The Avalon Chronicles

Game Master lynora

All the shadows are incorporeal, does he have magic tentacles? :P

"What do I know?" Alton asks

"Where the shelters are." Michael replies. "I'm no use out here."

"Oh, yeah, the shelters are just a hallway over from the gym. The teacher there is making stone domes for students to hide in while some musician holds off the fiends with lightning. My friends tell me he seems to be enjoying himself."

All the shadows are incorporeal, does he have magic tentacles? :P

No. No, he does not. But with a 6 Int, I'm sure he thinks they are. ;)

"What do I know?" Alton asks

"Where the shelters are." Michael replies. "I'm no use out here."

"Oh, yeah, the shelters are just a hallway over from the gym. The teacher there is making stone domes for students to hide in while some musician holds off the fiends with lightning. My friends tell me he seems to be enjoying himself."

"Right. So we'll head that way, and hopefully not run into too much trouble getting there."

Alton starts fiddleing with what he took out of the cabinet in the evocation classroom.

"I can take you there. Just don't open your eyes, the shortcut won't hurt your brain if you can't see." Alton smiles and winks, but he seems to be pretty serious.

Kitty took Michael's hand and squeezed her eyes tightly shut.

"Okay. Ready when you are."

"You guys go on ahead, I'm going to see if there's any more fighting to be done."
He leaves his clones there to help Michael, and vanishes.

Both Kitty and Michael feel something happening. Then, suddenly...

Alton snickers.

"I love making people think simple teleportation spells can hurt their brains!" :P

"Professor!" He calls out to Aananda. "I've got two more for whatever you're calling these dome thingies!"

"Kitty, Michael, good, I was worried about you two." She opened a door in one of the shelters. "Hurry inside, you should be safe here."

"Good work, Alton."

The shadows keen eerily as they move in to drain their target...
Touch attacks:
Shadow 1 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
Shadow 2 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
Shadow 3 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Shadow 4 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
Shadow 5 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33 confirm Shadow 5 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
Shadow 6 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

Damage:
Shadow 1 1d8 ⇒ 8 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 1 cold
Shadow 2 1d8 ⇒ 2 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 2 cold
Shadow 3 1d8 ⇒ 8 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 1 cold
Shadow 4 1d8 ⇒ 2 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 2 cold
Shadow 5 1d8 ⇒ 3 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 5 cold
Shadow 6 1d8 ⇒ 6 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 3 cold

Possible extra crit damage:
Shadow 5 1d8 ⇒ 5 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 4 cold

"I know that. Here, if any get past Lightning Boy out there, press this button and throw it. Double the durability of the shelters and get in one yourself. You'll have five seconds."

Alton waits for Michael and Kitty to get out of era-shot.

"Keep those two away from any of the fighting if you can help it. Demons aren't the only problem we have right now." He turns and runs out to the hallway, ducking under lightning as he goes back to searching for stragglers.

The thing Alton hands Aananda looks like a cross between a bunch of broken staffs and wands, and a pipe bomb in the shape of a smiley face.

The shadows keen eerily as they move in to drain their target...

Everything except the nat 20 misses. Thing has a crazy high armor class. 51.

The creature barely even notices the attacks.

Krays wrote:

The shadows keen eerily as they move in to drain their target...

Everything except the nat 20 misses. Thing has a crazy high armor class. 51.

The creature barely even notices the attacks.

It has a 51 touch AC?

The thing Alton hands Aananda looks like a cross between a bunch of broken staffs and wands, and a pipe bomb in the shape of a smiley face.

"Ooh...this has possibilities....I bet I could make it more efficient...Later. Obviously later," she said, reluctantly putting away the new toy. ;P

narrator wrote:

Krays wrote:

The shadows keen eerily as they move in to drain their target...

Everything except the nat 20 misses. Thing has a crazy high armor class. 51.

The creature barely even notices the attacks.

It has a 51 touch AC?

Yes. Is why I hates these things so much when I'm a player. Pure evil. And of course the tentacles. My RL DM is waaaaay too fond of tentacles.

And of course the tentacles. My RL DM is waaaaay too fond of tentacles.

Black Tentacles trap. Oriental game. Everyone who failed their save and got grappled was a female character. Dice rolls can like tentacles too.

Yes. Is why I hates these things so much when I'm a player. Pure evil. And of course the tentacles. My RL DM is waaaaay too fond of tentacles.

wow...I'm hard pressed to get normal AC that high...but a 51 touch. <shiver>

Krays hears the shadow's frustrated cries and his jaw drops...
"Umm...Ephebe?" He says with concern as he starts to back away...

Not to challenge ye, Lynora, but 51 seems to be the normal AC. The touch looks like...16.

There was a link? <facepalm> Sorry I didn't see that before.

Not to challenge ye, Lynora, but 51 seems to be the normal AC. The touch looks like...16.

Ugh. I got caught by the fact that they don't break it down. Normal stat blocks give you all three. Apparently epic stat blocks think the DM has suddenly acquired vastly more time and attention than is actually available. >.<

So it loses 39 STR and takes 18 cold damage? :)

Err...34 STR

So it loses 39 STR and takes 18 cold damage? :)

34 Str and 18 cold damage, yes. Apparently the wail of frustration is coming from the creature not the shadows. :)

While Krays's shadows do their best to decimate the creature, Ephebe loads a shell into her Caster and takes aim.

Ranged touch:1d20 + 22 ⇒ (5) + 22 = 27

As the bullet explodes on the troll's hide the disintegrate spell goes off.

For save for troll: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26

Damage taken by troll: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 6, 4, 1) = 17

Edit: woops, forgot to roll to overcome SR. 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19

Edit 2: No the spell does not effect the troll and it does not take any damage from that.

"I'm glad your okay." Michael says to Kitty after a few minutes of sitting and waiting. "Saffire too."

"I'm glad your okay." Michael says to Kitty after a few minutes of sitting and waiting. "Saffire too."

Saffire meeped tiredly before drifing off to sleep on Kitty's lap.

She leaned her head on his shoulder. "I'm glad you're glad, which just sounds silly. But yeah, I'm glad we're all okay. I was really scared. Both because I had scary monsters chasing me and because I was worried about you. But it's all right now. I love you," she added, almost as an afterthought.

The sharp pain in his chest is not what he expected. The words made him happy, but he couldn't help but wonder how long it would be before she screamed their opposite.

"I... you..." Michael starts, unable to form the words he wanted to say. "I love you too. No matter what happens, I want you to know that."

Gaelvin had made it to the shelter and was playing a tune to help keep things up beat, he allowed Kethendmiirik's calming effect to spread over everyone keeping things from breaking into a panic or frenzy. He was also keeping an eye out for any sign of fiendish attack.

The cat disappears from outside the tower back to Solivala who is now watching the events taking place thruout the rest of the school.

He keeps looking thru the book at times focusing on the monitors. The cat gives a sad smirk and fades away thinking "she said I misunderstood, she does not have a clue about how his mind works, not to mention rotten timing".

"Just take him down fast and hard." Asch says as he blasts a shell into the balor before rushing it.

attack1d20 + 23 ⇒ (9) + 23 = 32
damage10d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 4, 3, 5, 6, 2, 5, 4, 6) = 42

Enre nods before charging the Balor.

Well if that is normal Balor all those hit. After DR did 153 dmg.

The troll lumbers towards Krays and Ephebe, ignoring the shadows.

Basically provoking AoOs from all of them.

Just waiting for big and ugly to attack la la lalalala lalalalala

Fieri tossed a handful of flame marbles at their pursuit, letting the flash-bang of the explosion cover their retreat. Jiminy sent the group they'd rescued from the magic studies classroom to the shelters via teleport. She was starting to worry a bit. He was starting to look pale fro overusing his abilities. He'd have no trouble at all if it were just combat against these creatures, but the amount of reality bending required to save the other students had been pretty high.

"Dennis, take care of this guy, okay?" she said nodding towards Jiminy.

Dennis nodded in understanding and charged the demon with a roar as she quickly headed off jiminy before he could join the fray.

"Let Dennis take care of this one, okay? You're pushing yourself too hard. You can't save people if you collapse from exhaustion."

Just waiting for big and ugly to attack la la lalalala lalalalala

Not sure that anyone is actually running the balor...go ahead and roll its attacks using standard info from the bestiary.

The balor unleashes its wrath at the mortals. His sword and whip flashing at Enre. Every strike from the demon lands on Enre but the balor is not done. It calls upon its inner power to magically slam Asch into Enre. Not only does the whip wrap up the poor hulk it removed his head with a crack. The balor gives a sinster chuckle.

Enre takes 149 dmg and is entangled and 1 Str dmg unless he makes his DC 26 fort save. Asch takes 25 dmg. Enre loses his head. Geez.

The shadows continue to drain their target...
Touch attacks:
Shadow 1 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
Shadow 2 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23
Shadow 3 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
Shadow 4 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33
Shadow 5 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Shadow 6 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
Damage:
Shadow 1 1d8 ⇒ 4 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 6 cold
Shadow 2 1d8 ⇒ 2 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 1 cold
Shadow 3 1d8 ⇒ 2 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 2 cold
Shadow 4 1d8 ⇒ 2 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 2 cold
Shadow 5 1d8 ⇒ 5 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 6 cold
Shadow 6 1d8 ⇒ 4 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 1 cold

The troll slumped onto the floor in a heap of tentacles, no longer even having the strength to raise a single tentacle. It was not dead yet, and still regenerating.

Just to be clear, Enre does not lose his head.

And after a long discussion of vorpal, balors and whips of all things, it seems I was wrong. However since the whole vorpal whip thing isn't sitting well with me, Enre I'll let you decide if your character is headless or not.

"Heh, music. Now all we need are some candles and food." Michael whispers to Kitty.

"Heh, music. Now all we need are some candles and food." Michael whispers to Kitty.

She giggled. "I'm pretty sure this is one date venue we shouldn't repeat though," she whispered back. "Aananda-sensei would get cranky."

The shadows continue to drain their target, finishing it off...
Touch attacks:
Shadow 1 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Shadow 2 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33confirm 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Shadow 3 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25
Shadow 4 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
Shadow 5 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
Shadow 6 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33
Damage:
Shadow 1 1d8 ⇒ 6 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 3 cold
Shadow 2 1d8 ⇒ 1 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 6 cold
Shadow 3 1d8 ⇒ 1 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 5 cold
Shadow 4 1d8 ⇒ 3 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 4 cold
Shadow 5 1d8 ⇒ 2 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 2 cold
Shadow 6 1d8 ⇒ 3 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 2 cold

Crit add'tl damage if necessary:
Shadow 2 1d8 ⇒ 4 STR and 1d6 ⇒ 3 cold

He'll turn into a shadow under his control, and Krays will just searing light it to end it.

She giggled. "I'm pretty sure this is one date venue we shouldn't repeat though," she whispered back. "Aananda-sensei would get cranky."

"Well, as long as we don't ask her to make us one of these doems too often, we should be fine." Michael replies, waiting a moment before letting mock-confusion show on his face. "Wait, you were talking about the school being invaded, weren't you?"

She holstered her Caster and watched as Krays finished destroying the troll.

"I don't know why I spend so much time training," she said with a self-deprecating smile. "I still end up needing to be rescued."

"Thank you. For rescuing me so many times today."

Kitty Tanaka wrote:

She giggled. "I'm pretty sure this is one date venue we shouldn't repeat though," she whispered back. "Aananda-sensei would get cranky."

"Well, as long as we don't ask her to make us one of these doems too often, we should be fine." Michael replies, waiting a moment before letting mock-confusion show on his face. "Wait, you were talking about the school being invaded, weren't you?"

"Silly Michael," she said, trying to at least laugh quietly so as not to interrupt the music.

A few fiends managed to sneak their way into the shelter. Spotted by Gaelvin he let out a powerful note banishing them in a moment before they could cause harm. He wondered how much longer this was going to last.

"Silly Michael," she said, trying to at least laugh quietly so as not to interrupt the music.

"I'd rather you remember me like that." Michael says. poking Kitty's side lightly in an attempt to tickle her.

David hides his pain and anger, that damnable bard nearly broke his cover. He could feel the power of that song, he would have to watch that one. He had managed to stay unnoticed among the other students, things seemed to becoming more controlled. He doubted the lesser fiends would hold out much longer. He sensed only two powerful fiends left and one was wounded, typical without the rift supplying forces they buckled. To brash a course of action indeed.

Asch's eyes flash dangerously red as he pulls all the surrounding shadows towards him and the balor causing the entire hallway to go completely dark.Activating greater deadly focus and creating deeper darkness as the champion of darkness. 20%miss chance even with darkvision ignore DR. Oh and activating Bracers of shielding current ac 32 "Amada get those students to safety!" He calls out from the darkness just before the first flash of a shell is seen cutting through the darkness.

Asch becomes a blur of movement as he slashes madly and fires a continues stream of shells into the balor.

Amada stands still for a moment unable to act from worry over Asch. As suddenly as her fear arrived it vanished she had to trust in Asch and help by getting the non-commbatants out of harms way. And then she'd be able to help. She ducks around the battle and heads over to the students. "Get together and I'll teleport you all to a safe zone."