GM SpiderBeard's Wrath of the Righteous (Inactive)

Game Master Barvo Delancy

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

The cultist who just enchanted herself swipes out at Jinxx with a nasty scythe as he leaps overhead! Jinxx lands, but has taken a nasty hit for his troubles.

Attack of Opportunity: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 2) + 5 = 9

Irabeth, not wanting to block off Nilus, moves in behind him, patiently awaiting her chance to do battle.

The cultists burst into action as one swings at Ayesha, the other at Jinxx. The attack on Ayesha is so wide her mirror images are unaffected while the attack on Jinxx bounces off of his magical shielding.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 Damage: 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17 Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 2) + 5 = 9

The mongrelmen all shoulder their bows and draw their melee weapons.

Jinxx takes 9 dmg. Ayesha, Sarkast, Ronan, and Nilus are all up! As a note, the stairs have a bannister. If you want to attack through it, it's partial cover one step down the stairs, and full cover two steps donw the stairs. So Nilus could move a square and attack triangle at a partial cover penalty, for example.

attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Ayesha smiled as her foe went down, and the grins replicated on her two images. The grin and the dopplegangers put off the cultist that tried to strike her down in return, and she stood solid as the blow missed widely. "Your turn." The scimitar arced out and struck the attacker on her left.

Attacking unmarked cultist

Nilus moves forward prolly provoking from the two tieflings and attacks the Triangle cultist Radiance: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 his blow is wide. Nilus wishes he could call on them to drop their weapons, but the mission was too important to take prisoners now...he hopes that Shelyn will forgive him.

The tieflings have already attacked. Nilus rushes in and attacks past Ayesha, but doesn't manage to strike anything. Ayesha is far luckier, and her black blade opens up a vile wound in the scythe-wielding cultist.

Sarkast and Ronan are up!

Sarkast attacks the tiefling between himself and Nilus, the deftly moves up to press the attack on the cultist next to Jinxx.

Attack vs Circle (cold iron spear), flanking: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 3 + 2 = 21
Damage, sneak attack: 1d6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 2 + (3, 4) = 15

If that is enough to down circle, take a 5' step to the right and flank triangle cultist with Jinxx. If not, the second attack goes onto circle again, then 5' step after.

Attack vs Triangle or Circle (mw dagger), flanking: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12
Damage, sneak attack: 1d4 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (4, 3) = 9

Sarkast's spear slams into the tiefling from behind, who collapses gurgling. However, as he moves in he's unable to successfully attack the cultist.

Ronan holds his action.

Assuming Ronan continues to hold; he can take an actino whenever he wants.

The last tiefling moves in to flank Ayesha against the cultist. He snarls, stabbing out hard. Blinding pain lashes through Ayesha's body as the tiefling's shortsword runs her completely through, although she manages to keep on fighting.

Sneak attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4) + 3 = 8
Crit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4) + 3 = 8

Irabeth lets out a roar of outrage and stomps up the stairs before stabbing hard through the railing at the edge of the stairs. Her sword plunges into the tiefling's knee, who collapses screaming in agony.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19 Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Ayesha takes a whopping 16 damage. Only the two cultists left. Dejik and Jinxx are up!

Dejik gasps as she feels Ayesha's wound. She moves up the stairs to see if she can help.
5 points of damage transfers to Dejik over the Life Link.

Jinxx pounces on Triangle Cultist and starts clawing and biting

Gore: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Claw 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Claw 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

Gore Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Bite Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Claw 1 Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Claw 2 Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Did you randomize between the real me and the images?

Gah! And I even rolled against an image with an earlier hit against you. Jinxx also gets +2 flanking bonus.

Random 1 hits: 1d4 ⇒ 2

The tiefling's brutal attack manages to disperse one of Ayesha's images.

Meanwhile, Jinxx pounces on a cultist, ripping and clawing and taking him down in a bloody mess before ripping out his throat.

I'm going to say Dejik holds (sorry) as Ayesha was never injured.

In a complete panic, the remaining cultist's eyes narrow.

"Deskari watches over me! YOU SHALL ALL PERISH! AAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

She leaps at Ayesha, her scythe sweeping in with brutal precision.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26 Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 1) + 5 = 8
4x Crit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 Damage: 6d4 + 15 ⇒ (1, 2, 4, 4, 4, 1) + 15 = 31

Oh dear.

Mirror Image 1 hits: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Ayesha sees her entire life flash before her eyes in an instant before her mirror image is neatly decapitated and Ayesha is left unscathed.

Ayesha takes... no damage! But has lost two images. Everyone is up!

Nilus moves up the stairs and past Ayesha, he readies Radiance to strike anyone emerging from the doors.

Moved past the cultist and probably provoked an AoO, readied action to attack anything coming into range.

AoO: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19 Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 4) + 5 = 13

The scythe barely glances off of Nilus' armour as he positions himself.

From Jinxx's position, he can see an open room into what looks like a war room. Stacks of scrolls, books, maps, and more sit atop a large hexagonal table in this room. The walls are painted with detailed maps of Sarkoris, over which features of the Worldwound have been painted.

Sarkast's heart skips a beat as he watches the scythe cut straight through one of the Ayeshas. Even as he realizes the blow only took out an image, he dives behind Jinxx and round the cultist to attack. "Your demon is no god. Down with you!"

Acrobatics to avoid AoO while moving into flanking position, then single attack with spear.

Acrobatics vs Cultist CMD: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
Attack (spear), flanking: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 2 = 22 Damage, sneak attack: 1d6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 2 + (6, 5) = 18

Jinxx leaps on the remaining cultist.

Gore: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 Gore Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 Gore Crit Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Gore Crit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 Bite Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Bite Crit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Claw 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 Claw 1 Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Claw 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

The cultist goes down in a bloody mess of season's beatings as Sarkast and Jinxx rip him apart.

End of Combat

As the last cultist hits the ground, the group looks around warily. One cultist and a tiefling have been disabled and will probably recover given time. There is an air of tension as closed doors line the hallways in every direction. In the northwest corner of the garrison an open door leads into a war room, which appears to have been in active use for the cultists. Battle plans, troop movements, and other essential data is piled around the place.

Dejik runs upstairs and assesses the damage. Is everyone OK? I heard a lot of screaming.

She looks down at the disabled cultist and tiefling, then turns to Irabeth. Irabeth, should I save these two for questioning? Or Nilus, if you want to give them a second chance, I will.

The mongrelmen trade back to their bows move upstairs and take up positions in the corners to cover the group while they search.

Ayesha, didn't you say something about some evil conglomeration of beasts? And Sarkast said he heard buzzing sounds from outside...

While the wounded are being tended, Sarkast checks the hall for signs of traps, and listens at the doors. We've certainly made enough noise that anyone knows we're here; if they haven't come out there may be a reason...

Taking 10 on Perception moving around the hallway, ready for anything to jump out.

Nilus wrestles with Dejik's question and then nods to her Save them. he asks. Shelyn preserve me that this does not jeopardize our mission.

Ayesha took a deep breath as her images were destroyed. It was good that she had prepared the defensive spell that day. As the last cultist fell, she dismissed the spell but kept her scimitar at the ready, stepping over the fallen bodies to look at the troop movements and other military intelligence gathered in the room. Kneeling, she quickly searched the cultists for valuables or other useful information.

Dejik waits until Samra and Lam restrain the two living prisoners, then positions herself where she can see everyone and pulls out her holy symbol.

Channel Positive Energy: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Everyone heals 5, Dejik heals 7. I think that gets everyone back to full. Well, everyone except Ayesha's mirror images, that is. :-)

We don't have time to interrogate fully right now. We need to find the Wardstone. Perhaps they know? Nilus says with a nod towards the captives. If not, then gag them and we must move quickly.

The mongrels busy themselves ridding the cultists and tieflings of weapons. Dejik's channel energy fires off, healing the area. The cultist and tiefling both gasp as they are healed and find themselves surrounded by weapons. They look around nervously.

Sarkast looks at Dejik. "Minun koulutus on vain tappaa niin pettureita ihmiskunnalle. Ehkä voisi olla parempi saada tietoa niistä?"

Sensing some hesitation from his allies Nilus will address the tiefling and cultist. You have a chance to redeem yourself now. Where is the Wardstone? he asks, a hardness to his voice that has previous been unheard. Diplomacy: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

Dejik scans the captive for magic, then gestures to Nilus. He is the only reason you are still alive, she says in a soft, even voice. I suggest you listen to him.

Diplomacy to Aid Nilus: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

She winks at Sarkast. Nilus on parempi kuin minä. Ja hän näyttää ne kuriin.

"I'd sooner die than give you any information! Deskari awaits me on the other side, I fear nothing!" shouts the cultist.

The tiefling looks at Nilus, back to the cultist, and then at Nilus.

"Promise. Promise you'll let me go. No prison, no jail, no justice. Just let me go. Swear by your goddess!"

Nilus looks to the others and then says Tell us where the Wardstone is, and what guards it and we will not stop you from leaving. If you truly wish to repent your actions go to the Defenders Heart. Mention my name and you will be well treated, on my honor.

By the Inheritor, we will all keep to his promise. But be warned: if we encounter you fighting for the demons in the future, you will not get another chance.

"TRAITOR! YOU'LL BURN FOR THI--"

The cultist lets out a scream of rage and leaps at the tiefling, attempting to throttle him. However, the four mongrels obey their orders unhesitatingly, and the violent cultist is put down for good.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20 Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17 Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

The tiefling shudders as the cultist dies noisily beside him and he swallows. A flicker of hope crosses his eyes as he looks at Nilus and Dejik.

"The door south of us, it leads upstairs to Jeslyn and whatever she's doing, but the wardstone would be there with her.. There's a scrying basin and some really nasty zombies guarding it through the door. I think she has a minotaur guarding her!"

He breathes shallowly as the ring of blades around him glimmer in the light. "You mean it? I can be saved? I don't want to burn. There's no power for me here, just death."

Thank you. Nilus says to the tiefling before he motions with Radiance. You can go, if you wish salvation, head to the Defender's Heart. There is beauty in all things, and all things know beauty. Nilus says and he moves towards the door mentioned by the tiefling. Once his allies are ready to move he kicks it open and rushes inside.

Okay, I'll assume nobody else has any prep to do before Nilus boots the door.

Nilus turns away from the tiefling, who looks around worriedly. "Be careful there, she's very powerful! And there's a peryton in the west room, avoid that thing if you value your life! I... I'll think about what you said. Maybe there is a place for me. Also uh..."

BANG

"The door is locked, none of us ever had the key!"

Break: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19

Nilus gives the door the best kick possible, but it just shudders and remains closed. In response, a door in the west suddenly bangs in response with something on the inside trying to get out.

The tiefling makes one more promise to visit Defender's Heart and runs out as fast as he can.

Can we tell which door had the noise behind it?

The door directly west of the party, rather than the north north or down the hall.

"Get that door down or find cover. It looks as if we are about to have company." Ayesha rifled through her mind, deciding which spells would best suit the coming battle and wishing that she had one more Grease spell prepared.

I've got to get some scrolls made next time we have some time to rest ad recover

Ayesha throws her shoulder into the door that Nilus had kicked.

str, aid another: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (18) + 0 = 18

Dejik draws the wand that Ronan gave her and touches it to Ayesha's weapon. Bless Weapon (makes weapon count as good aligned and auto-confirms critical hits against evil foes), 1 minute

Sarkast, where's your "bell thing" to get this door open?

Ayesha puts her shoulder into the south door to little avail.

BANG

The west door suddenly flies open to reveal a snarling, monster! This creature has a stag’s body, a hawk’s wings and talons, and the head of a slavering wolf with a rack of sharp antlers on its brow. It shakes its head rapidly, and lunges at the party!

Faster than anyone can react, the Peryton leaps through the door and leaps on Samra! Her horrific scream rips through the garrison as the Peryton plunges its antler into her, throwing her up into the air before she crashes down badly.

Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31 Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28 Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Samra takes 18 damage, everyone is up!

"Archers, withdraw! Irabeth, Jinxx, if you could kindly step to one side ..."

Sarkast looks at the creature, trying to ascertain any weak spots it might have while waiting for the others to clear the hall.

If Irabeth, Jinxx, and the archers can give him a charge lane, Sarkast will charge to get his sneak attack in. On the assumption they do so, the rolls are below; once the way is clear, please apply them and move me to the square northeast of the creature, where Jinxx is at the moment. Also, just in case this is an outsider, rolling a knowledge check.

Knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Attack (cold iron spear), charge: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 2 = 19
Damage, sneak attack: 1d6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 2 + (3, 1) = 11

Ayesha flinched as the peryton savaged Samra. Then, steeling herself, she cast one of her remaining spells on her blade, then rushed forward to get into position for her next attack.

Cast true strike. Move straight ahead, taking the AoO if necessary.

Nilus hears Sarkast's call and prepares to follow up with an attack of his own. If the others move out of the way, then Nilus will move into the spot occupied by Square.

Radiance: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16Damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

The mongrels all scatter, allowing the group easy access to the peryton as they draw their bows. Samra, clutching the horrific wound in her chest, completely withdraws from the fight. A clear lane is opened for Sarkast and Nilus. Nilus swings down hard, but the Peryton catches his glaive in its antlers and his attack is fouled. Sarkast is in like a bolt of lightning, putting all his weight against his spear as he races in, slamming his attack home. The peryton roars, almost yanking the spear out of Sarkast's hand.

Seeing no place for her to contribute, Irabeth steps back to heal Samra.

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Jinxx and Dejik are up!

Dejik pulls a wand from her haversack and whispers a spell. A glowing long sword appears in front of her, and she sends it hurtling towards the Peryton.

Spiritual Weapon attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

It will last for 2 more rounds.

GMPCing Ronan and Jinxx.

Dejik's spiritual weapon flies through the air, opening up a nasty wound in the crazed beast.

Ronan holds his action while Jinxx tries to push past the peryton to get behind it. He is almost caught by its giant antlers, but manages to get through unscathed.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
AoO: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19 Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Random: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Snarling viciously, the peryton leaps at Ayesha! However, the elf ducks and weaves to avoid the attacks, her robes twirling around her.

Gore: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16 Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Hoof: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Hoof: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

[ooc]Everyone is up![/ooc[

Radiance: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27Radiance?: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19 Damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16 Crit Damage: 2d10 + 22 ⇒ (1, 3) + 22 = 26

Nilus slams Radiance down hard on the creature hoping ti end it before it harms another of his friends. We must get to the Wardstone!

Jinxx pounces on the creature

Gore: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Claw 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Claw 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

That has got to be one of the worst rolls I have ever seen!!!!

The beauty of Sarenrae is felt as Nilus' glaive flips over after his last swing. While the peryton continues to try to savage Ayesha, it leaves its neck open and with one, brutal swing Radiance comes down. The noise of combat is over in a sickening instant as the peryton's head comes off in one sweep.

End of Combat

o.o

Well that was a perfect time to make those rolls then :)

Sarkast wastes no time as the creature falls to the ground. Seeing that Dejik and Ayesha have spells going, he quickly looks into the room the creature came from.

If he sees no other creatures or signs of danger, Sarkast will move down to the door at the end of the hall and prepare to open it.

What a beautiful waste of a spell. Anything else to hit?

Ayesha spun and dodged, waiting for the chance to strike out at the creature. The chance that never came. As the beast was focused on her, she saw Nilus behead the thing. She spun to the side to avoid the gore, and mock glared at the paladin. "Do you have to be perfect knight of Serenrae all the time? " Then, she smiled at him. "Well done!"

The subtle glow on her blade dissipated as she ruefully watched the last of her magical spells fade away. Concentrating, she used the tricks she had learned to recall the spell, though it gave her a bit of a headache to do it.

Using Spell Recall to recover the true strike

Nilus gestures to his holy symbol displayed prominently on his armor and the Rose displayed proudly on Radiance. Nilus is a Paladin of Shelyn, Goddess of Love and the Arts.

Seriously? I knew I should have double checked before I posted.