You'll heal 2 overnight - Talvek, on the other hand, will need a little help.
Since it's still early in the day, Sidius might take the time to brew up some CLWs with the unused slots.
Talvek has two unused CLW extracts for himself, so he's fine. :)
Wands of up to 2nd level spells can be found for std price in markets.
Something that just occurred to me, and sorry for not bringing it up earlier -- but have we been adding the +2 to the Organization check of our choice (selected during upkeep) from Sidius' Historian of the Rebellion trait?
I wasn't aware of that. I think GM Aarvid is making the rolls, but I'll make sure to include Sidius' modifier in our summary.
Driving cross country so will post tonight
Interested to see what Lubella found in the secret compartment.
posted - sorry for delay with travels and family visits.
Finally arrived home after two days of driving. Sorry for the limited posts. Should be able to get back on track now.
This is an extremely dangerous encounter. With so many enemies, a single failed save vs paralysis can be a death sentence. Our goal should be to make it out alive.
Keep in mind that Lubella is now sickened (lowering her saves). And her first 5 rolls have been 1,8,7,8,1. :(
I'll be away for the long weekend, which for us Canucks, begins today. See everyone Monday. Sidius will keep backing away as best he can - did I mention the witch list sucks for undead?
In that case retreat sounds like a good option, maybe get some reinforcements from the Hellknights.
Arcos, your readied action - technically magenta did not get closer, but blue or green advanced, so you could fire at them. They are in cover and melee, so likely to miss. Your discretion - your action is up and you may have one or two paralyzed comrades that will not be able to retreat....
This is probably not the best combat for my usual poor GM dice to get suddenly hot...
When I played this, one fireball cleared the room, and no biggie. No such luck here.
Aargh! It was utterly disastrous that we couldn't take out magenta. I haven't attempted Lubella's saves yet, but we could easily lose half the party (or worse). :(
It got ugly as soon as Lubella lost initiative, and went downhill from there with terrible rolls (and hot enemy rolls).
Did Arcos really do [u]nothing[/u] while the lead undead clawed and bit Arcos??
I did not see a response from Arcos. I am going to repurpose his readied action…
I used my re-roll to pass the paralysis save, but haven't decided what to do yet. I think Sidius is away for the weekend in any case.
Ok will see what we can do if anything this weekend. I do not like rolling crucial saves for people. Not sure if he has a reroll etc.
It looks like you gave us the re-roll on Dec 24, 2018. Sidius joined us on Jun 19, 2019.
Ok thanks.
I hope Sidus get lucky and makes both his saves (a 25% chance). No matter how I look at it, I can't see a realistic chance of saving him if he gets paralyzed. We would have a shot (still very risky) if there were only 3 enemies, but the 4th is just too much. :(
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We are spending US Independence Day with family. I will see if Sidius returns and is able to post saves and/or actions by tomorrow morning and will bot otherwise.
Well, I've come up with a plan if Sidius gets paralyzed. There's dice involved, so it could go terribly wrong — it would be much better if he did make his saves.
I suggest that Talvek keep 2 inspiration in reserve, to use on a saving throw vs paralysis.
I would suggest Sidius using a herbal remedy to remove Lubella's sickened condition, but she lacks safe spaces to move up to and engage the enemy. I'm still worried about something happening if we step off the green tiles.
At the same time, the 'dangerous' squares may affect them. At least, we could hope. And also hope they do so in a way that doesn't explode and splash onto us.
I was hoping to get the distance to bring in something useful from the 3 list. Or a handful of elementals from the 2 list, since elementals are immune to paralysis. But, since I can't standard-action a summons, I may never be able to finish such a spell - in which case I can certainly remove the sickened, but then we're risking Lubella getting paralyzed each time (and paralyzed isn't one of the conditions I can remove).
Honestly, I was hoping that blinding them would have turned the tables more than it did.
Sidius is back from the enemies, so I think you can step back (Lubella vacated the green square behind him) and start a 1 round casting time summons. I'm hoping that the Grease will take some of the enemies to prone, reducing their number of attacks, and forcing them to provoke when they stand up. Will seems to be a strong save for the enemies; hopefully their Reflex is weaker.
Arcos' summoned creature will show up this round, so the enemies may be distracted (or prone).
@GM: I marked my Grease spell area on the map. You may wish to remove it after your roll the saves, since the map is very crowded there.
Sidius should be fairly safe summoning now. If he backs up 5ft into the vacant green square, orange would have to make an Acrobatics check just to reach him (and provoke another AoO), and would have to move through green. Green and yellow are prone, so couldn't reach him and attack.
And Arcos could summon the eagle in a spot where it could get an AoO on orange as well. I think if he summoned it in the vacant square in front of Talvek, the eagle wouldn't be affected by the Grease anyway (and would be able to immediately attack a prone enemy).
I suggest punishing green for remaining prone — it should be easy to hit. I'm not sure if a normal summoned creature has to worry about appearing in a Grease square, but a flying creature (such as an eagle) shouldn't be affected.
With Mirror Image up, it should be fairly safe for Lubella to engage next round.
5 ft step to the right into green square, shoot mystic bolt at orange.
Ok things started looking better. The elementals will help. I will place the eagle for Arcos and see what next action makes sense. This is already the most complex fight so far (good or bad). But it is going to get more complicated in a bit.
Don't forget to make monster knowledge checks to identify the new creature. We want to know its immunities in particular.
It might be an idea for Sidius to treat Talvek's sickened condition. Talvek may also want some healing fairly soon.
I think it's Sidius' turn. I suggest using a herbal remedy to remove Talvek's sickened condition.
As soon as he finishes his spell. ;)
Ok, that's resolved.
I need a clear path to Talvek - did Sidius see such a think to walk on so he can administer the remedy?
The bad thing my have already happened, when the Xorn appeared (that could have been the cause of death for the the two bodies). Lubella, Talvek and the remaining elemental have already stepped on yellow tiles.
There's a couple of empty red tiles next to Talvek, as well as a blue tile in the corner. There's a vacant green tile, but that's next to the Xorn, so not advisable!
The electrical resistance is unfortunate. If Arcos has a Magic Missile memorized, that should work against the Xorn. He'll want to cast Mirror Image before getting into any possible melee with the undead. But the eagles should provide some blockers if he wants to shoot the presumed ghasts.
Sidius still has the cure action from the prior round - if Arcos moves (or use a different square). The creature seems determined to chase Talvek for some reason...
Obviously, Jackdaw needs healing badly. If he has a cure moderate or better healing potion, I would suggest stepping back and drinking it; or maybe even withdrawing for healing. He's at 6 hp by my count.
Perhaps Arcos could move so Talvek can 5 ft step back?
Hey folks, I'll be camping for a week starting tomorrow, and I'll be unlikely to have signal. Please bot me as necessary.
I hope you have good weather for your trip.
We're really having terrible luck here. As I understand it, Talvek has AC 27 when fighting defensively, so the Xorn needs 15s to hit. It getting high damage rolls as well. :(
Talvek might need to just go total defense (the Xorn would need to roll 18s to hit). But Lubella will need to roll better than a 3 to hit it in return.
If Arcos' profile is accurate, he has a magic missile memorized. He should use that against the Xorn.
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*cackles*
Apparently the trick is to get GM_Aarvid to roll damage for us!
I think it's the enemies' turns now?
It is…you are probably used to my low rolls up until now. Triggering two tough combats simultaneously was definitely not a good time for the dicebot to change sides. Lol
Will post later today. Busy weekend moving stuff for parents etc.
Good point on parry and reposte. I am assuming Talvek has panache remaining. Also I noticed he has weapon versatile (grip)…not sure if he was using that with any strikes but could make a difference.
When we're ready to go after the remaining undead, Lubella can dismiss the Grease spell as a standard action (perhaps after Sidius removes her sickened condition?).