Monster Mashup - Table 4 (Inactive)

Game Master CaveToad

"Uh, guys... what's that?," Sly asks, pointing at the corner. "And what's that sound?"

Shaeyl turns his mage sight to look where Sly indicates.

perc: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

What's what?

Shaeyl sees the shadowy thing moving in the corner and after review, decides it isn't any of your shadows cast by the light, but is in fact something more sinister. When combined with the noises coming from elsewhere it would seem the dead are on the way. Haunting screams, hoarse moans and shuffling feet are headed your way.....

Shaeyl Initiative: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31
Sly Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Grubgullet Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Aury'tss Initiative: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Shadow Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Round 1, Sly and Shaeyl act first

"Uh oh."

Round 1
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"If you're going to take it, do it now!," Sly says before stepping toward the shadowy creature. Unsure of its intentions, he utters a curse at it.

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Move: 5' step
Std: Evil Eye: -2 to saves

HP: 20/25

HP: 31/31

"More things are coming!" Aury yells, nocking and loosing two arrows at the menacing form.
Longbow: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Longbow: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Well, that answers that. Drawing his own sword, Shaeyl shifts into a combat stance.

know:religion for the shadow, untrained: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

You suspect it to be a shadow, one of the more common undead, but very dangerous for its incorporeal nature and strength draining abilities.

Round 1

Shaeyl takes his stance, and studies the foe, identifying it, and draws his weapons.

Aury'tss, rapidly fires a pair of arrows at the thing. Despite being dead on target, they seem to do nothing. Shaeyl recalls that nonmagical weapons will have no effect on the incorporeal undead.

The shadow reaches out for Sly.

Touch attack vs Sly Touch AC 17: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 - miss

Sly swerves aside and dodges the shadowy creatures grasp.

Sly summons forth his hex power and focuses it on the shadowy creature. You get some sense that it did not seem to work.

Grubgullet go Round 1. Others Round 2

It's a shadow, magic weapons have some effect. Try to use ranged magic if you can!

I will auto-PC Grub if we don't hear from him soon.

Grubgullet fires an earthen blast at the shadow.

Ranged Touch attack vs AC 15: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 - miss

His blast unfortunately misses the shadowy creature.

Round 2 Shaeyl and Aury go first, everyone else can post their actions if they know what they want to do.

acid orb vs ranged touch: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3

Shaeyl holds out his hand as a ball of glowing acid forms before tossing it at the shadow.

Aury begins singing a rousing song, its notes echoing through the stone corridors.

Ongoing Effect: Inspire Courage, +1 to hit and damage.
16/17 remaining

Round 2

Shaeyl's magical acid hits and there is a slight flash as the magic hit the shadow, but as a shadow you can't really see any effects to its health.

Aury begins her song.

The shadow attacks again.

Touch attack vs Sly AC 17: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 - miss

It swishes through the air hissing hollowly, but Sly manages to evade its attack easily.

you hear the noise or clicking and metallic clanking and Grub turns and looks down the hall leading to this room. He see skeletal warriors filing in slowly, hauntingly, the pinpoint of reddish evil glowing in the eye sockets of their bone white skulls.

"Uh oh." Grub says.

Can the door be closed/barred from this side, or is it not possible?

we came in through a door, but there is an open hallway as well. Can Grub block the hall with the lid of the sarcophagus?

You could try to close it and/or block it with the lid.

We can probably move to round 3. Light posting probably for the US holidays. Will check in probably this weekend.

Round 2
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Sly takes a step back before conjuring a snowball that he immediately throws at the shadow creature.

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Move: 5' step
Std: Snowball(Fort DC:17)

Snowball: Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Snowball: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 6) + 2 = 14

HP: 20/25 | 1st: 4/5

Shaeyl fires off another orb of acid, and then moves into melee range.

acid orb vs ranged touch: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
damage: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Aury continues her song, and tries to shut the door and lock it again.

Round 2

Sly steps back and casts his spell, launching the magical snow at the shadow. The shadow deftly dodges the spell however, and the ball splats against the wall before disappearing.

Round 3

Shaeyl's acid manages to hit the shadowy creature, the magic doing minimal damage.

Aury'tss slams the door and tries to get it locked but there appears to be no latch or knob to lock it. (It was not locked if you recall).

The shadow strikes out at Shaeyl.

Shadow Touch attack vs Shaeyl AC 12: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19 - hit

The shadow waves its shadowy hand across Shaeyl's forearm, the darkness sucking away his strength.

Strength loss to Shaeyl: 1d6 ⇒ 2

The undead outside the door try to turn the knob as Aury holds it. She struggles to keep it shut while still performing. She is also probably not strong enough to hold it as they persist with unflagging strength.

Sly, Grub go.

Round 3
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Sly fixes his gaze on the shadow creature. "Be right there, Aury!"

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Std: Evil Eye Hex (-2 AC)

HP: 20/25 | 1st: 4/5

Round 3

Sly attempts a hex again on the shadow, but he gets the impression it doesn't seem to be working. You seem to recall undead shrug off mind affecting magic with impunity.

Grub grabs the sarcophagus lid and drags it to the door propping it in place, its weight lending to the security of the door. He places his bulk into it as well, creating a pretty solid barrier that will take a long long time to get through. Unfortunately your foes are undead, and have all the time there is....

Round 4 go!

Shaeyl reaches across the barrier between worlds as he strikes at the shadow.

wakizashi: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
improved unarmed attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

damage wakizashi: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
damageIUA: 1d2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Using strike ghost hunter blow, all attacks this round as if by ghost touch, including AoO's.
Currently have a +2 dodge from stance, +2 will saves.

Hello! Sorry for being gone for so long. Quick correction, Grub's kinetic blast deals physical damage, which means it's not a touch attack. Still missed, though.

With the door secure, Grub turns back and fires a blast of rock at the shadow.

Earth Blast: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Round 3
Aury continues her song, imbuing others with the reflexes needed to protect each other from attacks, and moving closer to Shaeyl.

Std action to share teamwork feat (Escape route) - No AOOs from movement if you are adjacent to an ally. Lasts 4 rounds.
Free to continue Inspire Courage

Round 4
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Frustrated by his own mental slip, Sly fires again with a snowball.

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Move: 5' step
Std: Snowball(Fort DC:17)

Snowball: Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 1 = 24
Snowball: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 6) + 2 = 10

HP: 20/25 | 1st: 3/5

Round 4

Shaeyl unleashes a small flurry on to the shadow after he shimmers briefly. The shadow seems much clearer now and you slash at it with your sword spinning about, hitting with a brief slash of silver, you keep spinning and your foot catches the shadow in its 'chest' area, and another flash of silver in the darkness as your blows hit.

Aury provides her protection and continues to inspire courage to the group.

The shadow launches another attack at Shaeyl.

Shadowy touch attack vs Shaeyl: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 - miss

In the hallways several of the undead seem to be attacking the door.

attack stone door AC 3: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22 - hit
attack stone door AC 3: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 - hit

damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

You hear the battering away, but get the impression they aren't doing much if anything to the door.

Sly conjures another ball of icy cold magical snow, hurling it at the shadow, hoping it hits and affects it. Some undead shrug off magical cold. It hits solidly, and while its incorporeal form allows it to shrug off some of the damage, it does not seem to be immune to cold. It does however seem to completely ignore the staggering effect of the magical cold, and you recall undead have no real life force and do not suffer from ill effects such at that.

Grub launches his magical earth blast against the shadow, slamming it with magical earth. Like Sly's magical snow, it fails to affect it fully, but the magic seems to cause some harm to it.

Go Round 5

Settling back on the balls of his feet, Shaeyl takes a moment to regain his center in preperation for delivering another blow.

defensive stance, using standard action to recover ghost hunter blow

Unfortunately, in these tight quarters, Grubgullet can't easily get close to the shadow and fight it the way he'd prefer. However, throwing rocks at it seemed to work, at least partially, so he decides to keep going with that.

Earth Blast: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Aury summons a small globe of acid and hurls it at the shadow.

Acid Splash Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
Damage: 1d3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Free action to continue song
3 more rounds of Escape Route

Grub and Aury prepare their magics but the shadow has slipped into the floor and not there to target.

Technically you have no one to fight, although the 'encounter' is not over as the undead on the other side of the door continue to bash away at it.

Round 5
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Sly readies himself to chuck another Snowball should the creature reappear. "What would you like to do about them?," he asks, nodding in the direction of the makeshift barricade.

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Grub, you think you can use that lid as a door, and let just one of those skellies in at a time?

"Uh... maybe?"

This I gotta see :) let me know the plan.

As the group discusses their situation, trapped within the small burial vault with a shadowy form lurking somewhere, they are wary and on the watch. Time ticks away as the skeletal creatures outside the door continue to batter away at it.

"Sly, I could make you bigger so you and Grub can block the door and be able to attack them one by one."

Sly grins as he moves to the side of the doorway. "Normally, I'd be all for it, but we barely have room as it is. I say we let them through and take care of them."

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If Grub backs up, I think we're good for just the two of us being threatened. Or I can move east 1 square and we can try the one-at-a-time strategy.

So the plan is to haul the giant slab back a bit, and let them break down the door, or open it for them and attempt to let in one at a time? Seems feasible on paper. Nothing could possibly go wrong :) Although its about the best plan likely.

Correct!

there's no door there. It was an open hallway leading into this room. That's why we used the sarcophagus lid to block the hallway, control the number of combatants. So, if Grubb lets them push one edge of the lid away, they'll have to 'squeeze' through, one at a time. It would be a strength check between Grubb and the next skelly to see if he could shove the lid back across the door.

There was a door, it was just not locked. Aury, simply opened it and walked in.

Where exactly would I be backing up to?

squeeze to the side?

Sly backs up, readying himself. He waves his claws and says, "Let one in."

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Ready action: Tail attack.

Tail: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 1 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Trip: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 = 13

Grubgullet nods to Sly, then squeezes himself into a corner and removes the obstruction from the door.

Strength check for to move big object: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Shaeyl moves up, ready to engage.

Grub moves the giant slab slowly from the door, which is now able to be open slightly just enough to let a skinny skeletal creature through. The group waits as the first of the attackers shimmies in, and Grub throws his weight and strength into slamming the slab back in place. This consumes most of Grub's attention and action.

For simplicity's sake, I will say 2 rounds have passed.

Round 7

Take your actions. Grub, your action will be primarily to slam the slab back in place once the skeletal guy comes into the room, which could be a challenge based upon where he stands, and may provoke an attack of opportunity. Shaeyl and Aury can use readied actions to launch attacks as the undead comes into the room. Sly can go on normal init. Coordinate as needed.

I did have a readied action for it coming in, too, if that still applies.