Team Dwarf/Gnome in Elves vs Dwarves -- ELVES KEEP OUT (Inactive)

Game Master Chainmail

Gallak is only, say, 10' up in his corner?

Okay, Joan with start trying to climb up the shaft, double move so 15 feet up.
Climb 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Climb 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Perception (Looking for an anchor): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

Joan looks up and then down the hall.

"I've got rope, but if I can't find a place to anchor it, I don't know how much good it'll do. Guess there's only one way to find out."

The ranger starts climbing up the shaft, hoping to find a good place to anchor the rope.

Gallak tosses Joan a piton to hammer into the wall, to anchor her rope every so often. He'll continue feeding them up since Joan seems to be a surer climber.

Joan makes steady progress with Gallak's help. The dwarves are rushing back down the passage.

Kib<<<

Climb: 1d20 ⇒ 6
Climb: 1d20 ⇒ 12

Kib climbs higher

Kib falls from the crumbling walllethal: 1d6 ⇒ 1 nonlethal: 1d6 ⇒ 4. He is not bleeding only knocked out for a while.

The duergar are chasing the rest of the dwarves to the ladder, and Joan seems to climbing easily up the corner. The elemental seemed content with destroying a portion of the handholds from twenty to sixty feet up.

The party is together except for the gaseous Hon and the duergar are hanging back about hundred feet away behind tower shields out of the light.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

Joan points out a chimney at ground level behind the former handholds. The passage of the elemental made it more obvious.

That means everyone can read the spoiler.

Can Joan come down in a controlled slide, or is it sheer?

Joan is eighteen seconds from the bottom with no danger.

Joan sees the entrance to the tunnel and begins a slow careful descent.

Are we still in Initiative?

We are out of combat. The duergar are not pressing the action.

Alrighty then.

Once Joan reaches the bottom of the shaft she tells Gallack what she saw.

"Think, we can get Magnum and Kragg up with out too much delay?"

Ho, I dunno. Think these fat ol' goons will fit oop that?

"I hope so. Otherwise both Magnum and Kragg are gone for good."

Oy! Listen oop! Stop dyin', y'hear? Runnin out o' bodies ta' carry the bodies!

Zzzzzzzz

"Can you heal him?"

Joan looks a little worried about all the casualties that seem to be accumulating.

Since we are out of combat

Channel 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

"Huh? What?? Ow! Ooooh...Much better. Thanks Nar." Kib looks sideways as he slowly gets to his feet, apparently still just a little foggy despite the cleric's healing.

Shaking his head, the small Gnome glares up the chimney after the elemental "Right. Earth Elemental's. Next thing to put on ma list of things I Hate."

Then looking around and quickly surveying the scenario, he asks quietly "So, what's the plan now? Up this other chimney then?" as he speaks, he switches wands and, taking a second to properly gauge the distance, fires a bright pea-sized globe out of one of his wands. As he watches it's blazing progress he whispers "Meanwhile, Take That ye bastards!"

As the bead sails over their tower shields and heads, time seems to slow down as almost all eyes turn to follow it's progress until, a mere moment later, the bead explodes with great, fiery force. Most of those that followed the first bead, miss the second bead which had come almost immediately after it.

With the two massive explosions to keep them busy, Kib then uses the wand in his other hand to again fill up the space between the two parties with a mass of sticky webbing.

1st Fireball DC18: 5d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 1, 2, 5) = 15
2nd Fireball DC18: 5d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 6, 3, 4) = 16
Then WEB

Kib fires a massive fireball. The truce is over as the duergar rush to make contact. Nar has performed the healing. Joan and Gallak are by the chimney.

I will roll initiative again. Kib's action was in the surprise round.

Order of action

Joan 23
Nar 20
Kib 12
Magnum 10
Duergar 8
Gallak 7
Big Mug 4
Khazad 3

Ok, so was the 2nd fireball or the web cast yet?

No --and they are still back, so I will have the second fireball go off before they act.

"Oh no. Kib, what did you just do?"

Joan gets out her bow and readies to loose an arrow.

Round 1: Draw bow, Ready action to shoot the first dwarf in range.

Reflex: 2d20 ⇒ (7, 1) = 8
Joan will see one singed duergar come into range of the sunrod. Joan enjoys the sunrod's glow for a prepared shot.

Joan 23<<<<
Nar 20<<<<
Kib 12 Fireball 2
Magnum 10 unconscious but stable
Duergar 8
Gallak 7
Big Mug 4
Khazad 3

Readied Action: Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Magnum didn't get hit by the healing?
Goddamn half-size stone-headed thin-bearded bullette-brained ruddy-faced gnome.

Gallak deftly snags Kib's wand of rope trick and steps into the chimney, holding his length of rope in his other hand.

Magnum was critted. He is still negative.

Whatha...?

The gaseous image of Hon drifts upwards to blend in with the smoke residue of scorched dwarf. Flowing into the left over heat wave, he watches the ensuing drama. Perhaps an opportunity may yet avail itself.

Joan's shot misses.

Noted. Continue drifting. /heavy sigh.

Khazad sighs heavily as he arrives to the exit, either from running in plate armor or from seeing the casualties. "Anyone else needs carrying?"
When the fireballs explode behind, he seems confused. "Do we climb up or keep on fighting?"

"Climb up and have Kib pop a couple more of those if they follow?"

Joan shakes her head at her sloppy bowmanship.

Damn poison.

A wee bit o' fog and a goodly dose of tha' webbing should slow 'em down while we climb outta this pit, eh?
Gallak waits for the rope to ascend as far as it's likely to before starting his ascent.

"What??" the small sorcerer responds testily to the female ranger "Did I miss something and these evil bastards are not our enemies anymore? Didja think they'd just leave us to leave all peaceful-lie? Bah! Better tae blast 'em while they're far away as the up-close-and-personal approach obviously didn't work out so well."

In response to Khazad's question and the other's responses Kib answers grimly "Ye all begin climbing with the wounded. I'll hold these buggers off."

He allows Gallak to snatch the wand, but frowns when he sees how the misinformed bard intends to use it.

Please check the OOC bro! ; )

The duergar rush forward. Two flasks land in the corridor. One short of the group, but one lands right near Big Mud scattering those closeby with fire. Once again, the hallway is plunged in darkness as the duergar rush up after Kib's fireball goes off. This time the dark dwarves seem to come through relatively unscathed. The lead dark dwarf is brandishing a war axe and a large shield.
Order of Action
Nar(delay)<<<
Gallak 7<<<
Big Mug 4
Khazad 3<<<
Joan 23<<<
Nar 20
Kib 12 Fireball 2
Magnum 10 unconscious but stable
Duergar 8

Joan sends two more arrows down range. aiming for the lead duergar. The second one breaking as it hit the wall ten feet down the tunnel.

"Better get going, I don't know how long I'm going to be able keep this up."

Attack 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Damage 1: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Attack 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Were those CL checks for kib you rolled Chainmail? Did you add Kib's level to them? And in the future, would you mind posting the what round it is above any initiative lists you do?

Okay, we almost exactly 31 rounds from when Joan appeared on the scene. So I am calling the current round 31. As people can be busy on the weekend, I will move things along Monday if everyone hasn't acted.

Round 30
Nar(delay)<<<
Gallak 7<<<
Big Mug 4
Khazad 3<<<
Round 31
Joan 23<<<
Nar 20
Kib 12 Fireball 2
Magnum 10 unconscious but stable
Duergar 8

Action this round is posted above. Rapid shot for 18 and 4 and 4 damage on the first one.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

Joan pales and looks up.

"Oh no."

Nar will use his last fire bolt on the lead Duergar and then will take point if needed to meet the onslaught on enemies. However his bolt flies wide

Ranged Touch 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Fire Damage 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Khazad grabs the heaviest of the bodies Kragg? I hope he weighs less than 196 pounds with his gear and begins climbing up the rope.
According to hero lab, Khazad is at heavy load between 109 and 196 pounds of added weight
Climb: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (2) - 3 = -1
LoL I knew the dice are going to screw me. I'll just take 10 for a result of 7 whenever I can.

Gallak is currently climbing, hoping to affix pitons every so often to keep any fatal falls from occurring. He'll take ten whenever he can, ascending at the rate of 10' per move, or 10' per round when he can take ten.

Every twenty feet, he affixes a piton, taking up that round's movement.

Joan and Nar miss the advanced Duergar. Gallak begins climbing, Khazad is quickly behind him with Kragg. The Bannerman finds himself easily holding off the duergar as they try to hit him. Hon floats down the passageway.

Round 31
Nar<<<
Gallak 7
Big Mug 4
Khazad 3
Round 32
Joan 23
Nar 20
Kib 12
Magnum 10 unconscious/stable
Duergar 8

Round 32: Take a move to relay what she heard. Standard to try and poke a druegar's eye out.

Joan sends two more arrows streaking down the corridor.

"Soldiers above! We need to leave NOW!"

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

"Hopefully above means they're not duergar soldiers. Keep climbing!" Khazad is first to follow his own advice.