Grigorii keeps singing as he double moves up the hillside. He examines the demonic opponents, looking for their weaknesses and the effect the barbarians suffered.
Know(planes):1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 2 = 24
Rage song stats:
+4 morale Str/Con, +3 morale Will, -1 AC
20% concealment vs. reach/range
spirit slam, +10 (1d4+4 neg. energy)
Flank Space:
"So give into your anger
They’re gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the strength was worth the pain
Got a longsword and strong allies
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love dead bad guys
And you love the rage
'Cause we're fierce and we're reckless
When I jam on my guitar
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a longsword and strong allies
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a flank space, puny
And I'll make you rage"
The goat-headed demon is a nabassu, a poweful demon with spell-like abilities. The stitched horror looks to be an abomination created by experiment, not an outsider, though the Large scorpion-like creature is clealry an eidolon bound to the dwarf.
DC 15 K(local):
The dwarf is the back is unmistakably Thurl, the traitor VC
Tessara hastens the party, while Grigorii's ancestor pummel the demon. Shayla and Suri close in on the stitched abomination, though Shayla doesn't get the vibe she usually does when dealing with evil outsiders - maybe this one isn't quite vile enough. No ranger bonuses on this one, but you might get it on the other ones, of course
The stitched abomination is an unfettered eidolon, a creation of some twisted summoner, and a unique creature at that. It looks to be cobbled together from several demons and a human.
Added the extra damage from the barbarians
A rain of glitters comes down from the sky, covering the demonic creatures in gold. The goat-headed demon is affected worst, groping around blindly.
| Witch 11| AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 79/79 (16 temp HP)| F+10R+9W+12 | Init +3 | Perc +17 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
With Haste, Oloch has 100' movement on a double move, so he will draw his Greatsword and close to melee with the closest enemy. If someone would please move him on the map for me. He will also accept the rage bonuses starting next round.
| Witch 11| AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 79/79 (16 temp HP)| F+10R+9W+12 | Init +3 | Perc +17 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
I don't have much experience running a warpriest in combat, if someone would care to pilot Oloch during this combat for us. Thanks.
| Witch 11| AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 79/79 (16 temp HP)| F+10R+9W+12 | Init +3 | Perc +17 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
Tess moves up just to the left of Grigori's current position and blasts the giant scorpion with a lightning bolt.
Damage 7d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 3, 3, 5, 1, 6) = 26
Reflex DC 19 for half.
If someone could move me on the map, that would be awesome. Thanks.
Oloch falls prone in the grease. This makes Oloch angry. The half-orc accepts the rage Grigorii inspires in him and stands. provoking from the scorpion He takes a swing at the blinded demon beside him.
Grigorii continues his song as spirits surround his allies. He hugs the cliff as he moves past the scorpion, taking advantage of the spirits to hide his form. When he moves adjacent to the scorpion, he swings with his waraxe and shouts, "Glorymane!"
Oloch stands up after his fall, drawing a tentative snap from the scorption eidolon, before landing his greataxe on the blinded demon, which squirms in pain.
Grigorii hacks at the large scorpion with his greataxes, and with a loud crash the creature falls to the floor, then disappears in a puff of sulphur.
| Witch 11| AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 79/79 (16 temp HP)| F+10R+9W+12 | Init +3 | Perc +17 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
Floggy continues his bardic inspiration and casts Glitterdust again, this time on the dwarf.
| Witch 11| AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 79/79 (16 temp HP)| F+10R+9W+12 | Init +3 | Perc +17 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
Tess moves up (to the G in the word Grease on the map) and fires another lightning bolt at the dwarf.
Suri wants to follow the last command Shayla gave, which is to flank with her. She moves north of the stitched horror, setting up a flanking opportunity for Shayla while attacking the creature.
Diverse Training: 1/1 | Explorer: 1/1 | Retributive Abjuration: 1/1
Assuming the stitched horror still stands:
Making use of the opportunity Suri presents her with, Shayla takes a 5-foot step northeast to flank with her companion. Shayla then attacks the stitched horror with a frenzy of sword cuts.
Assuming the stitched horror no longer stands:
Seeing as Suri's taken care of the stitched horror, Shayla takes a 5-foot step north toward the nabasu demon instead. Shayla then attacks the nabasu demon with a frenzy of sword cuts.
Enter all of the above rolls here, but -2 on attack rolls and -1 on damage rolls for lack of flanking. Also, in this scenario my token should be 1 square to the left of its current position.
The lightning bolt flies from Tessara's hands and shocks the dwarf, while Suri lays the groundwork for a finishing strike by Shayla's hands, cutting the stitched horror into pieces. She sidesteps and delivers her remaining attacks at the demon, taking the outsider monster down together with Oloch, in a series of well-timed blows.
Grigorii ignored the tusks of the boar, and strikes right at the dwarf.
Surrender and die at the hands of the Decemvirate? I'd rather die right here than suffer such a defeat! the Dwarf snarls.
AoO, boar:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
The boar turns and tries to gore grigorii on its tusk, but hits only armor.
Gore, Grigorii:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
The dwarf steps back and launches a rain of glitters on Suri, Shayla and Oloch
A pained roar escapes Suri's throat as she's blinded. Using her sense of smell Suri's still able to figure out how to get in a flanking position with Shayla, but she chooses a highly risky route to her flanking spot and provokes an attack from the dwarf.
@DM: I hope you find the above fair. I figured Suri should still be able to locate Shayla and the person next to Shayla with her sense of smell (Scent), but I also figured there should be some kind of penalty while moving.
You're not threatening while blinded, so no flank bonus for Shayla. Suri gets it, though.
Shayla watches Suri smell out the opposite side of the dwarf, then hacks with her sabre at the stony protective layer. Suri snaps at mid-air, missing the dwarf.
Oloch's greatsword shatters though the protection and deals a deep cut.
| Witch 11| AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 79/79 (16 temp HP)| F+10R+9W+12 | Init +3 | Perc +17 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
Tess moves within 30' of the dwarf and uses her Slumber bed to try and end the battle.
Oloch - Wrpst 7 [ HP 32/60 | AC 21 T 11 FF 20 | CMD 21 | F +8 R +4 W +9 | Init +3, Per +4]
A disonorable death for a disonorable scum like this, serves him well enough. Oloch seems to want to kill the dwarf during his sleep. He raises his sword high with a smile.
What do you guys want to do? I would be more than happy to just kill him here and now but Oloch can be easily convinced to wait a little more for his revenge.
HP 84/84 | AC 21 | T 14 | FF 17 | CMD 16 | Fort +9* | Ref +11* | Will +9* | Init +11 | Perc +14
Active Effects:
"Perhaps we should return him for questioning, although we were given orders to not waste energy bringing him back alive.. Seems a bit vulgar to slay him while he sleeps though.."
| Witch 11| AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 79/79 (16 temp HP)| F+10R+9W+12 | Init +3 | Perc +17 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
"He will wake up soon. Our mission doesn't concern him. We need to dispose of him and move to our mission."
Oloch makes short work of the traitorous ex-Venture-Captain. With Thurl gone, the party quickly picks up Tancred's trail. Desimire’s trail leads to an opening in the rock face of the mountain. Just inside, a flight of stairs winds up through the ancient stone.
After ascending 750 feet above the valley floor, the adventurers reach a wide shelf. A watchtower, a three-tiered octagonal structure that juts out from the mountainside stands on top of it.
The central face of the tower holds a pair of large, ornately- etched, stone doors. The gates fit so tightly in the doorway that the seams could be mistaken for part of the artwork on the tower wall.
| Witch 11| AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 79/79 (16 temp HP)| F+10R+9W+12 | Init +3 | Perc +17 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
Before leaving, Tess will cast Detect Magic and point out any usable trinkets to the group.
Oloch - Wrpst 7 [ HP 32/60 | AC 21 T 11 FF 20 | CMD 21 | F +8 R +4 W +9 | Init +3, Per +4]
When the red haze of combat finally subsides after killing Thurl the priest stabilizes the fallen barbarians and take care of his wounds.
Wand of CLW x3:3d8 + 3 ⇒ (6, 8, 7) + 3 = 24
Oloch have very few charges left in his clw wand. Does anybody have some resource
to spare to try to bring one of these warriors back to consciousness?
When they arrive at the stone doors the half orc looks for any signs of danger.
Track for trails around the door and entering and exiting it:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 Spot hidden enemies:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Oloch notices the trail of some humanoids on foot, who apparantly opened the gate and went inside. Shayla notices that the watchtower is a freestanding stone structure even though it appears to be part of the mountainside.
There are also footprints leading off to the side of the tower, moving about fifteen feet until coming to a stop at the wall.
| Witch 11| AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 79/79 (16 temp HP)| F+10R+9W+12 | Init +3 | Perc +17 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
Tess takes a step back and begins examining the area closely with her eagle eyes.
The party investigates the area. To her alarm, Tessara notices an elaborate and well-hidden trap surrounding the tower: stepping where the footsteps went will open a deep moat around the tower, bit possible dire consequences.
Furthermore, both Floggentop and Tessara see what looks like the outline of a panel where the footsteps end. Before they can reach it, they have the trap to contend with.
