Skull & shackles (Inactive)

Game Master DBH

Niobe. Both the Cyclopes in the Black tentacles are dead. I've just reused those colors for the new arrivals. You can redo your action and it will go first.

Fort Blue: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
Fort Orange: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

The two Cyclopes curse and swat as they are swarmed by Janes Wasps.

Marnir finishes off the defiant Red

The Great Cyclops sees Kung dash forward and leers triumphantly. Staying out of Kungs range he decides to pulp the Half-Orc.
attack 15' reach: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (15) + 25 = 40
Damage: 3d8 + 20 ⇒ (5, 3, 6) + 20 = 34

Slamming his Great club down on Kung

Blue rushes to finish of the weakened prey, and eats Kungs readied action. Orange Hurries to join in as well.
Attack Blue: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Attack Orange: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30

Damage Blue: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 3, 1) + 7 = 16
Damage Orange: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (1, 6, 1) + 7 = 15

Still with us Kung?

Green & Yellow move around flanking their leader.

The party may now act. Niobes action from last round will be counted first.

Seeing Kung taking a battering and with even more cyclopses approaching Marnir leaps over the corpse at his feet and hurls himself into the fray screaming "DRAKES!"

Free Action to continue inspired rage, Swift Action to use Arcane Strike, Move Action to move 40ft using Acrobatics to try to avoid an AoO (Acrobatics vs CMD: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22), Standard Action to attack orange.

Axe attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
Damage: 1d8 + 19 ⇒ (5) + 19 = 24

Marnir is on Orange and hacking at him before the Cyclops can realize he's coming. No AOO on Marnir.

Definitely still here, thanks to stoneskin. He'd be in much worse shape without that.

Kung takes some powerful hits, but takes them in stride, his magically roughened skin absorbing nearly half of the blows that have rained down on him.

He continues swinging his sword, pegleg tapping and mind-blind to the danger he's in, glorying in the blood-fury of his swordplay.

Cheater!

dont forger to take the Displacement into account too.

Good point, Jane; there's been a miss chance on every hit that Kung has taken so far. @GM, sorry I forgot about that; there are a lot of conditions to track! What should we do?

With the cyclopes in the black tentacles crushed, Niobe hustles up next to Jane and hurls her fire at the great cyclops.

This does mean that I take a -4 for firing into melee, but it's a touch attack so maybe it still hits.

Hoping that the black tentacles to my left will prevent those cyclopes (green and yellow) from coming up to melee.

Maddie moves up to the newcomers and introduces Purple, Orange, Blue, and the different thing to the Slow spell.

DC 20 Will Save or Slowed

Jane commands the swarm to move between the big foe and yellow one. Getting both within their effect.

damage and poison: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5
Poison is save Fort DC 13; frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1 Dexterity damage; cure 1 save. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Two out of three misses on Kung. So only 16 pts damage in the end. :(

Marnir rushes to the aid of his loyal crewman, slamming his axe hard into Orange.

Strengthened by arcane defenses Kungs laughs with joy, only a glancing blow form one of the Cyclopes troubling him. In response he shows them how to really kill! Cutting Blue down with two brutally elegant strikes, his magical speed lets him turn and blindside Orange as the Cyclops is still facing Marnir.

Jane sends her wasps at the Leader and his nearest goon.
Fort Yellow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Fort Purple: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27

Yellow winces as he feels his extremities going numb.

Niobe, you're not firing into melee, as Purple is using his reach to attack Kung.

Niobe gestures and fire slams into the Great Cyclops, who howls as it sears him.

Maddie spots her opportunity and magic blankets the group of foes.
Will save Purple: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22
Will save Green: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Will save Yellow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

The leader shrugs off the magic with ease, his two remaining goons though are now lumbering about like the half dead as they are slowed.

Purple glares in rage at Maddie, deciding to rid himself of this arcane pest. Drawing a large rock he hurls it at her.
Rock: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26
damage: 2d6 + 19 ⇒ (4, 3) + 19 = 26

Spurred by the furious orders of their leader the last two Cyclopes stumble forward to block your way.
Slowed, so they can only move this round.

The party may now act.

"Ouch!" bellows Maddie as the boulder smashes into her.

"Fine then, let's do it your way!"

Maddie gestures, and 3 beams of light arc out at the Giant.

Admonishing Rays: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 141d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 111d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Damage Rolls: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 3, 3) = 154d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 1, 3) = 114d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 4, 6) = 20 Non-Lethal Force damage.

Seeing that the wasps have taken some effect, Jane is happy that they will stick to the boss, which will allow her to do another spell in place of commanding them to go after their foe.

Jane moves closer and tosses a bomb at the two foes standing together.

Just as Marnir draws his axe back to cut down the cyclops before him Kung's balde whistles in and takes it's head clean off. Marnir laughs heartily as the body slumps to the floor before leaping over it and rushing the enemy leader, his song strong and loud as he attacks.

Free Action to continue inspired rage, Swift Action to use Arcane Strike, Full Round Action to charge purple.

Axe attack, charge: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 17 + 2 = 29
Dmaage: 1d8 + 19 ⇒ (8) + 19 = 27

Kung takes a wide path around the larger cyclops, circling so that he can flank the giant with Marnir. He takes a quick opportunity to take a single swipe with his blade, setting the creature up for more pain later.

Edit: added tactical acumen bonus

Kung, don't forget the additional +2 to hit while flanking from tactical acumen.

Purple
Fort save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
Awesome blow vs Marnir's CMD: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (13) + 27 = 40
Marnir, if that beats your CMD then...
Damage Club: 3d8 + 19 ⇒ (6, 2, 3) + 19 = 30
Damage slam: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (4, 2) + 13 = 19
You take both damages and are knocked back 10', ending up prone.

Purple then takes a five' step away from Kung and lowers his horn, glaring at Marnir.

Green & Yellow lumber closer to you as well.

The party may now act.

The wasps do their thing on the boss.

Seeing the green foe step up right in front of her, Jane squeaks. eek! before she tosses a web bolt out of her hand to hit the green foe. Reflex 15 or become wrapped up.

Marnir flies backwards through the air, his ribs howling in pain following the monstrous blow from the cyclopses leader. He crashes to the floor next to another of the giants and continues his song, the words coming out between gasps of breath.

Desperate to clear some room before the cyclopses close in on his prone form Marnir summons his magic and tries to get a spell off quickly before the giant standing over him can attack.

Standard Action to attempt to cast thundering drums defensively. Concentration check DC is 15 + twice spell level: 15+(3x2)=DC 21.

Concentration check: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24

Marnir takes a deep breath, ignoring the pain in his ribs, and unleashes a mighty roar at the cyclopses towering over him.

Green and yellow both take 5d8 ⇒ (5, 8, 4, 5, 5) = 27 sonic damage and are knocked prone. They can attempt a DC 17 Fort save to halve the damage and remain on their feet. If at least one cyclops is knocked over then Marnir will use his Move Action to stand up and accept the AoO.

Ref save Green: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
Green just manages to to slip the Web Bolt before it wraps him in it's sticky strands.

Fort Yellow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Fort Green: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Both Cyclopes stagger from the blast of Marnir's arcane spell, but stay on their feet.

Kung, Maddie & Niobe to come.

Did the wall of fire come down?

Kung steps up with the leader, not allowing the giant cyclops to get away from him. His greatsword continues swinging in a powerful, hacking, back-and-forth motion; the swings are wild--almost as if Kung weren't in control of the sword at all--but effective nonetheless.

Damn, you're right Kung! I should have had the boss Cyclops slam Marnir right into it.

Kung moves as the Great Cyclops does and again his blade flashes, blood spraying the surrounding as he cuts him down with several deadly blows.

Bossman dies, the other two are both slowed and wounded. So handwave time. They are dead!

The final Cyclopes slumps to the ground, as dead as the others. Too arrogant and brutal to realize that they had finally met more than their match.

Loot:
Battle axe (Large) 8.
Battle axe +1 (Large) 8.
Greatclub +1 (Large).
Heavy crossbow (Large) 8.
MW Heavy crossbow (Large).
Hide armor (Large) 8.
MW hide armor (Large).
Hide armor +1 (Large).
MW Heavy wooden spiked shield (Large).

What are you doing now?

With the last of the cyclopses dead, Marnir has time to breathe. "Good work everyone, maybe they'll think twice about coming after us now." He looks round at the piled-up corpses and their somewhat crude equipment. "Let's try and get all this mess hidden away. I doubt our arrival will have gone unnoticed but let's not make more of it than we need to." He grabs one of the bodies by the arm and starts dragging it behind the stand of trees.

Marnir, I don't see your current hit points anywhere on your stat bar or your sheet, even under the spoilers at the bottom.

First line of my stats spoiler. Having stopped inspired rage I'm at 50/93.

I can't find your "stats spoiler." I don't know what I'm looking for. I see no "spoiler" on your stat bar, and no "stats" spoiler on your sheet.

Niobe quickly administers her healing wand on Marnir once more to help him recuperate.

Wand: Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Wand: Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Wand: Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Wand: Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

If you look at his name, right below that you should see his race and class. To the right of that is his HP.

As the battle finishes, Maddie dismisses the wall of fire and then says "Everyone ok?"

It's the little box at the bottom of all of my combat posts, same as Kung, next to where it says Stats:. Click on that and you'll see all the relevant information. It's called a spoiler because that's the BBCode tag you have to use. Like this:

I used to update my stats line but it got unmanageable with lots of spells and effects so I copied Kung's method. Now my stats line is pretty much just for keeping track of the number of spells and limited-use abilities I have left.

"Much better now, thanks Niobe" Marnir says, gingerly prodding at his now less bruised chest.

Having cleared most of the occupants I'll race you through the rooms.

G10. DINING HALL.
The sharp tang of woodsmoke fills this building, where a giant fire pit set with roasting spits takes up the northern half of the room, positioned just below an open hole in the roof.

G11. MONEY CHANGER.
Smashed tables and chairs, all sized for giants, lie scattered about this building's single, large room.

Treasure: Long forgotten among the detritus of Sumitha's ruin, several ancient coins from vanished empires can be found scattered about the room. All told, they're worth a total of 2,500gp to various collectors.

G12. MAGISTRATES' HALL
A large brass door provides access to this ruined hall, though an additional hole gapes in the northeast wall. Inside, much of the roof has long since collapsed and a garden of vegetation has taken root.

G13· LEGATION.
The architecture of this building is markedly different from others in the valley-it appears to have been built for human-sized occupants.

G14 FOUNDERS COURT
Beyond the double doors of this wide portico lies a huge chamber, only weakly illuminated by giant lamps suspended overhead. Very large sleeping pallets cover most of the floor space, and two more sets of double doors lead north and south.

G15. TRAINING HALL.
A bloodstained fighting circle takes up the center of this long, rectangular hall. To the west stand three human-shaped archery targets,
while two weapon racks line the opposite wall.

G16. BALCONY.
Stairs lead to this covered balcony carved into the mountain face. It overlooks most of the valley as well as the portico below.

G17. HALL OF CHAMPIONS.
Six columns carved to resemble huge cyclopes in decorative armor support the ceiling of this immense chamber. Fallen rubble blocks passageways to the north and southeast, but double doors still stand in the north wall and an other set of double doors leads farther south. In the northeast corner, a giant animal hide is stretched across the floor beside a pile of bones stripped of meat. Several dinosaur skulls hang from the western wall.

G18. CROSSROADS.
Several statues and two ornate runic circles stretch along this rubble-strewn hall. Several exits have been blocked by a cave in, but a single open passage, its dusty floor marked with giant-sized footprints, leads eastward.

The runic circles here are teleportation circles that once connected Sumitha with other outposts. The northeastern circle no longer functions, its paired circle destroyed long ago in the fall of Ghol-Gan. The southwestern circle still connects to another circle but as that circle is out of attunement, it is currently nonfunctional as well.

Marnir, Niobe & Jane all notice that two of the statues of Cyclopes are actually Catyatid columns. They are both inactive at the moment.

What are you doing now?

Map up top. Column carnage.

Marnir takes in every detail he can of the now-deserted areas of the cyclops' ruins, marvelling at the ancient stonework but keeping his axe in hand and his wits about him, just in case.

"Hold on," he says, stopping abruptly. "Those two statues look a bit suspicious to me. I don't think they're normal statues." With all the collapses and rock falls, Marnir isn't sure that there's another way around.

GM - which two columns are the caryatids?

As the team explores, Niobe mentions, "I have a spell prepared that will let me reshape stone, if we need to force open a passage or rebuild rubble."

@Maddie: He didn't update the hit points in his stat bar until after midnight. The whole time I was asking, it just showed 93/93. He didn't update until after I did the healing.

"They're likely guardians that will react when we enter the area."

Yellow and red are the two Caryatids.

knowledge H: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

Looking at the structures of the buildings, Jane speaks out loud. "Odd. These are suppose to be Ghol-Gan, but they are all Azlant." then continues to walk. "Does anyone know anything about those things?

Marnir stares at the statues a moment longer, trying to remember what he could about them.

I'll use my Lore Master ability to take 20 on the Knowledge (arcana) check to identify them, resulting in 34 to identify the caryatid columns and their special abilities.

"Look like statues to Kung. You all being silly."

Thinking for a moment. "Weren't you the one who thought that that barkeep several islands ago was a woman? I don't know if I can trust your eyes."

Maddie shoves Kung on the shoulder and says "Why don't you go hit one then?"

Because I find it funny, I'll give Kung Touch of Rage, which grants a +5 morale bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and will saves for a round.

Kung's grin grows wide. "Kung will!!!" he exclaims as he steps up to the statue, buoyed by Maddie's dare as much as by her magic. He draws his sword back and gives it a mighty swing.

+1 furious greatsword: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (16) + 21 = 37
Damage, S: 2d6 + 24 ⇒ (2, 1) + 24 = 27

Kung steps up and slams his blade into the column statue of a cyclopes female. His blow chips the tough stone and he feels it resisting his attack.

The Caryatid responds to the attack instantly, the large blade in it's hands slashing down on Kung.

Attack1: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (14) + 19 = 33
Attack2: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19
Attack3: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Attack3 confirm: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Damage Attack1: 2d6 + 10 ⇒ (2, 5) + 10 = 17
Damage Attack3 Critical: 4d6 + 20 ⇒ (3, 3, 2, 3) + 20 = 31

Both of the Caryatids are now moving to attack.

The party may now act.

Niobe whips out her wand and starts eking out the last of its power to work magic on Kung's wounds.

Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Maddie will move and cast Haste on the party.

Jane moves back to be between the two giant creatures and takes aim at the one Kung is one. Loading up her bow with a lodestone, she lets it fly.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 9 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 4 = 21
Dmg: 1d8 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 4 = 8
If I read the description right, they are basically made out of metal or have huge metal armor... right?... not that my rolls are any help.

Seeing Kung attack the statue and the statue attacking back isn't a big shock to Marnir. He wades in alongside, his axe swinging and hacking to the rhythm of his war song.

GM - what do I know about caryatid columns with my result of 34?

Inspired rage starts automatically, Swift Action to use Arcane Strike, Move Action to move 30ft, Standard Action to attack.

Axe attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37
Damage: 1d8 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 20

Confirm?: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
Extra damage if confirms: 2d8 + 38 ⇒ (3, 7) + 38 = 48

Kung is massively surprised that the statue attacked him back. Statues are supposed to be statues! Furious, his peg-leg taps again as the blood overwhelms his brain, and he becomes a bladed instrument of destruction yet again.

Marnir - Caryatid column

The Columns are carved to resemble large Cyclopes females, their hands holding large Falchions. So Jane your bolt missed.

Marnir joins Kung, his blow making the stone creature rock with its power. Kung finishes off the shaken thing, his weapon not effecting it as much as Marnir's.

The other Caryatid moves steadily from it's mount and swings at Maddie. 10' reach

Falchion: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28
Damage: 2d6 + 10 ⇒ (5, 1) + 10 = 16

The party may now act.

As one statue crumbles to dust Marnir turns to engage the other. "It's immune to magic," he calls as he runs past Niobe and Maddie. "Unless you can turn it to mud or flesh. Oh, and it'll try to destroy your weapons if you hit it." He tries to roll beneath the huge stone blade the statue is wielding before standing up, continuing his song, and striking it with his axe.

Free Action to continue inspired rage, Swift Action to use Arcane Strike, Move Action to move 55ft using Acrobatics to avoid the AoO (Acrobatics vs CMD: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24), Standard Action to attack.

Axe attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 19 ⇒ (3) + 19 = 22

Jane takes a 5-foot step back and fires another crossbolt.
Crossbow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13 Ping, bounces off the wall behind the creep.
Dmg: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Maddie will move next to Kung, provoking an AoO as she goes. When she gets there, she will touch Kung and say "Go kill that one big guy, and don't forget to flank!"

More Touch of Rage for you Kung. +5 morale bonus to hit, damage, and will saves.

Niobe taps Kung with her wand again, since she has no way to damage the columns, and prepares to follow on his heels as he goes after the next one.

Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2