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

Game Master stormraven

I'm going to take actions in order so I'll wait until Jofram posts. Until that time Ushari, you can amend, add to, or adjust your actions.

Roger that...

'Shari is going to convert the Channel Energy to a Quickened Channel (1 addl use marked off). She will then cast Magic Circle vs. Evil (subjects gains a +2 deflection bonus to AC and a +2 resistance bonus on saves against evil creatures; Duration 60 minutes.)
Cast Defensively: Concentration check DC 21 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
5' step to M12

Jofram - your other option is to spend a Hero Point to adjust your roll and stave off Paralysis.

Jo's HPs: 15|68

You kinda lost me there - I guess I'll use the Hero Point. I'm not sure how or which roll it affects, or by how much.

Fighting to hold on to consciousness, a stray thought floats through Jofram’s mind - I hope Vaelos got away... Ancient instincts jolt the ranger back to action, and he lets out a cry in Elvish, as arcane magic knits his wounds from the inside out.

Fighting Defensively, magic Armor: +2, +2 AC
Cast Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Oh, I meant Cast Defensively, sorry, mixed up my actions. Just the +2 AC for magic Armor.
Concentration Check vs DC 17: 1d20 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 3 = 19

Sorry, Jofram, that was my mistake. I should have clarified all that. You blew your save vs Paralysis by a small margin - small enough that if you spend a Hero Point (to gain a +4 to your save), you would make it.

HERO POINTS

I was about to ask if you meant CAST Defensively... because while your AC is no longer flatfooted, that many AoOs would not be fun.

With an eldritch cry, Jofram's wounds begin to knit themselves as he defends himself against his numerous foes.

Ushari calls on the power of her deity as she puts a wall to her back. The wave of healing energy aids her allies while smiting every Greyhound in the room. Two are blasted into lifeless piles of bones that rain down from the ceiling. The rest are buffeted but not destroyed. Over two dozen red eyes snap to glare at the cleric. Decaying, skin pulls back over elongated muzzles as the Greys snap their sharp teeth. Viscous drool drips from their dessicated mouths. They all make a low, threatening, rumbling growl. Given she is the focus of their hellish gazes, Ushari quickly casts a spell of protection.

Light enough that the mud provides only a minor impediment, Skitter crabs his way off the mud and leaps up onto a box in the corner - providing a flank for his mistress.

Double Move - since he hasn't attacked, he remains off the Greys radar.

Round: 2

ORDER: Straehan, Jayse, Greyhounds, Jofram, Ushari, Shaggar

Greyhounds

Ja's HPs: 39|62
Jo's HPs: 37|68 Diseased
Us's HPs: 45|45
St's HPs: 50|53

Gn's HPs: 13|52 SICKENED -2 for 5 mins ; PARALYZED for 2 rnds

Straehan debates briefly where to put his efforts. Jayse is surrounded, Jofram is ravaged, and Shaggar is unmoving...

Sorry, Shaggar.

Another bouncing ball of fire launches from his hand and caroms between two greys - flankers on Jayse and Jofram. The first takes the full brunt of the spell and is left a smoking husk. The second Grey dodges the fireball which scorches the wound Jayse opened, cooking what remains of the grey's internal organs. The creature writhes for a second and falls into the mud, destroyed.

K13 and J11 are gone.

FREE - Activate Ring of Force Shield
STAND - Cast Burning Arc

As Jayse's blade continues to spin around him, his voice - now hoarse from he terrible choking - calls out to his friends, "Trying to decide which is worse, these ladies' soft caresses or their tender kisses. Ushari, how 'bout you give 'em another dose or two of that healin' feelin'?"

Hampered by the mud which cakes his arms and throws off his balance, Jayse bogs down while slashing at the elusive greys. They dodge the viper-strikes of the blue blade... only one, skewered twice, falls to Jayse's skills. It crumbles as its form collapses on a basket of fruit.

Next Up... LUNCH!

Jayse...

Jayse whirls spins, blocks, and kicks... but the claws, tongues, and jaws are too numerous. Razor-sharp hooking claws tear into his ribs as another lashing tongue tries to tear his head from his shoulders. Again, the befouled claws assault his nervous system, seeking to paralyze him...

Again, you can either use a Hero Point (+4 to your Save) or your Ki power. Either will do.

Ja's HPs: 18|62

Sheesh. Another power point to boost that save by four.

Jofram...

Jofram rallies, smashing back grasping tongues and claws with his mailed fist, mystic armor, and with the spell of protection woven by Ushari. Only a single claw penetrates his defenses - carving a bloody groove in his neck. But the ranger's head instantly goes numb...

Vaelos crouches on a barrel in the corner, trying to remain unnoticed. Trying to fly amid this waving field of claws and tongues is daunting. He is a brave bird but these unnatural, charnel creatures are too strange and terrifying. Thankfully, the Greys have better meat on the table...

EDIT - Jofram - If you spend a Hero Point to boost your save by +4, you will avoid paralysis. Also, I don't recall if you spent a Hero Point in the Shiv 'bag-a-babe' competition. If you did, this will be your last Hero Point.

Jo's HPs: 29|68 Diseased

Ushari...

The Greys sweep across Ushari - a plague of tongues and fangs. Even her spell, anathema to these vile creatures, doesn't prevent them from scoring her flesh and tasting her blood. They hiss their pleasure. Thankfully, her spell prevents her from taking any illness from these unholy beasts.

Us's HPs: 28|45

Straehan...

Only by huddling beneath his magical shield does the gnome escape becoming a luncheon for the Greys. He considers himself lucky to limp away with only a slash across his thigh.

St's HPs: 42|53

Shaggar...

The Grey in the corner wraps a seductive tongue around the helpless Shaggar's neck. With a brutally strong pistoning move, she yanks the gnoll out of the muck and pulls him towards her dark embrace. She opens her mouth wide and unhinges her jaw as her tongue guides him... Blood fountains, painting the room red as she clamps vice-like fangs down on the gnoll warrior's skull. The body quivers and you hope it isn't Shaggar feeling this. She wipes her tongue across her victim, drinking the fine vintage of his veins before dropping him into the mud.

Somehow, miraculously, Shaggar lives, though his entire head is a mass of wounds. He slowly sinks into the mud. His faint heartbeat must register with the Grey... she eyes him like a meal prematurely forgotten.

Gn's HPs: -1|52 SICKENED -2 for 5 mins ; PARALYZED for 2 rnds

Next Up... Skitter

Skitter is used to being overlooked but he is irked when the Grey decides to leisurely eat the gnoll in front of him.

:: How rude ::

When she's distracted with her victim, he leaps... and buries a claw in her foot.

CdG draws AoO - Claws HIT 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19 DAM 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Round: 2

ORDER: Straehan, Jayse, Greyhounds, Jofram, Ushari, Shaggar (Rnd 1 of 2)

Greyhounds

Ja's HPs: 18|62
Jo's HPs: 29|68 Diseased
Us's HPs: 28|45
St's HPs: 42|53

Gn's HPs: -1|52 SICKENED -2 for 5 mins ; PARALYZED for 2 rnds

Sorry to keep you guys waiting - my web router rolled a critical miss yesterday, and it just recovered.

Wracked with goulash disease, Jofram fights through blurred vision and a rising fever; slashing wildly at a nearby gray shape, he tries to summon the strength to overcome the physical and biological onslaught.

Fort Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Target: L12
Attack (Arcane Stike, Power Attack, Fav. Enemy, Flanking (undead)): 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 11 - 2 + 2 + 2 = 14
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 = 19
Attack (Arcane Stike, Power Attack, Fav. Enemy (undead), Flanking): 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 6 - 2 + 2 + 2 = 24
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 = 21

btw, does Skitter count for the purposes of flanking, and vis versa?

Jofram: Yes, Skitter does count as a flanker since he attacked last round. :)

Ushari senses rather than sees the group being overwhelmed by the undead monstrosities. She knows her powers may be the only hope the group of surviving.

C'mon you f#%#ing bastards, you KNOW you want a piece of me!!

She raises her hand up high and calls on her divine power again!

Channel Energy (Su) 3d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 4) = 10 Will save DC 16 for half; 6/day - 3 used).

Sorry about your router - those suckers have a poor Fort Save. 'Shari is correct, Skitter is a flanking buddy for anyone since he struck with such savagery. :) Also, you might not have seen my amendment about the Hero Point but you could have made the save with a +4 not the re-roll. Either way, you are good and it really doesn't affect your hit... so we'll go with the larger damage roll.

'Shari - Just making sure you are aware of your options here... you could do a Quick Channel as a Move action and a regular Channel as a Standard action in the same round if you want to. It's expensive on your channels per day obviously but it is a legit option. Even if you don't want to do it now, it is a tactic you might use in the future.

SR: Aye, I am well aware of the Channels situation...trying to decide if it would be wise to do that, which is why I took so long to post, he he. I will def keep that in mind for future rounds, esp since she is rolling...ummm...average with those channels...sheesh.

Jofram nearly cleaves a grey into two pieces... the upper half of its body swings free, connected only by withered intestines and skin. The creature tries to strangle the cleric with a loop of its own intestine but Ushari's blast of energy shatters the macabre link and the body atomizes. Unfortunately, it is the only creature that falls from the holy energy - though all are damaged by it.

Round: 3

ORDER: Straehan, Jayse, Greyhounds, Jofram, Ushari, Shaggar (Rnd 2 of 2)

Greyhounds

Ja's HPs: 28|62
Jo's HPs: 39|68 Diseased
Us's HPs: 38|45
St's HPs: 52|53

Gn's HPs: 9|52 SICKENED -2 for 5 mins ; PARALYZED for 2 rnds

I thought I had to roll a fort to fight off the disease. I must be reading about something different.

I thought I had to roll a fort to fight off the disease. I must be reading about something different.

That was in my initial write-up but I forgot to include the save bonus you get for Ushari's Magic Circle. I revised my post but maybe you are seeing the older version which has cached on your PC. Bottom line, you are still spending a Hero Point to make the save - you just didn't need to risk the roll since the +4 bonus would give you the save for sure.

Straehan rises beneath his shield with a grimace of determination. We've gotta finish these things quick and avoid the claws. He casts one of his precious few high level spells.

STAND - Cast Defensively Haste

Jayse - don't forget to add your Haste extra attack, if you go with a full attack.

Round: 3

ORDER: Straehan, Jayse, Greyhounds, Jofram, Ushari, Shaggar (Rnd 2 of 2)

As Jayse fights for his own life, he watches Shaggar nearly get killed. If he dies, nearly all our efforts are wasted. 

Straehan's magic makes his blood pump acid through his veins, spurring him on to quicker and quicker strikes. As he slashes about, he yells, "S*+!! Ushari! Finish these things off! Whatever it takes... And can someone cover Shaggar's body?!" As his blade picks up speed, licking out in blinding flashes, Jayse tries to focus his attention on any of the hounds that could possibly touch the gnoll.

Sorry, Shaggar's eater is out of your range, otherwise I would have given you an AoO when it coup de grace'd.

Jayse has reached his limit with this f@%$ing mud. He leaps and spins, his blue blade becomes a helicoptering blur around his body... When he hits the mud, the four greys surrounding him rain down in chunks and fragments. 0.0

Jayse Steps It UP!

Next Up... Greys

Jayse...

The remaining Greys hiss and back away from the fell-handed monk to choose other prey.

Jofram...

Jofram's armor and skill successfully defeats the lone Grey that slashes at the Ranger.

Ushari...
Almost in answer to Ushari's unspoken challenge, or perhaps in response to her most recent blast of energy, the Greys stalk her across the ceiling - hemming her in before dropping on her with slashing claws and rasping tongues.

Blood flows from the whiplike wounds raised by the creatures' tongues.

Us's HPs: 25|45

Straehan...

The gnome can't face his shield in all directions. He manages to interpose the mystical defense between himself and one Grey, when another one ham-strings him from behind. The claws takes him in his wounded leg.

Shaggar...

Thankfully, Shaggar's head isn't sucked into the mouths of any more Greys... but it is slowly sinking into the mud. His muzzle is still clear of the goo for a few more moments.

Round: 3

ORDER: Straehan, Jayse, Greyhounds, Jofram, Ushari, Shaggar (Rnd 2 of 2)

Greyhounds

Ja's HPs: 28|62
Jo's HPs: 39|68 Diseased
Us's HPs: 25|45
St's HPs: 43|53

Gn's HPs: 9|52 SICKENED -2 for 5 mins ; PARALYZED for 2 rnds

Jofram risks a glance in the direction of the sinking Shaggar. Too many of them. He'll have to wait - If I try to save him now, we could all die.

"I'll get Shaggar - just clear some more of these things, first!" The half-elf grimaces as his blade flashes out in an arc, striking at pale necrotic flesh. "Traako, I hate these Athuum undead!"

Attack 1 - target J13: (Arcane Stike, Power Attack, Fav. Enemy (undead)): 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 11 - 2 + 2 = 31 <- Crit?
Max Damage: 10 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 = 26
Crit Confirm: (Arcane Stike, Power Attack, Fav. Enemy (undead), Anatomist): 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 11 - 2 + 2 + 1 = 17
Full Crit Damage?: 26 + 1d8 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ 26 + (2) + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 = 44
Attack 2 - target L13: (Arcane Stike, Power Attack, Fav. Enemy (undead)): 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 6 - 2 + 2 = 21
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 = 21

FYI - everyone is hasted, so add in your additional attacks and bonuses. It occurred to me my last post was vague on that subject. Jofram, I think you have another hit to make.

Having been rent by several of the closest Greys, Jofram returns the favor. His mystically charged blade carves flesh and hews bone - destroying two of them.

Next Up... Ushari

Ah, thanks - I missed that cast. You were very clear, it seems.

J13 should have been K13, it seems (Map3b?). Next attack is on L11
Attack (Arcane Stike, Power Attack, Fav. Enemy): 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 11 - 2 + 2 = 22
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 = 26

I figured you meant K13 so I applied your first strike on that one.

Not to be outdone by a mere Monk, Jofram lunges and drives his blade into the open maw of a Grey. He neatly severs the spine as the tongue wraps around his blade. The creature collapses, the unlife evacuating its body in a black mist.

Ushari sees the ghouls dropping, thanks to her companions and also secretly relieved her gambit of drawing hteir attacks to her did not backfire on her. Knowing Shaggar only has a few precious secionds tbefore he drowned in the mud, she concentrates her efforts at finishing the Grey between her and Shaggar.

Full Attack action:
Rapier on L12 attack 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 10 + 1 + 2 = 32 haste, flank
Damage 1d6 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (4) + 1 + (1, 3, 6) = 15 sneak attack
If L12 dies then the Hasted attack will be on M11.
Hasted Rapier on L12 attack 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 1 + 2 = 21 haste, flank
Damage 1d6 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (5) + 1 + (4, 2, 1) = 13 sneak attack
Crit Confirm? attack 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 10 + 1 + 2 = 27 haste, flank
Crit Damage 6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ 6 + 1 + (1) = 8 Total Dam: 18
5' step to L11

Ushari skillfully skewers two more Greys that crumble into dust as the gnoll's face slips beneath the surface of the mud.

Round: 4

ORDER: Straehan, Jayse, Greyhounds, Jofram, Ushari, Shaggar

Greyhounds

Ja's HPs: 28|62
Jo's HPs: 39|68 Diseased
Us's HPs: 25|45
St's HPs: 43|53

Gn's HPs: 9|52 SICKENED -2 for 5 mins

Straehan looks to Jayse, "I'll get Shaggar - you get that last hyena from Hell." Strae scruffs the gnoll and throws his full body weight into dragging the gnoll slowly from the muck. Seeing his distraction, the final Grey on the North side of the room lashes out with a bloody claw. It scrapes off the tiny sorcerer's magical shielding as Straehan collapses under the weight of the muddy gnoll who is halfway out of the muck.

Next Up... Jayse

Seeing the pack decimated and the gnoll saved, Jayse attacks the stragglers, his blood still hammering to the beat of Straehan's magic.

Slash! Dodge! Claw! Parry! Leap! Thrust!

Jayse and the Grey exchange feints and blows until the Monk catches the creature in mid-leap and cuts it down.

One down, one to go... and the final Grey gets what is likely to be his final strike.

The Grey attempts to eat Ushari's face... but the magic protecting her is too strong.

Next Up... Jofram & Ushari.

Jofram's blade swings out again and again, seeking undead flesh to rend.

With a single blow, Jofram splits the creature's skull and drives his blade halfway through the rib-cage. The final Grey rains down in fragments.

COMBAT OVER

Tower of Despair

Ja's HPs: 28|62
Jo's HPs: 39|68 Diseased
Us's HPs: 25|45
St's HPs: 43|53

Gn's HPs: 9|52 SICKENED -2 for 5 mins

Shaggar snarls and leaps up as the paralysis in his muscle yields. He shakes himself like a dog, spraying mud across the room.

Jayse stands victorious in the center of the room. Blood streaming from wounds, undead viscera mixing with layers of fresh mud cling to his sweating skin and tattered white clothes. His cold blue eyes sweep across the room, seeking any remaining threats. With a sneer, he looks down at one of the fallen foes, "Now that's what I call--"

SPLAT!

His victory one-liner is cut short by a fist-sized glop of bloody mud splashing into the side of his face and mouth from Shaggar's 'cleaning'.

Stupid mutt…

Ushari looks over her companions and cannot help but chuckle at Shaggar's antics, even as she calls on her healing power to ease their wounds.

"Don't expect ME to clean you off, Jayse!"

Channel Energy use 4/6 3d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 2) = 9
use 5/6 3d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 2) = 8
use 6/6 3d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 4) = 11

Jofram wipes his blade clean on a nearby corpse, and brushes off clumps of mud from his armor.

What exactly does this diseased status do to me, and how to I get rid of it?

Dr. Ushari, report to the V.D. Clinic. You have a patient...

You have Ghoul Fever. It has an onset time of one day before you will start to feel the effects. A Cure Disease will get rid of it or you can try to make the requisite saves (with an AA from Ushari for medical help) tomorrow and see if you can beat the disease. If the Greys had managed to kill you, or if you die from the Fever, you will rise from the dead as a... at your level... Ghast.

Ushari blasts the area with healing energy...

Ja's HPs: 56|62
Jo's HPs: 67|68 Diseased
Us's HPs: 45|45
St's HPs: 53|53

Gn's HPs: 37|52 SICKENED -2 for 5 mins

Oof...I seem to recall a certain succubus worried about this as well...

Ushari looks over the half-elf clinically , then clucking softly to herself takes out her healing kit and motions for him to hold still.

"This won't hurt a bit..."

Heal check (+4 to next save) DC ?? 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 14 + 2 = 25 heal kit

The DC for Ghoul Fever is a DC:13 Fort Save... we'll apply your roll to it tomorrow (Game Time). Doing it now could result in a failed roll by Jofram with a blast to his CON from Ghoul Fever damage. Since you've got 24 hours before it even becomes an issue, I'd leave it be.

You conclude your search of the baskets and boxes which was so rudely interrupted and find nothing of particular value. It seems, the Striper was stocking up on weapons, some armor, and foodstuffs.

Plans? Actions? Unless you have flying, levitation, or something like that... or you care to get creative with jumping from the solid ground. You are going to have to wade through the mud to get anywhere. You get to move 5'/move action.

Ghast? That doesn't sound so sinister...