Ulthar will still use the wand of stoneskin on himself and Marckus.
After you're done with prep (note it before rolling init).
Q12:
The high ceiling of this long chamber glows with the light of a large sigil floating against the north wall. Mud surfaces give way to hard, slate-like stone to the north, while to the south the floor is thick with a several clusters of skull-sized eggs nestled into the muck.
Inside are three figures of medium size in breastplates. One is a troglodyte with a falchion, and two babau demons with light flails.
trog
demons
Marckus wastes a natural 20 on going first!
He moves in quickly and throws a knockout punch at the trog!
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Hit, no sneak.
pass, no stun.
still no stun
personal buffs: overland flight, grtr invis, GMW, ablative barrier
party buff :
The invisible flying archer hugs the roof of the cavern and lets loose upon the trog
+25 SEEKING (+10 BAB +8DEX, +1 Weapon Focus, +3GMW, +1PBS, -2spell combat) swft action using arcane pool to add +4 hit and dam, Deadly Aim -3 +6, weapon spec +2dam, +1 Haste, Invisible (+2 vs sighted oppenents and no dex) bow is Keen, Seeking, Cunning
apply cover penalty if necessary
Ulthar will prep himself with See Invisibility on top of the Lead Blades casting.
If his invisibility sight doesn't pick up any shenanigans, he'll move up to strike one of the Babau.
Sileth- 2 hits, no sneak.
Ulthar lands a hit with sneak.
Taedos?
I guess he decides to wait.
Trog rages and administers a beatdown on Marckus.
hit
Then he glares at Marckus
and intimidates him.
The Babaus attack with their flails.
power attack
miss
miss
miss
Other one does the same
hit and he gets a free trip
down you go
AOO attack from greater trip since you were tripped
and his last attack
hit
That adds up to 131, and Markcus is down at -1.
PCs are up.
Ok, then I will have the 2 other AOEs, you're down this round either way, you just might be dead instead.
hit
Oh, and I forgot a confirm.
miss
Maybe you are up, just prone and shaken.
Wand of stoneskin, so minimum level so 7th. 70 points of damage absorption.
I put them in the room where I figured they would be, Markus ran up to them to attack. It's kind of middle of room. They didn't move.
Sileth switches targets to someone that isn't raging who won't uncannily Dodge his sneak attacks
Seeing Marcus getting walloped Sileth goes Nova
Targeting the babaus with a barrage of arrows and Scorching rays
apply cover penalty if necessary
Both rays and 2 arrows hit. One of the babaus goes down, and the other shots put a hurtin' on the other.
If Ulthar's in melee range, he'll smack the bad guys, starting with the baba demon.
"FALL TO ME YOU BABY PACIFIER NAMED MONSTROSITY"
If he has to move, only the first hit of course.
You managed to miss 4 times.
Nice.
Marckus does the Crane Style thing again.
He then flurries at #2, who is surely against a stone wall and therefore sneakable.
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Marckus hits twice and fails to confirm. Babau remains standing.
Babau power attacks
whiff
whiff
whiff
Trog attacks
hit
miss
bah
PCs are up
The invisible flying archer tries finishing off the Babau
apply cover penalty if necessary
Only the crit hits, but it is enough to slay it.
Half the part is still up.
Miss, hit
miss
miss
confirm
still up
Marckus keeps his stance and attempts to exploit his enemy as he often does.
He then shifts towards the wall in an effort to flank the target.
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No exploit.
Ah, finally Come and Get Me to the rescue!
miss, but close enough to drop your AC.
You hit, no sneak.
hit
You also hit
miss
you miss
miss
you miss
miss
you miss
miss
Haste attack lands
He's still up (even if you hit with the AOO, he's a raging barbarian and is not short on HP) and attacks you
hit
yes
You are down.
He will then move towards Ulthar.
He will provoke getting to you. He moved 10', having been in the square NE of Marckus.
Most of the attacks were come and get me AOOs, He only attacked once during the round.
Why doesn't my sneak apply? He's still against a stone wall, and I ought to be flanking by now.
Stonestin reduces the damage to 132, which is still enough to drop me but I can use Orc Ferocity to stay on my feet.
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That wouldn't stop the stone wall thing. But it's a good theory otherwise.
And yeah that sucked. But at least I got +4 to attacks and damage?
Improved Uncanny Dodge means he can't be flanked.
At 5th level and higher, a barbarian can no longer be flanked. This defense denies a rogue the ability to sneak attack the barbarian by flanking her, unless the attacker has at least four more rogue levels than the target has barbarian levels.
It sure as hell stops the 'stone wall thing'. No flanking is no flanking. Barbarians at high levels are basically immune to sneak attack unless the rogue has them by +4 levels.
And if you stay on your feet he will stay and kill you, which I am willing to entertain.
hit you are dead.
and just to make sure since he can't move now
prone and helpless so hit again
and again
Markus is now a puddle on the floor. The Barbarian didn't move then.
Rekt
I know there's some other ways to get AoOs, but also NPCs/monsters aren't limited like PCs with point buys etc.
He had 5 AOOs. That means a dex bonus of +4 (as combat reflexes gives you 1+ dex bonus). As sauce works for the goose as well as the gander, he gets advanced bonus progression as well, so he has an automatic dex bonus, and didn't have to have all that hot a base dex score (used the elite monster stats of 15,14,13,12,10, 8 since he has a PC class). Mooks get the whimpier version of bonus progression, but I give bosses the same as you, and he is higher level.
Seeing the horrific smackdown the Trog laid out upon Marckus the invisible flying archer takes a 5ft step backwards and continues to fire on the Trog
DEADLY AIM
apply cover penalty if necessary
swift action
Prerequisite(s): Dex 13, Deadly Aim, base attack bonus +9, weapon training class feature with a ranged weapon.
Benefit(s): When you successfully hit a creature with a ranged attack, as a swift action, you can have the weapon (or its ammunition, for projectile weapons) lodge itself within the creature’s body, causing the creature to take a –2 penalty on ability checks, attack rolls, saving throws, and skill checks as a result of the intense pain. Penalties from multiple lodged weapons do not stack. If the creature is a spellcaster, it gains a 25% spell failure chance with all spells it casts that include somatic components. This penalty can be removed with the treat deadly wounds use of the Heal skill or by removing the lodged weapon as a standard action, which ends the penalties and causes the creature to take an amount of damage equal to the weapon’s base damage (without any bonuses).
Sileth hits 3 times, and the target is looking less well than he might. Ulthar, FINISH HIM!!!
OK he's dead now. So's Markcus.
Yes, but only one of us has friends.
Ulthar points to the meat formerly known as Marckus and looks at Taedos.
"Pray tell, are you able to cure him of his deadness? For free?"
Ulthar points to the meat formerly known as Marckus and looks at Taedos.
"Pray tell, are you able to cure him of his deadness? For free?"
frugality is a virtue Sileth agrees
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"If we rest for a bit, I can pray to change out a couple spells which will allow me to cast resurrection. We would need a diamond worth 10,000g to cast the spell which is why I usually don't have it prepared, too expensive and no diamond."
If it was within one round I could have cast Breath of Life but I was hiding as much as healing trying not to get hit myself.
"I've never seen a diamond in my life."
Sileth does a thorough inspection of the villains bodies KNOWING that at least one of them has to have a diamond of extreme value
detect magic search yada yada
He was at over -100, breath of life would have been pointless.
You'll find a diamond (of suitable value) looking around his stuff. I'm just a pushover that way.
No magic items. You know how this rolls.