Again, Gunari makes his way forward, up the stairs, hoping to run in to the assassin that was toying with them. Again, he prepared to strike if he had the chance. "Sweet Barleywine, first I have to take a bath in the lake, now I have to get a workout running up stairs? If that wasn't a reason to kill, I don't know what! Almost enough to burn off a guy's buzz."
ready again for melee:
Swift before readying to add +1 Vicious to the blade/
+3 Keen Vicious Adamantine Rapier, PA, VS, DF:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 33damage:2d8 + 16 + 2d6 ⇒ (8, 4) + 16 + (5, 6) = 39 damage to self:1d6 ⇒ 1
"I mean, really! Can't we just stand and fight like civilized men?"
Kain quietly hovers over the body of Choco, hands tightly gripping his lance... constantly turning around looking for an enemy to take out his rage on...
BoF AC, readied action to stab anything he sees, 5 foot step as needed.
"Well I give up! Our enemy is clearly a feckless coward! But what else would you expect from a dithering half-wit who thinks an oversized cockroach is even worth the veneration of a god? In fact, I'd be willing to wager this here scroll of greater invisibilty that Achekooky (that's their "god's" name, right?) is anything more than a mummer's farce..."
The rant continues as long as it has to.
Scroll is actually a scroll of glitterdust, trying to lure him out. Taking move speed and double moving back down to join with the others. I can't access the map so if someone else can move me it'd be great.
Gunari hears a loud clicking sound from the hallway to the East. Peering into the gloom, he just makes out the form of an enormous advancing blood red giant mantis. This is an actual mantis, not at all humanoid.
X Red Mantis [1x3, 3x4, 2x1, V, BS, CG, ER, H5]
X Purple Mantis
X Green Mantis
X Yellow Mantis
X Blue Mantis
=> Raven [Fervor 4]
=> Denbora [Fervor 4, Invisibility Purge 2]
=> Afficus [Fervor 4]
=> Gunari [Fervor 4, Invisibility Purge 5]
=> Kain [Fervor 4]
Gunari yells at the top of his lungs. "There's a big bug up here! I am going to attack, but it is really big! NO, WAIT! THERE'S FOUR OF THEM!!! I COULD USE SOME HELP!"
As he moves in, the bug somehow manages to bite him, but luckily not critically, and it doesn't manage to grab him.
"Die, bug!" he yells, calling upon the power of the Drunken Hero once more, pulling more magical power into Cayden's Churchkey(adding +1 flaming) He then thrusts the blade into the bug's carapace.
Denbora comes racing up the stairs. From behind him yet a mantis surrounded in red mist comes flying out of the room Denbora just exited. The Mantis does a swooping attack as it passes by Denbora, striking him once critically before retreating the way he came. The strike passes into Denbora's chest cavity, causing massive internal bleeding. Denbora looks down and sees that he now has a gaping chest wound that is bleeding profusely Bleed (5) damage.
Surprised by the sudden attack and the massive internal bleeding, Denbora is more surprised as the Mantis picks him up in his mandibles as a grapple and begins to fly away, biting him as he flees. He drops Denbora unexcitedly on the ground where Denbora lands prone with an "oof".
Meanwhile, at the top of the stairs!
Gunari takes a mantis appendage to his leg as he approaches the purple Mantis. A lucky hit indeed! In retaliation Gunari strikes down the enormous insect; blood sprays everywhere as it dies in one hit. Gunari is coated in what he figures must be buckets of blood, as if the creature was made out of the stuff..
The green Mantis lunges at Gunari. While the strike misses, it was quite impressive in power. The yellow Mantis flies over Gunari's head in the massive tunnel. As he moves into reach just behind Gunari, he strikes once. It too misses. The blue Mantis enters the space that the dead purple Mantis was once located and also misses. From down the tunnel you watch the orange Mantis fly (double move) down past Gunari towards Afficus.
Denbora - Your current HP total includes the 5 bleed loss this round.
Everybody else is up.
Finally Action - Round whatever:
X Red Mantis [1x3, 3x4, 2x1, V, BS, CG, ER, H6, AC(4), AC(1) 1, FH(2), 1]
X Green Mantis
X Orange Mantis
X Yellow Mantis
X Blue Mantis
=> Raven [Fervor 5]
=> Denbora [Prone, Bleed 5, Fervor 5, Invisibility Purge 3]
=> Afficus [Fervor 5]
=> Gunari [Fervor 5, Invisibility Purge 6]
=> Kain [Fervor 5]
Gunari yells out, "Damnit! Kain! Afficus! Raven! Get down and help Denbora before he makes Lamashtu blush!"
Knowing that he can only attack two of the bugs, Gunari makes the best of it. He attacks first the yellow one, then the blue/grey.
+3 Flaming Keen adamantine Rapier, PA, DF vs Yellow:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (14) + 18 = 32flaming +3 adamantine rapier:1d8 + 16 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 16 + (2) = 20
The Red Mantis flies past Kain before dropping 5 feet to make an attack from 10' up. It makes the attack as it flies past, not provoking any attacks of opportunity as he is too fast for Kain, and too far from Raven (attack location shown by the light outline of the mantis). After flying past, he banks slowly to the right making a wide circle around the room before ending 25' up. This Mantis is clearly not an agile flyer. Unfortunately for him, the attack missed.
Adjusting Gunari's attacks due to the reach attack from yellow, it being flying, and not in range of Gunari (sorry if that was unclear).
Meanwhile, at the top of the stairs Gunari fights on. His first strike wounds but does not kill the blue Mantis, where the second blow causes it to disappear in an explosion of red goo.
Gunari takes AC/Attack/Reflex
Gunari moves forward towards the orange bug, taking the attacks as they come. He then strikes with his weapon at the orange one, hoping to clear a way down the stairs.
Letting it go just to move things along - this is a rules gap though. Most (I had it happen just last week), will not allow use of potions on another without a full round action, even though it's only called out in the unconscious rules. Potions and oils, per that section of the rules, follow the same exact mechanism. Therefore, if you require it for potions, you must require it for oils. Or if you don't require it for potions on a conscious individual, you can't require it for oils.
As for the miss, that's not what red mist does. But something else does make that apply, so I'll just use that roll.
Kain flies at the Mantis. He knows his lance should strike true, but at the last moment the Mantis appears to phase out of existence and the lance passes through the space. The Mantis reappears only moments later.
The Red Mantis flies past Kain, again maneuvering in such a manner he does not provoke attacks of opportunity. It strikes once at the flying cavalier. The strike hits, causing minor damage. It does not successfully grab him. Kain begins bleeding lightly from the wound.
Increasing its altitude slightly, it again circles the room.
Gunari's strike against the Orange Mantis does not fell the critter.
Denbora points his warhammer at the flying mantis. A white light gathers at the end of the weapon, gathering into the shape of a warhammer, before firing at the Manits.
Takes movement
Frustrated by the lack of destruction, and the flying bugs, Gunari just stabs at orange, and then moves down the stairs.
PA,VS, DF, etc:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (16) + 18 = 34 crit confirm:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (16) + 18 = 34 damage, +fire:3d8 + 32 + 1d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 1) + 32 + (3) = 45
He then moves (provoking) down the stairs again. "Stupid bugs."
Afficus claps his hands together and slowly pulls them apart, his fingers curling as if straining against an invisible force. The ground begins to rumble before a gout of flame erupts from the floor beneath the red mantis.
Just to move things along, Raven is readied. He's been readying actions lately so I'd assume the same. Let me know if that's not the intent. If it wasn't the intent, we can happily negotiate two actions.
GM Defense Rolls:
High I die:1d100 ⇒ 26 Reflex:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
Denbora's flying hammer appears and hits nothing but air. You hear the hammer quietly swear.
Kain's strike should have hit, but again passes through an ethereal version of the mantis, striking nothing but the space he used to occupy.
Afficus' fire gouts from the floor; however, the casting must have alerted the flying creature that then avoids the entirety of the damage by flying a little to the left.
Gunari's strike against the yellow Mantis strikes true, and he finds himself covered in more blood from the exploding creature.
Clearly slower, the Mantis flies away from Kain. Kain takes an attack of opportunity on the flying mantis but misses by a hair's breath.
While passing Gunari the mantis strikes once at the warpriest. The hit lands solidly as Gunari finds himself lifted off the ground above the head of the Mantis. The mantis holds his tropy above his head before promptly dropping him to the ground. Gunari twists and turns, and although he does not avoid all the damage, does his best to reduce the impact of the fall. Gunari finds himself flat on the floor where his invisibility purge peters out.
Orange Because I forgot it Grab:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
The Mantis' move forward down the hallway towards Gunari. The orange mantis strikes Gunari in retaliation to the hit he took. Gunari grunts a little from the blow. The green mantis flies in as well screening the Red Mantis, but misses in his attack.
Kain and Gunari continue to bleed, already factored in.
Rest of the group is up.
Red Mantis Fight:
X Red Mantis [1x3, 3x4, 2x1, V, BS, CG, ER, AC(4), AC(1) 4, FH(2) 4]
X Blue Mantis
X Green Mantis
X Orange Mantis
=> Raven [Fervor 7]
=> Denbora [Prone, Fervor 8, Invisibility Purge 5]
=> Afficus [Fervor 8]
=> Gunari [Prone, Bleed (4), Fervor 8]
=> Kain [Bleed (1), Fervor 8]
BoF to AC/Reflex/AB "Up here, fellas!" Gunari yells out, not feeling all that healthy. He calls upon the healing powers of the Lucky Drunk (fervor for healing)fervor heal:3d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 4) = 14). Fearing the worst, he then calls upon charm of Cayden Cailean (Charm blessing, standard),
He then stands up, and waits for his friends.
(DC19 Will or cannot attack)
Charm blessing (Su) wrote:
At 1st level, you can touch an ally and grant an entrancing blessing. For 1 minute, the ally becomes mesmerizing to her opponents, filling them with either abject admiration or paralyzing fear. This effect functions as sanctuary, except if the ally attacks an opponent, the effect ends for that opponent. This is a mind-affecting effect.
Kain sneers at the turn of events... eyes a slight opening along the wall to follow the annoying Mantis... but decides to go straight in at the green Mantis in front of him.
Listing aimlessly to the left?! I HATE THAT MANEUVER!
Afficus uses infernal to command the cerberi to run up and help the drunk. It double moves up the stairs and ends up adjacent to Kain.
BoF for speed, single move up the stairs to the first landing.
Depending on vision:
Order of what I would like to do (vision permitting): 1) suggestion on red mantis, DC 20 will (lie down on your belly and swim); 2) scorching ray on orange mantis; 3) ready action scorching ray if either the red or orange mantis come into my vision. If there is an issue of which mantis to shoot at I would prefer to shoot the one that isn't in melee.
Again botting Raven to readied. If you'd like him to do something specific, let me know and I'll have him expend his spells to do so. Until then, he will continue the same action line Keith put into place. Unfortunately, Raven does not appear to have any potions of fly on his person.
AoOs!:
Red Mantis Will Save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 Orange Mantis Will Save:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 Green Mantis Will Save:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
As Gunari stands up, the Red Mantis and green Mantis seem to ignore him. The orange Mantis strikes out though, missing him dramatically in the process.
Kain's flying lance deals deadly damage to the green Mantis, which promptly explodes over Kain and Gunari in gouts of blood.
Afficus waits in anticipation while Raven again braces for impact...
Denbora charges up the stairs, but his flying hammer misses the flying mantis mightily.
Afficus and Gunari:
He just cast haste.
Red Mantis:
Fly:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16 Defensive High I die:1d100 ⇒ 96
You hear the Red Mantis mutter in strange clicks before he flies past everybody at blazing speed.
Afficus' two blasts go off. One hits it square in the chest while the other goes wide. You hear the creature grunt. First blood, it can be hurt!
"Afficus! Suggest that he fight from the ground or something!" BoF to movement: AC now 30
Gunari uses Cayden's blessings to make the Churchkey good... (giving it +1d6 good damage) and drops the sacred weapon... saving it for later. He moves down as near the mantis as he can get.
