Of Kings and Commoners - Kingmaker AP

Game Master RPGGGM

Dool's guard surges forward with his shield and morningstar.

morningstar v Szam Tass Revealed!: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30 damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
THREAT!
Confirm?: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13 additional damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15 Hit, no crit

He swings his morningstar barely jostling the undead wizard while still throwing big sparks and stone flakes from the wall. He nearly drops his cudgel a moment later as wave of freezing cold envelopes him causing the copious amounts of hair on the back of huge guard's arm to bristle.

cold damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Dool throws himself into cover and casts a spell targeting the door to the room that Longtooth just vacated.

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 2! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir
__ Longtooth
__ Lord Varn -16 hp
__ Szam Tass Revealed! -15 hp, acid arrowed, glitterbombed
__ Alia
__ Matheus (Varn's man)
__ Terrion (Drelev's man)
__ Alak Dool's guard -14 hp
__ Alak Dool
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -1 hp
__ Durgan
__ Serena -3 hp
__ Sandralane
__ The OTHER Szam Tass!

Map Updated

"Anyone who can, Dispel the lich's protections!"

Durgan's spells remaining:
1 (4+1): Liberating Command, Divine Favor, Protection from Evil, Air Bubble, Shield (D)
2 (3+1): Instant Weapon, Resist Energy, Lesser Restoration, Barkskin (D)
3 (2+1): Deadly Juggernaut, Invisibility Purge, Fly (D)

Durgan cannot get into the melee, so he draws and throws a flask of Holy Water at the lich.
Ranged Touch Attack, Into Melee, Cover, Bless, Prayer: 1d20 + 5 - 4 - 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 5 - 4 - 4 + 1 + 1 = 17 vs Touch AC? Might be good enough.
Holy Water Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

"And someone tell us how to hurt it!"
Durgan failed the Knowledge (Religion) check way way back when the illusory lich first appeared, so I don't think he gets another. But if this real lich counts as a different entity:
Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Serena pushes forward into the room upon feeling the healing energies wash over her, her scimitar drawn. She strikes at the lich before the mirror.

Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26 Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 plus 2 fire damage

Finding herself unable to reach any foe, once more, Ala takes a few steps forward and casts Mirror Image on herself.
No dispel here. I don't even have Level 3 spells at my Level. Also, I found literally no way to contribute in a meaningful way in this round. Apologies.

"Anyone who can, Dispel the lich's protections!"

Durgan cannot get into the melee, so he draws and throws a flask of Holy Water at the lich.

"I might be able to do something about that... assuming we stay alive long enough for me to have a chance to." shouts Mother Vorst.

"And someone tell us how to hurt it!"

Durgan failed the Knowledge (Religion) check way way back when the illusory lich first appeared, so I don't think he gets another. But if this real lich counts as a different entity...

[ooc]I think regardless of how many different (for example) different zombies you might see you either know something about them or not, but you do have other knowledgeable people in attendance (Sandralane, Vorst, Dool and Kozen in particular) and between all of them you can suss out as a group that liches are skeletal at their core and therefore resistant to slashing or piercing attacks, but worse they are held together by powerful protective magic and therefore an assailant not only needs a club, but magical club to even begin to significantly inconvenience one (Liches have DR 15 bludgeoning and magic).

Each PC (aside from Durgan now) can ask another question regarding liches if they like, since it would have been reasonable to discuss their strengths and weakness the night before with everyone else. Mother Vorst certainly would have wanted to go in with some sort of plan of attack.

Serena pushes forward into the room upon feeling the healing energies wash over her, her scimitar drawn. She strikes at the lich before the mirror.

Longtooth slammed the door shut, so normally there would be the need for some action dedicated to opening them back up again. However, Sandralane, who is standing right there has yet to go.

Sandralane looks determinedly at Serena and says "You will not go in alone."

Longtooth looks at both women as if they are insane.

With a nod, Sandralane flings open the doors for Serena and bounds in at her side.

The paladin's curved blade ruins what was probably a very nice cape on the lich who just stares at Serene from eyeless sockets that burn with pin-pricks of red ghostlight, like a pair of horrible will o' the wisps.

Serena's attention is drawn beyond the lich's ruined cape that flaps in breeze originating from the mirror to the image within. Inside the Mirror of CR17, Serene can see a blue sky and white clouds floating by at eye-level through what looks like a stone balcony doorway just on the other side of a small chamber that somehow lies through the looking glass.

Finding herself unable to reach any foe, once more, Ala takes a few steps forward and casts Mirror Image on herself.

No dispel here. I don't even have Level 3 spells at my Level. Also, I found literally no way to contribute in a meaningful way in this round. Apologies.

A small cluster of Alias looks over at another cluster of Dools. The Dools all regard the Alias with a look of distaste like a haughty noble might upon realizing their rival is wearing the same dress at the king's cotillion.

Dool's mirror images: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

The hallway seems even more crowded.

"You realize of course, I'm going to have to hurt you now." says the Szam in the room looking up from his ruined cloak.

The lich steps back and raises its bony claws in an arcane gesture. Longtooth curses as the hallway outside explodes in fire and noise.

fireball: 9d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 1, 5, 5, 4, 1, 2, 5) = 26

This hits Vorst, Longtooth, Sandralane and Serena. Reflex DC 20.

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 3! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir (gotta question about liches?)
__ Longtooth totally unharmed!
__ Lord Varn -16 hp
__ Szam Tass Revealed! -23 hp, acid arrowed, glitterbombed
__ Alia (pending a lich question)
__ Matheus (Varn's man)
__ Terrion (Drelev's man)
__ Alak Dool's guard -14 hp
__ Alak Dool 4 images
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -14 hp
__ Durgan
__ Serena -3 hp (pending a Ref 20, and a lich question)
__ Sandralane -26 hp
__ The OTHER Szam Tass!

Map Updated

"About time he showed up." muses the other Szam from out in the hall in response to the huge explosion.

Reflex DC20: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

"Bring it!" Serena growls. She evades the worst of the blast (not that her skin can burn; the benefit of worshipping Sarenrae).

"Consider it bringed. No that's not right. 'Brung?' Curse your damnable Taldane syntax and it's lack of standard past tense, past participle form of your verb 'bring!'" says Szam. Then, in a tone laden with malice the corpse wizard says to Serena "Very well mortal, consider it branged."

Illthir takes a 5' step away from the lich and readies her magic. It'd be no match for Tass in a fair fight - but it might be enough to throw off his concentration. Maybe. Hopefully.

Same as last turn. It *seemed* to discourage magic? Maybe. Probably. Hopefully! We'll see :p

Lord Varn moves into position and Longtooth takes cover before milling through his bag.

The lich seems unconcerned. It grabs at a small chain of tarnished gold charms woven into it's belt and begins to cast a spell.

reflex v grease DC 17 (prayer): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

His bony claw comes away from his charm belt empty.

He looks at Illthir ruefully.

He makes another grab and manages to gain a grip on an ancient gold shovel charm....

reflex v grease DC 17 (prayer): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

But that's it for him.

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 3! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir (gotta question about liches?)
__ Longtooth
__ Lord Varn -16 hp
__ Szam Tass Revealed! -23 hp, acid arrowed, glitterbombed
__ Alia (pending a lich question, and number of mirror images)
__ Matheus (Varn's man)
__ Terrion (Drelev's man)
__ Alak Dool's guard -14 hp
__ Alak Dool 4 images
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -14 hp
__ Durgan
__ Serena -16 hp (lich question?)
__ Sandralane -26 hp
__ The OTHER Szam Tass!

Map Updated

Serena moves forward, unleashing a positive energy burst as she does so.

Positive Energy: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3

*&%$#@!!!!

Durgan again draws and throws a flask of Holy Water at the lich.

He had 4; now down to 2 after this one.

Ranged Touch, Into Melee, Bless, Prayer: 1d20 + 5 - 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 - 4 + 1 + 1 = 20
Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6

Durgan again draws and throws a flask of Holy Water at the lich.

I did not add the damage from the last spritz. Now corrected below!

*Splash.*
"QUIT THAT! This is suede, you stunted ground beast!" shouts the lich at Durgan.

Meanwhile in the next room.

Serena's connection to her goddess wains in torch-lit dimness of the chamber. The lich (well, the other lich) smiles at her with mock sympathy.

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 3! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir (gotta question about liches?)
__ Longtooth
__ Lord Varn -16 hp
__ Szam Tass Revealed! -35 hp, acid arrowed, glitterbombed
__ Alia (pending a lich question, and number of mirror images)
__ Matheus (Varn's man)
__ Terrion (Drelev's man)
__ Alak Dool's guard -14 hp
__ Alak Dool 4 images
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -14 hp
__ Durgan
__ Serena -16 hp
__ Sandralane -26 hp
__ The OTHER Szam Tass! -1 hp

Map Updated

Mirror Images: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 Pity, I hoped for more than Dool, if only to offer a smug grin to his cluster. But he's at least 4 levels higher, ces't la vie.

Alia draws on Arcane power as the advances on the Lich, prepares to stab forward with her Estoc in a dramatic pose, then jabs at the Lich with the pommel as she channels the Arcane energy into it.
Swift to add +2 to my improvised bludgeoning weapon via Arcane Pool.
Attack, Enhancement, Bless, Prayer, Flanking, Improvised: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 4 = 23 Magical bludgeoning Damage(one-handed), Enhancement, Prayer: 1d4 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 8

Lich question: Immunities...I do know them, but seeing how Alia has Cold and Electricity options at her disposal and wants to prepare what is efficient against a Lich, she'd like to be informed by Mother Vorst in the strategy meeting that both of them are pointless.

I'll just go ahead and freeze myself while at it.
Revenge Cold Damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

[dice=Mirror Images]1d4+1 Pity, I hoped for more than Dool, if only to offer a smug grin to his cluster. But he's at least 4 levels higher, ces't la vie.

The Dools smirk stick their tongues out and say "Nyah."

Alia draws on Arcane power as the advances on the Lich, prepares to stab forward with her Estoc in a dramatic pose, then jabs at the Lich with the pommel as she channels the Arcane energy into it.

Swift to add +2 to my improvised bludgeoning weapon via Arcane Pool.

As a side note I am big fan of haft and pommel strikes. ;)

Lich question: Immunities...I do know them, but seeing how Alia has Cold and Electricity options at her disposal and wants to prepare what is efficient against a Lich, she'd like to be informed by Mother Vorst in the strategy meeting that both of them are pointless.

Vorst can do that.

Alia's pommel strikes the liche's chin and knocks him back a bit.

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 3! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir (gotta question about liches?)
__ Longtooth
__ Lord Varn -16 hp
__ Szam Tass Revealed! -43 hp, acid arrowed, glitterbombed
__ Alia -10 hp
__ Matheus (Varn's man)
__ Terrion (Drelev's man)
__ Alak Dool's guard -14 hp
__ Alak Dool 4 images
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -14 hp
__ Durgan
__ Serena -16 hp
__ Sandralane -26 hp
__ The OTHER Szam Tass! -1 hp

Map Updated

Varn's men and Varn himself strike out at the creature as does Dool's hulking guard.

I'll have this (and everyone else) up WAAAAAY!!! later tonight. Gotta run just now.

Mother Vorst attempts to dispel the monster in the hall's cold shield to no effect.

CL v Szam Tass Revealed!: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 Fails to dispel anything

The warriors all batter the creature from every angle but only Matheus's spear seems to land any blows worth talking about, but then not worth the frostbite he suffers in response.

Matheus spear v Szam Tass Revealed!: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25 damage: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21 Hit

cold damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Gold longsword v Szam Tass Revealed!: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14 damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 Miss

Ser Varn dueling sword v Szam Tass Revealed!: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (13) + 21 = 34 damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14 Hit

cold damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

Ser Varn dueling sword v Szam Tass Revealed!: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28 damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14 Hit

cold damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Dool's Brute morningstar v Szam Tass Revealed!: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 Hit

cold damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

From his position, Terrion, readies himself to jump in should an opening present itself.

Dool likewise readies a spell.

Szam laughs.

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 3! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir (gotta question about liches?)
__ Longtooth
__ Lord Varn -43 hp
__ Szam Tass Revealed! -49 hp, acid arrowed, glitterbombed
__ Alia -10 hp
__ Matheus (Varn's man) -11 hp
__ Terrion (Drelev's man) readied
__ Alak Dool's guard -26 hp
__ Alak Dool 4 images, readied
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -14 hp
__ Durgan
__ Serena -16 hp
__ Sandralane -26 hp
__ The OTHER Szam Tass! -1 hp

Map Updated

Sandralane calls upon the light of the Dawnflower and from the golden symbol of Sarenrae in her hands a beam of pure sunlight shoots forth at the lich from the mirror.

"KAME-HAME-HAA!"

searing light v the OTHER Szam (ranged touch, into melee): 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 7 - 4 = 21 damage: 9d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 2, 3, 2, 6, 4, 2, 2) = 33

Szam seems to feel that and screams in pain and anger.

The lich growls a curse and to summon the magic to cast a spell.
Serena has the opening to make an attack of opportunity.

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 3! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir
__ Longtooth
__ Lord Varn -43 hp
__ Szam Tass Revealed! -49 hp, acid arrowed, glitterbombed
__ Alia -10 hp
__ Matheus (Varn's man) -11 hp
__ Terrion (Drelev's man) readied
__ Alak Dool's guard -26 hp
__ Alak Dool 4 images, readied
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -14 hp
__ Durgan
__ Serena -16 hp (may make an attack of opportunity)
__ Sandralane -26 hp
__ The OTHER Szam Tass! -34 hp

Map Updated

Serena seizes the opportunity and takes her opening!

Scimitar attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17 Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Szam continues casting as the blade misses his shoulder.

Meanwhile, the GM, tries to remember what the baddie was supposed to be casting....

AH-HA!

scorching ray! v Sandralane (range touch): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 fire damage: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 2, 6) = 12

scorching ray! v Serena (range touch): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 fire damage: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 5, 5) = 13

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 4! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir
__ Longtooth
__ Lord Varn -43 hp
__ Szam Tass Revealed! -49 hp, acid arrowed, glitterbombed
__ Alia -10 hp
__ Matheus (Varn's man) -11 hp
__ Terrion (Drelev's man) readied
__ Alak Dool's guard -26 hp
__ Alak Dool 4 images, readied
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -14 hp
__ Durgan
__ Serena -29 hp
__ Sandralane -38 hp
__ The OTHER Szam Tass! -34 hp

Map Updated

Illthir skalds a Versatile Weapon spell at Durgan's axe. And if she gets the chance to AoO she'll look up the rules to see if she can sunder/disarm that thingmabob the lich is fiddling with!

Longtooth disappears from sight, while Lord Varn engages in some fancy blade work to help his companion Matheus.

aid another (Matheus's AC): 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (18) + 21 = 39

acid arrow damage: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7

Golden trowel charm in his claw, Szam begins to cast his spell.

From around the corner, Dool interrupts with a volley of magic missiles.

magic missiles: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (3, 2, 2, 2, 2) + 5 = 16
cast defensively (DC 21): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28
concentrate v damage from magic missile (DC 31): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33

The magical projectiles all strike, but the lich still manages to utter the final invocation. The gold charm flakes away to ash and the floor opens up beneath Durgan, Illthir, Alia and Matheus, revealing an impossibly deep 10' x 10' pit whose walls, and floor are festooned with barbed metal projections like some sort of giant, fiendish, inverted cheesegrater.

Alia, Illthir: Reflex save DC 20 (remember bless and prayer) to leap to the nearest space note though that the floor spaces adjacent to the 10' x 10' pit sag downward into the pit and if you finish your movement on your turn upon them you'll need to make a Reflex save (DC 18) to not slide in. Durgan I assume is still flying. ;)

Matheus reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Matheus gives a short yell and then plummets into the pit!

falling and spike damage: 6d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 3, 1, 3, 1) = 20

"AAAAAAAAA!!!"

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 4! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir pending reflex save DC 20
__ Longtooth
__ Lord Varn -43 hp
__ Szam Tass Revealed! -71 hp, acid arrowed, glitterbombed
__ Alia -10 hp, pending reflex save DC 20
__ Matheus (Varn's man) -31 hp
__ Terrion (Drelev's man)
__ Alak Dool's guard -26 hp
__ Alak Dool 4 images,
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -14 hp
__ Durgan pending reflex save DC 20
__ Serena -29 hp
__ Sandralane -38 hp
__ The OTHER Szam Tass! -34 hp

Map Updated

I'm assuming this pit spell is not scary enough to have the [fear] tag. Please let me know if I'm wrong and bless helps :p

AAAaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh?: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 = 21

"Aaaa-nopenopenope *pew*!" The skald manages to scamper away from the pit. She has dealt with one or two accidentally deployed trap doors in her days on the scene!

@GM - you had Durgan needing a save in the init tracker, but in the text suggested he didn't if he is flying. Including it here just in case.

Durgan flies forward and strikes at the lich.
Fly DC 10, ACP, Fly Spell, Prayer: 1d20 + 5 - 5 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 5 - 5 + 6 + 1 = 20

Attack, Bless, Prayer: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 + 1 = 25
Cold Iron/Slashing/Bludgeoning/Magic damage, Prayer: 1d8 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 1 = 15

Durgan takes cold damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

At 34/46 HP.

@GM - you had Durgan needing a save in the init tracker, but in the text suggested he didn't if he is flying. Including it here just in case.

Just something I didn't go back and erase after I remembered your spell effects.

By her position on the map I am guessing that Illthir is just refusing to look down, or else is like Arthur Dent, and so distracted when she fell that she just missed hitting Golarion. ;)

With his newly ensorcelled battleaxe of bluntness he rushes forward at the corpse wizard noting that the monster is floating there a few inches off the floor the way that animate corpses don't. He smashes into Szam axe-first and finds himself covered in snow, as if he had been thrown from a horse into a drift of the stuff. The lich is nowhere to be seen.

Others might have said something about the sparkly lich suddenly becoming a pile of glittering snow-lich, but they all seem too busy hopping back from the pit.

Matheus slowly, painful drags most of himself off the serrated floor of the pit 40 feet down, while Varn's other man looks about for a bit of tapestry or rope long enough dangle down to him.

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 4! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir
__ Longtooth
__ Lord Varn -43 hp
__ Alia -10 hp, pending reflex save DC 20 or 40-foot-deep inverted cheesegrater for all three of you
__ Matheus (Varn's man) -31 hp
__ Terrion (Drelev's man)
__ Alak Dool's guard -26 hp
__ Alak Dool 4 images,
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -14 hp
__ Durgan
__ Serena -29 hp
__ Sandralane -38 hp
__ The OTHER Szam Tass! -34 hp

Map Updated

Serena presses her attacks on the lich. Her swing is strong but unbalanced.

Attack with scimitar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Serena's lich easily sidesteps the attack.

Serena, it doesn't matter so much when the die comes up '3', but remember you are under the effects of a bless and prayer thanks to Sandralane and Mother Vorst. Also, there's the paladin's best friend--smite.

"In this, our time of need, please grant your servants your strength, Dawnflower." Sandralane reaches out and grasps Serena firmly on the shoulder. Serena feels the warmth and strength of Sarenrae flow through her from that touch.

Sandralane casts bull's strength on Serena.

The ghost flame in Szam's eye sockets flicker toward something just over Serena's right shoulder, and his stretched face curls into a knowing smirk.

Szam Tass steps back in front of the mirror, producing a crystal from the folds of his voluminous sleeve, not bothering to cast defensively.

"Oh, no. Stop him!" shouts a frantic Longtooth from somewhere behind Serena. "Don't let him complete that spell!"

AoO Serena.

We need to see if the remaining Szam Tass completes his spell or not the other one took a full load of magic missiles to the face and didn't stop casting but if folks have stuff to do out in the hallway feel free to go ahead.

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 4-ish (and maybe a bit of 5)! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir
__ Longtooth
__ Lord Varn -43 hp
__ Alia -10 hp, pending reflex save DC 20 or 40-foot-deep inverted cheesegrater for all three of you
__ Matheus (Varn's man) -31 hp
__ Terrion (Drelev's man)
__ Alak Dool's guard -26 hp
__ Alak Dool 4 images,
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -14 hp
__ Durgan
__ Serena -29 hp, bull's strength, AoO v Szam Tass
__ Sandralane -38 hp
__ The OTHER Szam Tass! -34 hp, mid-cast

Map Updated

Serena activates her smite ability and takes the AoO.

Attack with bless, prayer, and smite: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 8 + 1 + 1 + 3 = 20 Damage (with smite): 1d8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 6 = 11

Her AC is now 25 versus the lich.

Szam narrowly avoids loosing his skull, and then waggles a clawed finger at Serena as if he were scolding a naughty child. The crystal in that hand cracks with a loud **POP!**, and the waggle turns into a pointed finger and out from its tip issues a blizzard of freezing wind and snow.

cone of cold v party: 9d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 1, 4, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4) = 33

Serena reflex save DC 22 for half damage.

Sandralane reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Longtooth reflex: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28

Sandralane ducks as most of the direct blast of cold hits Serena, and unseen to all but Szam Tass, Longtooth unfurls one of the carpet rolls like a big matador's cape to deflect most of the winds, again escaping completely unscathed.

"Well, that could have gone better." Szam Tass says to himself after turning the chamber into a rime-coated ice house.

Conditions Bless and Prayer (party-wide)

ROUND 5! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Illthir
__ Longtooth
__ Lord Varn -43 hp
__ Alia -10 hp, pending reflex save DC 20 or 40-foot-deep inverted cheesegrater for all three of you, and that's just for round 4!
__ Matheus (Varn's man) -31 hp
__ Terrion (Drelev's man)
__ Alak Dool's guard -26 hp
__ Alak Dool 4 images
__ Lord Varn's other guard -6 hp
__ Mother Vorst -14 hp
__ Durgan
__ Serena -29 hp, bull's strength
__ Sandralane -54 hp, pending a reflex save DC 22
__ The OTHER Szam Tass! -34 hp, mid-cast

Map Updated

"Ouch...." says Matheus plaintively from 40' below.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33

All the Alias backflip away as the pit opens beneath them, then run along the wall and push themselves off from it to somersault forward over the Dools.

Also, we'll cast shield and will attempt to position near the door.