Xiaobo, don't move the enemies on the map, even with your maneuvers. You don't know if it succeeded or not. Use arrows instead. Secondly, you do know that Piranha Strike will give you the attack penalty on your CMB checks too, if they're in the same round, right? Your Trip roll should be 35, not 38. Lastly, your damage is also inconsistant with your character sheet or header (both mention +11 instead of +10). You really need to check the rules and apply them correctly, especially in a subtier 10-11 game.
As Sharna, Alie and Voros prepare for the fight to come, Refen ventures into the room and attacks, but misses the elusive maenad.
Xiaobo enters the room and throws one of the maenads to the ground, then proceeds to stomp her viciously twice. Noro uses the opportunity to pound the maenad more. Noro, you're entitled to an AoO thanks to Xiaobo's Greater Trip feat.
The maenads rush into combat with Xiaobo, while one of them weaves a spell to twist Noro's mind into attacking his allies.
Casting murderous command at Noro: Will save DC 18 or attack Alie.
Attacks against Xiaobo: Bite:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 121d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11If it hits, save vs Poison (Fort DC 21) or take 1d3 ⇒ 3 Con damage. Claw:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 181d4 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 Claw:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 251d4 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
Bite:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 301d6 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15If it hits, save vs Poison (Fort DC 21) or take 1d3 ⇒ 2 Con damage.
Bite:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 321d6 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18If it hits, save vs Poison (Fort DC 21) or take 1d3 ⇒ 3 Con damage. Confirmation:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 241d6 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
Debased revelry - round 2
1. Refen, Voros, Noro (one AoO pending, then one Will save), Xiaobo (33, two Fort saves needed), Sharna, Alie
2. Maenads (yellow 90)
The five images of Alie cast a spell in unison, granting her teammates more speed, accuracy, and improved defenses as they take on the vicious maenads.
Female Human Witch 10 | AC 17/t13/f17 | F+8, R+6, W+12 | Per +9, Init +4 | HP 62+12/62 || Ra's current AC: 24 | Ra HP: -3/31 | Ra Perception: +18
Sharna takes an adjusting step to better see the fight, laughs wildly, and again her eyes burn with malevolence...
5-ft step, Standard to Misfortune hex both yellow and purple, Will save DC 22 negates; move action to cackle and maintain all hexes (fortune, any failed misfortunes). Misfortune is not a mind-affecting affect.
Male 72/72 HP, AC:28[-ki], T: 24, FF: 21, CMD: 30,F: +11, R: +15, W: +14, LN Male Human Lvl 9 Manuever Master, Lvl 1 Memory Inquisitor, Init +7, Pereption +17,Attack +14 (2d6+14, x2)Trip/Disarm/Grapple +21, 20, 14Bane:5/5 Ki Pool:11/12 Judgement 1/1 Domain Power 4/7 Stunning Fist9/9
no wasn't tracking the piranha strike applied to maneuver, thanks for that. I can do arrows also. My damage is correct, 7 dex 4 piranha strike. unless it should be more or I am missing something it should be 11
do I take both con dmg or just the first one failed
Noro: Actually the AoO happened before you acted, so without Combat Reflexes you can't do it. My bad.
The Noro, Xiaobo and Refen, magically helped by Sharna and Alie, smash the first maenad into oblivion. The three other maenads, their eyes wild with bloodlust mingled with fear, scream as they run away.
If you want to give chase we can continue and remain in initiative, otherwise we can end this combat. Your choice.
Female Human Witch 10 | AC 17/t13/f17 | F+8, R+6, W+12 | Per +9, Init +4 | HP 62+12/62 || Ra's current AC: 24 | Ra HP: -3/31 | Ra Perception: +18
Sharna moves, somewhat slowly, over to the other door-- slowly because she is laughing intermittently.
Going to maintain my Cackle if permitted, given the short distance between the two points. I took the liberty to move everyone so please confirm you're in a spot you're okay with if you can, folks.
She gives a nod at one of the three frontliners-- well, one of the two frontliners who actually have thumbs-- to open the door when ready.
Sure, no problem to maintain the hexes via cackle, though without the fighting, that specific noise will be heard.
The door opens into a large ballroom. The fine wooden floor of this ballroom is now warped and cracked as the roots of a massive rose bush grow out from underneath. The thorny stems of the bush have pushed through the windows in the northern and eastern walls, as well, the glass long since broken. A waist-high marble pedestal stands near the center of the room. Next to it, a strange creature corresponding to the description of Muzthari is standing, studying a fist-sized gem. Thorny vines with tiny red flowers grow from this emaciated woman and flow like a train behind her. She takes a good look at you and sighs. "I suppose you're the ones causing all this ruckus. Have you come for this? No matter, you will perish anyway." Behind her, two massive rose bushes animate to defend their mistress.
Muzthari is the first to react, and lays her eyes on Noro. The utter weight of her stare is too much to bear for the barbarian, who feels like giving up all hope.
Noro:
You take a -2 penalty on Will saves and damage rolls until further notice, then you must succeed on a DC 20 Will save. If you fail the save, you believe you're being attacked by a creature out of your nightmares (I'll let you pick according to your background). Each round, you make a full-attack action against the creature. Each round on your turn after making a full attack against the imaginary creature, you can attempt a new saving throw to end the effect. You will be fatigued for 1 minute after the spell ends.
Where the Wild Roses Grow - round 1
1. Muzthari Knowledge (planes) DC 27 to ID
2. Alie, Refen, Voros
3. Rose bushes Knowledge (nature) DC 20 to ID
4. Xiaobo (28, 2 Con damage, poison DC 21), Sharna, Noro
Xiaobo, poison isn't resolved yet so you must make two DC 21 Fort saves (one for the transition round between fights, another for this round) or take 1d3 Con damage. Two consecutive saves are required to end the poison.
DR (Defenses), Immune to Mind Affecting (Special Defenses), Special Attacks (Attacks). (Not sure how you do knowledge but put some specific (general) in the order I'd like them questions based on how you do it... or you can just give me useful stuff.) ;)
Move Action
Refen flies into the room after the northern large rose bush.
Point of order (mainly Xiaobo this time). Don't open spoilers until your name is on it. Anything else may lead to metagaming, which isn't welcome at this table.
Noro, the heroism spell wasn't up when the spell was cast at you, so it's a failed save (15+5-2).
Alie helps Noro with a spell, albeit a split-second too late.
Refen flies to meet the humongous mass of roses in battle, but fails to land an efficient blow.
Refen:
You recognize this creature as a sakhil. They are notoriously resistant to weapons, save for blessed ones. They aren't immune to all mind-affecting effects, but they are immune to death effects, disease, poison and fear.
As for the rose bushes, they don't have a resistance to weapons.
Voros:
You recognize this creature as a sakhil. They are notoriously resistant to cold, electricity and sonic energies.
As for the rose bushes, they only resist acid, but do so very well. They are very fond of engulfing their preys.
Con damage @Xiaobo:1d3 ⇒ 3
Where the Wild Roses Grow - round 1
1. Muzthari Knowledge (planes) DC 27 to ID
2. Alie, Refen, Voros
3. Rose bushes Knowledge (nature) DC 20 to ID
4. Xiaobo (28, 5 Con damage, poison DC 21, 1 consecutive save done), Sharna, Noro (2, 2 bleed, -2 Will and damage)
Aasimar Oracle (Dark Tapestry) 10 | HP 87/87 | AC 21 | T 14 | FF 19 | CMD 28 | F +8 | R +7 | W +9 | Resist acid/cold/elec 5 | Init +9 | Perception +15 (Deaf, darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +3 | Cloak of Darkness: 10/10 | Many Forms: 11/11 | Wings of Darkness: 10/10 | Spells: Level 1: 7/7, Level 2: 7/7, Level 3: 6/6, Level 4: 5/5, Level 5: 3/3 | Active Spells: None
Refen slithers a few syllables out.
"Hit the rose bushes with whatever weapon you got"
"The creature in the middle is a sakhil. They resist any weapon that isn't holy. You can hit them with mind-affecting, but not disease, death, poison, or fear."
Voros shouts, alarmed: "Rose bushes! They'll try to engulf you and are resilient to acid! The sakhil is resilient to cold, electricity and sonic energies!"
He then looks around and decides to wait before the big guns are in before risking his life in there. He drinks an extract and his shape becomes blurry.
Female Human Witch 10 | AC 17/t13/f17 | F+8, R+6, W+12 | Per +9, Init +4 | HP 62+12/62 || Ra's current AC: 24 | Ra HP: -3/31 | Ra Perception: +18
Xiaobo, you drank one of Sharna's antitoxins back here. Have you been including that +5 on your rolls against the poison? And the con damage doesn't round at all, you're at whatever damage you've taken. The penalties come every two that you take.
Male 72/72 HP, AC:28[-ki], T: 24, FF: 21, CMD: 30,F: +11, R: +15, W: +14, LN Male Human Lvl 9 Manuever Master, Lvl 1 Memory Inquisitor, Init +7, Pereption +17,Attack +14 (2d6+14, x2)Trip/Disarm/Grapple +21, 20, 14Bane:5/5 Ki Pool:11/12 Judgement 1/1 Domain Power 4/7 Stunning Fist9/9
ya that's what I meant. I know the dmg but I should have been more specific. I forgot I drank that. It is up to gm with the plus 5 I would have passed both original saves
Regarding poison, I'll include your bonuses in your latest saves (which still makes it a fail for the first one), but I won't retcon the earlier ones, it's far too late for that. You have to track the beneficial spells and effects you have (possibly create a section for that on your character sheet, that's what I do as a player). Hopefully you'll pass the save next round.
As Refen enters the room, he seems to writhe in pain.
Refen:
You take 6d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 2, 6, 3, 6) = 25 of magical damage as you enter the room. DC 19 Will for half.
The rose bushes move extremely slowly, yet they convey a sense of the inevitable, as haste won't matter in the long run. The white rose bush retaliates, taking four bites at Refen and trying to grab him in its potent plant jaws. Fortunately, the oracle is warded against the bush's deathly embrace. You have freedom of movement cast on yourself, correct? Bite:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 311d8 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18*hit* Bite:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 201d8 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16*miss* Bite:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 321d8 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15*threat* Confirmation:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 281d8 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16*critical hit* Bite:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 301d8 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14*hit* Totalling 63 damage, unless I'm mistaken.
Xiaobo heals his wounds, albeit only mildly.
Noro, I'll let you describe what the others see. Don't forget you get a resave after your full-attack.
Where the Wild Roses Grow - round 1
1. Muzthari
2. Alie, Refen (63 + 25 or 12), Voros
3. Rose bushes
4. Xiaobo (23, 5 Con damage, poison DC 21, 1 consecutive save done), Sharna, Noro (2, 2 bleed, -2 Will and damage)
Female Human Witch 10 | AC 17/t13/f17 | F+8, R+6, W+12 | Per +9, Init +4 | HP 62+12/62 || Ra's current AC: 24 | Ra HP: -3/31 | Ra Perception: +18
Sorry to ask a nitpicky question, GM, but do you know of any ruling on what action it might be to get a familiar out of a familiar satchel (or if they can get out themselves)? I put Ra into the satchel before this fight, but my actions here may be contingent on what I can get done if I have him out. I did some poking but can't find anything in specific, so unless you rule otherwise or rule that the familiar can get out of the satchel themselves, I guess it's the default 'standard unless specified otherwise'.
Aasimar Oracle (Dark Tapestry) 10 | HP 87/87 | AC 21 | T 14 | FF 19 | CMD 28 | F +8 | R +7 | W +9 | Resist acid/cold/elec 5 | Init +9 | Perception +15 (Deaf, darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +3 | Cloak of Darkness: 10/10 | Many Forms: 11/11 | Wings of Darkness: 10/10 | Spells: Level 1: 7/7, Level 2: 7/7, Level 3: 6/6, Level 4: 5/5, Level 5: 3/3 | Active Spells: None
Will Save:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Refen would misfortune the critical threat, causing it just to be a hit. Refen has Freedom of Movement. With the passed save, I calculate 60 damage from that. Ouch! ;)
DM, how high is the ceiling in the room where all the action is taking place? I'm
Wondering if I could fly in there and be out of reach? Could Alie take a move action to peek into the room and get the ceiling height?
It's a manor house, so ceilings are a bit higher that a normal house, but aren't especially high (think about 3 meters high). You typically can't fly out of reach of a medium-sized creature in here. You don't need an action to know that, the ceiling has the same height in the whole house except the entrance hall where the statues are
Female Human Witch 10 | AC 17/t13/f17 | F+8, R+6, W+12 | Per +9, Init +4 | HP 62+12/62 || Ra's current AC: 24 | Ra HP: -3/31 | Ra Perception: +18
Sharna closes her eyes momentarily as she considers the situation: one ally crying of hard-hitting foes from within the room, another badly weakened by poison, and a third apparently striking at shadows. This all seems unfortunate.
"It would perhaps have been wise to notify us of your poisoned injury before we began this conflict," she says to Xiaobo. "Well, I suppose there is nothing for it now. Xiaobo, if you cannot throw off the poison yourself, then I will need you to come next to me, please."
Swift action: Cackle (normally a move, using Hag's Blouse to make it a swift). Move action: retrieve Ra from satchel. Standard: cast cure critical wounds, using Ra to deliver the spell. Ra will fly in to deliver the spell to Refen. He has to enter Refen's square to do it, so if there's a provoked AOO at any point from the bushes, so be it. Ra will attempt Acrobatics... attempt being operative word. I would also like to take a 5-ft step due north but I can't seem to move Sharna.
Ra Acrobatics:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17Snort yeah
Ra AC = 24, 17 temp hp right now from false life
If he actually reaches Refen - Cure critical wounds:4d8 + 10 ⇒ (3, 1, 3, 4) + 10 = 21
Of course it'll be added for further rounds, but you asked about the first round, hence my answer. The spell specifically mentions that you should full-attack, period. So no rage in my opinion. Don't forget your end-of-turn resave. By the way, I love the Tsuto reference!
Noro seems to be hallucinating, as he punches at an imaginary foe. Meanwhile, Sharna sends her familiar to rescue Refen. However, Ra is stricken by an invisible force as it enters the room. Its fate seems to hang in the balance of fate for a split-second.
Sharna:
Ra takes 6d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 6, 2, 2, 4) = 20 magical damage from the forbiddance effect, Will DC 19 halves. Then I need another Will save from Ra, please.
Quick note to everyone: this fight involved a lot of saves, and playing at high level doesn't help either, so I'm really sorry about the rhythm it'll have.
Where the Wild Roses Grow - round 2
1. Muzthari
2. Alie, Refen (60), Voros
3. Rose bushes
4. Xiaobo (23, 5 Con damage, poison DC 21, 1 consecutive save done), Sharna, Noro (2, 2 bleed, -2 Will and damage)
Waiting for Ra's saves before proceeding. AoO pending on him. I'll also need Noro's resave.
Ra is smitten by an invisible force, but flies onward into the room to reach the endangered voonith-shaped oracle. The bush made of white roses lashes out to prevent the hawk from ever reaching his companion.
AoO:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 281d8 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16*hit*
Thanks to the necromantic magic Sharna bestowed him with, the hawk survives long enough to deliver its curative energies to Refen, though it is in a dire shape now...
Muzthari cackles in utter delight as she beholds the unraveling of your threads of fate. One of her briar-covered hands is pointed at Refen, and suddenly four deadly thorns are shot at the voonith.
Thorn, shooting in melee:1d20 + 23 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 23 - 4 = 221d4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7*miss* Thorn, shooting in melee:1d20 + 23 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 23 - 4 = 211d4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9*miss* Thorn, shooting in melee:1d20 + 23 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 23 - 4 = 361d4 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8*hit* Thorn, shooting in melee:1d20 + 23 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 23 - 4 = 291d4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9*hit*
Refen:
Each thorn that hits inflicts the damage above, plus 1d4 bleed at the beginning of your turn. For this turn: 1d4 ⇒ 4. Total damage for Refen so far: 60 - 21 (CCW) +9 +8 (thorns) +4 (bleed this round) = 60 damage if I'm not mistaken.
Moreover, I'll need two DC 22 Fort saves against poison. 1d3 Wis damage (you can roll it yourself if you fail one of the saves; multiple doses don't stack since it's an injury poison), cure 2 consecutive saves.
Then she takes a step towards Refen and Ra, thus coming close enough for both of them to cross her dread gaze.
Refen and Ra:
One final save, DC 25 Will. If you fail you're panicked for 1 round, then shaken for 1d4 ⇒ 4 rounds thereafter. Ra has already failed his save (it was the second roll I asked for in anticipation), and is panicked for 1 round, then shaken for 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds thereafter.
To be clear, Muzthari has a gaze attack. When you enter the room you have a choice (on your turn only, and your chosen option remains for the whole round):
- avert your eyes: gives you 50% chance to avoid her gaze but you take a 20% miss chance against your target.
- close your eyes completely/wear a blindfold/etc.: you don't cross her gaze but you take a 50% miss chance against your target.
- do nothing special: no miss chance for you, but you cross her gaze.
For percentile rolls, consider that rolling high is good. Thus, if you have 50% chance to avoid her gaze, you need to roll 51+ to avoid it. Any questions?
Also, everyone who enters the room please roll a Will save to hasten things up.
Where the Wild Roses Grow - round 2
1. Muzthari
2. Alie, Refen (60, bleed 1d4, Fort/Fort/Will saves pending), Voros
3. Rose bushes
4. Xiaobo (23, 5 Con damage, poison DC 21, 1 consecutive save done), Sharna & Ra (36, panicked then shaken 2 rounds), Noro (2, 2 bleed, -2 Will and damage, Will resave pending)
The five Alie's delay until the other two in her group take actions this round. "Everyone move from in front of the door and I can use fire against the creatures," she calls out, remembering Voros's advice.
