The Curse of Xanathon (Inactive)

Game Master Helaman

Sorry for the delay - crazy weekend. Posting soon.

Aaaand... we're back. Again, apologies all

The battle spirit veiling the barbarians vision in a red mist, Aukan plows into the midst of his foes! He brains one before nearly gutting another... but the guard stands still... if only barely (guard #6 died, #7 still standing).

Liam tries an overly dancing sword combination that yields no results followed by a shield punch to his opponents face that bloodies his nose! (Guard #9) He feels inspired by Elaris' presence and feels his next effort will be even greater.

Karl's attack fails to breech his enemy's defences.

Had to move the map around some so that Seneon could be near Karl, so switch him with Liam on the map

Seneons efforts to get past the guards shield fail.

Elaris lets fly at guard #4 and hits.

Magnus spell goes off. The guard that was nearly gutted by Aukan goes down, sleeping, as well the one bashed in the face by Liam as well well as the one shot by Elaris... all snoozing. Finally the one closest to Magnus (#10) also drops.

Your efforts have disabled half your foes... but they respond with blood curdling yells and fierce strikes.

#1 Attacks Aukan moving into the space previously occupied by the now dead #6.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19 for 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

#2 Attacks Seneon

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 for 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

#3 Attacks Karl

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12 for 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

#5 Attacks Aukan.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 for 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

#8 Attacks Liam.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 for 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Party up!

Round 3

Karl attacks the cultist that attacked him with his Mace.

Mace Att[/dice: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Mace Dam: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Aukan goes bananas
YOU DARE SCRATCH AUKAN! YOU WILL PAY IN BLOOD!

Frenzy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Frenzy2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21 Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Yeah... thats not gonna end well for the guy who hit Aukan

The promise of a kiss from the lovely Elaris draws a smile from Liam's lips. and in return he blows her a kiss back as he twirls his blade and leaps to the attack on the same guard he mis-calculated his attack on before. (#9)

attack with combat inspiration: 1d20 + 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (12) + (3) + 5 = 20
sword damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

the sword slices past the enemy's armor leaving an opening that Liam tries to take advantage of.

shield bash: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

but Liam is unable to take advantage of the opening as he was distracted at the sight of beauty in motion seeing Elaris fight.

Hah! missed me!
Seneon says as the guards blade slices out in front of him.
He takes advantage of the distraction provided by Karl, and leaps in for the kill.
attack(shortsword): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Sneak Attack: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 1) = 7
Stupid enemy! You made me miss you!

I'll pause one more day for Magnus and Elias and then bot them. I have had some delayed posting in this game and its only fair that from time to time others my be delayed

Sorry, looks like the post monster strikes again....as I had thought I posted right after Aukan. Sorry about that..

Magnus takes aim at one of the guards and fires a bolt of fire.

Attack-spell: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 7

Weird...exactly the same numbers as the eaten post..lol

apologies...works been a bit busy...spilling over into my evenings..

A peal of laughter erupts from Elaris at Liam's cocky blown kiss, nodding to herself as her inspiration makes a difference.

She knocks another arrow and seeks a likely target...

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
damage: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8

She spies Magnus' bolt of fire go awry, calling out "Come now, Magnus, I desire to see your arcane might, don't let these brutes show you up!"

combat inspiration, 10inutes to use 1d6 for attack, savr, ability check or damage roll

On the road for the next 6 hrs but will update then.

And back to the action

Aukan guts the man who dare strike him like a hog! Liam tries a new line of attack and buries his sword in his foes throat.

The other attacks of the party are not as effective.

The three remaining guards are as fanatic as ever and attack.

#4 and 5 attack Karl
1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 for 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 for 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

#2 attacks Seneon.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 for 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

I'll clean the map and it corpses soon so Liam and Aukan can move around the batttle field a bit - remember there are still sleeping foes

Elaris perception 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Aukan is raging
Liam 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Magnus 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Karl 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Seneon 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

Liam, Karl and Seneon all hear something that Elaris missed... they can hear more guards stirring... the room next door maybe?

Aukan doesn't know, neither does he care, that more enemies are coming. He is full on in his Battle Rage and he just wants to smash as many faces as possible. He begins swingingly wildly, recklessly.

RAAAAAAGHHHH Aukan charges at the nearest standing enemy!

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 AttackAdv: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Frenzy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 Frenzy Adv: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Aukan is gripped in a battle frenzy, giving him an extra attack each round. He is now also attacking recklessly, giving him advantage on all str based attacks, but also giving his enemies advantage against him.

Round 4, Spiritual Weapon Rds 9/10

Karl withdraws from combat to a position of safety so as not to incur AoO's, but remain within 60' of the two guards bunched together that attacked him.

As a bonus action, Karl will pray to Frey and summon a spiritual Mace that attacks the Guard that hit him.

SW Att: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
SW Dam: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Man you are not having a lot of luck are you Karl. You can withdraw but am not sure where your bonus action comes from... is it in the spell description?

Yep...Casting time on Spiritual Weapon is a Bonus Action. And next turn I can move it as a bonus action between enemies within 5 feet of one another to attack a second time.

Did Magnus hear anything??

Magnus? Nah

acrobatics cause its Liam: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

I believe that there are only sleeping guards around Liam right now.

With Karl's withdraw, Liam moves t take his place. attempting to flip past Aukan. but his leap is mis-calculated as if you expected anything less?. Liam's foot catches Aukan in the top of his head and Liam falls haphazardly toward the enemy (#4)

sword attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

shield bash: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
shield damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

his sword bouncing harmlessly off the guard's armor, but as the guard starts to laugh, Liam finishes his "falling with style" and smacks him in the head with his shield.

Thats a toughie - we'll let it ride here as the combat is all but over but with such roll should mean at a minimum disadvantage with the rolls if not heftier penalties - on the flip side?, if you try this and roll really well for acrobatics then I'd grant advantage... but leave it for now. I do like Liam - he's got style... doesn't always come off but its style nonetheless

sounds like fun, but the acrobatic rolls I make are usually not needed, I just use it as a gauge as to how awesome I do stuff. of course gaining some advantage or disadvantage for it also make it more interesting. I do not always roll acrobatics, so I am guessing that when I do not roll then it will be normal attacks.

Ouchie!
He sees Karls attack clang off the guards armor.
Mr.Karl, I think we should hit more often. Here, I'll try again

Seneon lunges, driving his shortsword home(same enemy Karl is attacking).
Shortsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Sneak Attack: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5
The other enemy persons are waking up!

Magnus still hasn't acted, nor has Elaris.

I'll bot if no post comes in in a few hours so we can enjoy the weekend :D

Ok, I am posting but all my posts are disappearing right afterwards...and it seems to only be this game....very sorry..I will try to keep checking to make sure they do not disappear....

Magnus again fires a bolt of fire at the guardsman.

Attack-magic: 1d20 + 5 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 5 + (2) = 11
Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 8

Humming a battle-hymn out of Vestland, Elaris draws another arrow from her quiver, considers the battlefield a moment, then fires...

attack guar #4: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7

I'm not dead and you are not forgotten- been down I'll for 3 days. Getting back up now.

Aukan swings wildly, connecting only once and for a serious but not deadly wound.

Karl steps away from his enemies and around sleeping foes and uses his spiritual weapon to attack but it bounces off a shield

Liams sword and shield both hit, and drops #4!

Seneons sneak attack drops #2

And Elaris finishes Aukan's foe off with a well aimed shot.

All that are left are sleeping foes but you can hear a door open and voices ring out.

Elaris, you can see guards start to enter the corridor, heading your way.

Aukan is still gripped with the battle fury!

RAAAAAGH he charges off at the enemies heading towards the party!

Thats my boy!

How many are still asleep? We need to deal with them before we follow Aukan into the next group..lol

Mr. Aukan! No!
Seneon runs after him.

4 left sleeping.

Not one to stand in the way of another's art, Elaris steps aside as Aukan rushes out into the corridor, pointing the way towards the guards approaching.

She moves to the other side of the corridor,so she can see better beyond Aukan's furious bulk , and waves her hand in the air, leisurely, towards the other guards.

Faerie Fire, Dex save or we have advantage for attacks

Area effect or just single target?

Can I see the approaching guards yet?

Karl looks down the hallway in search of the approaching enemies so that he can move his Spiritual Weapon to attack.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Magnus, can we tie these sleeping enemies up, or dispose of them in some other way?

You'd have to leave the room but sure, if you did so

Area effect or just single target?

area, please

Round 5, Spiritual Weapon Rds 8/10

Karl steps out into the hallway and sends the Spiritual Weapon down the hall to attack the nearest approaching enemies.

SW Att: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
SW Dam: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

In the event there is an enemy within 5 feet of the first one I attacked, then I will use a Bonus Action to attack the adjacent enemy, per the spell.

SW Att: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
SW Dam: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Also, please let me know if I need to roll the Advantage attacks for the Faerie Fire - I may Crit, after all.

Sure - Take advantage :). Elaris, does it work against the people in the 20ft cube now or anyone that enters that cube at a later point. Happy to go with your voice on this

SW1 Adv Att: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

SW2 Adv Att: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Karls spiritual weapon strikes and kills the lead guard as part of the corridor springs into spectral flames. Aukan falls just short of the enspelled area, with Seneon right behind him.

Just Liam and Magnus left and the only ones in the room with the sleepers - actions?

Note that Aukan will enter the enspelled area next round if we are ruling its an ongoing area effect rather than something that just hit targets within the area when it first appears.

I am not one for Killing enemies like this referring to the sleeping guards. Perhaps we lock them in here for now. Liam suggests looking for a way to secure the door from the outside.

Nothing you can see as viable - the door opens inward and has bar of sorts on the inside... you could pile furniture in the corridor but that isn't going to happen at the moment

Sure - Take advantage :). Elaris, does it work against the people in the 20ft cube now or anyone that enters that cube at a later point. Happy to go with your voice on this

Well, it doesn't come right out and say it in the rules. so i think its your first option

Is it a simple coup de grace, or do I need to roll to hit and damage?

"I can easily drag a knife over their throats, but tying them up might require 2 of us."

If its all the same to you, I prefer tying them up. Liam suggests. but we need to work fast. How long does this magic last?

Seneon bumps into Aukan as he stops suddenly.
Those do not look safe.

Guards 2 and 3 attack Aukan

#2 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 for 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
#3 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12 for 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Party up... and you think there are more guards to come.

Round 6, Spiritual Weapon Rds 7/10, Adv (Faerie Fire)

Karl moves the the Spiritual Weapon to guards 2 and 3 attacking Aukan.

SW Att: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
SW Adv Att: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
SW Dam: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Bonus Action to attack the adjacent enemy, per the spell.

SW Att: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
SW Adv Att: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
SW Dam: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Mr. Aukan! No!
He moves beside Aukan.
He attacks the guards near Aukan.
attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
sneak attack: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8