Init: Fomiel, Godwin, Fly 2, Ilarn, Drakra, Fly, Vardan, Wendaug, Fly 3, Heroth, Julian
Godwin swings into the room through the open door, facing the three flies and slashes Radiance in an arc, the blade almost seeming to glow as it slices through the air. It bites deep into the fly's body, and black ichor splashes on the floor and walls. The fly's odd human like face lets out a very inhuman shriek.
One of the other flies (fly 2) buzzes into place and its face opens wide as a gout of black acid spews forth at Godwin, splashing the warpriest. The injured fly tries to take a bite out of the warpriest but the injuries cause the bite to fail.
Vardan tosses the scale down to his companions on the ground, and draws his Lucerne Hammer, trying to strike at the monsters from behind Godwin, but not being able to find a good angle with the Warpriest in his way.
Finitely begins to summon allies.
Using the scale, Fomiel raises up, obscured by the surrounding mists. He begins his casting to summon help. Vardan tries to bring his hammer to bear, but aiming for a fly buzzing around proves to be difficult when aiming through a door and around Godwin, his blow misses to the side of the erratically flying insect. Wendaug, Drakra and the other Rangers wait at the bottom of the garrison. The third fly tries to take a bit out of Godwin, but the bite is deflected by Godwin's splint mail.
************End Round 1***********
**************Round 2****************
Init: Fomiel, Godwin, Fly 2, Ilarn, Drakra, Fly, Vardan, Wendaug, Fly 3, Heroth, Julian
Godwin is a slow moving man.
But in this case he is able to avoid the worst of the acid attack. It still burns the aasimar and he grunts in pain.
Emboldened by his allies coming in Godwin shifts to a more aggressive stance and seeks to end the life of the injured fly.
HP 27/35
Status:
39 or so Rounds Shield of Faith +2 AC
Fighting defensively +2 AC
Total AC 19
Fomiel round 1
Fomiel directs a small air elemental to attack, and it burrows under the ground and pops up near the back of the room. The ability to move through earth was quite useful in confined conditions.
Boom
A fist of earth tries to strike the distracted and flanked insect.
Bracketed numbers apply
This hulking, roughly humanoid creature of dirt and stone explodes up from the earth, faceless save for two glowing gemstone eyes.
Small Earth Elemental
CR 1
XP 400
N Small outsider (earth, elemental, extraplanar)
Init –1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +4
DEFENSE
AC 17, touch 10, flat-footed 17 (–1 Dex, +7 natural, +1 size)
hp 13 (2d10+2)
Fort +4, Ref –1, Will +3
Immune elemental traits
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft., earth glide
Melee slam +6 (1d6+4)
Special Attacks earth mastery
STATISTICS
Str 16, Dex 8, Con 13, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11
Base Atk +2; CMB +4; CMD 13
Feats Improved Bull RushB, Power Attack
Skills Appraise +1, Climb +7, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +1, Knowledge (planes) +1, Perception +4, Stealth +7
Languages Terran
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Earth Glide (Ex)
A burrowing earth elemental can pass through stone, dirt, or almost any other sort of earth except metal as easily as a fish swims through water. If protected against fire damage, it can even glide through lava. Its burrowing leaves behind no tunnel or hole, nor does it create any ripple or other sign of its presence. A move earth spell cast on an area containing a burrowing earth elemental flings the elemental back 30 feet, stunning the creature for 1 round unless it succeeds on a DC 15 Fortitude save.
Earth Mastery (Ex)
An earth elemental gains a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls if both it and its foe are touching the ground. If an opponent is airborne or waterborne, the elemental takes a –4 penalty on attack and damage rolls. These modifiers apply to bull rush and overrun maneuvers, whether the elemental is initiating or resisting these kinds of attacks. (These modifiers are not included in the statistics block.)
Source: Chris Malidore
3rd Party Publisher Options (NwP)
When captured by a monster trainer, earth elementals grant the trainer access to earth elemental spells.
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Plane of Earth)
Organization solitary, pair, or gang (3–8)
Treasure none
Earth elementals are plodding, stubborn creatures made of living stone or earth. When utterly still, they resemble a heap of stone or a small hill.
When an earth elemental lumbers into action, its actual appearance can vary, although its statistics remain identical to other elementals of its size. Most earth elementals look like terrestrial animals made out of rock, earth, or even crystal, with glowing gemstones for eyes. Larger earth elementals often have a stony humanoid appearance. Bits of vegetation frequently grow in the soil that makes up parts of an earth elemental's body.
A small earth elemental is 4 feet long and weighs 80 pounds
Fomiel begins to summon an eagle to help out his friends too.
************Round 2 Cont****************
Init: Fomiel, Godwin, Fly 2, Ilarn, Drakra, Fly, Vardan, Wendaug, Fly 3, Heroth, Julian
An eagle with bright white plumage glides down into the area circling Fomiel, and the rest of the party outside the Keep.
Godwin strikes forth with Radiance, and the glowing blade slashes through the fiendish beast in a shower of gore as it drops lifeless to the ground. The body sizzles as the flesh is consumed leaving a sulfurous cloud in the air .
The second fly bites at Godwin, but the strange maw only grates against metal armor, leaving Godwin unscathed.
Fomiel rnd 1 revisited-Sorry for confusion on my part
The eagle appears and flies into the room and moving past the rightmost fly (provoking).
The eagle flanks and attacks the rightmost fly.
An elemental begins to form as Fomiel opens up a portal to another dimension.
Brackets apply for feat
Eagle
CR 1/2
XP --
N Small celestial/fiendish animal
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +9
DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +1 natural, +1 size)
hp 5 [7] (1d8+1) [1d8+3]
Fort +3 [+5], Ref +4, Will +2
SR 5
Celestial - Resist Acid, Cold, and Electricity 5
Fiendish - Resist Cold and Fire 5
OFFENSE
Speed 10ft., fly 80 ft. (average)
Melee 2 talons +3 [+3] (1d4) [1d4+2], bite +3 [+3] (1d4) [1d4+2]
Special Attacks Smite evil/good
STATISTICS
Str 10 [14], Dex 15, Con 12 [16], Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 7
Base Atk +0; CMB -1 [+1]; CMD 11 [13]
Feats Weapon Finesse
Skills Fly +8, Perception +10; Racial Modifiers +8 Perception
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Smite evil/good 1/day as a swift action (adds CHA bonus (+0) to attack rolls and damage bonus equal to HD (+1) against evil/good foes; smite persists until target is dead or the celestial/fiendish creature rests).
Augment Summoning: Items in brackets [] represent the spell being cast by a character with the Augment Summoning feat.
Hearing the combat begin, Drakra does his best to make himself as small as possible, hiding amongst his larger companions. As he does so, he begins to crack jokes about the enemies.
Hard to believe these demon bugs are so ugly that the bigger demons invented fly swatters to eliminate them.
Begin Inspire Courage - +1 on lots of stuff.
Init: Fomiel, Godwin, Fly 2, Ilarn, Drakra, Fly, Vardan, Wendaug, Fly 3, Heroth, Julian
Fomiel's eagle flies into the room, cutting over Godwin's head trying to dodge the Demon Flies as it does. Unfortunately, enraged by the Eagle's celestial presence, they rip into the poor creature, mercilessly, reducing it to nothing but feathers and torn flesh.
Drakra begins an amusing tale, likening Baphomet to the hindquarters of the bull, rather than the bull's head
Ilarn and the other rangers wait for the rope that does not get lowered.
Vardan grips his Lucerne Hammer tightly and stands in the saddle, gaining height to drive the long weapon over Godwin's shoulder, driving the wicked spike into a fly.
Vardan gains better leverage this time with his hammer, splattering the grotesque fly. The resulting mess drops to the ground like black rain, causing the floor to wither and decay.
Godwin and the others can just barely hear the gnome giving his performance from the ground.
************End Round 2***********
Fly 1 dead
Fly 2 dead
Fly 3 0 damage
Fomiel 20/20
Godwin 29/37
Drakra 34/35
Vardan 37/37
******************Round 3**************
Init: Fomiel, Godwin, Ilarn, Drakra, Vardan, Wendaug, Fly 3, Heroth, Julian
Swirling wind coalesces near Fomiel as an air elemental comes to his aid.
Godwin five steps farther into the room and slashes the last fly.
Hearing the flies fall, Drakna stops his performance, but continues to toss insults at the demons nonetheless.
Stop Inspire Courage - Lingering Performance continues benefits for 2 rounds.
Action - delay
Godwin lashes out with Radiance again and the last fly falls to the ground, one wing and the body beneath it cleaved through. Ilarn, Drakra and the others wait still for the rope to be dropped from the window above.
**********Victory************
Fomiel 20/20
Godwin 29/37
Drakra 34/35
Vardan 37/37
Godwin exhales in relief as the last of the foul flies fall beneath the shining blade blessed by the Inheritor.
He moves to the window, attaching and lowering a rope and waving to the others on the ground to make their way up. He then moves out of the closet to not impede their way.
He paws at his singed skin ruefully Our wand of cure wounds is depleting fast this day
Vardan and Thorne step into the room, "Well, that didn't quite go how we'd expected... but we're in behind whomever might be guarding the door."
After a few minutes of hauling people up to the room, the group gets into the room, ready to move on.
Vardan shrugs at Godwin's assessment, "Tactically, scouting is wiser, if we assume the scout can pass undetected... which is a risky proposition. I can't deny that the idea of striking fast and hard before they can prepare their defenses."
Drakra looks at his taller companions:
Suppose you want me to wander around in this demon infested place to see if I don't get killed.
It is clear that Drakra does not consider this to be a good idea.
Stealth:
Perception:
Drakra moves to the door, and opens it quietly, and then thanks whatever gods there are that he's still under the effects of the invisibility potion as a fusillade of crossbow bolts pepper the the opening doorway. Three of the bolts manage to find their mark.
***********Surprise Round**********
Enemies ?
Drakra 16/35
Godwin 36/37
Vardan 37/37
Fomiel 14/20
Thorne 20/26
Wendaug 23/23
Ilarn 23/23
Julian 23/23
Heroth 23/23
In Drakra's brief look out the door, he spotted most of the following enemies arrayed in a large hallway.
************Round 1************
Init: Wendaug, Cultist 1, Godwin, Tiefling 11, Cultist 3, Ilarn, Oracle, Tiefling 6, Tiefling 2, Tiefling 3, Tiefling 7, Vardan, Tiefling 12, Cultist 2, Tiefling 9, Heroth, Cultist 4, Drakra, Tiefling 8, Cultist 5, Tiefling Alchemist, Tiefling 5, Minotaur, Tiefling 13, Thorne, Tiefling 1, Cutlist 6, Fomiel, Tiefling 10, Julian, Tiefling 4, Cultist 3
Drakra cries out in pain:
Bad people here.
Standard: Begin Inspire Courage
Drakra begins his performance by calling out to the minotaur to find out how ugly his mother must have been when even a bull would not mount her.
Round One Wendaug
Wendaug looks down the now open door and fires at whatever she sees. She prioritizes weaker looking enemies that she can possibly take down in one round.
Wendaug at an extreme angle can't get a clear shot. There looks to be a line of cultists with glaives standing at the end of the hallway, with crossbowmen(crossbowtieflings?) behind them. Behind that you see a Minotaur that appears to have some fiendish blood, a tiefling alchemist, judging from the bubbling flasks all about him, and a cleric, or oracle.
Wendaug tries to move to a position that she can get a clean shot, but isn't able to do so. Cultists have set position towards the northern end of the hallway, waiting for anything to show itself out the door.
Init: Wendaug, Cultist 1, Godwin, Tiefling 11, Cultist 3, Ilarn, Oracle, Tiefling 6, Tiefling 2, Tiefling 3, Tiefling 7, Vardan, Tiefling 12, Cultist 2, Tiefling 9, Heroth, Cultist 4, Drakra, Tiefling 8, Cultist 5, Tiefling Alchemist, Tiefling 5, Minotaur, Tiefling 13, Thorne, Tiefling 1, Cutlist 6, Fomiel, Tiefling 10, Julian, Tiefling 4, Cultist 3
Vardan asks, "Anyone have the means to strike multiple foes... Or to open a path for me to charge past the cultists to strike their leaders? "
Can we destroy the northern wall and move into that room?
After discussing the plan, Wendaug and two of the other archers move to try to get a shot off
Two of the arrows hit the lead cultists solidly in the chest, but the cultist stubbornly refuses to go down.
As they do, one of the tieflings throws a glass vial, which strikes Wendaug on the chest, and explodes setting her on fire, and splashing the other two rangers with flames.
The enemies hold their ground.
This is not working Godwin says rushing to put out the flames as the rangers pull back. We must retreat ourselves, their position is too secure
Fomiel quickly breaks off any attempts to attack, He agreed the probe revealed the folly of a sustained attack.
Vardan nods, "Agreed."
The rangers nod their agreement and they start heading to the closet and window.
Drakra follows the others away from the battle, glad that he again managed to avoid getting hurt, or even involved in any activities that might have risked his hide.
Vardan says, "Well they clearly knew we were coming... We need better tactics to deal with them.... Maybe alchemical weapons?"
Heading back to Stone Heart, the group comes across several of the sortie groups returning. Irabeth joins them shortly with a broad grin, "We were able to harry them wherever they came up, there will be no reinforcements at the Grey Garrison for a while. How fared your first foray into the Garrison?"
The guards at the front of the Garrison are dead. They were corrupted demon worshipers. One of them was Lord Hulrun. Godwin informs Irabeth. We attempted to climb up to the second floor but they heard us coming and a strong force barricaded that entrance with ranged weapons and pinned us down.
Irabeth grimaces at the mention of Hulrun, "Damn them..She shakes her head quickly and looks back the group, "Well, with what we hit them with, they shouldn't be able to reinforce too quickly, which should give you another crack at them. We'll continue to harass their forces when you attack, which should help out in the long run."
Maybe we should go through the front door. May be more fighting but it would give us more options for maneuver on the second. And... we are warriors, not assassins