"Shoulda figured it was too easy," the dwarf grumbles as an arrow appears in his hand.
Initiative:
Gunther 27
Prar 25
Champawat 19
Goivan 17
Qahnaarin 13
GM 6
Round 1
Despite having no targets, you have the jump, and can react or cast spells or move defensively. It is hard to tell what or how many something are under the floor trying to get out. You are sure it is more than one however.
Gunther drops into his defensive stance with an arrow readied, eyes peeled for enemies. The look on his face shows he clearly intends to pincushion anything that appears.
Effects: Ranged Defensive Focus
Arrows: 20/20 (P), 20/20 (B)
Maneuvers and Stances:
. . [maneuvers] Crane Step SC [1/1], Horizon Wind Lancet SW [1/1], Silver Strike SC [1/1], Solar Sting SW [1/1]
. . [stances] Phantom Sun Stance SW [1], Silver Crane Waltz SC
Not liking the idea of facing an enemy he cannot see, Qahnaarin leaps onto the stone fireplace and keeps his spear handy, ready and waiting for anything to appear.
With the hair on her body standing on end, Champawat moves back over to the stairwell and calls down "everyone okay down there? What's going on? What was that noise?" She reaffirms her grip on her fauchard to strengthen her resolve. The curiosity of the events unfolding below her starts to wear on her.
Yes
Round 1
Prar casts Mage Armor on himself and moves to the center of the room to be near allies.
Goivan slips into the rubble and hides in the shadows, near Qahnaarin to provide possible flanking.
The others prepare for ..something..
As the group listens to the noise of something forcing its way up through the floor, the flagstones buckle and pop from their mortar as five different creatures crash through the thin floor stones.
Putrid rotting corpses crawl from their entombment beneath the floors, their red eyes glowing malignantly. They step from their graves and stand, wielding wicked longswords. They gaze at the group and wail a gutteral screech as they sense your life forces.
Above in the tower, Champawat hears the commotion, noise, and unnatural screeching. Something definitely is not right downstairs.
Yes, you get one against them all with combat reflexes. I meant to look that up but got sidetracked by meetings today. Shoot away!
Champawat hustles down the stairs taking them two at a time. She hits the ground floor and looks around but whatever is going on is happening somewhere else. She listens to the sounds of battle and begins to locate where her brethren are.
Qahnaarin attempts to trip the undead creature within reach.
Qahnaarin the creature sees your spear coming as you attempt to take its feet out from under it, it manages to keep from falling over, just barely.
Round 2
Gunther 27
Prar 25
Champawat 19
Goivan 17
Qahnaarin 13
Undead 6
Champawat moves towards the sounds of battle and surveys the situation. These...things, were threatening her family. She had to protect them. She runs straight at the nearest opponent and slides low trying to slip between the creature's legs before popping up and continuing on towards Prar and Gunther.
Qahnaarin makes a quick hop to position himself, then lashes out with his spear, aiming for the weakened knees of the undead.
Target 1 and 3
Calling upon Saranrae's light, Prar channels to harm the undead.
Round 2
Gunter fires arrows at the undead as they rise from the floor as part of his defensive stance.
- hit
- miss
- hit
He immediately reloads moves closer to the fireplace and fires two more arrows at #5.
- miss
- miss
Unfortunately his arrows bounce harmlessly off of the undead's armor.
Prar channels holy power through his focus and bathes the area in positive energy, blasting the undead. (damage is 1 regardless of save, with a minimum of 1 I believe.)
Champawat races into the room, sliding under the undead, between its legs and popping up by the fireplace in a dashing show of agility.
Goivan, hidden in the rubble enters a bloodrage and the divine light fills his eyes as he projects holy power against the undead near him. He steps like a shadow from his hiding spot and lays into the undead creature.
swift= smite evil, free=bloodrage, 5' step
- miss
- miss
- miss
While unable to get past the defenses of the undead with many of his attacks, Goivan is able to solidly land one blow which leaves the undead creature reeling and it hisses in anger.
Qahnaarin sweeps his spear about, against his foes. (I think you meant 1 and 2, as #3 is farther away)
He is unable to drop his first target, but the second one drops to the ground.
The undead step in to attack.
Two undead step in to attack Champawat
- hit
- hit
Champawat feels the icy cold energy through the creatures sword tugging at her very soul.
- success
- fail
Champawat you are energy drained 1 level
Prar is attacked by Undead #3
- miss
Goivan is attacked by Undead #1
- miss
Undead #2 attempts to stand from prone and move towards Qahnaarin.(Triggering an AoO from Qahnaarin.)
As the undead's blade digs into her, Champawat hisses at the evil incarnate. She falls back a few steps to find the necessary room to bring her fauchard down in a sweeping arc, hoping to drive it down into its shoulder.
Qahnaarin whips his branched spear in tight circles as he continues to try to maintain control over his space.
Attack of Opportunity on 2
Flurry of Trips on 1 and 2
Goivan is lost in the divine rage of his battle fury, seeing nothing but the enemy before him. His axe comes down in a flurry of pain.
Round 3
Gunther 27
Prar 25
Champawat 19
Goivan 17
Qahnaarin 13
Undead 6
Gunther, you suspect these are wights, specifically cairn wights, and they can channel their energy drain through their weapons.
Prar moves slightly to minimize attacks casts Shield of Faith on himself.
- miss
Champawat slams her fauchard into one of the undead and it hisses as a huge rent is ripped in its armor and skin.
Qahnaarin is unable to follow up on his attack against the one he tripped. (completing round 2 action for it) It stands and closes the distance, and Qahnaarin drops him again. He tries the same for the undead Goivan is fighting, but it is nimble enough to not fall.
Goivan continues his holy flurry, smashing the undead again with his axe and white light flashes. Unable to bite through the creature's armor, he lowers he head and rams his thick horns into the wight, lifting it off the ground as white holy light sears the undead creature who shrieks in pain and smoke pours from its eye sockets as the dark energy flows from it. It's smoking corpse drops to the ground and its sword clatters on the floor as Goivan destroys the unholy creature.
Gunther sets an eye on the wight threatening Prar, trying to size up the undead creature. He then manifests another arrow and takes a shot at it, hoping to lay it low.
Effects: None
Arrows: 20/20 (P), 20/20 (B)
Maneuvers and Stances:
. . [maneuvers] Crane Step SC [1/1], Horizon Wind Lancet SW [1/1], Silver Strike SC [0/1], Solar Sting SW [1/1]
. . [stances] Phantom Sun Stance SW [1], Silver Crane Waltz SC
Round 3
Gunther's arrow sinks deep into the undead creature as his focused shot finds its home. The creature hisses in anger as the arrow comes from around the fireplace.
The undead fight one, their number lessened by one.
- miss
The two wights in front of Champawat and Gunther step forward to attack them. (5' moves)
- hit, possible critical
- crit confirmed (double energy drain on a crit)
- success
The cairn wight slashes a huge gash along the duerger, who stalwartly fights off the horrible life draining effect of the blow, but the wound itself looks bad.
- miss
The other wight attacks Champawat, who defending with all her might is able to easily dodge the poorly timed attack.
Cairn Wight #2 again attempts to stand and take out Qahnaarin the Tripper.
- miss (or fail if trip)
It rises successfully and stabs at Qahnaarin.
- miss
Despite an adequate attack, the slice from its sword falls far from its mark as Qahnaarin's defense hold strong.
Champawat continues her onslaught against the foul undead. Sliding to the side as she dodges an attack from one, she spins and sends her fauchard straight towards a different one's head.
Qahnaarin dances backward, then reaches out with the snares and barbs of his spear, attempting to trip one of the undead.
Target number 2
Prar shifts back and lifts a hand at the wight.
Goivan moves to the next undead, bringing down his weapon with fury!
Gunther once against lowers his stance, bow, readied to strike at any who come near.
Effects: Ranged Defensive Focus
Arrows: 20/20 (P), 20/20 (B)
Maneuvers and Stances:
. . [maneuvers] Crane Step SC [1/1], Horizon Wind Lancet SW [1/1], Silver Strike SC [1/1], Solar Sting SW [1/1]
. . [stances] Phantom Sun Stance SW [1], Silver Crane Waltz SC
Round 4
Gunther 27
Prar 25
Champawat 19
Goivan 17
Qahnaarin 13
Undead 6
Gunther drops into a defensive stance again, ready to fire his arrows. He is in particular dangers as two of the undead threaten him and he is grievously wounded.
Prar shifts back and blast the wight with a cone of fire.
- fail
The creature fails to dodge the fire and takes the full brunt of it but continues to fight, heavily damaged.
Champawat strikes out with her fauchard trying to take down one of the foes, but it's armor, reflexes and natural toughness cause it to shrug off the blow.
Goivan moves in on a new target striking with his axes, but the axes rings off of the wights armor and it is missed.
A split second later however, Qahnaarin drops the wight on the ground with a sweep of his spear.
The undead renew their assault.
After being hit with fire, the wight attacking Prar steps up and tries to cut him down.
- miss
Champawat's opponent strikes at her viciously attempting to drain her again.
- miss
Gunther's opponent swing at him with its sword.
- miss
The prone wight fighting Qahnaarin and Goivan attempts to stand and attack.
Unless killed or dropped it will attack at full bonus.
- hit
+energy drain
- success, no lost levels.
The group fights on and seems to hold their own for now, but several are seriously wounded. Will the tide turn?
Goivan brings down a hail of blows on the creature!
Champawat continues to ignore the foe attacking her and focuses her attention on the undead attacking Gunther. She spins in place using the momentum to add force to her swing and brings the fauchard around at waist level, lashing out at her target.
Qahnaarin swings a swift strike against the standing undead...
quickly shifts to resposition...
and brings his spear slashing down on another undead.
Round 5
Gunther 27
Prar 25
Champawat 19
Goivan 17
Qahnaarin 13
Undead 6
Qahnaarin stabs the standing undead with his spear but is unable to penetrate its armor. Goivan also tries to strike it down, but the undead manages to stand and stab Goivan with a weak attack.
Gunther drops into a ball and dwarf-rolls past the two undead fighting him and Champawat.
He pops up next to Champwat and fires an arrow with extra force (swift action Horizon Wind Lancet )
- miss
Unfortunately his tumbling about made him a bit disoriented and the arrow flies wide.
Prar withdraws from his current opponent, safely moving away and circling around the combat to join the wounded Gunther on the other side of combat.
Champawat brings her fauchard down hard on the one she is fighting and deals a significant amount of damage. The creature hisses a hollow echo of rage from its decrepit body.
Goivan's double axe attack against his foe nearly drops it. The twin slices of heavy axe blows open two wide gashes in the creature and it reals with the ferocity of the attack but doesn't go down quite yet.
Qahnaarin spins his spear toward the distant attacker and slices low hacking at its upper leg, rending ancient putrid muscle and bone.
The undead retaliate. Three of the wights close in around Goivan and Qahnaarin.
- hit
- miss
- miss
Champawat's foe strikes out at her again trying to cut her down.
- miss
One of the undead strikes Goivan.
+ possible energy drain
- Success
Round 6
Gunther fires another pair of arrows this time
- miss
- hit
Gunther's arrow takes the wight in the back of the head and it drops to the ground in a clatter of armor as its longsword bangs off the ancient fireplace.
Prar channels live giving energy to aid the wounded group.
to everyone wounded.
The channel helps slightly, but you can't help feeling like your wounds could use a little more help than that.
Goivan brings down another hail of blows on the creature!
Champawat, not wanting to give any ground, briefly considers using her claws against the foul undead but decides against it. Instead she focuses her anger at the creature flanking Goivan.
Qahnaarin hops back [5-foot-step south] and unleashes a flurry of strikes aimed at knees and ankles
Target H9 and H11
Round 6
Champawat sees Goivan flanked, and tries to bring her sickle like polearm down on the monster, but her blow is just off a bit and it glances off the creature's armor and it shrugs off the blow.
Goivan unleases additional fury on his foe, but his attacks batter off the tough undead thing, its armor and powerful build taking the brunt of his onslaught.
Going for tactical advantage, Qahnaarin tries tripping up his foes again, and manages to bring down one of the undead, clipping it's feet from beneath it, sending it crashing to the floor.
It immediately attempts to stand up again and strike down its foes.
- hit
- miss
- hit
Between the two, they impale the undead as it clumsily attempts to stand. The creature shivers and drops, a lifeless husk, the malevolence gone from its eyes.
The remaining two wights fight on.
- miss
- miss
Round 7
Gunther launches another pair of arrows at the wight fighting Champawat
- miss
- hit
One arrow strikes true and sinks deep into the creatures chest, penetrating the heavy armor and coming out the other side.
Prar channels holy healing energy again
Chop chop!
Goivan then 5 foot steps to the northwest.
Champawat slips west in order to fall out of reach of the undead's attacks. She brings her fauchard in at waist level, hoping to eliminate the creature's chance to dodge the blow.
Qahnaarin continues dancing about the battlefield [5-foot-step to J10], spinning and twirling his branched spear in elaborate maneuvers.
Target K8
Round 7
Gunther 27
Prar 25
Champawat 19
Goivan 17
Qahnaarin 13
Undead 6
Champawat attacks her foe, and thrust forward at waist level, but the blow doesn't have much power and the wight is able to deftly step aside.
Goivan continues whirling his deadly axe about and tearing into his foe. He brings it down hard on the undead wight and hits it with a telling blow. The creature shrieks and its eyes flash. The damage to is so far has been massive and it seems to be losing some of its fight.
Qahnaarin scoots around the fireplace, keeping it to his back and twirls his spear about in bewildering display that ends up spinning under the wight that is threatening Champawat, tripping him up.
The remaining wights continue to attack.
#3 attacks Goivan
- miss
#5 tries to stand from prone.
- hit
- miss
While Qahnaarin is unable to get a good stab, Champawat thrusts sharply across the wights chest, leaving a massive gash as it stands up.
The wight moves toward Qahnaarin.
Round 8
Gunther fires two arrows again at the wight as it tries to get Qahnaarin.
- miss
- hit
Prar channels holy power bathing the wights in holy light.
- success
- fail
The wight that is trying to get Qahnaarin bursts into flames and an unholy shriek issues from it as it rapidly turns to dust, its equipment dropping to the floor.
The other wight shrieks likewise but manage to still fight on, by a thread.
Goivan moves over to flank with Qahnaarin and chops down!
"Gentlemen, let us end this matter!" Qahnaarin hops to make room [5-foot step to H9] and twirls his spear in deadly arcs.
Target the two remaining wights
Goivan brings his double axe down hard on the remaining wight, who crumples under the blow. It shudders and turns to dust as the necromantic energy dissipates.
The battle over, the group collects their wits and takes a breather. Some of the group has suffered grievous wounds and Champwat shiver as the dark energy has sapped her strength.
Champawat flops down onto her knees and begins breathing heavily. The combat had taken a lot out of her. After a few minutes, she pulls out a few ingredients and begins mixing a healing extract for herself. Once completed, she downs the extract. She then prepares an extract of Detect Secret Doors so that she can thoroughly investigate the remains of the tower.