Round: 5, Initiative: 13
Conditions: Endure Elements (24h), Magic Vestment (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Barkskin (+5), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Mirror Image (1/9m 5/5 images), Blessing of Fervor
Weapon Equipped: Greatsword
GreatSword Attack BAB +12/+7/+2, Str +2, Focus +1, Magic +1, Size +1, (Power Attack -3) Damage Str +3 (1.5x), Magic +1, (Power Attack +9 (1.5x)) (Crit 17-20)
Summon Mount: 2/2 (Full round)
Smite Evil: 4/4 (Swift, +4 attack, +11 damage, +4 AC)
Lay on Hands: 10/10 (Swift, 6d6 healing +1d6 if not blinded, fatigued, diseased, or poisoned)
Pearl of Power (first) 2/2
Spells (caster level 9, concentration +13, DC 14+)
1) Bed of Iron, Hero’s Defiance,
2)
3) Angelic Aspect, Good Hope
- - -
Gretiem Lord of the Green
HP: 65/65 +12 temp (DR 5/evil) AC: 29 (F24/T15) (included: mage armor +4, shield companion +1)(Not included: blessings of fervor +2)
Fort: 10 Reflex: 10 Will: 6 (SR 15, Resist Cold, Acid, Electricity 10) CMB: 13 CMD: 26 Move: 40’
Conditions: Mage Armor (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Shield Companion (+1 AC, +1 saves included)(1/9h)
Smite evil (swift, +0 att +10 dam) (1/1d)
Tricks: Aid, Air Walk, Attack x2, Come, Defend, Deliver, Down, Fetch, Flank, Flee, Get Help, Guard, Heel, Hunt, Menace, Sneak, Stay, Watch, Work
Bite Attack BAB +7, Str +5, Amulet +1 Damage Str +7 (1.5x), Amulet +1
Aldebert closes in on the hell hound, provoking with movement I suspect, as he tries a crushing blow!
(BoF)
(BoF)
Pent drones on, while Mahdi Vanishes, if only to make himself slender in the eyes of a new opponent from the southwest. Amiamble fires off some ice to engage and dissuade the heated encounter.
The Hound seems to be expecting hostility, having recently witnessed the strike team's effectiveness, but the Giant in his hubris is caught completely off-guard, despite his well-sighted condition.
Otah sets a sturdy defense, expecting the numerous foes to attempt a skirting along the outer wall. Aldebert makes sure their deadly intentions are laid bare, though only one giant really takes in the halfling's savagery, as he watches the northern Hell Hound cut down in the prime of his life, by both bite and blade.
The remaining Hell Hounds circle Aldebert warily, avoiding any needless opportunistic assaults. Little do they know how armored the little creature has become...
...
Round 5, Init 12-
AC = 13
HP = 72/72
Weapon Equipped = +1 Light Crossbow
Condition(s) = Blessing of Fervor
Pent loses track of Mahdi, his gaze so recently straining to see to the southwest, and post a vigil to alert his crew, should something new come out of nowhere. Not really nowhere, actually, as there are very little directions they haven't already specked, so something new might come out of the southwest, to be more accurate. Something with horns, and lungs that roar. Something he pictures that has four legs, and red eyes, and really long teeth.
The Carpet seems to sense the gnome's discomfort, and rises to a height of 30', just to be cautious, and places a pillar between the gnome and the ungnome.
Mahdi eases into position, drifting unseen through the air... lining up on the two blinded giants...
Ami's idea seems like a great one to him. Mahdi becomes visible again as bitter frost erupts from his fingers, an element heretofore unknown to the usually-fire-mage. His teeth are gritted with the effort of summoning the alien nature of cold, but it catches both blinded giants anyway.
The fire giants Red and Blue fail to witness the incoming ice strike, and take the full might of Mahdi's dabble in the cold.
You catch sight of the magmin gathering in the southern room, before one of them closes the door against your observations.
With the Hell Hounds holding off the northern assault, however long that lasts, the giants react to Mahdi's sudden appearance. Green picks up a hefty rock, and launches it, giving Blue a general direction in which to swing his ugly-looking greatsword.
Something shifts under Blue's foot at the last, the campfire boulders betraying the fire giant's center mass, and the fire mage is spared a massive metal slash.
Round: 6, Initiative: 13
Conditions: Endure Elements (24h), Magic Vestment (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Barkskin (+5), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Mirror Image (1/9m 5/5 images), Blessing of Fervor
Weapon Equipped: Greatsword
GreatSword Attack BAB +12/+7/+2, Str +2, Focus +1, Magic +1, Size +1, (Power Attack -3) Damage Str +3 (1.5x), Magic +1, (Power Attack +9 (1.5x)) (Crit 17-20)
Summon Mount: 2/2 (Full round)
Smite Evil: 4/4 (Swift, +4 attack, +11 damage, +4 AC)
Lay on Hands: 10/10 (Swift, 6d6 healing +1d6 if not blinded, fatigued, diseased, or poisoned)
Pearl of Power (first) 2/2
Spells (caster level 9, concentration +13, DC 14+)
1) Bed of Iron, Hero’s Defiance,
2)
3) Angelic Aspect, Good Hope
- - -
Gretiem Lord of the Green
HP: 65/65 +12 temp (DR 5/evil) AC: 29 (F24/T15) (included: mage armor +4, shield companion +1)(Not included: blessings of fervor +2)
Fort: 10 Reflex: 10 Will: 6 (SR 15, Resist Cold, Acid, Electricity 10) CMB: 13 CMD: 26 Move: 40’
Conditions: Mage Armor (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Shield Companion (+1 AC, +1 saves included)(1/9h)
Smite evil (swift, +0 att +10 dam) (1/1d)
Tricks: Aid, Air Walk, Attack x2, Come, Defend, Deliver, Down, Fetch, Flank, Flee, Get Help, Guard, Heel, Hunt, Menace, Sneak, Stay, Watch, Work
Bite Attack BAB +7, Str +5, Amulet +1 Damage Str +7 (1.5x), Amulet +1
Aldebert concentrates on yellow, trying to plow the hound into the ground. Should it fall, he attacks pink and 5’ steps east.
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
Mahdi snarls in annoyance as a rock wipes out his magical semblance of life and then a little extra.
"The magmin are doing... something in that chamber to south. I can't see what, the little pests have closed the door. Bah."
Round 6, Init 7
Ami urges Yeen to step forward and lunge at the near (yellow) with claw and fang and more claw. Ami casts Divine Favor through Yeen.
Yeen:
to hit; (bite,feast,+DF)
damage.
to hit; (claw,feast)
damage.
to hit; (claw,feast)
damage.
to hit; (bite,feast)
damage.
ACs: Ami: 27. Yeen: 28+5+4=37 (barkskin, mage armor)
HP: Ami:91/91+0 temp; Yeen: 132/132 + 0 temp
Ami:
[ dice]1d20+12+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee, feast)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+7+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee, feast)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
Yeen:
[ dice]1d20+18+1[/dice] to hit; (bite,feast)
[ dice]1d6+9[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+19[/dice] CMB to grab
[ dice]1d20+19+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,feast)
[ dice]1d4+9[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+19+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,feast)
[ dice]1d4+9[/dice] damage.
Lvl 1: 3/8 used (DF*1,EE*2,AibBub*0,LibCom*0)
Lvl 2: 3/7 used (barkskin*2,CMW*0,Bull*0,RE*1,Grace*0)
Lvl 3: 4/7 used (mag vest*2,MCaE*1,InvisPurge*1)
Lvl 4: 2/7 used (AirWalk*0,DivPower*0,Grove,FoM)
Lvl 5: 0/6 used (CLWmass*0,FlameStrike*0,DispEvil*0)
Lvl 6: 1/3 used (ColdIce*1,StoneTell,MassCMW)
Extend Rod: 3/3 used (mag vest*2, barkskin)
Yeen.: Mage Armor,Barkskin,Resist Fire 30. MCvEvil. Airwalk.
Ami: .
Otah shifts to the side, striking at the hound that approached.
for
for
for
Pent flits about, waiting for the battle to resolve. Mahdi lays down a line of cold fire, striking out at the two soon-to-be-sighted giants. Amiamble guides Yeen into Yellow, bringing the hound down with two swift strikes, while Otah tears into the hot hound of the north with the cold edge of Zenzirad, also slaying the dog.
This leaves poor Aldebert without a puppy.
...
Round 6, Init 12-
AC = 13
HP = 72/72
Weapon Equipped = +1 Light Crossbow
Condition(s) = Blessing of Fervor
Curiosity gets the better of the gnome, as he flies the Carpet over to a more southern pillar, from where he can post vigil for attackers emanating from the southwest.
You can see an open courtyard, at the center stands a 50' tall ziggurat. At the top of the ziggurat stands a giant metallic bull, from its mouth pours smoke, as well as that beastly sound you heard earlier. There are two fire giants standing at the top, listening to the roar, smiles upon their faces.
"Hey. Fellas. There's a giant metal bull, standing on a 50' tall ziggurat, in an open courtyard. At the top of the ziggurat, I can make out two more fire giants. They seem to be listening to the bull, and liking it. I think the sound we heard earlier came from the bull up top."
As soon as Pent reports what he sees, another loud monstrous bellow echoes throughout the stable, and courtyard to the southwest.
"Yep, I'm sure of it now. The bull's making the noise. And the giants seem pretty fixated on it, they don't seem to hear me talking back at you all."
Aldebert will close with the giant, swinging once mightily and missing, as does Gretiem. AoO's on the inbound I suspect for reach.
When he hears of the bull, "Great, now they're organizing a defense against us. Soon the whole town will be upon us! We cannot kill the entire city! We must find our way out of here..." He's angry, as much for the missed attack as anything.
The fire giant doesn't decline to swing on the halfling rider, though he demonstrates a proficiency with his own blade to match that of the Abadarian.
Mahdi darkly contemplates the fact that he'd hoped his blinded prey would still be blinded, and discovers it's not the case. He beats an aerial retreat, resigning himself to a probable blow from one of those massive blades as he rejoins the others.
"Now what?" he says through gritted teeth, clutching at one of his injuries. "If it's another of those golden bulls I suppose I could get some new spells out of it..."
With all giant eyes uncompromised, the fire giants finally have their say in this confrontation, now that the Bayt infiltrators have closed the distance.
Red and Green begin a campaign of halfling thumping. Their greatswords making great arcs through the air, like diabolical pendulums in a dungeon. For their lack of coordination, Aldebert is only struck twice of six attempts.
Blue decides to heft another boulder, and launch it at the back dwarven defender. His aim is true, and Otah is concussed from above.
No hide nor hair of the magmins...
...
Round 7, Init 7
Ami and Yeen circle the green giant (provoking), so that Yeen can get into flank.
Yeen:
to hit; (bite,feast,+DF,+flank)
damage.
Yeen tries to take a bite out of green.
ACs: Ami: 27. Yeen: 28+5+4=37 (barkskin, mage armor)
HP: Ami:91/91+0 temp; Yeen: 132/132 + 0 temp
Ami:
[ dice]1d20+12+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee, feast)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+7+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee, feast)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
Yeen:
[ dice]1d20+18+1[/dice] to hit; (bite,feast)
[ dice]1d6+9[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+19[/dice] CMB to grab
[ dice]1d20+19+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,feast)
[ dice]1d4+9[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+19+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,feast)
[ dice]1d4+9[/dice] damage.
Lvl 1: 3/8 used (DF*1,EE*2,AibBub*0,LibCom*0)
Lvl 2: 3/7 used (barkskin*2,CMW*0,Bull*0,RE*1,Grace*0)
Lvl 3: 4/7 used (mag vest*2,MCaE*1,InvisPurge*1)
Lvl 4: 2/7 used (AirWalk*0,DivPower*0,Grove,FoM)
Lvl 5: 0/6 used (CLWmass*0,FlameStrike*0,DispEvil*0)
Lvl 6: 1/3 used (ColdIce*1,StoneTell,MassCMW)
Extend Rod: 3/3 used (mag vest*2, barkskin)
Yeen.: Mage Armor,Barkskin,Resist Fire 30. MCvEvil. Airwalk.
Ami: .
Ami appears to be the worse for wear in the opportunistic exchange.
Round: 7, Initiative: 13
Conditions: Endure Elements (24h), Magic Vestment (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Barkskin (+5), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Mirror Image (1/9m 2/5 images), Blessing of Fervor
Weapon Equipped: Greatsword
GreatSword Attack BAB +12/+7/+2, Str +2, Focus +1, Magic +1, Size +1, (Power Attack -3) Damage Str +3 (1.5x), Magic +1, (Power Attack +9 (1.5x)) (Crit 17-20)
Summon Mount: 2/2 (Full round)
Smite Evil: 4/4 (Swift, +4 attack, +11 damage, +4 AC)
Lay on Hands: 10/10 (Swift, 6d6 healing +1d6 if not blinded, fatigued, diseased, or poisoned)
Pearl of Power (first) 2/2
Spells (caster level 9, concentration +13, DC 14+)
1) Bed of Iron, Hero’s Defiance,
2)
3) Angelic Aspect, Good Hope
- - -
Gretiem Lord of the Green
HP: 65/65 +12 temp (DR 5/evil) AC: 29 (F24/T15) (included: mage armor +4, shield companion +1)
Fort: 10 Reflex: 10 Will: 6 (SR 15, Resist Cold, Acid, Electricity 10) CMB: 13 CMD: 26 Move: 40’
Conditions: Mage Armor (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Shield Companion (+1 AC, +1 saves included)(1/9h)
Smite evil (swift, +0 att +10 dam) (1/1d)
Tricks: Aid, Air Walk, Attack x2, Come, Defend, Deliver, Down, Fetch, Flank, Flee, Get Help, Guard, Heel, Hunt, Menace, Sneak, Stay, Watch, Work
Bite Attack BAB +7, Str +5, Amulet +1 Damage Str +7 (1.5x), Amulet +1
Aldebert has mirror images up. Two other attempts were also close enough to pop images. So…
first attack
second attack
3 total images are blown leaving 2. I was hit for 22 damage. I had 12 temp, so I take 10.
Aldebert helps his brother with green. If green should fall, he’ll five foot step to red and continue on.
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
The dwarf slides forward and strikes out at the nearest fire giant.
for
for
for
for
"Where would we run to?!"
"Who said anything about running," Mahdi says, beginning to chant and weave his fingers in another spell. "Otah, try not to get between any of the giants, we're about to make you a match for them..."
Round 7, Init 12-
AC = 13
HP = 72/72
Weapon Equipped = +1 Light Crossbow
Condition(s) = Blessing of Fervor
Pent continues to watch the courtyard, reporting any news, should news develop. "The giants seem focused on the metal bull. Given the noise, we might be safe, as long as you don't take too long bringing down these giants, otherwise they may call to aid..."
Amiamble trades blows with Green. Otah launches a flurry of far-reaching attacks, the last one bringing the large opponent to his knees. Aldebert shirks off some images, while engaging Red in melee. Between him and Gretiem, they manage to strike the giant twice.
Pent posts a vigil, while Mahdi prepares a lengthier magical incantation.
Blue joins Red in holding their ever-diminishing line, both of them beginning to bellow loudly in Giant. It's clear to all they mean to gain the attention of their fellow fire giants to the southwest.
Red decides to close his eyes, and let his number of swings dictate his success against the mirrored meleer.
Having just arrived at Red's side, Blue takes a single strike, hoping to get lucky a different way, and hit the true opponent, not some little distraction.
You can just see one of the giants turn their head in your direction...
...
Round 8, Init 12-
AC = 13
HP = 72/72
Weapon Equipped = +1 Light Crossbow
Condition(s) = Blessing of Fervor
Pent perks up from his perch upon the Carpet. "Easy, fellas. You need to silence those two, or you're going to have two more joining you shortly..."
Otah jogs forward to engage blue.
for
Round: 7, Initiative: 13
Conditions: Endure Elements (24h), Magic Vestment (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Barkskin (+5), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Mirror Image (1/9m 1/5 images), Blessing of Fervor
Weapon Equipped: Greatsword
GreatSword Attack BAB +12/+7/+2, Str +2, Focus +1, Magic +1, Size +1, (Power Attack -3) Damage Str +3 (1.5x), Magic +1, (Power Attack +9 (1.5x)) (Crit 17-20)
Summon Mount: 2/2 (Full round)
Smite Evil: 4/4 (Swift, +4 attack, +11 damage, +4 AC)
Lay on Hands: 9/10 (Swift, 6d6 healing +1d6 if not blinded, fatigued, diseased, or poisoned)
Pearl of Power (first) 2/2
Spells (caster level 9, concentration +13, DC 14+)
1) Bed of Iron, Hero’s Defiance,
2)
3) Angelic Aspect, Good Hope
- - -
Gretiem Lord of the Green
HP: 65/65 +12 temp (DR 5/evil) AC: 29 (F24/T15) (included: mage armor +4, shield companion +1)
Fort: 10 Reflex: 10 Will: 6 (SR 15, Resist Cold, Acid, Electricity 10) CMB: 13 CMD: 26 Move: 40’
Conditions: Mage Armor (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Shield Companion (+1 AC, +1 saves included)(1/9h)
Smite evil (swift, +0 att +10 dam) (1/1d)
Tricks: Aid, Air Walk, Attack x2, Come, Defend, Deliver, Down, Fetch, Flank, Flee, Get Help, Guard, Heel, Hunt, Menace, Sneak, Stay, Watch, Work
Bite Attack BAB +7, Str +5, Amulet +1 Damage Str +7 (1.5x), Amulet +1
Aldebert takes the hit and grimaces as it’s a bad one. ”I think that was a rib!”
He swiftly touches himself to try and counter some of the damage done.
He starts with Red, though Blue will do too if his brother beats him to it. He swings away, trying to fell another of the giant beasts.
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
(feast)
Mahdi's spell concludes, and Otah becomes a giant dwarf!
Mahdi reorients slightly to have a better view of the incoming. "Pent, I appreciate you're keeping watch, but just so you know Aldebert is taking a beating here..."
The mage reaches into his belt pouch, clutches a pearl, and recharges his burst of radiance spell.
Round 8, Init 7
Ami and Yeen circle the red giant, so that Yeen can get into flank.
Yeen:
to hit; (bite,feast,+DF,+flank)
damage.
ACs: Ami: 27. Yeen: 28+5+4=37 (barkskin, mage armor)
HP: Ami:65/91+0 temp; Yeen: 132/132 + 0 temp
Ami:
[ dice]1d20+12+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee, feast)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+7+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee, feast)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
Yeen:
[ dice]1d20+18+1[/dice] to hit; (bite,feast)
[ dice]1d6+9[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+19[/dice] CMB to grab
[ dice]1d20+19+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,feast)
[ dice]1d4+9[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+19+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,feast)
[ dice]1d4+9[/dice] damage.
Lvl 1: 3/8 used (DF*1,EE*2,AibBub*0,LibCom*0)
Lvl 2: 3/7 used (barkskin*2,CMW*0,Bull*0,RE*1,Grace*0)
Lvl 3: 4/7 used (mag vest*2,MCaE*1,InvisPurge*1)
Lvl 4: 2/7 used (AirWalk*0,DivPower*0,Grove,FoM)
Lvl 5: 0/6 used (CLWmass*0,FlameStrike*0,DispEvil*0)
Lvl 6: 1/3 used (ColdIce*1,StoneTell,MassCMW)
Extend Rod: 3/3 used (mag vest*2, barkskin)
Yeen.: Mage Armor,Barkskin,Resist Fire 30. MCvEvil. Airwalk.
Ami: .
Amiamble steers Yeen around the campfires, arriving in flank, and suffering a swing of opportunity for his troubles.
Otah lands a full swing on Blue, bloodying the fire giant on his hip. Aldebert strikes hard, twice, setting Gretiem up to wink out Red, who lumbers backwards and collapses to the ground. The gecko peppers Blue with two more bites, leaving the last local fire giant ripe for the kill.
Pent wiles away the combat time, watching other fire giants at play, while Mahdi points out the bleeder, and prepares for further confrontation, just as Otah is enlarged to similar heights as the giants!
The last giant, Blue, prepares himself for the inevitable death blow, closing his eyes, and seeking the Abadarian's head in exchange.
...
"Woah! the dwarf lets out as his perception of the room now includes a downward angle on all sides.
He takes a second to adjust to being able to see the large fire men eye to eye... and the halflings eye to eye... before making a jog around the remaining giant.
for
Round: 8, Initiative: 13
Conditions: Endure Elements (24h), Magic Vestment (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Barkskin (+5), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Mirror Image (1/9m 1 image), Blessing of Fervor
Weapon Equipped: Greatsword
GreatSword Attack BAB +12/+7/+2, Str +2, Focus +1, Magic +1, Size +1, (Power Attack -3) Damage Str +3 (1.5x), Magic +1, (Power Attack +9 (1.5x)) (Crit 17-20)
Summon Mount: 2/2 (Full round)
Smite Evil: 4/4 (Swift, +4 attack, +11 damage, +4 AC)
Lay on Hands: 8/10 (Swift, 6d6 healing +1d6 if not blinded, fatigued, diseased, or poisoned)
Pearl of Power (first) 2/2
Spells (caster level 9, concentration +13, DC 14+)
1) Bed of Iron, Hero’s Defiance,
2)
3) Angelic Aspect, Good Hope
- - -
Gretiem Lord of the Green
HP: 65/65 +12 temp (DR 5/evil) AC: 29 (F24/T15) (included: mage armor +4, shield companion +1)
Fort: 10 Reflex: 10 Will: 6 (SR 15, Resist Cold, Acid, Electricity 10) CMB: 13 CMD: 26 Move: 40’
Conditions: Mage Armor (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Shield Companion (+1 AC, +1 saves included)(1/9h)
Smite evil (swift, +0 att +10 dam) (1/1d)
Tricks: Aid, Air Walk, Attack x2, Come, Defend, Deliver, Down, Fetch, Flank, Flee, Get Help, Guard, Heel, Hunt, Menace, Sneak, Stay, Watch, Work
Bite Attack BAB +7, Str +5, Amulet +1 Damage Str +7 (1.5x), Amulet +1
He swiftly touches himself to try and counter some of the damage done.
He holds up his sword in salute a brief instant, before bringing it down again and again. He flanks with Otah, and digs in to the last giant.
(feast, flank)
(feast, flank)
(feast, flank)
(feast, flank)
(feast, flank)
(feast, flank)
(feast, flank)
(feast, flank)
(feast, flank)
Round 9, Init 7
Yeen 5' steps and lunges at the remaining giant.
Yeen:
to hit; (bite,feast,+DF)
damage.
to hit; (claw,feast)
damage.
to hit; (claw,feast)
damage.
to hit; (bite,feast)
damage.
ACs: Ami: 27. Yeen: 28+5+4=37 (barkskin, mage armor)
HP: Ami:65/91+0 temp; Yeen: 132/132 + 0 temp
Ami:
[ dice]1d20+12+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee, feast)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+7+1[/dice] to hit; (slingstaff, melee, feast)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
Yeen:
[ dice]1d20+18+1[/dice] to hit; (bite,feast)
[ dice]1d6+9[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+19[/dice] CMB to grab
[ dice]1d20+19+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,feast)
[ dice]1d4+9[/dice] damage.
[ dice]1d20+19+1[/dice] to hit; (claw,feast)
[ dice]1d4+9[/dice] damage.
Lvl 1: 3/8 used (DF*1,EE*2,AibBub*0,LibCom*0)
Lvl 2: 3/7 used (barkskin*2,CMW*0,Bull*0,RE*1,Grace*0)
Lvl 3: 4/7 used (mag vest*2,MCaE*1,InvisPurge*1)
Lvl 4: 2/7 used (AirWalk*0,DivPower*0,Grove,FoM)
Lvl 5: 0/6 used (CLWmass*0,FlameStrike*0,DispEvil*0)
Lvl 6: 1/3 used (ColdIce*1,StoneTell,MassCMW)
Extend Rod: 3/3 used (mag vest*2, barkskin)
Yeen.: Mage Armor,Barkskin,Resist Fire 30. MCvEvil. Airwalk.
Ami: .
Yeen finishes the last fire giant in the vicinity, leaving both Otah and Aldebert to reconsider their actions in the moment.
Pent takes heed of Mahdi's stat call on Aldebert, so navigates carefully back and away from the bully courtyard to heal the half, and ready for further fighting, as is the halves' natures.
He then channels to include them all.
"So, yep, the two fire giants didn't seem to pay much mind to the bellower over here. How do you want to proceed?"
From your current position, you have several ways forward, actually.
A set of double doors at the northern part of the stables...
The set of stairs you used to arrive at this level...
A corridor just south of the stairs you used to arrive at this level...
The bull bellow courtyard to the southwest...
The door to the south, most recently used by the gaggle of magmin in retreat...
The hall further south and to the east...
Conditions: Endure Elements (24h), Magic Vestment (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Barkskin (+5), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Mirror Image (1/9m 1 image)
Weapon Equipped: Greatsword
GreatSword Attack BAB +12/+7/+2, Str +2, Focus +1, Magic +1, Size +1, (Power Attack -3) Damage Str +3 (1.5x), Magic +1, (Power Attack +9 (1.5x)) (Crit 17-20)
Summon Mount: 2/2 (Full round)
Smite Evil: 4/4 (Swift, +4 attack, +11 damage, +4 AC)
Lay on Hands: 8/10 (Swift, 6d6 healing +1d6 if not blinded, fatigued, diseased, or poisoned)
Pearl of Power (first) 2/2
Spells (caster level 9, concentration +13, DC 14+)
1) Bed of Iron, Hero’s Defiance,
2)
3) Angelic Aspect, Good Hope
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Gretiem Lord of the Green
HP: 65/65 +12 temp (DR 5/evil) AC: 29 (F24/T15) (included: mage armor +4, shield companion +1)
Fort: 10 Reflex: 10 Will: 6 (SR 15, Resist Cold, Acid, Electricity 10) CMB: 13 CMD: 26 Move: 40’
Conditions: Mage Armor (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Shield Companion (+1 AC, +1 saves included)(1/9h)
Smite evil (swift, +0 att +10 dam) (1/1d)
Tricks: Aid, Air Walk, Attack x2, Come, Defend, Deliver, Down, Fetch, Flank, Flee, Get Help, Guard, Heel, Hunt, Menace, Sneak, Stay, Watch, Work
Bite Attack BAB +7, Str +5, Amulet +1 Damage Str +7 (1.5x), Amulet +1
Brought within a hair of fully healed, Aldebert thanks Pent, ”Well done, thanks for that, and the low emissions.” he grins.
”So, shall we let them flee, or follow them and see where they went?” he gestures to the southern door. ”If not there, how about those double doors? I myself would prefer the double doors once we’ve processed this lot, but I’m agreeable to suggestion.”
He’ll quickly search the bodies for portable loot, one last lazy mirror image spinning around him as he does so. He moves quickly, hoping to use that image in one more fight if possible.
Healed by Pent, Ami smiles at the gnome, then looks to make sure his brother is okay. Seeing his brother only has minor scratches, Yeen and Ami paw and sniff through the bodies of the dead, looking for magics or loots or maps or whatever else might be helpful.
Perception w/Detect Magic
Until he finishes his searching (and allowing Yeen to rip out a few throats), Ami is not ready to think about where to go next.
Three Half-Plate Armors (Large)
Three Greatswords (Large)
Bag of 3 humanoid and 2 animal skulls
Sack of 13 gemstones, 50gp each
Box of 300 large steel nails
"You made easy enough work of the three flamin' gigantics, and Otah's looking reasonably ready to rampage. I suggest you tackle the ziggurat waiting to the southwest. Clear out the main floor of this level of the Bayt, before breaking down big doors..."
Pent seems quite bold from his position on high.
Aldebert nods along with Pent's suggestion, "Sure, works for me!" and he rides to the southwest after gathering up the gems. He leaves the rest for now as being too bulky to be worth the effort.
Ami also follows the gaseous gnome's suggestion, happy to follow the giant potato-eyed Otah into battle. Ami moves to the left as he chases his brother to the south.
Ami and Yeen slow up as the peer carefully around the corner.
Stealth
Perception
The Bayt infiltrators approach the open courtyard, cautiously.
The frightful screams and bellows of what sounds like an enraged bull echo through this vast courtyard. In the center of the court stands a fifty-foot-tall ziggurat, atop which looms a statue of a bull. Smoke issues from the statue’s open mouth, as does the eerie bellowing. Beyond the ziggurat stands the huge domed palace that surmounts the citadel, its double domes glinting beneath a roiling molten sky.
From your position, the two fire giants at the top of the ziggurat are easy enough to spot, as their belly laughs seem to pair in consequence to the bellows of the bull. They do not seem to be aware of your approach.
The brazen statue is a magical device honoring the sacred apis (bull) from ancient genie mythology. The statue is hollow and was created as a torture and execution device for a particularly cruel pasha. A hatch on the bull’s side allows access to the interior of the hollow statue— this hatch can only be opened from the outside. Once a creature is placed within its interior, magical flames spring to life to burn with a slow, torturous cruelty. The creature inside takes 3d6 fire damage and 3d6 divine damage each round (similar to a flame strike spell), no save. The magical fire cannot reduce a creature to lower than 1 hit point, although the pain caused by the burning continues to mount. Special sound tubes in the bull’s head amplify the screams of the afflicted like the bellows of an enraged and living bull.
Stealth
Ami and Yeen pad down the right side of the map, getting ready to charge into flank when the hot POtahto gets going.
Aldebert waits for Otah to proceed so he doesn't get too far ahead and follows on his footsteps.
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Mahdi, despite his oft-jaded mannerisms, is momentarily brought up short as he catches sight of the bull, and it jogs an old memory. His face twists with distaste, and he hangs in mid-air a moment before remembering himself.
"The bull's a torture device," he says shortly. "Someone is probably inside it, right now. Being seared alive by the heated metal. ...Bugger this."
From his pathfinder's pouch Mahdi snatches out a scroll etched with dozens of arcane glyphs. As he reads it, it crumbles to nothingness, but Mahdi's hand becomes charged with eerie green glow. He points at the backside of the massive bull.
"How's this for an 'emission', you filthy torturers!" he shouts.
The ray blasts from hand towards the bull, across the mid-air space between them.
The jovial mood of the courtyard's center stage is shattered, as Mahdi's thin, green ray of magical intensity destroys the ass-end of the Golden Bull.
From the dissected idol falls an efreeti, with eyes bloodshot and large. It looks about, with unbottled rage, and finds the fire giants in its immediate vicinity. The laughter of the giants dies suddenly.
As should have been expected, the efreeti lashes out violently against the nearest fire giant.
In response, the injured fire giant swats the efreeti with a single slash, ending the creature's suffering.
The second fire giant moves to get a better look. The two hold a hushed sidebar with each other, sizing up the new threat from a distance.
Round: 1, Initiative: 17
Conditions: Endure Elements (24h), Magic Vestment (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Barkskin (+5), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Mirror Image (1/9m 1 image)
Weapon Equipped: Greatsword
GreatSword Attack BAB +12/+7/+2, Str +2, Focus +1, Magic +1, Size +1, (Power Attack -3) Damage Str +3 (1.5x), Magic +1, (Power Attack +9 (1.5x)) (Crit 17-20)
Summon Mount: 2/2 (Full round)
Smite Evil: 4/4 (Swift, +4 attack, +11 damage, +4 AC)
Lay on Hands: 8/10 (Swift, 6d6 healing +1d6 if not blinded, fatigued, diseased, or poisoned)
Pearl of Power (first) 2/2
Spells (caster level 9, concentration +13, DC 14+)
1) Bed of Iron, Hero’s Defiance,
2)
3) Angelic Aspect, Good Hope
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Gretiem Lord of the Green
HP: 65/65 +12 temp (DR 5/evil) AC: 29 (F24/T15) (included: mage armor +4, shield companion +1)
Fort: 10 Reflex: 10 Will: 6 (SR 15, Resist Cold, Acid, Electricity 10) CMB: 13 CMD: 26 Move: 40’
Conditions: Mage Armor (1/12h), Hero’s feast (1/12h, +1 attacks & +4 poison (morale)), Resist Energy Fire (30, 1/40m), Shield Companion (+1 AC, +1 saves included)(1/9h)
Smite evil (swift, +0 att +10 dam) (1/1d)
Tricks: Aid, Air Walk, Attack x2, Come, Defend, Deliver, Down, Fetch, Flank, Flee, Get Help, Guard, Heel, Hunt, Menace, Sneak, Stay, Watch, Work
Bite Attack BAB +7, Str +5, Amulet +1 Damage Str +7 (1.5x), Amulet +1
Aldebert shins Gretiem into a run, trying to cross the open courtyard as quickly as possible. They rush forward.