Rise of the New Runelords

Game Master Harakani

After lighting the gallows on fire the ball rolls to a new target, continuing to spread flames everywhere.

The cloud of fog begins to expand.

Realizing there was an error in his plan, Grey casts another spell. His invisible feet lift off the ground.

Move action, move Sphere to new burnable target.

Cast Fly

Direct Blink Dog to help attack K

Fire Cold snapdragon firework at AC25 (Kresel's square) (move action 4 rounds remaining
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Kressel needs to make a reflex save (DC 15)or be Dazzled for one round and negate half of the 1d4 ⇒ 3 cold damage.

Additionally if he takes any cold damage it will cling to her and she will be entangled for one round. No additional save.

Then move through the smoke to AC28. I'll be in the smoke, but that's fine. I know roughly where I'm going and the wall is right there.

Flies down to land on Simon's shoulder.

Resolution for Round 7 Cheliax
PLEASE post the round your actions are in. This concludes Round 7, so next round is round 8.

In order to make things a little easier, I am putting all the enemies at the ‘bottom’ of initiative. This mostly effects Thkrull.

Arioch and Thkrull savages the Bearded Devils, but their thick tough skin stops most of the damage and they give ground, fighting defensively as if waiting for something. Taerine takes advantage of the lull to boost Thkrull’s defences even higher.

Hargran, buried in servants, manages to grab Anglon and with a gasped word vanishes.
teleport: 1d100 ⇒ 69

It suddenly becomes clear what the Barbazu were waiting for when another squad appears, led by the devil who vanished earlier.

Resolution for Round 7 other Location

As the bandits flee Caillus brutally uses the distraction of the chaos to cut one down. As he does so a thick mist seeps from the ground into a cloud of fog.

Suddenly Hargran reappears with three servants and Anglon. His difficulty with breathing appears to have worsened. He gasps out “Denat. Rescue.”, then stops breathing as his lips turn blue.

The aggressive axewoman - the leader it seems - shouts ”To arms you dogs! Intruders!” and turns upon the Blink dog with ferocious speed, apparently confident enough not to care she is surrounded - but only one axe strike draws blood.

One of the fleeing archers looks over his shoulder and sees the warrior cut down by Caillus collapse ”No!” he screams, jinks right past the burning gallows and fires wildly on Caillus.
attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Only Caillus is in a position to see more archers pouring out of the buildings within the keep.

Cheliax, Round 8

Those towers have flat roofs with battlements ? and can I use my staff of travel (with dimension door) to go there ?

Round 8

Caillus moves to the entrance where, he can inconvenience the archers filing out of the front. On the way, he intones a brief blessing from Lissala, closing the wounds opened by the soldier-woman's axes.

cure moderate wounds 2d8 + 5 ⇒ (5, 3) + 5 = 13

The world blurs for a second when Denat taps in the power of his staff. When the wizard gains his bearing he finds himself on the battlement on top of one of the towers.
Dimension door to AD13

In the same time, the air elemental still tries to attack Kressle.

Round 8, Cheliax

"Fall back," Taerine yells, gesturing the last servant toward the far corner of the room.

I hope they come back soon, or we may not survive. Please hurry, Hargran!

She quickly casts, sending a spray of glittering gold at the devils. Cast glitterdust on devil B5, which should get every one but B1; DC save 15 to avoid being blinded

Then, making sure the servant stays behind her, she moves as far back in the room as she can, taking up a defensive posture.

Arioch, do you want to move to join us in the back of the room?

Round 8, Cheliax

Thkrull growls low in his throat at the new threats, then retreats with Taerine and waits for his prey to approach.

Round 8, Otherwhere.

Grey took a few steps and leaped into the air, rising high enough to see over the expanding cloud of noxious vapors. He gestured and rolled his sphere of flames into the doorway that the archers were trying to exit.

Move Action: Fly up 30'. Standard: Move Sphere. Free: Cloud expands. It is now 80' across (40' radius).

Flaming Sphere: Round 4/5
Blink Dog: Round 3/5
Stinking Cloud: Round 2/5

The Blink Dog continued to make a nuisance out of itself, snapping at the man in front of it, then warping into the middle of the group of archers.

Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Blink Dog has Combat Reflexes. Trying to position the dog so that it is threatening as many Archers as possible so they provoke if they fire or try to move away.

Round 8

Simon moves to AA 25 (move action replacing standard)

My familiar is staying out of the fight for now.

Round 8, Other, 6
Anglon appears, looking around wildly, still prepared to beat off an attack.
He looks around and sees Hargran and notices that he has stop breathing again. He rushes over to see if he can help.
Heal: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

Cheliax, resolution round 8

Ranseur AoO: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Ranseur damage: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2) + 1 = 5

Other location, resolution round 8

Simon continues through the fog, but a single breath of the vapour nearly undoes him fort save vs nausea please - will edit if failed.. Molly waits for him to exit before joining him.

The dog attacks the nearest warrior w2 attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7, then blinks away to threaten others.

Unable to steer the ball of fire fast enough, and not wanting to actually hit anything, Master Grey leaves the ball in the path of the archers.

Caillus moves towards the archers, forcing the one nearest him to back off.

Anglon clears Hargran's throat and manages to return him to conciousness with a few slaps. It is clear that Hargran has pushed himself past any reasonable limit, doing serious and probably permanent damage to himself. Hargran looks around, sees that some students are still missing, stumbles to his feet and vanishes.

Kressle viciously attacks the air elemental that distracted her, dissipating it.

The archers near the manifesting blink dog back away, and their fellows start to fill it with arrows - but only one hits.
The archer duelling with Caillus, now out of reach, sends an arrow into Caillus for 7.

Fort vs Nausea 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Simon - don't worry. You didn't breathe in this time. Everyone good to go for Round 9?

Can we get an updated map?

Should all be up to date in the campaign tab - is there a problem?

Round 9, Other Location, 6

After Hargran departs again, Anglon looks around and tells the three servants in front of him to stay with the other servants near the trees. He can tell that something violent is happening in the…what is that, and old fort perhaps? Anglon rushes forward to offer assistance.

I don’t know what this place is, but Hargran must have brought us here for this reason.

Other location. Round 9

From his location Simon retrieves and strikes with his Lucern Hammer.

Melee Fey's Folly 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 71d12 ⇒ 5 (It's cold iron if that matters.)

edit: should have just shot her. oh well.

Other location, round 9

Denat takes a step near the crenellation (5-ft step to AE14) and conjures a layer of slippery grease near one of the warrior who seem to rush to the door.
Casting Grease and targetting a 10ft area (AF 22-23, AG 22-23), DC 18

reflex save DC 18: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14 the warrior windmills his arms for a second as he loses traction, then falls to the ground. prone

Round 9, Other Location

Grey leaves the sphere of fire where it is, keeping it lodged in the entryway of the barracks to prevent any more reinforcements from coming out. It will reach the end of it's duration at the beginning of my next action

The blink dog continues to harry the archers preventing them from being able to effectively fire. Bite nearest, D-Door to position that threatens the most Archers again.

Grey drifts forward To S37, finally deciding to take a more direct hand. Tossing a handfull of pebbled into the air, they streak upward, vanishing as he himself ripples back to visibility. Moments later a hail of cannonball sized boulders fall from the sky.

Stone Call. 40' radius centered on AL 24. Every Warrior, and the Blink Dog takes 2d6 ⇒ (5, 2) = 7 damage, no save. That area is Difficult Terrain until my next turn.

Flying
Flaming Sphere: Round 5/5
Blink Dog: Round 4/5
Stinking Cloud: Round 3/5

Hehe. Oh. WE made it difficult terrain. :b

Round Nine, Other Location

Caillus whips his pole arm nehind him and brings it down before his advance. Eyeing the space his ward will appear in after only seconds, he steps toward the soldier with the twin blades, completing his strike.

I say again, surrender and live.

Attack w/ pole arm, flanking 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Damage. I hope. 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

blink attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
The dimensional dog attempts to savage a warrior, then blinks into a nearby space, only to be pelted by the falling rocks.

Caillus steps to the side and into the newly rock-strewn ground, then joins Simon in attacking the hatchet-woman and apparent leader. Despite being surrounded she manages to avoid the blow.

Grey - sphere is blocking people but has not made it to barracks yet - that said, looks like all are out.

Taerine edges forward, slashing with her glaive.

"Yes!" she cheers as she sees the blade find its home in the devil's flesh.

Thkrull growls as his attempt to slash at the devil scrapes harmlessly against its armor as it moves by and redoubles his attack. The first again proves useless, but his second claw finds the creature's flesh, inflicting a vicious wound. Thkrulls gives a throaty laugh.

"Back to the hells with you, inferior little outsider!"

Both Tkhrull and Taerine connect, but somehow the iron-hard skin of the Devil keeps it advancing.

Hargran, gasping, stretches out his hand to Arioch.

Struggling for air he powers through his last incantation. the blood vessels in his left eye burst. Blood trickles out of his nose and ears.
Then he is gone, and with him his students.
chance: 1d100 ⇒ 56

In "A Man, out of Time" - The posthumous biography of Runelord Caillus Mordent - the Runelord talks of the fear in the early days of the Kingdom that the Devils would simply have attempted to follow. Decades later the leader of the Barbazu was summoned and compelled to recount what happened when Hargran vanished.
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The Barbazu, frustrated by the sudden lack of victims, smashes a table with his Glaive. The split wood immediately start to ooze and decompose.

"Follow?" asked his second laconically.
"The contract we serve under does not let us go outside Cheliax. Unless they return, we are done here."

Turning the devil saw the pile of goods - treasures, items, scrolls - left by the fleeing humans

"Perhaps not done. Everyone take what you wish." Smiling he spoke the words that made theft law.

"For resisting arrest and assaulting an Officer of Cheliax I hereby fine and confiscate these goods."

Grabbing some choice items he prepares to leave, then hesitates

"Burn the rest"

Round 10, other location

Denat moves on the wall-walk until he can see clearly Kressle.
Move action to AD 21, 40 ft base speed with staff ; I hope there is a wall-walk
He begins to whisper an invocation and conjures an icy stalagmite just behind the feet of the woman.

Other location round ten

Simon drops his Lucerne hamer (free) and with lightning speed draws his revolver (free via quick draw).

He summons another small dragon shaped energy bolt that lands on Kressles square and explodes. (Move action). Dc 15 ref or be dazzled and take 1d4 ⇒ 2 cold damage. Half dmg on successful save. Also entangled for one round should she take any cold dmg.

Then Simon fires Kindness (the revolver)

Ranged touch 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 181d8 ⇒ 4

Hang on guys, I'm back. I need to do the bad guys!

Round 9, other location
Arioch, Taerine, Thkrull, Hargran and one poor, trembling servant appear within sight of a small keep, a large cloud of smoke and a furious combat.

As soon as the group appears Hargran slumps face first onto the ground.

Kressle grits her teeth and looks at Caillus again
"Perhaps you should be surrendering"
Caillus - have a free AoO as she closes

Standing over Caillus, Kressle turns to her men. Turning to her men
"Form up - you cowards!"

Reluctantly four shaky archers form a rough bow line and shoot out, while three more try to stop the blink dog - who simply grins and blinks out as the arrows fly.

Those firing out arc fire onto Denat.

Start of Round 10

Other location round ten

Simon drops his Lucerne hamer (free) and with lightning speed draws his revolver (free via quick draw).

He summons another small dragon shaped energy bolt that lands on Kressles square and explodes. (Move action). Dc 15 ref or be dazzled and take 1d4 cold damage. Half dmg on successful save. Also entangled for one round should she take any cold dmg.

Then Simon fires Kindness (the revolver)

Ranged touch 1d20+6;1d8

My round 10 action.

Round 10, Other, 6

Anglon continues to move up, avoiding the cloud.

Was Thkrull teleported? If not, he'd be dismissed and I'll have to resummon him.

"Hargran!" Taerine shouts as her master collapses. She rushes to his side and begins trying to help the man.

Frustrated, she can't tell what's wrong with him. "Help! Hargran needs help!"

I know he's not long for the world, but this is what she'd try to do; Heal: 1d20 ⇒ 12

Other location round 10

Molly retrieves a red wand from Simons pack and flies it to land on Hargran. I imagine she'll make it next round.