SR's - Great Southern Isles (PbP) (Inactive)

Game Master stormraven

The Dragon bares her fangs, "I can change that." With a snarl she turns, leaps, and snaps out her leathery wings. The shadowy Dragon soars over the tar pool and slams down nearly on top of the gnome. She utters a few curt phrases and her tail begins to glow a nacreous green. With a deft whip, the dragon's tail bypasses the gnome's guard and taps him lightly. Instantly, the green glow flashes - transferring the life energy from Strae to the Dragon, heaing some of her wounds.

MOVE: FLY
STAND: Cast Spell (Defensively)

Next Up... Round 8: Straehan

Strae considers Jayse's request that he 'stay alive' and decides it might be a bit ambitious. He musters a smile for the Dragon... and vanishes. His voice sounds from somewhere nearby, "This isn't over yet, you over-grown lizard." He noisily pulls a potion and crinkles a scroll in his pouch.

FREE: Talk
STAND: Cast Vanish defensively
FREE: 5' move
SWIFT: Pull Potion
MOVE: Pull Scroll

Round: 8

ORDER: Straehan, Jofram, Jayse, Ushari, Orin, DRAGON

MAP: Penumbra

Ja's HPs: 66|70 (Temp:77) - STR: 16/22 | CON: 14/14
Jo's HPs: 51|79 - STR: 10/16 | CON: 7/14 - New Max HP: 51
Ov's HPs: 30|72 - STR: 10/16 | CON: 14/14
Uv's HPs: 38|52 - STR: 7/13 | CON: 9/13 - New Max HP: 38
St's HPs: 11|60 - STR: 6/10 | CON: 11/14 - New Max HP: 46

No rolls needed since I can't fail the Concentration Check

Jofram picots as the mighty drogon swoops over him to land between he and Strae. Peppering the creature with arrows, he searches for a weak spot.

Jayse's reversal of direction kicks up a rolling wave of debris as he streaks back towards the now-grounded dragon, slamming into the beast like ameteor.

Charge to X.109, tumbling to avoid AoO's
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Acrobatics 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 13 + 2 = 24
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2-H Mindblade 1d20 + 14 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 14 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 39 <-- CRIT?
---> Damage 8 + 10 + 2 + 18 + 16 = 54
---> Crit Confirm 1d20 + 14 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 14 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 24; trait
---> Damage 54 + 1d8 + 10 + 2 ⇒ 54 + (1) + 10 + 2 = 67
---> Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 1
---> Shaken for 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 rounds

Jofram, she has 15 ft reach with her bite, FYI

Usahri will delay until after Orin.

Orin drinks a potion (or two) before advancing cautiously near the dragon. Jayse, let me take a shot!

Move: Drink potion of Shield of Faith +2

Standard: Drink Potion of Cure Serious Wounds 3d8 + 5 ⇒ (4, 8, 8) + 5 = 25

5 ft step to R 110

I know you guys do move action to drink a potion that's in-hand. I assumed it's standard to do a potion not-in hand. If it's move to draw, move to drink, then I'll move action drink the shield of faith, standard total defense, 5 ft move to same space.

Jayse, if you delay I'll step up and aid another next turn which, combined with flanking, should help you out a bit. Or if you want I can go for the double hair strike hail mary grapple.

AC: 22 + 2 shield of faith + 1 haste = 25 AC

Jofram, it looks to me like you don't have Precise Shot so you've got a -4 ATT for firing into combat. Also, unless I'm reading this wrong, you're using your standard base arrow damage which doesn't account for your STR loss, which should be -3 on DAM. If I'm wrong on either of these, let me know.

As she passes overhead, Jofram peppers the Dragon with arrows - only one penetrating the beast's thick hide. The Ranger's desire to down the fearsome beast, causes him to make a small error. He's a little too close to the beast when he fires his last arrow. The Dragon capitalizes on it. She spins and delivers a vicious bite that nearly snaps the Ranger's head from his shoulders. The Stoneskin spell blunts the damage and the Shield Other shunts even more. Still, the Ranger is staggered by the crushing bite and Ushari gasps at the pain of the transferred wound.

Ja's HPs: 66|70 (Temp:77) - STR: 16/22 | CON: 14/14
Jo's HPs: 25|79 - STR: 10/16 | CON: 7/14 - New Max HP: 51
Ov's HPs: 30|72 - STR: 10/16 | CON: 14/14
Uv's HPs: 7|52 - STR: 7/13 | CON: 9/13 - New Max HP: 38
St's HPs: 11|60 - STR: 6/10 | CON: 11/14 - New Max HP: 46

Jayse rolls in on the Dragon while it is distracted by the Ranger at its rear and sinks his blue blade deep into the beast's side. It roars in pain.

It is a Move or Stand to drink a potion only. Pulling a potion costs a Move or Stand. So you can drink and go full Defensive.

Orin quickly slugs down a Shield potion and moves in cautiously.

Next Up... Ushari.

Orin - what's your AC with Full Defensive?

Should be 29

Prior to my post, I didn't see anyone in melee, but the penalty for shooting into melee is indeed a -4, except when the target is two or more size categories larger, making it -2.
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Forgot about the STR hit - you are correct.

The dragon has 15 ft reach on its bite. You were in melee with her ;-)

Ah, didn't realise it only counted as a -2 due to size. Doesn't change the results but it is good to know. Also, you are in melee range but - moreover - before your attack the Dragon launched a melee touch attack against Straehan and was in combat range with him.

I was using my iTouch before and couldn't see your links. I'll review the rules and change the results - applying more damage - as needed.

EDIT: Yep, you'll do more damage.

Jeez Jofram, couldn't you have taken a 5' step back?? OK time for plan B.

Ushari wonders at the wisdom of casting the damage-sharing spell on the ranger. She instead decides to keep herself alive...for now.

STAND: Convert Freedom of Movement spell to a Cure spell.
Cure 4d8 + 7 ⇒ (5, 1, 6, 3) + 7 = 22 Jeez...

What spell are you casting Ushari?

That would be the Cure Critical Wounds spell.

EDIT: I see what I did there...typed it twice :(. OK fixed now.

Ushari, you can choose to dismiss the shield other spell if you're worried about taking damage from it. BTW, you might want to hero point standard channel and then swift channel after moving to heal all of us. If you don't, there's a good chance Jayse, Jofram, and I will all die this round.

Ugh. Ushari only has one channel left. So an extra 4d6 HP won't help too much. She also has her BoL scroll at the ready too. To be honest here, I am kinda running out of ideas here. Look at the bright side: if you all die here, Ushari won't be that far behind, he he.

PS: If it wasn't for that spell, Jofram would be dead already.

Ushari heals herself, hoping that if the Dragon attacks Jofram again, she can stay conscious.

Next Up... Dragon

Ja's HPs: 66|70 (Temp:77) - STR: 16/22 | CON: 14/14
Jo's HPs: 25|79 - STR: 10/16 | CON: 7/14 - New Max HP: 51
Ov's HPs: 30|72 - STR: 10/16 | CON: 14/14
Uv's HPs: 29|52 - STR: 7/13 | CON: 9/13 - New Max HP: 38
St's HPs: 11|60 - STR: 6/10 | CON: 11/14 - New Max HP: 46

The Dragon's eyes rove among its possible foes. Shaken from the monk's blow, it's fanged skull snaps at the Ranger - and misses. Whirling and slashing, the Dragon aims a foreclaw and a set of powerful wing blows at the Monk. The claw and wing belt him sideways but most of the damage is absorbed by Jayse's hardened skin and the rest is shared with Orin. The Dragon, still irritated with the tar wounds, rakes a rear claw and a tail swipe at the invisible gnome. Strae dodges the tail but his belly is opened by the claws. He collapses in an invisible heap, his blood appearing in a slowly spreading pool of crimson.

FULL: Attack

Round: 9

ORDER: Straehan, Jofram, Jayse, Orin, Ushari DRAGON

MAP: Penumbra

Ja's HPs: 56|70 (Temp:77) - STR: 16/22 | CON: 14/14
Jo's HPs: 25|79 - STR: 10/16 | CON: 7/14 - New Max HP: 51
Ov's HPs: 21|72 - STR: 10/16 | CON: 14/14
Uv's HPs: 29|52 - STR: 7/13 | CON: 9/13 - New Max HP: 38
St's HPs: -2|60 - STR: 6/10 | CON: 11/14 - New Max HP: 46

"Orin! Now's your shot!"

Jayse delays to see if Orin's attack will leave him an opening before continuing his assault.

Delay per Orin's request.

Next Up... Jofram & Orin

Leaping back from the dragon's snapping maw, Jofram pulls a dragon-bane arrow and fires it with a volley towards the mighty beast.

Orin continues his advance, cautiously, trying to distract the creature enough for Jayse to put it down, extending hair tendrils toward the dragon's eyes and nose.

5 ft move to S 109

Either Standard or Full attack, depending on results. First attack Haste, Heroism, IC, Flanking, Combat Expertise, Str Damage 1d20 + 7 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 1 - 3 ⇒ (17) + 7 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 1 - 3 = 34

Damage if a hit 1d8 + 1 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 3 + 2 = 7

If hit, swift action grapple attempt, BAB, Int Mod, Weapon Training, +3 weapon, +4 class feature, + 4 feats, + 2 Heroism, + 2 IC, + 1 Haste, - 1 Combat Expertise, +2 flank 1d20 + 7 + 7 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 7 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 50

Move action grapple vs dragon's grappled CMD--if my original attack hit, this will be my second attack from haste using a full attack 1d20 + 7 + 7 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 7 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 42

If applicable, CMD vs Grapple is 34 + 2 deflection + 2 combat expertise = 38. Oh, and I forgot above, but the move action from greater grapple was to pin him, obviously.

Weakened or not, now's the time to pressure the big girl, and Jayse does just that. He digs deep, throwing all focus into getting his blade passed her defenses.

SWIFT: burn 1 ki for an extra attack
FULL: Flurry the girl.

I neglected to list that I was continuing Inspire Courage..

For which i'm very thankful. :)

Jofram leaps backwards and fires a flurry of arrows. Unfortunately, his foot slips on an impossibly greasy spot on his first shot. The twinned standard and slaying arrows go a fraction higher than intended and strike off a thickened plate of armor. The standard arrow snaps and splinters. The Slaying Arrow, however, is made of truer materials. It spangs off the creature's armor and tumbles northward where it hits the wall near Orin and falls the floor - undamaged.

Despite the mishap, another of Jofram's arrows flies true and plunges between the Dragon's ribs, nicking a lung.

~ Slaying Arrow ~
Direction 1d8 ⇒ 6
Arrow Location: Q109

Orin moves in cautiously, hair lashing out at the Dragon and trying to pin her to the pillar. He puts a welt across her neck and manages to grapple her but is unable to pin the beast due to the strange slick substance all over her body.

Dragon is grappled.

Jayse wades into the grappled beast, blade driving into her throat and vitals. Several strokes wound the Dragon severely, blood pouring from the unstaunched wounds. But a few of the Monk's blows are turned aside by her formidable armor... and that is all the difference. Jayse steps away, breathing heavily and the beast wobbles - but still stands shakily.

She roars mightily and dust rains down from the temple roof. Then she inhales and rises up to her full height, preparing to consume as many of her tormentors as possible in a blast of her breath.

Dragon is Staggered.

Ushari... you are UP.
If you fail to put the dragon down, it will get its action (which will be very VERY bad for someone) and then collapse from the point loss from the act itself and Jayse's recurrent bleed damage. No pressure. :)

Ohhh...now or never girl...

Usahri sees her chance. She darts in, rapier flashing and tries to finish off the dragon, calling on a heroic burst of energy to penetrate her thick hide. She then chatters at Skitter, "If I fail here...it is up to YOU!"

Move to X110.
Acrobatics to avoid AoO 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20
STAND: Attack Rapier HERO POINT used. 1d20 + 14 - 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 14 - 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 = 31 str dam, flank, haste, DF, IC, HERO POINT
Damage 1d6 + 4 - 2 + 2 + 2 + 4d6 ⇒ (5) + 4 - 2 + 2 + 2 + (2, 1, 1, 6) = 21 str dam, IC, DF, sneak attack

If Usahri misses, then Skitter will attack.

Dragon's know when they are dying, and this one is no exception. Even were she to Shadow Walk right now, the effort would leave her unconscious and the bleeding wounds she suffered would finish her. So she has to make her death worthwhile, even if it requires playing a risk. Her vision goes blurry as the multiple images of Ushari tumble into range. Even striking at one of them would be too much effort. She has to hope the acrobat misses... and then she will bathe half her assailants in a black cloud pulled directly from the heart of the negative material plane.

It will scour the flesh from their bones! It will reduce them to piles of...

Ushari's rapier concludes the Dragon's thought - with a single perfect strike, up through the jaw, skewering the creature's brain, and bursting from the top of the skull like a needle-thin unicorn horn. The beast twitches once and the 300 lb head collapses. Ushari steps clear of the crashing skull, pulling her red-soaked rapier free.

The temple falls silent.

COMBAT OVER

MAP

Jofram clambers over the wyrmkind to Straehan's fallen form. Arcane energy washes through the gnome, stemming his blood loss and closing torn flesh.

CLW: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Wow, the dice really hate me today.

Jofram tracks Straehan down by spotting the gnome-sized body print in the pool of blood and heals him. The gnome becomes visible and rolls over moaning, "Did we win? I'm assuming we did." The gnome stays on the ground, "Ya know what, I've earned a rest. I'm gonna lie here for awhile."

Ja's HPs: 56|70 (Temp:77) - STR: 16/22 | CON: 14/14
Jo's HPs: 25|79 - STR: 10/16 | CON: 7/14 - New Max HP: 51
Ov's HPs: 21|72 - STR: 10/16 | CON: 14/14
Uv's HPs: 29|52 - STR: 7/13 | CON: 9/13 - New Max HP: 38
St's HPs: 4|60 - STR: 6/10 | CON: 11/14 - New Max HP: 46

Dragon's know when they are dying, and this one is no exception. Even were she to Shadow Walk right now, the effort would leave her unconscious and the bleeding wounds she suffered would finish her. So she has to make her death worthwhile, even if it requires playing a risk. Her vision goes blurry as the multiple images of Ushari tumble into range. Even striking at one of them would be too much effort. She has to hope the acrobat misses... and then she will bathe half her assailants in a black cloud pulled directly from the heart of the negative material plane. It will scour the flesh from their bones! It will reduce them to piles of...

Ushari's rapier concludes the Dragon's thought - with a single perfect strike, up through the jaw , skewering the creature's brain, and bursting from the top of the skull like a needle-thin unicorn horn. The beast twitches once and the 300 lb head collapses. Ushari steps clear of the crashing skull, pulling her red-soaked rapier free.

The temple falls silent.

COMBAT OVER

Awesome finish, awesome writeup. Nice job everybody, including SR!

As the adrenaline subsides, the pain from the wounds, both physical and supernaturally-transferred, weighs heavily on the witch's mind. He pulls out his wand and begins healing, alternating between those who appear most wounded.

Well fought, everyone. It's a shame we couldn't reach a more peaceable agreement, he says in between pulses of positive energy. Can you three stand guard while Ushari and I set things right?

Many rolls of the wand...

1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

I show that healing everyone but Strae. You need another 42 points worth... unless Ushari wants to channel blast first in which case, we'll call it even.

Usahri sighs softly and then takes out her own wand....

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
That is 41 HP total...and 11 charges used. Figure better save the last channel just in case.

However you wanna play it. Just mark those charges off.

After the final burst of healing, Straehan is left with a cut on one thumb. He gets up, fairly certain no one is going to let him take a nap, and Prestidigitates the blood and gore off everyone.

"So, what now? Cautious check of the rest of the room? Prepare for an assault by Four-Armed Vampiric Half-Fetchling Liches?"

Perception (Trap Spotting) 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (14) + 18 = 32

Ushari grins wearily. "You take the first option, Strae. I will handle the second one." She then casts another spell.

Cast Detect Undead.

Ushari scans the room... there are no undead in range of her spell.

Just to take care of the obvious...

Neither Orin nor Straehan detect any invisible creatures or strange magical emanations aside from the usual 'glow' of the Fortress.

The bottled rage ebbs from Jayse as he watches the team recover from the fight. He looks over at Straehan, making sure the gnome is, in fact, alright. "You suck at following instructions, by the way. What part of 'and stay alive' was confusing to you?" The gnome has known the warrior long enough to realize he's kidding.

Jayse stands guard while Orin and Ushari tend the wounds. "Well fought, indeed. Not a pretty win. But we're breathing and she isn't, and I'll take that outcome any day."

"So, what now? Cautious check of the rest of the room? Prepare for an assault by Four-Armed Vampiric Half-Fetchling Liches?"

His blue blade dissipates as the team looks around at the big room. Jayse's own blue eyes scan the small mountains of treasure. "Um. Yes. And what the hell's a fettling? And will the fetch me a stout drink?" He begins to move towards the treasure. "Do we think she trapped it? I guess we should break into teams and search for traps as well as the shell. You guys wanna look for magic auras while i keep my eyes open for … what was it? Four-Armed Vampiric somethin-or-others?"

"So, what kind of loot is this girl protecting?"

Jayse, still doing a visual sweep of the room, looks back down at the dragon, "Jofram, how long do you think it'd take to skin her? Surely theres some cash to be made carting out an umbral dragon's hide. Not to mention selling some teeth or claws as souvenirs. Who brought a loot cart?"

The gnome walks the room, looking for traps and find nothing that tickles his nose. In the middle of the far southern wall, as he navigates around the massive pile wealth, he calls your attention to the large arched door with the central rings.

"This looks remarkably similar to the Front Door we saw from the boat... except the words are less of a jumble. It looks like they've been mostly decoded. It shouldn't take much to finish the puzzle and get it open."

Room MAP (Southern Half)

He looks over at Straehan, making sure the gnome is, in fact, alright. "You suck at following instructions, by the way. What part of 'and stay alive' was confusing to you?" The gnome has known the warrior long enough to realize he's kidding.

The gnome expresses mock outrage. "What are you talking about? I'm ALIVE, aren't I? You never specified 'alive, conscious, and not bleeding out in a corner'. If you want a specific outcome with me, you'll need to be more descriptive." He raises a placating hand, "Don't worry, the next Dragon we fight - I'll try to meet your nit-picky demands."

"Who brought a loot cart?"

Ushari shrugs, a half smile on her face. "Maybe Orin has one up his sleeve."

"This looks remarkably similar to the Front Door we saw from the boat... except the words are less of a jumble. It looks like they've been mostly decoded. It shouldn't take much to finish the puzzle and get it open."]

"Sure thing. I wonder where these doors lead to though."

Jayse nods in mock sympathy, "Oh, I can understand. Next time I have two seconds to deliver a plan, I'll try to get much, much more detailed and specific about the finer points. I appreciate your patience, as always."

"Sure thing. I wonder where these doors lead to though."

"With our luck? The Vampiric Lich storage locker, of course."

After careful inspection for traps and whatnot... here is what you find littering the floor:

~ Dragon TREASURE ~

3000 PP
5500 GP
10,000 SP
50,000 CP

5 Dark Gems

~ Magic Items ~
Gloves
Scroll
Stone
Staff
Book
Wand
Chainmail
Ring
Ring
Amphora (massive jug) filled with some thick magical liquid
Shell

~ Non-Magical Items ~
Shiny Metal Colander