Strange Aeons - Solo (Inactive)

Game Master Just a Mort

D15

A large yellow tent billows in the garden; within, the tent is orderly and sumptuously decorated. Cots adorned with fine silk bedding are arranged in the shade near low tables covered in fine foods and drink.

6 gnolls stand clad in breastplates and wielding falchions looking out for intruders.

Howard experiences a brief sensation as though they were inside a stone cell. He hears, “You’ve made it. Find me here soon. We must stop its growth. Come to my side, help me, our joining is at hand!"

Ignoring the Gnolls, Howard and Claude float Eastward.

D3

Looking down, Howard sees a circular, sandy yard gains partial shade from a towering rounded wall. A row of openings in the stone runs some thirty feet above this yard. A further thirty feet above that, the roof is engulfed with trees and flowers; songbirds echo and swoop about this high garden.

Gnoll soldiers put slaves through their paces during the harsh sunlight hours, seeing if any of them possess the prowess to take part in the fighting pits or even the infamous Black Circus of Okeno. By day, at least eight gnoll trainers put 16 fettered or manacled slaves through their ordeal. These slaves are armed with blunted spears but are weakened by heat and exhaustion, and often are little more than playthings to the cruel gnolls.

D3 is on slide 17

Howard keeps heading East.

EDIT: But then, spotting who (and what) is to the south, heads there instead.

D14

The rooftop terrace is a magnificent garden. Juniper trees grow in abundance, the area is rich with scented flowers, and numerous statues dot the garden. This oasis attracts scores of birds that sing in the trees. A large tent rises in one area, while a elegant wooden pavilion rises not far away. Howard sees another 6 gnolls patrolling the area.

D16

Standing slightly above the garden is a fine bamboo-and-walnut pavilion. Fine flags depicting a heraldic camel being ridden through a flaming desert flutter above this open-sided building. A gnoll in chain mail, wielding a spear wrapped in human hair looks around for trouble, with an eagle on her elephant hide gloves.

Next to the Pavillion are Kistez, and a halfling wrapped in black robes with a monkey on his shoulder.

As Howard moves towards the south, an audiable alarm begins to toll.

The halfling immediately casts see invisibility and points out in Howard's location. "He's over there!"

Kistez then tosses a fine dust onto Howard and Claude.

touch: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27

The dust causes them both to appear. "It is as I have told you, Biting Lash," Kistez declares. "These foul villians plot your demise and would stoop to sneaking into your fortress invisible to assasinate you."

Down below, the fortress begins to bustle with activity at the sound of the alarm.

The gnoll guards begin to rush over to interpose themselves between that gnoll in chainmail.

Biting Lash also moves behind her guards,then casts bears endurance on herself. "So what do you have to say about yourselves?"

Wow. That is a lot of activity for a 'surprise' round...

Howard grins.

"Kisssetz, I highly doubt your missstressssss, the Hyena Princessssss, isss happy about thisss betrayal; I will make sssure to sssave you for her."

He then casts Monstrous Physique on Claude, who attempts to subdue her.

Bite: 1d20 + 20 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 20 - 4 = 30, for 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (4, 7, 4, 2, 8, 4) + 8 = 37 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 20 - 4 = 29, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (6, 8, 2, 5) + 8 = 29 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 20 - 4 = 29, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (5, 8, 7, 7) + 8 = 35 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 15 - 4 = 27, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (10, 2, 10, 6) + 5 = 33 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (10) + 20 = 30, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (4, 1, 9, 10) + 5 = 29 damage.

Howard also moves forward to 'base' the spellcaster.

”Look, you arrogant upstart humiliated me by making her lecture me in public, then caused ME to get whipped. Next thing she’s offering you a job, and you’re going usurp Hakoor’s position. And he’s worked for her for years! What have you done? Just performed a magic trick in front of her. If you knew you were going to be made redundant, why wouldn’t ANYONE look for greener pastures?!” Kistez yells back. ”Besides I told you we’d get even, right?”

Claude puts an end to her rant by knocking beating her nearly senseless, then grabs her and squeezes her with his tail until she passes out.
Hakoor looks at Claude, the expression on his face determined, then attempts to put some distance between himself and Howard, then uses Dispel Magic on Claude.

claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28
dmg: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Dispel Magic: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30

Claude shrinks to his normal size.

The gnolls on the right side move up, and start attacking Howard, frothing at the mouth.
axe: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
axe: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
axe: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

Another two of her guards get to Howard, frothing at the mouth and try to chop him into two.

falchion: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (9) + 21 = 30
bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16
falchion: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25

Biting lash throws her spear at Claude, but sends her eagle at Howard.

spear: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (19) + 23 = 42
dmg: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
Spear Confirm: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (12) + 23 = 35
dmg: 2d8 + 22 ⇒ (3, 4) + 22 = 29
bite Howard: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29

The spear catches Claude in between his ribs, then flies out again,back into her paw.

The rest of her bodyguards surround her, start frothing at the mouth, draw javelins and start throwing them at Claude too.

Javelin: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
Javelin: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29
dmg: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Javelin: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28
dmg: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

27 dmg to Claude, 28 damage to Howard, Howard up

Claude flies over to Howard, and readies to attack.

Howard then 5' steps, and recasts Monstrous Physique III upon Claude.

I auto pass the concentration check.

Claude then attempts to squeeze the halfling into submission.

Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (9, 9, 3, 2) + 5 = 28 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (10, 1, 9, 4) + 5 = 29 damage.

The gnolls, first her bodyguards next to Howard step up, then the whole bunch of other gnolls also step up as a team.

The halfling tries to cast freedom of movement on himself, but doesn’t manage it.

freedom of movement: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29

3 of them try to attack Howard.
axe: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
axe: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
axe: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

The fourth tosses alchemist fire at Claude , and the fifth, seeing it has no effect, uses a javelin instead.

alch fire: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
javelin: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

The bodyguards surrounding Howard attack him with their falchions.

falchion: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 20
falchion: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36

falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
The rest of her bodyguards move up and continue throwing javelins at Claude.
javelin: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
javelin: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
javelin: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28
javelin: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

Biting Lash orders her eagle to attack Howard, while she throws her spear at Claude.

hover: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
bite: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
claw: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28
claw: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34
Spear: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (15) + 23 = 38
dmg: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Howard takes 6 pts, Claude takes 6 pts

Claude tries to subdue the halfling, and then shifts to tearing apart Gnolls!

Please apply a -4 penalty on Claude's attacks, until the Halfling is subdued. After that, he goes lethal on the gnolls :-)

Starting with Black.

Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34, for 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (10, 4, 6, 5, 3, 6) + 8 = 42 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (3, 5, 1, 4) + 8 = 21 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (6, 7, 6, 3) + 8 = 30 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (10, 9, 1, 6) + 5 = 31 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (8, 2, 2, 10) + 5 = 27 damage.

Howard, likewise, gets stuck into the Gnolls.

Starting with Yellow.

Bite: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (13) + 21 = 34, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (14) + 21 = 35, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (11) + 21 = 32, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 damage.

Rend: 1d6 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14 damage.

Claude's hover check: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29

Claude bites the halfling and knocks him out. He rips apart one gnoll with two of his claws and crushes the life out of another with his tail.

Howard rips yellow apart.

Green and red step back, draw alchemist fires and throw them at Howard. Claude bites green as he attempts to throws the flask.

Claude bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28
DMG: 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (8, 10, 3, 7, 1, 9) + 8 = 46

green throw: 1d20 - 46 ⇒ (2) - 46 = -44
yellow throw: 1d20 ⇒ 10

Green, distracted by the pain, his flasks goes wide.

?: 1d8 ⇒ 6

?: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Yellow's flask also goes wide. Shoot into melee

Those armed with falchions continue to try to hack at Howard,with Biting Lash's bodyguards moving up and attacking Howard.

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33.

falchion: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (12) + 19 = 31
bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33
bite confirm: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23
dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

The eagle tries to hover, but fails and and flies off.

hover: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
Howard claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29
dmg: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Biting lash continues to throw her spear at Claude.

spear: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (14) + 23 = 37
dmg: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

17 dmg to Howard, 8 dmg to Claude.

8 gnolls riding on Hyenas ride up the staircase.

Heh. Battle Royale, it is!

Howard and Claude continue to rip into the Gnolls surrounding them.

Bite: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (3) + 21 = 24, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (6) + 21 = 27, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (1) + 21 = 22, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (13) + 21 = 34, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 damage.

Rend: 1d6 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15 damage.

Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36, for 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (7, 7, 3, 9, 8, 3) + 8 = 45 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (5, 4, 7, 2) + 8 = 26 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 20 = 26, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (2, 4, 5, 8) + 8 = 27 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (9, 9, 2, 7) + 5 = 32 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (2, 5, 7, 1) + 5 = 20 damage.

Claude hover: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

Claude manages to hover and between him and Howard, they take down one of Biting Lash's bodyguards. Claude claws the yellow bodyguard once, then grabs him and constricts him,before dropping him. 76 dmg to yellow

The other gnolls attempt to back off and Claude whacks them with his tail, killing red.

tail: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21
dmg: 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (10, 9, 9, 6, 4, 5) + 8 = 51

Green tosses an alchemist fire at Howard,but it goes the wrong way, splattering on purple instead.

alch: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (17) - 4 = 13
?: 1d8 ⇒ 5

The remaining gnolls continue attacking Howard, after shifting positions slightly.

falchion: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 36
falchion: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27

falchion: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (10) + 19 = 29
falchion: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25
bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 19
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

The eagle wheels around, attacking Claude, as Biting Lash throws her spear at Claude.

bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28
spear: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (1) + 23 = 24

The gnoll lieutenants ride their hyenas closer and 3 of them attack Claude with their scorpion whips.

whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23
whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22
whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22

Howard up

Hissing in annoyance, Howard and Claude try to bring down unbordered.

Bite: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (15) + 21 = 36, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (17) + 21 = 38, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (11) + 21 = 32, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (19) + 21 = 40, for 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 damage.

Rend: 1d6 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16 damage.

Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31, for 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (5, 1, 2, 9, 7, 2) + 8 = 34 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (6, 7, 2, 7) + 8 = 30 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (5, 3, 8, 3) + 8 = 27 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (2, 8, 3, 2) + 5 = 20 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (10, 6, 1, 8) + 5 = 30 damage.

Claude hover: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

Howard and Claude take down unordered then Claude squishes yellow with his tail into a puree.

alch: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (11) - 4 = 7
??: 1d8 ⇒ 3

The rest of the guards move up and continue attacking Howard.

Falchion: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25
falchion: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29
bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28

Falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
Falchion: 1d2 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

Falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32
Falchion: 1d2 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23

Falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
Falchion: 1d2 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

The eagle tries to hover and attacks Claude.
hover: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
talon: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
talon: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

The eagle gets a claw onto Claude. Claude takes 4 dmg, Howard takes 4 dmg

Biting lash moves in to engage Howard. Claude tries to smack her with his tail and gives her a good smack but is not able to grab her.

tail slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26
dmg: 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (6, 1, 3, 2) + 5 = 17
grab: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28

17 dmg to biting lash

Biting Lash stabs Howard with her spear.

spear: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (16) + 26 = 42
dmg: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18

Howard takes 18 points of damage

The gnoll lieutenants move closer and try to whip Claude.

scorpion whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18
scorpion whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

scorpion whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23
scorpion whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

scorpion whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16
scorpion whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

scorpion whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
scorpion whip: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
dmg: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
scorpion whip confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

Claude takes 5 damage, Howard takes 6 damage

Howard up

Claude starts ripping into the hyena-riders...

Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35, for 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (10, 10, 8, 10, 9, 4) + 8 = 59 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (19) + 20 = 39, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (8, 7, 3, 6) + 8 = 32 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (2, 1, 3, 2) + 8 = 16 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (9, 3, 6, 1) + 5 = 24 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 20 = 23, for 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (1, 10, 4, 8) + 5 = 28 damage.

Howard steps through a gap, and concentrates...

Concentration: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (17) + 24 = 41.

...growing big!

Monstrous Physique IV.

Hover Claude: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

Claude snaps a rider into two, then claws and splatters another rider. Their dire hyena mounts run away. Well you could AOO if you want but no point

The green guard steps closer and attacks Howard with his battle axe.

axe: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

The rest attack Howard with their falchions.

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (18) + 17 = 35
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

The eagle continues try to hover to attack Claude but doesn't manage it and is forced to fly away, and Claude crunches it up as it tries to fly away.

hover: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

Claude bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34
dmg: 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (8, 2, 8, 9, 9, 5) + 8 = 49

Biting Lash shrieks with rage, "You've killed Kahree! To hell with you!"as she starts attacking Howard with a vengeance, but in her rage her stabs go wide.

Spear: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (14) + 26 = 40
Spear: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (15) + 21 = 36
Spear: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22

4 Hyena riders move up attempt to attack Claude. One of them manages to land a lucky blow on Claude. 6 dmg to Claude, 6 dmg to Howard

whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22
whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23
whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22
whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
dmg: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Another Hyena rider moves up and tries to attack Howard.

whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15

The last one is unable to reach any of them, but moves up anyway.

6 more gnoll guards rush up the stairs.

Just FYI I have been running that Claude has been flying around 10 ft in the air - thus all the hover checks, and also not that many creatures have been trying to hit him. Not for not wanting to, but just no reach.

Howard up

Ah, I did wonder about that; even if he is 10' up, though, he is still within reach, isn't he?

Claude burps up a few feathers, then adjusts his position, and continues targeting hyena-riders.

Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (19) + 20 = 39, for 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (3, 10, 5, 4, 8, 8) + 8 = 46 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 20 = 23, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (4, 2, 8, 5) + 8 = 27 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (7, 6, 5, 6) + 8 = 32 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27, for 4d10 + 4 ⇒ (10, 10, 6, 10) + 4 = 40 damage.

Hover: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29.

Howard, for his part, targets more of the guards, starting with Green, then shifting to Red.

Bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28, for 6d10 + 11 ⇒ (4, 5, 5, 10, 1, 3) + 11 = 39 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25, for 4d8 + 11 ⇒ (2, 8, 7, 2) + 11 = 30 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (19) + 22 = 41, for 4d8 + 11 ⇒ (1, 6, 4, 3) + 11 = 25 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28, for 4d10 + 6 ⇒ (8, 2, 10, 4) + 6 = 30 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (11) + 22 = 33, for 4d10 + 6 ⇒ (10, 1, 1, 2) + 6 = 20 damage.

No, he is not. Except for the scorpion whip wielding gnolls, they are all using weapons with only 5ft reach. Claude has 10 ft reach, so he can attack them with impunity without them being able to strike back.

Claude takes down two hyenas with a flurry of tooth, claw and tailslaps.

Howard rips green into two, then claws, grabs and squeezes red. 72 dmg done to red.

The remaining of Biting Lash's body guards continue to attack Howard.

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

Biting lash tries to attack Howard.

spear: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (2) + 26 = 28
spear: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (4) + 21 = 25
spear: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23

The remaining Hyena riders near biting lash move up and Howard snaps at one of them.

bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (14) + 22 = 36
dmg: 6d10 + 11 ⇒ (1, 2, 5, 5, 7, 6) + 11 = 37

37 dmg to black

2 of the Hyena riders attack Claude while the rest attack Howard.

Claude

whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34
dmg: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
whip confirm: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
dmg: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33
dmg: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

17 dmg to Claude, 18 dmg to Howard

Howard

whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19
whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
dmg: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
whip confirm: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34
dmg: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
whip confirm: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30
whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

whip: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

26 dmg to Howard

Claude continues to try and 'thin the herd'.

Going for the Green, and then the Yellow, Hyena Riders, floating sideways as required.

Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22, for 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (1, 10, 10, 6, 3, 7) + 8 = 45 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 20 = 23, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (2, 6, 5, 7) + 8 = 28 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (2, 4, 3, 3) + 8 = 20 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28, for 4d10 + 4 ⇒ (2, 7, 8, 4) + 4 = 25 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28, for 4d10 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2, 9, 10) + 4 = 28 damage.
Fly: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12 Vs DC 10 (for moving less than half speed) - so, essentially, as long as he keeps 5' stepping, he doesn't need to make hover checks, as far as I can tell, RAW?

Howard starts floating up (moving up and away 5'), and, being less suicidal, and more pragmatic, attempts to UMD a scroll upon himself.

Heal: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (14) + 28 = 42 Vs DC 31.
Heal: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (16) + 28 = 44 Vs DC 31.

Eh I sort of had that for Night negotiated out after he couldn't make the fly checks using fly evolution, despite having full ranks in it so I'm not overly bothered for saying that 5 ft stepping is moving at half speed. Though I think that it sort of makes hover redundant when read that way. Again I am not bothered overly much about it.

Claude kills green and yellow in short order, then moves up.

The red, purple and blue remaining of Biting Lash's body guards move up and continue to attack Howard. You're only 5 ft off the ground so you're still a valid target. Once at 10 ft, unless they have reach, you won't be

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32
falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

Biting Lash steps up and tries to stab Howard as well.

spear: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (5) + 26 = 31
spear: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (1) + 21 = 22
spear: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19

The two remaining hyena riders continue move up and attack Claude. Claude gets whipped. A little.

whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16
whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

whip: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
dmg: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

5 dmg to Howard, 5 dmg to Claude

The new gnoll guards attempt to throw their javelins at Claude.

bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28
dmg: 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (4, 2, 1, 6, 10, 10) + 8 = 41

Claude bites the green one, wounding it badly.

green javelin: 1d20 - 41 + 4 ⇒ (10) - 41 + 4 = -27
javelin Claude: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
javelin Claude: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
javelin Claude: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
javelin Claude: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
javelin Claude: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

None of them hit.

Howard up

Well, it is DC 10 to 'move less than half speed, and remain flying'; I always thought 5' fulfilled that requirement? If not, though, I am happy to roll...

Fly: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19.

Claude, ignoring his grievous wounds, tries to take-out the last of the hyena-riders.

Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 20 = 23, for 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (2, 5, 8, 9, 7, 3) + 8 = 42 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (7, 3, 3, 8) + 8 = 29 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (18) + 20 = 38, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (5, 8, 5, 2) + 8 = 28 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16, for 4d10 + 4 ⇒ (5, 1, 7, 9) + 4 = 26 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 20 = 27, for 4d10 + 4 ⇒ (5, 10, 5, 7) + 4 = 31 damage.

Howard starts floating up (moving up another 5'), and, being less suicidal, and more pragmatic, attempts to UMD a scroll upon Claude!

Heal: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (20) + 27 = 47 Vs DC 31.
Heal: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (9) + 27 = 36 Vs DC 31.

Using my tail to deliver the charge.

It's ok - as I said I allowed Night to do it. Afterall he DID make an effort and put ranks into fly skill. But Flight evolution gives only average fly =(

And tail heals are so cute!

Claude kills one of the hyena riders, and wounds the other badly (54 dmg to unbordered), but is unable to finish it off with a tail slap.

Howard casts the heal spell and then touches Claude with a glowing blue tail! Claude's wounds heal.

Red attempts to throw a javelin at Howard. Howard and Claude don't like it and start biting.

bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35
dmg: 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (4, 8, 5, 1, 5, 7) + 8 = 38
bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (11) + 22 = 33
dmg: 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (4, 4, 7, 6, 3, 9) + 8 = 41

Howard manages to chomp red into two. Blue and purple move to the side and throw their javelins at Howard.

javelin: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

javelin: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

Biting lash tries to throw her spear at Claude and catches him in a vital spot.

spear: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (20) + 25 = 45
dmg: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

spear confirm: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (20) + 25 = 45
dmg: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
dmg: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17

Claude takes 26 dmg, Howard 27 dmg

The remaining gnoll guards throw their javelins at Howard.

javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Howard hears the sound of more creatures coming up the stairs.

Howard up

Heh. Well, that 20' reach has to be good for something ;-)

Claude, rather unimpressed, floats across, and starts working his way through the 'little' Gnolls.

Starting on White and Green.

Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (19) + 20 = 39, for 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (4, 10, 8, 2, 3, 6) + 8 = 41 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (7, 6, 5, 8) + 8 = 34 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (1, 7, 5, 8) + 8 = 29 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26, for 4d10 + 4 ⇒ (7, 1, 8, 8) + 4 = 28 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (5) + 20 = 25, for 4d10 + 4 ⇒ (1, 8, 10, 7) + 4 = 30 damage.

Howard, starting to get quite annoyed, floats across and over to the hyena-rider and Biting Lash, and goes to town.

5' across and down. Targeting the Rider first, and then Biting Lash.

Bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26, for 6d10 + 11 ⇒ (8, 7, 4, 10, 6, 2) + 11 = 48 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (10) + 22 = 32, for 4d8 + 11 ⇒ (5, 6, 6, 3) + 11 = 31 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (10) + 22 = 32, for 4d8 + 11 ⇒ (3, 4, 5, 8) + 11 = 31 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (13) + 17 = 30, for 4d10 + 6 ⇒ (3, 9, 7, 8) + 6 = 33 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (10) + 22 = 32, for 4d10 + 6 ⇒ (5, 2, 4, 6) + 6 = 23 damage.

Also, I am *very* glad that I just healed both of us; if I had not, that crit would have been the end of us...

Awww...

Claude munches up two of the little gnolls, then Howard kills the hyena rider and claws and tail slaps Biting Lash, but is unable to grab her. 112 damage to Biting Lash

Biting Lash's bodyguards move towards Howard and try to attack him.

Howard bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (10) + 22 = 32
dmg: 6d10 + 11 ⇒ (9, 3, 6, 5, 9, 10) + 11 = 53
Claude bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36
dmg: 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (1, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10) + 8 = 54

They severely wound purple. 105 dmg done to Purple

Falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32
Falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 19

Biting Lash steps up and stabs Howard with her spear, but does not manage to break through his shell.

stab: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (2) + 26 = 28
stab: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (2) + 21 = 23
stab: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30

The remaining gnolls throw their javelins at Howard, without success.

Javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

6 squat, reptilian monster has eight legs, bony spurs jutting from its back, wearing blinkers over their eyes being urged on by 6 gnolls butting them with blunt axe handles rush up the stairs.

Howard knowledge arcana: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24

He recognizes them as Advanced Basilisks. They have a stone gaze.

Turn to stone permanently (as flesh to stone), range 30 feet, Fortitude negates. A creature petrified in this matter that is then coated (not just splashed) with fresh basilisk blood (taken from a basilisk no more than 1 hour dead) is instantly restored to flesh. A single basilisk contains enough blood to coat 1d3 Medium creatures in this manner.

Howard up

Basilisks? That's just rude!

Claude turns his attention to Purple and Cyan (in that order), hoping to take them down.

Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22, for 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (4, 4, 5, 2, 7, 6) + 8 = 36 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (6, 1, 6, 2) + 8 = 23 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (9) + 20 = 29, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (6, 3, 5, 1) + 8 = 23 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33, for 4d10 + 4 ⇒ (8, 5, 6, 2) + 4 = 25 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 33, for 4d10 + 4 ⇒ (1, 6, 6, 2) + 4 = 19 damage.

Howard frowns, adjusts away, and casts Greater Evolution Surge.

Granting me 30' Blindsense, and DR 5/Lawful.

Mind you, I pity the poor Gnolls who take those blinkers off - since they will immediately expose themselves to the gaze attack...

Oh yeah. Later you'll see some of those...idiot ball moments later

Claude bites purple into two then starts attacking Cyan, clawing him then slapping him and grabbing him with his tail. 86 dmg done to Cyan

Cyan tries to throw a javelin at Howard, and Claude and Howard bite him, killing him.

bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37
dmg: 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (6, 2, 3, 9, 2, 8) + 8 = 38

bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (5) + 22 = 27
dmg: 6d10 + 11 ⇒ (3, 6, 4, 8, 5, 4) + 11 = 41

Biting Lash throws her spear at Claude.

spear: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (12) + 26 = 38
dmg: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

9 dmg to Howard, 9 dmg to Claude.

The remaining gnolls attempt to throw their javelins at Howard.

javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Then the basilisk handlers start frothing at the mouth as they urge their basilisks on but have not lifted the blinkers yet.

Howard up

Claude, not really comprehending the danger, floats forward, and attacks the line of Gnolls.

Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 20 = 26, for 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (2, 7, 1, 9, 10, 10) + 8 = 47 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 20 = 27, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (1, 3, 7, 6) + 8 = 25 damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35, for 4d8 + 8 ⇒ (7, 7, 3, 4) + 8 = 29 damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17, for 4d10 + 4 ⇒ (7, 8, 1, 5) + 4 = 25 damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31, for 4d10 + 4 ⇒ (7, 1, 5, 2) + 4 = 19 damage.

Howard, being somewhat smarter, casts Greater Evolution Surge again, and closes his eyes.

Gaining Blindsight, and Energy Attacks(Fire).

Biting Lash continues to throw her spear at Claude.

spear: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (18) + 26 = 44
dmg: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Claude takes 7 dmg, Howard takes 7 dmg

The gnolls behind yell to the gnolls in front, "
Tunaleta Basilisks! Funga macho yako!"

The four gnolls throw their javelins at Claude, who snaps at one of them, and Howard smacks him with his tail, killing him.

Claude bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22
dmg: 6d10 + 8 ⇒ (3, 1, 6, 5, 9, 7) + 8 = 39

Howard tail slap: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32
dmg: 4d10 + 5 ⇒ (8, 7, 6, 1) + 5 = 27

The remaining throw their javelins at Claude, then close their eyes.

javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

They urge their basilisks into position then one of them yells,"Funga macho yako!"

They close their eyes, then ready rip off the blinkers."
Sasa!"

1d2, 1 gets blinkers: 1d2 ⇒ 1
1d2, 1 gets blinkers: 1d2 ⇒ 1
1d2, 1 gets blinkers: 1d2 ⇒ 1
1d2, 1 gets blinkers: 1d2 ⇒ 1
1d2, 1 gets blinkers: 1d2 ⇒ 2
1d2, 1 gets blinkers: 1d2 ⇒ 2

2 of them fail to rip off the blinkers.

Claude Fort: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
Claude Fort: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
Claude Fort: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15
Claude Fort: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28

Claude turns into a stone statue and crashes down to the ground.

Howard up

Howard winces, and then pounces forward to engage the first rank of basilisks.

Bite: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 22 + 2 = 39, for 6d10 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (2, 9, 2, 4, 6, 3) + 11 + 2 = 39 damage +1d6 ⇒ 5 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 22 + 2 = 43, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (5, 3, 5, 3) + 11 + 2 = 29 damage+1d6 ⇒ 2 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 22 + 2 = 30, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (8, 8, 2, 8) + 11 + 2 = 39 damage +1d6 ⇒ 6 Fire damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 17 + 2 = 36, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (10, 7, 6, 3) + 6 + 2 = 34 damage +1d6 ⇒ 3 Fire damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 22 + 2 = 39, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 10, 1, 9) + 6 + 2 = 29 damage +1d6 ⇒ 5 Fire damage.

EDIT: Just checking, but did Claude's attacks have any effect on yellow/cyan, before he turned to stone?

Sorry I missed out.

Retcon earlier

Claude takes out Cyan and Yellow.

Howard takes out one basilisk and injures green. 71 dmg done to green

Biting Lash throws her spear at Howard, but bounces off his shell.
spear: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (4) + 21 = 25

"Agu, Bam, Chi, Dae! Tupa javelini zako 2 kusini mwa Bam hadi hewa 10 ft!Wengine waendelea kuendelea kuunganisha blinkers!" Biting Lash orders.

bite Howard: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (1) + 22 = 23

Howard snaps at the lead thrower, but falls short.

Claude should have gotten two less javelins so I'll take off two javelins this round

javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

blinkers, 1 gets it: 1d2 ⇒ 2
blinkers, 1 gets it: 1d2 ⇒ 2

The other two fail to get their blinkers out.

The green Basilisk, injured by Howard, begins to flee.

The rest, unable to attack Howard, growl at him.

Howard notices that sometime during the fighting, the courtyard below him has become empty of gnolls and slaves.

Howard up

Huh. Those are tough basilisks!

Howard continues to tear into the basilisks.

Starting with a 'fresh' one, since I know my bite is my most damaging attack; my tail slap (which should still be within reach) will try to finish-off the injured one.

Bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (9) + 22 = 31, for 6d10 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (4, 8, 7, 6, 8, 9) + 11 + 2 = 55 damage, +1d6 ⇒ 1 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (9) + 22 = 31, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (4, 8, 1, 5) + 11 + 2 = 31 damage, +1d6 ⇒ 2 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (9) + 22 = 31, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (5, 7, 2, 8) + 11 + 2 = 35 damage, +1d6 ⇒ 6 Fire damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 8, 2, 1) + 6 + 2 = 23 damage, +1d6 ⇒ 5 Fire damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (18) + 22 = 40, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 3, 3, 7) + 6 + 2 = 27 damage, +1d6 ⇒ 1 Fire damage.

EDIT: Normally, I wouldn't target a fleeing 'magical beast', but since (currently) Claude counts as 8 medium creatures, and each basilisk is only good for 1d3 medium creatures worth of blood, I will need as many as I can get...

Sorry, I mathsfailed and miscalced advanced gave 28 hp instead of 14.We'll roll with correct hp from this point. Probably a good idea not to let basilisks run around in Okeno or you'd get a ring of statues...

Howard bites and claws the unbordered one, killing it, then wounds the red one. 35 dmg to red

His tail crushes the fleeing basilisk, killing it.

Biting Lash continues to throw her spear at Howard.

spear: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (15) + 24 = 39
dmg: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Howard you take 12 dmg, as your flatfooted AC is 39, no? Your blindsight only operates for 30 ft.

The remaining gnolls begin to throw their javelins at Howard, with those two with their basilisks with blinkers still on trying to pull their blinkers off.

Javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

blinkers: 1d2 ⇒ 1
Blinkers: 1d2 ⇒ 2

One of them does not manage to pull the blinkers off.

As the red basilisk moves to flee, Howard kills it.

bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (5) + 22 = 27
dmg: 6d10 + 13 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 10, 4, 7, 6, 7) + 13 + (1) = 49

Howard up

Correct - the Blindsight is only 30 feet.

Howard snarls as he gets hit by that (presumably) 'Returning' spear, yet again.

"Alright, I have had enough of that..."

Move action: Pick up the spear (so it can't return to her).
Swift: Fire potion from his wrist sheath to his hand.
Standard: Drink the potion - CSW: 3d8 + 5 ⇒ (5, 8, 4) + 5 = 22.

Biting Lash,after being "disarmed" of her weapon by Howard, goes to pick up a battleaxe from one of the dead bodies of her guards, and looks at the stone statue of Claude calculatingly.

"Tupa javelini zako 5 ft kusini ya Chi, 10 ft up!" She orders her gnolls.

Howard snaps at one of them that throws their javelin at him and snaps him into two.

bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (20) + 22 = 42
bite confirm: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (2) + 22 = 24
dmg: 6d10 + 13 + 1d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 6, 4, 8, 2) + 13 + (4) = 45
dmg: 6d10 + 13 ⇒ (4, 8, 8, 5, 1, 7) + 13 = 46

The rest continue to throw javelins at Howard except for the one fiddling with the blinkers.

Javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
confirm: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

blinkers: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Howard takes 4 points of damage

Howard up

Heh. She's welcome to try - a large stone statue has a *lot* of hit points!

Howard drops the spear, and focuses on ripping apart Gnolls, taking full advantage of the fact that none of them can see him at present.

Bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26, for 6d10 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 8) + 11 + 2 = 32 damage +1d6 ⇒ 1 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (16) + 22 = 38, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (1, 3, 3, 6) + 11 + 2 = 26 damage +1d6 ⇒ 2 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (16) + 22 = 38, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (7, 1, 6, 7) + 11 + 2 = 34 damage +1d6 ⇒ 2 Fire damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 3, 9, 4) + 6 + 2 = 27 damage +1d6 ⇒ 5 Fire damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (10) + 22 = 32, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (8, 4, 6, 1) + 6 + 2 = 27 damage +1d6 ⇒ 3 Fire damage.

Leaving the closer basilisk alone, as it is just close enough so that, if Biting Lash does decide to move up and attack Claude, she will be *just* at 30' ;-)

Howard kills both of the gnolls.

Biting Lash walks up and starts hacking at the Claude statue.

Fort save against basilisk: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (18) + 19 = 37

hack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21

hack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24

hack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28

After hardness, 49 dmg done to the statue.

The gnolls continue to throw their javelins at Howard. Howard falls short of one snap.

Bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (1) + 22 = 23

javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Blinkers: 1d2 ⇒ 1

The gnoll finally manages to pull the blinkers off the cyan basilisk, and as two human slaves, being poked up the stairs by the a gnoll wielding great clubs catch sight of it, one of them turns into stone.

fort save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
fort save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

The gnoll poking them on yells, "Tumia upande wa pili, basilisks hapa!"

Howard also sees a strange creature with the features of a lion but the scales of a bronze dragon take off into the air, its claws bloody and fangs bloody, giving a howl of triumph. He sees also a large tiger run off into the distance.

Knowledge arcana: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (20) + 20 = 40

Howard recognizes it as a Dragonne.

Knowledge nature: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

Howard recognizes the tiger as a dire tiger. It can grab.

Howard up

Clarification - the dragonne and dire tiger are running away from the fort - they won't bother you. That's what I meant by idiot ball...

Grimacing, as he sees the damage done to the Claude-statue, and the fact that slaves are now being forced upstairs, Howard rips into the closest Basilisk, before 5' stepping across and down (so that he is now only 5' above the ground, and therefore within 'Gnoll reach'), and attempting to tear asunder the final basilisk.

Bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (2) + 22 = 24, for 6d10 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (9, 1, 5, 5, 6, 8) + 11 + 2 = 47 damage, +1d6 ⇒ 3 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (5, 5, 5, 7) + 11 + 2 = 35 damage, +1d6 ⇒ 5 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (4, 1, 8, 1) + 11 + 2 = 27 damage, +1d6 ⇒ 5 Fire damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 9, 6, 3) + 6 + 2 = 28 damage, +1d6 ⇒ 2 Fire damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (18) + 22 = 40, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 6, 6, 5) + 6 + 2 = 30 damage, +1d6 ⇒ 2 Fire damage.

He then gives Biting Lash a slow clap.

"Congratulationsss. It takesss a 'real' warrior to beat-up a piece of ssstone... Come over here, if you think you have what it takesss."

EDIT: So, they released those things to attack me, but they weren't trained properly, and just attacked the Gnolls that did it (given that they have bloody claws)? Hilarious ;-)

Also, I ain't worried that Claude will actually be destroyed - given that he has 15 hit points per inch of thickness, he has rather a lot :-P

However, I only have a limited number of spare slots available to prepare Make Whole, so I would rather try and limit the damage.

Howard takes out one of the Basilisk, and wounds the other. 27 dmg to the yellow one.

"Says the cowardly thing who's been using other shapes and not coming within melee reach, and even stealing my weapon to prevent me from reaching him." Biting Lash snaps back."Why don't you come here in my melee reach, I'll show you who's boss."She continues hacking at the statue. A knee joint looks about to give way.

Biting Lash's Fort: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (7) + 19 = 26

battleaxe: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 18

battleaxe: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24

battleaxe: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22

40 dmg to Claude statue

"5ft mashariki na juu ya Zuma! Tumia axes zako!" Biting Lash orders.

great axe: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
dmg: 1d12 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Great axe confirm: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
great axe: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

Howard takes 8 dmg

The last one throws a javelin at Howard.

javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

The last Basilisk tries to flee and Howard whacks it with his tail, and manages to grab and kill it.

tail: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
dmg: 4d10 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (9, 6, 5, 1) + 8 + (3) = 32
constrict: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (16) + 22 = 38
dmg: 4d10 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 1, 9) + 8 + (6) = 29

Ignoring the slave statue, the great club wielding gnoll prods the slave towards Howard. He hollers something in gnoll, "Ok Basilisks wamekwenda, tunaweza kutumia ngazi hizi sasa."

More slaves being prodded by gnolls in greatclubs shuffle up the stairs. The slaves look at Howard and at their slavemasters, terrified, like they're trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Howard up

Howard shrugs.

"Eh. It wasss worth a ssshot."

He then goes back to murdering Gnolls, before 5' stepping up again, so that he once again has a 'pounce' line on Biting Lash.

Bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (16) + 22 = 38, for 6d10 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (8, 4, 4, 5, 7, 7) + 11 + 2 = 48 damage +1d6 ⇒ 4 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (3, 7, 5, 5) + 11 + 2 = 33 damage +1d6 ⇒ 6 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (8) + 22 = 30, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (2, 2, 7, 3) + 11 + 2 = 27 damage +1d6 ⇒ 1 Fire damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (8, 7, 9, 9) + 6 + 2 = 41 damage +1d6 ⇒ 2 Fire damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (12) + 22 = 34, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 9, 7, 6) + 6 + 2 = 31 damage +1d6 ⇒ 2 Fire damage.

Trying to clear out the ones that are *not* prodding slaves forward, for the moment.

Howard kills one of the gnolls with a single bite then rips another apart, and crushes the last one with his tail.

Biting Lash continues damaging the Claude statue. The knee joint breaks and part of the statue falls to the ground. 45 dmg done to Claude statue

battleaxe: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24
battleaxe: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23
battleaxe: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22

Still sufficient Claude statue is blocking pounce lane.

The gnolls urge their slaves on using their clubs, and the slaves reluctantly try to stab Howard with pointed pieces of wood.

tail slap: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26
dmg: 4d10 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 3, 6) + 8 + (1) = 28
constrict: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (9) + 22 = 31

Howard tailslaps one of the gnoll slavers, killing him. The slaves look like they want to run, but look at the rest of the other slavers still around and gulp audibly.

improvised dagger: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
improvised dagger: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
improvised dagger: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
improvised dagger: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

More slaves and gnoll slavers shuffle up the stairs.

Grimacing in annoyance, Howard pounces on Black.

With any additional attacks going into Red/Yellow/Purple.

Bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (20) + 22 = 42, for 6d10 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (10, 5, 1, 5, 4, 4) + 11 + 2 = 42 damage +1d6 ⇒ 6 Fire damage.
Crit Confirmation: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25, for 6d10 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (7, 3, 10, 1, 9, 10) + 11 + 2 = 53 *ADDITIONAL* damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (20) + 22 = 42, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (2, 4, 7, 8) + 11 + 2 = 34 damage +1d6 ⇒ 1 Fire damage.
Crit Confirmation: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4, 1, 6) + 11 + 2 = 25 *ADDITIONAL* damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (2, 1, 6, 4) + 11 + 2 = 26 damage +1d6 ⇒ 3 Fire damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (9, 9, 2, 2) + 6 + 2 = 30 damage +1d6 ⇒ 2 Fire damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4, 5, 3) + 6 + 2 = 23 damage +1d6 ⇒ 1 Fire damage.

Howard snaps black into two then rips red and yellow apart. His tail slap smashes into the ground.

Biting Lash continues to hack at the Claude statue. 33 dmg more done

Looking at hardness and stone structures – a Masonry wall has 90 hit points, a hewn wall 3 ft thick has 540 hp, I’ll give Claude around half of that of a hewn wall, which is 270 hp. Hardness applied to all damage done thus far and I’ve already factored it in.

battleaxe: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20
battleaxe: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19

battleaxe: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 18

5 of the slaves continue to attack Howard, poked on by their slave masters, and Howard tailslaps one of the gnolls as he attempts to move into position to use his javelin.

tailslap: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37
dmg: 4d10 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 7, 7) + 8 + (2) = 28

Yes, I know I should confirm crit but I am not bothered to since without confirmation he's dead anyway

Howard gets poked by 5 slaves and javelins thrown by 3 slavers.

dagger: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
dagger: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
dagger: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
dagger: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
dagger: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

javelin: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
javelin: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
javelin: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

The other 4 slaves, without any slavers to prod them on, move towards the side and cower.

More slaves and slavers come up the stairs.

Howard up

Re: Claude-statue's hit points, that sounds fair :-)

Howard hisses at the slaves.

"Get out of the way; I don't want to hurt any of you!"

He then tries to splat the next wave of Gnolls...

Bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26, for 6d10 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (4, 5, 1, 2, 4, 4) + 11 + 2 = 33 damage +1d6 ⇒ 3 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (11) + 22 = 33, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (7, 8, 6, 7) + 11 + 2 = 41 damage +1d6 ⇒ 3 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (10) + 22 = 32, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (4, 4, 7, 6) + 11 + 2 = 34 damage +1d6 ⇒ 6 Fire damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 8, 2, 9) + 6 + 2 = 29 damage +1d6 ⇒ 5 Fire damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 1, 10, 5) + 6 + 2 = 29 damage +1d6 ⇒ 4 Fire damage.

If 28 hit points is all these Gnolls have, I think I can even tail-lash the Gnoll that has just come up the stairs ;-)

...before adjusting another 5' up into the air.

Does *that* give me a pounce-line on Biting Lash?

No. You’ll need to come from a completely different angle. The issue is that Claude is serving as an 8 ft tall wall which Biting Lash is hiding behind. Should Biting Lash chop off the second leg, which will cause the Claude statue to tumble to the ground and shatter, then yes you can pounce, but shattering the statue kills the creature in question – so yeah you might not want that.

Howard kills all of the slavers in his range.

Biting Lash continues to hack at the other knee of the Claude statue. 52 dmg done to Claude statue

Battleaxe: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (14) + 17 = 31
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28
battleaxe: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20
battleaxe: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28

Howard tail smacks the last slaver, who tries to urge his slaves to attack Howard.

tail slap: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25
dmg: 4d10 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (9, 8, 4, 4) + 8 + (6) = 39

Killing the last slavers, the slaves cower and hide by the sides. "You're not going to eat us, are you, Great Beast?"

No more gnolls or slaves come up the stairs.

Howard up

"No, I am not. If you ssstay out of the way, I will in fact free you, and ssset you up with a decent chance at a new leassse on life!"

Howard attempts to bite the final slaver (Yellow) in half...

Bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (12) + 22 = 34, for 6d10 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (2, 4, 5, 6, 5, 7) + 11 + 2 = 42 damage, +1d6 ⇒ 1 Fire damage.

...and then moves forward purposefully (going up at a 45 degree angle, as he does so), ready to engage Biting Lash.

"I have dealt with your forcesss... now it isss time to end you!"

”And your companion dies.” Biting Lash cooly answers, as she continues smashing the statue.

battleaxe: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19
battleaxe: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25
battleaxe: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
dmg: 1d12 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20

40 dmg done to Claude statue

You may pounce her now if you wish.

"Urm...you mean not involving being eaten?" One of the slaves stammers.

Howard up

Howard nods to the slaves.

"Correct."

He then pounces on Biting Lash!

"Wake up; time to die..."

Bite: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 22 + 2 = 28, for 6d10 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (6, 2, 10, 8, 2, 6) + 11 + 2 = 47 damage +1d6 ⇒ 3 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 22 + 2 = 34, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (3, 6, 1, 6) + 11 + 2 = 29 damage +1d6 ⇒ 3 Fire damage.
Claw: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 22 + 2 = 40, for 4d8 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (5, 7, 5, 3) + 11 + 2 = 33 damage +1d6 ⇒ 1 Fire damage.
Tail Slap: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 17 + 2 = 22, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 8, 9, 1) + 6 + 2 = 28 damage +1d6 ⇒ 1 Fire damage.
Grab/Constrict: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 22 + 2 = 31, for 4d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 5, 9, 2) + 6 + 2 = 29 damage +1d6 ⇒ 5 Fire damage.

Howard pounces, then rips Biting Lash into several pieces.

The slaves stare incredulously at the sight, then look at Howard with hopeful eyes, but not wanting to voice out the question.

On her body he finds potions of cure serious wounds (3) in identical crystal bottles, a gourd containing a potion of blur; +3 chainmail, +1 returning spear, mwk spear wrapped in braids of human hair, belt of incredible dexterity +2 made of fine camel skin, cloak of resistance +1, ring of protection +1, leather sandals made from elephant hide, falconer’s glove, mw spear, +1 returning spear.

On the smaller gnolls (12 total) Howard finds potion of cure moderate wounds, alchemist’s fire (2); Other Gear mwk breastplate, mwk greataxe, mwk javelins (10), 18 gp.

On each of her bodyguards(6 total) , Howard finds alchemist’s fire; +1 breastplate, +1 falchion, mwk javelin, amulet of natural armor +1, cloak of resistance +2, 4 gp.

On each of the scorpion whip wielding gnolls(8 total) Howard finds potions of cure light wounds (2), potion of cure moderate wounds, alchemist’s fire (3), thunderstones (2); mwk splint mail, mwk light steel shield, +1 scorpion whip, mwk javelin, cloak of resistance +1, 15 gp.

On each of the gnoll slavers (8 total) Howard finds potions of cure light wounds (2), alchemist’s fire (2), tanglefoot bags (2); greatclub, javelins (5), daredevil boots.

On Kistez Howard finds potion of cure serious wounds; +2 shadow leather armor, +2 scimitar, mwk kukri, belt of mighty constitution +2, 467 gp

On Hankoor Howard finds potion of cure serious wounds; Other Gear mwk dagger, dusty rose prism ioun stone, ring of protection +2, robe of bones, spell component pouch