The Many-Faced GM's Skulls and Shackles (Inactive)

Game Master Nickadeamous

I have to use Accursed Hex in the following round, so not many options, otherwise I can't target him again. Octopoid next round.

Keeping singing, Nivian refocuses her mental efforts into a new assault to push her misfortune curse through the Whale's psychic defenses.

Johara continues her weaving, droning singsong.

Concentration on the lullaby.

Sandman took advantage of Johara's song to start pulling creatures into sleep.

Slumber Hex, DC 18 to #6

Cleave #1: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 - 1 = 12 Assuming this is probably a miss... which means...
Damage: 1d10 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 3 = 11
Cleave #2: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 8 + 1 - 1 = 28 That. Sucks. Hard.
Damage: 1d10 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 3 = 18

Fargrim lets loose the chains on his dorn-dergar and attacks the grindylows at reach, but unfortunately the extra length seems to have thrown off his aim...

Free Action - Maintain Bloodrage (3 rounds). Move Action - Change weapon to Reach version. Standard Action - Attempt Cleave.

Hey, maybe you were targetting #6 who fell asleep :) then you would hit...but yeah, that sucks -_- eventually, I'll pick up fortune as well. then you'll be better off.

Botting Baltzar for the round.

This time Nivian's curse of misfortune takes hold of the Whale. Johara continues her hypnotic pattern as Sandman escorts a grindylow off to dreamland. Fargrim's chain, covered in grindylow guts slips ever so slightly and manages to miss the small terror. Baltzar rips and claws at those closing in but after almost getting it's face ripped off, it bobs and weaves more effectively and even stabs her back viciously. Grindylows move in and try to stab and bite Fargrim, but they are too afraid of the swinging chain. The queen lifts her hand and points directly at Fargrim releasing a sliver of ice that flies in his direction but misses and impacts into the cave wall. The Whale, growing hungrier by the second, begins to force his bulk into the small passage. The devilfish, unable to get past the grindylows, lashes out with it's tentacles. A huge and incredibly long tentacle shoots out and smashes into the tunnel wall inches above Sandman's head.

Baltzar takes 7 points of piercing damage.

Player's Turn - Round 4

Brinewood Queen - full health; barkskin
Whale - full health, misfortune, squeezing
Devilfish - full health, squeezing
Grindylow #1 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #2 - dead
Grindylow #3 - full health
Grindylow #4 - full health, yawning
Grindylow #5 - full health
Grindylow #6 - full health, asleep (3 rounds)
Grindylow #7 - near death
Grindylow #8 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death

Sorry I was gone, and ouch...

Baltzar again claws at the grindylow near her, reluctant to risk a healing spell in melee.

Claw Attack #1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Claw Damage #1: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Claw Attack #2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Claw Damage #2: 1d4 ⇒ 4

The RNG gods hate me, they really do.

Fargrim ducks around claws and spears, bringing his dorn-dergar whipping around once more!

Cleave #1: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 8 + 1 - 1 = 17
Damage: 1d10 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 3 = 15

Cleave #2: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 8 + 1 - 1 = 17
Damage: 1d10 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 3 = 19

Free Action - Maintain Bloodrage (4 rounds). Standard Action - Cleave attack on 3 & 4, hopefully hit this time!

I'm starting to agree with you Baltzar.

Baltzar continues to claw at the grindylow nearest her, but the foul creature fights for it's life and manages to evade her shredding fingertips. Other grindylows are not so lucky as Fargrim's chain has regained it's form and decimated two of their numbers.

Brinewood Queen - full health; barkskin
Whale - full health, misfortune, squeezing
Devilfish - full health, squeezing
Grindylow #1 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #2 - dead
Grindylow #3 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #4 - dead
Grindylow #5 - full health
Grindylow #6 - full health, asleep (3 rounds)
Grindylow #7 - near death
Grindylow #8 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death

Nivian, Johara, and Sandman are up.

Still singing, Nivians gaze lands on the Devilfish, pushing Misfortune into it's existance as well.
Move cackle, Standard Misfortune. Did I mention I'll be very happy once I get some more spells and hexes? ;)

You'll be level four after this fight...assuming you survive.

As the unlucky witch glares at the Devilfish, it's fortune changes drastically.

Devilfish Will save vs. DC 15 misfortune: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Sandman and Johara up.

I will Delay until after the Brinewood Queen, but before Whale, then Slumber on Whale. DC 18 Will.

Waiting until the queen was engaged in something else, Sandman set his sights on the creature called Whale.

"Fargim, the big one. Now."

How about a Coup de Grace, assuming Whale takes a nap?

On the road and can't see the map at the moment. Will check in tonight - move me if you need to do so to keep the game going!

Botting Johara
Knowing that the Sandman meant to change his target, Johara did the same. Stepping into view of the whale, she began a new gentle rocking motion to help the large grindylow take a nap, but despite the curse of ill luck, he manages to resist the effects of the lullaby. The queen pulls out a wand and waves it at the heroes summoning an octopus to fill the gap left by her deceased minions. The octopus immediately sets upon Fargrim, nibbling on him and trying to wrap him up with it's tentacles. Luckily Fargrim has seen enough hentai to know where this is going. Try as it might, the octopus just can't get a grip on the slippery when wet dwarf. Sandman curses the Whale with sweet dreams as try as it might, the big lug just can't keep his eyes open. Rather than falling into the water though, it simply gets stuck in the tunnel where it was. The devilfish angry with its situation lashes out at Sandman again but is unable to make contact with the big Mwangi man.

Fargrim takes 3 points of damage from the octopus.

Player's Turn - Round 5

Brinewood Queen - full health; barkskin
Whale - full health, misfortune, squeezing, asleep (3 rounds)
Devilfish - full health, squeezing
Grindylow #1 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #2 - dead
Grindylow #3 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #4 - dead
Grindylow #5 - full health
Grindylow #6 - full health, asleep (2 rounds)
Grindylow #7 - near death
Grindylow #8 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death

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Thanks - I wound up stuck in traffic for 4 hours and didn't get home until 2 AM!

Seeing that Fargrim is getting held up by the embrace of the octopus, Johara engages in a risky gambit. She switches from her slow swaying lullaby, suddenly spinning, her arms flaring outward and weaving up and down. She pauses a moment, feet together, arms spinning back in to clasp over her body, then slowly bends her knees outward and lowers herself quietly, one hand twisting and coming up over her head as the other pushes outward, still sinuously undulating, to the side. Then she throws her head back and brings her arms back in to wrap around her body and slides them up and down her sides, fingers twitching, as if suggesting tentacles wrapping around her.

Casting unnatural lust on the octopus. DC 15 Will save; the octopus gets a +4 bonus because Johara is not in its normal wheelhouse for molestation (or maybe she is, I don't know). If it fails it will, hopefully, try to move through the party to go all fisherman's wife on her, which will of course provoke a ton of AoOs from the party.

Apparently Johara has also seen enough Hentai to see where this is going and WANTS IT TO GO THAT WAY.

Maybe we should just let it past us and go get popcorn...

I'm hoping that it does something provocative.

PROVOKING. Provoking attacks of opportunity. That is all.

Suuuuure, Johara, you keep telling yourself that... LOL! I love the little tidbits you threw in the last post, Many-Faced! I'll hold off on Fargrim's actions until we know what the octopus is going to do, because that will completely change his actions for the round.

You know, it would be a waste if we attack the octopus, if it fails the save it will do nothing except grope Johara this round, we can conveniently deal with it afterwards...sooooo - anybody prepared 'Summon Popcorn'-Cantrip today?

Also holding off for now, since all I can do is misfortune more targets and "cackle", so wouldn't want to target something that dies. Devilfish and Sleepywhale already have it and I cannot re-target queen, so it's mooks now.

It's a summoned octopus anyway so it's not like it will be around that long. Who makes a wand of summon monster at CL 10 or whatever?!?

Kinky wizards?

Kinky wizards?

LMAO! So... so wrong...

Well, here's hoping it gets killed before I get groped.

The octopus, unconcerned with Johara, tries to continue it's forbidden romance with Fargrim.

Fargrim grits his teeth against the slithering octopus and attempts to smash the slippery opponent; however, his fingers slip on the chain of his weapon!

Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 1 - 1 = 10

Not good. I'm quickly running out of Bloodrage rounds... only two more rounds after this!

Baltzar, Sandman, and Nivian are up.

Brinewood Queen - full health; barkskin
Whale - full health, misfortune, squeezing, asleep (3 rounds)
Devilfish - full health, squeezing
Grindylow #1 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #2 - dead
Grindylow #3 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #4 - dead
Grindylow #5 - full health
Grindylow #6 - full health, asleep (2 rounds)
Grindylow #7 - near death
Grindylow #8 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death

The savage club came down again, bashing the sleeping grindylow.

Attack #6, reach: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

@Status listing...devilfish also got misfortuned earlier. Just stating because it's not listed.

Nivian looked around...this was not a good place for crossbows, and she was unable to grow claws. Luckily, her companions proved rather effective.
Even more so, probably, if the opposition proved to be unfortunate.
Misfortune Hex vs Grindylow 5, the one unhurt and not sleeping, continue siren song(/cackle)

Baltzar is up.

Sandman's tree trunk of a club obliterates the head of the sleeping grindylow. In between laughing and singing, Nivian makes her misfortune into somebody else's.

Brinewood Queen - full health; barkskin
Whale - full health, misfortune, squeezing, asleep (3 rounds)
Devilfish - full health, squeezing, misfortune
Grindylow #1 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #2 - dead
Grindylow #3 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #4 - dead
Grindylow #5 - full health, misfortune
Grindylow #6 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #7 - near death
Grindylow #8 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death

Grinndylow Will save vs. DC 15: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

Baltzar will attempt to coup de grace the sleeping grindlow with her claws if possible, if not she will claw the nearest one.

Coup de Grace damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

or..

Claw Attack #1: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Claw Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Claw Attack #2: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
Claw Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Baltzar and the grindylow continue their dance to the death, neither able to draw new blood. The other grindylow feels emboldened and moves over to stab at the witch of ill fortune, but the curse sends the spear wide. The Whale snores as Fargrim and the octopus wrestle in the mud to no avail. The Brinewood Queen grows furious and screams undecipherable expletives. She backs up as far as the cavern will allow and chants as she moves her hands in a descriptive pattern. Suddenly, the seaweed begins to dance and grasp up from the floor bed entangling Baltzar, Nivian, the Whale, the devilfish, and one of the grindylows.

Player's Turn - Round 6

Brinewood Queen - full health; barkskin
Whale - full health, misfortune, squeezing, asleep (2 rounds), entangled
Devilfish - full health, squeezing, misfortune, entangled
Grindylow #1 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #2 - dead
Grindylow #3 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #4 - dead
Grindylow #5 - full health, misfortune, entangled
Grindylow #6 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #7 - near death
Grindylow #8 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Octopus - full health, summoned (1 round)

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Sandman gestures toward the Octopus, yanking at it's primitive mind.

Slumber, DC 18 at Octopus.

"Fargrim, ignore that thing. Kill the Whale. He wakes soon."

The Octopus remains? I know that's meta, but that's been 3 rounds so is the wand at a higher caster level? Just mentioning because it could be an oversight-

Also, need to delay and see what happens with the grindys. Being entangled I don't really want to reload and fire with guys next to me just waiting for that ;)

The octopus was summoned at the end of round four. It's currently the start of round 6. It will go away after its action.

The octopus was summoned at the end of round four. It's currently the start of round 6. It will go away after its action.

Apologies, my mistake, I took this post as an Octopus action :)

The love-starved octopus will not be denied!

Octopus Will save vs. DC 18 Slumber: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

Baltzar will not be denied either... The grindylow must die!

Claw Attack #1: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Claw Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Claw Attack #2: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Claw Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Fargrim nods and squeezes around the octopus and the whale to set himself up to crush the massive creature...

Double Move to get into position as indicated on map, provoking attack of opportunity.... CDC next round.

Werent you in reach this round?

I think he was on "adjancent", meaning he would need to spend a move to swap to "reach", meaning he can't do the full round action to coup. Same reason he can't ready an action to wait for the octopus to vanish, he wouldn't have the full-round action the coup needs :(

oh, gotcha. I forgot about the weirdness of the weapon.

Baltzar's claws continue to find nothing but air as Fargrim moves on to bigger and better play things. The octopus, furious at being ignored, takes a ferocious bite out of the salt beard as he moves past it.

Fargrim takes 6 points of bite damage from the AoO.

Johara and Nivian are still up.

Octopus bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Octopus bite, confirm: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Bite damage: 2d3 + 2 ⇒ (3, 1) + 2 = 6

Can't really do much good next to 2 grindy's- except sing. Gonna try and see if I can get to Saranda next round, to check on her. I have little else to contribute right now.

Nivian keeps singing, and is ready to step away from the grindylows and reload her crossbow if the octopus leaves his spot(following fargrim or timing out).

Baltzar and the grindylow continue their dance to the death, neither able to draw new blood. The other grindylow feels emboldened and moves over to stab at the witch of ill fortune, but the curse sends the spear wide. The Whale snores as Fargrim and the octopus wrestle in the mud to no avail. The Brinewood Queen grows furious and screams undecipherable expletives. She backs up as far as the cavern will allow and chants as she moves her hands in a descriptive pattern. Suddenly, the seaweed begins to dance and grasp up from the floor bed entangling Baltzar, Nivian, the Whale, the devilfish, and one of the grindylows.

Player's Turn - Round 6

** spoiler omitted **...

I probably should have highlighted the above better but in case you missed it Nivian and Baltzar (among other enemies) are entangled. You'll need Successful Reflex saves (DC 14) to move.

Unable to get past the bottleneck, Johara waits for her opportunity.

Delay.

Mother effer. I could have sworn you had to be adjacent to a helpless creature to complete a Coup de Grace and that you could not do it if the target had Cover or Concealment. Also, yes, Fargrim was still in "Adjacent" mode on the dorn-dergar. Soon I can swap as a Swift Action with a feat (Yay!). Either way... the Whale goes down next round!

@Fargrim: Need to be adjancent with a crossbow or the like :) Maybe thats where you got it from, but yeah, no way it could have worked this round regardless-
@GM: Apologies, you did make it clear enough, my mind simply borked out on being entangled
@Johara: We should get you some throwing knifes or something. In block based init delaying after the enemy is skipping a turn. On that note, I also need to finally get that dagger - never got one after I had to murder that orc lady for not giving me the one I picked.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

I know. Unfortunately ranged attacks are not a strength of dervish dancers!

Sandman's hex is turned aside by the octopus as Baltzar's claws continue to strike down the grindylow. Fargrim and Nivian both move around the tunnels. The octopus gives Fargrim a goodbye peck as he leaves before vanishing, returning to it's home. The grindylows gang up on Baltzar but being cursed and entangled has stymied their offense. The Whale continues to snore, pinned in place by the tight tunnels. The devilfish keeps trying to wrap it's tentacles around Sandman but the tight corridors and the melee in between them makes it incredibly difficult. The Queen, enraged as Fargrim closes in on the Whale, screams and moves forward to stab the dwarf, landing a devastating strike with her harpoon.

Fargrim takes 33 points of critical harpoon damage from the Brinewood Queen!

Player's Turn - Round 7

Brinewood Queen - full health; barkskin
Whale - full health, misfortune, squeezing, asleep (1 round), entangled
Devilfish - full health, squeezing, misfortune, entangled
Grindylow #1 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #2 - dead
Grindylow #3 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #4 - dead
Grindylow #5 - full health, misfortune, entangled
Grindylow #6 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death
Grindylow #7 - near death
Grindylow #8 - unconscious, disabled, bleeding to death

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Finding herself next to the sleeping Whale, and seeing Fargrim take a serious stab from the "Queen", Nivian shouts out:"Fall back, Fargrim-let's regroup!", before taking aim at one of the creatures eyes with her crossbow.
Coup-de-Grace, Whale: 2d8 ⇒ (1, 8) = 9 DC 19 Fortitude

That's "only" DC 19, but he is still misfortuned. It seems like Fargrim would take an AoO and Sandman has to move, so I'm one of the only one to be able to try and take one. So, taking advantage of the fact I always intantly follow up Hexing with Cackling...I have exactly one round of actions where misfortune should persist allowing me to extend it next round. Can't really see a better use for this one round of actions. Except move next to Fargrim and provoke healing him, allowing him to coup without AoO, but with our luck, she has Combat Reflexes and hits us both...