don't need him tripping over himself during the chase! Dwarves only know how to run on two legs, not three!"
Mahdi sighs irritably and waves his hand, dispelling the wall of force. The previously flattened grass springs back into being. "Right, well if you all want to charge the creature I've said can turn you to statues, and if you all insist on being spread out like flung sesame seeds, carry on I suppose."
Round 2 Aldebert and Otah now acting.
Round: 3, Initiative: 29
Conditions: Blessings of Fervor (1/9r), Mirror Image (1/12m)(4/4 images), Smite on Golden Ram
Weapon Equipped: greatsword
GreatSword Attack BAB +9/+4, Str +2, Focus +1, Magic +1, Size +1, (Power Attack -3) Damage Str +3 (1.5x), Magic +1, (Power Attack +9 (1.5x))
Summon Mount: 1/2 (Full round)
Smite Evil: 2/3 (Swift, +4 attack, +9 damage, +4 AC)
Lay on Hands: 8/8 (Swift, 4d6 healing +1d6 if not fatigued, diseased, or poisoned)
Pearl of Power (first) 2/2
Spells (caster level 6, concentration +10, DC 14+)
1) Bed of Iron, Hero’s Defiance, Timely Inspiration
2)
- - -
Gretiem Lord of the Green
HP: 62/62 AC: 25 (F22/T13) Included: +4 mage armor
Fort: 8 Reflex: 8 Will: 4 BAB: +5 CMB: 10 CMD: 23 Move: 40’
Conditions: Mage Armor (1/9h)
Tricks: Aid, Air Walk, Attack x2, Come, Defend, Deliver, Down, Fetch, Flank, Flee, Get Help, Guard, Heal, Hunt, Sneak, Stay, Watch, Work
Bite Attack BAB +6, Str +4, Amulet +1 Damage Str +6 (1.5x), Amulet +1
Aldebert, sensing he has angered the wizard, worries a bit about the consequences of such an action, but decides he can’t apologize now. He worries more about being turned to stone, but he has no defense against that either. Uneasily, he continues.
”Sorry Mahdi…” he mumbles.
Aldebert mounts Gretiem as quickly as he can.
(armor) vs DC 20 for fast mount.
He leaps into the saddle , draws his greatsword , and uses Blessings of Fervor to Extend a casting of Mirror Image () .
He’ll further focus his attention and Smite the golden beast. .
”Hey you great golden ram. The wall is down - why don’t you come and play!”
Round 3: Otah now acting.
The Golden Ram continues to move away.
He casts Air Walk on Yeen and they both climb up to 15' off the ground.
Ami and Yeen can't wait to begin the chase or combat, whichever.
: Otah rushes forward (double move).
Round 3: All PCs now acting.
Round 3, Init 17
With the race on, Ami and Yeen race after the Ram, trying to circle it back towards the others.
ACs: Ami: 26 Yeen: 23+4+4=31 (barkskin, mage armor)
HP: Ami: 67/67; Yeen: 80/80
Ami:
[ dice]1d20+9+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee,bless)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+4+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee,bless)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
Yeen:
[ dice]1d20+13+2+1[/dice] to hit; (bite,DF,bless)
[ dice]1d6+8+2[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+14+1[/dice] CMB to grab
[ dice]1d20+13+2+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,DF,bless)
[ dice]1d4+8+2[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+13+2+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,DF,bless)
[ dice]1d4+8+2[/dice] damage.
Lvl 1: 0/8 used (DF*0)
Lvl 2: 0/7 used (barkskin*0)
Lvl 3: 2/7 used (mag vest*2)
Lvl 4: 0/5 used ( )
Extend Rod: 2/3 used (mag vest*2)
Yeen.: Mage Armor,DF,Barkskin,SoF,MCPfE10
Ami:
Mahdi flies down to near the ground again and casts a spell to speed everyone's collective feet, save Ami who is already sped after the ram.
Round: 4, Initiative: 29
Conditions: Blessings of Fervor (2/9r), Mirror Image (1/12m)(4/4 images), Smite on Golden Ram, Haste (1/9r)
Weapon Equipped: greatsword
GreatSword Attack BAB +9/+4, Str +2, Focus +1, Magic +1, Size +1, (Power Attack -3) Damage Str +3 (1.5x), Magic +1, (Power Attack +9 (1.5x))
Summon Mount: 1/2 (Full round)
Smite Evil: 2/3 (Swift, +4 attack, +9 damage, +4 AC)
Lay on Hands: 8/8 (Swift, 4d6 healing +1d6 if not fatigued, diseased, or poisoned)
Pearl of Power (first) 2/2
Spells (caster level 6, concentration +10, DC 14+)
1) Bed of Iron, Hero’s Defiance, Timely Inspiration
2)
- - -
Gretiem Lord of the Green
HP: 62/62 AC: 25 (F22/T13) Included: +4 mage armor Not included: +1 dodge (Haste)
Fort: 8 Reflex: 8 Will: 4 BAB: +5 CMB: 10 CMD: 23 Move: 40’
Conditions: Mage Armor (1/9h)
Tricks: Aid, Air Walk, Attack x2, Come, Defend, Deliver, Down, Fetch, Flank, Flee, Get Help, Guard, Heal, Hunt, Sneak, Stay, Watch, Work
Bite Attack BAB +6, Str +4, Amulet +1 Damage Str +6 (1.5x), Amulet +1
Appreciative of the hastening, Aldebert speeds Gretiem along to catch up. Gretiem runs (160’ move) to close with the great Ram.
Aldebert, as soon as he’s in range, concentrates on the Ram, using his ability to Detect Evil as he closes.
vs DC 16 (vigorous motion)
Ami snarls down at the beast, knowing that it is Sarenrae's will that he hunt this beast.
Round 3: Otah and Pent now acting.
Otah finds himself mysteriously forward in position, perhaps because he unwittingly overstepped due to the increase in speed and strength given to him by his allies.
He runs back to the cart to grab the reins, and urges the chariot forward.
Otah gets on the chariot and charges forward, its soundless charge goes unnoticed by the ram. As Otah let's out groan as he lands on the ground, the ram turns. The creature sniffs and continues its run. The chariot runs over the ram, it's quasi-real form minimally impacting the creature.
Round 3: Pent now acting.
The ram continues to move ahead.
Round 4: Otah (prone), Ami (w/ Yeen), and Pent now acting.
Round 3, Init 7
AC = 13
HP = 59/59
Weapon Equipped = +1 Light Crossbow
Condition(s) = Blessing of Fervor, Haste
Pent watches as the others chase after the ram with their varying approaches and speeds. He debates riding with Otah on the chariot, then thinks better of it, as the squat dwarf makes a mad attempt at using it as some kind of a force weapon. He decides to keep up with everyone, not interested in being left behind in the unusual forest. He keeps his distance, respecting the ram's potent breath weapon.
Otah uses the haft of his weapon to right himself, noting that the Ram did not take the bait.
"Huh. Thought that might work." He trots forward to the same distance as Pent, cautiously paranoid of being turned to stone.
Just because I like living in it, doesn't mean I want to be it.
Pent continues toward the ram, Otah follows the gnome after getting up off his backside.
Round 4: Pent (assuming continued movement) and Ami (w/ Yeen) now acting.
Round 4, Init 7
AC = 13
HP = 59/59
Weapon Equipped = +1 Light Crossbow
Condition(s) = Blessing of Fervor, Haste
Pent continues to keep a healthy distance from the creature able to turn living beings into highly-detailed stony structures. "Any chance we can end this quickly? This is going to get exceedingly tedious if you can't keep up with it, let alone allow it to remain intact. In any successful hunt, you either provoke the beast into standing its ground, or you injure it into losing ground, due to incapacitation or blood loss or slowly creeping existential crisis. You think the creature knows its fate, created for others to prey upon it?"
Round 4, Init 17
Ami casts divine favor on Yeen, readying the cat for combat while doing little else. Ami gives time for his brother and others to get closer so the hunt may continue.
Yes, Yeen! Pen the prey! You know this!
ACs: Ami: 26 Yeen: 23+4+4=31 (barkskin, mage armor)
HP: Ami: 67/67; Yeen: 80/80
Ami:
[ dice]1d20+9+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee,bless)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+4+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee,bless)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
Yeen:
[ dice]1d20+13+2+1[/dice] to hit; (bite,DF,bless)
[ dice]1d6+8+2[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+14+1[/dice] CMB to grab
[ dice]1d20+13+2+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,DF,bless)
[ dice]1d4+8+2[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+13+2+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,DF,bless)
[ dice]1d4+8+2[/dice] damage.
Lvl 1: 0/8 used (DF*0)
Lvl 2: 0/7 used (barkskin*0)
Lvl 3: 2/7 used (mag vest*2)
Lvl 4: 0/5 used ( )
Extend Rod: 2/3 used (mag vest*2)
Yeen.: Mage Armor,DF,Barkskin,SoF,MCPfE10
Ami:
Round 5 Mahdi, Aldebert, and Otah now acting.
The dwarf growls to himself something impolite about the nature of the ram and trundles forward, closing into charge distance.
"Someone, slam the ram, already! Ram the damn ram!"
Round: 5, Initiative: 29
Conditions: Blessings of Fervor (3/9r), Mirror Image (1/12m)(4/4 images), Haste (2/9r)
Weapon Equipped: greatsword
GreatSword Attack BAB +9/+4, Str +2, Focus +1, Magic +1, Size +1, (Power Attack -3) Damage Str +3 (1.5x), Magic +1, (Power Attack +9 (1.5x))
Summon Mount: 1/2 (Full round)
Smite Evil: 2/3 (Swift, +4 attack, +9 damage, +4 AC)
Lay on Hands: 8/8 (Swift, 4d6 healing +1d6 if not fatigued, diseased, or poisoned)
Pearl of Power (first) 2/2
Spells (caster level 6, concentration +10, DC 14+)
1) Bed of Iron, Hero’s Defiance, Timely Inspiration
2)
- - -
Gretiem Lord of the Green
HP: 62/62 AC: 25 (F22/T13) Included: +4 mage armor Not included: +1 dodge (Haste)
Fort: 8 Reflex: 8 Will: 4 BAB: +5 CMB: 10 CMD: 23 Move: 40’
Conditions: Mage Armor (1/9h), Haste (2/9r)
Tricks: Aid, Air Walk, Attack x2, Come, Defend, Deliver, Down, Fetch, Flank, Flee, Get Help, Guard, Heal, Hunt, Sneak, Stay, Watch, Work
Bite Attack BAB +6, Str +4, Amulet +1 Damage Str +6 (1.5x), Amulet +1
”It’s not evil, so let’s try not to kill it shall we? I don’t know what to do, though this is clearly our goal.” he shouts as Gretiem rushes the beast.
Aldebert finally swings on the golden ram, but starts with a subduing stroke
(haste, BoF, nonlethal)
Mahdi hurries to get back in range of the fight, zipping through the air with the greatest of ease, the man on the flying trapeze.
As Madhi, Aldebert, and Otah surround the ram greatsword flies toward the creature, missing. The ram steps back from this new attacker, its breath flowing from its mouth.
Round 5: Ami (w/ Yeen) and Pent now acting.
Should the paladin's mount die, the paladin may not summon another mount for 30 days or until she gains a paladin level, whichever comes first. During this 30-day period, the paladin takes a –1 penalty on attack and weapon damage rolls.
As such, I'll take the -1 on attacks and damage until we reverse the golding, or I summon a new mount.
Aldebert watches in horror as Gretiem turns swiftly to gold. My noble steed!
Fort vs. DC 21 (Ami)
Fort vs. DC 21 (Yeen)
In the midst of an angry war cry, Ami's voice cuts off...he shines gloriously in the sun. Yeen is confused by the additional weight.
The breath from the ram encompasses Ami and Gretiem. Both petrify into gold that shines in the sun. Aldebert and Otah are able to shake off the effects of the creature's breath.
Round 5: Yeen and Pent now acting.
Yeen stands confused, unsure what is going on.
Round 5, Init 7
Pent decides that distance is the better part of prudence. With cat on cloud, and lizard on low, Pent roots on the less golden gents to finish the work, so they can figure out how to bring back the gorgonzola'd.
"That's a nifty self-defense mechanism. I thought it was supposed to smack 'em into stone, but gold should be good, too. Gretiem grows back his tail, right? If we're wise, we'd lop off the lizard's backside several times over, before restoring him. That ok with you, Aldi?"
Round 6: Mahdi, Aldebert, and Otah now acting.
Mahdi frowns down at the scene from above it, and gestures sharply, exploding golden dust around the bull. "Since you apparently like gold so much," he mutters. More loudly he says, "It's some... abnormal type of gorgon, apparently, I've only ever hear of them turning people to stone. Don't worry, Aldebert, there should be some way to fix your brother."
I hope.
Otah steps forward, grabbing the end of his horsechopper in one hand and thrusting it forward.
Round: 6, Initiative: 29
Conditions: loss of paladin mount (-1att/dam), Blessings of Fervor (4/9r), Mirror Image (1/12m)(4/4 images), Haste (3/9r)
Weapon Equipped: greatsword
GreatSword Attack BAB +9/+4, Str +2, Focus +1, Magic +1, Size +1, (Power Attack -3) Damage Str +3 (1.5x), Magic +1, (Power Attack +9 (1.5x))
Summon Mount: 1/2 (Full round)
Smite Evil: 2/3 (Swift, +4 attack, +9 damage, +4 AC)
Lay on Hands: 8/8 (Swift, 4d6 healing +1d6 if not fatigued, diseased, or poisoned)
Pearl of Power (first) 2/2
Spells (caster level 6, concentration +10, DC 14+)
1) Bed of Iron, Hero’s Defiance, Timely Inspiration
2)
- - -
Gretiem Lord of the Green
HP: 62/62 AC: 25 (F22/T13) Included: +4 mage armor Not included: +1 dodge (Haste)
Fort: 8 Reflex: 8 Will: 4 BAB: +5 CMB: 10 CMD: 23 Move: 40’
Conditions: Mage Armor (1/9h), Haste (2/9r)
Tricks: Aid, Air Walk, Attack x2, Come, Defend, Deliver, Down, Fetch, Flank, Flee, Get Help, Guard, Heal, Hunt, Sneak, Stay, Watch, Work
Bite Attack BAB +6, Str +4, Amulet +1 Damage Str +6 (1.5x), Amulet +1
Aldebert leaps off the Golden Gretiem, even as he sees his brother fall under the same fate.
He nearly loses it completely when Mahdi’s voice cuts in and reminds him that his allies have great powers indeed. You’ll be fine brother! he hopes as he concentrates his efforts on the golden creature before him.
vs DC 20 to fast dismount
He attacks first nonlethally to soften it up, then lethally intent on dropping it where it stands. Also, I might be flanking with Otah, and will 5' step if I need to make that happen. However Otah is not on the map in the right place, so I don't know where to go.
(haste, BoF, nonlethal, paladin) (paladin)
(haste, BoF, paladin) (paladin)
(haste, BoF, paladin) (paladin)
(haste, BoF, nonlethal, paladin) (paladin)
(haste, BoF, paladin) (paladin)
The creature begins sniffing heavily as it is struck blind. Although Otah's first strike misses, his following one finds its mark. The ram lurches momentarily surprised by the assault that it could not see, but as the third strike misses it relaxes again. It's sense of peace is quickly broken as a trio of blows by Aldebert's greatsword beat against it. The first, blunted strike visibly surprises the creature while the other two make it wince and yelp. It immediately steps back and begins to run away.
Round 6: Yeen and Pent now acting.