HP 112/108 | AC 22 | T 16 | FF 18 | CMD 23 | F +17 | R +18 | W +19 | +5 vs. enchantments, +2 from demons | Init +12 | Perc +26 Male Elf diabolist 6/conjurer (teleportation) 10
A slight Retcon. Ezren would like to act BEFORE the two angry electric giants. :) I was thinking Sharton had not acted yet. Also to touch everyone the Raven will have to stealth past the giant near Grognar. Here is that roll in advance.
You are certainly welcome to act before the electric giants, but accounting for time-wimey initiative order you would not be aware that they were there; Grognar's turn and their readied actions revealed their locations and what they were after your turn would have occurred. If you would like to perform another action based upon this, feel free to do so; otherwise I would have to say that you won't get your communal resist energy off until after their readied actions go off.
HP 112/108 | AC 22 | T 16 | FF 18 | CMD 23 | F +17 | R +18 | W +19 | +5 vs. enchantments, +2 from demons | Init +12 | Perc +26 Male Elf diabolist 6/conjurer (teleportation) 10
GM Irish202 wrote:
You are certainly welcome to act before the electric giants, but accounting for time-wimey initiative order you would not be aware that they were there; Grognar's turn and their readied actions revealed their locations and what they were after your turn would have occurred. If you would like to perform another action based upon this, feel free to do so; otherwise I would have to say that you won't get your communal resist energy off until after their readied actions go off.
Hmm. Are you saying they have not acted yet, even their readied action? I am a bit confused.
Male Human Illusionist/15 Investigator/1 | HP 115/115 | AC 19| T 15 | FF 16 | CMD 21 | F +14 | R +16 | W +19 | Init +7 | Perc +27 (+1 traps) | Sen Mot +11 | Greater Invis 6/15 rds | Inspiration 8/8 | Bonded Item 0/1 | Reroll 0/1 (+5) | Active Spells: Haste, Heightened Awareness, Mind Blank, Heroism, Stoneskin, Life Bubble, Resist Fire/Cold/Electric/Acid/Sonic 30, Mage Armor, Overland Flight, Darkvision, See Invisibility, Endure Elements (ring), True Seeing, Arcane Sight
Sharton double moves back to UR-E-1, drawing his persistent metamagic rod along the way. At this point he is not invisible, he dropped it two rounds ago after flying back away from the image of Karzoug. His primary focus will be looking for threats coming from the right. He also holds up his hand to high five the raven as he flies by granting resistance to electricity.
Perception:1d20 + 25 ⇒ (18) + 25 = 43
Knowledge local with Thassilonian:1d20 + 20 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 20 + (6) = 30
"Karzoug may be just waking up, but your lady friend there is from our time." Speaking in Varisian, "This is your one and only chance to surrender! Stand down or you'll soon find yourself in line to the Boneyard."
GM Irish, us momentarily forgetting our cold resistance surely isn't your fault, you have more than enough going on without having to remember all of our buffs, too!
Hmm. Are you saying they have not acted yet, even their readied action? I am a bit confused.
Ezren wrote:
A slight Retcon. Ezren would like to act BEFORE the two angry electric giants.
I might be misinterpreting your intention as well. When the giant's readied actions went off, their initiative shifted and split from the remaining one at the back of the chamber to be much earlier in the turn order. You stated you wanted to act before them; are you referring to their previous initiative position (which was near the end of the round) or current position (earlier in the round, but still after your regular initiative in the turn)?
Sharton wrote:
He also holds up his hand to high five the raven as he flies by granting resistance to electricity.
The mental image of have of this tableau is...amusing.
Sharton wrote:
Speaking in Varisian, "This is your one and only chance to surrender! Stand down or you'll soon find yourself in line to the Boneyard."
"Surrender? Surely you jest!" she laughs with a steely edge. "Your souls will only hasten my Master's return to this world!""
Grognar:
Grognar Sense Motive:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26 You notice that there was a brief pause in her reply to Sharton, in which there was actually a conflicted, confused look on her face. Her blade actually seemed to glint or glow a bit, and her demeanor reverted to as its current state. She seems almost to be spouting a script of some kind, as if someone is telling her what to say.
Initiative Order:
Jebediah Ezren
Griff and Friends
Two Angry Electric Giants <------Acting before here? New initiative after zapping, party aware after this point
Grognar
Shump
Sharton
Cloud Giant
Armored Woman
Distant Electric Giant <-------Or acting before here, on their previous initiative?
Something(s) Unseen
HP 112/108 | AC 22 | T 16 | FF 18 | CMD 23 | F +17 | R +18 | W +19 | +5 vs. enchantments, +2 from demons | Init +12 | Perc +26 Male Elf diabolist 6/conjurer (teleportation) 10
Part of the confusion is maybe that I assumed Ezren knew more than ne could have. If he knows about the electricity threat he will cast the communal spell to resist it. If not, then he would not of course. Easiest at the moment to have him wait until he knows and the cast it as soon as he knows, if that is ok. The raven may be back with Sharton if he has not moved up yet.
Easiest at the moment to have him wait until he knows and the cast it as soon as he knows, if that is ok. The raven may be back with Sharton if he has not moved up yet.
No problem! I'll put you immediately after Grognar. Baal can be with you, I'll say Sharton snagged a touch for the spell as he high-fived when he went by.
Shump wrote:
Shump moves closer to Grognar and the woman. "Then let's take the sword from her. I'll knock the sword away"
At your current position at UL-A-1, there is a 5-foot gap over the acid pit between you and her. Are you using your lance as a reach weapon to disarm her? Otherwise you might need to double move to be within melee range to do so.
HP 112/108 | AC 22 | T 16 | FF 18 | CMD 23 | F +17 | R +18 | W +19 | +5 vs. enchantments, +2 from demons | Init +12 | Perc +26 Male Elf diabolist 6/conjurer (teleportation) 10
Yea, that pit may cause problems. It is not dismissable. Ezren had no idea the woman was flying. :( Makes sense that he would not have though.
Jebediah's sharp dinosaur teeth snap at the cloud giant as he moves forward, but they are unable to make a dent in the creature's full plate. The giant returns the favor as he shifts his grip to two-hand his morningstar and wails away at the dinosaur, but is unable to pierce Jebediah's thick natural armor. Shump moves up to try to engage the armored woman and disarm her weapon. However, he is not only unable to do so, but also slips on the sloping edge of the pit and tumbles down into the hole and the acid waiting below.
Shump, I am under the assumption that the second Reflex you rolled earlier was against the DC for the Acid Pit. If so, you will fall in and take Acid Pit Falling Damage:8d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 1, 4, 3, 3, 1, 6) = 30 + Acid Pit Acid Damage:2d6 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6
Meanwhile, the armored woman adjusts 5 feet through the air to not be suspended above the pit...and then proceeds unleash a dazzling flurry of attacks with her golden scimitar upon Grognar. She strikes with several quick slices, splashing the half-orc's blood upon the pristine marble floor.
Grognar, I am not sure if you included Haste in your current AC. If you have, I have 5 hits for 120 points. If you have not, I have 4 hits for 106 points. Regardless, I will need four DC 20 Will Saves or you will be affected by slow for 16 rounds.
Jebediah, Grognar, and Shump will see the giant at the back of the throne chamber move swiftly away from a nearby doorway towards a hallway on the opposite side. Moments later a gargantuan sized giant, with ebony black skin etched with glowing red runes and wielding an enormous longsword, emerges from that same doorway and starts to move menacingly towards the combat. Another one of these creatures, this one with a huge spear in its hand, rounds the eastern end of the hallway. It orients on Sharton, and hurls the weapon down the length of the corridor at him. The weapon misses, but hurtles past the wizard and crashes into the wall between Ezren and Griff; the humongous spear quivering as it embeds itself in the stone with a deafening sound.
These black giants with the glowing red runes are known as Rune Giants, the offspring of Taiga and Fire giants magically crossbred by Thassilonian wizards to create a species of giants intended to enslave others of their kind. They possess a variety of spell-like abilities that assist them in dominating other giants (as well as everyone else too), and are immune to cold/electricity/fire. May ask 1 additional question for every 5 points above the DC.
Perception/Spellcraft (Ezren, Jebediah, Sharton):
As the deafening clang of the spear hitting stone clears from your ears, you are actually able to make out the faint sounds of the verbal components of spellcasting coming from around the eastern corner beyond the black giant to the right. Based on your knowledge of spells, you believe the spell being cast is summon monster VII
**Maps Updated** Initiative advances after Jeb/Griff actions or by Wednesday 9/19 @ 10PM EDT
Initiative Order:
Round 7
Jebediah
Griff and Friends
Two Angry Electric Giants
Grognar (-149 or -163, need four DC 20 Will Saves vs. Slow)
Ezren
Shump (possibly -36 and in an acid pit)
Sharton
Cloud Giant (Purple -57 (Shaken))
Armored Woman (Flying, -9)
Distant Electric Giant
Black Giants
Something Unseen
Current Party Buffs::
All: Inspire Courage +2, Countersong (20)
Time Elapsed since arrival: 25 minutes + 7 rounds
Lillend Azata (Augmented) | HD 7 | HP 87/87 | AC 20 | T 12 | FF 17 | CMD 28 | F +9 | R +10 | W +10 | +1 longsword +16*/+11* (2d6+13*/19-20), tail slap +10* (2d6+5* plus grab); Immune: electricity, petrification, poison; Resist: cold 10, fire 10 | Active Conditions: Inspire Courage +2(*)[/ooc]
Free Actions (All 4)
They continue the Inspire Courage and Countersong.
Perform (Strings):1d20 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 18- They are terrible at that aren't they?
Move Actions (Back 2)
The both two move up to help support.
Standard Actions (All 4)
They all ready actions to cast Cure Serious Wounds if someone hurt gets within reach of them. (Remember they are invisible)
Human Oracle (Life) 18 | HP 174/174 | AC 34*^ | T 16^ | FF 30* | CMD 24^ | F +30# | R +26^# | W +29# | +4 vs. disease/poison and roll twice | Init +0 | Perc -5 | Sense Motive +0 | Channel 12/14 | Combat Healer 4/4 | Mnemonic Vestment 1/1 | Spells: Spells: Level 1: 8/9, Level 2: 8/9, Level 3: 3/9, Level 4: 4/8, Level 5: 7/8, Level 6: 5/8, Level 7: 6/7, Level 8: 3/6, Level 9: 1/4 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:Air Walk, Ant Haul, Bestow Grace(#), Blessing of Fervor, Contingency (Breath of Life), Freedom of Movement, Haste(^), Heroes' Feast, Magic Vestment (x2)*, Invisibility + Mind Blank
Life Link
Griff takes some damage from the link. (Grognar healed for 5)
Standard Action
Griff casts Heal where is he, making some noise but planning to move after casting.
Move Action
Griff moves above Grognar and above the pit, hoping that he is completely invisible to those around with his mind blanked self. He touches Grognar with some good healing.
Heal (Grognar):190 = 190
male Ftr 2/ Cav 6/Pal 8 HP 150 | AC 41/40; Touch 15; FF 39 | F +20; R +9; W +11 | CMB +24; CMD 40 | Speed 20 ft | Init +0 | Perc +1 | Stealth: -6 Cavalier/Ftr/Paladin
I thought that marking was the cone of cold? can I double move around it to her or do I still fall in? since this is an official PFS game can I use my reroll if I can't double move around the pit.
HP 112/108 | AC 22 | T 16 | FF 18 | CMD 23 | F +17 | R +18 | W +19 | +5 vs. enchantments, +2 from demons | Init +12 | Perc +26 Male Elf diabolist 6/conjurer (teleportation) 10
If shump falls and Ezren can see him he will cast Feather Fall on him. Also can you add Mirror Image (5 images) to Ezren's buffs.
Ezren sends through the raven << One of us should cast a wall to block the way east. Shall I?>>
I thought that marking was the cone of cold? can I double move around it to her or do I still fall in? since this is an official PFS game can I use my reroll if I can't double move around the pit.
I would be OK with you double moving around, which wouldn't have provoked from the cloud giant as of that point because he had just finished throwing a rock on his turn; there would also have been no point stopping there since you couldn't reach her. I'll put you at UL-C*1, which is the nearest space to her and doesn't involve sliding into acid pits either; also saving your re-roll for something else later as well as Ezren needing to use feather fall.
Grognar wrote:
Will: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (13) + 19 = 32
I needed 4 total Will saves, one for each time her blade struck you. I will add on the other three to speed things along, as you basically have to roll a 1 to fail it.
More Grognar Will Saves:
Grognar Will Save #2:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (2) + 19 = 21 Grognar Will Save #2:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39 Grognar Will Save #2:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (3) + 19 = 22
Griff wrote:
Griff moves above Grognar and above the pit, hoping that he is completely invisible to those around with his mind blanked self.
"Mistress, there is something flying around unseen close to you. We cannot see it, but it sounds like one of the intruders!" the huge giant rumbles. The cloud giant nearby also rumbles as he makes a pronouced sniff, "Err...yes, I can smell its human stink. It's right next to the green human thing. Well...err...there's two green things. Green thing next to pit."
Jebediah wrote:
Jebediah hisses in annoyance when yet *more* foes start making themselves known, and, lashing his tail, tries to rip into the foe next to him.
Even with his flurry of claws, Jebediah only lands a single bite on the cloud giant as it roars out with equal annoyance. The two electric giants re-arrange themselves to fit better in the hallway, as well as to get within reach of the intruders attacking their mistress. They let off a roar as the strike at Shump with huge greatswords. Only one is able to make its way past Shump's rather exceptional defense, dealing a staggering blow with its weapon.
Also can you add Mirror Image (5 images) to Ezren's buffs.
Already got it at the Current Buff tab I updated at the end of the post starting Round 7. Will post an updated tab at the start of each round for convenience.
HP 112/108 | AC 22 | T 16 | FF 18 | CMD 23 | F +17 | R +18 | W +19 | +5 vs. enchantments, +2 from demons | Init +12 | Perc +26 Male Elf diabolist 6/conjurer (teleportation) 10
How high is the ceiling in the hall? I would like to totally block off the eastern passage.
How high is the ceiling in the hall? I would like to totally block off the eastern passage.
Ceiling in the hallway is 50 feet. Ceiling in the ramp chamber (possibly other rooms as well) is about 100 feet.
Grognar returns the favor to the armored woman with his own array of attacks, but notices that her form blurs slightly as she moves; making it slightly difficult to hit her. One of his strikes, aimed for a vital area, misses due to this blurring effect while the other strikes score a mark.
Has an item that gives 20% miss chance vs. melee attacks, low is a miss.
Additionally, Grognar, you ended your turn next to the pit again! Will need a DC 27 Reflex save again!
Initiative Order:
Round 7
Jebediah (Attacked Cloud Giant some more)
Griff and Friends (Griff -4, Cast Heal on Grognar)
Two Angry Electric Giants (Attacked Shump)
Grognar (Attacked a bunch, need DC 27 Reflex Save for pit)
Ezren
Shump (-77, definitely not in an acid pit)
Sharton
Cloud Giant (Purple -57 (Shaken))
Armored Woman (Flying, -182)
Distant Electric Giant
Black Giants
Something Unseen
HP 112/108 | AC 22 | T 16 | FF 18 | CMD 23 | F +17 | R +18 | W +19 | +5 vs. enchantments, +2 from demons | Init +12 | Perc +26 Male Elf diabolist 6/conjurer (teleportation) 10
Well, I cannot draw a line on the map. :(
Ezren will cast Wall of Force Creating a wall 30' wide all the way to the ceiling between squares L and M. He hopes that the giant will not see it and run into it. Note that would take 15 10 squares. He has 17 total so perhaps it can be 5 or even 10' to the west?
Baal, on Ezren's shoulder' pulls an uses a wand of wand of ray of exhaustion on the purple cloud giant he can see, taking -4 for firing into melee.
Range Touch:1d20 + 20 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 20 - 4 = 29DC 17 Fort or become exhausted. Likely if you do not roll a 1 you will make it but the giant is still fatigued even if he makes the save.
For the first time Baal is revealed not as a raven but as an Imp. Not sure who all can see the Imp though.
Male Human Illusionist/15 Investigator/1 | HP 115/115 | AC 19| T 15 | FF 16 | CMD 21 | F +14 | R +16 | W +19 | Init +7 | Perc +27 (+1 traps) | Sen Mot +11 | Greater Invis 6/15 rds | Inspiration 8/8 | Bonded Item 0/1 | Reroll 0/1 (+5) | Active Spells: Haste, Heightened Awareness, Mind Blank, Heroism, Stoneskin, Life Bubble, Resist Fire/Cold/Electric/Acid/Sonic 30, Mage Armor, Overland Flight, Darkvision, See Invisibility, Endure Elements (ring), True Seeing, Arcane Sight
Started typing this yesterday, never hit enter, lol.
Knowledge (local):1d20 + 20 + 1d6 ⇒ (18) + 20 + (3) = 41 on the rune giants
Two additional questions: Spell resistance? Special attacks?
"Someone is summoning even more "friends" behind the rune giant on the right side! Thanks for cutting him off."
"I can put up a second wall between you guys and the storm giants right next to you, I think it'll greatly help us control just how many bad guys we have to fight at once, especially since they have reinforcements closing. Is anyone opposed?"
male Ftr 2/ Cav 6/Pal 8 HP 150 | AC 41/40; Touch 15; FF 39 | F +20; R +9; W +11 | CMB +24; CMD 40 | Speed 20 ft | Init +0 | Perc +1 | Stealth: -6 Cavalier/Ftr/Paladin
"Sharton...that's fine! Block any enemies you can while we kill these giants!" then turning to the giant next to him. He yells "Here take this!" He swings.
full attack, 5 ft step if I have to.
attack with haste power attack:1d20 + 26 ⇒ (7) + 26 = 33
damage:1d10 + 20 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 20 + (3, 6) = 32
attack with haste power attack:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (14) + 21 = 35
damage:1d10 + 20 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 20 + (6, 1) = 31
attack with haste power attack:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26
damage:1d10 + 20 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 20 + (3, 3) = 32
attack with haste power attack:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
HP 112/108 | AC 22 | T 16 | FF 18 | CMD 23 | F +17 | R +18 | W +19 | +5 vs. enchantments, +2 from demons | Init +12 | Perc +26 Male Elf diabolist 6/conjurer (teleportation) 10
A giant of that an batter down a wall of force in a few rounds I will bet.
Male Human Illusionist/15 Investigator/1 | HP 115/115 | AC 19| T 15 | FF 16 | CMD 21 | F +14 | R +16 | W +19 | Init +7 | Perc +27 (+1 traps) | Sen Mot +11 | Greater Invis 6/15 rds | Inspiration 8/8 | Bonded Item 0/1 | Reroll 0/1 (+5) | Active Spells: Haste, Heightened Awareness, Mind Blank, Heroism, Stoneskin, Life Bubble, Resist Fire/Cold/Electric/Acid/Sonic 30, Mage Armor, Overland Flight, Darkvision, See Invisibility, Endure Elements (ring), True Seeing, Arcane Sight
Sharton flies to LL-D-4 and puts up a wall of force right in front of the storm giants next to Shump and Grognar. He can put up 16 ten foot squares, but this should only required 15 (30' long x 50' tall). He also passes along any information gained about rune giants from his knowledge check (spell resistance and special attacks?).
Re-rolling for Ezren to fix the 1d2 knowledge roll...
Ezren Knowledge (Local):1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22
...And pretty much the same. Perfect!
Rune Giants (Sharton):
Rune giants do not have any spell resistance that you know of. Their enchantment spell-like abilities are harder to resist if you are a giant. Additionally, Rune giants can cause a rune on their skin to erupt in fiery sparks, much like a breath weapon...but with sparks. Finally, whenever they use a spell-like ability or use their fiery spark attack, they can cause all of the runes on their skin to erupt with light as a free action; possibly blinding all within 10 feet of the giant.
Cloud Giant Fortitude:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (13) + 21 = 34
Ezren causes an invisible barrier to block off the eastern part of the hallway, while out of nowhere a tiny winged creature pops into sight on his shoulder as it fires off a ray of coruscating purple energy at the cloud giant. It, of course, strikes him right in the chest and appears to weaken a bit from the effect.
Shump wrote:
"Sharton...that's fine! Block any enemies you can while we kill these giants!" then turning to the giant next to him. He yells "Here take this!" He swings.
Shump, there are two giants equidistant from you; all requiring a 5-foot step to reach. I am assuming you are attacking the cloud giant, since Sharton informed you he will probably be putting a barrier between you and the electric one. Regardless, none of your attacks will hit; the critical threat does not hit, so it also still misses.
Shump steps up to the cloud giant, who is clearly having a bad day at the moment, and unleashes a flurry of attacks on the creature. The only thing going well for this giant is the fact that he is exceptionally well-armored, and Shump is unable to land a damaging blow on it. Meanwhile, Sharton adds his own barrier to block the western end of the hallway; blocking off the electric giants from the combat.
The cloud giant, now breathing heavily from the purple ray fired by Baal, continues to attempt to strike at the dinosaur out of stubbornness. He finally gets in one lucky strike, smacking Jebediah with his huge morningstar squarely on the noggin. 30 points to Jeb.
The woman's golden scimitar abruptly begins to glow with light, which then suffuses up the hilt of the sword into her hands; causing several of her wounds to begin healing. She continues determinedly trying to methodically murder Grognar as she unleashes another flurry of attacks. The woman strikes him four times, with her last attack piercing his armor to stick his gut with her blade.
Spellcraft (Jeb/Griff/Grognar/Sharton:
When the woman's blade flared with light, you noticed that she was affected by a cure serious wounds spell. The odd part you saw was that she did not cast the spell, it appears almost as if the spell manifested from the weapon itself on its own.
Grognar takes 143 damage from 4 attacks (including 1 crit). I will need him to make me #4 DC 20 Will Saves for slow, as well as #1 DC 25 Fortitude Save as a secondary effect due to the crit.
Meanwhile, the running electric giant in the chamber continues tromping to the hallway on the opposite side and is lost from sight. The black giant in the throne chamber advances up to the door way. It rumbles something in its guttural language as its red eyes flare slightly.
Rumblings (Those versed in Giant):
"One of the tiny ones put up some kind of barrier right in front of you. Don't be fooled and just bash it down!"
On the eastern end of the hallway, the black giant does not act immediately, also rumbling something in its language that a much more human sounding voice replies to in kind.
Rumblings and Musings (Giant):
"First Apprentice, one of their magic users put up a barrier blocking the hallway," the giant says to something behind it.
"Do I have to do everything around here? Just wait and let my spells take care of it. Attack the nearest one that looks like a spellcaster," a male humanoid voice grumps back at the creature.
Sharton notices that a bony devil-like creature appears behind the giant with a loud popping noise; though it looks slightly derpy like 2 of the azatas. Abruptly, an emerald green ray of energy shoots out from beyond the curve of the eastern hallway and strikes into Ezren's wall of force. With the sound of shattering glass, the wall of force is instantly destroyed by the beam. Immediately afterwards, the devil and the giant are enveloped in rapidly coruscating light and appear to move quicker. The devil moves first, darting swiftly through the air and fires a coruscating ray of green energy at Sharton; the ray missing incredibly as the devil is struggling with its current derpiness. The black giant then charges unerringly towards Sharton as it draws its massive longsword swiftly and strikes at the wizard. 49 points to Sharton
This devil creature appears to be an Osyluth Devil (also known colloquially as a "Bone Devil"). A Lawful Evil outsider, it has a smattering of teleporting and ice-related spell-like abilities, DR pierced by good-aligned weapons, immunity to fire/poison. resistance to acid/cold, and a poisonous stinger. May ask additional questions for every 5 above DC.
**Maps Updated** Initiative advances after actions or by Friday 9/21 @ 10PM EDT. Additionally, Jeb and Sharton were damaged within reach of the Azatas, in case Griff wants to proc their readied actions.
Initiative Order:
Round 8
Jebediah (-30)
Griff and Friends
Two Angry Electric Giants
Grognar (-143, need #4 DC 20 Will saves and #1 DC 25 Fort Save)
Ezren
Shump (-60)
Sharton (-49)
Cloud Giant (Purple -57 (Shaken))
Armored Woman (Flying, -155)
Distant Electric Giant
Black Giants
Something Unseen
Current Party Buffs::
All: Inspire Courage +2, Countersong (20)
Time Elapsed since arrival: 25 minutes + 8 rounds
Can Grognar force a reroll on one of the crits? I know it's a hard power for PBP, but I think I would think I could weather the first crit and be concerned enough to misfortune the second. It is, of course, your call which I can use a reroll on.
Note: I have DR 10/Evil, thanks to Planar Wild Shape, so unless the Giant explicitly has the (Evil) subtype, and is not just alignment-Evil, that should only be 20 damage.
Grunting in annoyance, Jebediah valiantly keeps swinging at the Cloud Giant.
Can Grognar force a reroll on one of the crits? I know it's a hard power for PBP, but I think I would think I could weather the first crit and be concerned enough to misfortune the second. It is, of course, your call which I can use a reroll on.
Hmm...difficult situation it is, yes. For this first occurrence, I will let the dice decide for this time only which crit you would have forced a re-roll on since it is after the fact. Going forward, I will need a "If/Then" chart in your character profile indicating when your character would normally trigger Misfortune so I can account for that in the future; you can indicate prior to me making any rolls if you wish to temporarily alter such chart (e.g. for this combat I will only misfortune my ally's saving throws, etc).
So, Attack #3 misses (so you take 28 less damage) but the confirmed Crit still stands. Since you would have needed 1 less Will Save due to an attack missing, you can either randomly use one of your die rolls from the Will saves for your Fort (e.g. rolling 1d4 to pick which one) or you can roll a fresh Fort Save.
Jebediah wrote:
Grunting in annoyance, Jebediah valiantly keeps swinging at the Cloud Giant.
Jebediah finally connects a flurry of attacks against the cloud giant, leaving it severely wounded after his assault. 4 hits for 133 points!
So apparently all I need is to crit Jebediah once to get him angry enough to actually start hitting things XD
Lillend Azata (Augmented) | HD 7 | HP 87/87 | AC 20 | T 12 | FF 17 | CMD 28 | F +9 | R +10 | W +10 | +1 longsword +16*/+11* (2d6+13*/19-20), tail slap +10* (2d6+5* plus grab); Immune: electricity, petrification, poison; Resist: cold 10, fire 10 | Active Conditions: Inspire Courage +2(*)[/ooc]
Standard Action (All 3 next to Sharton)
The three Azatas cast defensively trying to heal Sharton.
Concentration (DC 21):1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27 Concentration (DC 21):1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30 Concentration (DC 21):1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26 (Oh Wow)
They all get it off!
Cure Serious Wounds (x3) (Sharton):9d8 + 21 ⇒ (1, 4, 2, 4, 3, 6, 6, 3, 2) + 21 = 52- Sharton healed for 52.
Full Attack (4, or the one on the bottom)
The last one breaks her invisibility, going on the offensive against the large giant next to her.
Longsword Attack 1 (Inspire Courage):1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 12 + 2 = 27 Longsword Damgae 1 (Inspire Courage):2d6 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (4, 5) + 8 + 2 = 19
Male Human Illusionist/15 Investigator/1 | HP 115/115 | AC 19| T 15 | FF 16 | CMD 21 | F +14 | R +16 | W +19 | Init +7 | Perc +27 (+1 traps) | Sen Mot +11 | Greater Invis 6/15 rds | Inspiration 8/8 | Bonded Item 0/1 | Reroll 0/1 (+5) | Active Spells: Haste, Heightened Awareness, Mind Blank, Heroism, Stoneskin, Life Bubble, Resist Fire/Cold/Electric/Acid/Sonic 30, Mage Armor, Overland Flight, Darkvision, See Invisibility, Endure Elements (ring), True Seeing, Arcane Sight
Sharton, fully healed again, (thank you, invisible singing beings I can see) casts defensively and unleashes a 60' cone of deafening noise toward the bone devil, which will also catch the rune giant.
DC 28 Fort save for half damage, negate the 1 round stun, and half duration on the deafen
"Spread out if you can, these rune giants can shoot out a cone of fire and electricity mixed together!"
Knowledge (planes) on the bone devil:1d20 + 27 + 1d6 ⇒ (19) + 27 + (6) = 52 That should get me six bits of knowledge plus his entire family history, lol!
If necessary on the greater shout, Spell penetration:1d20 + 16 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 16 + 4 = 23
Sharton will then reactivate his greater invisibility as a swift action and fly to LL-B-2 while moving up to 40' off the ground. Looking back toward the far end of the hallway, does he see the caster who summoned the bone devil and disintegrated the wall of force?
Griff spreads the healing all around, bringing some relief to his party members. The one brave azata attempts to engage in melee, but the black giant simply laughs off its attacks. Meanwhile, the electric giants seem to be obeying orders from the black one in the chamber and noisily attack Sharton's wall of force with their weapons. Wall takes 121 points of damage, hardness already factored in.
The devil succumbs to Sharton's magic, appearing stunned for the moment. The black giant appears to do better, especially as it seems to be able to see Sharton despite his invisibility and makes an attack as the wizard moves back into the air. This takes the wizard off guard, and the giant slashes Sharton with a critical blow. As he staggers from this attack, he is unable to see the individual assisting the giants around the eastern bend of the hallway from his vantage point.Sharton takes 94 points
Here are the general rules of misfortune use. Have a look and if anything needs to be made clearer I will change it.
Misfortune:
Aid saving throws against debilitating effects (paralysis, dominate, blind, possession and save or suck that will take anyone out of the fight. Condition: roll below 5 if the PC has a particularly weak save roll below 8. OR when requested by a pc at my discretion.
Enemy saving throws when requested by another PC. Usually when a weak save has been identified and targeted. Condition: 15 or higher is rolled. If the enemy seems to be a leader/ general/ or particularly powerful reroll 10 or higher.
Attacks, critical threats when casters are ~50% or less and melee PCs are ~30% or less. Condition: Assume that crit means natural 20 until there is a demonstration or identification of keen, high crit weapon or improved crit then adjust accordingly.
Something completely unforeseen. Beg to let me use the ability, and then the Gm agrees.
*For HP percentages I’m giving approximations. If a pc starts at 51% the first attack is a crit and there are 5 more attack coming that meets spirit of the threshold.
HP 112/108 | AC 22 | T 16 | FF 18 | CMD 23 | F +17 | R +18 | W +19 | +5 vs. enchantments, +2 from demons | Init +12 | Perc +26 Male Elf diabolist 6/conjurer (teleportation) 10
What spell was cast to dispel the wall of force? Pretty sure Ezren can tap the spell craft DC to know.
Ezren casts Chains of Light defensively on the Rune Giant he can see. DC 29 Reflex save or be paralyzed. No SR.
Baal will put away the wand and become invisible again.
Grognar will start attacking the Woman in Armor. If she falls he will use sudden charge revelation to move (swift action) to the giant proking an aoo and finish his attacks.
I do not have hunters blessing added to these rolls. All attack and damage are +2 against the human but not the giant.
Miss chance up top:
1d100 ⇒ 81 1d100 ⇒ 65 1d100 ⇒ 80 1d100 ⇒ 68
Grognar strikes the woman twice, the first piercing her armor to deal a critical blow; the second strike cleanly cleaving her head from her neck. Her body topples lifelessly to the ground and rolls down the sloped edge of the pit to tumble slowly like a feather into the acid below. With a burst of energy, the half-orc dashes northwards to the injured cloud giant (who promptly misses an opportunity attack); missing on his first attack but also cleaving the creature's head from its neck as it too falls to the ground lifeless. Apparently Grognar should have a vorpal weapon or something...
Ezren causes endless lengths of chain to wrap around the Rune Giant, holding it fast in place, while Baal vanishes from sight once again. Shump begins to make his attack, but realizes his target is no more. Shump, do you want to change your action since the Cloud Giant is dead?
Initiative Order:
Round 8
Jebediah
Griff and Friends
Two Angry Electric Giants
Grognar
Ezren
Shump (-27)
Sharton (-94, WoF taken 121 points, 40 ft in air @ LL-B-2)
Distant Electric Giant
Black Giant (Chamber)
Something Unseen + Devil (-39, stunned 1 round, deaf 2 round)
Black Giant (Hallway, -19, paralyzed, deaf 1 round)
Male Human Illusionist/15 Investigator/1 | HP 115/115 | AC 19| T 15 | FF 16 | CMD 21 | F +14 | R +16 | W +19 | Init +7 | Perc +27 (+1 traps) | Sen Mot +11 | Greater Invis 6/15 rds | Inspiration 8/8 | Bonded Item 0/1 | Reroll 0/1 (+5) | Active Spells: Haste, Heightened Awareness, Mind Blank, Heroism, Stoneskin, Life Bubble, Resist Fire/Cold/Electric/Acid/Sonic 30, Mage Armor, Overland Flight, Darkvision, See Invisibility, Endure Elements (ring), True Seeing, Arcane Sight
Sharton watches the storm giants pounding on his wall of force."I'd estimate they'll be through the wall in another 10-12 seconds. That's... impressive. I've never seen anyone beat down a wall before! Oh, and ow ow ow, that REALLY hurt!"
I guess I'll wait for the others ahead of me to go before posting my move, Ezren's chains would have negated that nasty AoO on me if I'd waited. A quirk of pbp games?
Nearest target now, due to the wall of force to the west, is the paralyzed rune giant! With haste, you should be able to make it over there for a rather easy attack.
Shump moves swiftly over to the paralyzed Rune Giant, and deftly inserts his bastard sword into the creatures gut, spraying its blood everywhere before the wound closes. Meanwhile, the Rune Giant back in the throne chamber advances forward and reaches over the other giants to strike at Sharton's wall of force. Wall of Force takes 48 more damage
The devil appears to be stunned by Sharton's shout and is unable to act. However, the voice from around the eastern bend of the hallway makes itself known as a human dressed in purple robes glides through the air into view. The man's eyes quickly scan his enemies, alighting particularly on Sharton's injuries (despite his invisibility) as he speaks in an ancient tongue.
"Useless! Give them a simple task, but still messes it up! Well, I will bring my master their remains to prove my worth to him! Discute magicae!Sagitta magicae!"
The man makes a sharp, arcane gesture, and effortlessly unweaves Ezren's magical chains binding the Rune Giant. He then swiftly snaps his fingers and unleashes an unerring blast of five glowing orbs of energy; which dart around everyone and slam into Sharton! Sharton takes 25 points of damage, immunity to magic missile negates. By my reckoning, you might be unconscious.
Spellcraft (Everyone but Shump):
It appears that this man cast dispel magic, immediately followed by a quickened maximized magic missile.
The Rune Giant in the hallway, now free from the magical chains that bound him, lunges with his sword to strike at Ezren. **Per botting instructions, this triggers Ezren's EFS condition.** The huge blade hurtling towards the conjurer, Ezren makes a swift arcane gesture to become shielded by a bubble of force energy; causing the Rune Giant's blow to strike the sphere. (Sphere takes 28 damage factoring hardness) Grunting with annoyance, the giant continues the remainder of his attacks upon the nearby Azatas; swiftly bisecting one of them and dealing a mighty blow to the next. Azatas are now color-coded. Giant kills Purple, and deals 52 damage to Green.
**Maps Updated.** Initiative advances after actions or by Sunday 9/23 @ 10PM EDT.
Initiative Order:
Round 9
Jebediah
Griff and Friends
Two Angry Electric Giants
Grognar
Ezren (In Emergency Force Sphere (EFS taken 48 points))
Shump (-27)
Sharton (-119, WoF taken 169 points, 40 ft in air @ LL-B-2)
Distant Electric Giant
Somethings Unseen
Black Giant (Chamber)
Man in Robes (Flying 30 ft) + Devil (-39, stun ending this round, deaf ending next round)
Black Giant (Hallway, -57, deaf ending this round)
Current Party Buffs::
All: Inspire Courage +2, Countersong (21)
Time Elapsed since arrival: 25 minutes + 9 rounds
