GM Toothy's Wrath of the Righteous (Inactive)

Game Master Sir Longears

"The one who did this, did you kill him already?"

"Yes," Brevon replies gravely. "Treacherous until the end. Elriel delivered him to the next life. Perhaps he'll find redemption there." He thinks about the altar of human bodies. "Perhaps not."

The note
"Irabeth, this is your family's weapon? Is the note true, and you sold it? Could you explain its significance to you?" If there's an earlier story here, Brevon missed it.

Irabeth looks at you with a mixture of shame and embarrassment. "Yes, it is true... I indeed sold my father's sword to this man, Kandro Nyserian, but by that time I had no clue about his involvement with the cultists. My reason was quite particular and I'd like to leave the explanation to another moment if you think you really need to know about it. I though this sword was lost when my crusaders reported it was completely raised after the attack." She gave the sword a few swings before eyeing you. "So, shall we continue? I believe we are in the middle of a high risk mission..."

"Well, it's nice that we found it. You can indeed tell us the story later, though it would be nice to know if the sword has any special abilities so we can account for them in battle. Let's all go together so we don't end up in a situation like the last battle where some people couldn't reach because they were too far back. Just the door going up left to explore now." Rukzha says and starts moving towards the door, though slowly so as to let the others pass her and take the lead. She has seen the commander help in battle so she trusts her and doesn't care if she gambled away her father's sword or whatever happened.

After Rukzha spells Kai, he replies, "Hmmm, Right, well, I'm just gonna call you Tattoos, it suits you better. Thanks for the spell, I owe you one Tatts."

If Rukzha protests the nickname, Kai will probably laugh.

At the Altar

"Perhaps not." Kai murmurs back to the blonde man.

He draws his small knife and attempts to separate Thilde's arm from the statue. Once the grisly work is done, he'll tear some cloth from his robes and wrap it up.

"She was my friend." Kai said to Brevon simply, as if it were as much explanation as anyone could need.

He stows the arm in his Haversack and murmurs a prayer over it. He rises and stands with feet shoulder width apart and slows his breathing and a barely audible crack can be heard and his skin spurts fine scaly growths across its surface.

Casting Barkskin. Duration 40 min.

"Okay I'm ready to go. I'll take up the rear guard, don't want anything sneaky getting the drop on us. I'm fast as well. So I'll be ready to support the front line in a hurry."

Satisfied with Irabeth's answer and a promise of a later story, Elriel nodded.

He turned to Kai, "OK, your being in the back makes sense. Let's be off then."

The half-elf, weapons drawn, lead the way to the only room they had left in the his level.

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let's move, checking, traps, etc.

Irabeth nods to Rukzha while following Elriel towards the last door. "My father's sword is specially suitable to slay evil outsiders." It is a +1 evil outsider bane longsword.

Elriel reaches for the locked door and fails in his first attempt to unlock it, finding it is also barred from inside. Deciding to take his time, he manages to open it after trying for about one minute. Along one wall of this long room stands a smashed sideboard. A stone staircase leads upstairs. In the middle of the room Elriel notices four dretches, ready and waiting to fight you... they were not surprised by your appearance.

Elriel wasted little time moving in.

"More demons!"

His right hand struck out and his blade went right for a demon throat.

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favored enemy, piranha strike, flat-footed
to hit: 1d20 + 7 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 1 + 2 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 + 2 + (2, 2) = 16

Kai leaped at the mere sign of danger.

He rushed in with a battlecry, grabbing his Monk's Spade and struck the first demon Elriel had cut, hoping to knock it down before it realized what was happening.

Kai, you won't be able to charge because you act before Elriel so you'd not have a clear charge line.

Kai moves quickly and strikes a powerful blow against one of the demons and Elriel is finishes the demon soon after. Two of the other demons focuses their attacks on Elriel with various degrees of success... the first one overextends and overexerts itself, being clearly exhausted by such disastrous attack and misses the other attacks as well. The second one manages to slash Elriel in his elbow but fails to continue to inflict any damage.

The last demon cackles and burps, filling the room with a nauseating cloud... Arrika, Irabeth, and Rukzha can't hold their meager breakfast with such stomach distress.

All three of them are nauseated (limited to only a single move action) until they leave the cloud and 1d4+1 rounds thereafter. The cloud also works as a normal fog effect concerning line of sight and partial/total concealment.

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trying to hold his breath and fight, the rogue brought both of his blades to bear. He attacked the demon that was fighting the monk.

"Kai, let's attack the same one until down. And... hold your breath!"

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favored enemy, piranha strike, TWF
to hit: 1d20 + 7 - 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 7 - 1 + 2 - 2 = 16
damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 + 2 = 11
to hit: 1d20 + 7 - 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 7 - 1 + 2 - 2 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 + 1 = 5

The green vapors sting Brevon's eyes, but at the last moment he sucks in a breath of air and shuts his mouth against the fumes. Hearing the mages cough and stagger, he realizes his allies were not so lucky.

Ahead, he can barely make out Elriel and Kai holding back the demons. Thinking quickly, he drops his shield and scimitar, reaching for the ranseur as he runs forward. He thrusts it fiercly into the mist, maneuvering it around Kai, where the blasted demon had stood just a moment earlier.

Free action: drop scimitar and shield, Move and draw ranseur, Standard: Attacking whichever stands.

Attack, Power Attack: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 8 - 2 = 262d4 + 5 + 6 ⇒ (2, 1) + 5 + 6 = 14
crit confirm?: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 8 - 2 = 214d4 + 5 + 5 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 3, 1, 3) + 5 + 5 + 6 + 6 = 32

I assume Rukzha manages to identify the spell. @Kai: If you tumble through them you would give Elriel flank and sneak on both attacks.

"*Chough* Stinking Cloud! * Chough* The noxious fumes * chough * can leave you nauseated!" She manages to barely get out as she stumble out of the cloud so she can get her bearings to contribute again.

At Rukzha's warning, Arrika begins stumbling, trying to escape the noxious vapors. You don't...*hrgh*...say, she answers with a trace of sarcasm as she follows Elriel's voice, hoping for a way to get through and away from the disgusting cloud...

Move action to end up behind Elriel.

...but Kelumarion passes her easily. Untroubled by the cloud, he darts through the melee and past Elriel, doing his best to duck past the dretch's bloated, heavy arms and behind to help distract the creature and let Elriel take advantage of the diversion.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

And though the fit is tight, he just manages to squeeze through; squaring off against Elriel, surrounded by the demon mongrels, he snaps at the nearest with furor, trying to rip it apart.

Bite against #3 demon; attack, damage with Power Attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 1 = 71d8 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 3 = 11

Kai locks eyes with Elriel before giving him an affirmative nod. Holding his breath for the moment, he doesn't have time to speak. He outmaneuvers the demons incredibly swiftly with his polearm, slashing and stabbing with both ends.

Power attack, Flurry of Blows on demon #3 if it still stands, otherwise hit demon #2

Attack; Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 7 - 2 = 10

Damage; Power Attack: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

Attack; Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 7 - 2 = 18

Damage; Power Attack: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

Despite attacking from behind Elriel and through the thick fog, Brevon perforates the dretch's lung, dropping him instantly. Soon after Kelumarion moves swiftly and jumps behind one of the demons despite missing his target. Kai attacks in a flurry of blows with his monk weapon but manages to hit only once. Taking advantage of Kalumarion's position, Elriel stabs the demon in front of him, instantly killing it as his blade pierces its left eye... in quick succession, he steps forward and also strikes the remaining demon, who panics and flees, granting Elriel another opportunity to finish it. Even if Elriel hits, the limping demon disappears in the stair above.

Still inside the cloud, Kai and Kelumarion are also affected by the disgusting smell, even if it fades soon after. Slowly, all of you are able to recover from the nauseating smell. It will take you 4 rounds for everyone to be 'healed'.

Elriel followed the demon to the bottom of the stairs and then watched and waited for anyone coming down.

As the stench dissipated, he asked, "I'm sorry but he got away. Everyone OK?"

tag?

He then inspected the room for anything valuable and prepared to go up. He looked at Brevon and joked, "Do you and your heavy armor want to lead the way?"

tag?

He was going to explain his nervous mirth but decided against it. Maybe they thought he was mad but he really hoped that he did it to liven up an otherwise very serious situation.

ready to move up with Brevon leading (or not) as soon as this place is searched

"Coward!" Brevon screams as the demon flees up the stairs. He coughs fitfully as he reclaims his shield and scimitar, though he seems to have avoided the worst of it. "You shouldn't be sorry, Elriel. He evaded us all."

He positions his shield back on his arm, practicing once more with its weight. He glances nervously up the stairs, wiping his hair back from his sweat-slicked forehead. He smiles faintly at Elriel's jest. "Yes, well then, only one way up. It's probably warned its friends. I suppose we know to expect the worst."

Brevon takes the stairs carefully, lifting his heavy boots up one at a time.

Rukzha choughs and spits vhemently to try to get the poison out of her system. "*Chough* That cloud completely incapacitated me. I'm sorry I couldn't contribute more. I'm glad that all of you are ok though."

She holds out a hand to make the paladin pause. "Wait Brevon, Now that they know we are coming things will get harder. We'll do well to prepare as well. Instead of Brevon heading up recklessly in front it might be a good idea to put up some magical protection. We got the wand of protection from evil. I suggest we put up one on each of you frontliners. It offers the same kind of protection as the ring and the cloak so maybe me and Arrika can carry those?"

We got two cloaks and two rings. One cloak isn't claimed actually. I suggest to cast protection from evil on Elriel/Brevon/Kai and maybe Kelumarion and let Rukzha/Arrika have the items.

Feel free to make the arrangements that Rukzha proposed, but as you might have guessed, it is better to do so quickly! I'll move things along.

As Brevon moves up, following the dretch, he notices nine more tieflings, already armed and ready do defend this upper landing! This room is a big corridor with many doors... who knows what might come from behind them.

The dretch tries to send fear towards Brevon's mind, unaware that the paladin was not susceptible to this kind of tactic.

Here is where the mechanics of the game gets really weird. There isn't actually space for me to move up. However it would make a lot of sense to move forward to cast only to step back when the others come, but that doesn't work within the rules either. I should also be able to cast untargeted stuff like glitterdust based on what the others are saying, even if I can't see up properly. Though I could probably see along the arrow if I'm right behind Kai, so how about we just go with that?

"Lot's of them up ahead you say? Let's see what we can do to even the odds. They won't be able to fight very well if they are blind."

She reaches into one of the pouches around her waist and pulls out a small bit of what looks like sand. She starts chanting in her guttural but mezmerising magical tongue as one hand waves in front of her eyes while the other tosses the dust up in the air.

Soon after glittering dust falls down in the corridor up ahead. I hope I manage to hit a lot of them. It's a bit hard to see with so many people up ahead.

Glitterdust DC 17 vs will

Once the enemies are blinded or potentially blinded anyway, Kai runs up the stairs to try to take down the first of the Tieflings with his spade.

"Good work, Tatts! " Kai shouts back as he slices into the first Tiefling he sees, covered in glitter.

Attack Roll; Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 7 - 2 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

Crit confirmation: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 7 - 2 = 15
Bonus Crit Damage: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Attack T1. I really hope that crits!

"There really are a lot of you uglies up here."

"Oh, you probably want to know that tieflings don't usually inherit the demons resistance to normal weapons, so you don't need to use cold iron against them." Rukzha points out from down the stairs in case any of her allies would rather want to use another weapon.

Is it ok if Rukzha knows that Toothy?

knowledge planes tieflings: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

Elriel bounded up the stairs and slashed at the first tiefling standing there.

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I think I placed my token correctly but please adjust as necessary. Elriel will not do acrobatics with so many people and not a clear place to go.
piranha strike, flat-footed
to hit: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 1 = 21
damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 + (2, 6) = 16

The room explodes in glittering dust covering the half of the defenders and also blinding two of them (those with yellow border are shining and those completely yellow are also blinded). Elriel jumps over the rail and drops one of the tieflings in one single and fluid move, while Kai moves forward and slashes another tiefling in half with his spade. Irabeth then moves past Kai and finishes it another foe, making an opening in the middle of the corridor.

Can Arrika see over the stair railing from behind Brevon? I'm assuming she can get at least some line of sight/effect - if not, let me know and I'll revise.

Stumbling up the stairs to where Brevon stands, Arrika hears Rukzha's call about evening the odds - and when she gets to where she can peek between and around the stair rails, she sees Rukzha's work has already been effective. Two of them grope blindly, the gold dust in their eyes obscuring their vision...but it won't last forever. Two already shook it off, and the others might at any moment. We've got to keep more of them out of the fight, give us a chance to take advantage of their blindness... And then, Arrika has an idea.

In her mind, the chasm that had opened at her feet at the Armasse celebrations splits once again, with a crack that makes her mind's ears ring. That maw had been opened by the malice and rot of the Abyss...but Arrika drew on purer powers. Her mind coiling like a spring ready to jump, she focuses on the floor at her eye level, supporting the three tieflings her half-elven ally faces...

Elriel, get away from them! The energy building in her mind reaches a peak, and the floor begins to rumble ever so slightly. At the last possible moment, she releases her focus in a burst that sets stars off behind her eyes, wishing with all her might for the floor to crumble as the Arnasse festival ground had...

Ready a standard action to cast create pit beneath T2, T4, and T5 as soon as Elriel gets out of the casting area (marked in orange). DC15 Reflex save to jump to safety in the nearest safe space. Now might be a good time to use Acrobatics, Elriel, if you don't want to be caught on the other side of it. ;)

I figured the stair rails would give cover and possibly prevent an AoO, but if you want it, here's a concentration check to cast defensively, DC19: 1d20 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 3 = 17 Eww. So if she is threatened, she'll lose the spell.

He'd passed subtle gifts to his caller, skills of finesse and esoteric nuance...but Kelumarion far preferred a more direct approach. Barreling up the staircase, he shoves past Brevon and Kai to face off against the tieflings, using the blinding of Rukzha's conjured gold dust against them.

Move up stairs, standard to bite attack. I didn't see Arrika's or Kelumarion's pawn on the board, so the gold starburst is Kelumarion and the silver lightning bolt is Arrika.

Bite against T7: attack, damage with Power Attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 1 = 191d8 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 3 = 8

Brevon comes to his senses, eyeing an opening in the battle. With a deep breath he powers into the hallway (possibly provoking?), cleaves his scimitar in a great swing. The weight of his armor propels his sword arm around, and he uses this to his benefit as he tries take down two demons at once.

Attack T4: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 251d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Cleave T2?: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 161d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

If T2 stands to make the cleave, my AC is -2 until my text turn.

Arikka gets ready to cast her spell while Kelumarion leaps forward and almost drops one of the demons, biting him on his leg. Brevon dashes with his scimitar cutting two foes in only one fluid attack, almost finishing them.

Caught between a killing field, the tieflings gang upon Elriel but the deft man easily dodges all the attacks with grace, even with two of them flanking him! On the other side, Irabeth is attacked by the other two cultists. One of them misses her entirely while cleaning his eyes but the other delivers a glancing blow. Meanwhile, the dretch retreats to a corner, cowering in fear.

Still 50% miss chance for being blind, assuming I understand things correctly and it was one of the blind ones that struck Irabeth. The save occurs at the end of their turn.
perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

"Someone is casting a spell in there!" Rukzha exclaims in an alarmed voice. She's greatly torn between helping the surrounded Elriel and clearing the way for the room, but she decides after a split second to go for the later option, hoping that Arrika's magic will be able to help the half-elf.

The scar on her neck contracts painfully as her powers are once again awoken. "Let's try to get in there to stop them. I'll help clear the way." She says in a pained voice as she directs the powerful forces towards the tiefling directly blocking the doorway.

Slumber DC 17 vs T7

Elriel heard the witch and her concern about the spellcasting. Frankly though, he had concerns of his own.

He took advantage of his position with the monk and struck at the tiefling between them.

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TWF, piranha strike, sneak attack, flanking T2 first and then T5
perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
to hit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 + (6, 1) = 17
to hit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 + (3, 2) = 10

Did you miss Arrika's urge?

The current running through Arrika's body is like lightning, and the edges of her vision start to crackle and go white. But gritting her teeth, she holds the energy of her spell back, waiting for Elriel to move to safety...

If my spell goes off, it'll be my standard action for this round.

Kelumarion can feel the rush of trammeled energy through the link in his mind...but there's little he can do about it. ::Just a bit longer...:: he manages to whisper into her mind without breaking her concentration, as he lashes out at the still-illuminated tiefling before him, trying to take down the threat before clawing at another.

Full-round attack, going after T7 until he falls, then after T8.

Bite attack against T7, attack, damage with Power Attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 - 1 = 211d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7
Claw attack against T7 or T8, attack, damage with Power Attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 - 1 = 211d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 = 10
Claw attack against T7 or T8, attack, damage with Power Attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 6 - 1 = 201d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8

With limited options in just going to cleave T2 and T4 again. This might finish the tieflings, so I hope Arrika's spell can be saved and not lost. I'm at -2 AC this round.

Brevon clenches his blade as a gutteral noise escapes his lips, half cry of rage, half desperate plea. He rears back and swings again, hitting the demon spawn so hard their blood sprays the floor around them.

Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 181d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Cleave: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 141d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

No one going into the room to try to stop the caster:/. Hopefully it won't be too bad... @Arrika: Are you attacking T7 even if he falls to slumber?

I missed that you were slumbering him - I think I subconsciously though it was last round. I think T7 was pretty low from Kelu's last attack, but I'm good with him getting knocked out.

@Toothy - if T7 is slumbered all Kelu's attacks will be against T8 so I don't negate the slumber.

Going into the room to try to stop the caster!

I've got a +10 to perception so I can't fail the check.

It seems like I was about to be botted. Sorry for the inactivity!

Round 2

Kai's attention shifts to the Northeast room as he hears the faint chanting of a spell being cast. When Rukzha mentions it, there is no doubt in his mind what he must do.

"On it!" He calls back.

He tumbles past his foes...

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

He drops his spade and attempts to grapple the caster if he can.

Grapple: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Actions: Move action tumble at half speed (20 ft.). Standard action Grapple.

@Rukzha: The one that hit Irabeth wasn't the blinded one, it was #8.

Rukzha successfully overwhelms the tiefling's mind and the wounded creature falls to the ground unconscious and Elriel stabs through another cultist's nape, killing him instantly. As Elriel steps aside, A 20 feet pit appears in the middle of the corridor, dragging another tiefling with him, killing him when he hits the bottom.

Kai moves inside the northeast room and finds six cultists of Deskari, armed with scythes. Loosing no time, the monk grabs one of them limiting his movements. Irabeth continues to fight the other tieflings but unfortunately misses her target... differently than Kelumarion that finishes her foe before stepping forward and dropping yet another opponent. With no enemy to fight, Brevon also moves towards the room with the cultists, slashing him in his guts.

The sole remaining tiefling sidesteps before giving Elriel a glancing blow, while the grappled cultist tries futilely to free himself. Another cultist reaches Kai and strikes him with his wicked blade. The two cultists remaining back try to pressure their will against Brevon's will, yelling "DROP!" and unfortunately Brevon is overwhelmed and drops his sacred sword! The two remaining cultists attack Brevon with no effect against his armor.

From the west, another door is opened and from it emerges a goat-headed humanoid covered in a mangy gray hide that only partly covers its gaunt but muscled frame. It carries a halberd with which he deftly strikes Elriel. It looks at the tiefling besides him and orders, with a harsh voice. "Inch’in yes spasum? Gnal depi aerie!"

Meanwhile, the dretch moves towards the sleeping tiefling and wakes him up.

"More demons!"

Elriel takes a quick look and frowns as his companions are no where near him. Or more important, near the horned demon.

With a pit at his back, the rogue redoubles his efforts, trying to cut down the tiefling before concentrating on the demon.

True to his nature, he jokes, "I could use a little help with horny over here..."

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TWF, piranha strike at T5
to hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 = 9
to hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4

Knowledge planes: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28
"A Schir! What a monsterous creature. It's speaking about going to some Aerie. Hopefully we can stop whatever they are planning." The last part comes out amidst pained gasps as she tries to direct her will to send the new arrival to sleep. I need to help Elriel, he shouldn't have to handle that alone.

Slumber DC 17 vs will against the Schir. Does waking up provoke AoO?

More demons. The enemy forces seem as insects, swarming out of some abyssmal nest. Brevon grips his scimitar for another swing, but a sudden doubt seizes him.

Ssinnnner! Unwooooorthy! Abaaaaaandoned! The words creep into his ear and through his brain, poisoning his resolve.

Muuuuuurdeeerer....

His scimitar clatters to the floor, an empty, hollow sound, as he pulls at his hair, trying to locate the speaker, to tear it out, replacing one pain with another. But the accusations persist, taunting him mercilessly.

Then, the sound of wind chimes sparkles in the air, near and yet quite far. A gentle breeze carries the soft aroma of daffodils.

Daffodils. She grew them every spring.

"Out of my head!" Brevon screams, lashing out blindly with his shield, with the thought of daffodils in the springtime.

Activating blinding shield, Everyone within 20ft line of sight must make a DC 14 Reflex save or be blinded for 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds.

"Too busy over here!" He calls back to Rukzha.

Kai gasps at the blinding light, but borrows the cultist to shield his eyes. "Good Gods, that's bright."

Kai begins gut punching the cultist he grappled.

Grapple, Power attack, controlling grappler: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 8 - 2 + 5 = 31

Damage, Power attack: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Do I crit?

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Are you simply attacking him? Then you get another attack and can roll to crit(but you'll lose the grapple at the end of the round). If you are rolling to damage as part of maintaining the grapple you don't get to crit I believe.

More monsters to vanquish, denizens of the Abyss and their twisted, depraved followers alike. Does the fighting ever end? But Kelumarion had bound himself to the world with a single goal - fighting against corruption and evil, whatever form it may take. And so the biting and tearing continues.

Full attack action, against T7 until he drops, then against the dretch until it drops, all with Power Attack. If I happen to succeed taking them both down with the first two attacks, I'll use the third on one of the fallen to make sure they don't get back up, since there's no one else in range.

Bite attack, damage: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 - 1 = 161d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7
Claw #1 attack, damage: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (12) + 6 - 1 = 171d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7
Claw #2 attack, damage: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 6 - 1 = 221d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 = 10

She'd managed to take out some of the tieflings, as she'd hoped - but now Elriel was cut off from the others, and another abomination had appeared! Rushing to the landing at the top of the stairs, Arrika calls to Elriel, sending another burst of will riding on the words. The pit won't last much longer - but I hope this helps!

Cast grease on the spot I've marked, DC14 or they fall prone. I can't dismiss the pit, but it'll only last five rounds total, and Elriel can probably jump it all right if he needs to get out of there.

Rukzha tries to force her will against the goat-demon but it endures her assault. With two quick attacks, Elriel drops the tiefling into the ground and turns his attention to the Schir. Despite being in the ledge of Arrika's pit, Elriel manages to keep his feet. Kai maintains his grapple against the cultist and even break a couple ribs, crushing the wicked man.

Irabeth kills the prone tiefling into the ground and Kelumarrion ravages the wounded dretch. Meanwhile, Arrika covers the floor beneath the Schir with grease but the demon once more resist the spells sent towards him, keeping his feet. Brevon unleashes a blinding light from his shield, blind all but two of the cultists inside the room.

The grappled cultist tries to shout a profane word but fails to concentrate, while one of those who resisted the blinding light healed the one fighting Brevon. Both Kai and Brevon resist any tentative of attack. The Schir once more attacks Elriel with his halberd but once he misses, he steps back towards the north door...

Surrounded by a pit and a very slippery floor, the half-elf has a brief break as the horny demon backs away.

Not wanting to try his luck, he carefully drops his shortswords and takes his shortbow out.

He remembered Rukzha's comment on that special arrow. Now was a good time to try it, before the demon got away and called for reinforcements.

He quickly sighted and released. The arrow sped and savagely pierced the schir. "Not so fast, horny. We just got started here."

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arrow of evil outsider slaying, fort save DC 20 or take 50 hp

MW composite short bow, arrow of slaying: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 1 = 26
damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 = 8

thank you, thank you, I will be here the rest of the week. :)

In a rage, Brevon continues his attempt to power through the mass of bodies before him, now using his shield as a weapon and slamming it forcefully into the nearby tieflings.

Scimitar's still lying on the ground :(. I think this is a legit move?

Shield bash Attack@C6,Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 7 - 2 = 211d4 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 4 = 8
Shield bash Cleave@C5,Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 7 - 2 = 181d4 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 4 = 8

I'm now -5 AC (-2 from cleave, -3 from shield bash)

You actually get +3 extra damage from using both hands to bash with the shield(+1str, +2pa) since it counts as a one handed weapon instead of a light one. Note that at this point you could just have picked up the scimitar as a move action and used that. It won't provoke against blind people and cleave is a standard action.

Could I get some more info on that knowledge check? @Elriel:Did you forget favored enemy bonus?

Rukzha is annoyed to see her power fail to bring the demon down. Her hearts stops for a moment as it's filthy halberd sails towards the half-elf, but luckily the attack misses.

Her mind churns as she quickly tries to figure out what's the best course of action. Suddenly she gets an idea and springs up the stairs, but not towards the demon, but rather away from it. The witch does turn against it though and says at barely a whisper. "Oh no, you aren't getting away, come here instead." Before her voice changes to the normal guttural chant of her spellcasting.

Command on the demon DC 16 vs will to come towards Rukzha. Hopefully it'll fall into the pit...