HELL'S REBELS ala Fabian (Inactive)

Game Master Fabian Benavente

Fabian, when you return, I need the turn 378 sent to me please.

If you send me a pm with your email Vandomir I can try and download the turn recap and send it to you.

So... Qinggong Power, Barskin at an opportune time before further battle, then on the surprise round charge at the enemy straight ahead (since you can apparently charge as a standard action if you keep to regular movement speed. AC up 4, temporarily down 2 due to the charge. But if Eirik wins imitative next round, even that won't matter.

Action 2

Prepared for battle thanks to Noravia's blessings and his own defensive Ki manipulation, Eirik sprang into immediate action once he saw the enemies. Dodging past the noble ahead of him, the monk rushed at the demonic enemies, the measured regard of his mask hiding his teeth bared in a fierce grin as he found himself looking forward to the chance to test himself, this time against enemies obvious enough to his tastes.

Eirik's charge brought him up close to the enemy, and the monk used the bearded devil's bulk to stop his momentum by applying one booted foot to the creature's stomach, then followed the initial rush with a crushing blow to the devil's face.

Melee, unarmed, charge: 1d20 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 15 + 2 = 21 Enemies are flat-footed so this should be a hit with comfortable margin.
Damage, unarmed, lethal: 1d10 + 1d6 + 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + (6) + (2) + 1 + 1 = 14 Ignored DR as usual

Action 1
Caleb looked around, ready to strike out at any Dottari who approached while Noravia prepared. Fortunately - for them - none appeared.

Action 2
Caleb's mind lashed out as he prayed this time he could find purchase in minds slick with the sheen of Hell - but once again his magics slid off the evil psyche.
damage: 10d8 ⇒ (8, 2, 7, 7, 5, 8, 6, 1, 4, 3) = 51 DC 20 spell pen: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Action 2:

Knowing that Vandomir would most likely make use of his newly acquired ranged weapon, she moves to the front of the group prior to the door being opened. She had done what she could to protect them all from the effect of the devils and now she'd engage them up close. Knowing they used reach weapons, she knew she had to get in close and do it quickly to make sure her attack was useful.

Once the door was flung open, she rushed into the room and infused her weapon with her hatred for evil outsiders before she slammed it into one of the devils.

+1morningstar frost,bless,bane: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 10 + 1 = 26
damage: 1d8 + 3 + 2d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 3 + (4, 2) + (4) = 14

The inquisitor's attack was true and the morningstar sizzled against the devil's flesh in a gratifying way.

Bane isn't once per day, it's number of rounds=Noravia's level. She only used it for 3 rounds so she should still have it for 5 round.

I think the frost part of her morningstar may do extra damage to the bearded devil but I'm not completely sure.

Also, can you please confirm when Noravia used all her judgments? I thought she had one left...

Action 1
Tillia considered what she could do against these devils and then had a very good idea. She looked at her companions and said, "Do not go in immediately, let me cast a spell first and then proceed with caution." She smiled evilly, "I'm going to try and open a pit beneath them so they'll fall in. With any luck we can get one or both of them trapped in it and make dealing with the a bit easier. Just make sure to stay back from the edges, the ground will slope in towards the edge and make footing precarious."

Action 2
When the door was opened Tillia quickly began chanting while holding a miniature shovel and, below the feet of the two bearded devils, the floor suddenly dropped away into a pit ten feet wide on a side, thirty feet deep, and lined with razor sharp spikes.

I cast spiked pit, the origin point is the corners where the two devils tokens meet. They get a reflex save, DC 19, to avoid falling in and move to the closest, unoccupied square. I don't know that both of them can get to a square because of the size of the room. They risk fall damage for 30 feet and take 1d6 piercing when they try to climb out, a dc 20 climb check.

Action 2

Vandomir was ready as the door came open. As soon as he saw the devil, he let loose a well aimed arrow...

+1 Adaptive Composite Longbow Hit: 1d20 + 15 + 1 + 2 - 3 ⇒ (17) + 15 + 1 + 2 - 3 = 32
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 2 + 6 + (5) = 20

... which struck hard, but he wasn't sure if the fire had done anything against his adversary.

Vandomir quipped at the startled creatures in their native tongue, "surprise hellspawn." He added for his companions in the common tongue, "I hope they go down quickly and quietly."

I'm baaaack... :)

I intend to recap this later today and move things along.

Game on!

Turn 379 – Words of Warding

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Questions, comments, and/or suggestions?

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Will her attack happen this turn? If she knows she can't get close, then she would have done something else. Let me know if she needs to change her tactics.

Will her attack happen this turn? If she knows she can't get close, then she would have done something else. Let me know if she needs to change her tactics.

She won't be able to close in for melee as long as Eirik is there.

Feel free to give me another action for the surprise round if you like (and something for Round 1 assuming no melee).

Questions?

Game on!

Caleb cast Mind Thrust III

There was little else that Tillia could do to effect the fight just now, there simply wasn't enough room for any more of her spells to be used, so she shifted back to keep watch behind them while the other's dealt with the devils.

Don't forget that if the devils, or anyone, end their turn adjacent to the pit they need a reflex save of 19 with a +2 bonus to avoid falling into the pit.

Enemies get to go first, so I'm assuming there remains someone next to Eirik to strike... if not, could try to jump the pit to try to get to an enemy further away.

Melee, unarmed, flurry: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35
Melee, unarmed, flurry: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17
Melee, unarmed, flurry: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Crit?: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

Damage, unarmed: 2d10 + 1d6 + 1d4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (9, 7) + (5) + (1) + 2 + 1 = 25

Dodging low to avoid an awkward strike with a glaive the devil was forced to hold close to the blade to manage the weapon's length in the close quarters, Eirik slammed his fist into the bearded creature's jaw as he rose back to his full height, feeling the jaw bone crack under the weight of his Ki-infused strike.

A straight up fight against his favored enemies? Now this was what Vandomir had been wanting for a while. He hurled arrows from the flaming bow as rapidly as he could...

+1 Flaming Longbow Hit: 1d20 + 15 + 1 + 2 - 3 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 15 + 1 + 2 - 3 - 2 = 24
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + (2) = 16

+1 Flaming Longbow Hit: 1d20 + 15 + 1 + 2 - 3 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 15 + 1 + 2 - 3 - 2 = 24
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + (3) = 18

+1 Flaming Longbow Hit: 1d20 + 15 + 1 + 2 - 3 - 2 - 5 ⇒ (11) + 15 + 1 + 2 - 3 - 2 - 5 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + (4) = 16

...all three of them sinking into the demonflesh and causing their enemies much harm.

"I'm glad you cast that spell on my weapon," the noble said, "it sure makes the arrows hurt more."

Vandomir fires 3 times at the closest enemy. If the first one drops, then he'll adjust fire into the second.

I intend to recap later today...

don't have time for proper post and I'm on my phone but hoping to not be totally useless here. Noravia will use one of the searing light scrolls in the surprise round since she couldn't get up close.

Turn 380 – Flaming Arrows

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Questions, comments, and/or suggestions?

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spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 Missed it by that much

Noravia knew they didn't have time to relish the quick death of one of the devils because the other one disappeared and they couldn't get to it because of the pit.

She could tell that infernal was being spoken but couldn't make out what was going on. What she did know was that it probably wasn't a good thing.

Looking concerned she asked, "Should we go around to get to it? It may warn the others."

Action 1
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23
Tillia knew exactly what that devil was up to and knew that they couldn't afford to let it succeed. With the thing out of view she said, "It's summoning help, we need to kill it now." It was times like this that she wished some spells could be dismissed, sadly her pit wasn't one of them. She then hit on a different idea and focused her mind as she chanted. When she was done a plane of ice appeared spanning the gap across her pit to the other side. "Go, get him!"

Casting wall of ice as a flat plane to create a bridge across the pit. If I could dismiss the pit I would, sadly the pit spells are not dismiss-able.

Action 1

Casting wall of ice as a flat plane to create a bridge across the pit. If I could dismiss the pit I would, sadly the pit spells are not dismiss-able.

FYI, Eirik could probably jump that pit and he goes before Tillia so we'll see what he does before I let you cast the spell.

Game on!

If Tillia casts the ice wall...

Vandomir wasn't sure how she knew, but he was sure that what Tillia was telling them was the truth. "Yes dear, right away dear," he said with a wry smile as he moved across the newly created ice floor. He came forward to where he could see the creature casting, and he fired...

+1 Flaming Longbow Hit: 1d20 + 15 + 1 + 2 - 3 ⇒ (14) + 15 + 1 + 2 - 3 = 29
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + (2) = 16

...the arrow struck the beast, and hopefully disrupted the spell.

Should need a difficult concentration check, right?

Jumping was indeed the plan, but yesterday got... interesting... at work so no time to post.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27 Should be plenty to get past the pit

As the devil in front of him fell to its death, Eirik took half a step back and leapt over the pit, heading for the sound of chanting in the distance, hoping to close the distance before the other creature could finish whatever it was in the process of attempting.

Assuming one move gets Eirik within reach, he will naturally attack.

Melee, unarmed: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33
Damage, unarmed, lethal: 1d10 + 1d6 + 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + (1) + (2) + 1 + 1 = 12

Thinking of having Caleb try the jump as well - he does have +14 to jumping at the moment. Not sure if there's an ice bridge though...
and if he'd be able to get a running jump.

I intend to move things along later today.

Game on!

Caleb bolted across the gap, supernatural speed lending wings to his heels. As he skidded on the far side of the pit he realised he had followed following two highly trained warriors into a fight to the death with a literal fighting devil. Desperately he readied his mind, casting around for something to blast.
mind thrust I: 5d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 4, 4, 4) = 21
sr: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Turn 381 – Jumping Monk

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Let's try and pick up the pace!

Alright, bright and early tomorrow morning we climb aboard a cruise for a week. I won't get a chance to post again until next Thursday.

Action 1

Vandomir was impressed at how quickly they had taken down the two devils, but their work was far from done. "Excellent job my friends! On to the next task."

Action 2:

Noravia assessed their wounds and decided they could wait for the moment. She moved towards the door, "Vandomir's right. We should move quickly while Milani's blessings still protect us. According to Elsbeth there were more bearded devils on the ground floor. They can't be allowed to carry out whatever nefarious plan Thrune has."

"Noravia's right. Better to face them individually now than all at one - and the Dottari are all in plain sight. Some of us are looking a bit the worse for wear, but I think we can make a run for it. Give me the Glaives, and I'll hide myself and them." Caleb looks grimly at one of the dead devils "Dare say they'll come in handy come midnight."

Just planning to use Vanish. Tillia, if you want to carry them and go invisible properly, feel free.

After a gap...
Caleb turned to Tillia "On the other hand, Tillia might be able to convince some of those guards to turn coat. Might be worth doing that first... but I think we want everyone to fight those devils."

"Vandomir's right. We should move quickly while Milani's blessings still protect us. According to Elsbeth there were more bearded devils on the ground floor. They can't be allowed to carry out whatever nefarious plan Thrune has."

"Agreed. The human guards could be reasoned with, or they might balk if asked to turn against unarmed guests. but the devils remain a threat and the three are the closest," Eirik said, but keeping to himself the thought that it'd be good for the rebellion to leave some devils alive so they might be defeated after they had started the expected massacre so that the people could see who was defending them and from what.

BTW, did you forget that pack fo patrolling hell hounds in the cellar from your list of foes?

I'm assuming the plan is to 'quickly' go to the devils in D13.

I'll recap later today with that in mind unless I hear otherwise.

Questions?

Game on!

Tillia nodded, I also agree, the human guards are far easier to deal with than the devils are. We need to try and finish off the fiends before hand if we can."[/b] She considered the spells she had available and what she could do with them in the situation, she had plenty of ways to corral and control guards, the devils were going to be more troublesome.

Turn 382 – The Unmasking Ceremony

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Questions, comments, and/or suggestions?

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I feel like of we were still making our way downstairs we'd be at E1.

Action 2:
Is Caleb invisible? He was supposed to be beglaived.
"Stay close." Caleb whispered to Eirik and Noravia. "When he looses the hounds, I'll get you close enough to kill him."

"Stay close." Caleb whispered to Eirik and Noravia. "When he looses the hounds, I'll get you close enough to kill him."

"Be careful," Eirik murmured back, his eyes never leaving the posturing Paracount. "The man might be protected beyond the guardians we can see."

I wonder if we have time or opportunity to try for the last devils, or if we should just find good places to make our entrance once the battle begins.

ANSWERS...

You could be in either E1 or D3; that is what I need to know.

What did Caleb use to be invisible? it took the party (being ushered by the dottari and in the middle of a crowd) about 2-3 minutes to get to where they ended up being.

There's no time to try for the last devils now that you got 'caught' in the crowd when the dottari started herding everyone to either E1 or D3.

Just let me know if you will hear the rest of the speech or take an action for 'actions 2'

More questions?

Game on!

I'll agree with Caleb that we're on E1.

Action 1:

Noravia tried to keep pushing her way through to make it to the ground floor but the wall of flesh they were presented with in the form of numerous party guests stymied her efforts. "It looks like we're not going anywhere except where the crowd takes us," she said sadly.

Action 2:

The inquisitor narrowed her eyes as what looked like Nox took their place beside Thrune. "What happened to her?" she murmured. "I have a bad feeling about her being here."

"Stay close." Caleb whispered to Eirik and Noravia. "When he looses the hounds, I'll get you close enough to kill him."

Noravia nodded her understanding but there was definitely worry in her eyes as she could see the doors being locked. To the others she warned them, "Something bad is definitely going to happen because the guards are locking us in. If people panic, people are going to get trampled and killed because there's no place to go." The inquisitor looked around the room to see if anything or anyone could get into the room after the doors were locked. She tried to sound hopeful when she said, "Maybe if we can't get out that means nothing can get in."

Vandomir's out so I'll DMNPC him for the time being. However, feel free to either play him and/or give me some directives with regards to his actions.

I intend to move things later today...

Game on!

Sorry for the delay, I meant to get a post up yesterday but got repeatedly sidetracked every time I sat down to do it.

Action 1
Tillia knew the time had come, this wasn't going to be pleasant but she felt they were ready for it. It was a good thing that they had dealt with a number of the devils already as this was going to be ugly. She followed her friends as they entered the balcony area and prepared herself for trouble.

Action 2
As Brassy began talking and the doors were locked Tillia knew it was time. She knew that getting those doors opened was of great importance, she said to the others, "I'm going to try and charm one of the guards for a key, watch my back just in case." With that she made her way towards the guards to one one of the stairways down.

Not sure where we actually are on E1 so which ever stairway down is closer. Also, are there doors on these stairways that they have locked and how many guards are at each one?

All below here is out of character"
So we lost Vandomir then? That's sad, I enjoyed his character. Are we looking to replace him at all?

All below here is out of character"

So we lost Vandomir then? That's sad, I enjoyed his character. Are we looking to replace him at all?

Oh no, not out for good; he's just on vacation until this Thursday.

Game on!

Turn 383 – Barzillai’s Speech

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Action 1
As the guard escorts her back to the center of the balcony:

Tillia had gotten exactly what she wanted, a guardsman to escort her back to the crowd and seperated from his support. As he forcibly escorted her Tillia spoke to him, "Aren't you a forward one sir, I like forward. Maybe, once the party is done, we'll have a chance to spend some time together. I'm sure that I want someone like you as my friend." Her words were flirtatious and she wiggled against his grip enticingly as she reached up to stroke his hand.

Using Covert Spells, he needs a Sense Motive against my Bluff, a Perception against my Sleight of Hand, and a Will Save (dc 18)as I cast charm person on him.

Bluff: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20
Sleight of Hand: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Well, this might suck. Least it doesn't say anything about the spell failing in this instance.

Surprise round depends on the results of the above section.

Action 1Surprise round depends on the results of the above section.

No surprise round, this would be your action for Round 1.

Game on!

Alright then, it seems there is more time than that passing just now but if that's how it is alright I guess. I was hoping I'd be able to charm him before the fighting started, I guess that I kind of do.

Alright then, it seems there is more time than that passing just now but if that's how it is alright I guess. I was hoping I'd be able to charm him before the fighting started, I guess that I kind of do.

You did try to charm him last turn recap but he made his save. Are you trying again for Round 1?

...doh! I didn't realize you'd rolled it. You didn't make any mention of the spell being cast in the recap. I'll do something different then. I'll post it in the morning.

...doh! I didn't realize you'd rolled it. You didn't make any mention of the spell being cast in the recap. I'll do something different then. I'll post it in the morning.

It's your job to write 'well described actions and intended results' for your PCs. :)

I have my hands full with four devils, Nox, Barzillai, and 22 dottari!

I was happy when you got a few devils before the actual fight. :)

Game on!

Remind me again which floor has the balcony to outside? Was it 2nd or 3rd? Noravia's priority would be to get as many people out as possible. They'll probably have to take out some dottari to make a way for the people. But I'm also waiting to see what Caleb does to Noravia and Eirik before I post for Noravia :)